ployee and an employer under such Act; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a violation of a section specified 
in clause (i) by a 21CSC organization shall 
be enforced by the Secretary of Labor in the 
same manner, and subject to the same pen-
alties under the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as a viola-
tion by an employer of section 12 of such 
Act (29 U.S.C. 212). 
‘‘(3) CIVIL SERVICE.—An individual may be en-
rolled as a Corpsmember without regard to the civil 
service and classification laws, rules, or regulations.’’. 
SEC. 5. 21ST CENTURY CONSERVATION SERVICE CORPS 
CONSERVATION 
CENTERS 
AND 
PROGRAM 
SUPPORT. 
Section 205 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1724) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘head of a participating 
entity’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Public 
Lands 
Corps’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘21CSC’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘conservation 
projects’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘21CSC projects’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, TEM-
PORARY HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION’’ after 
‘‘LOGISTICAL SUPPORT’’; 
(B) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of a partici-
pating entity’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Corps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the 21CSC’’; 
(C) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Logistical support’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—Logistical support pro-
vided under subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY HOUSING.—The head of a par-
ticipating entity may make arrangements with an-
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other Federal agency or a State, local government, or 
private organization to provide temporary housing 
for Corpsmembers as needed and available. 
‘‘(3) TRANSPORTATION.—The head of a partici-
pating entity may provide transportation to and 
from 21CSC project sites for Corpsmembers that re-
side in their own homes.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The head of a participating entity’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Corps for training or 
housing Corps participants’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
21CSC for training or housing Corpsmembers’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘The head of a participating 
entity’’. 
SEC. 6. RESOURCE ASSISTANTS. 
Section 206 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1725) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) PREFERENCE.—The head of a participating 
entity’’; 
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(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) SELECTION.—The head of a participating 
entity’’; 
(C) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘To 
be eligible’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible’’; and 
(D) by striking the first sentence and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of a participating 
entity may provide individual placements of resource 
assistants to carry out research or resource protection 
activities on behalf of the participating entity.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) PREFERENCE FOR THE USE OF 21CSC ORGANI-
ZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the head of a partici-
pating entity determines that a 21CSC organization 
can provide appropriate recruitment and placement 
services to fulfill the requirements of this section, the 
head of the participating entity may implement this 
section through a 21CSC organization. 
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTION
TO
EXPENSES.—A 21CSC 
organization providing recruitment and placement 
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services under paragraph (1) shall contribute to the 
expenses of providing and supporting resource assist-
ants, through 1 or more private sources of funding, at 
a level equal to 25 percent of the total costs of each 
participant in the resource assistant program that 
has been recruited and placed through the 21CSC or-
ganization. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—A 21CSC organization 
providing recruitment and placement services under 
paragraph (1) shall submit to the head of the applica-
ble participating entity an annual report that evalu-
ates the scope, size, and quality of the resource assist-
ant program carried out by the 21CSC organization, 
including a description of the value of the work con-
tributed by resource assistants to the mission of the 
participating entity.’’. 
SEC. 7. ELIGIBILITY FOR NONCOMPETITIVE HIRING STA-
TUS. 
Section 207 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1726) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 207. ELIGIBILITY FOR NONCOMPETITIVE HIRING STA-
TUS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the terms ‘land management agency’ and 
‘time-limited appointment’ have the meanings given 
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those terms in section 9601 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘qualified Corpsmember’ means a 
Corpsmember who is certified by a corresponding par-
ticipating entity as having successfully completed 640 
hours of service with a 21CSC organization. 
‘‘(b) HIRING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and subsection (c), a qualified Corpsmember shall be 
eligible for appointment in the competitive service in 
the same manner as a Peace Corps volunteer as pre-
scribed in Executive Order 11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 
note; relating to Providing for the Appointment of 
Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Career 
Services), as amended by Executive Order 12107 (44 
Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Service Commis-
sion and Labor-Management in the Federal Service). 
‘‘(2) PERIOD.—A qualified Corpsmember shall be 
eligible for an appointment under paragraph (1) dur-
ing the 2-year period beginning on the date on which 
the Corpsmember completes the 640 hours of service 
required under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(3) TIME-LIMITED
APPOINTMENT.—For pur-
poses of section 9602 of title 5, United States Code, 
a qualified Corpsmember hired by a participating en-
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