‘‘(B) the conservation, restoration, manage-
ment, and development of the natural resources 
and infrastructure of the United States, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) removal of invasive species; 
‘‘(ii) wildfire prevention and response; 
‘‘(iii) disaster resiliency, mitigation, 
response, and recovery; 
‘‘(iv) trail development and mainte-
nance; 
‘‘(v) coastal restoration and resiliency; 
‘‘(vi) historic preservation; 
‘‘(vii) public safety; 
‘‘(viii) energy efficiency and alter-
native energy; 
‘‘(ix) water infrastructure; 
‘‘(x) construction, repair, rehabilita-
tion, or maintenance of— 
‘‘(I) a road; 
‘‘(II) a campground; or 
‘‘(III) any other recreation or vis-
itor facility or housing structure; and 
‘‘(xi) any other related project that fur-
thers the purposes of this title; 
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‘‘(C) the support, development, and en-
hancement of outdoor recreation or urban green 
space for the purpose of public access; 
‘‘(D) service that is primarily indoors, such 
as service in a science, policy, or program in-
ternship, with a clear benefit for natural, cul-
tural, or historic resources or treasures, which 
may include the provision of interpretation and 
education services to— 
‘‘(i) the public; or 
‘‘(ii) a cooperating association, edu-
cational institution, friends group, or simi-
lar nonprofit partner organization; and 
‘‘(E) notwithstanding section 132A of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12584a), a project described in this 
paragraph on private land or water in partner-
ship with a private entity if— 
‘‘(i) the project has a direct or recog-
nized public or environmental benefit; or 
‘‘(ii) the funding for the project origi-
nated from a governmental entity, regard-
less of the end payor. 
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‘‘(6) 21CSC CORPSMEMBERS.—In carrying out a 
21CSC project, a 21CSC organization shall provide 
each Corpsmember with— 
‘‘(A) in-demand skills development, certifi-
cation and credentials, and education to prepare 
the Corpsmember for success in transitioning to 
the 21st century workforce; 
‘‘(B) community skill development to help 
the Corpsmember— 
‘‘(i) acquire an ethic of service to oth-
ers and the United States; and 
‘‘(ii) become a more effective natural 
resource and community steward; and 
‘‘(C) a greater understanding of the nat-
ural, cultural, or historic resources or treasures 
of the United States. 
‘‘(e) CORPSMEMBER COMPENSATION
AND EMPLOY-
MENT STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) 
CORPSMEMBER
COMPENSATION
STAND-
ARD.— 
‘‘(A) SPECIFIC
WAGE
RATES.—A form of 
compensation provided under subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C) of subsection (d)(3) shall be consid-
ered to be established at a specific wage rate, in 
the same manner as the compensation provided 
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for a living allowance under section 140 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12594). 
‘‘(B) COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN CORPS-
MEMBERS.—The compensation provided under 
subsection (d)(3) to a Corpsmember who is not 
a participant in a 21CSC project supported by 
the Corporation for National and Community 
Service shall not be subject to any provision of 
(including a regulation under) the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12501 et seq.) relating to a wage rate, but shall 
be considered to be established at a specific wage 
rate, in the manner described in subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
subparagraph (A) applies a specific wage rate 
for a living allowance that is established under 
section 140 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12594) to the 
compensation of a Corpsmember under sub-
section (d)(3). 
‘‘(2) CORPSMEMBER EMPLOYMENT STANDARD.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B) and (C), in parity with sec-
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tion 101(30) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(30)), a 
Corpsmember shall be considered to be a partici-
pant (as defined in section 101 of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12511)), not an employee, of the 21CSC organi-
zation for which the Corpsmember serves. 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS.— 
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), Federal em-
ployment provisions shall apply to a Corps-
member to the extent that those provisions apply 
to a participant or crew leader under section 
199M(b) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12655n(b)). 
