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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5053 

To reauthorize the national service laws, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. REED, Mr. WICKER, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mrs. HYDE-SMITH) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

and Pensions 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the national service laws, 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 ‘‘Promoting Service 

5 through AmeriCorps Act’’ or the ‘‘PSA Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—PROGRAM MODERNIZATION 

Subtitle A—Program Flexibilities 


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Sec. 101. Expansion of national service positions with shorter periods of service. 

Sec. 102. National civilian community corps term extension authority. 

Sec. 103. Increased age eligibility range for the national civilian community 

corps. 

Sec. 104. Timekeeping. 

Sec. 105. Administrative costs. 

Sec. 106. Spending flexibility. 

Sec. 107. Volunteer generation fund. 

Subtitle B—Organizational Modernization 

Sec. 111. Office of alumni engagement. 

Sec. 112. Clarification regarding 5-year terms for all board of directors appointees. 

TITLE II—MEMBER EXPERIENCE 

Sec. 201. Educational awards. 

Sec. 202. Workforce development. 

Sec. 203. Increasing education award limit. 

Sec. 204. Alignment of benefits. 

Sec. 205. Non-competitive hiring eligibility. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Clerical amendments. 

Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 303. Effective date. 

1 TITLE I—PROGRAM 

2 MODERNIZATION 

3 Subtitle A—Program Flexibilities 

4 SEC. 101. EXPANSION OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS 

5 WITH SHORTER PERIODS OF SERVICE. 

6 (a) 1,500 HOUR PROGRAM.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 139(b)(1) of the Na8 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

9 U.S.C. 12593) is amended— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘position for’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘position— 

12 ‘‘(A) for’’; 


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1 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

2 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(B) for not less than 1,500 hours during 

5 a period of not more than 1 year.’’. 

6 (2) EDUCATIONAL AWARD AMOUNT.—Section 

7 147 of the National and Community Service Act of 

8 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended— 

9 (A) in subsection (a)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘(a) AMOUNT FOR

11 FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICE.—’’ ‘‘Ex12 cept as’’ and inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(a) AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERV14 ICE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) 1,700-HOUR PROGRAM.—Except as’’; 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘described in section 

17 139(b)(1)(A)’’ after ‘‘full-time national 

18 service’’; and 

19 (iii) by adding at the end the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(2) 1,500 HOUR PROGRAM.—Except as pro22 vided in subsection (c) or section 149A(a)(1), an in23 dividual described in section 146(a) who successfully 

24 completes a required term of full-time national serv25 ice described in section 139(b)(1)(B) in an approved 


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1 national service position shall receive a national serv2 ice educational award having a value equal to 88 

3 percent of value of the national service educational 

4 award determined under paragraph (1).’’; and 

5 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘sub6 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. 

7 (b) SEASON OF SERVICE.—The National and Com8 munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in section 153(d) (42 U.S.C. 12613(d))— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘nine months’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘eight weeks’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘such period’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘year. A period of service performed by an 

15 individual in an originally agreed to term of 

16 service and service performed under any re17 newed agreement shall constitute a single term 

18 of service for purposes of subsections (b)(1) and 

19 (c) of section 146.’’; and 

20 (2) in section 156(a) (42 U.S.C. 12616(a)), by 

21 striking ‘‘with between three and six weeks of’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS TERM 

2 EXTENSION AUTHORITY. 

3 Section 139(b)(4)(A) of the National and Community 

4 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12593(b)(4)(A)) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘An individual’’ and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(i) DISASTER RELIEF.—An indi9 vidual’’; 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘or section 153(d)’’; and 

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

12 ‘‘(ii) OTHER PROGRAMS.—An indi13 vidual in an approved national service posi14 tion in a program under section 152(a) 

15 may, upon the approval of the Director of 

16 the National Civilian Community Corps, 

17 continue in a term of service for up to 180 

18 days beyond the period otherwise specified 

19 in section 153(d) or 90 days beyond the 

20 period otherwise specified in section 

21 154(c).’’. 

22 SEC. 103. INCREASED AGE ELIGIBILITY RANGE FOR THE 

23 NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS. 

24 Section 153(b)(1) of the National and Community 

25 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12613(b)(1)) is amended 

26 by striking ‘‘24’’ and inserting ‘‘26’’. 


