[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 932 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 932

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national 
               forest volunteers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2021

 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national 
               forest volunteers, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT ON NATIONAL FOREST VOLUNTEERS.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief 
of the Forest Service, shall conduct a study on, with respect to each 
National Forest--
            (1) during the 10-year period preceding the date of the 
        enactment of this section, the amount of volunteer hours served 
        at each such National Forest;
            (2) the deferred maintenance backlog of each such National 
        Forest;
            (3) whether volunteers could carry out any projects under 
        each such deferred maintenance backlog; and
            (4) any barriers to increasing volunteer participation.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to 
Congress that includes the results of the study required under 
subsection (a).
    (c) Volunteer Defined.--In this section, the term ``volunteer''--
            (1) means an individual who volunteers at a National 
        Forest, including through an agreement between a local 
        government and the Secretary of Agriculture; and
            (2) does not include, with respect to activities carried 
        out on National Forest System land--
                    (A) an individual who is compensated with respect 
                to such activities; or
                    (B) an individual who carries out such activities 
                pursuant to participation in--
                            (i) the Youth Conservation Corps 
                        established under title I of Public Law 91-378 
                        (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
                            (ii) the Public Lands Corps established 
                        under title II of Public law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 
                        1721 et seq.);
                            (iii) a Job Corps program established under 
                        subtitle C of title I of the Workforce 
                        Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3191 
                        et seq.); or
                            (iv) AmeriCorps.
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