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Whereas the main organizational goal for 2013 is the pro-
motion 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 lo-
cated in every State that provide service, education, and 
job training opportunities for thousands of youth yearly 
while they perform important projects in their commu-
nities 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 thou-
sands 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 Agri-
culture, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the 
Council 
on 
Environmental 
Quality, 
delivered 
rec-
ommendations on how to create a 21st Century Con-
servation 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; Environ-
mental Protection Agency; Council on Environmental 
Quality; Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice; 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 Agri-
culture, Commerce, and the Interior provide new service 
opportunities to restore the Nation’s natural and infra-
structure resources and train a new generation of con-
servation 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 opportuni-
ties in local communities along with education, job train-
ing, 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 ap-
preciation 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 
leadership for its millions of participants through edu-
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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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) congratulates the Civilian Conservation 
Corps (CCC) and its alumni on its 80th anniversary; 
(2) recognizes the important contributions to 
the United States made by the CCC and its partici-
pants; 
(3) encourages people in the United States to 
recognize the contributions and history of the CCC 
and its participants; and 
(4) supports continuation of the legacy of the 
CCC and the ideals of national service and commu-
nity improvement. 
Æ 
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