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64. Youth Conservation Corps 

 16 U.S.C. 1701-1706 



Sec. 



1701. Congressional declaration of policy and purpoM. 



1703. Establishment. 



(a) Age of participants. 



(b) Equal employment opportunity and em- 



ployment; term. 



1703. Duties and functions of Secretary of the Interior and 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



(a) Programs and pro]ects: conditions of em- 



ployment: regulations: use of facilities by 

 educational Institutions. 



(b) Use of unoccupied federal fMUltles and 



equipment. 



(c) Contracts for the operation of projects. 



1704. Grants to States. 



(a) Projects for preservation of non-Pederal 



public lands and waters: definition. 



(b) ApipUcatlon requlremen/ts for grants; i^)- 



proval by Secretaries. 



(c) Limitation on the amount of grant. 



(d) Appropriation percentage. 



1705. Reports to President and Congress. 



1706. Authorization of appropriations. 



§1701. Congressional declaration of policy and pur- 

 pose. 



The Congress finds that the Youth Conservation 

 Corps has demonstrated a high degree of success as 

 a pilot program wherein American youth, represent- 

 ing 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 su'eas of the United 

 States and by their employment have developed, en- 

 hanced, 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 pur- 

 pose of this chapter to expand and make perma- 

 nent the Youth Conservation Corps and thereby fur- 

 ther the developiment and maintenance of the natu- 

 ral resources by America's youth, and in so doing to 

 prepare them for the ultimate responsibility of main- 

 taining and managing these resources for the Ameri- 

 can people. (Pub. L. 91-378, § 1, Aug. 13, 1970, 84 

 Stat. 794, amended Pub. L. 92-597, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 

 Stat. 1319; Pub. L. 93-408, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 

 1066.) 



Aminomtnts 



1974 — Pub. L. 93-408 substantially reenacted existing 

 provisions and added finding that the Touth Conservation 

 Corps program be expanded and made permanent In view 

 of the success of the pilot program. 



1972 — Pub. L. 92-597 substituted "areas of the United 

 States" for "areas administered by the Secretary of the 

 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture". 



§ 1702. Establishment, 

 (a) Age of participants. 



To carry out the purposes of this chapter, there Is 

 established in the Department of the Interior and 

 the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation 

 Corps (hereinafter referred to as the "Corps") . The 

 Corps shall consist of young men and women who are 

 permanent residents of the United States, its terri- 



tories, possessions, trust territories, or Common- 

 wealth 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 Agri- 

 culture may employ without regard to the civil serv- 

 ice or classification laws, rules, or regulations, for 

 the purpose of developing, preserving, or maintain- 

 ing the lands and waters of the United States. 



(J)) Equal employment opportunity and employment; 

 term. 



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 em- 

 ployed as a member of the Corps for a term in ex- 

 cess of ninety days during any single year. (Pub. L. 

 91-378, §2, Aug. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 795, amended 

 Pub. L. 92-597, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1319; Pub. L. 

 93-408, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1066.) 

 Amendments 



1974 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-408 extended eligibility 

 to permanent residents of Puerto Rico, removed the re- 

 striction that employment be In the summer months only, 

 and substituted "waters of the United States" for "waters 

 of the United States under his Jurisdiction". 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-408 substituted "from all parts 

 of the country of both sexes and youth of all social, 

 economic, and racial classifications with all Corps mem- 

 bers receiving compensation consistent with work accom- 

 plished, and with" for "of both sexes and youth of all 

 social, economic, and racial classlflcatlons. with". 



1972— Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-597 substituted "esUb- 

 llshed In the Department of the Interior and the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture a Youth Conservation" and "under 

 his Jurisdiction" and "hereby established In the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior and the Department of Agrlcultiu'e a 

 three-year pilot program designated as the Youth (Con- 

 servation" and "under the Jurisdiction of the appropriate 

 Secretary" respectively, and extended eligibility to perma- 

 nent residents of trust territories. 



§ 1703. Duties and functions of Secretary of the Inte- 

 rior and Secretary of Agriculture. 



(a) Programs and projects; conditions of employ- 

 ment; regulations; use of facilities by educational 

 institutions. 

 In carrying out this chapter, the Secretary of the 

 Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall — 



(1) determine the areas under their admin- 

 istrative jurisdictions which are appropriate for 

 carrying out the 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 carry- 

 ing out programs using members of the Corps, 

 and determine and select appropriate work and 

 education programs and projects for participa- 

 tion by members of the (Torps; 



(3) determine the rates of pay. hours, and other 

 conditions of employment in the Corps, except 

 that all members of the Corps shall not be deemed 



