To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national forest volunteers, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-932
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-08
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Forests, forestry, trees

Government studies and investigations

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill directs the Forest Service to report on, with respect to each National Forest</p> <ul> <li> the amount of volunteer hours served,</li> <li> the deferred maintenance backlog,</li> <li> whether volunteers could carry out any projects under the deferred maintenance backlog, and </li> <li> any barriers to increasing volunteer participation.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 932 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2021 Mr. Griffith introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on national forest volunteers, and for other purposes.

1. Study and report on National Forest volunteers (a) Study The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall conduct a study on, with respect to each National Forest— (1) during the 10-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this section, the amount of volunteer hours served at each such National Forest; (2) the deferred maintenance backlog of each such National Forest; (3) whether volunteers could carry out any projects under each such deferred maintenance backlog; and (4) any barriers to increasing volunteer participation. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to Congress that includes the results of the study required under subsection (a). (c) Volunteer defined In this section, the term volunteer — (1) means an individual who volunteers at a National Forest, including through an agreement between a local government and the Secretary of Agriculture; and (2) does not include, with respect to activities carried out on National Forest System land— (A) an individual who is compensated with respect to such activities; or (B) an individual who carries out such activities pursuant to participation in— (i) the Youth Conservation Corps established under title I of Public Law 91–378 ( 16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); (ii) the Public Lands Corps established under title II of Public law 91–378 ( 16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.); (iii) a Job Corps program established under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.); or (iv) AmeriCorps.