PUBLIC LAW 91-378
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Public Lands Corps Act of 1993
Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970
John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act
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1970-08-13
PUBLIC LAW 91-378
[Commonly referred to as the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970]
[(Public Law 91–378)]
[As Amended Through P.L. 116–9, Enacted March 12, 2019]
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[Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]

AN ACT
To establish a pilot program in the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture designated as the Youth Conservation Corps, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—

YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS

policy and purpose
Section 101.
[16 U.S.C. 1701]
The Congress finds that the Youth Conservation Corps has demonstrated a high degree of success as a pilot program wherein American youth, representing all segments of society, have benefited by gainful employment in the healthful outdoor atmosphere of the national park system, the national forest system, other public land and water areas of the United States and by their employment have developed, enhanced, and maintained the natural resources of the United States, and whereas in so doing the youth have gained an understanding and appreciation of the Nation's environment and heritage equal to one full academic year of study, it is accordingly the purpose of this title to expand and make permanent the Youth Conservation Corps and thereby further the development and maintenance of the natural resources by America's youth, and in so doing to prepare them for the ultimate responsibility of maintaining and managing these resources for the American people.

youth conservation corps
Sec. 102.
[16 U.S.C. 1702]
(a)
To carry out the purposes of this title, there is established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation Corps (hereinafter in this title referred to as the “Corps”). The Corps shall consist of young men and women who are permanent residents of the United States, its territories, possessions, trust territories, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico who have attained age fifteen but have not attained age nineteen, and whom the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may employ without regard to the civil service or classification laws, rules, or regulations, for the purpose of developing, preserving, or maintaining lands and waters of the United States.
(b)
The Corps shall be open to youth from all parts of the country of both sexes and youth of all social, economic, and racial classifications with all Corps members receiving compensation consistent with work accomplished, and with no person being employed as a member of the Corps for a term in excess of ninety days during any single year.

SECRETARIAL DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS
Sec. 103.
[16 U.S.C. 1703]
(a)
In carrying out this title, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(1)
determine the areas under their administrative jurisdictions which are appropriate for carrying out programs using employees of the Corps;
(2)
determine with other Federal agencies the areas under the administrative jurisdiction of these agencies which are appropriate for carrying out programs using members of the Corps, and determine and select appropriate work and education programs and projects for participation by members of the Corps;
(3)
determine the rates of pay, hours, and other conditions of employment in the Corps, except that members of the Corps shall not be deemed to be Federal employees other than for the purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, and chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code;
(4)
provide for such transportation, lodging, subsistence, and other services and equipment as they may deem necessary or appropriate for the needs of members of the Corps in their duties;
(5)
promulgate regulation to insure the safety, health, and welfare of the Corps members; and
(6)
provide to the extent possible, that permanent or semipermanent facilities used as Corps camps be made available to educational local schools, school districts, State junior colleges and universities, and other education institutions for use as environmental/ecological education camps during periods of nonuse by the Corps program.
Costs for operations maintenance, and staffing of Corps camp facilities during periods of use by non-Corps programs as well as any liability for personal injury or property damage stemming from such use shall be the responsibility of the entity or organization using the facility and shall not be a responsibility of the Secretaries or the Corps.
(b)
Existing but unoccupied Federal facilities and surplus or unused equipment (or both), of all types including military facilities and equipment, shall be utilized for the purposes of the Corps, where appropriate and with the approval of the Federal agency involved. To minimize transportation costs, Corps members shall be employed on conservation projects as near to their places of residence as is feasible.
(c)
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may contract with any public agency or organization or any private any nonprofit agency or organization which has been in existence for at least five years for the operation of any Youth Conservation Corps project.

GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATE PROJECTS
Sec. 104.
[16 U.S.C. 1704]
(a)
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall jointly establish a program under which grants shall be made to States to assist them in meeting the cost of projects for the employment of young men and omen to develop, preserve, and maintain non-Federal public lands and waters within the States. For purposes of this section, the term “States” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and American Samoa.
(b)
(1)
No grant may be made under this section unless an application therefor has been submitted to, and approved by, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. Such application shall be in such form, and submitted in such manner, as the Secretaries shall jointly by regulation prescribe, and shall contain—
(A)
assurances satisfactory to the Secretaries that individuals employed under the project for which the application is submitted shall–
(i)
have attained the age of fifteen but not attained the age of nineteen,
(ii)
be permanent residents of the United States or its territories, possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
(iii)
be employed without regard to the personnel laws, rules, and regulations applicable to full-time employees of the applicant,
(iv)
be employed for a period of not more than ninety days in any calendar year, and
(v)
be employed without regard to their sex or social, economic, or racial classification; and
(B)
such other information as the Secretaries may jointly by regulation prescribe.
(2)
The Secretaries may approve applications which they determine
(A)
to meet the requirements of paragraph (1), and
(B)
are for projects which will further the development, preservation, or maintenance of non-Federal public lands or waters within the jurisdiction of the applicant.
(c)
(1)
The amount of any grant under this section shall be determined jointly by the Secretaries, except that no grant for any project may exceed 80 per centum of the cost (as determined by the Secretaries) of such project.
(2)
Payments under grants under this section may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement and at such intervals and on such conditions as the Secretaries find necessary.
(d)
Thirty per centum of the sums appropriated under section 106 for any fiscal year shall be made available for grants under this section for such fiscal year.
[Section 105 was repealed by section 814(d)(1)(N) of division I of Public Law 104-333, enacted November 12, 1996 (110 Stat.4196).]

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 106.
[16 U.S.C. 1706]
There are authorized to be appropriated amounts not to exceed $60,000,000 for each fiscal year, which amounts shall be made available to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of this title. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out this title shall remain available for obligation and expenditure until the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which appropriated.
TITLE II—

PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
SEC. 201.
[16 U.S.C. 1701 note]

SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the “Public Lands Corps Act of 1993”.
SEC. 202.
[16 U.S.C. 1721]

CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a)

Findings.—
The Congress finds the following:
(1)
Conserving or developing natural and cultural resources and enhancing and maintaining environmentally important lands and waters through the use of the Nation's young men and women in a Public Lands Corps can benefit those men and women by providing them with education and work opportunities, furthering their understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural resources, and providing a means to pay for higher education or to repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher education while at the same time benefiting the Nation's economy and its environment.
(2)
Many facilities and natural resources located on eligible service lands are in disrepair or degraded and in need of labor intensive rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement work which cannot be carried out by Federal agencies at existing personnel levels.
(3)
Youth conservation corps have established a good record of restoring and maintaining these kinds of facilities and resources in a cost effective and efficient manner, especially when they have worked in partnership arrangements with government land management agencies.
(b)

Purpose.—
It is the purpose of this title to—
(1)
perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate conservation projects on eligible service lands where such projects will not be performed by existing employees;
(2)
assist governments and Indian tribes in performing research and public education tasks associated with natural and cultural resources on eligible service lands;
(3)
expose young men and women to public service while furthering their understanding and appreciation of the Nation's natural and cultural resources;
(4)
expand educational opportunities by rewarding individuals who participate in national service with an increased ability to pursue higher education or job training; and
(5)
stimulate interest among the Nation's young men and women in conservation careers by exposing them to conservation professionals in land managing agencies.
SEC. 203.
[16 U.S.C. 1722]

DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title:
(1)

Appropriate conservation project.—
The term “appropriate conservation project” means any project for the conservation, restoration, construction or rehabilitation of natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or scenic resources.
(2)

Corps and public lands corps.—
The terms “Corps” and “Public Lands Corps” mean the Public Lands Corps established by section 204(a)(1).
(3)

Eligible service lands.—
The term “eligible service lands”means public lands, Indian lands, and Hawaiian home lands.
(4)

Hawaiian home lands.—
The term “Hawaiian home lands” means all lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 1101, or under the corresponding provisjon of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union”, approved March 18, 1959 (Public Law 863; 73 Stat. 5).
(5)

