ACTION Act
Latest action · Apr 22, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act or the ACTION Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to base the calculation of the amount of the national service educational award on the average cost of attending a four-year institution of higher education, rather than a portion of a veteran's basic educational assistance allowance.
Excludes the national service educational award from an individual's gross income for tax purposes.
Permits the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a national service program that is carried out by another federal agency and implements the priorities of such agency.
Makes Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation a Cabinet position. Raises the Officer's compensation to Level I of the Executive Schedule.
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2009 to Mar 31, 2009; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 24, 2009 |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Feb 25, 2009 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 10, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 31, 2009 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2009 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Apr 22, 2009 | |
| Healthy Families and Communities Subcommittee | Referred Apr 22, 2009 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2009 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2009 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- Apr 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
- Feb 24, 2009Introduced in House
- Feb 24, 2009Referred to House Education and Labor
- Feb 24, 2009Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Feb 24, 2009Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- Feb 24, 2009Referred to House Ways and Means
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 464 | ACTION Act | Identical bill | Feb 24, 2009 |
| S 3857 | Tax Relief for National Service Act | Related bill | Sep 28, 2010 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to improve the educational awards provided for national service, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- ACTION Act
- AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Higher education
- Income tax exclusion
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2009Introduced in House
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