3.0.0 3642 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z Senate S 2020-05-07 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-07T18:26:16Z UNITE Act of 2020 116 6853 HR 2020-05-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS UNITE Act of 2020 116 6560 HR 2020-04-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2020-05-07 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-05-07 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-05-07 True Labor and Employment Adult education and literacy Aging Appropriations Asia Bankruptcy Cardiovascular and respiratory health Census and government statistics China Citizenship and naturalization Congressional oversight Consumer credit 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 Immigration status and procedures Infectious and parasitic diseases Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mongolia National and community service Natural disasters Peace Corps Public-private cooperation Rural conditions and development Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Unemployment Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Wages and earnings Worker safety and health World health Labor and Employment 00 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2021-03-22T12:14:16Z 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 or 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;
  • increases the ceiling on grant amounts to such volunteers from $18,000 to $25,000;
  • increases the ceiling on the grant amount maximum limit from to not more than $19,500 to $30,000 per full-time equivalent position if necessary to meet the compelling needs of a particular program;
  • requires FEMA to appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 62,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees above the level of such employees in FY2019 to address the COVID-19 emergency;
  • .authorizes federal agencies to provide assistance essential to meeting immediate threats to life and property resulting from a major disaster to provide for temporary or supplementary facilities for official government polling places; and
  • authorizes the President to pay a state, tribal, or local government in which a major disaster has been declared stipends for temporary workers conducting nonpartisan official election poll worker services.
]]> UNITE Act of 2020 Display Title UNITE Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced UNITE Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to mobilize individuals in the United States in the fight against coronavirus by expanding volunteer opportunities in AmeriCorps, expanding employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and utilizing the expertise of Peace Corps volunteer leaders whose service ended on March 15, 2020, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3642is/xml/BILLS-116s3642is.xml 2020-05-07 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.