HR 6683 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

ACTION for National Service Act

Introduced Feb 9, 2022 Originated House Sponsor John B. Larson D-CT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 24, 2022 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

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. IntroducedFeb 9, 2022
  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 (1) converts the Corporation for National and Community Service into the AmeriCorps Administration and revises its membership, leadership, and authority; (2) reauthorizes programs carried out by the administration; (3) establishes a National Service Foundation to accept and administer gifts on behalf of the administration; (4) modifies the calculation of national service educational awards; and (5) otherwise modifies provisions related to national and volunteer service programs.

Additionally, the bill creates an interagency Civilian Climate Corps, operated by the administration, to conduct service projects addressing climate change.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2022 to Jul 28, 2022; 66 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAAmi BeraOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MNAngie CraigOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-ILBill FosterOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-PAChrissy HoulahanOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-GADavid ScottOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MIDebbie DingellOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-WADerek KilmerOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NVDina TitusOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAEric SwalwellOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NYGrace MengOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CTJames A. HimesOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MDJamie RaskinOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-TNJim CooperOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAJimmy PanettaOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MDJohn P. SarbanesOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAJulia BrownleyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-WIMark PocanOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NYPaul TonkoOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MARichard E. NealOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CASalud O. CarbajalOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-ILSean CastenOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-CATed LieuOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NYThomas R. SuozziOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-FLVal Butler DemingsOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalFeb 9, 2022
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.Feb 15, 2022
D-NJAndy KimFeb 15, 2022
D-CABarbara LeeFeb 15, 2022
D-PABrendan F. BoyleFeb 15, 2022
D-MIDaniel T. KildeeFeb 15, 2022
D-CAJudy ChuFeb 15, 2022
D-CAPete AguilarFeb 15, 2022
D-CARo KhannaFeb 15, 2022
D-MASeth MoultonFeb 15, 2022
D-CAJared HuffmanJul 28, 2022

Committees 4

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2022
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2022
HouseNatural Resources Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2022
Federal Lands Subcommittee
Referred Feb 18, 2022
Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee
Referred Feb 18, 2022
HouseAgriculture Committee
Referred Feb 9, 2022
Forestry and Horticulture Subcommittee
Referred Feb 24, 2022

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 24, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
  2. Feb 18, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
  3. Feb 18, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
  4. Feb 9, 2022Introduced in House
  5. Feb 9, 2022Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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. 168, no. 26, February 9, 2022, page H1115.

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1588ACTION for National Service ActReintroduced BillApr 25, 2023
S 3622ACTION for National Service ActRelated billFeb 9, 2022

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To establish an AmeriCorps Administration to carry out the national and volunteer service programs, to expand participation in such programs, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) 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: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 9, 2022Introduced in House

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