3.0.0 464 2020-02-10T17:01:03Z 2020-02-10T17:01:03Z Senate S S 2009-02-24 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-02-24T23:41:36Z Tax Relief for National Service Act 111 3857 S 2010-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS ACTION Act 111 1154 HR 2009-04-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Identical bill CRS 2009-02-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-02-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2429-2430) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-02-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2009-02-24 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2009-02-24 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2009-02-24 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-02-24 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2009-02-24 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2009-02-24 True R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2009-02-24 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2009-02-24 True B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2009-03-23 False Education Corporation for National and Community Service Education programs funding Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Higher education Income tax exclusion Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Education 00 2009-02-24 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-06T22:36:27Z AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act or the ACTION Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to base the calculation of the amount of the national service educational award on the average cost of attending a four-year institution of higher education, rather than a portion of a veteran's basic educational assistance allowance.

Excludes the national service educational award from an individual's gross income for tax purposes.

Permits the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a national service program that is carried out by another federal agency and implements the priorities of such agency.

Makes Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation a Cabinet position. Raises the Officer's compensation to Level I of the Executive Schedule.

]]> ACTION Act Short Titles as Introduced ACTION Act Short Titles as Introduced AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act Display Title ACTION Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to improve the educational awards provided for national service, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-02-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s464is/xml/BILLS-111s464is.xml 2009-02-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.