21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

Bill: 116-hr-7264
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Aquatic ecology
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief and insurance
Ecology
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Fishes
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
National and community service
Natural disasters
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Sports and recreation facilities
Travel and tourism
User charges and fees
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: 

21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

 
This bill provides supplemental appropriations for FY2020 to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Commerce for expenses primarily for federal land management and other conservation purposes.
 
The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending and thus exempt from discretionary spending limits.
 
The bill also
 
 
establishes the Outfitters and Guides Relief Fund;
 
includes as students fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students and home-schooled learners 10 to 12 years of age who shall be provided free access to federal lands and waters under the Every Kid Outdoors Program, and makes such program permanent;
 
establishes the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program;
 
establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps program;
 
provides for the temporary waiver of ski area permit and rental fees; and 
 
provides for the temporary waiver of outdoor recreation land use permit fees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Introduced in House