Indian.—
The term “Indian” means a person who—
(A)
is a member of an Indian tribe; or
(B)
is a “Native”, as defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b)).
(6)

Indian lands.—
The term “Indian lands” means—
(A)
any Indian reservation;
(B)
any public domain Indian allotments;
(C)
any former Indian reservation in the State of Oklahoma;
(D)
any land held by incorporated Native regional corporations, and village corporations under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
(E)
any land held by dependent Indian communities within the borders of the United States whether within the original or subsequently acquired territory thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a State.
(7)

Indian tribe.—
The term “Indian tribe” means an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation, as defined m subsection (c), (g), or (j), respectively, of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 (c), (g), or (j)), that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States under federal law to Indians because of their status as Indians.
(8)

Institution of higher education.—
(A)

In general.—
The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
(B)

Exclusion.—
The term “institution of higher education” does not include—
(i)
an institution described in section 101(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(b)); or
(ii)
an institution outside the United States, as described in section 102(a)(1)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(a)(1)(C)).
(9)

Priority project.—
The term “priority project” means an appropriate conservation project conducted on eligible service lands to further 1 or more of the purposes of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.)and other conservation and restoration initiatives, as follows:
(A)
To reduce wildfire risk to a community, municipal water supply, or other at-risk Federal land.
(B)
To protect a watershed or address a threat to forest and rangeland health, including catastrophic wildfire.
(C)
To address the impact of insect or disease infestations or other damaging agents on forest and rangeland health.
(D)
To protect, restore, or enhance forest ecosystem components to—
(i)
promote the recovery of threatened or endangered species;
(ii)
improve biological diversity; or
(iii)
enhance productivity and carbon sequestration.
(E)
To protect, restore, or enhance marine, estuarine, riverine, and coastal habitat ecosystem components—
(i)
to promote the recovery of threatened species, endangered species, and managed fisheries;
(ii)
to restore fisheries, protected resources, and habitats impacted by oil and chemical spills and natural disasters; or
(iii)
to enhance the resilience of coastal ecosystems, communities, and economies through habitat conservation.
(10)

Public lands.—
The term “public lands” means any lands or waters (or interest therein) owned or administered by the United States, except that such term does not include any Indian lands.
(11)

Qualified youth or conservation corps.—
The term “qualified outh or conservation corps” means any program established by a State or local government, by the governing body of any Indian tribe, or by a nonprofit organization that—
(A)
is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, productive work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, or veterans age 35 or younger in a natural or cultural resource setting;
(B)
gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and life skills, education, training, and support services; and
(C)
provides participants with the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their community and the United States.
(12)

Resource assistant.—
The term “resource assistant” means a resource assistant selected under section 206.
(13)

Secretary.—
The term “Secretary” means—
(A)
with respect to National Forest System land, the Secretary of Agriculture;
(B)
with respect to Indian lands, Hawaiian home lands, or land administered by the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior; and
(C)
with respect to the National Marine Sanctuary System, coral reefs, and other coastal, estuarine, and marine habitats, and other land and facilities administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary of Commerce.
(14)

State.—
The term “State” means any State of the United States, the Distnct of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(15)

Veteran.—
The term “veteran” has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
SEC. 204.
[16 U.S.C. 1723]

PUBLIC LANDS CORPS PROGRAM.
(a)

Establishment of Public Lands Corps.—
(1)

In general.—
There is established in the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Commerce a corps, to be known as the “Public Lands Corps”.
(2)

No effect on other agencies.—
Nothing in this subsection precludes the establishment of a public lands corps by the head of a Federal department or agency other than a department described in paragraph (1), in accordance with 1this Act.
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So in law. The reference to “this Act” should probably a reference to “this title”.
(b)

Participants.—
The Corps shall consist of individuals between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, and veterans age 35 or younger who are enrolled as participants in the Corps by the Secretary. To be eligible for enrollment in the Corps, an individual shall satisfy the criteria specified in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 137(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12591(a)). The Secretary may enroll such individuals in the Corps without regard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The Secretary may establish a preference for the enrollment in the Corps of individuals who are economically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged.
(c)

