I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 711 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for the establish-
ment of Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination 
of the Youth Corps model. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 15, 2011 
Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. ANDREWS, and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide 
for the establishment of Youth Corps programs and pro-
vide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Corps Act of 
2011’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) 
Nationally, 
there 
are 
an 
estimated 
3,500,000 to 5,000,000 youth, ages 16 through 24, 
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out-of-school and out-of-work, with an additional 
500,000 young people dropping out of school each 
year. At present, the unemployment rate for youth 
ages 16 through 24 is approximately 25 percent. 
For such youth who are in low-income or minority 
communities, or are youth with disabilities, this rate 
is even higher. 
(2) Youth Service and Conservation Corps, de-
scended from the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 
1930s, have been preparing disadvantaged and dis-
connected youth for careers in resource conservation, 
environmental restoration, land management, build-
ing renovation and weatherization, education, human 
services, health care, homeland security, and disaster 
relief for nearly 3 decades. To date, more than 
600,000 young people have found a new start 
through a Youth Service and Conservation Corps. 
(3) Today, over 140 Youth Service and Con-
servation Corps are working in 44 States and the 
District of Columbia, and employing a research-driv-
en strategy, called the Youth Corps model, to re-
engage and provide educational and economic oppor-
tunity to nearly 30,000 young people each year. 
(4) Due to the many benefits and positive out-
comes, not only for program participants but also 
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for the communities in which they serve, the Youth 
Corps model is a proven strategy for re-engaging 
disconnected youth, while improving communities 
and the environment and building the workforce of 
tomorrow. 
SEC. 3. YOUTH CORPS PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I of the Work-
force Investment Act of 1998 is amended by inserting be-
fore section 174 (29 U.S.C. 2919) the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘SEC. 173B. YOUTH CORPS PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to uti-
lize service, environmental stewardship, and the Youth 
Corps model to educate and train the next generation of 
workers to enable them to find meaningful employment 
in the economy of the 21st century, and instill in them 
a sense of civic engagement and environmental steward-
ship. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a public or private nonprofit agency or 
organization (including a consortium of such agen-
cies or organizations), including— 
‘‘(A) a community-based organization; 
‘‘(B) a faith-based organization; 
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‘‘(C) a community action agency; 
‘‘(D) a community development corpora-
tion; 
‘‘(E) an entity carrying out activities under 
this title, such as a local board; 
‘‘(F) an Indian tribe or other agency pri-
marily serving Indians; 
‘‘(G) a public or private institution of high-
er education; 
‘‘(H) a State or unit of general local gov-
ernment; or 
‘‘(I) a State or local youth service or con-
servation corps. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 101, the term ‘eligible youth’ means an indi-
vidual eligible to participate in a Youth Corps pro-
gram in accordance with subsection (d). 
‘‘(3) INDIAN; INDIAN TRIBE.—The terms ‘In-
dian’ and ‘Indian tribe’ have the meanings given the 
terms in section 166(b). 
‘‘(4) PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘participant’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 101, but in-
cludes a recipient of services under paragraph 
(5)(F). 
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