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 PUBLIC LAW 103-82—SEPT. 21, 1993 107 STAT. 855 (2) CORPS AND URBAN YOUTH CORPS.— The term "Corps" and "Urban Youth Corps" mean the Urban Youth Corps established under subsection (d)(l). (3) QUALIFIED URBAN YOUTH CORPS.— The term "qualified urban youth corps" means any program established by a State or local government or by a nonprofit organization that— (A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, productive work for individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, in an urban or public works or transportation setting; (B) gives participants a mix of work experience, basic and life skills, education, training, and support services; and (C) provides participants with the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their communities and the United States. (4) SECRETARY. — The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Transportation. (5) STATE. —The term "State" means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN YOUTH CORPS. — (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— There is hereby established in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Transportation an Urban Youth Corps. The Corps shall consist of individuals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are enrolled as participants in the Corps by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Transportation. To be eligible for enrollment in the Corps, an individual shall satisfy the criteria specified in section 139(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. The Secretaries may enroll such individuals in the Corps without regard to the civil service and classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The Secretaries may establish a preference for the enrollment in the Corps of individuals who are economically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged. (2) USE OF QUALIFIED URBAN YOUTH CORPS.— The Secretaries are authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with any qualified urban youth corps to perform appropriate service projects described in paragraph (3). As part of the Urban Youth Corps established in the Department of Transportation, the Secretary of Transportation may make grants to States (and through States to local governments) for the purpose of establishing, operating, or supporting qualified urban youth corps that will perform appropriate service projects relating to transportation resources or facilities. (3) SERVICE PROJECTS.— The Secretaries may each utilize the Corps or any qualified urban youth corps to carry out appropriate service projects that the Secretary involved is authorized to carry out under other authority of law involving public housing projects or public works resources or facilities.

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