PUBLIC LAW 109–154—DEC. 30, 2005
119 STAT. 2891
(b) QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CONSERVATION CORPS.—Section 204(c) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1723(c)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(2) PREFERENCE.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of entering into contracts and cooperative agreements under paragraph (1), the Secretary may give preference to qualified youth or conservation corps located in a specific area that have a substantial portion of members who are economically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged to carry out projects within the area. ‘‘(B) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In carrying out priority projects in a specific area, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, give preference to qualified youth or conservation corps located in that specific area that have a substantial portion of members who are economically, physically, or educationally disadvantaged.’’. (c) CONSERVATION PROJECTS.—Section 204(d) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1723(d)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence— (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may each’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may’’; and (B) by striking ‘‘such Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Appropriate conservation’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) PROJECTS ON INDIAN LANDS.—Appropriate conservation’’; and (3) by striking the third sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) DISASTER PREVENTION OR RELIEF PROJECTS.—The Secretary may authorize appropriate conservation projects and other appropriate projects to be carried out on Federal, State, local, or private land as part of a Federal disaster prevention or relief effort.’’. (d) CONSERVATION CENTERS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT.—Section 205 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1724) is amended— (1) by striking the heading and inserting the following: ‘‘SEC. 205. CONSERVATION CENTERS AND PROGRAM SUPPORT.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND USE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish and use conservation centers owned and operated by the Secretary for— ‘‘(A) use by the Public Lands Corps; and ‘‘(B) the conduct of appropriate conservation projects under this title. ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE FOR CONSERVATION CENTERS.—The Secretary may provide to a conservation center established under paragraph (1) any services, facilities, equipment, and supplies
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