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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3964 

To amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs 

and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery 

from the COVID–19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 16, 2020 

Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. REED, 

Mr. RUBIO, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. KING, and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend the national service laws to prioritize national 

service programs and projects that are directly related 

to the response to and recovery from the COVID–19 

public health emergency, 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 ‘‘Cultivating Oppor5 tunity and Response to the Pandemic through Service 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘CORPS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The United States has a strong history of 

4 citizen response to national calls to service in order 

5 to help the Nation recover in times of crisis. 

6 (2) More than 80 years ago, the Nation rose to 

7 the challenge of the Great Depression with the cre8 ation of citizen service programs like the Civilian 

9 Conservation Corps (referred to in this section as 

10 the ‘‘CCC’’) and the Works Progress Administration 

11 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘WPA’’). 

12 (3) Millions of participants benefitted from paid 

13 employment and opportunities to develop their skills 

14 while constructing national parks and public lands 

15 infrastructure and producing cultural works still en16 joyed today. 

17 (4) Following decades of evolution, incor18 porating policies of both political parties, today’s na19 tional service programs carry on the legacy of the 

20 CCC and WPA. 

21 (5) Founded in 1990, the Corporation for Na22 tional and Community Service today coordinates na23 tional service by individuals in the United States 

24 across every State and territory, partnering with 

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1 en services in partnership with nongovernmental or2 ganizations and State governments. 

3 (6) National service programs provide public 

4 health, education, employment training, and nutri5 tion services for which the Nation has a critical need 

6 in the current crisis. 

7 (7) The signature programs of the Corporation 

8 for National and Community Service, which are the 

9 AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps Na10 tional Civilian Community Corps, AmeriCorps 

11 VISTA, and National Senior Service Corps pro12 grams, can and should be expanded to meet current 

13 needs. 

14 (8) The novel coronavirus pandemic has in15 fected and killed individuals in every State and terri16 tory, causing more than 2,000,000 cases and 

17 115,000 deaths so far. 

18 (9) In response, States, tribal governments, and 

19 cities across the country have closed down busi20 nesses, schools, and public events, leading to a dra21 matic drop in economic activity and a sharp pro22 jected decline in the United States economy. 

23 (10) More than 40,000,000 applications for un24 employment benefits have been filed in recent weeks, 


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1 with weekly filings repeatedly exceeding historic 

2 record levels. 

3 (11) More than one in every 10 adults in the 

4 United States has applied for unemployment insur5 ance since the crisis began. 

6 (12) The pandemic and the associated economic 

7 consequences have disproportionately impacted peo8 ple of color across many States. 

9 (13) To recover, the Nation also needs mean10 ingful employment opportunities, as well as a signifi11 cant expansion of the human capital working to ad12 dress community needs around public health, behav13 ioral health, hunger, education, and conservation. 

14 (14) Experience has demonstrated the cen15 trality of community participation in pandemic re16 sponse, to overcome stigma and structural barriers 

17 and meet the full needs of all members of a diverse 

18 community. 

19 (15) As the Nation works to respond to and re20 cover from the current twin challenges of a public 

21 health pandemic and an economic crisis, national 

22 service presents a unique opportunity for flexible, lo23 cally driven responses to meet State and local public 

24 health, employment, and recovery needs. 


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1 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this Act are— 

3 (1) to provide for annual growth of 250,000 

4 participants, over 3 years, in national service pro5 grams, such as the Public Land Corps (also known 

6 as the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps) 

7 programs and other AmeriCorps programs, that will 

8 provide services in response to the pandemic and 

9 economic crisis; 

10 (2) to ensure that participant allowances cover 

11 the reasonable cost of participation and provide par12 ticipants with economic and educational opportunity; 

13 (3) to stabilize such national service programs 

14 during economic crisis; and 

15 (4) to support opportunities for all individuals 

16 in the United States to engage in service. 

17 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

18 (a) NCSA.—Section 101 of the National and Com19 munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (13) through 

22 (16), (17) through (35), and (36) through (49), as 

23 paragraphs (14) through (17), (19) through (37), 

24 and (39) through (52), respectively; 

25 (2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol26 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(13) COVID–19 DEFINITIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) COVID–19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE

3 AND RECOVERY PERIOD.—The term ‘COVID– 

4 19 emergency response and recovery period’ 

5 means the period beginning on the first day of 

6 the COVID–19 public health emergency and 

7 ending at the end of fiscal year 2023. 

