VOLUNTEER WORKERS related term(s) Community Service

Bills and resolutions

American Legion: anniversary (see S. Res. 263), S4505 [25JN] (see H. Res. 539), H7505 [16AU]

Corp. for National and Community Service: commemorate anniversary of AmeriCorps and recognize contributions of members, alumni, and Senior Corps volunteers (see S. Res. 326), S5663 [24SE] (see H. Con. Res. 64), H7773 [18SE]

——— establish Climate Resiliency Service Corps under AmeriCorps (see H.R. 5176), H9056 [19NO]

——— recognize contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the U.S. (see S. Res. 127), S2044 [27MR] (see H. Res. 227), H2717 [13MR]

——— recognize significant milestone of Senior Corps volunteers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018 (see S. Res. 230), S3215 [4JN]

Dept. of Education: improve Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (see S. 1203), S2435 [11AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program for States that provide flexibility in licensing for health care providers who offer services on a volunteer basis (see H.R. 2216), H3253 [10AP]

Dept. of HUD: expand eligibility for certain housing programs for qualified volunteer first responders (see S. 2982), S6888 [5DE]

Dept. of State: waive passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster (see H.R. 2229), H3253 [10AP]

Emergency medical personnel: include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits (see H.R. 2887), H4064 [21MY]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see S. Con. Res. 9), S2044 [27MR] (see H. Con. Res. 27), H2885 [27MR]

GivingTuesday: designate (see H. Res. 709), H8958 [18NO] (see H. Res. 718), H9121 [20NO]

Health care professionals: limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see S. 1350), S2687 [7MY]

Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day: designate (see S. Con. Res. 15), S2570 [1MY] (see H. Con. Res. 37), H3404 [1MY]

National and Community Service Administration: establish (see S. 994), S2189 [2AP] (see H.R. 3464), H5165 [25JN]

National Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day: designate (see H. Res. 422), H4313 [4JN]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see S. Con. Res. 25), S5493 [16SE] (see H. Con. Res. 60), H7665 [11SE]

National Rosie the Riveter Day: designate (see S. Res. 114), S1900 [14MR] (see H. Res. 237), H2745 [14MR]

National Senior Corps Week: designate (see H. Res. 402), H4164 [23MY]

Peace Corps: allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones (see H.R. 1411), H2271 [27FE]

——— issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 325), H283 [8JA]

——— reauthorize and provide new opportunities and benefits, increase monthly allowances and compensation, extend hiring preference, and update security for volunteers (see H.R. 3456), H5165 [25JN]

——— transfer supervision to Dept. of State, terminate activities in China, and prohibit operations in countries hostile to the U.S. (see S. 2320), S5195 [30JY]

Project Management Institute: anniversary (see H. Res. 617), H8095 [4OC]

Taxation: facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see H.R. 1875), H2826 [26MR]

——— increase and make permanent exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 1210), S2435 [11AP] (see H.R. 1241), H2030 [14FE]

——— increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at risk individuals (see S. 1603), S3059 [22MY] (see H.R. 2928), H4118 [22MY]

——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see S. 1355), S2688 [7MY] (see H.R. 1794), H2744 [14MR]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 2214), S5012 [23JY] (see H.R. 4036), H7465 [25JY]

——— repeal rule on unrelated business taxable income for nonprofits, equalize charitable mileage rate for volunteer drivers, and extend employer credit for paid family and medical leave to tax-exempt employers (see H.R. 3323), H4770 [18JN]

Wreaths Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 440), S6756 [21NO]

Lists

Fairfax County, VA, Board of Supervisors Lord and Lady Fairfax award recipients, E760 [12JN]

Great Plains Honor Flight (organization) honorees, E1247 [4OC]

Honor Flight Chicago (organization) honorees, E709 [4JN], E892 [10JY], E913 [12JY], E1046 [9AU]

Reston, VA, Association Reston Volunteer Service Award recipients, E746 [11JN]

Volunteer Fairfax (organization) Fairfax County, VA, Volunteer Service Award recipients, E743 [11JN]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 2229, First Responders Passport Act, H7898 [24SE]

