Federal government pays more for conservation corps projects
H.R. 10214 — To amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to modify the cost-sharing requirement for conservation projects carried out by a qualified youth or conservation corps, and for other purposes. · Filed by Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Introduced Sep 1, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes how much the federal government pays. It raises federal payment from 75% to 90% of project costs. Youth and conservation corps would pay less. They would pay 10% instead of 25%.
Who it affects
Youth and conservation corps groups would pay less money. Federal taxpayers would pay more. Conservation work could expand because costs drop.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say where the extra federal money comes from. Congress would need to decide how to pay for it.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 1, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 1, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce and House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- conservation corps — Groups of young people who do work to protect land and nature.
- federal — Belonging to the national government, not state or local government.
- youth — Young people, usually teenagers and people in their early twenties.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (301 characters) on Sep 5, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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