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Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004

Introduced: March 29, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Jul 21, 2004
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-714.
Mar 29, 2004
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 29, 2004
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3297)
Mar 29, 2004
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004 - Establishes A Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps to be comprised of low-income young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 to work on projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, and provide disaster relief on public land. Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts or cooperative agreements directly with any service and conservation corps or State department of natural resources, agriculture, or forestry to carry out projects to prevent fire and suppress fires, rehabilitate public land affected or altered by fires, and provide disaster relief.

Directs the Secretaries to give priority to certain projects, including projects that will: (1) reduce hazardous fuels on public lands; (2) restore public land affected or threatened by disease or insect infestation; (3) rehabilitate public land affected or altered by fires; (4) assess public land at a high risk of reburn; and (5) address public land located near a municipal watershed and water supply.

What's happening now July 21, 2004

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 108-714.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 21, 2004
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jul 15, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2253: Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2253/
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"S. 2253: Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-2253/.
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