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16 U.S.C. § 1724 — Conservation centers and program support
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**(a) Establishment and use**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may establish and use conservation centers owned and operated by the Secretary for—
(A) use by the Public Lands Corps; and
(B) the conduct of appropriate conservation projects under this subchapter.
(2) **Assistance for conservation centers** — The Secretary may provide to a conservation center established under paragraph (1) any services, facilities, equipment, and supplies that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the conservation center.
(3) **Standards for conservation centers** — The Secretary shall—
(A) establish basic standards of health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety for all conservation centers established under paragraph (1); and
(B) ensure that the standards established under subparagraph (A) are enforced.
(4) **Management** — As the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the Secretary may enter into a contract or other appropriate arrangement with a State or local government agency or private organization to provide for the management of a conservation center.
**(b) Logistical support** The Secretary may make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to have logistical support provided by the Armed Forces to the Corps and any conservation center established under this section, where feasible. Logistical support may include the provision of temporary tent shelters where needed, transportation, and residential supervision.
**(c) Use of military installations** The Secretary may make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to identify military installations and other facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the adjutant generals of the State National Guards, National Guard facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, by the Corps for
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**(a) Establishment and use**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary may establish and use conservation centers owned and operated by the Secretary for—
(A) use by the Public Lands Corps; and
(B) the conduct of appropriate conservation projects under this subchapter.
(2) **Assistance for conservation centers** — The Secretary may provide to a conservation center established under paragraph (1) any services, facilities, equipment, and supplies that the Secretary determines to be necessary for the conservation center.
(3) **Standards for conservation centers** — The Secretary shall—
(A) establish basic standards of health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety for all conservation centers established under paragraph (1); and
(B) ensure that the standards established under subparagraph (A) are enforced.
(4) **Management** — As the Secretary determines to be appropriate, the Secretary may enter into a contract or other appropriate arrangement with a State or local government agency or private organization to provide for the management of a conservation center.
**(b) Logistical support** The Secretary may make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to have logistical support provided by the Armed Forces to the Corps and any conservation center established under this section, where feasible. Logistical support may include the provision of temporary tent shelters where needed, transportation, and residential supervision.
**(c) Use of military installations** The Secretary may make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to identify military installations and other facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the adjutant generals of the State National Guards, National Guard facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, by the Corps for training or housing Corps participants.
**(d) Assistance** The Secretary may provide any services, facilities, equipment, supplies, technical assistance, oversight, monitoring, or evaluations that are appropriate to carry out this subchapter.
**(e) Transportation** The Secretary may provide to Corps participants who reside in their own homes transportation to and from appropriate conservation project sites.
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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 1985
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1724
cated in a specific area that have a substan-
tial portion of members who are economi-
cally, physically, or educationally disadvan-
taged to carry out projects within the area.
(B) Priority projects
In carrying out priority projects in a spe-
cific area, the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, give preference to
qualified youth or conservation corps lo-
cated in that specific area that have a sub-
stantial portion of members who are eco-
nomically, physically, or educationally dis-
advantaged.
(d) Projects to be carried out
(1) In general
The Secretary may utilize the Corps or any
qualified youth or conservation corps to carry
out appropriate conservation projects which
the Secretary is authorized to carry out under
other authority of law on public lands.
(2) Projects on Indian lands
Appropriate conservation projects may also
be carried out under this subchapter on Indian
lands with the approval of the Indian tribe in-
volved and on Hawaiian home lands with the
approval of the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands of the State of Hawaii.
(3) Disaster prevention or relief projects
The Secretary may authorize appropriate
conservation projects and other appropriate
projects to be carried out on Federal, State,
local, or private land as part of a Federal dis-
aster prevention or relief effort.
(e) Preference for certain projects
In selecting appropriate conservation projects
to be carried out under this subchapter, the Sec-
retary shall give preference to those projects
which—
(1) will provide long-term benefits to the
public;
(2) will instill in the enrollee involved a
work ethic and a sense of public service;
(3) will be labor intensive;
(4) can be planned and initiated promptly;
and
(5)
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