111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1612 

AN ACT 

To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand 

the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service opportunities 

for young Americans; help restore the nation’s natural, 

cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and scenic 

resources; train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public 

service. 
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Lands Service 

5 Corps Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCE. 

7 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

8 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

9 of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 

10 provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to 

11 a section or other provision of the Public Lands Corps 

12 Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.; title II of Public 

13 Law 91–378). 

14 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC LANDS CORPS ACT 

15 OF 1993. 

16 (a) NAME AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION CHANGES.— 

17 The Act is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘Public Lands Corps’’ each 

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Public Lands Service 

20 Corps’’; 

21 (2) in the title heading, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC 

22 LANDS CORPS’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC 

23 LANDS SERVICE CORPS’’; 

24 (3) in the section 204— 
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1 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘PUBLIC LANDS CORPS’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE CORPS’’; and 

4 (B) in the heading of subsection (a), by 

5 striking ‘‘PUBLIC LANDS CORPS’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE CORPS’’; 

7 (4) in the heading of paragraph (2) of section 

8 210(a), by striking ‘‘PUBLIC LANDS CORPS’’ and in9 serting ‘‘PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE CORPS’’; 

10 (5) by striking ‘‘conservation center’’ each place 

11 it appears and inserting ‘‘residential conservation 

12 center’’; and 

13 (6) by striking ‘‘appropriate conservation 

14 projects’’ each place it appears (except in paragraph 

15 (1) of section 204(e) as so redesignated) and insert16 ing ‘‘appropriate natural and cultural resources con17 servation projects’’. 

18 (b) FINDINGS.—Section 202(a) of the Act is amend19 ed as follows: 

20 (1) In paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the natural 

21 and cultural’’ and inserting ‘‘natural and cultural’’. 

22 (2) By redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

23 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively, and by insert24 ing after paragraph (1) the following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) Participants in conservation corps receive 

2 meaningful training and their experience with such 

3 corps provides preparation for careers in public serv4 ice. 

5 ‘‘(3) Young men and women who participate in 

6 the rehabilitation and restoration of our Nation’s 

7 natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, rec8 reational, and scenic treasures will gain an increased 

9 appreciation and understanding of our public lands 

10 and heritage, and of the value of public service, and 

11 are likely to become life-long advocates for those val12 ues.’’. 

13 (3) In paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 

14 inserting ‘‘, cultural, historic, archaeological, rec15 reational, and scenic’’ after ‘‘Many facilities and nat16 ural’’. 

17 (4) By adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(6) The work of conservation corps can benefit 

19 communities adjacent to public lands and facilities 

20 through renewed civic engagement and participation 

21 by corps participants and those they serve; improved 

22 student achievement; and restoration and rehabilita23 tion of public assets.’’. 

24 (c) PURPOSE.—Section 202(b) of the Act is amended 

25 to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are to— 

2 ‘‘(1) introduce young men and women to public 

3 service while furthering their understanding and ap4 preciation of the Nation’s natural, cultural, historic, 

5 archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources; 

6 ‘‘(2) facilitate training and recruitment oppor7 tunities in which service is credited as qualifying ex8 perience for careers in public land management; 

9 ‘‘(3) instill in a new generation of young men 

10 and women from across the Nation, including those 

11 from diverse backgrounds, the desire to seek careers 

12 in natural and cultural resource stewardship and 

13 public service by allowing them to work directly with 

14 professionals in agencies responsible for the manage15 ment of the Nation’s natural, cultural, historic, ar16 chaeological, recreational, and scenic resources; 

17 ‘‘(4) perform, in a cost-effective manner, appro18 priate natural and cultural resources conservation 

19 projects where such projects are not being performed 

20 by existing employees; 

21 ‘‘(5) assist governments and Indian tribes in 

22 performing research and public education tasks asso23 ciated with natural and cultural resources; 

24 ‘‘(6) expand educational opportunities by re25 warding individuals who participate in national serv-
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1 ice with an increased ability to pursue higher edu2 cation or job training; and 

3 ‘‘(7) promote public understanding and appre4 ciation of the individual missions and natural and 

5 cultural resources conservation work of the Federal 

6 agencies through training opportunities, community 

7 service and outreach, and other appropriate 

8 means.’’. 

