§ 1702. — Establishment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1702]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 37--YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS AND PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
SUBCHAPTER I--YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS
Sec. 1702. Establishment
(a) Age of participants
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.
(b) Equal employment opportunity and employment; term
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.
(Pub. L. 91-378, title I, Sec. 102, formerly Sec. 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, Sec. 102, and amended
Pub. L. 103-82, title I, Sec. 105(1)-(4), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat.
848.)
Amendments
1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 105(2), (4), substituted
``subchapter'' for ``chapter'' and inserted ``in this subchapter'' after
``(hereinafter''.
1974--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''.
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''.
1972--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.
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment
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.