8 ‘‘(B) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMER9 GENCY.—The term ‘COVID–19 public health 

10 emergency’ means the public health emergency 

11 declared by the Secretary of Health and 

12 Human Services under section 319 of the Pub13 lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on 

14 January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID– 

15 19.’’; 

16 (3) by inserting after paragraph (17), as so re17 designated, the following: 

18 ‘‘(18) HIGH-POVERTY AREA.—The term ‘high19 poverty area’ means a census tract defined as high20 poverty by the Bureau of the Census.’’; and 

21 (4) by inserting after paragraph (37), as so re22 designated, the following: 

23 ‘‘(38) PUBLIC LAND CORPS.—The term ‘Public 

24 Lands Corps’ means the Corps established in section 


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1 204 of the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 

2 U.S.C. 1723).’’. 

3 (b) DVSA.—Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer 

4 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (19), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

6 the semicolon; 

7 (2) in paragraph (20), by striking the period at 

8 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

10 ‘‘(21)(A) the term ‘COVID–19 emergency re11 sponse and recovery period’ means the period begin12 ning on the first day of the COVID–19 public health 

13 emergency and ending at the end of fiscal year 

14 2023; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the term ‘COVID–19 public health emer16 gency’ means the public health emergency declared 

17 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

18 under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect 

20 to COVID–19; and 

21 ‘‘(22) the term ‘Public Lands Corps’ means the 

22 Corps established in section 204 of the Public Lands 

23 Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1723).’’. 

24 SEC. 5. PRIORITIZING RESPONSE SERVICES. 

25 (a) AMERICORPS STATE AND NATIONAL.— 


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1 (1) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.—Section 

2 122(f) of the National and Community Service Act 

3 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(f)) is amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding at 

6 the end the following: ‘‘For fiscal years 

7 2020 through 2023, the Corporation shall 

8 include, in the national service priorities, 

9 the priorities described in paragraph (5).’’; 

10 and 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding at 

12 the end the following: ‘‘For fiscal years 

13 2020 through 2023, each State shall in14 clude, in the State priorities, the priorities 

15 described in section (5).’’; and 

16 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(5) EMERGENCY PRIORITIES.—For fiscal years 

18 2020 through 2023, the priorities established under 

19 paragraph (1) for national service programs shall 

20 provide that the Corporation and the States, as ap21 propriate, shall give priority to entities submitting 

22 applications— 

23 ‘‘(A) that propose activities directly related 

24 to the response to and recovery from the 


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1 COVID–19 public health emergency, such as 

2 the provision of— 

3 ‘‘(i) public health services, including 

4 support for isolation and quarantine activi5 ties; 

6 ‘‘(ii) emergency logistics, such as the 

7 setup of alternate care sites; 

8 ‘‘(iii) work that furthers the capacity 

9 of State (including territorial), tribal, and 

10 local health departments and the rec11 ommendations of the Director of the Cen12 ters for Disease Control and Prevention; 

13 ‘‘(iv) work that furthers the capacity 

14 of nonprofit and community organizations 

15 to respond to the immediate needs of indi16 viduals affected by COVID–19; 

17 ‘‘(v) services that support economic 

18 opportunity; 

19 ‘‘(vi) education, including enrichment 

20 and adult education and literacy activities; 

21 ‘‘(vii) services to address housing and 

22 food insecurity; and 

23 ‘‘(viii) jobs for youth in preserving 

24 and restoring nature; 

25 ‘‘(B) who— 


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1 ‘‘(i) are— 

2 ‘‘(I) current (as of the date of 

3 the application submission) or former 

4 recipients of financial assistance 

5 under the program for which the ap6 plication is submitted; and 

7 ‘‘(II) able to provide services di8 rectly related to the response and re9 covery described in subparagraph (A); 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(ii) are— 

12 ‘‘(I) community-based organiza13 tions located in the rural or high-pov14 erty areas, or tribal communities, the 

15 organizations propose to serve; and 

16 ‘‘(II) able to provide services di17 rectly related to the response and re18 covery described in subparagraph (A); 

19 ‘‘(C) to the maximum extent practicable— 

20 ‘‘(i) if the entities are proposing pro21 grams that serve, or proposing to give pri22 ority for positions to applicants from, un23 derserved populations, such as individuals 

24 described in section 129(a)(1)(B) of the 

25 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 


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1 (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)), minority indi2 viduals, individuals who have had contact 

3 with the juvenile justice system, Indians, 

4 veterans, and individuals whose abilities 

5 are not typical, such as individuals with in6 tellectual or developmental disabilities; 

7 ‘‘(ii) especially if the entities propose 

8 recruiting applicants for positions to serve 

9 in the same metropolitan or micropolitan 

10 statistical area or county as the area or 

11 county, respectively, in which the appli12 cants attended a secondary school or insti13 tution of higher education; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) especially if the entities propose 

