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 PUBLIC LAW 9 5 - 9 3 — A U G. 5, 1977

91 STAT. 627

Public Law 95-93 95th Congress An Act To provide employment and training opportunities for youth, and to provide for other improvements in employment and training programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the " Y o u t h Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977".

TITLE I—YOUNG ADULT CONSERVATION CORPS

Aug. 5, 1977 [H.R. 6138]

Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. 29 USC 801 note.

AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING THE CORPS

SEC. 101. The Comprehensive Employment and T r a i n i n g Act of 1973 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title:

29 USC 801 note.

" TITLE VIII—YOUNG ADULT CONSERVATION CORPS " STATEMENT O F PURPOSE

" SEC. 801. I t is the purpose of this title to establish a Young A d u l t 29 USC 993. Conservation Corps to provide employment and other benefits to youths who would not otherwise be currently productively employed, through a period of service during which they engage in useful conservation work and assist in completing other projects of a public n a t u r e on Federal and non-Federal public lands and waters. "ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUNG ADULT CONSERVATION CORPS

" SEC. 802. To carry out the purposes of this title, there is hereby 29 USC 993a. established a Y o u n g A d u l t Conservation Corps to carry out projects on Federal or non-Federal public lands or waters. The Secretary of Administration. Labor shall administer this title through interagency agreements with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. Pursuant to such interagency agreements, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture shall have responsibility for the management of each Corps center, including determination of Corps members' work assignments, selection, training, discipline, and termination, and shall be responsible for an effective program at each center. "SELECTION OF ENROLLEES

" SEC. 803. (a) Enrollees of the Corps shall be selected by the Secre- 29 USC 993b. taries of the Interior and Agriculture only from candidates referred by the Secretary of Labor. " (b)(1) Membership in the Corps shall be limited to individuals who, at the time of enrollment— " (A) are unemployed; " (B) are between t\\& ages sixteen to twenty-three, inclusive;

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