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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 197 

Honoring the accomplishments of AmeriCorps. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 14, 2007 

Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mrs. 

BOXER, Mr. CASEY, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. DODD, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KERRY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MURKOWSKI, 

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 

SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. STEVENS, and Ms. STABENOW) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and Pensions 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the accomplishments of AmeriCorps. 

Whereas the AmeriCorps national service program, since its 

inception in 1994, has proven to be a highly effective way 

to engage Americans in meeting a wide range of local 

needs and to promote the ethic of service and volunteering; 

Whereas the AmeriCorps program, working closely with its 

nationwide network of Governor-appointed State service 

commissions, has strengthened America’s nonprofit sector 

by investing more than $3,000,000,000 in the efforts of 

community nonprofit groups in every State in our Nation; 


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Whereas that investment has leveraged hundreds of millions 

of dollars of additional funds and in-kind donations from 

other sources; 

Whereas each year AmeriCorps provides opportunities for 

75,000 citizens across the Nation to give back in an intensive way to our districts, our States, and our country; 

Whereas since 1994 a total of 500,000 citizens across the 

Nation have taken the AmeriCorps pledge to ‘‘get things 

done for America’’ by becoming AmeriCorps members; 

Whereas those same individuals have served a total of more 

than 630,000,000 hours nationwide, helping to improve 

the lives of our Nation’s most vulnerable citizens, protect 

our environment, contribute to our public safety, respond 

to disasters, and strengthen our educational system; 

Whereas AmeriCorps members last year recruited and supervised more than 1,400,000 community volunteers, demonstrating AmeriCorps’ value as a powerful volunteer catalyst and force multiplier; 

Whereas AmeriCorps members nationwide, in return for their 

service, have earned nearly $1,300,000,000 to use to further their own educational advancement at our Nation’s 

colleges and universities; 

Whereas AmeriCorps members, after their terms of service 

end, remain engaged in our communities as volunteers, 

teachers, and nonprofit professionals in disproportionately high levels; and 

Whereas the inaugural National AmeriCorps Week, May 13– 

20, 2007, is an opportune time for the people of the 

United States to salute current and former AmeriCorps 

members for their powerful impact, thank all of 

AmeriCorps’ community partners in our Nation who 


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make the program possible, and bring more Americans 

into service: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) encourages all citizens to join in a national 

3 effort to salute AmeriCorps members and alumni 

4 and raise awareness about the importance of na5 tional and community service; 

6 (2) acknowledges the significant accomplish7 ments of AmeriCorps members, alumni, and commu8 nity partners; 

9 (3) recognizes the important contribution to the 

10 lives of our citizens made by AmeriCorps members; 

11 and 

12 (4) encourages citizens of all ages to consider 

13 opportunities to serve in AmeriCorps. 

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