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1 SEC. 104. TIMEKEEPING. 

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 

4 for National and Community Service and the Inspector 

5 General of the Corporation for National and Community 

6 Service shall each submit a report to Congress on— 

7 (1) the timekeeping practices of the Corpora8 tion regarding service in an approved national serv9 ice position (as such term is defined in section 101 

10 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

11 (42 U.S.C. 12511)); 

12 (2) the feasibility and potential impact of re13 quiring that records supporting the provision of any 

14 living allowance or other benefit provided for service 

15 in such an approved national service position meet 

16 the standards described in the portion of section 

17 200.430 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, that 

18 relates to standards for documentation of personnel 

19 expenses (or any successor regulation) for charges to 

20 Federal awards for salaries and wages as if the liv21 ing allowance or other benefit was such a salary or 

22 wage; and 

23 (3) any recommendations on improving the 

24 timekeeping practices of the Corporation described 

25 in paragraph (1) to ensure the appropriate use of 

26 Federal funds. 


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1 SEC. 105. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 

2 Section 121(d) of the National and Community Serv3 ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571(d)) is amended— 

4 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FIVE’’ and in5 serting ‘‘TEN’’ ; and 

6 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

7 striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’. 

8 SEC. 106. SPENDING FLEXIBILITY. 

9 (a) REINVESTMENT OF UNOBLIGATED AND EXPIR10 ING FUNDS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 196 of the National 

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

13 12651g) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(d) REINVESTMENT OF UNOBLIGATED AND EXPIR16 ING FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is es18 tablished in the Treasury of the United States a 

19 fund to be known as the ‘Unobligated and Expiring 

20 Amounts Fund’, referred to in this subsection as the 

21 ‘Fund’. 

22 ‘‘(2) AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Any amounts appro23 priated for expenses of the Corporation to carry out 

24 the national service laws that are unobligated and 

25 would otherwise expire on September 30 of a fiscal 

26 year shall, on such September 30 of that fiscal year, 


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1 be transferred to the Fund and remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUND.—The Corporation may use 

4 amounts available in the Fund to— 

5 ‘‘(A) administer the national service laws; 

6 ‘‘(B) modernize technology used in the ad7 ministration of the national service laws; 

8 ‘‘(C) provide the training and technical as9 sistance described in section 199N; or 

10 ‘‘(D) deposit amounts in the National 

11 Service Trust established under section 

12 145(a).’’. 

13 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

14 145(a) of the National and Community Service Act 

15 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601(a)) is amended— 

16 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe18 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

20 ‘‘(5) any amounts deposited under section 

21 196(d)(3)(D).’’. 

22 (b) EXPENDITURE OF INVESTMENT INCOME IN THE

23 NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 145(c) of the Na2 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

3 U.S.C. 12601(c)) is amended— 

4 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 

5 (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

6 and indenting appropriately; 

7 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

8 (A) (as so redesignated)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘to the extent provided 

10 for in advance by appropriation’’ and in11 serting ‘‘as described in paragraph (2)’’; 

12 and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘Amounts’’ and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) USE OF AMOUNTS IN TRUST.—Amounts’’; 

16 and 

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

18 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS IN TRUST.— 

19 ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATIONS.—Amounts in the 

20 National Service Trust that are described in 

21 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall be avail22 able under paragraph (1) of this subsection to 

23 the extent provided for in advance by appro24 priation. 


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1 ‘‘(B) OTHER AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the 

2 National Service Trust that are described in 

3 paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) 

4 shall be available under paragraph (1) of this 

5 subsection without further appropriation and 

6 without fiscal year limitation.’’. 

7 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 149 

8 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

9 (42 U.S.C. 12606) is amended by striking sub10 section (d). 

11 SEC. 107. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 

12 (a) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Section 198P(f) of 

13 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

14 U.S.C. 12653p(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘exceed—’’ and 

15 all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 

16 ‘‘exceed 75 percent of such cost.’’. 

