HR 3140 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

ACTION for National Service Act

Introduced Jun 29, 2017 Originated House Sponsor John B. Larson D-CT

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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.

  1. IntroducedJun 29, 2017
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. 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; 162 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-VAA. Donald McEachinOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXAl GreenOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXBeto O'RourkeOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILBill FosterOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-PABrendan F. BoyleOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYBrian HigginsOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MDC. A. Dutch RuppersbergerOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILCheri BustosOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-HIColleen HanabusaOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MNCollin C. PetersonOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-IADavid LoebsackOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-GADavid ScottOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJDonald NorcrossOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-VADonald S. Beyer, Jr.OriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CADoris O. MatsuiOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXFilemon VelaOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXHenry CuellarOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJerry McNerneyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJim CostaOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXJoaquin CastroOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-KYJohn A. YarmuthOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NJJosh GottheimerOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAKaren BassOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYKathleen M. RiceOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLKathy CastorOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CALinda T. SánchezOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAMark DeSaulnierOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-PAMatt CartwrightOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NMMichelle Lujan GrishamOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MANiki TsongasOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CARaul RuizOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CARo KhannaOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MISander M. LevinOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYSean Patrick MaloneyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MASeth MoultonOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLStephanie N. MurphyOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CATed LieuOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-OHTim RyanOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MNTimothy J. WalzOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CATony CárdenasOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-FLVal Butler DemingsOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-CAZoe LofgrenOriginalJun 29, 2017
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonSep 11, 2017
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.Mar 26, 2018

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 29, 2017
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Jun 29, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 29, 2017Introduced in House
  2. 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution of the United States of America

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 112, June 29, 2017, page H5378.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 5844ACTION for National Service ActReintroduction ofSep 19, 2016

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish a National and Community Service Administration to carry out the national and volunteer service programs, to expand participation in such programs, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
ACTION for National Service Act
America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 29, 2017Introduced in House

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