tity that is a land management agency for a time- 
limited appointment shall be considered to be ap-
pointed initially under open, competitive examina-
tion. 
‘‘(c) SERVICE HOURS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The 640 hours of service re-
quired under subsection (a)(2) may include service on 
1 or more projects carried out by a Corpsmember 
with 1 or more participating entities during 1 or 
more terms of service in a 21CSC organization. 
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—To be eligible for 
noncompetitive hiring status under subsection (b), a 
Corpsmember shall perform the 640 hours of service 
required under subsection (a)(2)— 
‘‘(A) carrying out a project on public or 
tribal land or water; or 
‘‘(B) in service with, or on a project sup-
ported in whole or in part by, a participating 
entity. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITIES.—The head of each partici-
pating entity is encouraged, to the maximum extent 
practicable, to identify a sufficient number of 21CSC 
projects on public or tribal land or water that are 
aligned with the priorities of the participating entity 
so as to facilitate the attainment of the 640 hours of 
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service by Corpsmembers required under subsection 
(a)(2). 
‘‘(4) TRACKING HOURS.—Participating entities 
shall coordinate with 21CSC organizations to identify 
the most effective and efficient method for tracking 
and certifying the 640 hours of service required under 
subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(d) GUIDANCE.—The head of each participating enti-
ty, and any subdivision of a participating entity, shall co-
ordinate with the head of each other participating entity, 
and subdivision of each other participating entity, to imple-
ment and issue guidance on eligibility for noncompetitive 
hiring status under subsection (b) in a uniform manner 
to— 
‘‘(1) improve the efficiency and use of non-
competitive hiring authority; and 
‘‘(2) minimize inconsistency.’’. 
SEC. 8. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
Section 208 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1727) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘participant in the Public 
Lands Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Corpsmember’’; 
and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘the participant’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Corpsmember’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘either participants in the 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Corpsmembers’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such a participant’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a Corpsmember’’. 
SEC. 9. NONDISPLACEMENT. 
Section 209 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1728) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Public Lands Corps’’ and in-
serting ‘‘21CSC’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘qualified youth or conservation 
corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Corpsmember or a 21CSC or-
ganization’’. 
SEC. 10. FUNDING. 
Section 210 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1729) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (c) 
as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before subsection (d) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(a) INVESTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to using the 
funds described in subsections (b) and (c) to fund 
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21CSC projects, each 21CSC organization shall lever-
age those funds by soliciting cash or in-kind contribu-
tions from public or private sources. 
‘‘(2) METHODS.—A 21CSC organization may le-
verage funds by soliciting contributions using innova-
tive strategies, such as crowd-funding. 
‘‘(b) EXISTING
RESOURCES.—To fund a 21CSC 
project, the head of each participating entity shall be lim-
ited to using existing funds appropriated or allocated to 
the participating entity, as of the period of implementation 
of the 21CSC project, under any law or authority other 
than this title. 
‘‘(c) SET COST SHARE.—A 21CSC organization car-
rying out a 21CSC project shall provide a cost share of not 
less than 10 percent of the total cost of the 21CSC project, 
which may include cash or in-kind contributions from a 
State, local, or private source.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION 
CORPS’’ and inserting ‘‘CORPSMEMBERS OR 
21CSC ORGANIZATIONS’’; and 
(ii) by striking the first and second 
sentences; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘PUBLIC LANDS CORPS’’ and inserting 
‘‘21CSC’’; 
(ii) in the first sentence— 
(I) by striking ‘‘The Secretary is 
authorized to’’ and inserting ‘‘The head 
of a participating entity may’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘Public Lands 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘21CSC’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘the Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the 21CSC’’; and 
(iii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘the Corps’’ and ‘‘the 21CSC’’; 
(4) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘In order’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the 
Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘To carry out the 21CSC or 
to support resource assistants and Corpsmembers or 
21CSC organizations under this title, the head of a 
participating entity’’; and 
(5) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 211’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 213’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Public Lands Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘21CSC’’. 
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SEC. 11. INDIAN YOUTH 21ST CENTURY CONSERVATION 
SERVICE CORPS; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 
et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 211 as section 213; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 210 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 211. INDIAN YOUTH 21ST CENTURY CONSERVATION 
SERVICE CORPS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS.—The head of a participating entity may offer to 
enter into a cooperative agreement with a tribal agency or 
a 21CSC organization to establish and administer the In-
dian Youth 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, which 
shall carry out 1 or more 21CSC projects on tribal land 
or water. 
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of the 21st Century Conservation Service 
Corps Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation 
with Indian tribes, shall issue guidelines for the manage-
ment of the Indian Youth 21st Century Conservation Serv-
ice Corps, in accordance with this Act and any other appli-
cable Federal laws. 
‘‘SEC. 212. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘Except where otherwise provided for in this title, the 
requirements and authorities provided under this title with 
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SEC. 13. NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS. 
(a) 
NONPROFIT
CAPACITY
BUILDING.—Section 
198S(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653s(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 
the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘the District of Co-
lumbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the United 
States’’. 
(b) 
COMPACT
MIGRANT
ELIGIBILITY.—Section 
137(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12591(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(5) is a citizen or national of the United States 
or lawful permanent resident alien of the United 
States, or is a citizen of the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Re-
public of Palau and admitted to the United States as 
a nonimmigrant under the terms of the applicable 
Compact of Free Association with the United States.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to any participant in a program under 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) selected after the date of enactment 
of this section. 
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SEC. 14. YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS. 
Public Law 91–378 (commonly known as the ‘‘Youth 
Conservation Corps Act of 1970’’) (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 102(a) (16 U.S.C. 1702(a)), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘trust territories, or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or the’’; and 
(B) inserting ‘‘(or who are citizens of the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, or the Republic of Palau 
and admitted to the United States as non-
immigrants under the terms of the applicable 
Compact of Free Association with the United 
States),’’ after ‘‘Puerto Rico’’; and 
(2) in section 104 (16 U.S.C. 1704)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the Trust 
Territory of the Pacific Islands, and American 
Samoa’’ and inserting ‘‘American Samoa, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘, 
possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘or possessions (or the 
citizens of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, or the Re-
public of Palau and admitted to the United 
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States as nonimmigrants under the terms of the 
applicable Compact of Free Association with the 
United States)’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 862 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2987 
[Report No. 115–1066, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to 
establish the 21st Century Conservation Service 
Corps to place youth and veterans in national 
service positions to conserve, restore, and en-
hance the great outdoors of the United States, 
and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 28, 2018 
Committees on Education and the Workforce and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
Union and ordered to be printed 
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