1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Restore Employment in Natural and Environmental Work Conservation Corps Act or the RENEW Conservation Corps Act . 2. Findings and purposes (a) Findings Congress finds that— (1) as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, more than 40,000,000 people in the United States have filed claims for unemployment benefits since March 2020, which is a level of unemployment not seen since the Great Depression; (2) investments in fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration and outdoor recreation infrastructure generate as many as 33 jobs per $1,000,000 invested, as demonstrated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ( Public Law 111–5 ; 123 Stat. 115); (3) the outdoor recreation economy— (A) generates $887,000,000,000 in economic activity each year, which is 2.2 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis; and (B) was one of the fastest growing sectors of the United States economy before the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic; (4) the Federal Government and State and local governments and agencies have many shovel-ready projects and green infrastructure maintenance backlog projects that would improve the quality of life, outdoor experiences, and access to outdoor recreation opportunities of people of the United States on completion of the projects; (5) many facilities and natural resources located on dedicated conservation land are in disrepair or degraded and in need of labor-intensive rehabilitation, restoration, and enhancement work that cannot be carried out at existing staffing levels; (6) enhancing and maintaining environmentally and recreationally important land and waters through the participation of unemployed individuals in the United States in a conservation corps could— (A) provide critical employment, education, and skill development opportunities to the individuals; (B) prepare the individuals for permanent jobs in the conservation field