Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005

Summary

Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to: (1) allow the Secretary (the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System land or the Secretary of the Interior with respect to Indian lands, Hawaiian home lands, or lands administered by the Department of the Interior) for purposes of entering into contracts and cooperative agreements under such Act, to 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; (2) require the Secretary, in carrying out priority projects (as defined by this Act) in a specific area, to give preference to qualified youth or conservation corps located in that specific area that have a substantial portion of such members; (3) allow the Secretary to 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; (4) modify requirements for the establishment and use of conservation centers; (5) authorize the Secretary to provide any appropriate services, facilities, equipment, supplies, technical assistance, oversight, monitoring, or evaluations to carry out such Act; (6) require the Secretary to provide each participant in the Public Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allowance as established by the Secretary; and (7) permit the Secretary to grant members of the Public Lands Corps credit for time served with the Corps and to provide to a former member of the Corps noncompetitive hiring status for a specified period after the date on which such member's service with the Corps is complete.

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Timeline

1. 14 June 2005

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and the 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 14 June 2005

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and the 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 14 June 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 14 June 2005

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 21 June 2005

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.

   Source: Committee

6. 21 June 2005

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.

   Source: Committee

7. 28 June 2005

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

   Source: Committee

8. 14 July 2005

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

9. 10 August 2005

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

   Source: Committee

10. 22 September 2005

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Committee

11. 22 September 2005

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 22 September 2005

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health Discharged.

    Source: Committee

13. 7 November 2005

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.

    Source: Calendars

14. 7 November 2005

    Discharge

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

    Source: Discharge

15. 7 November 2005

    Committee

    Committee on Agriculture discharged.

    Source: Committee

16. 7 November 2005

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-273, Part I.

    Source: Committee

17. 7 November 2005

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-273, Part I.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Reported in House · 7 November 2005 · Official file
• Introduced in House · 14 June 2005 · Official file

Documents

6 official files

• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 7 November 2005

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 7 November 2005

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 7 November 2005

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 14 June 2005

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 14 June 2005

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 June 2005

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Sponsors

• GREG WALDEN · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing
• · hsag00 · Standing
• · hsii00 · Standing

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