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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''21st Century Civilian Conservation
Corps Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

(a) Establishment and Purpose.--In order to relieve the acute
condition of widespread distress and unemployment existing in the
United States and to provide for the restoration of depleted natural
resources in the United States and the advancement of an orderly
program of useful public works, the President may establish and operate
a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ citizens of the United States,
who are otherwise unemployed or underemployed, in the construction,
maintenance, and carrying on of works of a public nature in connection
with--
(1) the forestation of lands belonging to the United States
or a State;
(2) the prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil
erosion;
(3) plant pest and disease control;
(4) the construction, maintenance, or repair of paths,
trails, and fire-lanes in units of the National Park System,
public lands, and other lands under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the Interior and units of the National Forest
System; and
(5) such other work on Federal or State land incidental to
or necessary in connection with any projects of the character
enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (4) that the President
determines to be desirable.
(b) Role of Federal Agencies.--To operate the Civilian Conservation
Corps, the President may utilize existing Federal departments and
agencies, including the Department of Labor, the Department of Defense,
the National Guard Bureau, the Department of Interior, the Department
of Agriculture, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of
Transportation, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection
Agency, and Federal governmental corporations.
(c) Inclusion of Other Lands.--The President may extend the
activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps to lands owned by a
political subdivision of a State and lands in private ownership, but
only for the purpose of conducting such kinds of cooperation work as
are otherwise authorized by law in preventing and controlling forest
fires and the attacks of forest tree pests and diseases and such work
as is necessary and in the public interest to control floods.
(d) Contract Authority.--For the purpose of carrying out this Act
the President may enter into such contracts or agreements with States
as may be necessary, including provisions for utilization of existing
State administrative agencies.
(e) Acquisition of Real Property.--The President, or the head of
any department or agency authorized by the President to construct any
project or to carry on any public works under this Act, may acquire
real property for such project or public work by purchase, donation,
condemnation, or otherwise.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION OF CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.

(a) Housing and Care of Employees.--The President may provide
housing for persons employed in the Civilian Conservation Corps and
furnish them with such subsistence, clothing, medical attendance and
hospitalization, and cash allowance, as may be necessary, during the
period they are so employed.
(b) Transportation.--The President may provide for the
transportation of persons employed in the Civilian Conservation Corps
to and from the places of employment.
(c) Non-Discrimination.--In employing citizens for the Civilian
Conservation Corps, no discrimination shall occur in accordance with
Federal employment law; except that no individual under conviction for
crime and serving sentence therefore shall be employed under the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act $16,000,000,000 for each fiscal
years 2010 through 2013.
(b) Use of Unobligated Funds Appropriated for Public Works.--
(1) Use of existing funds.--The President may use any
moneys previously appropriated for public works and unobligated
as of the date of the enactment of this Act to establish and
operate a Civilian Conservation Corps under this Act.
(2) Use to relieve unemployment.--Not less than 80 percent
of the funds utilized pursuant to paragraph (1) must be used to
provide for the employment of individuals under this Act.
(3) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to--
(A) unobligated moneys appropriated for public
works on which actual construction has been commenced
as of the date of the enactment of this Act or may be
commenced within 90 days after that date; and
(B) maintenance funds for river and harbor
improvements already allocated as of the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(c) Duration of Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the
authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) or made available
under subsection (b) shall remain available until expended.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION.

The authority of the President to establish and operate a Civilian
Conservation Corps under this Act expires on September 30, 2013.
21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Corps to employ unemployed or underemployed U.S. citizens in the construction, maintenance, and carrying on of works of a public nature, such as forestation of U.S. and state lands, prevention of forest fires, floods, and soil erosion, and construction and repair of National Park System paths and trails.

Authorizes the President to extend Corps activities to state- and private- owned lands to prevent and control forest fires and floods and attacks of forest tree pests and diseases.

Authorizes the President to provide housing and transportation for Corps employees. Prohibits discrimination in the hiring of Corps employees.