IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 513 
Supporting the designation of the second Friday of June as ‘‘National Service 
and Conservation Corps Day’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2025 
Ms. HOULAHAN (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BACON, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Workforce 
RESOLUTION 
Supporting the designation of the second Friday of June 
as ‘‘National Service and Conservation Corps Day’’. 
Whereas there exists a network of National Service Programs 
(in this resolution referred to as ‘‘Service and Conserva-
tion Corps’’) that receive funding pursuant to subtitle C 
of the National and Community Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
12571 et seq.); 
Whereas such network includes more than 150 Service and 
Conservation Corps across the country; 
Whereas these Service and Conservation Corps annually pro-
vide education, workforce development, and support serv-
ices to nearly 23,000 young adults and post-9/11 vet-
erans; 
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Whereas today’s Service and Conservation Corps are locally 
based organizations that engage young adults (generally 
ages 16 to 25) and veterans (up to age 35) in service 
projects that address recreation, disaster response, con-
servation, and community needs; 
Whereas these Service and Conservation Corps are direct de-
scendants of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a Great 
Depression-era Federal work relief program that mobi-
lized 3,000,000 young men to dramatically improve the 
Nation’s public lands; 
Whereas Civilian Conservation Corps participants received 
food, shelter, education, and a $30-a-month stipend; 
Whereas, from 1933 to 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps 
planted 3,000,000,000 trees and helped build trails, 
roads, campgrounds, and other park infrastructure still 
in use today; 
Whereas April 5, 2023, was the 90th anniversary of Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt establishing the Civilian Con-
servation Corps with a Presidential Executive order; 
Whereas most modern Service and Conservation Corps are 
nonprofits or are operated by units of State or local gov-
ernment; 
Whereas, through public-private partnerships, Service and 
Conservation Corps work with a range of organizations, 
government agencies, and institutions to engage Corps-
members in meaningful projects that address local and 
national issues; 
Whereas, through a term of service that could last from a few 
months to a year, Corpsmembers experience the ‘‘Corps 
Model’’, where they gain work experience and develop in- 
demand skills; 
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Whereas Corpsmembers are compensated with a stipend or 
living allowance and often receive an education award or 
scholarship upon completing their service; 
Whereas, additionally, Corps provide participants with edu-
cational programming, mentoring, and access to career 
and personal counseling, and some Corps operate or part-
ner with charter schools to help participants earn their 
high school diploma or GED; 
Whereas Corpsmembers complete thousands of community 
improvement, 
resilience, 
and 
resource 
conservation 
projects every year; 
Whereas Corpsmembers typically serve on crews alongside 
other young adults, or in ‘‘individual placement’’ or in-
ternship positions that provide additional capacity to 
Federal, State, and local resource management agencies; 
Whereas Service and Conservation Corps have longstanding 
partnerships with Federal, State, and local community 
development and resource management agencies to en-
gage Corpsmembers in meaningful and necessary projects 
across the country; 
Whereas Service and Conservation Corps projects include— 
(1) the enhancement of neighborhoods and commu-
nity public spaces, including public parks; 
(2) the preservation and protection of public lands, 
shorelines, waterways, habitat, and wildlife; 
(3) the preservation of historic structures; 
(4) providing access to and the enhancement of 
recreation on public lands and waters; 
(5) enhancing resilience to natural disasters; and 
(6) mitigation, response to, and recovery from nat-
ural disasters, including hurricanes and wildfire; 
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Whereas, during this past year, Corpsmembers who were per-
sonally impacted by the devastation caused by Hurricanes 
Helene and Milton as well the California wildfires, re-
sponded to these events in their own communities, and 
Corpsmembers located across the country traveled to 
these locations to help their fellow citizens in their time 
of need; 
Whereas the United States urgently needs to respond to dec-
ades of deferred maintenance on public lands and waters, 
restore critical ecosystems, and make its communities 
more resilient; 
Whereas the United States also has millions of young people 
facing unemployment and barriers to opportunity; and 
Whereas the existing network of more than 150 Service and 
Conservation Corps are ready to meet the needs of these 
young Americans: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of a ‘‘National 
Service and Conservation Corps Day’’; 
(2) congratulates the existing network of more 
than 150 Service and Conservation Corps on their 
contributions to the United States; 
(3) urges the citizens of the United States to 
recognize the importance of national service; and 
(4) supports the continuation and expansion of 
the national network of Service and Conservation 
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Corps under the National and Community Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
Æ 
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