S.Amdt. 436

SA 436. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 108__. JOB CORPS CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CENTERS.

Notwithstanding any provision of the Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) (including
regulations, guidance, memoranda of understanding, and
interagency agreements written or entered into pursuant to
that Act), during the period beginning on January 21, 2019,
and ending not earlier than January 21, 2025, the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor--
(1) shall not transfer the operation of any Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Center from the Forest Service;
(2) shall ensure that each Job Corps Civilian Conservation
Center is operated in accordance with the interagency
agreement entitled ``Interagency Agreement between the United
States Department of Labor and the United States Department
of Agriculture Governing the Funding, Establishment, and
Operation of Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers'', as
the interagency agreement existed on January 21, 2019;
(3) shall not contract with any entity to operate a Job
Corps Civilian Conservation Center; and
(4) shall not close or deactivate any Job Corps Civilian
Conservation Center unless closure or deactivation is a
necessary response to a substantial health or safety threat
to students or staff at a center, as determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Labor.
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