To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to modify the cost-sharing requirement for conservation projects carried out by a qualified youth or conservation corps, and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-01 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
What it would do
This bill proposes to change how costs are shared for conservation projects carried out by a qualified youth or conservation corps. It would change two figures in an existing law, but that law’s full wording is not supplied, so the evidence does not show whose share each figure represents.
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1. Cost-sharing requirements for conservation projects carried out by a qualified youth or conservation corps Section 212(a)(1) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking 75 and inserting 90; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking 25 and inserting 10.
The bill would amend section 212(a)(1) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 by replacing 75 with 90 in its first sentence and 25 with 10 in its second sentence.
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Section 212(a)(1) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1729(a)(1)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking 75 and inserting 90; and (2) in the second sentence, by striking 25 and inserting 10.
The source snapshot updated September 9, 2026, records introduction in the House on September 1, 2026, and referral that day to the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Education and Workforce committees for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
2026-09-01: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-01. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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What this analysis cannot establish
The amended statutory sentences are not reproduced. The supplied evidence therefore does not establish the figures’ units, whose contributions they govern, applicable exceptions, or the definition of a qualified corps.
The supplied bill text states no implementation date or termination condition and provides no additional administration or enforcement provisions.
The supplied history ends with the September 9, 2026, snapshot. It does not establish subsequent advancement or enactment; the changes are described here as proposals.
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