CORPS Act

Bill Number

HR 4100

Introduced

Jun 23, 2021

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Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be ...

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Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Community life and organization Congressional oversight Corporation for National and Community Service Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Higher education Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Labor and Employment National and community service Poverty and welfare assistance Rural conditions and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor

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Summary

Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service Act or the CORPS Act

This bill makes several changes to AmeriCorps programs during the COVID-19 health emergency. Specifically, the bill:

increases living allowance payments to program participants;
increases educational awards for program participants;
relaxes program requirements, including reducing the age requirement for AmeriCorps Seniors to 45 and older;
creates a pilot program to allow state commissions to directly place individuals in approved AmeriCorps programs; and
allows for targeted AmeriCorps grants to fund recovery projects in communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

The bill also excludes AmeriCorps living allowance payments and educational awards from taxable income for program participants.

Actions

Jun 23, 2021

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.
Jun 23, 2021

Introduced in House

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