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[CITE: 42USC12615]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 129--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
 
                  Division E--Civilian Community Corps
 
Sec. 12615. Civilian Community Corps


(a) Director

    Upon the establishment of the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
Program, the Civilian Community Corps shall be under the direction of 
the Director appointed pursuant to section 12619(c)(1) of this title.

(b) Membership in Civilian Community Corps

                   (1) Participants to be members

        Persons selected to participate in the national service program 
    or the summer national service program components of the Program 
    shall become members of the Civilian Community Corps.

                      (2) Selection of members

        The Director or the Director's designee shall select individuals 
    for membership in the Corps.

                   (3) Application for membership

        To be selected to become a Corps member an individual shall 
    submit an application to the Director or to any other office as the 
    Director may designate, at such time, in such manner, and containing 
    such information as the Director shall require. At a minimum, the 
    application shall contain information about the work experience of 
    the applicant and sufficient information to enable the Director, or 
    the superintendent of the appropriate camp, to determine whether 
    selection of the applicant for membership in the Corps is 
    appropriate.

(c) Organization of Corps into units

                              (1) Units

        The Corps shall be divided into permanent units. Each Corps 
    member shall be assigned to a unit.

                          (2) Unit leaders

        The leader of each unit shall be selected from among persons in 
    the permanent cadre established pursuant to section 12619(c)(2) of 
    this title. The designated leader shall accompany the unit 
    throughout the period of agreed service of the members of the unit.

(d) Camps

                  (1) Units to be assigned to camps

        The units of the Corps shall be grouped together as appropriate 
    in camps for operational, support, and boarding purposes. The Corps 
    camp for a unit shall be in a facility or central location 
    established as the operational headquarters and boarding place for 
    the unit. Corps members may be housed in the camps.

                       (2) Camp superintendent

        There shall be a superintendent for each camp. The 
    superintendent is the head of the camp.

                     (3) Eligible site for camp

        A camp may be located in a facility referred to in section 
    12622(a)(3) of this title.

(e) Distribution of units and camps

    The Director shall ensure that the Corps units and camps are 
distributed in urban areas and rural areas in various regions throughout 
the United States.

(f) Standards of conduct

                           (1) In general

        The superintendent of each camp shall establish and enforce 
    standards of conduct to promote proper moral and disciplinary 
    conditions in the camp.

                            (2) Sanctions

        Under procedures prescribed by the Director, the superintendent 
    of a camp may--
            (A) transfer a member of the Corps in that camp to another 
        unit or camp if the superintendent determines that the retention 
        of the member in the member's unit or in the superintendent's 
        camp will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or 
        diminish the opportunities of other Corps members in that unit 
        or camp, as the case may be; or
            (B) dismiss a member of the Corps from the Corps if the 
        superintendent determines that retention of the member in the 
        Corps will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or 
        diminish the opportunities of other Corps members.

                             (3) Appeals

        Under procedures prescribed by the Director, a member of the 
    Corps may appeal to the Director a determination of a camp 
    superintendent to transfer or dismiss the member. The Director shall 
    provide for expeditious disposition of appeals under this paragraph.

(Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 155, formerly Sec. 195D, as added Pub. 
L. 102-484, div. A, title X, Sec. 1092(a)(1), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 
2524; renumbered Sec. 155 and amended Pub. L. 103-82, title I, 
Sec. 104(b), (e)(2)(C), title IV, Sec. 403(b), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 
840, 847, 920; Pub. L. 103-304, Sec. 3(b)(5)(A), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 
Stat. 1567.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 12653d of this title 
prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 104(b).


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 12615, Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 164, Nov. 16, 
1990, 104 Stat. 3159; Pub. L. 102-384, Sec. 4, Oct. 5, 1992, 106 Stat. 
1455, related to evaluation reports on Peace Corps and VISTA 
demonstration programs, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 104(a).
    A prior section 155 of Pub. L. 101-610 was classified to section 
12591 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-82.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-304 substituted ``camps'' for 
``Corps'' in heading.
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 403(b), substituted 
``Director'' for ``Director of the Civilian Community Corps''.
    Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 104(e)(2)(C)(i), substituted ``section 
12619(c)(1)'' for ``section 12653h(c)(1)''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 104(e)(2)(C)(ii), substituted 
``section 12619(c)(2)'' for ``section 12653h(c)(2)''.
    Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 104(e)(2)(C)(iii), substituted 
``section 12622(a)(3)'' for ``section 12653k(a)(3)''.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by section 104(b), (e)(2)(C) of Pub. L. 103-82 effective 
Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103-82, set out as a note under 
section 1701 of Title 16, Conservation.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 12626 of this title.
