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S. 1238 · 109th Congress · enacted

Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005

Became Public Law No: 109-154.

Latest official action 2005-12-30 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to: (1) allow the Secretary (the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System land or the Secretary of the Interior with respect to Indian lands, Hawaiian home lands, or lands administered by the Department of the Interior) for purposes of entering into contracts and cooperative agreements under such Act, to give preference to qualified youth or conservation corps located in a specific area that have a substantial portion of disadvantaged members to carry out projects within the area; (2) require the Secretary, in carrying out priority projects in a specific area, to give preference to qualified youth or conservation corps located in that area that have a substantial portion of such members; (3) allow the Secretary to authorize appropriate projects to be carried out as part of a federal disaster prevention or relief effort; (4) modify requirements for the establishment and use of conservation centers; (5) authorize the Secretary to provide any appropriate services, facilities, equipment, supplies, technical assistance, oversight, monitoring, or evaluations to carry out such Act; (6) require the Secretary to provide each participant in the Public Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allowance established by the Secretary; (7) permit the Secre…

Congressional Research Service · 2005-11-16

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