15 programs that serve populations in rural or 

16 high-poverty areas, or tribal communities; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(D) that propose to give priority for posi19 tions to applicants who— 

20 ‘‘(i) were serving outside of the 

21 United States in the Peace Corps, the J. 

22 William Fulbright Educational Exchange 

23 Program referenced in section 112 of the 

24 Mutual Educational and Cultural Ex25 change Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460), or 


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1 the program under this subtitle, subtitle E, 

2 or part A of title I of the Domestic Volun3 teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 

4 et seq.); but 

5 ‘‘(ii) ended their terms of service 

6 early, or returned to the United States be7 fore the end of their terms of service, due 

8 to the COVID–19 public health emer9 gency.’’. 

10 (b) AMERICORPS NCCC.—Section 157 of the Na11 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

12 12617) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(C) SURGE CAPACITY AND PRIORITY

16 PROJECTS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) SURGE CAPACITY PROJECTS.— 

18 The Corporation and the Director of the 

19 Centers for Disease Control and Preven20 tion shall develop, and the Corporation 

21 shall approve, a proposal for public health 

22 surge capacity projects. In carrying out the 

23 projects, the Corporation and the Director 

24 shall develop and deploy public health 

25 surge capacity teams. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—For fiscal 

2 years 2020 through 2023, the Corporation 

3 shall give priority to entities submitting 

4 applications for projects under this subtitle 

5 in the same manner as the Corporation 

6 gives priority to entities submitting appli7 cations for national service programs 

8 under section 122(f)(5).’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The 

11 campus’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 

12 paragraph (3), the campus’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) SURGE CAPACITY AND PRIORITY

15 PROJECTS.—The Corporation shall assign the 

16 projects described in clauses (i) and (ii) of sub17 section (b)(1)(C) to specified Corps campuses.’’. 

18 (c) AMERICORPS VISTA.—Section 109 of the Do19 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4960) 

20 is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For fiscal 

21 years 2020 through 2023, the Corporation shall give pri22 ority to entities submitting applications for projects or 

23 programs under this part in the same manner as the Cor24 poration gives priority to entities submitting applications 

25 for national service programs under section 122(f)(5) of 


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1 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

2 U.S.C. 12572(f)(5)).’’. 

3 SEC. 6. STRENGTHENING OPPORTUNITY. 

4 (a) ALLOWANCES.— 

5 (1) DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF

6 1973.—Section 105(b) of the Domestic Volunteer 

7 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)) is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), during the 

10 COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, 

11 the Director shall set the subsistence allowance for 

12 volunteers under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year 

13 so that— 

14 ‘‘(A) the minimum allowance is not less 

15 than an amount equal to 175 percent of such 

16 poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the 

17 Community Services Block Grant Act) for a 

18 single individual as expected for each fiscal 

19 year; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the average subsistence allowance, ex21 cluding allowances for Hawaii, Guam, American 

22 Samoa, and Alaska, is not less than 185 per23 cent of such poverty line. 

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1 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

2 U.S.C. 12594) shall not be increased as a result of 

3 amendments made by the Cultivating Opportunity 

4 and Response to the Pandemic through Service Act, 

5 or any other amendment made to this section or 

6 that section 140, respectively, unless the funds ap7 propriated for carrying out this part or subtitle C of 

8 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

9 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.), respectively, are suffi10 cient to maintain for the fiscal year involved a num11 ber of participants to serve under this part or that 

12 subtitle C, respectively, that is at least equal to the 

13 number of such participants so serving during the 

14 preceding fiscal year. 

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

16 for any fiscal year (consistent with subparagraph 

17 (A)) are not available to increase any stipend or al18 lowance under this section or allowance under sec19 tion 140 of the National and Community Service Act 

20 of 1990 to the minimum amount specified in this 

21 section or under that section 140, respectively, the 

22 Director shall increase the stipend or allowance in23 volved to such amount as appropriations for such 

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


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1 (2) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT

2 OF 1990.—Section 158 of the National and Commu3 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is 

4 amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(h) ADJUSTMENT TO MAXIMUM ALLOWANCE DUR6 ING COVID–19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PERIOD.— 

7 Notwithstanding the limitation on the allowance amount 

8 specified in subsection (b), during the COVID–19 emer9 gency response and recovery period, the amount of the al10 lowance that the Director shall establish pursuant to that 

11 subsection shall be any amount not in excess of the 

12 amount equal to 175 percent of the poverty line that is 

13 applicable to a family of 2 (as defined by the Office of 

14 Management and Budget and revised annually in accord15 ance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block 

16 Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))).’’. 

