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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1298 

Supporting the designation of the second Friday of June as National Service 

and Conservation Corps Day. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 13, 2024 

Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. GRAVES

of Louisiana) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the designation of the second Friday of June 

as National Service and Conservation Corps Day. 

Whereas there exists a network of National Service Programs 

(in this resolution referred to as ‘‘Service and Conservation Corps’’) that receive funding pursuant to subtitle C 

of the National and Community Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

12571 et seq.); 

Whereas such network includes more than 150 Service and 

Conservation Corps across the county; 

Whereas these Service and Conservation Corps annually provide education, workforce development, and support services to approximately 22,000 young adults and post-9/11 

veterans; 


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Whereas today’s Service and Conservation Corps are locally 

based organizations that engage young adults (generally 

ages 16 to 25) and veterans (up to age 35) in service 

projects that address recreation, conservation, disaster 

response, and community needs; 

Whereas these Service and Conservation Corps are direct descendants of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Great 

Depression-era Federal work relief program that mobilized 3,000,000 young men to dramatically improve the 

Nation’s public lands; 

Whereas Civilian Conservation Corps participants received 

food, shelter, education, and a $30-a-month stipend; 

Whereas, from 1933 to 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps 

planted 3,000,000,000 trees and helped build trails, 

roads, campgrounds, and other park infrastructure still 

in use today; 

Whereas April 5, 2023, was the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps with a Presidential Executive order; 

Whereas, unlike the Civilian Conservation Corps, which was 

a large, Federal program that was only open to young 

men and Black and Native American participants faced 

discrimination, modern Service and Conservation Corps 

are equitable, diverse, and inclusive; 

Whereas, also, most modern Service and Conservation Corps 

are nonprofits or are operated by units of State or local 

government; 

Whereas, through public-private partnerships, Service and 

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members in meaningful projects that address local and 

national issues; 

Whereas, through a term of service that could last from a few 

months to a year, Corpsmembers experience the ‘‘Corps 

Model’’, where they gain work experience and develop indemand skills; 

Whereas Corpsmembers are compensated with a stipend or 

living allowance and often receive an education award or 

scholarship upon completing their service; 

Whereas, additionally, Corps provide participants with educational programming, mentoring, and access to career 

and personal counseling, and some Corps operate or partner with charter schools to help participants earn their 

high school diploma or GED; 

Whereas Corpsmembers complete thousands of community 

improvement, resilience, and resource conservation 

projects every year; 

Whereas Corpsmembers typically serve on crews alongside 

other young adults, or in ‘‘individual placement’’ or internship positions that provide additional capacity to 

Federal, State, and local resource management agencies; 

Whereas Service and Conservation Corps have longstanding 

partnerships with Federal, State, and local community 

development and resource management agencies to engage Corpsmembers in meaningful and necessary projects 

across the country; 

Whereas Service and Conservation Corps projects include— 

(1) the enhancement of neighborhoods and community public spaces, including urban gardens; 

(2) the preservation and protection of public lands, 

shorelines, waterways, habitat, and wildlife; 


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(3) the preservation of historic structures; 

(4) providing access to and the enhancement of 

recreation on public lands and waters; 

(5) enhancing resilience to climate change and natural disasters; 

(6) mitigation, response to, and recovery from natural disasters, including hurricanes and wildfire; 

(7) improving energy efficiency and resource conservation; and 

(8) building and maintaining alternative transportation and sustainable infrastructure; 

Whereas, during the COVID–19 pandemic, the fact that 

Service and Conservation Corps are part of their communities enabled them to quickly provide needed support to 

their communities; 

Whereas the United States urgently needs to transition to 

more sustainable infrastructure, respond to decades of 

deferred maintenance on public lands and waters, restore 

critical ecosystems, and make its communities more resilient to climate change; 

Whereas the United States also has millions of young people 

facing unemployment and barriers to opportunity, and 

these challenges are disproportionately affecting young 

people of color; and 

Whereas the existing network of more than 150 Service and 

Conservation Corps are ready to meet the needs of these 

young Americans: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of a National Serv3 ice and Conservation Day; 


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1 (2) congratulates the existing network of more 

2 than 150 Service and Conservation Corps on their 

3 contributions to the United States; 

4 (3) urges the citizens of the United States to 

5 recognize the importance of national service; and 

6 (4) supports the continuation and expansion of 

7 the national network of Service and Conservation 

8 Corps under the National and Community Service 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 

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