17 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Section 198P(e) of 

18 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

19 U.S.C. 12653p(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘5’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘10’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Organizational 

2 Modernization 

3 SEC. 111. OFFICE OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT. 

4 Subtitle H of title I of the National and Community 

5 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘PART VI—ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT 

8 ‘‘SEC. 198T. OFFICE OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Cor10 poration an Office of Alumni Engagement. The Office of 

11 Alumni Engagement shall be headed by an Officer of 

12 Alumni Engagement, who shall be designated by the Chief 

13 Executive Officer pursuant to section 195(b). 

14 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.— The Officer of Alumni Engagement 

15 shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) oversee and facilitate the interaction by 

17 alumni with current and future participants and the 

18 broader service community to promote a broader cul19 ture of service and strengthen participant recruit20 ment and support; 

21 ‘‘(2) reinforce pathways between national serv22 ice, education, and workforce opportunities; 

23 ‘‘(3) reinforce the relationship between national, 

24 public, and military service, in accordance with the 

25 final report and recommendations transmitted by the 


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1 National Commission on Military, National, and 

2 Public Service under section 555 of the National De3 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub4 lic Law 114–328); and 

5 ‘‘(4) provide data on the long-term impacts of 

6 service on the life trajectory of alumni and to con7 tinue engaging alumni beyond their term of service. 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF ALUMNI.—For purposes of the 

9 this section, the term ‘alumni’ means individuals who have 

10 successfully completed a term of service in a national serv11 ice program.’’. 

12 SEC. 112. CLARIFICATION REGARDING 5-YEAR TERMS FOR 

13 ALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTEES. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 192 of the National and 

15 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘from the 

18 date on which the member takes office’’ before the 

19 period; and 

20 (2) in subsection (d)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘Board, a’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Board (whether due to the expiration of the 

23 term of a member of the Board or prior to such 

24 expiration), a’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking ‘‘serve for’’ and all that fol2 lows through the period at the end of the first 

3 sentence and inserting ‘‘serve for a 5-year term 

4 described in subsection (c).’’. 

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 subsection (a) shall apply to members of the Board of Di7 rectors of the Corporation for National and Community 

8 Service appointed under section 192 of the National and 

9 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) on 

10 or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 TITLE II—MEMBER EXPERIENCE 

12 SEC. 201. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

13 (a) REMOVAL OF CERTAIN TRANSFER RESTRIC14 TIONS.— Section 148(f) of the National and Community 

15 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604(f)) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)(i) the’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘(A) the’’; 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’; 

20 and 

21 (C) by striking clause (ii); and 

22 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the child, 

23 foster child, or grandchild’’ and inserting ‘‘des24 ignated individual’’; and 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘paragraphs’’ and in5 serting ‘‘paragraph’’; 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘and (4)’’; and 

7 (iii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

8 a period; and 

9 (C) by striking subparagraph (C). 

10 (b) UNIFORM SEGAL AMERICORPS EDUCATION

11 AWARD TRANSFERABILITY.—Section 148(f)(2)(A) of the 

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

13 12604(f)(2)(A)), as amended by subsection (a), is further 

14 amended by striking ‘‘a national service program that re15 ceives a grant under subtitle C’’ and inserting ‘‘an ap16 proved national service position’’. 

17 (c) TREATMENT OF TRANSFERRED AWARDS FOR

18 PURPOSES OF AGGREGATE LIMIT.—Section 146(c) of the 

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

20 12602(c)) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT

22 OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

23 An individual’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERV25 ICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (3), an individual’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘service. The value’’ and insert4 ing the following: ‘‘service. 

5 ‘‘(2) SUMMER OF SERVICE AWARDS.—The 

6 value’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘(3) EFFECT OF TRANSFER OF AWARD.—A na9 tional service education award or a silver scholar 

10 educational award transferred in accordance with 

11 section 148(g) shall not be included, for purposes of 

12 paragraph (1), in the amount received through na13 tional service educational awards and silver scholar 

14 educational awards of the individual who received 

15 such a transferred award.’’. 

16 SEC. 202. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 

17 (a) TIME PERIOD FOR USE OF AWARD.—Section 

18 146(d) of the National and Community Service Act of 

19 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602(d)) is amended— 

20 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘7-year pe21 riod’’ and inserting ‘‘10-year period’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘7-year pe23 riod, or 10-year period, as appropriate’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘10-year period’’; and 


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1 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘seven-year 

2 period’’ and inserting ‘‘10-year period’’. 

3 (b) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD FOR NONTRADI4 TIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 148 of the National 

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

7 12604) is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (4), by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’; 

11 (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking the 

12 period at the end and inserting a semi13 colon; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(6) to pay expenses related to enrolling in an 

17 eligible career pathway program or an eligible job 

18 training program in accordance with subsection (f); 

19 and’’; 

20 (B) by redesignating subsections (f) (as 

21 amended by section 201), (g), and (h) as sub22 sections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and 

23 (C) by inserting after subsection (e) the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(f) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD FOR EXPENSES

2 RELATED TO A NONTRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL OPPOR3 TUNITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall by 

5 regulation provide for the payment of national serv6 ice educational awards, summer of service edu7 cational awards, and silver scholar educational 

8 awards to permit eligible individuals to participate in 

9 an eligible career pathway program. 

10 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAM.— 

11 The term ‘eligible career pathway program’ means a 

12 program that— 

13 ‘‘(A) meets the requirements of section 

14 484(d)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

15 (20 U.S.C. 1091(d)(2)); 

16 ‘‘(B) is listed on the provider list under 

17 section 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 

18 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)); 

19 ‘‘(C) is part of a career pathway, as de20 fined in section 3 of that Act (29 U.S.C. 3102); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(D) is aligned to a program of study as 

23 defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Ca24 reer and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

25 U.S.C. 2301).’’. 


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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The National 

2 and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended— 

3 (A) in section 146(d)(3) (42 U.S.C. 

4 12602(d)(3)), by striking ‘‘148(f)(8)’’ and in5 serting ‘‘148(g)(8)’’; and 

6 (B) in section 146A(a) (42 U.S.C. 

7 12602a), by striking ‘‘148(f)(8)’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘148(g)(8)’’. 

9 SEC. 203. INCREASING EDUCATION AWARD LIMIT. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 138 of the National and 

11 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is 

12 amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL TERMS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

16 acceptance into a national service program to serve 

17 another term of service under section 139 shall only 

18 be available to individuals who perform satisfactorily 

19 in each prior term of service. 

20 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM TERMS.—Subject to paragraph 

21 (3), an individual may not be selected to serve more 

22 than 4 terms of full-time service described under 

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1 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Corporation may waive the 

2 limit under paragraph (2) at the request of a State 

3 Commission.’’. 

4 (b) EDUCATION AWARD.—Section 146(c)(1) of the 

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

6 12602(c)(1)), as designated by section 201(c), is further 

7 amended by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’. 

8 SEC. 204. ALIGNMENT OF BENEFITS. 

9 Title I of the National and Community Service Act 

10 of 1990 is amended— 

11 (1) in section 139(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 

12 12593(b)(3)), by inserting ‘‘or stipend’’ after ‘‘edu13 cational award’’; 

14 (2) in section 141 (42 U.S.C. 12595)— 

15 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

16 STIPEND’’ after ‘‘AWARDS’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘A par18 ticipant’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 

19 subsection (c), a participant’’; 

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

21 ‘‘(c) PAYMENT OPTION.—A participant in a national 

22 service program carried out using assistance provided to 

23 an applicant under section 121 may elect to receive a sti24 pend described in section 149A in lieu of the national serv25 ice educational award.’’. 


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1 (3) in subtitle D (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.)— 

2 (A) in the subtitle heading, by inserting 

3 ‘‘or Stipend’’ after ‘‘Awards’’; 

4 (B) in section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601)— 

5 (i) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 

6 ‘‘and silver scholar educational awards’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘silver scholar educational 

8 awards, and stipends under section 149A’’; 

9 (ii) in subsection (c)(1), as amended 

10 by section 106(b)— 

11 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik12 ing ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

13 (II) by redesignating subpara14 graph (B) as subparagraph (C); and 

15 (III) by inserting after subpara16 graph (A) the following: 

17 ‘‘(B) stipends under section 149A; and’’; 

18 and 

19 (iii) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or 

20 silver scholar awards’’ each place it ap21 pears and inserting ‘‘silver scholar edu22 cational awards, or stipends under section 

23 149A’’; 

24 (C) in section 146 (29 U.S.C. 12602)— 

25 (i) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (I) in the matter preceding para2 graph (1) by striking ‘‘or silver schol3 ar educational award’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘silver scholar educational award, or 

5 stipends under section 149A’’ and 

6 (II) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (aa) in subparagraph (A), 

8 by striking ‘‘award,’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘award or a stipend under 

