Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act
Latest action · Jul 3, 2003 Became Public Law No: 108-45.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2003
- Passed SenateJun 18, 2003
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2003
- To the PresidentJun 24, 2003
- Became lawJul 3, 2003Public Law 108-45
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate passed version is repeated here.)
Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act - Revises the manner in which the Corporation for National and Community Service (Corporation) approves, and records obligations relating to, national service positions (positions) under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA).
Directs the Corporation to approve a position at the time it: (1) enters into an enforceable agreement with an individual participant to serve in the Civilian Community Corps (under NCSA) or Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program (under DVSA); or (2) awards a grant to or enters into a contract or cooperative agreement with an entity to carry out a program for which such a national service position may be approved under NCSA.
Requires the Corporation to record as an obligation an estimate of the net present value of the national service educational award associated with the position, based on a formula, determined in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, that takes into consideration historical rates of enrollment in, and of earning and using such awards for, such a program.
Directs the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation to report annually and certify to Congress that the Corporation is in compliance with this Act's requirements for position approval and obligation recording.
Applies such requirements to each position that the Corporation approves: (1) during FY 2003 (before or after the date of enactment of this Act); and (2) during any subsequent fiscal year.
Directs the Corporation to establish a reserve account within the National Service Trust and, to ensure the availability of adequate funds to support the awards of approved positions for each fiscal year, place into such account: (1) during FY 2003, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for FY 2003, or that remain available from a previous fiscal year, to carry out specified national service programs; and (2) during FY 2004 or a subsequent fiscal year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for that fiscal year and made available to carry out such programs. Prohibits the Corporation from obligating reserve account funds until it: (1) determines that such funds will not be needed to pay awards associated with previously approved national service positions; or (2) obligates the funds to pay such awards for such previously approved positions.
Requires annual independent audits of Corporation accounts relating to the appropriated funds for approved positions and the records demonstrating the manner in which the Corporation has recorded estimates as obligations.
Requires, with a specified exception, all amounts included in the National Service Trust to be available for payments of national service educational awards under NCSA.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 18, 2003.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-LA | John B. Breaux | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jun 18, 2003 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 3, 2003Signed by President.
- Jul 3, 2003Became Public Law No: 108-45.
- Jun 24, 2003Presented to President.
- Jun 19, 2003Received in the House.
- Jun 19, 2003Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 19, 2003Held at the desk.
- Jun 19, 2003Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5638-5639)
- Jun 19, 2003Mr. Boehner asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
- Jun 19, 2003Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5638-5639)
- Jun 19, 2003Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 18, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jun 18, 2003Introduced in the Senate and read twice and ordered held at desk.
- Jun 18, 2003Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8163-8165; text as passed Senate: CR S8164-8165)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5638Text printed H5638 | John A. Boehner R-OH | Jun 19, 2003 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8010–S8012, S8163, S8164Text printed S8164 | Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD, Christopher S. Bond R-MO, Chuck Grassley R-IA, Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, Judd Gregg R-NH | Jun 18, 2003 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2552 | Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act | Identical bill | Jul 21, 2003 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve the manner in which the Corporation for National and Community Service approves, and records obligations relating to, national service positions.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act
- Short Titles as Enacted
- Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Administrative procedure
- Auditing
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Federal aid to education
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government corporations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Higher education
- Law
- National service
- Scholarships
- Social Welfare
- Valuation
- Volunteer workers
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Jun 18, 2003Considered and Passed Senate
- Jun 18, 2003Engrossed in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.