[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 878 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 878

 To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to repeal the 
National Service Trust Program under which certain persons who perform 
 national or community service receive stipends and educational awards 
                           for such service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 1999

     Mr. Tiahrt (for himself, Mr. Royce, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
Rohrabacher, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Stump, Mr. Shadegg, 
  Mrs. Roukema, Mr. Largent, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Buyer, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
    Hostettler, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Collins, Mr. Watts of 
 Oklahoma, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Foley, Mr. Blunt, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Barr of 
  Georgia, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Ryun of 
   Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to repeal the 
National Service Trust Program under which certain persons who perform 
 national or community service receive stipends and educational awards 
                           for such service.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Americorps Program Elimination 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST PROGRAM OF STIPENDS AND 
              EDUCATIONAL AWARDS FOR SERVICE.

    (a) Repeal.--Subtitle C of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 through 12595) is repealed.
    (b) Effect of Repeal on Participants.--
            (1) Continuation of current service and benefits.--
        Notwithstanding the repeal of subtitle C of title I of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990 by subsection (a), 
        such subtitle shall continue to apply with respect to an 
        individual who, on the date of the enactment of this section, 
        is a participant in an approved national service position under 
        such subtitle, until such time as the individual completes the 
        required term of service, is released from completing the term 
        of service, or otherwise leaves the service position.
            (2) National service educational awards.--The amendment 
        made by subsection (a) shall not affect the provision of 
        national service educational awards under subtitle D of title I 
        of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        12601 et seq.) to current and former national service 
        participants pursuant to the terms of such subtitle.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) The National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 is amended--
            (A) in section 199A (42 U.S.C. 12655), by inserting ``, as 
        in effect before the repeal of such subtitle,'' after 
        ``subtitle C''; and
            (B) in section 501(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2))--
                    (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``c, d,'' 
                and inserting ``d'';
                    (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subtitles C 
                and'' and inserting ``subtitle H''; and
                    (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``under 
                section 125, under subsections (b) and (c) of section 
                126, and''.
    (2) Section 106 of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 
1993 (42 U.S.C. 12656) is amended--
            (A) in subsection (i), by striking paragraph (3); and
            (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Cross References.--References in this section to provisions 
of subtitle C of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990, which has been repealed, shall be construed to refer to such 
provisions as in effect on the day before the date of the repeal.''.
    (3) The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 is amended--
            (A) in section 207(a) (16 U.S.C. 1726(a)), by inserting 
        before the period at the end the following: ``, as such section 
        was in effect before the repeal of such subtitle''; and
            (B) in section 210 (16 U.S.C. 1729), by striking subsection 
        (b).
    (4) Section 6703(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
striking paragraph (5).
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