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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4821 

To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional funds to 

Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2016 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional 

funds to Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2016. 

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 National 

5 Service and Reducing Unemployment Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

8 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

9 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. 


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1 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2 OPERATING EXPENSES

3 For an additional amount for the Corporation for Na4 tional and Community Service to carry out the National 

5 and Community Service Act of 1990, and notwithstanding 

6 sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), 

7 501(a)(4)(E), and 501(a)(5)(F) of such Act, 

8 $7,892,775,570: Provided, That of such amount up to 1 

9 percent of program grant funds may be used to defray 

10 the costs of conducting grant application reviews, includ11 ing the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic man12 agement of the grants cycle: Provided further, That 

13 $1,878,275,570, to remain available until expended, shall 

14 be paid to the National Service Trust for expenses author15 ized under subtitle D of title I of such Act: Provided fur16 ther, That in addition to the amounts provided in the pre17 vious proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from 

18 the amounts allocated to grants under subtitle C of title 

19 I of such Act, upon determination that such transfer is 

20 necessary to support the activities of national service par21 ticipants and after notice is transmitted to the Congress: 

22 Provided further, That $9,800,000 shall be available for 

23 expenses to carry out sections 112(e), 179A, and 198O 

24 and subtitle J of title I of such Act, notwithstanding sec25 tion 501(a)(6) of such Act: Provided further, That 


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1 $15,000,000 shall be available for grants to public or pri2 vate nonprofit institutions to increase the participation of 

3 individuals with disabilities in national service and for 

4 demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose, 

5 notwithstanding section 129(k)(1) of such Act: Provided 

6 further, That $8,000,000 shall be available to provide as7 sistance to State Service Commissions, under section 

8 126(a) of such Act and notwithstanding section 

9 501(a)(5)(B) of such Act. 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 

12 administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the 

13 National and Community Service Act of 1990 including 

14 payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 

15 motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the Dis16 trict of Columbia, and the employment of experts and con17 sultants authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United 

18 States Code, $37,500,000. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 

21 the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspec22 tor General Act of 1978, $8,000,000. 

23 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT. 

24 The funds appropriated in this section shall be used 

25 by the Corporation toward the goal of increasing the numVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Mar 23, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4821.IH H4821

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1 ber of national service positions approved under subtitle 

2 C of title I of the 1990 Act to 500,000. In carrying out 

3 this section, the Corporation shall give preference to na4 tional service programs which propose to use full-time na5 tional service positions. 

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