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 203 of the Act is amend10 ed as follows: 

11 (1) By amending paragraphs (1) and (2) to 

12 read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE NATURAL AND CULTURAL

14 RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROJECT.—The term 

15 ‘appropriate natural and cultural resources conserva16 tion project’ means any project for the conservation, 

17 restoration, construction, or rehabilitation of nat18 ural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, 

19 or scenic resources on public lands. 

20 ‘‘(2) CORPS AND PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE

21 CORPS.—The terms ‘Corps’ and ‘Public Lands Serv22 ice Corps’ mean the Public Lands Service Corps es23 tablished under section 204 of this title.’’. 

24 (2) By striking paragraphs (3) and (8). 
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1 (3) By redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), 

2 (7), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs 

3 (3) through (11), respectively. 

4 (4) By amending paragraph (7) (as so redesig5 nated) to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(7) PUBLIC LANDS.—The term ‘public lands’ 

7 means any lands or waters (or interest therein) 

8 owned or administered by the United States, includ9 ing those areas of coastal and ocean waters, the 

10 Great Lakes and their connecting waters, and sub11 merged lands over which the United States exercises 

12 jurisdiction, except that such term does not include 

13 any Indian lands.’’. 

14 (5) In paragraph (8) (as so redesignated)— 

15 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

16 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

18 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(D) makes available for audit for each fis21 cal year for which the qualified youth or con22 servation corps receives Federal funds under 

23 this Act, information pertaining to the expendi24 ture of the funds, any matching funds, and par25 ticipant demographics.’’. 
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1 (6) In paragraph (10) (as so redesignated)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

5 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

6 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(C) with respect to the National Marine 

8 Sanctuary System, coral reefs, and other coast9 al, estuarine, and marine habitats, and other 

10 lands and facilities administered by the Na11 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

12 the Secretary of Commerce.’’. 

13 (7) By adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(12) RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION CEN15 TERS.—The term ‘residential conservation centers’ 

16 means the facilities authorized under section 205. 

17 ‘‘(13) CONSULTING INTERN.—The term ‘con18 sulting intern’ means a consulting intern selected 

19 under section 206. 

20 ‘‘(14) PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE CORPS PARTICI21 PANT.—The term ‘Public Lands Service Corps par22 ticipant’, ‘Corps participant’ or ‘participant of the 

23 Corps’ means an individual who is enrolled in the 

24 Public Lands Service Corps pursuant to section 

25 204(b).’’. 
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1 (e) PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE CORPS PROGRAM.—Sec2 tion 204 of the Act is amended as follows: 

3 (1) In subsection (a)— 

4 (A) in the heading, by adding at the end 

5 ‘‘PROGRAM’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘and the Department of 

7 Agriculture a’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Department 

8 of Agriculture, and the Department of Com9 merce a service and training program titled 

10 the’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior shall establish a 

13 department-level office to coordinate Public 

14 Lands Service Corps activities within the De15 partment of the Interior. The Secretary of Agri16 culture shall establish within the U.S. Forest 

17 Service an office to coordinate Public Lands 

18 Service Corps activities within that agency. The 

19 Secretary of Commerce shall establish within 

20 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin21 istration an office to coordinate Public Lands 

22 Service Corps activities within that agency. The 

23 Secretary of each department shall designate a 

24 Public Lands Service Corps coordinator for 

25 each agency within that department that ad-
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1 ministers Public Lands Service Corps activi2 ties.’’. 

3 (2) By amending subsection (b) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(b) PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary may enroll in 

6 the Public Lands Service Corps individuals between the 

7 ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are either hired by an 

8 agency under the Secretary’s jurisdiction to perform work 

9 authorized under this Act or who are members of a quali10 fied youth or conservation corps with which the Secretary 

11 has entered into a cooperative agreement to perform work 

12 authorized under this Act. The Secretary may also enroll 

13 resource assistants and consulting interns. All enrollees 

14 shall be considered Public Lands Service Corps partici15 pants, and may be enrolled for a term of up to 24 months 

16 of service, which may be served over more than two cal17 endar years. The individuals may be enrolled without re18 gard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or 

19 regulations of the United States. The Secretary may es20 tablish a preference for the enrollment in the Corps of in21 dividuals who are economically, physically, or education22 ally disadvantaged.’’. 

