§ 1702. Establishment

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1970

   Pub. L. 91–378 title I § 102 · 84 Stat. 794

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1702

   Pub. L. 91–378, title I, § 102, formerly § 2, Aug. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 795

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 91–378, title I, § 102, formerly § 2, Aug. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 795

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. youth conservation corps (a) To carry out the purposes of this Act, there is hereby established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a three-year pilot program designated as the Youth Conservation Corps (hereinafter referred to as the “Corps”). The Corps Participants. shall consist of young men and women who are permanent residents of the United States, its territories, or possessions, 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 during the Summer employment. summer months without regard to the civil service or classification laws, rules, or regulations, for the purpose of developing, preserving, or maintaining lands and waters of the United States under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary. (b) The Corps shall be open to youth of both sexes and youth of all Equal opportunity and employment; term. social, economic, and racial classifications, with no person being employed as a member of the Corps for a term in excess of ninety days during any single year.

2. 1972

   Pub. L. 92–597 · 86 Stat. 1319

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1702(a)

   Pub. L. 92–597 substituted “established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation” and “under his jurisdiction” for “hereby established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a three-year pilot program designated as the Youth Conservation” and “under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary” respectively, and extended eligibility to permanent residents of trust territories

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–597 substituted “established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a Youth Conservation” and “under his jurisdiction” for “hereby established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture a three-year pilot program designated as the Youth Conservation” and “under the jurisdiction of the appropriate Secretary” respectively, and extended eligibility to permanent residents of trust territories.

3. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–408 · [88 Stat. 1066]

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1702(a)

   Pub. L. 93–408 extended eligibility to permanent residents of Puerto Rico, removed the restriction that employment be in the summer months only, and substituted “waters of the United States” for “waters of the United States under his jurisdiction”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–408 extended eligibility to permanent residents of Puerto Rico, removed the restriction that employment be in the summer months only, and substituted “waters of the United States” for “waters of the United States under his jurisdiction”.

4. 1974

   Pub. L. 93–408 · [88 Stat. 1066]

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1702(b)

   Pub. L. 93–408 substituted “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” for “of both sexes and youth of all social, economic, and racial classifications, with”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–408 substituted “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” for “of both sexes and youth of all social, economic, and racial classifications, with”.

5. 1993

   National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993

   Pub. L. 103–82 § 105(2) · 107 Stat. 785

   1. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1702(a)

      Pub. L. 103–82, § 105(2), (4), substituted “subchapter” for “chapter”

   2. Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 1702(a)

      Pub. L. 103–82, § 105(2), (4), inserted “in this subchapter” after “(hereinafter”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–82, § 105(2), (4), substituted “subchapter” for “chapter” and inserted “in this subchapter” after “(hereinafter”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (2) by striking “Act” each place it appears and inserting “title”;

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 103–82 effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.

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