[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 513 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 513
Supporting the designation of the second Friday of June as ``National
Service and Conservation Corps Day''.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2025
Ms. Houlahan (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Fitzpatrick)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
on Education and Workforce
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RESOLUTION
Supporting the designation of the second Friday of June as ``National
Service and Conservation Corps Day''.
Whereas there exists a network of National Service Programs (in this resolution
referred to as ``Service and Conservation Corps'') that receive funding
pursuant to subtitle C of the National and Community Service Act (42
U.S.C. 12571 et seq.);
Whereas such network includes more than 150 Service and Conservation Corps
across the country;
Whereas these Service and Conservation Corps annually provide education,
workforce development, and support services to nearly 23,000 young
adults and post-9/11 veterans;
Whereas today's Service and Conservation Corps are locally based organizations
that engage young adults (generally ages 16 to 25) and veterans (up to
age 35) in service projects that address recreation, disaster response,
conservation, and community needs;
Whereas these Service and Conservation Corps are direct descendants of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, a Great Depression-era Federal work relief
program that mobilized 3,000,000 young men to dramatically improve the
Nation's public lands;
Whereas Civilian Conservation Corps participants received food, shelter,
education, and a $30-a-month stipend;
Whereas, from 1933 to 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps planted
3,000,000,000 trees and helped build trails, roads, campgrounds, and
other park infrastructure still in use today;
Whereas April 5, 2023, was the 90th anniversary of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps with a
Presidential Executive order;
Whereas most modern Service and Conservation Corps are nonprofits or are
operated by units of State or local government;
Whereas, through public-private partnerships, Service and Conservation Corps
work with a range of organizations, government agencies, and
institutions to engage Corpsmembers in meaningful projects that address
local and national issues;
Whereas, through a term of service that could last from a few months to a year,
Corpsmembers experience the ``Corps Model'', where they gain work
experience and develop in-demand skills;
Whereas Corpsmembers are compensated with a stipend or living allowance and
often receive an education award or scholarship upon completing their
service;
Whereas, additionally, Corps provide participants with educational programming,
mentoring, and access to career and personal counseling, and some Corps
operate or partner with charter schools to help participants earn their
high school diploma or GED;
Whereas Corpsmembers complete thousands of community improvement, resilience,
and resource conservation projects every year;
Whereas Corpsmembers typically serve on crews alongside other young adults, or
in ``individual placement'' or internship positions that provide
additional capacity to Federal, State, and local resource management
agencies;
Whereas Service and Conservation Corps have longstanding partnerships with
Federal, State, and local community development and resource management
agencies to engage Corpsmembers in meaningful and necessary projects
across the country;
Whereas Service and Conservation Corps projects include--
(1) the enhancement of neighborhoods and community public spaces,
including public parks;
(2) the preservation and protection of public lands, shorelines,
waterways, habitat, and wildlife;
(3) the preservation of historic structures;
(4) providing access to and the enhancement of recreation on public
lands and waters;
(5) enhancing resilience to natural disasters; and
(6) mitigation, response to, and recovery from natural disasters,
including hurricanes and wildfire;
Whereas, during this past year, Corpsmembers who were personally impacted by the
devastation caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton as well the
California wildfires, responded to these events in their own
communities, and Corpsmembers located across the country traveled to
these locations to help their fellow citizens in their time of need;
Whereas the United States urgently needs to respond to decades of deferred
maintenance on public lands and waters, restore critical ecosystems, and
make its communities more resilient;
Whereas the United States also has millions of young people facing unemployment
and barriers to opportunity; and
Whereas the existing network of more than 150 Service and Conservation Corps are
ready to meet the needs of these young Americans: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) supports the designation of a ``National Service and
Conservation Corps Day'';
(2) congratulates the existing network of more than 150
Service and Conservation Corps on their contributions to the
United States;
(3) urges the citizens of the United States to recognize
the importance of national service; and
(4) supports the continuation and expansion of the national
network of Service and Conservation Corps under the National
and Community Service Act (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).
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