ACTION for National Service Act
Latest action · Jun 29, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
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 29, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act or the ACTION for National Service Act
This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to reestablish the Corporation for National and Community Service as an independent executive agency called the National and Community Service Administration.
An individual who successfully completes a term of full-time national service shall be entitled to a national service educational award equal to twice the amount of tuition for the institution of higher education where the individual is enrolled, not to exceed twice the average in-state tuition. Current law limits the award's value to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant that an individual is eligible to receive in the aggregate.
Within the administration, the bill establishes an interagency working group to evaluate specified issues related to: (1) eligibility for tuition and student loan repayment assistance with regard to participation in certain national or volunteer service programs, (2) the advisability of granting federal hiring preference to certain volunteer program participants, and (3) methods for increasing the participation of seniors in national service programs.
The National Service Foundation, a nonprofit corporation established by the bill, shall accept and administer gifts made in connection with the administration.
The bill expresses support for the authorization of appropriations sufficient to provide, within 10 years, volunteer service opportunities for at least 1 million volunteers in full-time national service annually.
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude AmeriCorps educational awards from gross income.
Cosponsors 164
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 29, 2017 to Mar 26, 2018, with 162 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Jun 29, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in House
- Jun 29, 2017Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Aging
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Higher education
- Income tax exclusion
- National and community service
- Social Welfare
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
- Tax-exempt organizations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 29, 2017Introduced in House
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