; and (B) in the second sentence, by striking section 137(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and inserting paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 137(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12591(a) ) ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (g) Effect Nothing in this section authorizes the use of the Public Lands Corps for projects on or impacting real property owned by, operated by, or within the custody, control, or administrative jurisdiction of the Administrator of General Services without the express permission of the Administrator of General Services. . (c) Transportation Section 205 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 ( 16 U.S.C. 1724 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Transportation The Secretary may provide to Corps participants who reside in their own homes transportation to and from appropriate conservation project sites. . (d) Resource assistants (1) In general Section 206(a) of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 ( 16 U.S.C. 1725(a) ) is amended by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: The Secretary may provide individual placements of resource assistants to carry out research or resource protection activities on behalf of the Secretary. . (2) Direct hire authority Section 121(a) of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 ( 16 U.S.C. 1725a ), is amended— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking Secretary of the Interior and inserting Secretary (as defined in section 203 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 ( 16 U.S.C. 1722 )) ; (ii) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting paragraph (2) ; and (iii) by striking with a land managing agency of the Department of the Interior