Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 37 — Youth Conservation Corps and Public Lands Corps
§ 1727b. Indian Youth Service Corps
Statutory text
In general
There is established within the Public Lands Corps a program to be known as the “Indian Youth Service Corps” that—
enrolls participants between the ages of 16 and 30, inclusive, and veterans age 35 or younger, a majority of whom are Indians;
is established pursuant to an agreement between an Indian tribe and a qualified youth or conservation corps for the benefit of the members of the Indian tribe; and
carries out appropriate conservation projects on eligible service land.
Authorization of cooperative agreements
The Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribes and qualified youth or conservation corps for the establishment and administration of the Indian Youth Service Corps.
Guidelines
Not later than 18 months after , the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with Indian tribes, shall issue guidelines for the management of the Indian Youth Service Corps, in accordance with this subchapter and any other applicable Federal laws.
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.
Pub. L. 91–378 title II § 210 · 84 Stat. 794
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1727b
(Pub. L. 91–378, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 116–9, title IX, § 9003(g), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 835.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–378, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 116–9, title IX, § 9003(g), Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 835.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this Act”, and was translated as reading “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 91–378, known as the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 210 of Pub. L. 91–379 was renumbered section 212 and is classified to section 1729 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 91–378, title II, § 210, as added Pub. L. 116–9, title IX, § 9003(g), , 133 Stat. 835.)