17 (b) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

18 Section 147 of the National and Community Service Act 

19 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended by adding at the 

20 end the following: 

21 ‘‘(f) ADJUSTMENT TO EDUCATIONAL AWARD DUR22 ING THE COVID–19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

24 (a), an individual described in section 146(a) who 

25 successfully completes a required term of full-time 


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1 national service in an approved national service posi2 tion during the COVID–19 emergency response and 

3 recovery period shall receive a national service edu4 cational award having a value equal to twice the 

5 maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under 

6 section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

7 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), that a student eligible for such 

8 Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard 

9 to whether the funds are provided through discre10 tionary or mandatory appropriations), for the award 

11 year for which the national service position is ap12 proved by the Corporation. 

13 ‘‘(2) LESS THAN FULL-TIME SERVICE.—Not14 withstanding subsections (b) and (c), an individual 

15 described in section 146(a) who successfully com16 pletes a required term of part-time national service 

17 in an approved national service position during the 

18 COVID–19 response and recovery period, or who is 

19 serving in an approved national service position and 

20 is released, during that period, in accordance with 

21 section 139(c)(1)(A) from completing the full-time 

22 or part-time term of service agreed to by the indi23 vidual, shall receive that portion of the national serv24 ice educational award calculated under paragraph 


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1 (1) that corresponds to the quantity of the term of 

2 service actually completed by the individual. 

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

4 ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 

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

6 (c) TAX PROVISIONS.— 

7 (1) INCOME TAX EXCLUSION FOR LIVING AL8 LOWANCE.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Part III of subchapter 

10 B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

11 1986 is amended by inserting after section 

12 139H the following new section: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 139I. LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR NATIONAL SERVICE 

14 PARTICIPANTS. 

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

16 living allowance provided under section 105(b) of the Do17 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)) 

18 or section 140(a) or 158(b) of the National and Commu19 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12594(a), 

20 12618(b)).’’. 

21 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

22 sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 

23 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

24 amended by inserting after the item relating to 

25 section 139H the following new item: 

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


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1 (C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

2 made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable 

3 years beginning after the date of the enactment 

4 of this Act. 

5 (2) EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF NA6 TIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the In8 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to quali9 fied scholarships) is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following new subsection: 

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

12 Gross income shall not include any payments from the Na13 tional Service Trust established under section 145 of the 

14 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

15 12601), including the national service educational award 

16 described in subtitle D of title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 12601 et seq.).’’. 

18 (B) EXCLUSION OF DISCHARGE OF STU19 DENT LOAN DEBT.—Subsection (f) of section 

20 108 of such Code is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(6) PAYMENTS UNDER NATIONAL SERVICE

23 EDUCATIONAL AWARD PROGRAMS.—In the case of 

24 an individual, gross income shall not include any 

25 amount received as a national service educational 


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

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

3 et seq.).’’. 

4 (C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 

5 made by this paragraph shall apply to taxable 

6 years ending after the date of the enactment of 

7 this Act. 

8 SEC. 7. INVITING PARTICIPATION. 

9 (a) COORDINATION WITH OTHER YOUTH PRO10 GRAMS.—Section 193A of the National and Community 

11 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended by 

12 adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(j) COORDINATION WITH OTHER YOUTH PRO14 GRAMS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The term ‘covered 

16 program’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) the YouthBuild program carried out 

18 by the Secretary of Labor under section 171 of 

19 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

20 (29 U.S.C. 3226); 

21 ‘‘(B) the program of the Indian Youth 

22 Service Corps under section 210 of the Public 

23 Lands Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1727b); 

24 ‘‘(C) a youth conservation corps program 

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1 tablish a pilot program in the Departments of 

2 the Interior and Agriculture designated as the 

3 Youth Conservation Corps, and for other pur4 poses’, approved August 13, 1970 (commonly 

5 known as the ‘Youth Conservation Corps Act of 

6 1970’; 16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 

7 ‘‘(D) the National Guard Youth Challenge 

8 Program under section 509 of title 32, United 

9 States Code. 

10 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The Chief Executive Of11 ficer, in coordination with the Federal agency rep12 resentatives for covered programs, shall develop a 

13 plan and make recommendations in the plan to im14 prove coordination between covered programs and 

15 programs of the Corporation to meet the needs of 

16 underserved youth, such as economically disadvan17 taged youth, minority youth, youth who left school 

18 without a secondary school diploma, formerly incar19 cerated or court-involved youth, youth who are chil20 dren of an incarcerated parent, youth in foster care 

21 (including youth aging out of foster care), migrant 

22 youth, and other youth who are neither enrolled in 

23 secondary or postsecondary school or participating in 

24 the labor market.’’. 


