II 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 994 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 2, 2019 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. COONS, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. BLUMENTHAL) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America’s Call To Im5 prove Opportunities Now for National Service Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘ACTION for National Service Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS; REFERENCES. 

2 (a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

3 this Act is as follows: 

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 awards. 

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. 

4 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 

5 provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment 

6 or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 

7 repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 

8 be considered to be made to that section or other provision 

9 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 

11 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 

12 SERVICE ADMINISTRATION. 

13 Section 191 (42 U.S.C. 12651) is amended— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘a Corporation for National and 

15 Community Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the National 

16 and Community Service Administration, an inde17 pendent agency in the executive branch,’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘The Corporation shall be a 

2 Government corporation, as defined in section 103’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘The Administration shall have the 

4 same status as an executive department listed in sec5 tion 101’’. 

6 SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 

7 (a) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS.—Section 192 (42 

8 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert11 ing the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

13 ‘‘(A) INITIAL BOARD MEMBERS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS

15 ELECTING TO SERVE.—There shall be in 

16 the Administration an Advisory Board ini17 tially composed of the voting members of 

18 the Board of Directors of the Corporation 

19 for National and Community Service (as in 

20 existence the day before the date of enact21 ment of the ACTION for National Service 

22 Act) who elect to serve on the Advisory 

23 Board. 

24 ‘‘(ii) APPOINTED INITIAL MEMBERS.— 

25 If fewer than seven members of the Board 


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1 of Directors elect to serve, the Adminis2 trator shall appoint additional members to 

3 achieve a total of seven members of the 

4 Advisory Board, to serve for the term of 

5 their predecessors. For purposes of this 

6 section, members appointed under this 

7 clause shall be treated as if they had been 

8 voting members described in clause (i). 

9 ‘‘(iii) BOARD OF SEVEN MEMBERS.— 

10 After the expiration of the terms of the 

11 members described in clauses (i) and (ii), 

12 and the seven appointments set forth in 

13 subparagraph (B), the Advisory Board 

14 shall be composed of seven members. 

15 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT OF REPLACEMENT

16 MEMBERS.—Upon the expiration of the term of 

17 any of the first seven members of the Advisory 

18 Board whose term shall expire, a new member 

19 of the Advisory Board shall be appointed as fol20 lows: 

21 ‘‘(i) The first three members shall be 

22 appointed by the President, and shall in23 clude— 

24 ‘‘(I) an individual not younger 

25 than 18 or older than 25 who— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) has served in a school2 based or community-based serv3 ice-learning program; or 

4 ‘‘(bb) is or was a participant 

5 or a supervisor in a program; and 

6 ‘‘(II) an individual who— 

7 ‘‘(aa) is age 55 or older; and 

8 ‘‘(bb) has served in the Na9 tional Senior Service Corps, in a 

10 program carried out under title 

11 II of the Domestic Volunteer 

12 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

13 5000 et seq.) or served in a serv14 ice-based or community-based 

15 program under subtitle B of title 

16 I. 

17 ‘‘(ii) The next member shall be ap18 pointed by the Speaker of the House of 

19 Representatives. 

20 ‘‘(iii) The next member shall be ap21 pointed by the minority leader of the 

22 House of Representatives. 

23 ‘‘(iv) The next member shall be ap24 pointed by the majority leader of the Sen25 ate. 


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1 ‘‘(v) The next member shall be ap2 pointed by the minority leader of the Sen3 ate. 

4 ‘‘(C) EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF RE5 MAINING INITIAL MEMBERS.—Upon the expira6 tion of the terms on the Advisory Board of the 

7 remaining members (after the first seven) who 

8 served on the Board of Directors of the Cor9 poration for National and Community Service 

10 (as in effect the day before the date of enact11 ment of the ACTION for National Service Act), 

12 no new members shall be appointed to replace 

13 those remaining members.’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ‘‘the 

15 Board’’ and inserting ‘‘the Advisory Board (re16 ferred to in this subtitle as the ‘Board’)’’; and 

17 (2) by striking subsections (c), (d), and (e) and 

18 inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—Members appointed in accordance with 

20 any of clauses (i) through (v) of subsection (a)(1)(B) or 

21 under subsection (d) shall serve for a term of 5 years. 

22 ‘‘(d) APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS AND VACAN23 CIES.—When the term of a member appointed in accord24 ance with any of clauses (i) through (v) of subsection 

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1 Board, a new member shall be appointed by the appointing 

2 individual and in the manner described in that clause, and, 

3 in the case of a vacancy, shall serve for the remainder 

4 of the term for which the predecessor of such member was 

5 appointed. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the 

6 remaining members to execute the duties of the Board.’’. 