‘‘(C) CHILD LABOR PROVISIONS.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the child labor provisions under 
section 12 of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 212) (including any 
order or regulation issued under the author-
ity of such section or section 3(l) of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 203(l))) shall apply to a Corps-
member and the 21CSC organization for 
which the Corpsmember serves in the same 
manner as such provisions apply to an em-
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ployee and an employer under such Act; 
and 
‘‘(ii) a violation of a section specified 
in clause (i) by a 21CSC organization shall 
be enforced by the Secretary of Labor in the 
same manner, and subject to the same pen-
alties under the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), as a viola-
tion by an employer of section 12 of such 
Act (29 U.S.C. 212). 
‘‘(3) CIVIL SERVICE.—An individual may be en-
rolled as a Corpsmember without regard to the civil 
service and classification laws, rules, or regulations.’’. 
SEC. 505. 21ST CENTURY CONSERVATION SERVICE CORPS 
CONSERVATION 
CENTERS 
AND 
PROGRAM 
SUPPORT. 
Section 205 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1724) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘head of a participating 
entity’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Public 
Lands 
Corps’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘21CSC’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘conservation 
projects’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘21CSC projects’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘, TEM-
PORARY HOUSING, AND TRANSPORTATION’’ after 
‘‘LOGISTICAL SUPPORT’’; 
(B) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of a partici-
pating entity’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Corps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the 21CSC’’; 
(C) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Logistical support’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—Logistical support pro-
vided under subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TEMPORARY HOUSING.—The head of a par-
ticipating entity may make arrangements with an-
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(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
Secretary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) SELECTION.—The head of a participating 
entity’’; 
(C) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘To 
be eligible’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible’’; and 
(D) by striking the first sentence and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of a participating 
entity may provide individual placements of resource 
assistants to carry out research or resource protection 
activities on behalf of the participating entity.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) PREFERENCE FOR THE USE OF 21CSC ORGANI-
ZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the head of a partici-
pating entity determines that a 21CSC organization 
can provide appropriate recruitment and placement 
services to fulfill the requirements of this section, the 
head of the participating entity may implement this 
section through a 21CSC organization. 
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTION
TO
EXPENSES.—A 21CSC 
organization providing recruitment and placement 
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services under paragraph (1) shall contribute to the 
expenses of providing and supporting resource assist-
ants, through 1 or more private sources of funding, at 
a level equal to 25 percent of the total costs of each 
participant in the resource assistant program that 
has been recruited and placed through the 21CSC or-
ganization. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—A 21CSC organization 
providing recruitment and placement services under 
paragraph (1) shall submit to the head of the applica-
ble participating entity an annual report that evalu-
ates the scope, size, and quality of the resource assist-
ant program carried out by the 21CSC organization, 
including a description of the value of the work con-
tributed by resource assistants to the mission of the 
participating entity.’’. 
SEC. 507. ELIGIBILITY FOR NONCOMPETITIVE HIRING STA-
TUS. 
Section 207 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 
(16 U.S.C. 1726) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 207. ELIGIBILITY FOR NONCOMPETITIVE HIRING STA-
TUS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the terms ‘land management agency’ and 
‘time-limited appointment’ have the meanings given 
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those terms in section 9601 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘qualified Corpsmember’ means a 
Corpsmember who is certified by a corresponding par-
ticipating entity as having successfully completed 640 
hours of service with a 21CSC organization. 
‘‘(b) HIRING.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) 
and subsection (c), a qualified Corpsmember shall be 
eligible for appointment in the competitive service in 
the same manner as a Peace Corps volunteer as pre-
scribed in Executive Order 11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 
note; relating to Providing for the Appointment of 
Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Civilian Career 
Services), as amended by Executive Order 12107 (44 
Fed. Reg. 1055; relating to the Civil Service Commis-
sion and Labor-Management in the Federal Service). 
‘‘(2) PERIOD.—A qualified Corpsmember shall be 
eligible for an appointment under paragraph (1) dur-
ing the 2-year period beginning on the date on which 
the Corpsmember completes the 640 hours of service 
required under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(3) TIME-LIMITED
APPOINTMENT.—For pur-
poses of section 9602 of title 5, United States Code, 
a qualified Corpsmember hired by a participating en-
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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. 508. 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. 509. 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. 510. 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 inserting ‘‘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. 511. 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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respect to Corpsmembers, 21CSC organizations, and par-
ticipating entities with respect to a 21CSC project shall be 
in addition to any requirement or authority provided under 
other Federal law with respect to Corpsmembers, 21CSC or-
ganizations, and participating entities with respect to the 
21CSC project.’’. 
