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 91 STAT. 628

Candidate referral. 29 USC 812. 29 USC 872. 29 USC 873.

29 USC 844. Maximum enrollment period.

PUBLIC LAW 95-93-—AUG. 5, 1977 "(C) are citizens or lawfully permanent residents of the United States or lawfully admitted refugees or parolees; "(D) are capable, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, of carrying out the work of the Corps for the estimated duration of each such individual's enrollment. "(2) Individuals who, at the time of enrollment, have attained age sixteen but not attained age nineteen and who have left school shall not be admitted to membership in the Corps unless they give adequate assurances, under criteria established by the Secretary of Labor, that they did not leave school for the purpose of enrolling in the Corps and obtaining employment under this title. "(c) The Secretary of Labor shall make arrangements for obtaining referral of candidates for the Corps from the public employment service, prime sponsors qualified under section 102 of this Act, sponsors of Native American programs qualified under section 302 of this Act, sponsors of migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 303 of this Act, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, and such other agencies and organizations as the Secretary of Labor may deem appropriate. The Secretary of Labor shall undertake to assure that an equitable proportion of candidates shall he referred from each State. "(d) In referring candidates from each State in accordance with subsection (c), preference shall be given to youths residing in ruiul and urban areas within each such State having substantial unemployment, including areas of substantial unemployment determined by the SecI'etary of Labor under section 204(c) of this Act to have rates of unemployment equal to or in excess of 6.5 per centum. "(e)(1) No individual may be enrolled in the Corps for a, total period of more than twelve months, with such maximum period consisting of either one continuous twelve-month period, or three or less periods which total twelve months, except that an individual who attains the maximum permissible enrollment age may continue in the Corps up to the twelve-month limit provided in this subsection only as long as the individual's enrollment is continuous after having attained the maximum age. " (2) No individual shall be enrolled in the Corps if solely for purposes of membership for the normal period between school terms. "ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPS

Residential and nonresidential Corps centers. 29 USC 993c.

"SEC. 804. (a) Consistent with each interagency agreement, the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, as appropriate, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor shall determine the location of each residential and nonresidential Corps center. The Corps shall perform work on projects in such fields as— "(1) tree nursery operations, planting, pruning, thinning, and other silviculture measures; "(2) wildlife habitat improvements and preservation; "(3) range management improvements; "(4) recreation development, rehabilitation, and maintenance; " (5) fish habitat and culture measures; " (6) forest insect and disease prevention and control; " (7) road and trail maintenance and improvements; " (8) general sanitation, cleanup, and maintenance; " (9) erosion control and flood damage; i "(10) drought damage measures; and

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