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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2029 

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 

OCTOBER 26, 2017 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. COONS, 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. Authorization of appropriations. 

Sec. 10. Exclusion from gross income of national service educational awards. 

Sec. 11. Conforming amendments to the National and Community Service Act 

of 1990. 

Sec. 12. 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 

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

19 Government corporation, as defined in section 103’’ 


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1 and inserting ‘‘The Administration shall have the 

2 same status as an executive department listed in sec3 tion 101’’. 

4 SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 

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

6 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) ADVISORY BOARD.— 

11 ‘‘(A) INITIAL BOARD MEMBERS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS

13 ELECTING TO SERVE.—There shall be in 

14 the Administration an Advisory Board ini15 tially composed of the voting members of 

16 the Board of Directors of the Corporation 

17 for National and Community Service (as in 

18 existence the day before the date of enact19 ment of the ACTION for National Service 

20 Act) who elect to serve on the Advisory 

21 Board. 

22 ‘‘(ii) APPOINTED INITIAL MEMBERS.— 

23 If fewer than nine members of the Board 

24 of Directors elect to serve, the Adminis25 trator shall appoint additional members to 


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1 achieve a total of nine members of the Ad2 visory Board, to serve for the term of their 

3 predecessors. For purposes of this section, 

4 members appointed under this clause shall 

5 be treated as if they had been voting mem6 bers described in clause (i). 

7 ‘‘(iii) BOARD OF NINE MEMBERS.— 

8 After the expiration of the terms of the 

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

10 and the nine appointments set forth in 

11 subparagraph (B), the Advisory Board 

12 shall be composed of nine members. 

13 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT OF REPLACEMENT

14 MEMBERS.—Upon the expiration of the term of 

15 any of the first nine members of the Advisory 

16 Board whose term shall expire, a new member 

17 of the Advisory Board shall be appointed as fol18 lows: 

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

20 appointed by the President, and shall in21 clude— 

22 ‘‘(I) an individual not younger 

23 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 ‘‘(vi) The next two members shall be 

5 appointed by the Chief Justice of the Su6 preme Court. 

7 ‘‘(C) EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF RE8 MAINING INITIAL MEMBERS.—Upon the expira9 tion of the terms on the Advisory Board of the 

10 remaining members (after the first nine) who 

11 served on the Board of Directors of the Cor12 poration for National and Community Service 

13 (as in effect the day before the date of enact14 ment of the ACTION for National Service Act), 

15 no new members shall be appointed to replace 

16 those remaining members.’’; and 

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

18 Board’’ and inserting ‘‘the Advisory Board (re19 ferred to in this subtitle as the ‘Board’)’’; and 

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

21 inserting the following: 

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

23 any of clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection (a)(1)(B) or 

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


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1 ‘‘(d) APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS AND VACAN2 CIES.—When the term of a member appointed in accord3 ance with any of clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection 

4 (a)(1)(B) expires, or if a vacancy occurs on the Advisory 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 U.S.C. 12651b) is amended— 

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

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

15 of the four meetings being an annual meeting to re16 view the Administration’s long-term and strategic 

17 goals,’’; and 

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

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(e) ADVISORY DUTIES.—The Board shall have re21 sponsibility for making recommendations to the Director 

22 concerning the programs and activities of the Administra23 tion and the overall policy for the Administration and 

24 shall— 


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

2 programs, and procedures for carrying out the Di3 rector’s functions, duties, or responsibilities under 

4 this Act; 

5 ‘‘(2) advise the Director on establishing require6 ments and criteria for qualifying service programs, 

7 and on monitoring and evaluating the performance 

8 of personnel in carrying out programs and activities; 

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

10 approval under this Act and make recommendations 

11 to the Director with respect to the approval of each 

12 program and the amount of financial assistance (if 

13 any) to provide to each program; 

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

15 Director— 

16 ‘‘(A) with respect to any grants, allot17 ments, contracts, financial assistance, or other 

18 payment of the Administration; and 

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

20 policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives of 

21 the Administration; 

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

23 the actions of the Director with respect to the per24 sonnel of the Administration, and with respect to 

25 such standards, policies, procedures, programs, and 


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1 initiatives as are necessary or appropriate to carry 

2 out the programs and activities of the Administra3 tion, including those carried out under the national 

4 service laws on the day before the date of enactment 

5 of the ACTION for National Service Act; 

6 ‘‘(6) make recommendations relating to a pro7 gram of research for the Administration with respect 

8 to national and community service programs; 

9 ‘‘(7) ensure effective dissemination of informa10 tion regarding the programs and activities of the Ad11 ministration; 

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

13 Director and the appropriate committees of Con14 gress for changes in the national service laws result15 ing from the studies and demonstrations conducted 

16 by the Administration, which recommendations shall 

17 be submitted to the Director and the appropriate 

18 committees of Congress not later than January 1 of 

19 each year; 

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

21 candidates to serve on the Board of the National 

22 Service Foundation described in section 199P; and 

23 ‘‘(10) advise on such other matters as the Di24 rector may request.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. DIRECTOR. 

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

3 12651c) is amended— 

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

5 Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘a Director,’’; and 

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

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

9 of an executive department listed in section 101 of 

10 title 5, United States Code.’’. 

11 (b) INTERIM DIRECTOR.—Until a Director is ap12 pointed and confirmed in accordance with the amendments 

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

14 Corporation for National and Community Service (as in 

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

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

17 as interim Director. 