7 (b) MEETINGS AND DUTIES.—Section 192A (42 

8 U.S.C. 12651b) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘3 times each 

10 year’’ and inserting ‘‘four times each year, with one 

11 of the four meetings being an annual meeting to re12 view the Administration’s long-term and strategic 

13 goals,’’; and 

14 (2) by striking subsection (e), (f), and (g) and 

15 inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(e) ADVISORY DUTIES.—The Board shall have re17 sponsibility for making recommendations to the Director 

18 concerning the programs and activities of the Administra19 tion and the overall policy for the Administration and 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) advise the Director with respect to policies, 

22 programs, and procedures for carrying out the Di23 rector’s functions, duties, or responsibilities under 

24 this Act; 


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1 ‘‘(2) advise the Director on establishing require2 ments and criteria for qualifying service programs, 

3 and on monitoring and evaluating the performance 

4 of personnel in carrying out programs and activities; 

5 ‘‘(3) review applications of service programs for 

6 approval under this Act and make recommendations 

7 to the Director with respect to the approval of each 

8 program and the amount of financial assistance (if 

9 any) to provide to each program; 

10 ‘‘(4) review and make recommendations to the 

11 Director— 

12 ‘‘(A) with respect to any grants, allot13 ments, contracts, financial assistance, or other 

14 payment of the Administration; and 

15 ‘‘(B) regarding the regulations, standards, 

16 policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives of 

17 the Administration; 

18 ‘‘(5) review, and advise the Director regarding, 

19 the actions of the Director with respect to the per20 sonnel of the Administration, and with respect to 

21 such standards, policies, procedures, programs, and 

22 initiatives as are necessary or appropriate to carry 

23 out the programs and activities of the Administra24 tion, including those carried out under the national 


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1 service laws on the day before the date of enactment 

2 of the ACTION for National Service Act; 

3 ‘‘(6) make recommendations relating to a pro4 gram of research for the Administration with respect 

5 to national and community service programs; 

6 ‘‘(7) ensure effective dissemination of informa7 tion regarding the programs and activities of the Ad8 ministration; 

9 ‘‘(8) prepare and make recommendations to the 

10 Director and the appropriate committees of Con11 gress for changes in the national service laws result12 ing from the studies and demonstrations conducted 

13 by the Administration, which recommendations shall 

14 be submitted to the Director and the appropriate 

15 committees of Congress not later than January 1 of 

16 each year; 

17 ‘‘(9) make recommendations to the Director on 

18 candidates to serve on the Board of the National 

19 Service Foundation described in section 199P; and 

20 ‘‘(10) advise on such other matters as the Di21 rector may request.’’. 

22 SEC. 5. DIRECTOR. 

23 (a) APPOINTMENT.—Section 193(a) (42 U.S.C. 

24 12651c) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘an individual who shall serve as 

2 Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘a Director,’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘and 

5 who shall hold the same rank and status as the head 

6 of an executive department listed in section 101 of 

7 title 5, United States Code.’’. 

8 (b) INTERIM DIRECTOR.—Until a Director is ap9 pointed and confirmed in accordance with the amendments 

10 made by subsection (a), the Chief Executive Officer of the 

11 Corporation for National and Community Service (as in 

12 existence the day before the date of enactment of this Act) 

13 may, at the election of the Chief Executive Officer, serve 

14 as interim Director. 

15 SEC. 6. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

16 Section 147(a) (42 U.S.C. 12603(a)) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Except as provided’’ and in18 serting the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided’’; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘shall receive a national service 

21 educational award’’ and all that follows through ‘‘ap22 propriations)’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be entitled to a 

23 national service educational award equal to the 

24 award amount specified in paragraph (2)’’; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) AWARD AMOUNT.—The award referred to 

2 in paragraph (1), payable to an individual described 

3 in such paragraph, shall be in an amount that is 

4 equal to twice the amount of the national average of 

5 the cost for in-State tuition and fees at public, 4- 

6 year institutions of higher education, for the award 

7 year for which the national service position is ap8 proved by the Administration. 

9 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

10 ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 

11 given the term in section 148(h).’’. 

12 SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

13 The Director of the National and Community Service 

14 Administration, using funds made available under section 

15 501(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 

16 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(5)), shall establish an inter17 agency working group to— 

18 (1) evaluate and make recommendations re19 garding a process for evaluating the eligibility, for 

20 national service educational awards, of individuals 

21 who have participated in national service programs 

22 that are not administered under this Act but are de23 scribed in section 123(2) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 12573(2)); 


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1 (2) evaluate the feasibility and advisability of 

2 granting Federal hiring preference under chapter 33 

3 of title 5, United States Code, to an individual who 

4 has completed at least 1 year of service and is enti5 tled to the award authorized under section 147(a)(2) 

6 of that Act (as amended by section 6 of this Act) 

7 for that service; and 

8 (3) not later than 12 months after the date of 

9 enactment of this Act, prepare and submit to Con10 gress a report containing the results of the evalua11 tions described in paragraphs (1) and (2). 