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1 (b) PLATFORM FOR NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE

2 CORPS.—Title IV of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

3 of 1973 is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating section 421 (42 U.S.C. 

5 5061), amended by section 4(b), as section 401; 

6 (2) by moving that section 401 so as to follow 

7 the title heading for title IV; and 

8 (3) by inserting after section 420 (42 U.S.C. 

9 5059) the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 421. ONLINE SERVICE PLATFORM. 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Chief Executive Officer 

12 of the Corporation shall establish an online service plat13 form with a gateway to connect volunteers in the National 

14 Senior Service Corps with service projects and enable the 

15 volunteers to carry out distance volunteer services. The 

16 platform shall be linked to and placed prominently on the 

17 website of the Corporation. The Corporation may enter 

18 into a contract with a public entity to create the platform. 

19 ‘‘(b) TRAINING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall pro21 vide training resources, information, and guidance 

22 for the volunteers on the platform. 

23 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—The Corporation shall 

24 provide information to regional offices of the Cor25 poration about how to get volunteers in the National 


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1 Senior Service Corps connected to the platform 

2 through the gateway. 

3 ‘‘(3) GUIDANCE.—The Corporation shall issue 

4 guidance for the regional offices about how to trans5 fer the programs of the National Senior Service 

6 Corps to the platform. 

7 ‘‘(4) OUTREACH.—The Corporation shall pro8 vide outreach services to promote the platform in9 cluding outreach to institutions of higher education, 

10 the Department of Veterans Affairs for mentorship 

11 projects, and State and local governments for com12 munity engagement projects.’’. 

13 (c) OUTREACH AND PROMOTION CAMPAIGN.—Sec14 tion 193A(g) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

15 end the following: 

16 ‘‘(4) OUTREACH AND PROMOTION CAMPAIGN.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out public 

18 awareness functions under this subsection, the 

19 Corporation shall carry out an outreach and 

20 promotion campaign to promote programs 

21 under the national service laws with opportuni22 ties to respond to the COVID–19 public health 

23 emergency, with the goal of maximizing aware24 ness of those programs among individuals ages 

25 17 through 30. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—The Corporation shall pre2 pare and submit to Congress a report that— 

3 ‘‘(i) evaluates the outreach and pro4 motion campaign; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) contains— 

6 ‘‘(I) an analysis of the measures 

7 and resources that would be required 

8 for the Corporation effectively to no9 tify individuals who are ages 17 

10 through 30 every 2 years of opportu11 nities under the national service laws 

12 and steps to take to apply for those 

13 opportunities; 

14 ‘‘(II) a description of how the 

15 Corporation would ensure those meas16 ures would enable the Corporation to 

17 provide that notification to targeted 

18 individuals from diverse geographic 

19 areas, including individuals who are 

20 ages 17 through 30 living in rural or 

21 high-poverty areas, or tribal commu22 nities; and 

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1 make the notifications described in 

2 subclause (I).’’. 

3 (d) VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND.—Section 

4 198P(d)(2) of the National and Community Service Act 

5 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653p(d)(2)) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following: ‘‘With respect to grants made 

7 with funds appropriated as an additional amount under 

8 section 501(a)(4)(F), the minimum grant amount shall be 

9 not less than $250,000.’’. 

10 SEC. 8. ENSURING AGILITY. 

11 (a) WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRE12 MENTS.—Section 189A of the National and Community 

13 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12645d) is amended— 

14 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; 

15 MATCHING FUNDS DURING COVID–19 RE16 SPONSE AND RECOVERY PERIOD’’ after ‘‘COM17 MUNITIES’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘(c) COVID–19 RESPONSE.—Notwithstanding any 

20 other provision of law, an entity that receives assistance 

21 from the Corporation for any program under the national 

22 service laws (including a State Commission and an entity 

23 receiving subgrant funds) during the COVID–19 emer24 gency response and recovery period shall not be subject 

25 to any requirements to provide matching funds for any 


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1 such program, and the Federal share of such assistance 

2 for a recipient (including for a State Commission and a 

3 subgrant recipient) may be 100 percent.’’. 

4 (b) PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 126 of the National 

5 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12576) 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(d) DIRECT PLACEMENTS DURING THE COVID–19 

8 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PERIOD.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

10 178(h), during the COVID–19 emergency response 

11 and recovery period, the Corporation shall imple12 ment a pilot program allowing State Commissions to 

13 directly place a portion of individuals who have ap14 proved national service positions in State national 

15 service programs in a manner to be determined by 

16 the Corporation. 

