RENEW Conservation Corps Act

Bill: 117-hr-3220
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Ecology
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Fires
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Historical and cultural resources
Horticulture and plants
Indian social and development programs
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
National and community service
Natural disasters
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work Conservation Corps Act or the RENEW Conservation Corps Act

 
This bill establishes the Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work Conservation Corps program within the Department of the Interior and Department of Agriculture under which participants must implement eligible projects (e.g., planting trees or controlling invasive species).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in House