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16 U.S.C. § 1727b — Indian Youth Service Corps
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**(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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**(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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**(a) Cost sharing**
(1) **Projects by qualified youth or conservation corps** — The Secretary is authorized to pay not more than 75 percent of the costs of any appropriate conservation project carried out pursuant to this subchapter on public lands by a qualified youth or conservation corps. The remaining 25 percent of the costs of such a project may be provided from nonfederal sources in the form of funds, services, facilities, materials, equipment, or any combination of the foregoing. No cost sharing shall be required in the case of any appropriate conservation project carried out on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands under this subchapter.
(2) **Public Lands Corps projects** — The Secretary is authorized to accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, or equipment for the purposes of operating the Public Lands Corps and carrying out appropriate conservation projects by the Corps. However, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require any cost sharing for any project carried out directly by the Corps.
**(b) Funds available under National and Community Service Act** In order to carry out the Public Lands Corps or to support resource assistants and qualified youth or conservation corps under this subchapter, the Secretary shall be eligible to apply for and receive assistance under section 121(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 [[42 U.S.C. 12571(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12571/b&num=0&edition=prelim)].
**(c) Other funds** Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under [section 1730 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1730&num=0&edition=prelim) are in addition to amounts allocated to the
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**(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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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1728
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.
§ 1727a. Reporting and data collection
(a) Report
Not later than 2 years after March 12, 2019, and
annually thereafter, the Chief Executive Officer
of the Corporation for National and Community
Service, in coordination with the Secretaries,
shall submit to Congress a report that includes
data on the Corps, including—
(1) the number of participants enrolled in
the Corps and the length of the term of service
for each participant;
(2) the projects carried out by Corps partici-
pants, categorized by type of project and Fed-
eral agency;
(3) the total amount and sources of funding
provided for the service of participants;
(4) the type of service performed by partici-
pants and the impact and accomplishments of
the service; and
(5) any other similar data determined to be
appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation for National and Community
Service or the Secretaries.
(b) Data
Not later than 1 year after March 12, 2019, and
annually thereafter, the Secretaries shall sub-
mit to the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service
the data described in subsection (a).
(c) Data collection
The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation
for National and Community Service may co-
ordinate with qualified youth or conservation
corps to improve the collection of the required
data described in subsection (a).
(d) Coordination
(1) In general
The Secretaries shall, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, coordinate with each other
to carry out activities authori
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