23 (3) In subsection (c)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

25 (i) by striking ‘‘contracts and’’; 
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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘natural and cultural 

2 resources’’ after ‘‘appropriate’’; and 

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

6 paragraph (3); 

7 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(2) RECRUITMENT.—The Secretary shall un10 dertake, or enter into cooperative agreements to pro11 vide, a program to attract eligible youth to the 

12 Corps by publicizing Corps opportunities through 

13 high schools, colleges, employment centers, electronic 

14 media, and other appropriate institutions or 

15 means.’’; and 

16 (D) by amending paragraph (3) (as so re17 designated) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—For purposes of entering 

19 into cooperative agreements under paragraph (1), 

20 the Secretary may give preference to qualified youth 

21 or conservation corps located in a specific area that 

22 have a substantial portion of members who are eco23 nomically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged 

24 to carry out projects within the area.’’. 
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1 (4) By redesignating subsections (d) through 

2 (f) as subsections (e) through (g), respectively. 

3 (5) By inserting after subsection (c) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(d) TRAINING.—The Secretary shall establish a 

6 training program based at appropriate residential con7 servation centers or at other suitable regional Federal or 

8 other appropriate facilities or sites to provide training for 

9 Corps participants. The Secretary shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) ensure that the duration and comprehen11 siveness of the training program shall be commensu12 rate with the projects Corps participants are ex13 pected to undertake; 

14 ‘‘(2) develop department-wide standards for the 

15 program that include training in— 

16 ‘‘(A) resource stewardship; 

17 ‘‘(B) ethics for those in public service; 

18 ‘‘(C) principles of national service; 

19 ‘‘(D) health and safety; 

20 ‘‘(E) teamwork and leadership; and 

21 ‘‘(F) interpersonal communications; 

22 ‘‘(3) direct each participating agency to develop 

23 agency-specific training guidelines to ensure that 

24 Corps participants enrolled to undertake projects for 
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1 that agency are appropriately informed about mat2 ters specific to that agency, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) the history and organization of the 

4 agency; 

5 ‘‘(B) the agency’s core values; and 

6 ‘‘(C) any agency-specific standards for the 

7 management of natural, cultural, historic, ar8 chaeological, recreational, and scenic resources; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(4) take into account training already received 

11 by Corps participants enrolled from qualified youth 

12 or conservation corps, including in the matters out13 lined in paragraph (2).’’. 

14 (6) In subsection (e) (as so redesignated)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary may 

17 utilize the Corps or any qualified youth or 

18 conservation corps to carry out appro19 priate’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary may 

20 use Corps participants to carry out, under 

21 appropriate supervision and training, ap22 propriate natural and cultural resource’’; 

23 and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘law on public lands.’’ 

25 and inserting the following: ‘‘law. Such 
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1 projects may include, but are not limited 

2 to— 

3 ‘‘(A) protection, restoration, or enhance4 ment of ecosystem components to promote spe5 cies recovery, improve biological diversity, en6 hance productivity and carbon sequestration, 

7 and enhance adaptability and resilience of pub8 lic lands and resources in the face of climate 

9 change and other natural and human disturb10 ances; 

11 ‘‘(B) promoting the health of forests and 

12 public lands, refuges, and coastal and marine 

13 areas, including— 

14 ‘‘(i) protection and restoration of wa15 tersheds and forest, riparian, estuarine, 

16 grassland, coral reef, intertidal, or other 

17 habitat; 

18 ‘‘(ii) reduction of wildfire risk and 

19 mitigation of damage from insects, disease, 

20 and disasters; 

21 ‘‘(iii) erosion control; 

22 ‘‘(iv) control or removal of invasive, 

23 noxious, or non-native species; 

24 ‘‘(v) restoration of native species; and 
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1 ‘‘(vi) projects under the Healthy For2 ests Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 

3 108–148); 

4 Projects under this subparagraph shall be con5 sidered priority projects; 

6 ‘‘(C) collection of biological, archaeological, 

7 and other scientific data, including monitoring 

8 of climatological information, species popu9 lations and movement, habitat status, and other 

10 factors; 

11 ‘‘(D) assisting in historical and cultural re12 search, archival and curatorial work, oral his13 tory projects, documentary photography, and 

14 activities that support the creation of public 

15 works of art related to public lands; and 

16 ‘‘(E) construction, repair, rehabilitation, 

17 green building retrofitting, and maintenance of 

18 roads, trails, campgrounds, and other facilities, 

19 employee housing, cultural and historic sites 

20 and structures, and facilities that further the 

21 purposes of the Public Lands Service Corps.’’. 

22 (B) By redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

23 (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively. 