SEC. 512. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY. 
Section 121(a) of the Department of the Interior, En-
vironment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 
(16 U.S.C. 1725a(a)), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Interior’’ 
and inserting ‘‘head of a participating entity (as 
defined in section 203 of the Public Lands Corps 
Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)) (referred to in this 
subsection as a ‘participating entity’)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in paragraph (1) directly 
to a position with a land managing agency of 
the Department of the Interior’’ and inserting 
‘‘in paragraph (2) directly to a position with a 
participating entity’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘land man-
aging agency’’ and inserting ‘‘participating entity’’. 
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SEC. 513. 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. 514. 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)’’. 
TITLE VI—EVERY KID OUTDOORS 
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Every Kid Outdoors 
Act’’. 
SEC. 602. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) FEDERAL LANDS AND WATERS.—The term 
‘‘Federal lands and waters’’ means any Federal lands 
or body of water under the jurisdiction of any Sec-
retary to which the public has access. 
(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means the 
Every Kid Outdoors program established under sec-
tion 603(a). 
(3) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means— 
(A) in the case of Federal lands and waters 
under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior, the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through, as relevant— 
(i) the Director of the National Park 
Service; 
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(ii) the Director of the United States 
Fish and Wildlife Service; 
(iii) the Director of the Bureau of 
Land Management; and 
(iv) the Commissioner of Reclamation; 
(B) in the case of Federal lands and waters 
under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the 
Chief of the U.S. Forest Service; 
(C) in the case of Federal lands and waters 
under the jurisdiction of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, the Secretary 
of Commerce, acting through the Administrator 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration; and 
(D) in the case of Federal lands and waters 
under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers. 
(4) STUDENT
OR
STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘stu-
dent’’ or ‘‘students’’ means any fourth grader or 
home-schooled learner 10 years of age residing in the 
United States, including any territory or possession 
of the United States. 
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SEC. 603. EVERY KID OUTDOORS PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Each Secretary shall establish 
a program, to be known as the ‘‘Every Kid Outdoors Pro-
gram’’, that will provide free access to students and certain 
accompanying individuals, in accordance with this section, 
to those Federal lands and waters for which access is subject 
to an entrance, standard amenity, or day use fee. 
(b) ANNUAL PASSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a student, 
the Secretary shall issue a pass to the student, which 
allows access to Federal lands and waters for which 
access is subject to an entrance, standard amenity, or 
day use fee, free of charge for the student and— 
(A) in the case of a per-vehicle fee area— 
(i) any passengers accompanying the 
student in a private, noncommercial vehicle; 
or 
(ii) not more than 3 adults accom-
panying the student on bicycles; or 
(B) in the case of a per-person fee area, not 
more than 3 adults accompanying the student. 
(2) TERM.—A pass described in this subsection 
shall be effective during the period beginning on Sep-
tember 1 and ending on August 31 of the following 
year. 
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(3) PRESENCE OF STUDENT REQUIRED.—A pass 
described in this subsection shall be effective only if 
the student to which the pass was issued is present at 
the point of entry to the applicable Federal lands or 
waters. 
(c) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out the program, 
each Secretary— 
(1) may collaborate with State and territorial 
park systems that opt to implement a complementary 
Every Kid Outdoors State or Territory Park pass; 
(2) may coordinate with the Secretary of Edu-
cation to implement the program; 
(3) shall maintain a publicly available website 
with information about the program; 
(4) may provide visitor services for the program; 
and 
(5) may support approved partners of the Fed-
eral land and waters by providing the partners with 
opportunities to participate in the program. 
(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary of the Interior, in co-
ordination with each Secretary, shall prepare a comprehen-
sive report to Congress each year describing— 
(1) the implementation of the program; 
(2) the number and geographical distribution of 
students who participated in the program; and 
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(3) the number of passes described in subsection 
(b)(1) that were distributed. 
(e) SUNSET.—The authorities provided in this title, 
including the reporting requirement, shall expire on the 
date that is seven years after the date of enactment of this 
title. 
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