Remarks in House

Albertson, Karlee: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Montana, E813 [21JN]

Alleghany County, NC: anniversary of Alleghany County Rescue Squad, E1259 [8OC]

Allen Tate Co.: Team Honeycutt recipient of Cabarrus, NC, Regional Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Business of the Year Award, E148 [7FE]

American Legion: anniversary, E1106 [9SE]

——— anniversary (H. Res. 539), E1055 [16AU]

American Red Cross: tribute to California Northwest chapter, E389 [2AP]

Arizona: tribute to Goodyear, AZ, Rotary Club of White Tanks and Youth4Troops (organization) community service project preparing care packages for deployed servicemembers and homeless veterans, E961 [23JY]

Armed Forces Service Center (organization): tribute to Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport volunteers and staff, E1611 [18DE]

Barbosa, Henry S.: Orange County, CA, Conservation Corps Legacy Award recipient, E1234 [1OC], E1249, E1252 [4OC]

BASF SE (company): Michigan Governor’s Service Awards Corporate and Small Business Community Leader Award recipient, E1044 [9AU]

Baum, Hilary: Riverdale Neighborhood House, Inc., honoree, E1373 [30OC]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (organization): anniversary of Central California chapter, E101 [29JA]

Bloomfield Hills, MI: anniversary of Oakland Literacy Council, H2677 [12MR]

Bonne Terre, MO: anniversary of Big River Chautauqua, E944 [18JY]

Brock, Joan: Volunteer Hampton Roads (organization) Lenora Mathews Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E303 [13MR]

Cianci, Patrice: Warren County, NY, Office for the Aging Senior of the Year award recipient, E787 [18JN]

Collier County Honor Flight, Inc.: tribute, E1256 [4OC]

Colpitts, Susan: Volunteer Hampton Roads (organization) Corporate Volunteer Excellence Award recipient, E303 [13MR]

Congressional Service Organization Caucus: support, H9126 [21NO]

Corp. for National and Community Service: tribute to Americorps, H8964 [19NO]

——— tribute to Americorps National Civilian Community Corps inductees, H8964 [19NO]

Curtiss, Beth: Boy Scouts Crossroads of America Council Silver Beaver Award recipient, H8791 [13NO]

Dept. of State: waive passport fees for first responders proceeding abroad to aid a foreign country suffering from a natural disaster (H.R. 2229), H7874, H7875 [24SE]

Doliszny, Evan: Congressional Award Gold Medal and STEM Stars Initiative award recipient, H7446 [25JY]

Duluth, MN: tribute to St. Louis County Volunteer Rescue Squad, H7669 [12SE]

Fairfax County, VA: tribute to Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Lord and Lady Fairfax award recipients, E760 [12JN]

Fayette, MO: anniversary of Fayette Optimist Club, H7252 [24JY]

Friends in Deed (organization): Michigan Governor’s Service Awards Outstanding Volunteer Program Award recipient, E1046 [9AU]

Gilbert, Sheila: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Woman in Volunteerism Award recipient, E822 [24JN]

God’s Pit Crew Inc.: tribute, H7782 [19SE]

Great Plains Honor Flight (organization): tribute, E1247 [4OC]

High Plains Honor Flight, Inc.: tribute, E1174 [18SE]

Honor Flight, Inc.: tribute, E1414 [8NO]

Honor Flight Chicago (organization): tribute, E461 [12AP], E559 [8MY], E709 [4JN], E892 [10JY], E913 [12JY], E1046 [9AU]

Honor Flight of Central Oregon (organization): tribute, E500 [29AP]

Honor Flight of Middle Tennessee (organization): tribute, E537 [3MY]

Honor Flight of Oregon (organization): tribute, E776 [13JN], E1187 [20SE]

Honor Flight of the Quad Cities (organization): tribute, E1347 [28OC]

Honor Flight Permian Basin (organization): tribute, E555 [8MY]

Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day: observance, H8465 [28OC]

Jackson Lee, Representative: tribute to staff, E538 [3MY], E975 [24JY]

Jewell, Dennis (D.J.): Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Governor’s Initiative for Volunteer Excellence (GIVE) Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service by a U.S. Veteran recipient, E701 [4JN]

