ACTION for National Service Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3464 To establish a National and Community Service Administration to carry out the national and volunteer service programs, to expand participation in such programs, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 25, 2019 Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. SHALALA, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASE, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. CLARK of Massa- chusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CROW, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUM- MINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIL- MER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. LAMB, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. NADLER, VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 3464 IH Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NOR- TON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali- fornia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of Cali- fornia, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To establish a National and Community Service Administra- tion to carry out the national and volunteer service pro- grams, to expand participation in such programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America’s Call To Im- 4 prove Opportunities Now for National Service Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘ACTION for National Service Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS; REFERENCES. 7 (a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 8 this Act is as follows: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 3464 IH Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents; references. Sec. 3. Establishment of National and Community Service Administration. Sec. 4. Advisory board. Sec. 5. Director. Sec. 6. National Service Educational Award. Sec. 7. Interagency working group. Sec. 8. National Service Foundation. Sec. 9. 21st Century American Service Outreach Program. Sec. 10. Living allowance amounts. Sec. 11. Authorized benefits for Corps members. Sec. 12. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 13. Exclusion from gross income of national service educational awards. Sec. 14. Income tax exclusion for living allowance. Sec. 15. Conforming amendments to the National and Community Service Act of 1990. Sec. 16. Conforming amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 1 provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment 2 or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 3 repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 4 be considered to be made to that section or other provision 5 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 6 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 7 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 8 SERVICE ADMINISTRATION. 9 Section 191 (42 U.S.C. 12651) is amended— 10 (1) by striking ‘‘a Corporation for National and 11 Community Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the National 12 and Community Service Administration, an inde- 13 pendent agency in the executive branch,’’; and 14 (2) by striking ‘‘The Corporation shall be a 15 Government corporation, as defined in section 103’’ 16 and inserting ‘‘The Administration shall have the 17 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 3464 IH same status as an executive department listed in sec- 1 tion 101’’. 2 SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 3 (a) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS.—Section 192 (42 4 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (a)— 6 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert- 7 ing the following: 8 ‘‘(1) ADVISORY BOARD.— 9 ‘‘(A) INITIAL BOARD MEMBERS.— 10 ‘‘(i) BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS 11 ELECTING TO SERVE.—There shall be in 12 the Administration an Advisory Board ini- 13 tially composed of the voting members of 14 the Board of Directors of the Corporation 15 for National and Community Service (as in 16 existence the day before the date of enact- 17 ment of the ACTION for National Service 18 Act) who elect to serve on the Advisory 19 Board. 20 ‘‘(ii) APPOINTED INITIAL MEMBERS.— 21 If fewer than seven members of the Board 22 of Directors elect to serve, the Adminis- 23 trator shall appoint additional members to 24 achieve a total of seven members of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 3464 IH Advisory Board, to serve for the term of 1 their predecessors. For purposes of this 2 section, members appointed under this 3 clause shall be treated as if they had been 4 voting members described in clause (i). 5 ‘‘(iii) BOARD OF SEVEN MEMBERS.— 6 After the expiration of the terms of the 7 members described in clauses (i) and (ii), 8 and the seven appointments set forth in 9 subparagraph (B), the Advisory Board 10 shall be composed of seven members. 11 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT OF REPLACEMENT 12 MEMBERS.—Upon the expiration of the term of 13 any of the first seven members of the Advisory 14 Board whose term shall expire, a new member 15 of the Advisory Board shall be appointed as fol- 16 lows: 17 ‘‘(i) The first three members shall be 18 appointed by the President, and shall in- 19 clude— 20 ‘‘(I) an individual not younger 21 than 18 or older than 25 who— 22 ‘‘(aa) has served in a school- 23 based or community-based serv- 24 ice-learning program; or 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 3464 IH ‘‘(bb) is or was a participant 1 or a supervisor in a program; and 2 ‘‘(II) an individual who— 3 ‘‘(aa) is age 55 or older; and 4 ‘‘(bb) has served in the Na- 5 tional Senior Service Corps, in a 6 program carried out under title 7 II of the Domestic Volunteer 8 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 9 5000 et seq.) or served in a serv- 10 ice-based or community-based 11 program under subtitle B of title 12 I. 13 ‘‘(ii) The next member shall be ap- 14 pointed by the Speaker of the House of 15 Representatives. 16 ‘‘(iii) The next member shall be ap- 17 pointed by the minority leader of the 18 House of Representatives. 19 ‘‘(iv) The next member shall be ap- 20 pointed by the majority leader of the Sen- 21 ate. 22 ‘‘(v) The next member shall be ap- 23 pointed by the minority leader of the Sen- 24 ate. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •HR 3464 IH ‘‘(C) EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF RE- 1 MAINING INITIAL MEMBERS.—Upon the expira- 2 tion of the terms on the Advisory Board of the 3 remaining members (after the first seven) who 4 served on the Board of Directors of the Cor- 5 poration for National and Community Service 6 (as in effect the day before the date of enact- 7 ment of the ACTION for National Service Act), 8 no new members shall be appointed to replace 9 those remaining members.’’; and 10 (B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ‘‘the 11 Board’’ and inserting ‘‘the Advisory Board (re- 12 ferred to in this subtitle as the ‘Board’)’’; and 13 (2) by striking subsections (c), (d), and (e) and 14 inserting the following: 15 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—Members appointed in accordance with 16 any of clauses (i) through (v) of subsection (a)(1)(B) or 17 under subsection (d) shall serve for a term of 5 years. 18 ‘‘(d) APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS AND VACAN- 19 CIES.—When the term of a member appointed in accord- 20 ance with any of clauses (i) through (v) of subsection 21 (a)(1)(B) expires, or if a vacancy occurs on the Advisory 22 Board, a new member shall be appointed by the appointing 23 individual and in the manner described in that clause, and, 24 in the case of a vacancy, shall serve for the remainder 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 8 •HR 3464 IH of the term for which the predecessor of such member was 1 appointed. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the 2 remaining members to execute the duties of the Board.’’. 3 (b) MEETINGS AND DUTIES.—Section 192A (42 4 U.S.C. 12651b) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘3 times each 6 year’’ and inserting ‘‘four times each year, with one 7 of the four meetings being an annual meeting to re- 8 view the Administration’s long-term and strategic 9 goals,’’; and 10 (2) by striking subsection (e), (f), and (g) and 11 inserting the following: 12 ‘‘(e) ADVISORY DUTIES.—The Board shall have re- 13 sponsibility for making recommendations to the Director 14 concerning the programs and activities of the Administra- 15 tion and the overall policy for the Administration and 16 shall— 17 ‘‘(1) advise the Director with respect to policies, 18 programs, and procedures for carrying out the Di- 19 rector’s functions, duties, or responsibilities under 20 this Act; 21 ‘‘(2) advise the Director on establishing require- 22 ments and criteria for qualifying service programs, 23 and on monitoring and evaluating the performance 24 of personnel in carrying out programs and activities; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 9 •HR 3464 IH ‘‘(3) review applications of service programs for 1 approval under this Act and make recommendations 2 to the Director with respect to the approval of each 3 program and the amount of financial assistance (if 4 any) to provide to each program; 5 ‘‘(4) review and make recommendations to the 6 Director— 7 ‘‘(A) with respect to any grants, allot- 8 ments, contracts, financial assistance, or other 9 payment of the Administration; and 10 ‘‘(B) regarding the regulations, standards, 11 policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives of 12 the Administration; 13 ‘‘(5) review and advise the Director regarding 14 the actions of the Director with respect to the per- 15 sonnel of the Administration, and with respect to 16 such standards, policies, procedures, programs, and 17 initiatives as are necessary or appropriate to carry 18 out the programs and activities of the Administra- 19 tion, including those carried out under the national 20 service laws on the day before the date of enactment 21 of the ACTION for National Service Act; 22 ‘‘(6) make recommendations relating to a pro- 23 gram of research for the Administration with respect 24 to national and community service programs; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3464.IH H3464 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 10 •HR 3464 IH ‘‘(7) ensure effective dissemination of informa- 1 tion regarding the programs and activities of the Ad- 2 ministration; 3 ‘‘(8) prepare and make recommendations to the 4 Director and the appropriate committees of Con- 5 gress for changes in the national service laws result- 6 ing from the studies and demonstrations conducted 7 by the Administration, which recommendations shall 8 be submitted to the Director and the appropriate 9 committees of Congress not later than January 1 of 10 each year; 11 ‘‘(9) make recommendations to the Director on 12 candidates to serve on the Board of the National 13 Service Foundation described in section 199P; and 14 ‘‘(10) advise on such other matters as the Di- 15 rector may request.’’. 16 SEC. 5. DIRECTOR. 17 (a) APPOINTMENT.—Section 193(a) (42 U.S.C. 18 12651c) is amended— 19 (1) by striking ‘‘an individual who shall serve as 20 Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘a Director,’’; and 22 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘and 23 who shall hold the same rank and status as the head 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 07:15 Jul 24, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H34 [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]