ACTION for National Service Act

This bill would replace the Corporation for National and Community Service with an AmeriCorps Administration, a federal executive department led by a Director with cabinet-level rank, and would turn the current Board of Directors into an Advisory Board. It would set the national service education award at twice the national average yearly cost of in-state tuition and fees at public four-year colleges, and make these awards and AmeriCorps living allowances exempt from federal income tax. It would create a nonprofit National Service Foundation to accept private gifts and would direct the agency to contact people starting at age 17 about service opportunities. It would raise living allowance levels when funding allows, and would require a plan for 250,000 service positions in fiscal year 2027, with a stated goal of 1,000,000 participants per year by 2036.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• John B. Larson Democrat sponsor
• 17 cosponsors