12 SEC. 8. NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION. 

13 (a) ELIMINATION OF CURRENT AUTHORITY FOR DO14 NATIONS OF PROPERTY.—Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 

15 12651g(a)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking paragraph (2); 

17 (2) by redesignating clause (iii) of paragraph 

18 (1)(C) as paragraph (2); and 

19 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by para20 graph (2) of this subsection, by striking all that pre21 cedes ‘‘this term’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNC23 TION.—As used in this subsection,’’. 


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1 (b) FOUNDATION.—Title I (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) 

2 is further amended by adding at the end the following new 

3 subtitle: 

4 ‘‘Subtitle K—National Service 

5 Foundation 

6 ‘‘SEC. 199P. NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION. 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to encourage pri8 vate gifts of real and personal property or any income 

9 from that property or other interest in that property for 

10 the benefit of, or in connection with, the Administration, 

11 and its activities, services, or former participants, and 

12 through those gifts to further the mission and purpose of 

13 the Administration and to provide greater opportunities 

14 for volunteer service, there is established a charitable and 

15 nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Service 

16 Foundation (referred to in this subtitle as the ‘Founda17 tion’) to accept and administer such gifts. 

18 ‘‘(b) BOARD OF THE FOUNDATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Service 

20 Foundation shall consist of a Board of the Founda21 tion, having as members the Director of the Admin22 istration, as an ex officio, nonvoting member, and 

23 not less than six individuals, who are not officers or 

24 employees of the Federal Government, appointed by 


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1 the Director after considering the recommendations 

2 of the Advisory Board described in section 192. 

3 ‘‘(2) TERMS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) INITIAL MEMBERS.—The terms of the 

5 initial members of the Board of the Foundation 

6 shall be staggered to assure continuity of ad7 ministration. 

8 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT MEMBERS.—A subse9 quent member shall serve for a term of 6 years. 

10 ‘‘(C) VACANCIES.—If a vacancy occurs on 

11 the Board of the Foundation, a new member 

12 shall be appointed by Director and serve for the 

13 remainder of the term for which the predecessor 

14 of such member was appointed. The vacancy 

15 shall not affect the power of the remaining 

16 members to execute the duties of the Board of 

17 the Foundation. 

18 ‘‘(3) CHAIRMAN.—The Director shall be the 

19 Chairman of the Board of the Foundation. 

20 ‘‘(4) STATUS.—Members and staff of the Board 

21 of the Foundation shall not be considered to be offi22 cers or employees of the Federal Government. 

23 ‘‘(5) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

24 the Board of the Foundation serving at any one 

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1 business, and the Foundation shall have an official 

2 seal, which shall be judicially noticed. 

3 ‘‘(6) MEETINGS.—The Board of the Founda4 tion shall meet at the call of the Chairman, and not 

5 less often than once each year. 

6 ‘‘(7) COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EX7 PENSES.— 

8 ‘‘(A) COMPENSATION.—A member of the 

9 Board of the Foundation shall serve without 

10 compensation. Notwithstanding section 1342 of 

11 title 31, United States Code, the Board may ac12 cept and use voluntary and uncompensated 

13 services as the Commission determines nec14 essary. 

15 ‘‘(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of 

16 the Board shall be allowed travel expenses (out 

17 of Foundation funds), including per diem in 

18 lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for em19 ployees of agencies under subchapter I of chap20 ter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 

21 away from the member’s home or regular places 

22 of business in the performance of services for 

23 the Board. 

24 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND USE GIFTS

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1 cept, receive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any gifts, 

2 devises, or bequests, either absolutely or in trust of real 

3 or personal property or any income from the property or 

4 other interest in the property for the benefit of or in con5 nection with, the Administration, its activities, or its serv6 ices. The Foundation may not accept any such gift, devise, 

7 or bequest that entails any expenditure other than from 

8 the resources of the Foundation. An interest in such real 

9 property includes, among other things, easements or other 

10 rights for preservation, conservation, protection, or en11 hancement by and for the public of natural, scenic, his12 toric, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational 

13 resources. A gift, devise, or bequest relating to property 

14 may be accepted by the Foundation even though the prop15 erty is encumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial in16 terests of private persons, if any current or future interest 

17 in the property is for the benefit of the Administration, 

18 its activities, or its services. 

