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[CITE: 42USC12655c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
               CHAPTER 129--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM
 
        Division I--American Conservation and Youth Service Corps
 
Sec. 12655c. Focus of programs


(a) In general

    Programs that receive assistance under this division may carry out 
activities that--
        (1) in the case of conservation corps programs, focus on--
            (A) conservation, rehabilitation, and the improvement of 
        wildlife habitat, rangelands, parks, and recreational areas;
            (B) urban and rural revitalization, historical and cultural 
        site preservation, and reforestation of both urban and rural 
        areas;
            (C) fish culture, wildlife habitat maintenance and 
        improvement, and other fishery assistance;
            (D) road and trail maintenance and improvement;
            (E) erosion, flood, drought, and storm damage assistance and 
        controls;
            (F) stream, lake, waterfront harbor, and port improvement;
            (G) wetlands protection and pollution control;
            (H) insect, disease, rodent, and fire prevention and 
        control;
            (I) the improvement of abandoned railroad beds and rights-
        of-way;
            (J) energy conservation projects, renewable resource 
        enhancement, and recovery of biomass;
            (K) reclamation and improvement of strip-mined land;
            (L) forestry, nursery, and cultural operations; and
            (M) making public facilities accessible to individuals with 
        disabilities.

        (2) in the case of youth service corps programs, include 
    participant service in--
            (A) State, local, and regional governmental agencies;
            (B) nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, 
        local libraries, parks, recreational facilities, child and adult 
        day care centers, programs serving individuals with 
        disabilities, and schools;
            (C) law enforcement agencies,\1\ and penal and probation 
        systems;
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            (D) private nonprofit organizations that primarily focus on 
        social service such as community action agencies;
            (E) activities that focus on the rehabilitation or 
        improvement of public facilities, neighborhood improvements, 
        literacy training that benefits educationally disadvantaged 
        individuals, weatherization of and basic repairs to low-income 
        housing including housing occupied by older adults, energy 
        conservation (including solar energy techniques), removal of 
        architectural barriers to access by individuals with 
        disabilities to public facilities, activities that focus on drug 
        and alcohol abuse education, prevention and treatment, and 
        conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources 
        on publicly held lands; and
            (F) any other nonpartisan civic activities and services that 
        the Corporation determines to be of a substantial social benefit 
        in meeting unmet human, educational, or environmental needs 
        (particularly needs related to poverty) or in the community 
        where volunteer service is to be performed; or

        (3) encompass the focuses and services described in both 
    paragraphs (1) and (2).

(b) Limitation on service

    No participant shall perform any specific activity for more than a 
6-month period. No participant shall remain enrolled in programs 
assisted under this division for more than 24 months.

(Pub. L. 101-610, title I, Sec. 199D, formerly Sec. 124, Nov. 16, 1990, 
104 Stat. 3143; Pub. L. 102-10, Sec. 5(4), Mar. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 30; 
renumbered Sec. 199D and amended Pub. L. 103-82, title I, Sec. 101(a), 
(e)(1), (5), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 788, 815, 816.)

                          Codification

    Section was formerly classified to section 12544 of this title prior 
to renumbering by Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 101(a).


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (a)(2)(F). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 101(e)(1), substituted 
``Corporation'' for ``Commission''.
    Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 103-82, Sec. 101(e)(5), redesignated 
subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to 
ineligible service categories.
    1991--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102-10, Sec. 5(4)(A), substituted 
``youth service'' for ``human services'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-10, Sec. 5(4)(B), substituted ``any 
specific activity for more than a 6-month period. No participant shall 
remain enrolled in programs'' for ``services in any project for more 
than a 6-month period. No participant shall remain enrolled in 
projects''.


                    Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

    Amendment by 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.