10 section 149A(a)(1)’’; and 

11 (bb) in subparagraph (B), in 

12 the matter preceding clause (i), 

13 by striking ‘‘award’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘award or stipend under sec15 tion 149A(a)(2)’’; and 

16 (ii) in subsection (c)(1), as designated 

17 by section 201(c), by striking ‘‘and silver 

18 scholar educational awards’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘silver scholar educational award, and pay20 ments under section 149A’’; 

21 (D) in section 147 (29 U.S.C. 12603)— 

22 (i) in subsection (a)(1), as designated 

23 by section 101(a)(2), by striking ‘‘sub24 section (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c) 

25 or section 149A(a)(1)’’; 


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1 (ii) in subsection (b), by striking 

2 ‘‘subsection (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

3 (c) or section 149A(a)(2)’’; and 

4 (iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘If’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sec6 tion 149A(a)(1), if’’; 

7 (E) in section 148 (29 U.S.C. 12604)— 

8 (i) in subsection (a), as amended by 

9 section 202(b), by adding at the end the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(7) to provide stipends under section 149A in 

12 lieu of a national service educational award.’’; and 

13 (ii) in subsection (h), as redesignated 

14 by section 202(b), by striking ‘‘or silver 

15 scholar educational award’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘silver scholar educational award, or a sti17 pend under section 149A’’; 

18 (F) in section 149 (29 U.S.C. 12606)— 

19 (i) in subsection (b)(2)— 

20 (I) in subparagraph (A), by in21 serting ‘‘or stipends under section 

22 149A’’ after ‘‘national service edu23 cational awards’’; and 

24 (II) in subparagraph (B), by in25 serting ‘‘or stipends under section 


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1 149A’’ after ‘‘national service edu2 cational awards’’; and 

3 (ii) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or 

4 stipends under section 149A’’ after ‘‘148’’; 

5 and 

6 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 149A. STIPEND. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) FULL-TIME.—An individual described in 

10 section 146(a) who, except as provided in paragraph 

11 (2), successfully completes a required full-time term 

12 of national service may elect to receive a stipend of 

13 an amount described in subsection (b) in lieu of a 

14 national service educational award. The Corporation 

15 may not provide a stipend under this subsection to 

16 an individual who receives a national service edu17 cational award under this subtitle for the completion 

18 of such term of national service. 

19 ‘‘(2) PARTIAL COMPLETION OF SERVICE.—If an 

20 individual serving in an approved national service 

21 position is released in accordance with section 

22 139(c)(1)(A) from completing the full-time term of 

23 service agreed to by the individual, the Corporation 

24 may provide the individual with a stipend under 

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1 section (b) that is applicable for the individual and 

2 that corresponds to the quantity of the term of serv3 ice actually completed by the individual. 

4 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—A stipend under subsection (a)(1) 

5 shall be for an amount that is equivalent to the rate set 

6 for stipends provided to volunteers under section 105(a) 

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

8 4955(a)). 

9 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—A stipend under subsection (a)(1) shall 

10 be provided in the same manner and in accordance with 

11 any regulations prescribed with respect to stipends pro12 vided to volunteers under section 105(a) of the Domestic 

13 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)).’’. 

14 SEC. 205. NON-COMPETITIVE HIRING ELIGIBILITY. 

15 (a) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF

16 1990.—Title I of the National and Community Service 

17 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) is amended by in18 serting after section 189D (42 U.S.C. 12645g) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 189E. NON-COMPETITIVE HIRING ELIGIBILITY. 

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

22 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ means an 

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1 ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘com2 petitive service’ has the meaning given the term in 

3 section 2102 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision 

5 of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, governing 

6 appointments in the competitive service, and under such 

7 regulations as the Director of the Office of Personnel 

8 Management shall prescribe, the head of any agency may, 

9 in accordance with subsections (c) and (e), noncompeti10 tively appoint any individual who is certified under sub11 section (d) to a position in the competitive service for 

12 which the individual is otherwise qualified. 

13 ‘‘(c) APPOINTMENT IN PERMANENT POSITION.—Any 

14 person appointed to a permanent position under sub15 section (a) shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) become a career-conditional employee, un17 less the employee has otherwise completed the serv18 ice requirements for career tenure; and 

19 ‘‘(2) acquire competitive status upon completion 

20 of any prescribed probationary period. 

