21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

3/31/2022, 3:46 AM

21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

This bill provides supplemental appropriations for FY2020 to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Commerce for expenses primarily for federal land management and other conservation purposes.

The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending and thus exempt from discretionary spending limits.

The bill also

  • establishes the Outfitters and Guides Relief Fund;
  • includes as students fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students and home-schooled learners 10 to 12 years of age who shall be provided free access to federal lands and waters under the Every Kid Outdoors Program, and makes such program permanent;
  • establishes the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program;
  • establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps program;
  • provides for the temporary waiver of ski area permit and rental fees; and
  • provides for the temporary waiver of outdoor recreation land use permit fees.
Congress
116
Number
HR - 7264
Introduced on
2020-06-18
# Amendments
0
Sponsors
+5
Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

6/18/2020
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Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

This bill provides supplemental appropriations for FY2020 to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Commerce for expenses primarily for federal land management and other conservation purposes.

The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending and thus exempt from discretionary spending limits.

The bill also

  • establishes the Outfitters and Guides Relief Fund;
  • includes as students fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students and home-schooled learners 10 to 12 years of age who shall be provided free access to federal lands and waters under the Every Kid Outdoors Program, and makes such program permanent;
  • establishes the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Program;
  • establishes the Civilian Conservation Corps program;
  • provides for the temporary waiver of ski area permit and rental fees; and
  • provides for the temporary waiver of outdoor recreation land use permit fees.
Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedTo make supplemental appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, Homeland Security, Labor, and Commerce for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Policy Areas
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Potential Impact
Appropriations•
Aquatic ecology•
Cardiovascular and respiratory health•
Congressional oversight•
Department of Agriculture•
Department of Commerce•
Department of Homeland Security•
Department of Labor•
Department of the Interior•
Disaster relief and insurance•
Ecology•
Elementary and secondary education•
Emergency medical services and trauma care•
Employment and training programs•
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research•
Executive agency funding and structure•
Fires•
First responders and emergency personnel•
Fishes•
Floods and storm protection•
Forests, forestry, trees•
Government trust funds•
Health technology, devices, supplies•
Hunting and fishing•
Indian lands and resources rights•
Infectious and parasitic diseases•
Land use and conservation•
Licensing and registrations•
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries•
National and community service•
Natural disasters•
Outdoor recreation•
Parks, recreation areas, trails•
Public contracts and procurement•
Roads and highways•
Rural conditions and development•
Sports and recreation facilities•
Travel and tourism•
User charges and fees•
Water quality•
Water use and supply•
Watersheds•
Wetlands•
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats•
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection•
Worker safety and health•
Youth employment and child labor

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Latest Summary3/30/2022

21st Century Conservation Corps for Our Health and Our Jobs Act

This bill provides supplemental appropriations for FY2020 to the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Homeland Security, the Dep...

Latest Action6/18/2020
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee...