ACTION for National Service Act

This bill would replace the Corporation for National and Community Service with an AmeriCorps Administration, an executive department led by a Director with the rank of a Cabinet department head, and would change the current board into an Advisory Board. It would set the national service education award at twice the national average yearly in-state tuition and fees at public four-year colleges, and would exclude these awards and living allowances from federal income tax. It would raise living allowance and grant amounts for service programs, when funding allows without reducing the number of participants. It would create a National Service Foundation to accept private gifts, require the Administration to contact people starting at age 17 about service opportunities, and set a goal of 1,000,000 service participants per year by September 30, 2036.

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Sponsors

• Jack Reed Democrat sponsor
• 6 cosponsors