19 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS, INVESTMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise re21 quired by the instrument of transfer to the Founda22 tion, the Foundation may sell, lease, invest, reinvest, 

23 retain, or otherwise dispose of or deal with any prop24 erty transferred to the Foundation or income from 

25 the property as the Board of the Foundation may 


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1 from time to time determine to be appropriate. The 

2 Foundation shall not engage in any business, nor 

3 shall the Foundation make any investment, that may 

4 not lawfully be engaged in or made by a trust com5 pany in the District of Columbia, except that the 

6 Foundation may make any investment authorized by 

7 the instrument of transfer, and may retain any 

8 property accepted by the Foundation. 

9 ‘‘(2) SERVICES AND FACILITIES.—The Founda10 tion may utilize the services and facilities of the Ad11 ministration, and such services and facilities may be 

12 made available on request to the extent practicable 

13 without reimbursement. 

14 ‘‘(e) SUCCESSION, LIABILITY, AND POWERS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) SUCCESSION.—The Foundation shall have 

16 perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and 

17 obligations of a corporation acting as a trustee, in18 cluding the power to sue and to be sued in its own 

19 name. 

20 ‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

21 (1), the members of the Board of the Foundation 

22 shall not be personally liable for acts or omissions 

23 related to the Foundation, except for malfeasance. 

24 ‘‘(3) POWERS.—The Foundation shall have the 

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1 ments, and generally to do any and all lawful acts 

2 necessary or appropriate to its purposes. 

3 ‘‘(f) BYLAWS.—In carrying out the provisions of this 

4 Act, the Board of the Foundation may adopt bylaws, rules, 

5 and regulations necessary for the administration of its 

6 functions and enter into contracts for any necessary serv7 ices. 

8 ‘‘(g) TAX EXEMPT STATUS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation and any 

10 income or property received or owned by it, and all 

11 transactions relating to such income or property, 

12 shall be exempt from all Federal, State, and local 

13 taxation. 

14 ‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL GOVERN15 MENT.—The Foundation may, however, in the dis16 cretion of the Board of the Foundation— 

17 ‘‘(A) contribute toward the costs of local 

18 government in amounts not in excess of those 

19 costs that it would be obligated to pay such 

20 government if it were not exempt from taxation 

21 because of this subsection or because of its sta22 tus as a charitable and nonprofit corporation; 

23 and 

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1 rived from the property if such agreement is a 

2 condition of the transfer. 

3 ‘‘(3) USE OF THE UNITED STATES.—Contribu4 tions, gifts, and other transfers made to or for the 

5 use of the Foundation shall be regarded as contribu6 tions, gifts, or transfers to or for the use of the 

7 United States. 

8 ‘‘(h) NONLIABILITY OF UNITED STATES.—The 

9 United States shall not be liable for any debts, defaults, 

10 acts, or omissions of the Foundation. 

11 ‘‘(i) REPORTS.—The Foundation shall, as soon as 

12 practicable after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and 

13 submit to Congress an annual report on its proceedings 

14 and activities, including a full and complete statement of 

15 its receipts, expenditures, and investments. 

16 ‘‘(j) INITIAL FUNDING.—For the purposes of assist17 ing the Foundation in establishing an office and meeting 

18 initial administrative, project, and other startup expenses, 

19 there is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fis20 cal year 2020. Such funds shall remain available to the 

21 Foundation until they are expended for authorized pur22 poses.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN SERVICE OUTREACH 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 189E. 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN SERVICE OUTREACH 

6 PROGRAM. 

7 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘cov9 ered individual’ means an individual who is not 

10 younger than age 17 or older than age 30. 

11 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term 

12 ‘national service program’ means a program under— 

13 ‘‘(A) the National and Community Service 

14 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.); or 

15 ‘‘(B) title I of the Domestic Volunteer 

16 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.). 

17 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—In order to ensure that every cov18 ered individual who may want to participate in service pro19 grams is informed of the opportunities to participate, the 

20 Administration shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) determine how the Administration will 

22 work with, and then work with, Federal or State 

23 agencies and other entities to— 

24 ‘‘(A) contact each covered individual upon 

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1 ‘‘(i) the individual’s eligibility to par2 ticipate in national service programs; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the national service programs 

4 and how to apply for a specific program; 

5 ‘‘(iii) other service programs for which 

6 the individual may be eligible, including 

7 service with the Peace Corps (as estab8 lished by the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 

9 2501 et seq.)) and military service; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) the individual’s option to opt out 

11 of receiving any notifications, or just noti12 fications in a paper format, under this 

