IV 
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 Conserva-
tion 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 pro-
vide education, workforce development, and support serv-
ices 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 de-
scendants of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Great 
Depression-era Federal work relief program that mobi-
lized 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 Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing the Civilian Con-
servation 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 
Conservation Corps work with a range of organizations, 
government agencies, and institutions to engage Corps-
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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 in- 
demand 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 edu-
cational programming, mentoring, and access to career 
and personal counseling, and some Corps operate or part-
ner 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 in-
ternship 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 en-
gage Corpsmembers in meaningful and necessary projects 
across the country; 
Whereas Service and Conservation Corps projects include— 
(1) the enhancement of neighborhoods and commu-
nity 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 nat-
ural disasters; 
(6) mitigation, response to, and recovery from nat-
ural disasters, including hurricanes and wildfire; 
(7) improving energy efficiency and resource con-
servation; and 
(8) building and maintaining alternative transpor-
tation and sustainable infrastructure; 
Whereas, during the COVID–19 pandemic, the fact that 
Service and Conservation Corps are part of their commu-
nities 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 resil-
ient 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of a National Serv-
ice and Conservation Day; 
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(2) congratulates the existing network of more 
than 150 Service and Conservation Corps on their 
contributions to the United States; 
(3) urges the citizens of the United States to 
recognize the importance of national service; and 
(4) supports the continuation and expansion of 
the national network of Service and Conservation 
Corps under the National and Community Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
Æ 
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