OFFICIAL TITLE(S):
AS INTRODUCED: (DATA FURNISHED BY THE HOUSE)
A bill to establish a Public Lands Corps, and for other purposes.
SHORT TITLE(S):
AS INTRODUCED:
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993
COMMITTEE(S) OF REFERRAL:
House Natural Resources
House Agriculture
House Education and Labor
SUBCOMMITTEE(S) OF REFERRAL:
Hsc Environment, Credit and Rural Development
Hsc Specialty Crops and Natural Resources
Hsc Postsecondary Education and Training
Hsc Human Resources
Hsc Select Education and Civil Rights
Hsc National Parks, Forests and Public Lands
DETAILED STATUS STEPS:
HOUSE ACTIONS
May 27, 93 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Jun 2, 93 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Credit and Rural
Development.
Jun 2, 93 Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural
Resources.
May 27, 93 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 15, 93 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil
Rights.
Jun 15, 93 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jun 15, 93 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and
Training.
May 27, 93 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 6, 93 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and
Public Lands.
DIGEST AS INTRODUCED:
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 - Establishes a Public Lands Corps in the
Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to carry out authorized
conservation, restoration, and rehabilitation projects on public lands or
Indian lands. Requires the Corps to consist of men and women between the ages
of 16 and 25 with high school diplomas or the equivalent. Authorizes the
Secretaries to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with any
qualified youth or conservation corps to perform the projects.
Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) preferred project characteristics;
and (2) provision of facilities, services, and supplies and establishment of
conservation centers for project programs.
Authorizes the Secretaries to provide for the placement of qualified
college students or recent college graduates as Resource Assistants in Federal
land managing agencies to carry out research or other technical functions.
Declares that the purposes of the Resource Assistant Program are: (1) to
augment the work force of the Federal land managing agencies through more
extensive use of college students and recent college graduates; and (2) to
enhance exposure to the conservation agency work place as a potential career.
Directs the agency to implement the Program through existing nonprofit
organizations if they can provide an appropriate level and quality of program.
Requires participating nonprofit organizations to contribute 25 percent of the
total costs of each Program participant recruited and placed through that
organization.
Applies provisions of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the
Act) relating to living allowances, terms of service, educational benefits or
awards, and nondisplacement to participants in the Public Lands Corps and
Resource Assistant Program.
Authorizes the Secretaries to pay up to 75 percent of the costs of any
project carried out on public lands by a qualified youth or conservation
corps. Permits the remaining 25 percent of such costs to be provided from
nonfederal sources in the form of funds, services, materials, or equipment.
Prohibits cost sharing in the case of such project carried out on Indian
lands.
Authorizes appropriations.
COSPONSOR COSPONSORED ON WITHDRAWN ON
Rep Miller, G. 05/27/93
Rep Williams 05/27/93