13 paragraph; and 

14 ‘‘(B) after contacting an covered individual 

15 under subparagraph (A), notify the individual 

16 every 2 years thereafter of the information de17 scribed in clauses (i) through (iv) of subpara18 graph (A), unless— 

19 ‘‘(i) the individual is serving in a na20 tional service program or other program 

21 described in subparagraph (A); or 

22 ‘‘(ii) the individual has opted out of 

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1 ‘‘(2) determine how the Administration will en2 able covered individuals to, and then enable eligible 

3 individuals to, apply for a specific national service 

4 program and ensure that such application process is 

5 the most effective process for the purpose of apply6 ing for such a program; and 

7 ‘‘(3) develop a long-term strategy to gradually 

8 increase the number of opportunities in national 

9 service programs so that any covered individual who 

10 applies to and is eligible to participate in a national 

11 service program will be offered at least one service 

12 position.’’. 

13 SEC. 10. LIVING ALLOWANCE AMOUNTS. 

14 (a) DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF

15 1973.—Section 105(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

16 Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)(2)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘95 

19 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘150 percent’’; and 

20 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘105 

21 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘210 percent’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(4)(A) A stipend or allowance under this sub24 section shall not be increased as a result of amend25 ments made by the ACTION for National Service 


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1 Act, or any other amendment made to this sub2 section unless the funds appropriated for carrying 

3 out this part are sufficient to maintain for the fiscal 

4 year in question a number of participants to serve 

5 under this part at least equal to the number of such 

6 participants serving during the preceding fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘(B) In the event that sufficient appropriations 

8 for any fiscal year are not available to increase any 

9 such stipend or allowance provided to the minimum 

10 amount specified in paragraph (2), the Director 

11 shall increase the stipend or allowance to such 

12 amount as appropriations for such year permit con13 sistent with subparagraph (A).’’. 

14 (b) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF

15 1990.— 

16 (1) NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS

17 LIVING ALLOWANCES.—Section 158(b) (42 U.S.C. 

18 12618(b)) is amended— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ the first 

20 place it appears and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘100 percent’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘200 percent’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) INCREASES LIMITED BY APPROPRIA2 TIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) LIMIT ON INCREASES.—An allowance 

4 under this subsection or section 140 shall not 

5 be increased as a result of amendments made 

6 by the ACTION for National Service Act, or 

7 any other amendment made to this subsection 

8 or section 140, respectively, unless the funds 

9 appropriated for carrying out this subtitle or 

10 subtitle C, respectively, are sufficient to main11 tain for the fiscal year in question a number of 

12 participants to serve under this subtitle or sub13 title C, respectively, at least equal to the num14 ber of such participants serving during the pre15 ceding fiscal year. 

16 ‘‘(B) PARTIAL INCREASE.—In the event 

17 that sufficient appropriations for any fiscal year 

18 are not available to increase an allowance under 

19 this subsection above the amount provided for 

20 fiscal year 2019 or under section 140 to the 

21 minimum amount specified in section 140, re22 spectively, the Director shall increase the allow23 ance to such amount as appropriations for such 

24 year permit consistent with subparagraph (A).’’. 


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1 (2) GRANTS.—Section 189 (42 U.S.C. 12645c) 

2 is amended— 

3 (A) in subsection (a), by striking 

4 ‘‘$18,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking 

6 ‘‘$19,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$39,000’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(f) INSUFFICIENT APPROPRIATIONS.—Notwith9 standing the increased limitation on grant amounts per 

10 full-time equivalent position described in subsection (a) 

11 and the increased limitation described in subsection (e)(1) 

12 as a result of amendments made by the ACTION for Na13 tional Service Act, or any other amendment made to this 

14 section, the amount of funds per full-time equivalent posi15 tion approved by the Corporation for a grant, as described 

16 in those subsections, shall not be increased unless the 

17 funds appropriated for carrying out this subtitle are suffi18 cient to make such increase while maintaining for the fis19 cal year in question a number of approved national service 

20 positions at least equal to the number of such positions 

21 during the preceding fiscal year.’’. 

22 SEC. 11. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide for 

24 members of the National Civilian Community Corps to re25 ceive benefits authorized by this section. 


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1 (b) LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The Director shall provide 

2 a living allowance to members of the Corps for the period 

3 during which such members are engaged in training or 

4 any activity on a Corps project. The Director shall estab5 lish the amount of the allowance at any amount not in 

6 excess of the amount equal to 200 percent of the poverty 

7 line that is applicable to a family of two (as defined by 

8 the Office of Management and Budget and revised annu9 ally in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 

10 Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)). 

