# 119-hr-3465: Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025

119-hr-3465, Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3465
- Congress: 119
- Title: Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-27

## Summary

**Creates Civilian Conservation Centers as residential workforce training centers for underserved youth.** The bill would set up campus-style training run by the Departments of the Interior or Agriculture and focus on forestry, rangeland management, and wildland firefighting to build a stronger public-lands workforce. - Underserved youth and students would get paid, residential career and technical training in firefighting, forest restoration, heavy equipment, mill operations, and related trades. Programs would include career pathways, paid work hours, and permitted signing bonuses to help graduates take jobs in rural areas. - Federal land agencies and the wildland firefighting workforce would gain targeted recruitment tools. Each Secretary would set hiring goals that include hiring 300 covered graduates annually and the bill would authorize Direct Hire Authority beginning in fiscal year 2025 to place qualified graduates into federal roles. - Rural communities and agency operations would benefit from a Wildland Firefighting Housing Pilot. The pilot would identify federal properties for renovation, employ covered students to repair and expand housing for firefighters and partners, and require a prioritized renovation plan to be sent to Congress.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY), 2025-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Students help fix firefighter housing: benefit, low. The bill would start a pilot to repair and add federal housing for wildland firefighters and related staff. Agencies would hire covered students to do the work and give them hands-on experience. The agencies would choose federal sites to fix or build and send Congress a prioritized project list wit…
- Faster hiring and bonuses for conservation center grads: benefit, low. Each Department would aim to hire 300 program graduates each year for wildfire or other critical jobs. Starting in fiscal year 2025, agencies could use direct hire if you meet job standards, speeding up hiring. They could offer signing bonuses and help with housing in rural or remote areas. Agencie…
- New conservation job training for youth: benefit, low. This bill would define which conservation centers and students count for the program. USDA, working with the Labor Department, could run pilot job courses at these centers. Training could cover wildfire response, heavy equipment, forestry, and habitat work. The agencies would recruit students, impr…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act
- 119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3465 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3465)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
- [119-hr-6900: American Affordability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6900)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3465 (as of 2026-08-27).