Qualified Youth or Conservation Corps.—
(1)

In general.—
The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with any qualified youth or conservation corps to perform appropriate conservation projects referred to in subsection (d).
(2)

Preference.—
(A)

In general.—
For purposes of entering into contracts and cooperative agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary may give preference to qualified youth or conservation corps located in a specific area that have a substantial portion of members who are economically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged to carry out projects within the area.
(B)

Priority projects.—
In carrying out priority projects in a specific area, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to qualified youth or conservation corps located in that specific area that have a substantial portion of members who are economically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged.
(d)

Projects To Be Carried Out.—
(1)

In general.—
The Secretary may utilize the Corps or any qualified youth or conservation corps to carry out appropriate conservation projects which the Secretary is authorized to carry out under other authority of law on public lands.
(2)

Projects on indian lands.—
Appropriate conservation projects may also be carried out under this title on Indian lands with the approval of the Indian tribe involved and on Hawaiian home lands with the approval of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the State of Hawaii.
(3)

Disaster prevention or relief projects.—
The Secretary may authorize appropriate conservation projects and other appropriate projects to be carried out on Federal, State, local, or private land as part of a Federal disaster prevention or relief effort.
(e)

Preference for Certain Projects.—
In selecting appropriate conservation projects to be carried out under this title, the Secretary shall give preference to those projects which—
(1)
will provide long-term benefits to the public;
(2)
will instill in the enrollee involved a work ethic and a sense of public service;
(3)
will be labor intensive;
(4)
can be planned and initiated promptly; and
(5)
will provide academic, experiential, or environmental education opportunities.
(f)

Consistency.—
Each appropriate conservation project carried out under this title on eligible service lands shall be consistent with the provisions of law and policies relating to the management and administration of such lands, with all other applicable provisions of law, and with all management, operational, and other plans and documents which govern the administration of the area.
(g)

Effect.—
Nothing in this section authorizes the use of the Public Lands Corps for projects on or impacting real property owned by, operated by, or within the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the Administrator of General Services without the express permission of the Administrator of General Services.
SEC. 205.
[16 U.S.C. 1724]

CONSERVATION CENTERS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT.
(a)

Establishment and Use.—
(1)

In general.—
The Secretary may establish and use conservation centers owned and operated by the Secretary for—
(A)
use by the Public Lands Corps; and
(B)
the conduct of appropriate conservation projects under this title.
(2)

Assistance for conservation centers.—
The Secretary may provide to a conservation center established under paragraph (1) any services, facilities, equipment, and supplies that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the conservation center.
(3)

Standards for conservation centers.—
The Secretary shall—
(A)
establish basic standards of health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety for all conservation centers established under paragraph (1); and
(B)
ensure that the standards established under subparagraph (A) are enforced.
(4)

Management.—
As the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the Secretary may enter into a contract or other appropriate arrangement with a State or local government agency or private organization to provide for the management of a conservation center.
(b)

Logistical Support.—
The Secretary may make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to have logistical support provided by the Armed Forces to the Corps and any conservation center established under this section, where feasible. Logistical support may include the provision of temporary tent shelters where needed, transportation, and residential supervision.
(c)

Use of Military Installations.—
The Secretary may make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to identify military installations and other facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the adjutant generals of the State National Guards, National Guard facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, by the Corps for training or housing Corps participants.
(d)

Assistance.—
The Secretary may provide any services, facilities, equipment, supplies, technical assistance, oversight, monitoring, or evaluations that are appropriate to carry out this title.
(e)

Transportation.—
The Secretary may provide to Corps participants who reside in their own homes transportation to and from appropriate conservation project sites.
SEC. 206.
[16 U.S.C. 1725]

RESOURCE ASSISTANTS.
(a)

