An Act to Amend the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1972 to Expand and Make Permanent the Youth Conservation Corps, and for Other Purposes.

The document is a copy of Public Law 93-408 enacted by the 93rd Congress, September 3, 1974 to amend the Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970 in order to expand and make permanent the Youth Conservation Corps. The amended provisions deal with policy and purposes of the Corps, and qualifications, equal opportunity, employment, and term of employment of the participants. The duties and functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out the act are outlined. They involve regulations, availability of Corps facilities not in use to educational institutions, cost responsibility, use of unoccupied Federal facilities and surplus equipment, and contract authority. Provisions concerning the grant program for State projects include application requirements and approval and grant limitation, payments and appropriation percentage. Also covered by the amendment are secretarial reports and authorization of appropriations. (MS)