CORPS Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service Act or the CORPS Act
This bill expands and modifies the administration of national service programs, including the National Senior Corps, to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its recovery period (i.e., through FY2024).
The bill also (1) revises certain living allowances of particular national service corps participants; (2) expands the Senior Service Corps; (3) establishes a COVID-19 educational award; (4) implements a pilot program under which state commissions may directly place individuals in approved national service positions; and (5) excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any living allowance provided to national public service participants and any national service educational award.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 15, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Apr 15, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2075 | Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jun 16, 2021 |
| HR 3941 | Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act of 2021 | Related bill | Jun 16, 2021 |
| HR 4100 | CORPS Act | Related bill | Jun 23, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CORPS Act
- Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in Senate
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