Congress 116 - HR 6560 - UNITE Act of 2020

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Aging Asia Cardiovascular and respiratory health China Congressional oversight Corporation for National and Community Service Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief and insurance Education of the disadvantaged Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Employee hiring Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Food assistance and relief Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Homelessness and emergency shelter Infectious and parasitic diseases Labor and Employment Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mongolia National and community service Natural disasters Peace Corps Public-private cooperation Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs World health

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Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020 or the UNITE Act of 2020

This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency by increasing volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and requiring the re-enrollment of Peace Corps volunteers whose service ended involuntarily on March 15, 2020, or earlier for volunteers who were serving in China and Mongolia.

Among other things, the bill

reauthorizes through FY2022 Americorps programs;
increases recruitment levels of its volunteers to 500,000 in FY2020-FY2022;
sets the minimum compensation for Americorps volunteers, beginning in FY2020, at 200% of the poverty line applicable to a family of one; and
requires FEMA to appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 10,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees above the level of such employees in FY2019 to address the COVID-19 emergency.

Actions

Apr 22, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Apr 21, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
Apr 21, 2020

Introduced in House

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