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applicants have not received program development grants under the authority of section 1007(c) of this title. The Secretary shall encourage States and private interests to contribute, to the maximum extent possible, to the non-Federal share of project costs.

SEC. 1010. No property improved or developed with assistance under this title shall, without the approval of the Secretary, be converted to other than public recreation uses. The Secretary shall approve such conversion only if he finds it to be in accord with the current local park and recreation recovery action program and only upon such conditions as he deems necessary to assure the provision of adequate recreation properties and opportunities of reasonably equivalent location and usefulness.

SEC. 1011. The Secretary shall (a) coordinate the urban park and recreation recovery program with the total urban recovery effort and cooperate to the fullest extent possible with other Federal departments and agencies and with State agencies which administer programs and policies affecting urban areas, including but not limited to, programs in housing, urban development, natural resources management, employment, transportation, community services, and voluntary action; (b) encourage maximum coordination of the program between appropriate State agencies and local applicants; and (c) require that local applicants include provisions for participation of community and neighborhood residents and for publicprivate coordination in recovery planning and project selection.

SEC. 1012. Each recipient of assistance under this title shall keep such records as the Secretary shall prescribe, including records which fully disclose the amount and disposition of project undertakings in connection with which assistance under this title is given or used, and the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit. The Secretary, and the Comptroller General of the United States, or their duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient that are pertinent to assistance received under this title.

SEC. 1013. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this title, not to exceed $150,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 through 1982, and $125,000,000 in fiscal year 1983, such sums to remain available until expended. Not more than 3 per centum of the funds authorized in any fiscal year may be used for grants for the development of local park and recreation recovery action programs pursuant to sections 1007(a) and 1007(c), and not more than 10 per centum may be used for innovation grants pursuant to section

6 of this title. Grants made under this title for projects in any one State shall not exceed in the aggregate 15 per centum of the aggregate amount of funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year. For the authorizations made in this subsection, any amounts authorized but not appropriated in any fiscal year shall remain available for appropriation in succeeding fiscal years. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, or any other law, or regulation, there is further authorized to be appropriated $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 through 1983, such sums to remain available until expended, to each of the insular areas. Such sums will not be subject to the matching provisions of this section, and may only be subject to such conditions, reports, plans, and agreements, if any, as determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 1014. No funds available under this title shall be used for the acquisition of land or interests in land. SEC. 1015. (a) Within ninety days of the expiration of this authority, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on the overall impact of the urban park and recreation recovery program.

(b) On December 31, 1979, and on the same date in each year that the recovery program is funded, the Secretary shall report to the Congress on the annual achievements of the innovation grant program, with emphasis on the nationwide implications of successful innovation projects.

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17. Volunteers in the Parks Program

An Act to increase the appropriation authorization relating to the volunteers in the parks program, and for other purposes. (89 Stat. 682) (P.L. 94-128)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to increase the appropriation authorization relating to the volunteers in the parks program, section 4 of the Act of July 29, 1970 (84 Stat. 472; 16 U.S.C. 18j), is amended by deleting the figure "100,000" appearing therein and inserting the figure "250,000" in its place.

Approved November 13, 1975.

Legislative History:

House Report No. 94-550 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).
Senate Report No. 94-99 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs).
Congressional Record, Vol. 121 (1975):

May 1, considered and passed Senate.
Nov. 4, considered and passed House.

18. Young Adult Conservation Corps

An Act to provide employment and training opportunities for youth, and to provide for other improvements in employment and training programs. (91 Stat. 627) (P.L. 95-93)

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That this Act may be cited as the "Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977".

TITLE I-YOUNG ADULT CONSERVATION CORPS

AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING THE CORPS

SEC. 101. The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title:

"TITLE VIII-YOUNG ADULT CONSERVATION CORPS

"STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

"SEC. 801. It is the purpose of this title to establish a Young Adult Conservation Corps to provide employment and other benefits to youths who would not otherwise be currently productively employed, through a period of service during which they engage in useful conservation work and assist in completing other projects of a public nature on Federal and non-Federal public lands and waters.

"ESTABLISHMENT OF YOUNG ADULT CONSERVATION CORPS

"SEC. 802. To carry out the purposes of this title, there is hereby established a Young Adult Conservation Corps to carry out projects on Federal or non-Federal public lands or waters. The Secretary of Labor shall administer this title through interagency agreements with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. Pursuant to such interagency agreements, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture shall have responsibility for the management of each Corps center, including determination of Corps members' work assignments, selection, training, discipline, and termination, and shall be responsible for an effective program at each center.

"SELECTION OF ENROLLEES

"SEC. 803. (a) Enrollees of the Corps shall be selected by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture only from candidates referred by the Secretary of Labor. "(b) (1) Membership in the Corps shall be limited to individuals who, at the time of enrollment

"(A) are unemployed;

"(B) are between the ages sixteen to twenty-three, inclusive;

"(C) are citizens or lawfully permanent residents of the United States or lawfully admitted refugees or parolees;

"(D) are capable, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, of carrying out the work of the Corps for the estimated duration of each such individual's enrollment.

"(2) Individuals who, at the time of enrollment, have attained age sixteen but not attained age nineteen and who have left school shall not be admitted to membership in the Corps unless they give adequate assurances, under criteria established by the Secretary of Labor, that they did not leave school for the purpose of enrolling in the Corps and obtaining employment under this title.

"(c) The Secretary of Labor shall make arrangements for obtaining referral of candidates for the Corps from the public employment service, prime sponsors qualified under section 102 of this Act, sponsors of Native American programs qualified under section 302 of this Act, sponsors of migrant and seasonal farmwork programs under section 303 of this Act, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, and such other agencies and organizations as the Secretary of Labor may deem appropriate. The Secretary of Labor shall undertake to assure that an equitable proportion of candidates shall be referred from each State.

"(d) In referring candidates from each State in accordance with subsection (c), preference shall be given to youths residing in rural and urban areas within each such State having substantial unemployment, including areas of substantial unemployment determined by the Secretary of Labor under section 204 (c) of this Act to have rates of unemployment equal to or in excess of 6.5 per centum.

"(e)(1) No individual may be enrolled in the Corps for a total period of more than twelve months, with such maximum period consisting of either one continuous twelve-month period, or three or less periods which total twelve months, except that an individual who attains. the maximum permissible enrollment age may continue in the Corps up to the twelve-month limit provided in this subsection only as long as the individual's enrollment is continuous after having attained the maximum age.

"(2) No individual shall be enrolled in the Corps if solely for purposes of membership for the normal period between school terms.

"ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPS

"SEC. 804. (a) Consistent with each interagency agreement, the Secretary of the Interior or Agriculture, as appropriate, in consultation with the Secretary of

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