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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 249 

Recognizing the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on its 

80th anniversary. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2013 

Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. KUSTER, and 

Mr. ELLISON) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps 

(CCC) on its 80th anniversary. 

Whereas 2013 is the 80th anniversary of the signing of the 

Emergency Conservation Work Act, a precursor to the 

Civilian Conservation Corps Act, that allowed for establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC); 

Whereas the CCC deserves recognition for its lasting contribution to natural resources conservation and infrastructure improvements throughout the United States, 

and for its outstanding success in providing employment 

and training to millions of people in the United States 

during the Great Depression; 

Whereas the CCC coordinated a mobilization of men, material, and transportation on a scale never previously 


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known in time of peace and managed more than 4,500 

camps in every State and the then-territories of Hawaii, 

Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; 

Whereas between 1933 and 1942, the CCC provided employment and vocational training for more than 3,000,000 

men, including unemployed youths, more than 250,000 

veterans of the Spanish American War and World War 

I, and more than 80,000 Native Americans in conservation and natural resources development work, defense 

work on military reservations, and forest protection; 

Whereas the CCC left a legacy of natural resources and infrastructure improvements that included planting more 

than 3,000,000,000 trees, building 46,854 bridges, restoring 3,980 historical structures, developing more than 

800 State Parks, improving 3,462 beaches, creating 

405,037 signs, markers, and monuments, and building 

63,256 structures and 8,045 wells and pump houses; 

Whereas the benefits of many CCC projects are enjoyed today 

by thousands of people in the United States each year in 

the National Parks, State Parks, National Forests, National Monuments, and other lands and infrastructure in 

all States and numerous territories; 

Whereas CCC Legacy is a nonprofit organization that continues to cultivate and refine endeavors begun by CCC 

alumni in 1977; 

Whereas CCC Legacy’s primary mission is to increase public 

awareness of the heritage and contributions of the CCC 

through featuring CCC alumni, their programs, and accomplishments; 


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Whereas the main organizational goal for 2013 is the promotion of events around the country that celebrate the 

80th anniversary of the CCC; 

Whereas the legacy of the CCC is also carried on today by 

the Nation’s Youth Service and Conservation Corps located in every State that provide service, education, and 

job training opportunities for thousands of youth yearly 

while they perform important projects in their communities and on public lands, such as disaster relief, rural 

development, conservation, housing, transportation and 

trails, energy efficiency, wildfire mitigation, and invasive 

species removal among others; 

Whereas Youth Service and Conservation Corps carry on the 

CCC legacy by enrolling thousands of youth while 

leveraging additional thousands of community volunteer 

partners to generate millions of hours of service each 

year and have educated and provided job skills to well 

over 1,000,000 young people; 

Whereas the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps 

(21CSC) is another effort to carry on the CCC legacy 

and grew out of a recommendation of the America’s 

Great Outdoors initiative in 2010 and will work through 

public-private and nonprofit partnerships to put thousands of young people and veterans in the United States 

to work protecting, restoring, and enhancing the Nation’s 

great outdoors; 

Whereas in 2012, the 21CSC Advisory Committee, which was 

established by the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 

Council on Environmental Quality, delivered recommendations on how to create a 21st Century Conservation Service Corps to engage young United States 


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citizens in hands-on service and job training experiences 

on public lands and community green spaces; 

Whereas in 2013, eight Federal agencies (Departments of 

Agriculture, Commerce, the Interior, and Labor; Environmental Protection Agency; Council on Environmental 

Quality; Corporation for National and Community Service; Army Corps of Engineers) signed a memorandum of 

understanding establishing a National Council for the 

21CSC to provide leadership and commitment to build 

the 21CSC; 

Whereas the Public Lands Service Corps Act and the Youth 

Corps Act have been previously introduced in the House 

of Representatives and Senate that would carry on the 

legacy of the CCC by helping the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior provide new service 

opportunities to restore the Nation’s natural and infrastructure resources and train a new generation of conservation enthusiasts, and by promoting the use of the 

Youth Corps model through the Workforce Investment 

Act by providing assistance to organizations wishing to 

start Youth Corps in order to provide service opportunities in local communities along with education, job training, and support services; 

Whereas the CCC demonstrated the commitment of the 

United States to the conservation of land, water, and 

natural resources on a national level, leadership in the 

world on public conservation efforts, and instilled an appreciation for conservation and public service in millions 

of people in the United States; and 

Whereas the CCC provided a foundation of self-confidence, 

responsibility, discipline, cooperation, communication, and 

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cation, training, and hard work, and its legacy should be 

continued for future generations through modern day 

Youth Service and Conservation Corps: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) congratulates the Civilian Conservation 

3 Corps (CCC) and its alumni on its 80th anniversary; 

4 (2) recognizes the important contributions to 

5 the United States made by the CCC and its partici6 pants; 

7 (3) encourages people in the United States to 

8 recognize the contributions and history of the CCC 

9 and its participants; and 

10 (4) supports continuation of the legacy of the 

11 CCC and the ideals of national service and commu12 nity improvement. 

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