1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Veterans Conservation Corps Act of 2017 . 2. Veterans Conservation Corps (a) Establishment (1) In general The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, in cooperation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Interior, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Chief of Engineers, establish a veterans conservation corps to assist veterans in the transition from service in the Armed Forces to civilian life and to employ veterans— (A) in conservation, resource management, firefighting, law enforcement, and historic preservation projects on public lands and maintenance and improvement projects for cemeteries under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Administration; and (B) as firefighters, law enforcement officers, and disaster relief personnel. (2) Veteran eligibility To be eligible to participate in the veterans conservation corps, a veteran shall be unemployed. (b) Conservation, resource management, historic preservation, and cemetery maintenance and improvement projects (1) In general As part of the veterans conservation corps, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Chief of Engineers shall— (A) employ veterans to carry out projects described in subsection (a)(1)