11 SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert15 ing the following: 

16 ‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C AND D.— 

17 ‘‘(A) SUBTITLE C.—There are authorized 

18 to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2020 

19 through fiscal year 2029, such sums as may be 

20 necessary to provide financial assistance under 

21 subtitle C of title I for the number of partici22 pants in programs and activities under subtitle 

23 C for fiscal year 2019. 

24 ‘‘(B) SUBTITLE D.—There are authorized 

25 to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, 


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1 for fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal 

2 year, such sums as may be necessary to provide 

3 national service educational awards under sub4 title D of title I for the number of participants 

5 for whom the Administration recorded an obli6 gation under section 149(a)(1)(B) for fiscal 

7 year 2019.’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘sub9 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(7) SUBTITLE K.—There are authorized to be 

12 appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fis13 cal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year to 

14 carry out subtitle K of title I.’’; 

15 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub16 section (c); and 

17 (3) by adding after subsection (a) the following: 

18 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA19 TIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 

21 be appropriated to the Administration to carry out 

22 its programs and functions, including the programs 

23 and activities carried out under this Act and the Do24 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 


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1 4950 et seq.), such additional sums as may be nec2 essary to achieve the goal set forth in paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(2) TEN-YEAR GOAL.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that sums appropriated under paragraph (1) 

5 should be sufficient to provide or facilitate the provi6 sion of national service programs and activities 

7 under the national service laws (in addition to pro8 grams and activities funded under subsection (a) for 

9 fiscal year 2020) for not fewer than 1,000,000 par10 ticipants per year by September 30, 2029. 

11 ‘‘(3) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE

12 POSITIONS.—The Administration shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) prepare a plan to— 

14 ‘‘(i) establish the number of the ap15 proved national service positions as 

16 250,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) increase the number of the ap18 proved positions in each fiscal year 

19 through fiscal year 2029, so that the num20 ber of approved positions in fiscal year 

21 2029 is sufficient to support the goal in 

22 paragraph (2); 

23 ‘‘(B) ensure that the increases described in 

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1 appropriate balance of full- and part-time serv2 ice positions; 

3 ‘‘(C) not later than 1 year after the date 

4 of enactment of the ACTION for National 

5 Service Act, submit a report to the authorizing 

6 committees on the status of the plan described 

7 in subparagraph (A); 

8 ‘‘(D) not later than 8 years after the date 

9 of enactment of the ACTION for National 

10 Service Act, submit a report to the authorizing 

11 committees on the progress of the Administra12 tion towards the goal described in paragraph 

13 (2), and the potential for exceeding that goal in 

14 fiscal year 2029 and beyond; and 

15 ‘‘(E) subject to the availability of appro16 priations and quality service opportunities, im17 plement the plan described in subparagraph 

18 (A).’’. 

19 SEC. 13. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF NATIONAL 

20 SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev22 enue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is 

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1 ‘‘(e) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

2 Gross income shall not include any national service edu3 cational award described in subtitle D of title I of the Na4 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

5 12601 et seq.).’’. 

6 (b) EXCLUSION OF DISCHARGE OF STUDENT LOAN

7 DEBT.—Subsection (f) of section 108 of such Code is 

8 amended by adding at the end the following new para9 graph: 

10 ‘‘(6) PAYMENTS UNDER NATIONAL SERVICE

11 EDUCATIONAL AWARD PROGRAMS.—In the case of 

12 an individual, gross income shall not include any 

13 amount received a national service educational 

14 award under subtitle D of title I of the National and 

15 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 

16 et seq.).’’. 

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

18 this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 14. INCOME TAX EXCLUSION FOR LIVING ALLOWANCE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter B of chap22 ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 139H. LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR NATIONAL SERVICE 

2 PARTICIPANTS. 

3 ‘‘Gross income does not include the amount of any 

4 living allowance provided under section 140 of the Na5 tional and Community Service Act of 1990.’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

7 for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal 

8 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the 

9 item relating to section 139G the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 139H. Living allowance for national service participants.’’. 

10 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

11 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 15. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL 

14 AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) by striking paragraph (9) and inserting the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(9) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

20 the Director of the National and Community Service 

21 Administration appointed under section 193.’’; 

22 (2) by striking paragraph (12) and inserting 

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1 ‘‘(12) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘Adminis2 tration’ means the National and Community Service 

3 Administration established under section 191.’’; 

4 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (12), (1) 

5 through (8), (10), (11), and (9) as paragraphs (1) 

6 through (12), respectively; and 

7 (4) by transferring the redesignated paragraphs 

8 so the paragraphs appear in numerical order. 