24 (C) By inserting after paragraph (1) the 

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) VISITOR SERVICES.—The Secretary may— 

2 ‘‘(A) enter into or amend an existing coop3 erative agreement with a cooperating associa4 tion, educational institute, friends group, or 

5 similar nonprofit partner organization for the 

6 purpose of providing training and work experi7 ence to Corps participants in areas including, 

8 but not limited to, sales, office work, account9 ing, and management provided that the work 

10 experience directly relates to the protection and 

11 management of the public lands; and 

12 ‘‘(B) allow Corps participants to help pro13 mote visitor safety and enjoyment of public 

14 lands, and assist in the gathering of visitor use 

15 data. 

16 ‘‘(3) INTERPRETATION.—The Secretary may 

17 assign Corps participants to provide interpretation 

18 or education services for the public under the appro19 priate direction and supervision of agency personnel, 

20 including— 

21 ‘‘(A) providing orientation and information 

22 services to visitors, including services for non23 English speaking visitors and visitors who use 

24 American Sign Language; 
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1 ‘‘(B) assisting agency personnel in the de2 livery of interpretive or educational programs, 

3 including outdoor learning and classroom learn4 ing; 

5 ‘‘(C) presenting programs on Federal lands 

6 or at schools, after-school programs, and youth7 serving community programs that relate the 

8 personal experience of the Corps participant for 

9 the purpose of promoting public awareness of 

10 the Corps, its role in public land management 

11 agencies, and its availability to potential partici12 pants; and 

13 ‘‘(D) creating nonpersonal interpretive 

14 products, such as Web site content, Junior 

15 Ranger program books, printed handouts, and 

16 audiovisual programs.’’. 

17 (D) In paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), 

18 by striking ‘‘Appropriate conservation projects’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘Appropriate natural and cultural 

20 resources conservation projects’’. 

21 (7) In subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 

22 striking ‘‘appropriate conservation project’’ inserting 

23 ‘‘appropriate natural and cultural resources con24 servation project’’. 
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1 (8) By amending the text of subsection (f) (as 

2 so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘involve improvements 

3 to Federal property and’’ after ‘‘preference to those 

4 projects which’’. 

5 (9) By amending the text of subsection (f)(2) 

6 (as so redesignated) to read as follows: ‘‘will instill 

7 in Corps participants a work ethic and a sense of 

8 public service;’’. 

9 (10) In subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 

10 striking ‘‘on eligible service lands’’. 

11 (11) By adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(h) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary may 

13 allow volunteers from other programs administered or des14 ignated by the Secretary to participate as volunteers in 

15 projects carried out under this section on such terms as 

16 the Secretary considers appropriate.’’. 

17 (f) RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION CENTERS AND

18 PROGRAM SUPPORT.—Section 205 of the Act is amended 

19 as follows: 

20 (1) In the section heading, by striking ‘‘CON21 SERVATION’’ and inserting ‘‘RESIDENTIAL CON22 SERVATION’’. 

23 (2) In subsection (a)— 

24 (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 

25 follows: 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may estab2 lish residential conservation centers for— 

3 ‘‘(A) such housing, food service, medical 

4 care, transportation, and other services as the 

5 Secretary deems necessary for the Public Lands 

6 Service Corps; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the conduct of appropriate residential 

8 conservation projects under this Act.’’; 

9 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig10 nating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 

11 (2) and (3), respectively; 

12 (C) in paragraph (2) (as so redesig13 nated)— 

14 (i) in the text, by inserting ‘‘residen15 tial’’ before ‘‘conservation centers’’; and 

16 (ii) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘RES17 IDENTIAL’’ before ‘‘CONSERVATION CEN18 TERS’’; and 

19 (D) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), 

20 by striking ‘‘with a State or’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

21 cooperative agreement with another Federal, 

22 State, or’’. 

23 (3) In subsection (b)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in25 serting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 

2 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may make arrangements 

4 with other Federal agencies, States, local, and tribal 

5 governments, or private organizations to provide 

6 temporary housing as needed and available. 

7 ‘‘(3) In project areas where Corps participants 

8 can reasonably be expected to reside at their own 

9 homes, the Secretary may fund or provide transpor10 tation to and from project sites.’’. 

11 (4) By redesignating subsection (d) as sub12 section (g). 

13 (5) By inserting after subsection (c) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(d) FACILITIES.—The Secretary may, as an appro16 priate natural and cultural resources conservation project, 

17 direct Corps participants to aid in the rehabilitation or 

18 construction of residential conservation center facilities, 

19 including housing. 

