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16 U.S.C. § 1726 — Compensation and terms of service

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16 U.S.C. § 1726 — Compensation and terms of service

**(a) Living allowances** The Secretary shall provide each participant in the Public Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allowance in an amount established by the Secretary. **(b) Educational credit** The Secretary may provide a Corps participant with an educational credit that may be applied toward a program of postsecondary education at an institution of higher education that agrees to award the credit for participation in the Corps. **(c) Terms of service** (1) **In general** — Each participant in the Corps and each resource assistant shall agree to participate in the Corps or serve as a resource assistant, as the case may be, for such term of service as may be established by the Secretary enrolling or selecting the individual. (2) **Indian Youth Service Corps** — With respect to the Indian Youth Service Corps established under [section 1727b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1727b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall establish the term of service of participants in consultation with the affected Indian tribe. **(d) Hiring** (1) **In general** — The Secretary may— (A) grant to a member of the Public Lands Corps credit for time served with the Public Lands Corps, which may be used toward future Federal hiring; and (B) provide to a former member of the Public Lands Corps noncompetitive hiring status for a period of not more than 2 years after the date on which the member’s service with the Public Lands Corps is complete. (2) **Time-limited appointment** — For purposes of [section 9602 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section9602&num=0&edition=prelim), a former member of the Corps hired by the Secretary under paragraph (1)(B) for a

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5 U.S.C. § 9602 — Competitive service; time-limited appointments

**(a)** Notwithstanding chapter 33 or any other provision of law relating to the examination, certification, and appointment of individuals in the competitive service, an employee of a land management agency serving under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service is eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the competitive service at such land management agency when such agency is accepting applications from individuals within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion procedures, or any agency, including a land management agency, when the agency is accepting applications from individuals outside its own workforce under the merit promotion procedures of the applicable agency if— (1) the employee was appointed initially under open, competitive examination under subchapter I of chapter 33 to the time-limited appointment; (2) the employee has served under 1 or more time-limited appointments by a land management agency for a period or periods totaling more than 24 months without a break of 2 or more years; and (3) the employee’s performance has been at an acceptable level of performance throughout the period or periods (as the case may be) referred to in paragraph (2). **(b)** In determining the eligibility of a time-limited employee under this section to be examined for or appointed in the competitive service, the Office of Personnel Management or other examining agency shall waive requirements as to age, unless the requirement is essential to the performance of the duties of the position. **(c)** An individual appointed under this section— (1) becomes a career-conditional employee, unless the employee has otherwise completed the service requirements for career tenure; and (2) acquires competitive status upon appointment. **(d)** A former emp

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16 U.S.C. § 1701 — Congressional declaration of policy and purpose

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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16 U.S.C. § 1727b — Indian Youth Service Corps

**(a) In general** There is established within the Public Lands Corps a program to be known as the “Indian Youth Service Corps” that— (1) enrolls participants between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, and veterans age 35 or younger, a majority of whom are Indians; (2) is established pursuant to an agreement between an Indian tribe and a qualified youth or conservation corps for the benefit of the members of the Indian tribe; and (3) carries out appropriate conservation projects on eligible service land. **(b) Authorization of cooperative agreements** The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribes and qualified youth or conservation corps for the establishment and administration of the Indian Youth Service Corps. **(c) Guidelines** Not later than 18 months after March 12, 2019, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with Indian tribes, shall issue guidelines for the management of the Indian Youth Service Corps, in accordance with this subchapter and any other applicable Federal laws.

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16 U.S.C. § 1726 — Compensation and terms of service

Page 1987 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 1726 1 See References in Text note below. amended Pub. L. 109–154, § 2(g)(3), Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2893; Pub. L. 116–9, title IX, § 9003(d)(1), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 833.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–9 substituted ‘‘The Sec- retary may provide individual placements of resource assistants to carry out research or resource protection activities on behalf of the Secretary.’’ for ‘‘The Sec- retary is authorized to provide individual placements of resource assistants with any Federal land managing agency under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to carry out research or resource protection activities on behalf of the agency.’’ 2005—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–154, § 2(g)(3)(A), sub- stituted ‘‘Secretary is’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are each’’, ‘‘the Sec- retary to carry out’’ for ‘‘such Secretary to carry out’’, ‘‘Secretary may’’ for ‘‘Secretaries may’’, and ‘‘Sec- retary shall’’ for ‘‘Secretaries shall’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–154, § 2(g)(3)(B), substituted ‘‘the Secretary, appropriate’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the In- terior or the Secretary of Agriculture, appropriate’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amend- ment note under section 1701 of this title. § 1725a. Direct hire authority (1) During fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, the Secretary (as defined in section 1722 of this title) may appoint, without regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such title, a qualified candidate described in paragraph (2) directly to a position for which the candidate meets Of

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