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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 878

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to repeal the

National Service Trust Program under which certain persons who perform national or community service receive stipends and educational

awards for such service.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 25, 1999

Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SALMON, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SHADEGG, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BUYER, Mr.

COBURN, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. COLLINS,

Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs.

CUBIN, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, and Mr. RYUN of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990

to repeal the National Service Trust Program under

which certain persons who perform national or community service receive stipends and educational awards for

such service.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Americorps Program

3 Elimination Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST PROGRAM

5 OF STIPENDS AND EDUCATIONAL AWARDS

6 FOR SERVICE.

7 (a) REPEAL.—Subtitle C of title I of the National

8 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571

9 through 12595) is repealed.

10 (b) EFFECT OF REPEAL ON PARTICIPANTS.—

11 (1) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT SERVICE AND

12 BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding the repeal of subtitle

13 C of title I of the National and Community Service

14 Act of 1990 by subsection (a), such subtitle shall

15 continue to apply with respect to an individual who,

16 on the date of the enactment of this section, is a

17 participant in an approved national service position

18 under such subtitle, until such time as the individual

19 completes the required term of service, is released

20 from completing the term of service, or otherwise

21 leaves the service position.

22 (2) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL

23 AWARDS.—The amendment made by subsection (a)

24 shall not affect the provision of national service edu25 cational awards under subtitle D of title I of the Na26 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
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1 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) to current and former na2 tional service participants pursuant to the terms of

3 such subtitle.

4 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The National

5 and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended—

6 (A) in section 199A (42 U.S.C. 12655), by in7 serting ‘‘, as in effect before the repeal of such sub8 title,’’ after ‘‘subtitle C’’; and

9 (B) in section 501(a)(2) (42 U.S.C.

10 12681(a)(2))—

11 (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking

12 ‘‘C, D,’’ and inserting ‘‘D’’;

13 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub14 titles C and’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle H’’; and

15 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking

16 ‘‘under section 125, under subsections (b) and

17 (c) of section 126, and’’.

18 (2) Section 106 of the National and Community Serv19 ice Trust Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 12656) is amended—

20 (A) in subsection (i), by striking paragraph (3);

21 and

22 (B) by adding at the end the following new sub23 section:

24 ‘‘(j) CROSS REFERENCES.—References in this section

25 to provisions of subtitle C of title I of the National and
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1 Community Service Act of 1990, which has been repealed,

2 shall be construed to refer to such provisions as in effect

3 on the day before the date of the repeal.’’.

4 (3) The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 is

5 amended—

6 (A) in section 207(a) (16 U.S.C. 1726(a)), by

7 inserting before the period at the end the following:

8 ‘‘, as such section was in effect before the repeal of

9 such subtitle’’; and

10 (B) in section 210 (16 U.S.C. 1729), by strik11 ing subsection (b).

12 (4) Section 6703(a) of title 31, United States Code,

13 is amended by striking paragraph (5).

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