Johnston, Kyla: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Montana, E813 [21JN]

Junior League of Buffalo, Inc.: anniversary, H4337 [5JN]

Karanick, Hannah: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award Top 10 Youth Volunteer honoree, E631 [20MY]

Katy, TX: tribute to Canyon Gate Community Volunteer Fire Dept., E1560 [9DE]

Literacy Volunteers of America-Prince William, Inc.: tribute to award recipients, E1609 [18DE]

Literary Council of Northern Virginia: tribute to honorees, E1612 [18DE]

Love Thy Baby (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1271 [11OC]

Lower Makefield, PA: Friends of Five Mile Woods recipient of Lower Makefield Board of Supervisors and Lower Makefield Environmental Advisory Council Environmental Stewardship Award, H2108 [26FE]

Lutz, Shelly: Carbon Chamber & Economic Development Corp., Volunteer & Community Impact Award recipient, E1487 [21NO]

Magathan, Liam: Congressional Award Silver Medal recipient, H3311 [30AP]

Marks, Jerry: Arvada, CO, Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year Award recipient, E409 [4AP]

Media, PA: tribute to South Media Fire Co., H3297 [29AP]

Mize, Kasey: Congressional Award Gold Medal recipient, H5028 [21JN]

Monacelli, Shirley: Amherst, NY, Women’s Interclub Council honoree, E548 [7MY]

National Service Organization Caucus: establish, H3240 [10AP]

National Volunteer Week: observance, H3240 [10AP]

NOAA: anniversary of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Annual Snapshot Day, E529 [2MY]

Peace Corps: anniversary, H2590 [8MR]

——— reauthorize and provide new opportunities and benefits, increase monthly allowances and compensation, extend hiring preference, and update security for volunteers (H.R. 3456), H5082 [25JN]

Peterson, Jalisa: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Georgia, H2264 [27FE]

Pfaff, Patsy: Arvada, CO, Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year Award recipient, E410 [4AP]

Pharaoh, Jack: Jefferson Awards Foundation Jefferson Award for Wyoming medallion recipient, E500 [29AP]

Plantier, John: Warren County, NY, Office for the Aging Senior of the Year award recipient, E787 [18JN]

PRS, Inc.: anniversary of CrisisLink suicide prevention program, E743 [11JN]

Renken, Carly: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Nebraska, H2653 [12MR]

Reston, VA: tribute to Reston Association Reston Volunteer Service Award recipients, E746 [11JN]

Rey, Trevor: Congressional Award Gold Medal recipient, E1066 [20AU]

Richmond, KY: anniversary of American Legion Jesse M. Dykes Post 12, E1057 [16AU]

Ryley, Daniel: Arvada, CO, Chamber of Commerce Arvada Young Professional Leadership Award recipient, E411 [4AP]

Short, Donovan: Jefferson Awards Foundation Jefferson Award for Wyoming medallion recipient, E496 [29AP]

Shumadine, Anne: Volunteer Hampton Roads (organization) Corporate Volunteer Excellence Award recipient, E304 [13MR]

Smith, Allyah: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Future Leader Award recipient, E821 [24JN]

Smith, Ciara N.: Congressional Award Gold Medal recipient, H5028 [21JN]

Smith, Leon: Hamilton County, NY, Office for the Aging Senior of the Year award recipient, E787 [18JN]

Spettel, Jen: Arvada, CO, Chamber of Commerce Arvada Young Professional Leadership Award recipient, E412 [4AP]

Spicer, Thomas: Jefferson Awards Foundation Jefferson Award for Wyoming medallion recipient, E495 [29AP]

Spring, TX: grand opening of Spring Fire Dept., Station 74, E1236 [1OC]

Stein, Richard: Riverdale Neighborhood House, Inc., honoree, E1373 [30OC]

Taxation: facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations, H3164 [9AP]

Taylorville, IL: anniversary of tornado and tribute to first responders, H9228 [4DE]

Tornadoes: commend volunteers and community leaders for efforts in response to tornadoes in northern Texas, H8607 [30OC], E1371 [30OC]