20 ‘‘(e) GREEN BUILDINGS.—The Secretary may seek 

21 the assistance of the Secretary of Energy in identifying 

22 and using solar and other green building technologies and 

23 modular housing designs that may be adapted for residen24 tial conservation center facilities, including— 
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1 ‘‘(1) designs from the Department of Energy’s 

2 Solar Decathlon competition; and 

3 ‘‘(2) logistical support, assistance, and training 

4 from Solar Decathlon participants. 

5 ‘‘(f) MENTORS.—The Secretary may recruit from 

6 programs, such as agency volunteer programs, and from 

7 agency retirees, veterans groups, military retirees, active 

8 duty personnel, and from appropriate youth-serving orga9 nizations, such adults as may be suitable and qualified to 

10 provide training, mentoring, and crew-leading services to 

11 Corps participants.’’. 

12 (6) In subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 

13 striking ‘‘are appropriate to carry out this title’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘the Secretary determines to be necessary 

15 for the residential conservation center’’. 

16 (g) RESOURCE ASSISTANTS AND CONSULTING IN17 TERNS.—Section 206 of the Act is amended as follows: 

18 (1) In the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

19 CONSULTING INTERNS’’ before the period. 

20 (2) In subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec21 retary is authorized to provide individual placements 

22 of resource’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The Sec23 retary is authorized, to provide individual place24 ments of the following: 

25 ‘‘(1) Resource’’. 
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1 (3) By inserting after subsection (a)(1) (as so 

2 designated), the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) Consulting interns with any Federal land, 

4 coastal, or ocean management agency under the ju5 risdiction of the Secretary to carry out management 

6 analysis activities on behalf of the agency. To be eli7 gible for selection as a consulting intern, an indi8 vidual must be a current enrollee and have com9 pleted at least one full year at a graduate or profes10 sional school that has been accredited by an accred11 iting body that has been recognized by the Secretary 

12 of Education. The Secretary may select consulting 

13 interns without regard to the civil service and classi14 fication laws, rules, or regulations of the United 

15 States.’’. 

16 (4) In subsection (b)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘or consulting interns’’ 

18 before ‘‘through private sources’’; 

19 (B) in the second sentence, before the pe20 riod, by inserting ‘‘; up to 15 percent may be 

21 in-kind’’; and 

22 (C) by striking ‘‘Resource Assistants’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘resource assistants or consulting in24 terns’’. 

25 (5) By adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(c) COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS.—At the Sec2 retary’s discretion, the requirements for cost sharing ap3 plicable to participating nonprofit organizations for the ex4 penses of resource assistants and consulting interns under 

5 subsection (b) may be reduced to not less than 10 per6 cent.’’. 

7 (h) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The Act is amended 

8 by redesignating sections 207, 208, 209, 210, and 211 as 

9 sections 208, 209, 210, 211, and 212, respectively. 

10 (i) GUIDANCE.—The Act is amended by inserting 

11 after section 206 the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 207. GUIDANCE. 

13 ‘‘Not later than 18 months after funds are made 

14 available for this purpose, the Secretaries shall issue 

15 guidelines for the management of the Public Lands Serv16 ice Corps programs for use by regional and State direc17 tors, and the supervisors of individual parks, forests, dis18 tricts, sanctuaries, reserves, hatcheries, and refuges.’’. 

19 (j) LIVING ALLOWANCES AND TERMS OF SERVICE.— 

20 Section 208 of the Act (as so redesignated) is amended— 

21 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol22 lows: 

23 ‘‘(a) LIVING ALLOWANCES.—The Secretary shall pro24 vide each Corps participant with a living allowance in an 
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1 amount established by the Secretary. The Secretary 

2 may— 

3 ‘‘(1) apply a cost-of-living differential to such 

4 allowances; and 

5 ‘‘(2) reimburse Corps participants for travel 

6 costs at the beginning and end of their term of serv7 ice if the Secretary deems appropriate.’’; 

8 (2) by amending the text of subsection (b) to 

9 read as follows: ‘‘Each Corp participant shall agree 

10 to participate in the Corps for such term of service 

11 as may be established by the Secretary enrolling or 

12 selecting the individual.’’; 

13 (3) in the heading of subsection (c), by adding 

14 at the end ‘‘PREFERENCE AND FUTURE EMPLOY15 MENT’’; and 

16 (4) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) 

18 to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(1) grant to a participant of the Public Lands 

20 Service Corps credit for service time in the Corps to 

21 be used as qualifying experience toward future Fed22 eral hiring; 