Authorization.—
The Secretary may provide individual placements of resource assistants to carry out research or resource protection activities on behalf of the Secretary. To be eligible for selection as a resource assistant, an individual must be at least 17 years of age. The Secretary may select resource assistants without regard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The Secretary shall give a preference to the selection of individuals who are enrolled in an institution of higher education or are recent graduates from an institution of higher education, with particular attention given to ensure full representation of women and participants from historically black, Hispanic, and Native American schools.
(b)

Use of Existing Nonprofit Organizations.—
Whenever one or more existing nonprofit organizations can provide, in the judgment of the the1 Secretary, appropriate recruitment and placement services to fulfill the requirements of this section, the Secretary may implement this section through such existing organizations. Participating nonprofit organizations shall contribute to the expenses of providing and supporting the resource assistants, through private sources of funding, at a level equal to 25 percent of the total costs of each participant in the Resource Assistant program who has been recruited and placed through that organization. Any such participating nonprofit conservation service organization shall be required, by the respective land managing agency, to submit an annual report evaluating the scope, size, and quality of the program, including the value of work contributed by the Resource Assistants, to the mission of the agency.
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So in law. See amendment made by section 2(g)(3)(B) of Public Law 109–154 (119 Stat. 2893).
SEC. 207.
[16 U.S.C. 1726]

COMPENSATION AND TERMS OF SERVICE.
(a)

Living Allowances.—
The Secretary shall provide each participant in the Public Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allowance in an amount established by the Secretary.
(b)

Educational Credit.—
The Secretary may provide a Corps participant with an educational credit that may be applied toward a program of postsecondary education at an institution of higher education that agrees to award the credit for participation in the Corps.
(c)

Terms of Service.—
(1)

In general.—
Each participant in the Corps and each resource assistant shall agree to participate in the Corps or serve as a resource assistant, as the case may be, for such term of service as may be established by the Secretary enrolling or selecting the individual.
(2)

Indian youth service corps.—
With respect to the Indian Youth Service Corps established under section 210, the Secretary shall establish the term of service of participants in consultation with the affected Indian tribe. in the Corps and each resource assistant shall agree to participate in the Corps or serve as a resource assistant, as the case may be, for such term of service as may be established by the Secretary enrolling or selecting the individual.
(d)

Hiring.—
(1)

In general.—
The Secretary may—
(A)
grant to a member of the Public Lands Corps credit for time served with the Public Lands Corps, which may be used toward future Federal hiring; and
(B)
provide to a former member of the Public Lands Corps noncompetitive hiring status for a period of not more than 2 years after the date on which the member's service with the Public Lands Corps is complete.
(2)

Time-limited appointment.—
For purposes of section 9602 of title 5, United States Code, a former member of the Corps hired by the Secretary under paragraph (1)(B) for a time-limited appointment shall be considered to be appointed initially under open, competitive examination.
(e)

Applicability to Qualified Youth or Conservation Corps.—
The hiring and compensation standards described in this section shall apply to any individual participating in an appropriate conservation project through a qualified youth or conservation corps, including an individual placed through a contract or cooperative agreement, as approved by the Secretary.
SEC. 208.
[16 U.S.C. 1727]

NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
(a)

Educational Benefits and Awards.—
If a participant in the Public Lands Corps or a resource assistant also serves in an approved national service position designated under subtitle C of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, the participant or resource assistant shall be eligible for a national service educational award in the manner prescribed in subtitle D of such title upon successfully complying with the requirements for the award. The period during which the national service educational award may be used, the purposes for which the award may be used, and the amount of the award shall be determined as provided under such subtitle.
(b)

Forbearance in the Collection of Stafford Loans.—
For purposes of section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, in the case of borrowers who are either participants in the Corps or resource assistants, upon written request, a lender shall grant a borrower forbearance on such terms as are otherwise consistent with the regulations of the Secretary of Education, during periods in which the borrower is serving as such a participant or a resource assistant.
SEC. 209.
[16 U.S.C. 1727a]

REPORTING AND DATA COLLECTION.
(a)

