[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3498]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 436. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 108__. JOB CORPS CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS.

       Notwithstanding any provision of the Workforce Innovation 
     and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) (including 
     regulations, guidance, memoranda of understanding, and 
     interagency agreements written or entered into pursuant to 
     that Act), during the period beginning on January 21, 2019, 
     and ending not earlier than January 21, 2025, the Secretary 
     of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor--
       (1) shall not transfer the operation of any Job Corps 
     Civilian Conservation Center from the Forest Service;
       (2) shall ensure that each Job Corps Civilian Conservation 
     Center is operated in accordance with the interagency 
     agreement entitled ``Interagency Agreement between the United 
     States Department of Labor and the United States Department 
     of Agriculture Governing the Funding, Establishment, and 
     Operation of Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers'', as 
     the interagency agreement existed on January 21, 2019;
       (3) shall not contract with any entity to operate a Job 
     Corps Civilian Conservation Center; and
       (4) shall not close or deactivate any Job Corps Civilian 
     Conservation Center unless closure or deactivation is a 
     necessary response to a substantial health or safety threat 
     to students or staff at a center, as determined by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor.
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