The "Land Manager Housing and Workforce Improvement Act of 2024" aims to improve housing options and support for employees of the National Park Service and Forest Service. It includes initiatives for expanding housing authority, creating partnerships, and overseeing workforce housing needs to ensure both permanent and seasonal staff have adequate living conditions.

The section defines important terms used in the Act, including "appropriate committees of Congress" which refers to specific committees within the Senate and the House of Representatives, "covered agencies" which includes several federal agencies like the National Park Service and the Forest Service, and "Secretary" which stands for the Secretary of the Interior.

The section modifies the United States Code to ensure that the National Park Service gives priority to constructing housing for field employees, along with necessary infrastructure and amenities. It also adds a comma to clarify a part of the text.

The section allows the Secretary of the Interior to buy or acquire up to 10 acres of land near national parks to build housing for park employees. If the land is no longer needed, it can be sold, and the money from the sale would be used to fund other employee housing projects.

The section amends existing U.S. law to expand the purposes for which the National Park Service can use funds related to housing for field employees. It now includes not only management, repair, and maintenance, but also occupancy, development, construction, rehabilitation, or management of these quarters and related infrastructure.

The bill changes a law so that money from renting National Park Service properties can be used not just for upkeep, but also for building, improving, or managing housing for park staff and related facilities.

The bill empowers the Forest Service by amending existing laws to allow extended or flexible permits for workforce housing, streamline the process for selling or transferring administrative sites, and enable the use of funds for acquiring land or facilities to support the National Forest System and housing for its employees.

The amendment to section 101701(a) of title 54 of the United States Code clarifies that the Secretary’s responsibilities now explicitly include projects for employee housing in National Parks. It also expands the types of organizations and individuals, including those with philanthropic agreements to support Federal agencies, that can be involved as partners, now accounting for associations at the Tribal level as well.

Section 202 modifies a part of the United States Code by allowing the National Park Service to include services, in addition to goods, when leveraging philanthropic support for workforce housing.

The Secretary or Secretary of Agriculture can hire people living near certain federal sites directly into specific jobs without the usual competitive process until September 30, 2030. This authority requires compliance with merit-based principles and public notice laws, and it must address a need for housing that the government cannot provide.

The section outlines that temporary seasonal workers at the National Park Service can be rehired without having to compete for their positions. The requirement for the job to be in the same commuting area is removed, and this rule is valid until September 30, 2030.

The given section requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a report to Congress within 18 months detailing the housing needs for workers in specific agencies. This report should cover different housing types, occupancy rates, alternative options, and local market conditions.

The Comptroller General is required to submit a report to Congress within 18 months, examining the impact of various federal guidance on housing for agency workers and suggesting improvements. The report should include recommendations on tenant experience, housing supply, and commuting factors, and covered agencies must implement these recommendations within one year.

The amendment to Section 5 of the Act of August 3, 1956, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to notify Congress 30 days before providing emergency subsistence to Forest Service employees, and to report the number and grade level of employees affected after the action is taken.

The section outlines that the Department is responsible for providing emergency subsistence to employees.

The act is called the "Land Manager Housing and Workforce Improvement Act of 2024," and it outlines various sections focusing on improving workforce housing and partnerships for the National Park Service and the Forest Service, along with supporting their workforce and conducting oversight on housing needs.

The section defines key terms used in the bill: "appropriate committees of Congress" refers to several specific committees from both the Senate and House of Representatives; "covered agencies" include agencies like the National Park Service and others that manage land and resources; and "Secretary" refers to the Secretary of the Interior.

The section of the bill changes the law to require that the National Park Service gives priority to housing for field employees when planning their facilities. It also includes a minor punctuation update for clarity.

The National Park Service is given the authority to acquire up to 20 acres of nearby land to build housing for its employees, which it can manage and lease out. If the land is no longer needed for this purpose, the Service can sell it and use the money for future employee housing projects.

The section modifies a part of the United States Code by changing the focus from managing, repairing, and maintaining housing for National Park Service employees to include developing, constructing, maintaining, or operating housing for them.

The amendment to section 101338 of title 54, United States Code, allows the National Park Service to use money from a special fund to develop, build, maintain, or operate housing for employees working in national parks.

The text outlines amendments to existing laws, allowing for longer permits of up to 50 years for workforce housing on Forest Service land and changing how Forest Service sites are sold by requiring at least two competitive bids instead of a competitive sale.

The section amends existing law to allow the Secretary of the Interior to include projects for housing field employees within the National Park Service. It also expands collaboration to include Tribal organizations and allows groups or individuals with philanthropic agreements to participate in supporting the Service.

The section allows the Secretary to create cooperative management agreements with States, Indian Tribes, or local governments to improve the management of federal and adjacent non-federal park lands, while also allowing for shared use of offices or facilities and assignment of employees between parties, as long as the control of any park unit is not transferred.

The section describes how the Secretary can enter into cooperative management agreements with States, Indian Tribes, or local governments to manage park land efficiently if it is next to a federal System unit. It explains that the Secretary can share resources and staff with these parties and retain any funds from these agreements, but cannot transfer any administrative responsibilities of the System unit.

The section updates the U.S. Code to allow the National Park Service to address workforce housing by accepting different types of support, including cash, services, and goods, from philanthropic sources.

The Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture can hire qualified local individuals directly into certain government positions near national parks, wildlife refuges, or forests. This hiring power follows specific merit principles and public notice rules, and it will end on September 30, 2030.

The section supports the reemployment of temporary seasonal workers at the National Park Service by allowing the Secretary to define major subdivisions and removing location restrictions. This authority will end on September 30, 2030.

The section requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress within 18 months, assessing workforce housing needs for certain agencies. This report will include analyses of housing types and conditions, employee housing requirements, and local private housing market conditions, focusing on availability, affordability, and the effects of vacation rentals.

The section directs the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress assessing the impact of various budget and agency guidelines on housing for agency workers, and to propose improvements. These improvements should focus on tenant experience, workforce housing supply, financing options, partnerships, philanthropy, and commuting conditions. Within a year of the report, agency heads must implement the recommended actions.

The section amends a law to require the Secretary of Agriculture to report to Congress within 30 days whenever emergency subsistence is provided to Department of Agriculture employees, detailing the reasons, number of employees assisted, costs involved, and the expected duration, unless the emergency arises due to natural disasters, terrorism, or other man-made disasters. The report must be coordinated with the Office of Management and Budget.

The section outlines that the Department is responsible for providing emergency subsistence to employees.