[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 30 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1982]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                NATIONAL CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS DAY

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 326, S. Res. 207.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 207) designating March 31, 2002, and 
     March 31, 2003, as ``National Civilian Conservation Corps 
     Day.''

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution, which had been reported from the Committee on the Judiciary 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, with an amendment to 
the preamble, and an amendment to the title, as follows:

       Whereas the Civilian Conservation Corps, commonly known as 
     the CCC, was an independent Federal agency that deserves 
     recognition for its lasting contribution to natural resources 
     conservation and infrastructure improvements on public lands 
     in the United States and for its outstanding success in 
     providing employment and training to thousands of Americans;
       Whereas March 31, 2002, is the 69th anniversary of the 
     signing by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the Emergency 
     Conservation Work Act, a precursor to the Civilian 
     Conservation Corps Act that established the CCC;
       Whereas, between 1933 and 1942, the CCC provided employment 
     and vocational training for more than 3,000,000 men, 
     including unemployed youths, more than 250,000 veterans of 
     the Spanish American War and World War I, and more than 
     80,000 Native Americans in conservation and natural resources 
     development work, defense work on military reservations, and 
     forest protection;
       Whereas the CCC coordinated a mobilization of men, 
     material, and transportation on a scale never previously 
     known in time of peace;
       Whereas the CCC managed more than 4,500 camps in every 
     State and the then-territories of Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto 
     Rico, and the Virgin Islands;
       Whereas the CCC left a legacy of natural resources and 
     infrastructure improvements that included planting more than 
     3,000,000,000 trees, building 46,854 bridges, restoring 3,980 
     historical structures, developing more than 800 state parks, 
     improving 3,462 beaches, creating 405,037 signs, markers, and 
     monuments, and building 63,256 structures and 8,045 wells and 
     pump houses;
       Whereas the benefits of many CCC projects are still enjoyed 
     by Americans today in national and state parks, forests, and 
     other lands, including the National Arboretum in Washington, 
     DC, Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico, Great Smoky 
     Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, 
     Yosemite National Park in California, Acadia National Park in 
     Maine, Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, and 
     Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi;
       Whereas the CCC provided a foundation of self-confidence, 
     responsibility, discipline, cooperation, communication, and 
     leadership for its participants through education, training, 
     and hard work, and participants made many lasting friendships 
     in the CCC;
       Whereas the CCC demonstrated the commitment of the United 
     States to the conservation of land, water, and natural 
     resources on a national level and to leadership in the world 
     on public conservation efforts; and
       Whereas the conservation of the Nation's land, water, and 
     natural resources is still an important goal of the American 
     people: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates March 31, 2002, as ``National Civilian 
     Conservation Corps Day''; and
       (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
     calling on the people of the United States to observe the day 
     with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
       Amend the title so as to read: ``Designating March 31, 
     2002, as `National Civilian Conservation Corps Day'.''

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the substitute 
amendment be agreed to, the resolution be agreed to, as amended, the 
amendment to the preamble be agreed to, the preamble, as amended, be 
agreed to, the amendment to the title be agreed to, the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the 
resolution be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The resolution (S. Res. 207), as amended, was agreed to.
  The amendment to the preamble was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.
  The amendment to the title was agreed to.

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