3.0.0 994 2022-11-01T19:02:24Z 2022-11-05T19:28:20Z Senate S 2019-04-02 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-04-02T20:39:46Z ACTION for National Service Act 116 3464 HR 2019-06-25 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. Related bill CRS 2019-04-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2190-2191) IntroReferral 2019-04-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-04-02 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-04-02 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-04-02 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-04-02 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2019-04-02 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-04-02 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-04-02 True Social Welfare Advisory bodies Corporation for National and Community Service Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Higher education Income tax exclusion National and community service Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Tax-exempt organizations Wages and earnings Social Welfare 00 2019-04-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-07T17:26:51Z 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 National and Community Service 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 a 21st Century American Service Outreach Program to notify individuals age 17 and not more than age 30 of opportunities to participate in and apply for such national and volunteer service programs;
  • increases living stipends for such volunteers and the cap on such full-time positions;
  • provides a living allowance to members of the National Civilian Community Corps, under specified conditions; and
  • provides an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, for such educational awards and living allowances.
]]> ACTION for National Service Act Display Title ACTION for National Service Act Short Title(s) as Introduced ACTION for National Service Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced America’s Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a National and Community Service Administration to carry out the national and volunteer service programs, to expand participation in such programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s994is/xml/BILLS-116s994is.xml 2019-04-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2190-2191) 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.