Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025
A Democratic bill with 1 Republican cosponsor · See all 2 cosponsors
Last activity — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025 aims to amend Public Law 91-378 to authorize activities for Civilian Conservation Centers. These centers are defined as residential training facilities for underserved youth operated by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. The bill authorizes specialized training programs in areas like forestry, rangeland management, and wildland firefighting. It also establishes a workforce development pilot to provide various technical curricula. Additionally, the bill sets recruitment goals for graduates and provides authorities for direct hiring and housing improvements.
Yes· 3 of 11
- Scored +7
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?
The bill targets underserved youth with specialized training and career pathways.
- Scored +6
Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests?
The bill focuses on training and workforce development for the management of public lands.
- Scored +6
Is this likely to create jobs?
The bill establishes recruitment goals for hiring hundreds of graduates annually into federal roles.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Specialized Training Opportunities: The bill allows for specialized training programs in forestry, rangeland management, and wildland firefighting at Civilian Conservation Centers (Section 302). This provides underserved youth with professional skill development.
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Career and Technical Education: Through a workforce development pilot, the Secretary of Agriculture can provide curricula covering diverse topics such as heavy equipment operation, forest restoration, and emergency response (Section 303).
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Employment Incentives: The Secretaries may provide signing bonuses to help graduates transition into employment and secure housing in rural or remote communities (Section 304).
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Streamlined Hiring: Graduates may be appointed directly to positions that meet qualification standards, bypassing certain standard hiring provisions (Section 304).
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Work Opportunities for Students: Covered students may be employed at regular rates of pay for necessary hours of work (Section 304).
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Improved Housing Infrastructure: A pilot program will use covered students to improve and expand Federal housing stock intended for wildland firefighters, volunteers, and other agency employees (Section 305).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts or burdens are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this better protect public land such as parks and forests? — The bill focuses on training and workforce development for the management of public lands. Does this better protect air, water and wildlife? — The bill invests in forest restoration and rangeland management training. Does this invest in rural communities? — The bill supports workforce development and housing in rural and remote communities. Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — The bill enhances workforce training for emergency response and disaster response.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this? — The bill targets underserved youth with specialized training and career pathways. Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — The bill provides workforce development and job opportunities for underserved youth. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — The bill focuses on training and employment specifically for rural and remote communities.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this make housing cost less? — The bill includes a pilot program to improve and expand federal housing stock for agency employees. Is this likely to lift people out of poverty? — The bill provides training and employment pathways for underserved youth.
- Economy And Finance
- Is this likely to create jobs? — The bill establishes recruitment goals for hiring hundreds of graduates annually into federal roles.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this give the federal government more power? — The bill expands the role of the Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior in workforce development.
- 5/15/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in House
2 bills Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Brett GuthrieRepublican · Kentucky
Val HoyleDemocrat · Oregon