[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5425 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 5425

  To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to include 
participation in a volunteer firefighting agency as one of the national 
 service programs specifically authorized to receive assistance under 
                        the AmeriCorps program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2000

  Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
          referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to include 
participation in a volunteer firefighting agency as one of the national 
 service programs specifically authorized to receive assistance under 
                        the AmeriCorps program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUPPORT FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING AGENCIES UNDER THE 
              AMERICORPS PROGRAM.

    Section 122(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12572(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(15) A program to provide incentives for the recruitment 
        and retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for volunteer 
        firefighting agencies and other firefighting agencies that 
        utilize volunteers.''.
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