[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1736 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1736

 To prohibit the transfer of operations and closure of Forest Service 
                Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2019

  Mr. Tester (for himself, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Warner, Mr. 
Kaine, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Daines, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the transfer of operations and closure of Forest Service 
                Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Job Corps Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FOREST SERVICE JOB CORPS CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS.

    (a) Prohibition on Transfer of Functions.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law (including regulations), the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor--
            (1) shall not transfer the function of any Forest Service 
        Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center to the Department of 
        Labor; and
            (2) shall ensure that each Forest Service Job Corps 
        Civilian Conservation Center is wholly operated solely by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture.
    (b) Closure of Centers.--None of the funds appropriated to the 
Department of Agriculture or the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2019 or 2020 shall be used to close any Forest Service Job Corps 
Civilian Conservation Center.
                                 <all>