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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION . OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548
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OF: Management of Young Adult Conservation Corps]
/ 1. The Secretary of Labor has explicit authority
in the Comprehensive Employment and Training
Act of 1973, 29 U.S. C. 5 801, to make grants, con-
tracts, or agreements to carry out CETA projects
established by title VIII of CETA. Through inter-
agency agreements with the Secretary, the Secretaries
of the Interior and of Agriculture are to provide
for actual implementation of YACC projects. As
heads of executive departments, they have the
inherent authority to provide by contract needed
services except for selection of enrollees.
2. Department of Agriculture proposes to help
implement the Young Adult Conservation Corps
by contract. The proposed contract would have
a 12-month term and would cross fiscal year
lines. Monthly payment would be made in
relation to the amount of services (which would
vary from month to month) provided by contrac-
tor in the preceding month. This contract, to be
funded with annual appropriations, may cover
only services required to be performed in the
current fiscal year and may not cross fiscal
year lines. See cases cited.
A contracting officer in the Forest Service of the Department
of Agriculture asks whether the actual management of the Young
Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) may be carried out by a
contractor. YACC was established as Title VIII of the Compre-
hensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) by section 101 of
the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977,
Pub. L. No. 95-93, August 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 627.
In a letter responding to our requests for his comments, the
Secretary of Agriculture endorses the contracting officer's request
for a decision and advises that he supporisthe proposal to contract
for the actual management of YACC projects. As both the Secretary
and the contracting officer point out, the Department currently
participates in a similar program under 16 U. S. C. § 1701 et seg.
(1976), the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC), in which youths be-
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