where audience size, environmental conditions, 
safety, or other factors make such assistance 
desirable; 
‘‘(C) present programs that relate the per-
sonal experience of the Corps member for the 
purpose of promoting public awareness of the 
Corps, its role in public land management agen-
cies, and its availability to potential partici-
pants; and 
‘‘(D) create non-personal interpretive prod-
ucts, such as website content, Junior Ranger 
program books, printed handouts, and audio-
visual programs.’’. 
(E) In paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘Appropriate conservation projects’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Appropriate natural and cultural 
resources conservation projects’’. 
(7) By adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary may 
allow volunteers from other programs administered by the 
Secretary to participate as volunteers in projects carried 
out under this section on such terms as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate.’’. 
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(f) RESIDENTIAL
CONSERVATION
CENTERS
AND 
PROGRAM SUPPORT.—Section 205 of the Act is amended 
as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Secretary may establish 
residential conservation centers for— 
‘‘(A) such housing, food service, medical 
care, transportation and other services as the 
Secretary deems necessary for the Public Lands 
Service Corps; and 
‘‘(B) the conduct of appropriate residential 
conservation projects under this Act.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘with 
State’’ and inserting ‘‘with another Federal,’’ 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 
(2) In subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary may make arrangements 
with other Federal agencies, States, local govern-
ments, or private organizations to provide temporary 
housing as needed and available. 
‘‘(3) In project areas where Corps members can 
reasonably be expected to reside at their own homes, 
the Secretary may fund or provide transportation to 
and from project sites.’’. 
(3) By redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (g). 
(4) By inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) FACILITIES.—The Secretary may, as an appro-
priate natural and cultural resources conservation project, 
direct Corps participants to aid in the construction of resi-
dential conservation center facilities, including housing. 
‘‘(e) GREEN BUILDINGS.—The Secretary may seek 
the assistance of the Secretary of Energy in identifying 
and using solar and other green building technologies and 
modular housing designs that may be adapted for residen-
tial conservation center facilities, including— 
‘‘(1) designs from the Department of Energy’s 
Solar Decathlon competition; and 
‘‘(2) logistical support, assistance and training 
from Solar Decathlon participants. 
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‘‘(f) MENTORS.—The Secretary may recruit from 
programs, such as agency volunteer programs, and from 
veterans groups, military retirees, and active duty per-
sonnel, such adults as may be suitable and qualified to 
provide training, mentoring, and crew-leading services to 
Corps participants.’’. 
(5) In subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘that are appropriate’’ and all that follows 
through the period and inserting ‘‘that the Secretary 
determines to be necessary for the residential con-
servation center.’’. 
(g) RESOURCE ASSISTANTS AND CONSULTING IN-
TERNS.—Section 206 of the Act is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary is authorized, to provide individual place-
ments of resource’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The 
Secretary is authorized, to provide individual place-
ments of the following: 
‘‘(1) Resource’’. 
(2) In subsection (a)(1) (as so designated), by 
striking ‘‘law, rule regulations’’ and inserting ‘‘laws, 
rules, or regulations’’. 
(3) By inserting after subsection (a)(1) (as so 
designated), the following: 
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‘‘(2) Consulting interns with any Federal land, 
coastal, or ocean management agency under the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary to carry out management 
analysis activities on behalf of the agency. To be eli-
gible for selection as a consulting intern, an indi-
vidual must be a current enrollee and have com-
pleted at least one full year at a graduate or profes-
sional school that has been accredited by an accred-
iting body that has been recognized by the Secretary 
of Education. The Secretary may select consulting 
interns without regard to the civil service and classi-
fication laws, rules, or regulations of the United 
States.’’. 
(4) In subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting 
‘‘(1) Whenever’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) Whenever one or more nonprofit organiza-
tions can provide, in the judgment of the Secretary, 
appropriate recruitment and placement services to 
fulfill the requirements of this section, the Secretary 
may implement this section through such nonprofit 
organizations. Participating nonprofit organizations 
shall contribute to the expenses of providing and 
supporting the consulting interns through private 
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