[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8959 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8959

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to ensure DACA 
            recipients are eligible for educational awards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2024

 Mr. Allred (for himself, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Norton, Ms. Barragan, Ms. 
  Velazquez, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Salinas, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) 
 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 ensure DACA 
            recipients are eligible for educational awards.

    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 Access for Dreamers 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR DACA RECIPIENTS.

    Section 146(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12602(a)(3)) is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ``, or is an individual granted deferred action 
pursuant to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy announced 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012 (without regard 
to the limitations imposed under subtitle A of title IV of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1611 et seq.))''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to educational 
awards disbursed on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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