[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6373 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6373

  To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional funds to 
       Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2018

  Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional funds to 
       Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.

    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 ``Promoting National Service and 
Reducing Unemployment Act''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, namely:

             Corporation for National and Community Service

                           operating expenses

    For an additional amount for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service to carry out the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990, notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), 
501(a)(4)(E), and 501(a)(5)(F) of such Act, $7,500,000,000: Provided, 
That of such amount up to $75,000,000 may be used to defray the costs 
of conducting grant application reviews, including the use of outside 
peer reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle: Provided 
further, That an additional $3,047,500,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be deposited in the National Service Trust for expenses 
authorized under subtitle D of title I of such Act.

                         salaries and expenses

    For an additional amount for necessary expenses of administration 
as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and consultants 
authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$37,500,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For an additional amount for necessary expenses of the Office of 
Inspector General of the Corporation in carrying out the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $8,000,000.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT.

    The Corporation shall use amounts appropriated by this Act in a 
manner that--
            (1) increases to 500,000 the number of national service 
        positions approved under subtitle C of title I of the National 
        and Community Service Act of 1990; and
            (2) gives preference to national service programs that 
        propose to use full-time national service positions.
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