[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S3642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                NATIONAL CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS DAY

  Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 
46, National Civilian Conservation Corps Day, and the Senate proceed to 
its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 46) designating March 31, 2003, as 
     ``National Civilian Conservation Corps Day.''

  There being no objection the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. SANTORUM. I ask unanimous consent the resolution and preamble be 
agreed to en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and 
any statement be printed in the Record, with no intervening action or 
debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 46) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                               S. Res. 46

       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, 2003, is the 70th anniversary of the 
     signing by President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the law 
     historically known as the Emergency Conservation Work Act, a 
     precursor to the 1937 law that established the Civilian 
     Conservation Corps;
       Whereas, between 1933 and 1942, the CCC provided employment 
     and vocational training in the conservation and development 
     of natural resources, the protection of forests, and the 
     construction and maintenance of military reservations to 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;
       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 each of 
     the then 48 States and Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the 
     Virgin Islands;
       Whereas the CCC left a legacy of natural resources and 
     infrastructure improvements that included 3,000,000,000 new 
     trees, 46,854 bridges, 3,980 restored historical structures, 
     more than 800 state parks, 3,462 improved beaches, 405,037 
     signs, markers, and monuments, 8,045 wells and pump houses, 
     and 63,256 other structures;
       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 the District 
     of Columbia, 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 requests the President to issue a 
     proclamation--
       (1) designating March 31, 2003, as ``National Civilian 
     Conservation Corps Day''; and
       (2) calling on the people of the United States to observe 
     the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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