Sec. 402. Volunteer enhancement program
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The Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 558a et seq. ) is amended— by striking section 5; by redesignating the first section and sections 2, 3, and 4 as sections 4, 5, 6, and 9, respectively; by inserting before section 4 (as so redesignated) the following: This Act may be cited as the . Volunteers in the National Forests and Public Land Act The purpose of this Act is to leverage volunteer engagement to supplement projects that are carried out by the Secretaries to fulfill the missions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and are accomplished with appropriated funds.
In this Act, the term Secretaries means each of— the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service; and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. ; in section 4 (as so redesignated)— by striking the section designation and all that follows through (hereinafter referred to as the in the first sentence and inserting the following: Secretary ) is The Secretaries are ; in the first sentence— by inserting and after civil service ; by inserting recreation access, trail construction or maintenance, facility construction or maintenance, educational uses (including outdoor classroom construction or maintenance), after for or in aid of ; and by striking Secretary through the Forest Service and inserting Secretaries ; and in the second sentence, by striking Secretary and inserting Secretaries ; in section 5 (as so redesignated)— by striking the section designation and all that follows through Secretary is and inserting the following:
The Secretaries are ; and by inserting training, equipment, after lodging, ; in section 6 (as so redesignated)— by striking the section designation and all that follows through
(a)Except as and inserting the following: Except as ; and in subsection (e)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking the Secretary and inserting either of the Secretaries ; in paragraph (1), by striking with the Secretary and inserting or cooperative agreement with either of the Secretaries ; and in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking the Secretary in the mutual benefit agreement and inserting either of the Secretaries in the mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement ; in subparagraph (A), by striking to be performed by the volunteers and inserting , including the geographic boundaries of the work to be performed by the volunteers, ; in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (C)— by striking the Secretary, when feasible and inserting either of the Secretaries, if feasible and only if necessary ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: the equipment the volunteers are authorized to use; the training the volunteers are required to complete; the actions the volunteers are authorized to take; and any other terms and conditions that are determined to be necessary by the applicable Secretary. ; by inserting before section 9 (as so redesignated) the following: The Secretaries shall promote volunteer opportunities in areas administered by the Secretaries. The Secretaries shall not require a cooperator or volunteer (as those terms are used in section 6) to have liability insurance to provide the volunteer services authorized under this Act. ; and in section 9 (as so redesignated), by striking the section designation and all that follows through There are and inserting the following: There are .
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