16 U.S.C. § 1729 — Funding

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.

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.