Sec. 3. Administration of civilian conservation and climate corps
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If the President determines that amounts appropriated to the Civilian Conservation and Climate Corps under this Act for a fiscal year will be insufficient to employ all of the individuals described in section 2(a) who are seeking or likely to seek employment in the Program and continue the employment of current employees who desire to remain in the Program, the following order of preference shall be observed in additional Program hiring: Unemployed veterans of the Armed Forces and unemployed members of the reserve components and National Guard components of the Armed Forces.
Unemployed individuals who have exhausted their entitlement to unemployment compensation. Unemployed citizens, who immediately before employment in the Program, are eligible for unemployment compensation payable under any State law or Federal unemployment compensation law, including any additional compensation or extended compensation under such laws. Members of Disadvantaged Population Groups. Other unemployed individuals, including individuals who give up a job in order to enroll in the Program.
The Program may administer both residential and non-residential work projects or mixtures of the two, depending on the location of the work projects and the characteristics of the Program participants employed on the projects. Where housing is provided, it shall include room, board, and appropriate supervision. The President may provide for the transportation of persons employed in the Civilian Conservation and Climate Corps to and from their places of employment. The Program shall comply with all Federal, State, and local employment discrimination and employment protection laws.
Program participants shall be paid wages comparable to those paid public sector employees who do the same or comparable work, less a discounted charge for room, board, and clothing to the extent they are provided by the Program. All Program earnings shall be subject to Federal, State, and local payroll and income taxes, except for those that support benefits of a similar nature to those provided program participants by the Program. Program participants shall be provided health care, paid sick leave, and disability benefits free of charge while enrolled in the program, and upon successful completion of 18 months or more of employment in the program, shall be entitled to educational assistance— furnished by the Administrator; and equivalent to educational assistance to which an individual described in section 3311(b) of title 38, United States Code, is entitled under chapter 33 of such title.
No individual whose employment is funded under this Act may be employed in a position if— employing such individual will result in the layoff or partial displacement (such as a reduction in hours, wages, or employee benefits) of an existing employee of the employer; or such individual will perform the same or substantially similar work that had previously been performed by an employee of the employer who has been laid off within the preceding 12 months unless the employee has declined an offer of reinstatement to the position the employee occupied immediately prior to being laid off or partially displaced.
No individual may be hired for a position funded under this Act in a manner that infringes upon the promotional opportunities of an existing employee of the Program employer. No individual whose employment is funded under this Act may perform work that otherwise would be performed by the members of a collective bargaining unit unless— the consent of the union is obtained; and negotiations have taken place with such union as to the terms and conditions of such employment. Enrollment goals for the program shall be as follows: 250,000 individual enrollees by the end of the Program’s first 12 months of operation. 500,000 individual enrollees by the end of the Program’s first 24 months of operation. 750,000 individual enrollees by the end of the Program’s first 36 months of operation.
All unemployed individuals aged 16 through 25 who seek employment in the program and have legal authorization to work in the United States by the end of the Program’s first 48 months of operation.