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handle is hein.crs/govedec0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ~ Research Service Biden Administration Proposes New Civilian Climate Corps May 3, 2021 On January 27, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Among its various provisions, the order directs the Secretary of the Interior, in collaboration with the Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of other relevant agencies, to submit a strategy to create a Civilian Climate Corps Initiative within existing appropriations. The order further directs that such an initiative should aim to conserve and restore public lands and waters, bolster community resilience, increase reforestation, increase carbon sequestration in the agricultural sector, protect biodiversity, improve access to recreation, and address the changing climate. In March 2021, the Biden Administration included a recommendation for a $10 billion investment in the Civilian Climate Corps Initiative as part of the White House's American Jobs Plan proposal. The Administration's initial topline FY2022 discretionary budget request for the Department of the Interior (DOI) included $200 million for the initiative for the next fiscal year; additional funding information may be made available later. Although some stakeholders have likened the proposed Civilian Climate Corps to past federal employment and service corps programs, such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), it is not yet clear how and in what form the Biden Administration plans to implement this initiative. The CCC was a federal employment and job training program operating from 1933 to 1943, which put to work 3 million unemployed young men on projects aimed at the conservation and development of the natural resources of the United States (50 Stat. 319). CCC enrollees were recruited, hired, and trained by the federal government; worked under federal supervision; lived in government-run camps; and received stipends paid with federal funding. The Biden Administration's proposal for a Civilian Climate Corps could mirror the Depression-era CCC approach, or it could resemble a contemporary model for federal corps programs. Many of today's federal corps programs are comparatively smaller in scale than the original CCC and vary in design, location, and scope of work. In general, these programs offer participants-sometimes referred to as corpsmembers-a variety of benefits in exchange for their service. These benefits can include a wage stipend, housing, classroom training, experiential and environmental education, professional support services, and post- service education awards. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11654 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress

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