17 ‘‘(2) PRIORITIES.—State Commissions partici18 pating in the pilot program shall, to the extent prac19 ticable, prioritize the placement of individuals in na20 tional service programs that serve rural or high-pov21 erty areas, or tribal communities, especially such 

22 programs carried out by entities that have not pre23 viously been service sponsors for participants. 

24 ‘‘(3) REPORT.—The Corporation shall prepare 

25 and submit a report to Congress at the end of the 


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1 pilot program described in paragraph (1), containing 

2 recommendations about whether and how to con3 tinue such a program of direct placements.’’. 

4 (c) NO SUMMER LIMITATION DURING COVID–19 

5 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PERIOD.—Section 104 of the 

6 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4954) 

7 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

9 part, during the COVID–19 emergency response and re10 covery period, the Director may enroll full-time VISTA as11 sociates in a program, during any months of the year, 

12 under such terms and conditions as the Director shall de13 termine to be appropriate. Such individuals shall be as14 signed to projects that address the needs of underserved 

15 communities as a result of the COVID–19 public health 

16 emergency. 

17 ‘‘(2) In preparing reports relating to programs under 

18 this Act, the Director shall report on participants, costs, 

19 and accomplishments under the program under this sub20 section separately. 

21 ‘‘(3) The limitation on funds appropriated for grants 

22 and contracts, as contained in section 108, shall not apply 

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1 (d) VISTA LIMITATION APPLICABILITY.—Section 

2 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

3 U.S.C. 4958) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Of funds ap5 propriated’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (c), 

6 of funds appropriated’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(c) RULE FOR COVID–19 RESPONSE AND RECOV9 ERY PERIOD.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), during the 

10 COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period, in 

11 order to address the needs of underserved communities re12 lated to the COVID–19 pandemic, of funds appropriated 

13 for the purpose of this part under section 501, not more 

14 than 75 percent may be obligated for the direct cost of 

15 supporting volunteers in programs and projects (including 

16 new programs and projects that begin after the date of 

17 enactment of the Cultivating Opportunity and Response 

18 to the Pandemic through Service Act) carried out pursu19 ant to this part, and such funds may be obligated regard20 less of when grant recipients commenced such programs 

21 and projects.’’. 

22 (e) AUGMENTATION AND EXPANSION GRANTS.— 

23 Title IV of the National and Community Service Act of 

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1 (1) by striking the title IV title heading and all 

2 that follows through the section heading for section 

3 401 and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘TITLE IV—RESPONSE 

5 PROJECTS 

6 ‘‘SEC. 401. PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST 

7 ATTACKS.’’; 

8 and 

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

10 ‘‘SEC. 402. COVID–19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOV11 ERY PERIOD AUGMENTATION AND EXPAN12 SION GRANTS. 

13 ‘‘During the COVID–19 emergency response and re14 covery period, the Corporation may award noncompetitive 

15 augmentation and expansion grants, at such time and in 

16 such manner as the Corporation determines appropriate.’’. 

17 (f) TERM OF SERVICE DURING COVID–19 EMER18 GENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY PERIOD.—Section 146 

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

20 U.S.C. 12602) is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

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1 ery period, a participant who received 2 national service 

2 educational awards for terms of service concluding before 

3 the end of fiscal year 2020 may, as determined by the 

4 Corporation, be eligible for an additional term of service 

5 and, on the successful completion of that term, a third 

6 national service educational award.’’. 

7 (g) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON GRANT

8 AMOUNTS.— 

9 (1) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON TOTAL GRANT

10 AMOUNT DURING EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RE11 COVERY PERIOD.—Section 189 of the National and 

12 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12645c) 

13 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(f) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON TOTAL GRANT

15 AMOUNT DURING COVID–19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE

16 AND RECOVERY PERIOD.—Notwithstanding the limits de17 scribed in subsections (a) and (e), during the COVID–19 

18 emergency response and recovery period, the amount of 

19 funds approved by the Corporation for a grant to operate 

20 a program authorized under the national service laws, for 

21 supporting individuals serving in approved national service 

22 positions, may not exceed, for each full-time equivalent po23 sition— 

24 ‘‘(1) an amount equal to the sum of— 

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1 ‘‘(B) the living allowance established under 

2 section 140(a) (including any adjustment at3 tributable to section 105(b)(4) of the Domestic 

4 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

5 4955(b))); or 

6 ‘‘(2) for a grant for a program meeting the re7 quirements described in subsection (e), an amount 

8 equal to the sum of— 

9 ‘‘(A) $10,000; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the living allowance established under 

11 section 140(a) (including any adjustment re12 ferred to in paragraph (1)(B)).’’. 

