§ 1725. — Resource assistants.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1725]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 37--YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS AND PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
SUBCHAPTER II--PUBLIC LANDS CORPS
Sec. 1725. Resource assistants
(a) Authorization
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are
each authorized to provide individual placements of resource assistants
with any Federal land managing agency under the jurisdiction of such
Secretary to carry out research or resource protection activities on
behalf of the agency. To be eligible for selection as a resource
assistant, an individual must be at least 17 years of age. The
Secretaries may select resource assistants without regard to the civil
service and classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United
States. The Secretaries shall give a preference to the selection of
individuals who are enrolled in an institution of higher education or
are recent graduates from an institution of higher education, with
particular attention given to ensure full representation of women and
participants from historically black, Hispanic, and Native American
schools.
(b) Use of existing nonprofit organizations
Whenever one or more existing nonprofit organizations can provide,
in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of
Agriculture, appropriate recruitment and placement services to fulfill
the requirements of this section, the Secretary may implement this
section through such existing organizations. Participating nonprofit
organizations shall contribute to the expenses of providing and
supporting the resource assistants, through private sources of funding,
at a level equal to 25 percent of the total costs of each participant in
the Resource Assistant program who has been recruited and placed through
that organization. Any such participating nonprofit conservation service
organization shall be required, by the respective land managing agency,
to submit an annual report evaluating the scope, size, and quality of
the program, including the value of work contributed by the Resource
Assistants, to the mission of the agency.
(Pub. L. 91-378, title II, Sec. 206, as added Pub. L. 103-82, title I,
Sec. 105(6), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 852.)
References in Text
The civil service laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are set forth in
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly,
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
The classification laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are classified
to chapter 51 (Sec. 5101 et seq.) and subchapter III (Sec. 5331 et seq.)
of chapter 53 of Title 5.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1722 of this title.