Ungvarsky, Drew: Volunteer Hampton Roads (organization) Harvey L. Lindsay Jr., Changemaker Award recipient, E305 [13MR]

Union County, SC: anniversary of Southside Fire Dept., H4394 [11JN]

United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO): tribute, H3311 [30AP]

University of Michigan: tribute to Express, Fulfill, Prosper (student group) fundraising dinner for mental health awareness, E1274 [11OC]

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay: tribute to Vets 4 Vets Student Club, E1031 [2AU]

VanderKooy, Diane: Special Olympics World Games Law Enforcement Torch Run selectee, E1018 [30JY]

Veterans’ Mentor Group, Inc.: tribute, E1026 [2AU]

Vienna, VA: tribute to Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna, E761 [12JN]

Volunteer Fairfax (organization): tribute to Fairfax County, VA, Volunteer Service Award recipients, E743 [11JN]

Warner, Avis: Hamilton County, NY, Office for the Aging Senior of the Year award recipient, E787 [18JN]

Wheeler-Nicholas, Nancy: Kern County, CA, Fair Person of the Year award recipient, E1185 [19SE]

Wildfires: commend first responders for efforts in response to wildfires in Cheyenne County, KS, H8834 [14NO]

Wolf, Marv: Jefferson Awards Foundation Jefferson Award for Wyoming medallion recipient, E494 [29AP]

Remarks in Senate

Always Free Honor Flight (organization): tribute, S3001 [21MY]

American Legion: anniversary, S5055 [24JY], S6489 [12NO]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 263), S5217 [31JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: commemorate anniversary of AmeriCorps and recognize contributions of members, alumni, and Senior Corps volunteers, S5728 [26SE]

——— commemorate anniversary of AmeriCorps and recognize contributions of members, alumni, and Senior Corps volunteers (S. Res. 326), S5669, S5670 [24SE]

——— recognize contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the U.S. (S. Res. 127), S2062 [27MR]

——— recognize significant milestone of Senior Corps volunteers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018 (S. Res. 230), S3221 [4JN]

High Plains Honor Flight, Inc.: tribute, S5837 [16OC]

Honor Flight Nevada (organization): tribute, S6330 [31OC]

Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day: designate (S. Con. Res. 15), S3266 [5JN]

Kuelper, Lucy: Serve Illinois—Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service Volunteer of the Week Award recipient, S2257 [4AP]

Leali, Nikki: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Louisiana, S2682 [7MY]

Louisiana: tribute to Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award distinguished finalists, S2682 [7MY]

National and Community Service Administration: establish (S. 994), S2190 [2AP]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (S. Con. Res. 25), S5495 [16SE]

National Rosie the Riveter Day: designate (S. Res. 114), S1911 [14MR]

Old Glory Honor Flight (organization): tribute, S1322 [13FE]

Taxation: increase and make permanent exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (S. 1210), S2428 [11AP]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (S. 2214), S5015 [23JY]

Walker, Kate: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Louisiana, S2682 [7MY]

Wreaths Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 440), S6764 [21NO]

Zimmerman, Gail: St. Anthony Tri-Parish Catholic School Foundation honoree, S5661 [24SE]

Reports filed

Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 15) (S. Rept. 116–43), S3215 [4JN]

Texts of

H.R. 2229, First Responders Passport Act, H7874 [24SE]

S. Con. Res. 9, recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities, S2057 [27MR]

S. Con. Res. 15, Honoring the Nation’s First Responders Day, S2576 [1MY]

S. Con. Res. 25, National Day of Service and Remembrance, S5495 [16SE]

S. Res. 114, National Rosie the Riveter Day, S1908 [14MR]

S. Res. 127, recognize contributions of AmeriCorps members and alumni to the lives of the people of the U.S., S2057 [27MR]

S. Res. 230, recognize significant milestone of Corp. for National and Community Service Senior Corps volunteers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018, S3220 [4JN]

S. Res. 263, American Legion anniversary, S4510 [25JN]

S. Res. 326, AmeriCorps anniversary commemoration and recognition of contributions of members, alumni, and Senior Corps volunteers, S5666 [24SE]

S. Res. 440, Wreaths Across America Day, S6760 [21NO]