Report.—
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, and annually thereafter, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, in coordination with the Secretaries, shall submit to Congress a report that includes data on the Corps, including—
(1)
the number of participants enrolled in the Corps and the length of the term of service for each participant;
(2)
the projects carried out by Corps participants, categorized by type of project and Federal agency;
(3)
the total amount and sources of funding provided for the service of participants;
(4)
the type of service performed by participants and the impact and accomplishments of the service; and
(5)
any other similar data determined to be appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service or the Secretaries.
(b)

Data.—
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretaries shall submit to the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service the data described in subsection (a).
(c)

Data Collection.—
The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service may coordinate with qualified youth or conservation corps to improve the collection of the required data described in subsection (a).
(d)

Coordination.—
(1)

In general.—
The Secretaries shall, to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate with each other to carry out activities authorized under 1this Act, including—
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So in law. The reference to “this Act” should probably be a reference to “this title”
(A)
the data collection and reporting requirements of this section; and
(B)
implementing and issuing guidance on eligibility for noncompetitive hiring status under section 207(d).
(2)

Designation of coordinators.—
The Secretary shall designate a coordinator to coordinate and serve as the primary point of contact for any activity of the Corps carried out by the Secretary.
SEC. 210.
[16 U.S.C. 1727b]

INDIAN YOUTH SERVICE CORPS.
(a)

In General.—
There is established within the Public Lands Corps a program to be known as the “Indian Youth Service Corps” that—
(1)
enrolls participants between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, and veterans age 35 or younger, a majority of whom are Indians;
(2)
is established pursuant to an agreement between an Indian tribe and a qualified youth or conservation corps for the benefit of the members of the Indian tribe; and
(3)
carries out appropriate conservation projects on eligible service land.
(b)

Authorization of Cooperative Agreements.—
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribes and qualified youth or conservation corps for the establishment and administration of the Indian Youth Service Corps.
(c)

Guidelines.—
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with Indian tribes, shall issue guidelines for the management of the Indian Youth Service Corps, in accordance with 1this Act and any other applicable Federal laws.
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So in law. The reference to “this Act” should probably be a reference to “‘this title’”.
SEC. 211.
[16 U.S.C. 1728]

NONDISPLACEMENT.
The nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 shall be applicable to all activities carried out by the Public Lands Corps, to all activities carried out under this title by a qualified youth or conservation corps, and to the selection and service of resource assistants.
SEC. 212.
[16 U.S.C. 1729]

FUNDING.
(a)

Cost Sharing.—
(1)

Projects by qualified youth or conservation corps.—
The Secretary is authorized to pay not more than 75 percent of the costs of any appropriate conservation project carried out pursuant to this title on public lands by a qualified youth or conservation corps. The remaining 25 percent of the costs of such a project may be provided from nonfederal sources in the form of funds, services, facilities, materials, equipment, or any combination of the foregoing. No cost sharing shall be required in the case of any appropriate conservation project carried out on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands under this title.
(2)

Public lands corps projects.—
The Secretary is authorized to accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or equipment for the purposes of operating the Public Lands Corps and carrying out appropriate conservation projects by the Corps. However, nothing in this title shall be construed to require any cost sharing for any project carried out directly by the Corps.
(b)

Funds Available Under National and Community Service Act.—
In order to carry out the Public Lands Corps or to support resource assistants and qualified youth or conservation corps under this title, the Secretary shall be eligible to apply for and receive assistance under section 121(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
(c)

Other Funds.—
Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 213 are in addition to amounts allocated to the Public Lands Corps through other Federal programs or projects.
SEC. 213.
[16 U.S.C. 1730]

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a)

In General.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $12,000,000 for each fiscal year, of which $8,000,000 is authorized to carry out priority projects and $4,000,000 of which is authorized to carry out other appropriate conservation projects.
(b)

Disaster Relief or Prevention Projects.—
Notwithstanding subsection (a), any amounts made available under that subsection shall be available for disaster prevention or relief projects.
(c)

Availability of Funds.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out this title shall remain available for obligation and expenditure until the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the amounts are appropriated.