9 (b) SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 

10 (1) Section 113(a) (42 U.S.C. 12525(a)), sec11 tion 114(c) (42 U.S.C. 12526(c)), and section 

12 116(a) (42 U.S.C. 12528(a)) are amended, in the 

13 subsection headings, by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’. 

15 (2) Section 116(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 12528(a)(2)) 

16 is amended, in the paragraph heading, by striking 

17 ‘‘NONCORPORATION’’ and inserting ‘‘NONADMINIS18 TRATION’’. 

19 (c) NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) Section 121 is amended— 

21 (A) in subsection (e)(5)(B) (42 U.S.C. 

22 12571(e)(5)(B)), in the subparagraph heading, 

23 by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and inserting ‘‘AD24 MINISTRATION’’; and 

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1 (2) Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 12572) is amend2 ed— 

3 (A) in subsection (d)(1), in the paragraph 

4 heading, by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and in5 serting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (f)(1)(A)— 

7 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

8 striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘the strategic plan ap11 proved under section 192A(g)(1,)’’ and in12 serting ‘‘the strategic plan recommended 

13 by the Board during consultation under 

14 section 193A(b)(1),’’. 

15 (3) Section 129A(b) (42 U.S.C. 12581a(b)) and 

16 section 131(f) (42 U.S.C. 12583(f)) are amended, in 

17 the subsection headings, by striking ‘‘CORPORA18 TION’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’. 

19 (d) NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.—Section 145 (42 

20 U.S.C. 12601) is amended, in subsections (a)(2) and 

21 (d)(1), by striking ‘‘section 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec22 tion 199P’’. 

23 (e) NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.— 

24 (1) Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a)— 

2 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, in3 cluding those recommended by the Board,’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘, after consultation with the 

5 Board,’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking paragraph (3) and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(3) at the election of the Director, carry out 

9 any other activities recommended by the Board.’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in subsection (b)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ 

13 at the end; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; 

15 and’’ and inserting a period; and 

16 (iii) by striking paragraph (3). 

17 (2) Section 165(1) (42 U.S.C. 12626(1)) is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘Board of Directors’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Advisory Board’’. 

20 (f) ADMINISTRATION.— 

21 (1) Section 172(b) (42 U.S.C. 12632(b)) is 

22 amended, in the subsection heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’. 

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1 (A) in subsection (c)(3), in the paragraph 

2 heading, by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and in3 serting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’; and 

4 (B) in subsection (j)(1), in the paragraph 

5 heading, by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and in6 serting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’. 

7 (g) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ADMINIS8 TRATION.— 

9 (1) Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et 

10 seq.) is amended by striking the subtitle heading 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘Subtitle G—National and Commu13 nity Service Administration’’. 

14 (2) Section 191 (42 U.S.C. 12651) is amended 

15 in the section heading by striking ‘‘CORPORATION

16 FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

18 ADMINISTRATION’’. 

19 (3) Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended 

20 by striking the section heading and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 192. ADVISORY BOARD.’’. 

23 (4) Section 192A (42 U.S.C. 12651b) is 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 192A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.’’. 

2 (5) Section 193 (42 U.S.C. 12651c) and section 

3 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) are amended, in the sec4 tion headings, by striking ‘‘CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF5 FICER’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR’’. 

6 (6) Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is 

7 amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘that are 

9 not reserved to the Board,’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

10 after consultation with the Board’’; 

11 (B) in subsection (b)— 

12 (i) in paragraphs (1), (2)(A), (3)(A), 

13 (4)(A), and (8) by striking ‘‘prepare and 

14 submit to the Board’’ and inserting ‘‘after 

15 consultation with the Board, prepare and 

16 submit to the authorizing committees’’; 

17 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

18 ‘‘an approved proposal under section 

19 192A(g)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘a proposal rec20 ommended by the Board during consulta21 tion under subparagraph (A)’’; 

22 (iii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 

23 ‘‘an approved proposal under section 

24 192A(g)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a proposal rec25 ommended by the Board during consulta26 tion under subparagraph (A)’’; 


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1 (iv) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 

2 ‘‘an approved proposal under section 

3 192A(g)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘a plan rec4 ommended by the Board during consulta5 tion under paragraph (A)’’; 

6 (v) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘pre7 pare and submit to the authorizing com8 mittees and the Board’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘after consultation with the Board, pre10 pare and submit to the authorizing com11 mittees’’; 

12 (vi) in paragraph (9)(B)— 

13 (I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘ap14 proved by the Board under section 

15 192A(g)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘rec16 ommended by the Board during con17 sultation under paragraph (1)’’; 

18 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

19 ‘‘approved by the Board under para20 graph (2) or (3) of section 192A(g)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘recommended by the 

22 Board during consultation under 

23 paragraph (2)(A) or (3)(A)’’; and 

24 (III) in clause (iii), by striking 

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1 192A(g)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘rec2 ommended by the Board during con3 sultation under paragraph (4)(A)’’; 

4 (vii) in paragraph (10)(A), by striking 

5 ‘‘the services referred to in paragraph (1), 

6 and the money and property referred to in 

7 paragraph (2), of section 196(a)’’ and in8 serting ‘‘the services referred to in section 

9 196(a)(1), and the money and property re10 ferred to in section 199P,’’; 

11 (viii) in paragraph (11), by striking 

12 ‘‘prepare and submit to the Board’’ and in13 serting ‘‘, after consultation with the 

14 Board, prepare and submit to the author15 izing committees’’; and 

16 (ix) in paragraph (12)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘members of the 

18 Board and’’; 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘each member of 

20 the Board and’’; and 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘such member 

22 of the Board or’’; and 

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1 (7) Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amend2 ed— 

3 (A) in subsection (c), in the subsection 

4 heading, by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and in5 serting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’; and 

6 (B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘The 

7 Chief Executive Officer, acting upon the rec8 ommendation of the Board, may establish advi9 sory committees in the Corporation to advise 

10 the Board’’ and inserting ‘‘The Director may 

11 establish advisory committees in the Corpora12 tion to advise the Director’’. 

13 (8) Sections 196A (42 U.S.C. 12651h) and 198 

14 (42 U.S.C. 12653) are amended in the section head15 ings by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’. 

17 (h) INVESTMENT FOR QUALITY AND INNOVATION.— 

18 Part I of subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) 

19 is amended by striking the part heading and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION 

22 ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 

23 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

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1 the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘CORPORATION’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘ADMINISTRATION’’. 

3 (j) GLOBAL REFERENCES TO CORPORATION.—Ex4 cept in section 101(21)(A)(ii), section 132(b), or section 

5 601(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 

6 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(21)(A)(ii), 12584(b)), and except 

7 as provided in the table of contents or any heading of the 

8 Act, the Act is amended by striking ‘‘Corporation’’ each 

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administration’’. 

10 (k) GLOBAL REFERENCES TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF11 FICER.—Except as provided in the table of contents or any 

12 heading of the National and Community Service Act of 

13 1990, the Act is amended by striking ‘‘Chief Executive 

14 Officer’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 

15 (l) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

16 section 1(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501 note) is amended— 

17 (1) in the items relating to subtitle G of title 

18 I— 

19 (A) by striking the item relating to the 

20 subtitle heading for subtitle G and inserting the 

21 following: 

‘‘Subtitle G—National and Community Service Administration’’; 

22 (B) by striking the item relating to section 

23 191 and inserting the following: 

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1 (C) by striking the item relating to section 

2 193 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 193. Director.’’; 

3 (D) by striking the item relating to section 

4 193A and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Director.’’; 

5 and 

6 (E) by striking the item relating to section 

7 196A and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 196A. Administration State offices.’’; 

8 (2) in the items relating to part I of subtitle H 

9 of title I— 

10 (A) by striking the item relating to the 

11 part heading and inserting the following: 

‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL

SERVICE’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) by striking the item relating to section 

14 198 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 198. Additional Administration activities to support national service.’’; 

15 and 

16 (3) in the items relating to title I, by adding at 

17 the end the following: 

‘‘Subtitle K—National Service Foundation 

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1 SEC. 16. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC 

2 VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 421 of the Domestic Vol4 unteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Director’ means the Director of 

9 the National and Community Service Administration 

10 appointed under section 193 of the National and 

11 Community Service Act of 1990;’’; 

12 (2) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(7) the term ‘Administration’ means the Na15 tional and Community Service Administration estab16 lished under section 191 of the National and Com17 munity Service Act of 1990;’’; 

18 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (7), (20), (1), 

19 (8), (9), (10), (11), (13), (12), (3), (4), (6), (5), 

20 (14), (15), (16), (17), (2), (18), and (19) as para21 graphs (1) through (20), respectively; and 

22 (4) transferring such redesignated paragraphs 

23 so that the paragraphs appear in numerical order. 

24 (b) REFERENCES TO NAMES.—The Domestic Volun25 teer Service Act of 1973 is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 4950(b)), by 

2 striking ‘‘Corporation for National and Community 

3 Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of the National and 

4 Community Service Administration’’; 

5 (2) except as provided in subsection (a) and 

6 paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘Cor7 poration’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad8 ministration’’; and 

9 (3) in section 201(h) (42 U.S.C. 5001(h)), by 

10 striking ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘Director’’. 

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