,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #icb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #h1        
#bjba,mr4 ,griffith introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,agriculture  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,agriculture to conduct a study on      
national forest volunteers1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,study and report  
on ,national ,forest volunteers  7a7    
,study ,the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 
acting through the ,chief of the ,forest
 ,service1 shall conduct a study on1    
with respect to each ,national ,forest--
 7#a7 during the #aj-year period        
preceding the date of the enactment of  
this section1 the amount of volunteer   
hours served at each such ,national     
,forest2  7#b7 the deferred maintenance 
backlog of each such ,national ,forest2 
7#c7 whether volunteers could carry out 
any projects under each such deferred   
maintenance backlog2 and  7#d7 any      
barriers to increasing volunteer        

participation4  7b7 ,report ,not later  
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this section1 the          
,secretary of ,agriculture shall submit 
a report to ,congress that includes the 
results of the study required under     
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,volunteer defined 
,in this section1 the term volunteer--  
7#a7 means an individual who volunteers 
at a ,national ,forest1 including       
through an agreement between a local    
government and the ,secretary of        
,agriculture2 and  7#b7 does not        
include1 with respect to activities     
carried out on ,national ,forest ,system
 land-- 7,a7 an individual who is       
compensated with respect to such        
activities2 or  7,b7 an individual who  
carries out such activities pursuant to 
participation in-- 7i7 the ,youth       
,conservation ,corps established under  
title ,i of ,public ,law #ia-cgh 7#af   
,u4,s4,c4 #agja et seq472  7ii7 the     
,public ,lands ,corps established under 
title ,,ii of ,public law #ia-cgh 7#af  

,u4,s4,c4 #agba et seq472  7iii7 a ,job 
,corps program established under        
subtitle ,c of title ,i of the          
,workforce ,innovation and ,opportunity 
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #caia et seq472 or  
7iv7 ,ameri,corps4