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16 U.S.C. § 1721 — Congressional findings and purpose
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds the following:
(1) Conserving or developing natural and cultural resources and enhancing and maintaining environmentally important lands and waters through the use of the Nation’s young men and women in a Public Lands Corps can benefit those men and women by providing them with education and work opportunities, furthering their understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural resources, and providing a means to pay for higher education or to repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher education while at the same time benefiting the Nation’s economy and its environment.
(2) Many facilities and natural resources located on eligible service lands are in disrepair or degraded and in need of labor intensive rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement work which cannot be carried out by Federal agencies at existing personnel levels.
(3) Youth conservation corps have established a good record of restoring and maintaining these kinds of facilities and resources in a cost effective and efficient manner, especially when they have worked in partnership arrangements with government land management agencies.
**(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this subchapter to—
(1) perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate conservation projects on eligible service lands where such projects will not be performed by existing employees;
(2) assist governments and Indian tribes in performing research and public education tasks associated with natural and cultural resources on eligible service lands;
(3) expose young men and women to public service while furthering their understanding and appreciation of the Nation’s natural and cultural resources;
(4) expand educational opportunities by rewarding individuals who participate in n
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds the following:
(1) Conserving or developing natural and cultural resources and enhancing and maintaining environmentally important lands and waters through the use of the Nation’s young men and women in a Public Lands Corps can benefit those men and women by providing them with education and work opportunities, furthering their understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural resources, and providing a means to pay for higher education or to repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher education while at the same time benefiting the Nation’s economy and its environment.
(2) Many facilities and natural resources located on eligible service lands are in disrepair or degraded and in need of labor intensive rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement work which cannot be carried out by Federal agencies at existing personnel levels.
(3) Youth conservation corps have established a good record of restoring and maintaining these kinds of facilities and resources in a cost effective and efficient manner, especially when they have worked in partnership arrangements with government land management agencies.
**(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this subchapter to—
(1) perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate conservation projects on eligible service lands where such projects will not be performed by existing employees;
(2) assist governments and Indian tribes in performing research and public education tasks associated with natural and cultural resources on eligible service lands;
(3) expose young men and women to public service while furthering their understanding and appreciation of the Nation’s natural and cultural resources;
(4) expand educational opportunities by rewarding individuals who participate in national service with an increased ability to pursue higher education or job training; and
(5) stimulate interest among the Nation’s young men and women in conservation careers by exposing them to conservation professionals in land managing agencies.
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The Congress finds that the Youth Conservation Corps has demonstrated a high degree of success as a pilot program wherein American youth, representing all segments of society, have benefited by gainful employment in the healthful outdoor atmosphere of the national park system, the national forest system, other public land and water areas of the United States and by their employment have developed, enhanced, and maintained the natural resources of the United States, and whereas in so doing the youth have gained an understanding and appreciation of the Nation’s environment and heritage equal to one full academic year of study, it is accordingly the purpose of this subchapter to expand and make permanent the Youth Conservation Corps and thereby further the development and maintenance of the natural resources by America’s youth, and in so doing to prepare them for the ultimate responsibility of maintaining and managing these resources for the American people.
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Page 1982
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1705
title to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of
original act.
1974—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–408 substituted ‘‘jointly
establish a program’’ for ‘‘jointly establish a pilot
grant program’’.
1972—Pub. L. 92–579 substituted provisions relating to
pilot grant program for State projects for provisions re-
lating to Secretarial reports.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1993 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993,
see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under
section 1701 of this title.
Executive Documents
TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC
ISLANDS
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Is-
lands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title
48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
§ 1705. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII,
§ 814(d)(1)(N), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4196
Section, Pub. L. 91–378, title I, § 105, formerly § 5, Aug.
13, 1970, 84 Stat. 796; Pub. L. 92–597, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat.
1321; Pub. L. 93–408, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1068; renum-
bered title I, § 105, and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title I,
§ 105(1)–(3), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 848, directed Secre-
taries of the Interior and Agriculture to annually pre-
pare joint report detailing activities carried out under
this subchapter to President and Congress.
§ 1706. Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated
amounts not to exceed $60,000,000 for each fiscal
year, which amounts shall be made available to
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture to carry out the purposes of this
subchapter. Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, funds appropriated for any fiscal
year to carry out this subch
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