[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5897 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5897

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to make certain 
  United States territories eligible for nonprofit capacity building 
                         grants under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 5, 2012

Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Pierluisi, 
and Mr. Faleomavaega) 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 make certain 
  United States territories eligible for nonprofit capacity building 
                         grants under that Act.

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

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY OF UNITED STATES TERRITORIES.

    Section 198S(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653s(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``and the District 
of Columbia'' and inserting ``, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United 
States, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands''.
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