13 (2) WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INCREASED LIMI14 TATION.—Section 189(e)(1) of the National and 

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

16 12645c(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$19,500’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘an amount equal to the sum of 

18 $10,000 and the living allowance established under 

19 section 140(a) (including any adjustment referred to 

20 in subsection (f)(1)(B))’’. 

21 (h) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON TOTAL GRANT

22 AMOUNT FOR EDUCATIONAL AWARD ONLY PROGRAM

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1 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12581a) is amended 

2 by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘(g) INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON TOTAL GRANT

4 AMOUNT FOR EDUCATIONAL AWARD ONLY PROGRAM

5 DURING COVID–19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOV6 ERY PERIOD.—Notwithstanding the limit described in 

7 subsection (b), during the COVID–19 emergency response 

8 and recovery period, the Corporation may provide the 

9 operational support under this section for a program in 

10 an amount that is not more than $1,600 per individual 

11 enrolled in an approved national service position, or not 

12 more than $2,000 per such individual if at least 50 per13 cent of the persons enrolled in the program are disadvan14 taged youth.’’. 

15 (i) SEASONAL PROGRAM.— 

16 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN

17 COMMUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.—Section 152(b)(2) of 

18 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

19 (42 U.S.C. 12612(b)(2)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘summer’’ and inserting ‘‘seasonal’’. 

21 (2) SEASONAL NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM.— 

22 Section 154 of the National and Community Service 

23 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended— 

24 (A) in the section heading by striking 

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1 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sum2 mer’’ and inserting ‘‘seasonal’’; 

3 (C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘50 per4 cent of the participants in the summer’’ and in5 serting ‘‘35 percent of the participants in the 

6 seasonal’’; and 

7 (D) by striking subsection (c) and insert8 ing the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) SEASONAL PROGRAM.—Persons desiring to par10 ticipate in the seasonal national service program shall 

11 enter into an agreement with the Director to participate 

12 in the Corps for a period of not less than 3 months and 

13 not more than 6 months, as specified by the Director.’’. 

14 (j) NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Part D of 

15 title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

16 U.S.C. 5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 229. COVID–19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOV19 ERY PERIOD. 

20 ‘‘(a) AGE REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding section 

21 201(a), during the COVID–19 emergency response and 

22 recovery period, in order to address the critical needs of 

23 local communities across the country as a result of the 

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1 or older may be enrolled as volunteers to provide services 

2 under part A. 

3 ‘‘(b) INCOME REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding 

4 section 211(d), during the COVID–19 emergency response 

5 and recovery period, the terms ‘low-income person’ and 

6 ‘person of low income’ under such section shall mean any 

7 person whose income is not more than 400 percent of the 

8 poverty line defined in section 673(2) of the Community 

9 Services Block Grant (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) and adjusted 

10 by the Director in the manner described in such section.’’. 

11 (k) FLEXIBILITY.— 

12 (1) POLICY OF MAXIMIZING FLEXIBILITY.—It is 

13 the sense of the Senate that, in carrying out activi14 ties under this Act, the Corporation for National 

15 and Community Service should, consistent with the 

16 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

17 4950 et seq.) and the National and Community 

18 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501), maximize 

19 the flexibility of State Commissions (as defined in 

20 section 101 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12511)) to 

21 award and amend grants, consistent with the pur22 poses of this Act, and to rapidly enroll new individ23 uals to serve in programs under the national service 

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1 (2) REPORT ON ACTIVITIES TO MAXIMIZE

2 FLEXIBILITY.—Not later than 120 days after the 

3 date of enactment of this Act, and in consultation 

4 with such State Commissions, the Chief Executive 

5 Officer of the Corporation for National and Commu6 nity Service shall prepare and submit to the Com7 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

8 of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 

9 Labor of the House of Representatives a report con10 taining recommendations on what additional actions 

11 to maximize flexibility for such State Commissions 

12 would strengthen the work of State Commissions 

13 and their grantees. 

14 (l) FURTHER EXPEDITING RAPID ENROLLMENT.— 

15 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

16 Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for 

17 National and Community Service shall review the Cor18 poration’s capacity and shall prepare and submit a report 

19 to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen20 sions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 

21 Labor of the House of Representatives containing infor22 mation about whether a new unit within the Corporation 

23 for National and Community Service should be established 

24 to provide additional assistance or manage the enrollment 

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

2 U.S.C. 12645g; 12655i) for incoming participants in na3 tional service programs, particularly new national service 

4 programs receiving program assistance for the first time. 

