ACTION for National Service Act
Latest action · Jun 25, 2019 Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 25, 2019
- 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 (1) converts the Corporation for National and Community Service into the National and Community Service Administration; (2) reauthorizes programs carried out by the administration; (3) establishes a National Service Foundation to accept and administer gifts on behalf of the administration; and (4) modifies the calculation of national service educational awards.
Furthermore, the bill
- creates a 21st Century American Service Outreach Program to notify individuals age 17 and not more than age 30 about their eligibility to participate in national service programs,;
- increases living stipends for such volunteers and the cap on such full-time positions;
- provides a living allowance to members of the National Civilian Community Corps, under specified conditions; and
- provides an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, for such educational awards and living allowances.
Cosponsors 189
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2019 to Dec 21, 2020, with 184 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2019Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 994 | ACTION for National Service Act | Related bill | Apr 2, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Advisory bodies
- Appropriations
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Higher education
- Income tax exclusion
- Labor and Employment
- National and community service
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Student aid and college costs
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced in House
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