‘‘SEC. 207. GUIDANCE. 
‘‘Not later than 18 months after funds are made 
available for this purpose, the Secretaries shall issue 
guidelines for the management of the Public Lands Serv-
ice Corps programs for use by regional and State direc-
tors, and the supervisors of individual parks, forests, dis-
tricts, sanctuaries, reserves, hatcheries, and refuges.’’. 
(j) LIVING ALLOWANCES AND TERMS OF SERVICE.— 
Section 208 of the Act (as so redesignated) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) LIVING ALLOWANCES.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide each Corps participant with a living allowance in an 
amount established by the Secretary. The Secretary 
may— 
‘‘(1) apply a cost-of-living differential to such 
allowances; and 
‘‘(2) reimburse Corps participants for travel 
costs at the beginning and end of their term of serv-
ice if the Secretary deems appropriate.’’; 
(2) by amending the text of subsection (b) to 
read as follows: ‘‘Each Corps participant shall agree 
to participate in the Corps for such term of service 
as may be established by the Secretary enrolling or 
selecting the individual.’’; 
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(3) in the heading of subsection (c), by adding 
at the end ‘‘PREFERENCE AND FUTURE EMPLOY-
MENT’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by amending paragraphs (1) and (2) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) grant to a participant of the Public Lands 
Service Corps credit for service time in the Corps to 
be used as qualifying experience toward future Fed-
eral hiring; 
‘‘(2) provide to a former participant of the Pub-
lic Lands Service Corps noncompetitive hiring status 
for a period of not more than two years after the 
date on which the participant’s service with the Pub-
lic Lands Service Corps is complete (not counting 
any time spent enrolled in an academic institution or 
trade school), if the candidate— 
‘‘(A) has served a minimum of 960 hours 
on an appropriate natural or cultural resource 
conservation project that included at least 120 
hours through the Public Lands Service Corps; 
and 
‘‘(B) meets Office of Personnel Manage-
ment qualification standards for the position to 
which the candidate is applying;’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) develop a system to provide consideration 
for participants who cannot meet the requirements 
of paragraph (2); 
‘‘(4) provide to an individual who has success-
fully fulfilled the resource assistant program non-
competitive hiring status for a period of not more 
than two years after the date on which the indi-
vidual has completed an undergraduate degree from 
an accredited institution; 
‘‘(5) provide to an individual who has success-
fully fulfilled the consulting internship program non-
competitive hiring status for a period of not more 
than two years after the date on which the indi-
vidual has completed a graduate degree from an ac-
credited institution; and 
‘‘(6) provide, or enter into cooperative agree-
ments with qualified employment agencies to pro-
vide, alumni services such as job and education 
counseling, referrals, verification of service, commu-
nications, and other appropriate services to partici-
pants who have completed their Corps service.’’. 
(k) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
Section 209 of the Act (as so redesignated) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘If a’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘shall be eligible’’ and inserting 
‘‘If a Corps participant also serves in an approved 
national service position designated under subtitle C 
of title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.), the Corps partic-
ipant shall be eligible’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking— 
(A) ‘‘either participants in the Corps or re-
source assistants’’ and inserting ‘‘participants 
in the Corps’’; and 
(B) ‘‘or a resource assistant’’. 
(l) NONDISPLACEMENT.—Section 210 of the Act (as 
so redesignated) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 210. NONDISPLACEMENT. 
‘‘The nondisplacement requirements of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 shall be applicable 
to all activities carried out by the Public Lands Service 
Corps participants.’’. 
(m) FUNDING.—Section 211 of the Act (as so redes-
ignated) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘appropriate conservation 
project’’ each place it appears and inserting 
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‘‘appropriate natural and cultural resources 
conservation project’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Secretary may reduce to no less than 10 
percent the non-Federal costs of a project when 
the Secretary determines that it is necessary to 
enable participation in the Public Lands Service 
Corps from a greater range of organizations.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘program’’ after ‘‘Corps’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, consulting interns’’ be-
fore ‘‘and qualified youth’’. 
(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
212 of the Act (as so redesignated) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘to the Sec-
retary’’ after ‘‘authorized to be appropriated’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to carry out’’ 
the first place it appears and all that follows 
through the period and inserting ‘‘such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this title.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (b); and 
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(4) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b). 
Æ 
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