Section 1 Study and report on National Forest volunteers
Study— The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall conduct a study on, with respect to each National Forest—
during the 10-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this section, the amount of volunteer hours served at each such National Forest;
the deferred maintenance backlog of each such National Forest;
whether volunteers could carry out any projects under each such deferred maintenance backlog; and
any barriers to increasing volunteer participation.
Report— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to Congress that includes the results of the study required under subsection (a).
Volunteer defined— In this section, the term volunteer—
means an individual who volunteers at a National Forest, including through an agreement between a local government and the Secretary of Agriculture; and
does not include, with respect to activities carried out on National Forest System land—
an individual who is compensated with respect to such activities; or
an individual who carries out such activities pursuant to participation in—
the Youth Conservation Corps established under title I of Public Law 91–378 (16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.);
the Public Lands Corps established under title II of Public law 91–378 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.);
a Job Corps program established under subtitle C of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.); or
AmeriCorps.