18 SEC. 6. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

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

20 (1) by striking ‘‘Except as provided’’ and in21 serting the following: 

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

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

24 educational award’’ and all that follows through ‘‘ap25 propriations)’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be entitled to a 


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1 national service educational award equal to the 

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

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

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

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

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

7 equal to twice the amount of the national average of 

8 the cost for in-State tuition and fees at public, four9 year institutions of higher education, for the award 

10 year for which the national service position is ap11 proved by the Administration. 

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

13 ‘institution of higher education’ has the meaning 

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

15 SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 

16 The Director of the National and Community Service 

17 Administration, using funds made available under section 

18 501(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 

19 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(5)), shall establish an inter20 agency working group to— 

21 (1) evaluate and make recommendations re22 garding a process for evaluating the eligibility, for 

23 national service educational awards, of individuals 

24 who have participated in national service programs 

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1 scribed in section 123(2) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 12573(2)); 

3 (2) evaluate the feasibility and advisability of 

4 granting Federal hiring preference under chapter 33 

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

6 has completed at least 1 year of service and is enti7 tled to the award authorized under section 147(a)(2) 

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

9 for that service; and 

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

11 enactment of this Act, prepare and submit to Con12 gress a report containing the results of the evalua13 tions described in paragraphs (1) and (2). 

14 SEC. 8. NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION. 

15 (a) ELIMINATION OF CURRENT AUTHORITY FOR DO16 NATIONS OF PROPERTY.—Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 

17 12651g(a)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking paragraph (2); 

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

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

21 (3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by para22 graph (2) of this subsection, by striking all that pre23 cedes ‘‘this term’’ and inserting the following: 

24 ‘‘(2) INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNC25 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. 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 National and 

11 Community Service Administration, and its activities, 

12 services, or former participants, and through those gifts 

13 to further the mission and purpose of the Administration 

14 and to provide greater opportunities for volunteer service, 

15 there is established a charitable and nonprofit corporation 

16 to be known as the National Service Foundation (referred 

17 to in this subtitle as the ‘Foundation’) to accept and ad18 minister such gifts. 

19 ‘‘(b) BOARD OF THE FOUNDATION.— 

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

21 Foundation shall consist of a Board of the Founda22 tion, having as members the Director of the Admin23 istration, as an ex officio, nonvoting member, and 

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

25 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 

25 time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 


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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. 

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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 2018. Such funds shall remain available to the 

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

23 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

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

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C AND D.— 

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

5 to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2018 

6 through fiscal year 2027, such sums as may be 

7 necessary to provide financial assistance under 

8 subtitle C of title I for the number of partici9 pants in programs and activities under subtitle 

10 C for fiscal year 2017. 

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

12 to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, 

13 for fiscal year 2018 and each subsequent fiscal 

14 year, such sums as may be necessary to provide 

15 national service educational awards under sub16 title D of title I for the number of participants 

17 for whom the Administration recorded an obli18 gation under section 149(a)(1)(B) for fiscal 

19 year 2017.’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘sub21 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 

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

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1 cal year 2018 and each subsequent fiscal year to 

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

3 (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub4 section (c); and 

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

6 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA7 TIONS.— 

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

9 be appropriated to the Administration to carry out 

10 its programs and functions, including the programs 

11 and activities carried out under this Act and the Do12 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

13 4950 et seq.), such additional sums as may be nec14 essary to achieve the goal set forth in paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(2) TEN-YEAR GOAL.—It is the sense of Con16 gress that sums appropriated under paragraph (1) 

17 should be sufficient to provide or facilitate the provi18 sion of national service programs and activities 

19 under the national service laws (in addition to pro20 grams and activities funded under subsection (a) for 

21 fiscal year 2017) for not fewer than 1,000,000 par22 ticipants per year by September 30, 2027. 

23 ‘‘(3) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE

24 POSITIONS.—The Administration shall— 

25 ‘‘(A) prepare a plan to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) establish the number of the ap2 proved national service positions as 

3 250,000 for fiscal year 2018; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) increase the number of the ap5 proved positions in each fiscal year 

6 through fiscal year 2027, so that the num7 ber of approved positions in fiscal year 

8 2027 is sufficient to support the goal in 

9 paragraph (2); 

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

11 subparagraph (A)(ii) are achieved through an 

12 appropriate balance of full- and part-time serv13 ice positions; 

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

15 of enactment of the ACTION for National 

16 Service Act, submit a report to the authorizing 

17 committees on the status of the plan described 

18 in subparagraph (A); and 

19 ‘‘(D) subject to the availability of appro20 priations and quality service opportunities, im21 plement the plan described in subparagraph 

22 (A).’’. 


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1 SEC. 10. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF NATIONAL 

2 SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev4 enue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

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

8 Gross income shall not include any national service edu9 cational award described in subtitle D of title I of the Na10 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

11 12601 et seq.).’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL 

16 AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

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

18 is amended— 

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

20 following: 

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

22 the Director of the National and Community Service 

23 Administration appointed under section 193.’’; 

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

25 the following: 


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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 

25 (B) by striking subsection (f). 


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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’’. 

24 (2) Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amend25 ed— 


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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) SUBTITLES.—Subtitle G of title I (42 

10 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is amended by striking the 

11 subtitle heading 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 

24 amended by striking the section heading and insert25 ing the following: 


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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 

25 ‘‘approved by the Board under section 


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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 

23 (C) in subsection (d), by striking para24 graph (3). 


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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: 

‘‘Sec. 191. National and Community Service Administration.’’; 


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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. 12. 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), by striking ‘‘Chief Execu10 tive Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 

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