16 U.S.C. § 1702 — Establishment
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-378 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 185 words · no verdicts yet
This section creates the Youth Conservation Corps in the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture. It sets the participants’ age and residency requirements, requires broad access and compensation, and limits service to 90 days in a year.
(a) Age of participants. The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture establish a Youth Conservation Corps, called the “Corps” in this subchapter. It consists of young men and women who permanently live in the United States, its territories, possessions, trust territories, or Puerto Rico; are at least 15 but under 19; and may be hired by either Secretary without applying civil-service or classification laws, rules, or regulations. Their work is to develop, preserve, or maintain United States lands and waters.
(b) Equal employment opportunity and employment; term. The Corps must be open to youth from all parts of the country, of both sexes and all social, economic, and racial classifications. Members must be paid in a way consistent with the work performed. No person may serve as a Corps member for more than 90 days in one year.
To carry out the purposes of this subchapter, there is established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation Corps (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Corps”). The Corps shall consist of young men and women who are permanent residents of the United States, its territories, possessions, trust territories, or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico who have attained age fifteen but have not attained age nineteen, and whom the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture may employ without regard to the civil service or classification laws, rules, or regulations, for the purpose of developing, preserving, or maintaining the lands and waters of the United States.
The Corps shall be open to youth from all parts of the country of both sexes and youth of all social, economic, and racial classifications with all Corps members receiving compensation consistent with work accomplished, and with no person being employed as a member of the Corps for a term in excess of ninety days during any single year.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–378, title I, § 102, formerly § 2, Aug. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 795; Pub. L. 92–597, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1319; Pub. L. 93–408, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1066; renumbered title I, § 102, and amended Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 105(1)–(4), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 848.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-378 · 84 Stat. 795
- 1972Amended · Pub. L. 92-597 · 86 Stat. 1319
- 1974Amended · Pub. L. 93-408 · 88 Stat. 1066
- 1993Amended · Pub. L. 103-82 · 107 Stat. 848
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 91-378 on 1970-08-13.
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