5 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 (a) AMERICORPS STATE AND NATIONAL; EDU7 CATIONAL AWARDS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 501(a)(2) of the Na9 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

11 years 2010 through 2014’’ and all that follows and 

12 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2020, in addition to any 

13 amount appropriated before the date of enactment of 

14 the Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the 

15 Pandemic through Service Act, additional amounts 

16 of— 

17 ‘‘(A) $10,300,000,000, to provide financial 

18 assistance under subtitle C of title I; and 

19 ‘‘(B) $3,659,000,000, to provide national 

20 service educational awards under subtitle D of 

21 title I for the total of the number of partici22 pants described in section 121(f)(1) for fiscal 

23 years 2020 through 2023.’’. 

24 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

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1 such Act is amended by striking subparagraphs (A), 

2 (B), and (C) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) increase the number of positions to 

4 250,000 per year by fiscal year 2023; and 

5 ‘‘(B) ensure that the increase described in 

6 subparagraph (A) is achieved through an appro7 priate balance of full- and part-time service po8 sitions;’’. 

9 (b) AMERICORPS NCCC.—Section 501(a)(3)(A) of 

10 such Act (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(3)(A)) is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

12 years 2010 through 2014.’’ and inserting ‘‘in addition to 

13 any amount appropriated before the date of enactment of 

14 the Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pan15 demic through Service Act an additional amount of 

16 $592,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.’’. 

17 (c) VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND.—Section 

18 501(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(4)) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for each 

21 of fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘for fiscal year 2020’’; and 

23 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘section 

24 198P—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘in addi25 tion to any amount appropriated before the date of 


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1 enactment of the Cultivating Opportunity and Re2 sponse to the Pandemic through Service Act, an ad3 ditional amount of $50,000,000 for fiscal year 

4 2020.’’. 

5 (d) ADMINISTRATION BY THE CORPORATION AND

6 STATE COMMISSIONS.—Section 501(a)(5) of such Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 12681(a)(5)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘such 

9 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

10 2010 through 2014.’’ and inserting ‘‘in addition to 

11 any amount appropriated before the date of enact12 ment of the Cultivating Opportunity and Response 

13 to the Pandemic through Service Act, an additional 

14 amount of $754,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.’’; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘for a fis16 cal year, a portion’’ and inserting ‘‘a portion (from 

17 the amounts appropriated under subparagraph (A) 

18 before the date of enactment of the Cultivating Op19 portunity and Response to the Pandemic through 

20 Service Act, and an additional portion of 

21 $158,000,000,’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub23 paragraph: 

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1 TIES.—Of the amounts appropriated under sub2 paragraph (A), $10,000,000 shall be made 

3 available to carry out an outreach and pro4 motion campaign under section 193A(g)(4).’’. 

5 (e) AMERICORPS VISTA.—Section 501 of the Do6 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081) 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

9 ‘‘$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 

10 as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 

11 2011 through 2014.’’ and inserting ‘‘, in addition to 

12 any amount appropriated before the date of enact13 ment of the Cultivating Opportunity and Response 

14 to the Pandemic through Service Act, an additional 

15 amount of $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in subsection (d), by striking the period and 

18 inserting ‘‘, except that any additional amount ap19 propriated under an amendment made by the Culti20 vating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic 

21 through Service Act shall remain available for obli22 gation through fiscal year 2023.’’. 

23 (f) NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Section 

24 502 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended by adding 

25 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) ONLINE SERVICE RESOURCES.—There are au2 thorized to be appropriated, to develop online service re3 sources to carry out parts A, B, C, and E of title II, 

4 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.’’. 

5 SEC. 10. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

6 (a) NCSA.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of 

7 the National Community Service Act of 1990 is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by striking the item relating to section 154 

10 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 154. Seasonal national summer program.’’; 

11 (2) by striking the item relating to section 

12 189A and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely economically distressed communities; matching funds during COVID–19 response and recovery period.’’; 

13 and 

14 (3) by striking the item relating to the title 

15 heading for title IV and all that follows through the 

16 item relating to section 401 and inserting the fol17 lowing: 

‘‘TITLE IV—RESPONSE PROJECTS 

‘‘Sec. 401. Projects honoring victims of terrorist attacks. 

‘‘Sec. 402. COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period augmentation 

and expansion grants.’’. 

18 (b) DVSA.—The table of contents in section 1(b) of 

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1 (1) in the items relating to part D of title II, 

2 by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 229. COVID–19 emergency response and recovery period.’’; 

3 (2) by inserting after the item relating to the 

4 title heading for title IV the following: 

‘‘Sec. 401. Definitions.’’; 

5 and 

6 (3) by striking the item relating to section 421 

7 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 421. Online service platform.’’. 

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