(2) a project relating to the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.);
and
(3) other activities allowed under—
(A) a national forest and grassland land
management plan; or
(B) a Bureau of Land Management land
use plan.
(e) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In entering into a contract
or cooperative agreement under subsection (c), the Sec-
retary concerned shall give priority to rehabilitation and
enhancement projects that will—
(1) reduce hazardous fuels on public land;
(2) restore public land affected or imminently
threatened by disease or insect infestation;
(3) rehabilitate public land affected or altered
by fires;
(4) assess windthrown public land or public
land at high risk of reburn;
(5) work to address public land located within
relative proximity to a municipal watershed and mu-
nicipal water supply;
(6) provide related emergency assistance, such
as natural disaster relief and the rescue of lost or
injured persons;
(7) instill in members of the service and con-
servation corps a work ethic and a sense of personal
responsibility;
(8) be labor-intensive; and
(9) be planned and initiated promptly.
(f) ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY CORPS MEMBERS
WHO ARE UNDER 18.—A young adult under the age of
18 who is enrolled as a member of a service and conserva-
tion corps covered by a contract or cooperative agreement
entered into under subsection (c) may perform the fol-
lowing types of activities as part of a rehabilitation and
enhancement project carried out under the contract or co-
operative agreement:
(1) Performance of logistical support at fire
caches or with the supply unit in support of a fire
suppression project.
(2) Conducting pre-treatment inventory and
other preparatory work, such as building control
lines with hand tools, in advance of a prescribed fire
project, and conducting post-treatment evaluation
and monitoring of the project.
(3) Participation in fire-prevention patrols and
the dissemination of fire prevention information.
(4) Performance of certain aspects of a Burned
Area Emergency Rehabilitation project, approved by
the Secretary, if not on site, then in a support role
receiving and distributing materials and supplies.
(g) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The Secretary con-
cerned may provide such services as the Secretary con-
siders to be necessary to carry out this Act, including tech-
nical assistance, oversight, monitoring, and evaluation to
or for—
(1) State departments of natural resources and
agriculture (or equivalent agencies);
(2) service and conservation corps;
(3) in the case of Indian lands, the applicable
Indian tribe;
(4) in the case of Hawaiian home lands, the ap-
plicable State agency in the State of Hawaii; and
(5) in the case of land under the jurisdiction of
an Alaska Native Corporation, the applicable Alaska
Native Corporation.
(h) OTHER USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available
under this Act may be used to support implementation,
monitoring, training, technical assistance, and administra-
tive work of service and conservation corps covered by a
contract or cooperative agreement entered into under sub-
section (c).
SEC. 5. NONCOMPETITIVE HIRING STATUS.
The Secretary may grant a person who is a former
member of the Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps
with credit for time served as a member of the Corps to-
ward future Federal hiring and may provide the person
with a noncompetitive hiring status for not more than 120
days beginning on the date on which the person completed
service as a member of the Corps.
SEC. 6. NONDISPLACEMENT.
The nondisplacement requirements of section 177(b)
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12637(b)) shall apply to activities carried out
under this Act.
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATION.—The term
‘‘Alaska Native Corporation’’ means a Regional Cor-
poration or Village Corporation, as those terms are
defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602).
(2) HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.—The term ‘‘Ha-
waiian home lands’’ has the meaning given the term
in section 203 of Public Law 91–378 (commonly
known as the Youth Conservation Corps Act of
1970; 16 U.S.C. 1722).
(3) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘‘Indian lands’’
has the meaning given the term in section 203 of
Public Law 91–378 (commonly known as the Youth
Conservation Corps Act of 1970; 16 U.S.C. 1722).
(4) PUBLIC
LAND.—The term ‘‘public land’’
means—
(A) land of the National Forest System (as
defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act
of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)));
(B) public lands (as defined in section 103
of the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1702)) and other land
administered by the Secretary of the Interior
through the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service;
(C) land owned by a State or local agency;
(D) Indian lands, with the approval of the
applicable Indian tribe;
(E) Hawaiian home lands, with the ap-
proval of the applicable State agency in the
State of Hawaii; and
(F) land under the jurisdiction of an Alas-
ka Native Corporation, with the approval of the
applicable Alaska Native Corporation.