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16 U.S.C. § 8471 — Career and volunteer opportunities for veterans

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16 U.S.C. § 8471 — Career and volunteer opportunities for veterans

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**(a) Veteran hiring** The Secretaries are strongly encouraged to hire veterans in all positions related to the management of Federal recreational lands and waters. **(b) Pilot program** (1) **Establishment** — The Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall establish a pilot program under which veterans are employed by the Federal Government in positions that relate to the conservation and resource management activities of the Department of the Interior. (2) **Positions** — The Secretary shall— (A) identify vacant positions in the Department of the Interior that are appropriate to fill using the pilot program; and (B) to the extent practicable, fill such positions using the pilot program. (3) **Application of civil service laws** — A veteran employed under the pilot program shall be treated as an employee as defined by [section 2105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2105&num=0&edition=prelim). (4) **Briefings and report** (A) *Initial briefing* — Not later than 60 days after January 4, 2025, the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall jointly provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the pilot program under this subsection, which shall include— (i) a description of how the pilot program will be carried out in a manner to reduce the unemployment of veterans; and (ii) any recommendations for legislative actions to improve the pilot program. (B) *Implementation briefing* — Not later than 1 year after the date on which the pilot program under subsection (a) 11 So in original. Probably should refer to “this subsection”. commences, the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall jointly provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the implementation of the pilot program. (C) *Final report* — Not later than 30 days after the date on which the pilot program under subsection (a) 1 terminates under paragraph (5), the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the pilot program that includes the following: (i) The number of veterans who applied to participate in the pilot program. (ii) The number of such veterans employed under the pilot program. (iii) The number of veterans identified in clause (ii) who transitioned to full-time positions with the Federal Government after participating in the pilot program. (iv) Any other information the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training determine appropriate with respect to measuring the effectiveness of the pilot program. (5) **Duration** — The authority to carry out the pilot program under this subsection shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date on which the pilot program commences. **(c) Appropriate congressional committees defined** In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— (1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and (2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. **(d) Outdoor recreation program attendance** Each Secretary of a military department is encouraged to allow members of the Armed Forces on active duty status to participate in programs related to environmental stewardship or guided outdoor recreation.

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5 U.S.C. § 2105 — Employee

**(a)** For the purpose of this title, “employee”, except as otherwise provided by this section or when specifically modified, means an officer and an individual who is— (1) appointed in the civil service by one of the following acting in an official capacity— (A) the President; (B) a Member or Members of Congress, or the Congress; (C) a member of a uniformed service; (D) an individual who is an employee under this section; (E) the head of a Government controlled corporation; or (F) an adjutant general designated by the Secretary concerned under [section 709(c) of title 32](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title32-section709/c&num=0&edition=prelim); (2) engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and (3) subject to the supervision of an individual named by paragraph (1) of this subsection while engaged in the performance of the duties of his position. **(b)** An individual who is employed at the United States Naval Academy in the midshipmen’s laundry, the midshipmen’s tailor shop, the midshipmen’s cobbler and barber shops, and the midshipmen’s store, except an individual employed by the Academy dairy (if any), and whose employment in such a position began before October 1, 1996, and has been uninterrupted in such a position since that date is deemed an employee. **(c)** An employee paid from nonappropriated funds of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Navy Ships Stores Program, Navy exchanges, Marine Corps exchanges, Coast Guard exchanges, and other instrumentalities of the United States under the jurisdiction of the armed forces conducted for the comfort, pleasure, contentment, and mental and physical improvement of personnel of the armed forces is deemed not an emp

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16 U.S.C. § 6803 — Public participation

**(a) In general** As required in this section, the Secretary shall provide the public with opportunities to participate in the development of or changing of a recreation fee established under this chapter. **(b) Advance notice** The Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register of the establishment of a new recreation fee area for each agency 6 months before establishment. The Secretary shall publish notice of a new recreation fee or a change to an existing recreation fee established under this chapter in local newspapers and publications located near the site at which the recreation fee would be established or changed. **(c) Public involvement** Before establishing any new recreation fee area, the Secretary shall provide opportunity for public involvement by— (1) establishing guidelines for public involvement; (2) establishing guidelines on how agencies will demonstrate on an annual basis how they have provided information to the public on the use of recreation fee revenues; and (3) publishing the guidelines in paragraphs (1) and (2) in the Federal Register. **(d) Recreation Resource Advisory Committee** (1) **Establishment** (A) *Authority to establish* — Except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), the Secretary or the Secretaries shall establish a Recreation Resource Advisory Committee in each State or region for Federal recreational lands and waters managed by the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management to perform the duties described in paragraph (2). (B) *Number of Committees* — The Secretary may have as many additional Recreation Resource Advisory Committees in a State or region as the Secretary considers necessary for the effective operation of this chapter. (C) *Exception* — The Secretary shall not establish a Recreation

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16 U.S.C. § 8471 — Untitled legal text

Page 2731 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 8203 (E) 1 shall be a representative of the Asso- ciation of Fish and Wildlife Agencies; (F) 4 shall be representatives of State agencies, 1 of whom shall be nominated by a regional association of fish and wildlife agencies from each of the Northeast, South- east, Midwest, and Western regions of the United States; (G) 2 shall be representatives of Indian Tribes, of whom— (i) 1 shall be a representative of Indian Tribes in the State of Alaska; and (ii) 1 shall be a representative of Indian Tribes in States other than the State of Alaska; (H) 2 shall be representatives of— (i) the Regional Fishery Management Councils established by section 1852(a)(1) of this title; or (ii) the Marine Fisheries Commissions; (I) 1 shall be a representative of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; (J) 7 shall be representatives selected from at least one from each of the following: (i) the recreational sportfishing indus- try; (ii) the commercial fishing industry; (iii) marine recreational anglers; (iv) freshwater recreational anglers; (v) habitat conservation organizations; and (vi) science-based fishery organizations; (K) 1 shall be a representative of a na- tional private landowner organization; (L) 1 shall be a representative of an agri- cultural production organization; (M) 1 shall be a representative of local gov- ernment interests involved in fish habitat restoration; (N) 2 shall be representatives from dif- ferent sectors of corporate industries, which may include— (i) natural resource commodity inter- ests, such as petroleum or mineral extrac- tion; (ii) natural resource user industries; and (iii) industries with an interest in fish and fish habitat conservation; and (O) 1 shall be an individual in a lead

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