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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1396 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of increasing the funding of Job Corps, AmeriCorps, and the 

Peace Corps. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 25, 2010 

Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ELLISON, and Ms. WOOLSEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of increasing the funding of Job 

Corps, AmeriCorps, and the Peace Corps. 

Whereas Job Corps was created in 1964 under President 

Lyndon Johnson as part of his administration’s ‘‘war on 

poverty’’; 

Whereas Job Corps is an education and training program 

that helps young people learn skills for a successful career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and 

keep a good job; 


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Whereas, since its inception, Job Corps has served approximately 60,000 young people annually at Job Corps Centers throughout the Nation, and Job Corps has trained 

more than 2.5 million participants; 

Whereas the Peace Corps was created in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy to permit people ‘‘to exercise more 

fully their responsibilities in the great common cause of 

world development’’; 

Whereas Peace Corps participants are focused on grassroots 

community development working with local community 

partners to improve those communities and generate 

goodwill among citizens of different nations; 

Whereas there have been more than 190,000 Peace Corps 

participants since its inception, and there were more than 

13,000 applicants in 2008, but fewer than 4,000 were accepted due to funding limits; 

Whereas AmeriCorps was created under President Bill Clinton as part of the National and Community Service Trust 

Act of 1993; 

Whereas more than 70,000 participants join AmeriCorps annually, and more than 540,000 have served since its inception; 

Whereas, while the recession that began in 2007 has impacted workers of every age and level of experience, the 

damage that is being wrought on young people attempting to begin their careers is devastating; 

Whereas these 3 programs should be part of the overall plan 

to stimulate and encourage job creation, as they are proven programs that provide skills, training, and a modicum 

of income to tens of thousands of young people who are 

entering the job market; 


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Whereas all 3 programs have generated bipartisan support in 

the Congress and among Democratic and Republican administrations; 

Whereas it is critical that young Americans, who will be the 

future of our Nation and the world, have opportunities to 

be a part of the workforce in a meaningful way as they 

begin their careers; 

Whereas these programs can provide opportunities for thousands of young people, but doubling the funding for these 

programs in 2010–2011, will vastly expand the programs, 

and will help communities and developing community 

partners all over the world; and 

Whereas a greater investment in Job Corps, Peace Corps, 

and AmeriCorps will be an investment in young people 

and an investment in the future: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that appropriations for fiscal years 2011 and 

3 2012 should be— 

4 (1) $3,400,000,000 for Job Corps; 

5 (2) $1,830,000,000 for AmeriCorps; and 

6 (3) $892,000,000 for the Peace Corps. 

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