21 ‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi23 cer may certify an individual under this subsection 

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1 ‘‘(A) a term of national service as a Team 

2 Leader or Member, as described in paragraph 

3 (1) or (4) of section 155(b), in the AmeriCorps 

4 National Civilian Community Corps program 

5 component described in section 153; 

6 ‘‘(B) a period of service of not less than 

7 one year as a volunteer or designated volunteer 

8 leader under part A of title I of the Domestic 

9 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 

10 et seq.); or 

11 ‘‘(C) not less than 1,700 hours of service 

12 under section 139(b)(1) as a participant under 

13 section 137. 

14 ‘‘(2) RELIANCE ON OTHER CERTIFICATIONS.— 

15 In making any certification under paragraph (1), the 

16 Chief Executive Officer may rely on a certification 

17 made by the entity that selected the individual for, 

18 and supervised the individual in, the activity de19 scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of such 

20 paragraph. 

21 ‘‘(3) ERRONEOUS OR INCORRECT CERTIFI22 CATION.—If the Chief Executive Officer determines 

23 that a certification under paragraph (1) is erroneous 

24 or incorrect, the Corporation shall, after considering 

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1 roneous or incorrect certification, take action as per2 mitted under law. 

3 ‘‘(e) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.—The head of any 

4 agency may make an appointment of an individual under 

5 subsection (b)— 

6 ‘‘(1) not later than 1 year after the date of 

7 completion by the individual of an activity described 

8 in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection 

9 (d)(1); or 

10 ‘‘(2) not later than 3 years after such date in 

11 the case of an individual who, following such service, 

12 was engaged— 

13 ‘‘(A) in military service, 

14 ‘‘(B) in the pursuit of studies at a recog15 nized institution of higher learning, or 

16 ‘‘(C) in other activities that, as determined 

17 by the head of such agency, warrant an ex18 tended time period.’’. 

19 (b) DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF

20 1973.— Section 415 of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

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1 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 301. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 

4 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the National 

5 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 

6 note) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking the item relating to section 141 

8 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 141. National service educational awards and Stipends.’’; 

9 (2) by striking the item relating to subtitle D 

10 of title I and inserting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards or 

Stipends’’; 

11 (3) by inserting after the item relating to sec12 tion 149 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 149A. Stipend.’’; 

13 (4) by inserting after the item relating to sec14 tion 189D the following: 

‘‘Sec. 189E. Non-competitive hiring eligibility.’’; and 

15 (5) by inserting at the end of the item relating 

16 to subtitle H of title I the following: 

‘‘PART VI—ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT

‘‘Sec. 198T. Office of Alumni Engagement’’. 

17 SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 (a) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF

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1 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘title 

2 I—’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

3 end and inserting ‘‘title I such sums as may be nec4 essary for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.’’; 

5 and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘2010 through 2014’’ each place 

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2029’’. 

8 (b) DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF

9 1973.—Title V of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

10 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081 et seq.) is amended— 

11 (1) in section 501(a) (42 U.S.C. 5081(a))— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘title I’’ 

13 and all that follows through the period at the 

14 end and inserting ‘‘title I such sums as may be 

15 necessary for each of fiscal years 2025 through 

16 2029.’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2010 

18 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 

19 2029’’; 

20 (2) in section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082)— 

21 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘title II’’ 

22 and all that follows through the period at the 

23 end and inserting ‘‘title II such sums as may be 

24 necessary for each of fiscal years 2025 through 

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1 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘title II’’ 

2 and all that follows through the period at the 

3 end and inserting ‘‘title II such sums as may be 

4 necessary for each of fiscal years 2025 through 

5 2029.’’; 

6 (C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘title II’’ 

7 and all that follows through the period at the 

8 end and inserting ‘‘title II such sums as may be 

9 necessary for each of fiscal years 2025 through 

10 2029.’’; and 

11 (D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2010 

12 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 

13 2029’’; and 

14 (3) in section 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084), by striking 

15 ‘‘2010 through 2014’’ each place it appears and in16 serting ‘‘2025 through 2029’’. 

17 SEC. 303. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

18 This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 

19 shall apply to participants who are selected to serve in an 

20 approved national service position (as such term is defined 

21 in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act 

22 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511)) on or after the date of enact23 ment of this Act. 

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