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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4318 

To authorize the President to reestablish the Civilian Conservation Corps 

as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and underemployed citizens of the United States through the performance of useful 

public work, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 15, 2009 

Ms. KAPTUR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To authorize the President to reestablish the Civilian Conservation Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and underemployed citizens of the 

United States through the performance of useful public 

work, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘21st Century Civilian 

5 Conservation Corps Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF CIVILIAN 

2 CONSERVATION CORPS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—In order to re4 lieve the acute condition of widespread distress and unem5 ployment existing in the United States and to provide for 

6 the restoration of depleted natural resources in the United 

7 States and the advancement of an orderly program of use8 ful public works, the President may establish and operate 

9 a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ citizens of the 

10 United States, who are otherwise unemployed or under11 employed, in the construction, maintenance, and carrying 

12 on of works of a public nature in connection with— 

13 (1) the forestation of lands belonging to the 

14 United States or a State; 

15 (2) the prevention of forest fires, floods, and 

16 soil erosion; 

17 (3) plant pest and disease control; 

18 (4) the construction, maintenance, or repair of 

19 paths, trails, and fire-lanes in units of the National 

20 Park System, public lands, and other lands under 

21 the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and 

22 units of the National Forest System; and 

23 (5) such other work on Federal or State land 

24 incidental to or necessary in connection with any 

25 projects of the character enumerated in paragraphs 


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1 (1) through (4) that the President determines to be 

2 desirable. 

3 (b) ROLE OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—To operate the 

4 Civilian Conservation Corps, the President may utilize ex5 isting Federal departments and agencies, including the 

6 Department of Labor, the Department of Defense, the 

7 National Guard Bureau, the Department of Interior, the 

8 Department of Agriculture, the Army Corps of Engineers, 

9 the Department of Transportation, the Department of En10 ergy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Federal 

11 governmental corporations. 

12 (c) INCLUSION OF OTHER LANDS.—The President 

13 may extend the activities of the Civilian Conservation 

14 Corps to lands owned by a political subdivision of a State 

15 and lands in private ownership, but only for the purpose 

16 of conducting such kinds of cooperation work as are other17 wise authorized by law in preventing and controlling forest 

18 fires and the attacks of forest tree pests and diseases and 

19 such work as is necessary and in the public interest to 

20 control floods. 

21 (d) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—For the purpose of car22 rying out this Act the President may enter into such con23 tracts or agreements with States as may be necessary, in24 cluding provisions for utilization of existing State adminis25 trative agencies. 


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1 (e) ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.—The Presi2 dent, or the head of any department or agency authorized 

3 by the President to construct any project or to carry on 

4 any public works under this Act, may acquire real prop5 erty for such project or public work by purchase, donation, 

6 condemnation, or otherwise. 

7 SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF CIVILIAN CONSERVATION 

8 CORPS. 

9 (a) HOUSING AND CARE OF EMPLOYEES.—The 

10 President may provide housing for persons employed in 

11 the Civilian Conservation Corps and furnish them with 

12 such subsistence, clothing, medical attendance and hos13 pitalization, and cash allowance, as may be necessary, dur14 ing the period they are so employed. 

15 (b) TRANSPORTATION.—The President may provide 

16 for the transportation of persons employed in the Civilian 

17 Conservation Corps to and from the places of employment. 

18 (c) NON-DISCRIMINATION.—In employing citizens for 

19 the Civilian Conservation Corps, no discrimination shall 

20 occur in accordance with Federal employment law; except 

21 that no individual under conviction for crime and serving 

22 sentence therefore shall be employed under the provisions 

23 of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

3 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

4 $16,000,000,000 for each fiscal years 2010 through 2013. 

5 (b) USE OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS APPROPRIATED

6 FOR PUBLIC WORKS.— 

7 (1) USE OF EXISTING FUNDS.—The President 

8 may use any moneys previously appropriated for 

9 public works and unobligated as of the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act to establish and operate a Ci11 vilian Conservation Corps under this Act. 

12 (2) USE TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT.—Not 

13 less than 80 percent of the funds utilized pursuant 

14 to paragraph (1) must be used to provide for the 

15 employment of individuals under this Act. 

16 (3) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not 

17 apply to— 

18 (A) unobligated moneys appropriated for 

19 public works on which actual construction has 

20 been commenced as of the date of the enact21 ment of this Act or may be commenced within 

22 90 days after that date; and 

23 (B) maintenance funds for river and har24 bor improvements already allocated as of the 

25 date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (c) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro2 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

3 subsection (a) or made available under subsection (b) shall 

4 remain available until expended. 

5 SEC. 5. TERMINATION. 

6 The authority of the President to establish and oper7 ate a Civilian Conservation Corps under this Act expires 

8 on September 30, 2013. 

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