23 ‘‘(2) provide to a former participant of the Pub24 lic Lands Service Corps noncompetitive hiring status 

25 for a period of not more than two years after the 
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1 date on which the participant’s service with the Pub2 lic Lands Service Corps is complete (not counting 

3 any time spent enrolled in an academic institution or 

4 trade school), if the candidate— 

5 ‘‘(A) has served a minimum of 960 hours 

6 on an appropriate natural or cultural resource 

7 conservation project that included at least 120 

8 hours through the Public Lands Service Corps; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(B) meets Office of Personnel Manage11 ment qualification standards for the position to 

12 which the candidate is applying;’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) develop a system to provide consideration 

15 for participants who cannot meet the requirements 

16 of paragraph (2); 

17 ‘‘(4) provide to an individual who has success18 fully fulfilled the resource assistant program non19 competitive hiring status for a period of not more 

20 than two years after the date on which the indi21 vidual has completed an undergraduate degree from 

22 an accredited institution; 

23 ‘‘(5) provide to an individual who has success24 fully fulfilled the consulting internship program non25 competitive hiring status for a period of not more 
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1 than two years after the date on which the indi2 vidual has completed a graduate degree from an ac3 credited institution; and 

4 ‘‘(6) provide, or enter into cooperative agree5 ments with qualified employment agencies to pro6 vide, alumni services such as job and education 

7 counseling, referrals, verification of service, commu8 nications, and other appropriate services to partici9 pants who have completed their Corps service.’’. 

10 (k) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

11 Section 209 of the Act (as so redesignated) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘If a’’ and all 

13 that follows through ‘‘shall be eligible’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘If a Corps participant also serves in an approved 

15 national service position designated under subtitle C 

16 of title I of the National and Community Service Act 

17 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.), the Corps partic18 ipant shall be eligible’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b), by striking— 

20 (A) ‘‘either participants in the Corps or re21 source assistants’’ and inserting ‘‘participants 

22 in the Corps’’; and 

23 (B) ‘‘or a resource assistant’’. 

24 (l) NONDISPLACEMENT.—Section 210 of the Act (as 

25 so redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 210. NONDISPLACEMENT. 

2 ‘‘The nondisplacement requirements of the National 

3 and Community Service Act of 1990 shall be applicable 

4 to all activities carried out by the Public Lands Service 

5 Corps participants.’’. 

6 (m) FUNDING.—Section 211 of the Act (as so redes7 ignated) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘appropriate conservation 

10 project’’ each place it appears and inserting 

11 ‘‘appropriate natural and cultural resources 

12 conservation project’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘The Secretary may reduce to no less than 10 

15 percent the non-Federal costs of a project when 

16 the Secretary determines that it is necessary to 

17 enable participation in the Public Lands Service 

18 Corps from a greater range of organizations.’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘program’’ after ‘‘Corps’’; 

22 and 

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘, consulting interns’’ be24 fore ‘‘and qualified youth’’. 

25 (n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

26 212 of the Act (as so redesignated) is amended— 
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1 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro4 priated to carry out this title $12,000,000 for each of fis5 cal years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, of which 

no less than 3 6 ⁄4 of the sums shall be made available for 

7 healthy forests restoration priority projects under section 

8 204(e)(1)(B)(vi).’’; 

9 (2) by striking subsection (b); and 

10 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub11 section (b). 

12 (o) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No person or 

13 entity who is a party to a pending lawsuit against the dis14 pensing Secretary is eligible to receive funds authorized 

15 or made available under this Act or amendments made 

16 by this Act. 

17 (p) FURTHER LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO

18 PROTECT CHILDREN.—No adult shall be eligible to receive 

19 funds or participate in the Public Lands Service Corps 

20 program under this Act or amendments made by this Act, 

21 if that person— 

22 (1) refuses to consent to a criminal history 

23 check; 

24 (2) makes a false statement in connection with 

25 such a criminal history check; 
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1 (3) is registered, or is required to be registered, 

2 on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex 

3 Offender Registry established under the Adam 

4 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 

5 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or 

6 (4) has been convicted of murder, as described 

7 in section 1111 of title 18, United States Code. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 20, 

2010. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1612 

AN ACT 

To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to 

of public service. managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value sources; train a new generation of public land toric, archaeological, recreational and scenic rehelp restore the nation’s natural, cultural, hisvide service opportunities for young Americans; Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to proexpand the authorization of the Secretaries of