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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5679 

To provide a direct appropriation of funds for the Learn and Serve America 

program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and 

expand the eligibility of such program to additional entities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 

Mr. KIM of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce, 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 

A BILL 

To provide a direct appropriation of funds for the Learn 

and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and expand the eligibility 

of such program to additional entities. 

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 ‘‘Learn and Serve 

5 America Reinvestment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DIRECT APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE 

2 LEARN AND SERVE AMERICA PROGRAM. 

3 In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 

4 appropriated to the Corporation for National and Commu5 nity Service for fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal 

6 year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap7 propriated— 

8 (1) $40,000,000, for subtitle B of title I of the 

9 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), of which not less than 20 

11 percent shall be used to carry out part I of such 

12 subtitle B and not less than 80 percent shall be used 

13 to carry out part II of such subtitle B; and 

14 (2) such sums as may be necessary to hire not 

15 less then 10 additional, full-time staff at the Cor16 poration for National and Community Service to as17 sist with planning, program design, and technology 

18 advancements for purposes of carrying out such sub19 title B. 

20 SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE LEARN AND 

21 SERVICE AMERICA PROGRAM. 

22 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 111A of the National and 

23 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12522) is 

24 amended— 

25 (1) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (A); 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(C) a local educational agency, or a con7 sortium of 2 or more local educational agencies, 

8 in the State.’’. 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

11 ‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given the 

12 term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 

14 (b) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 112(d) of the National 

15 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12523(d)) 

16 is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency 

18 described in section 111A(2)(A) may designate, to receive 

19 the State educational agency’s allotment under this part, 

20 and carry out the functions of the agency under this part, 

21 a statewide entity that— 

22 ‘‘(1) has demonstrated experience in supporting 

23 or implementing service-learning programs; and 

24 ‘‘(2) is a community-based entity, a non-profit 

25 organization that provides training or direct support 


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1 to teachers, youth workers, and students, or the 

2 State Commission on National and Community 

3 Service established for the State under section 178 

4 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

5 (42 U.S.C. 12638).’’. 

6 (c) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 112A of the National and 

7 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12524) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘through fis10 cal year 2023’’ after ‘‘any fiscal year’’; 

11 (2) in section (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘through fis12 cal year 2023’’ after ‘‘any fiscal year’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘before fiscal 

14 year 2024’’ after ‘‘a fiscal year’’; and 

15 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(d) RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL

17 YEAR 2024 AND EACH SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro19 priated to carry out this part for fiscal year 2024 

20 and any succeeding fiscal year, the Corporation 

21 shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) reserve an amount of not less than 2 

23 percent and not more than 3 percent for pay24 ments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) award allotments, on a competitive 

2 basis, to State educational agencies, territories, 

3 and Indian tribes to carry out this part. 

4 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT AMOUNT.—The Corporation 

5 shall determine the amount of any allotment award6 ed under paragraph (1)(B). 

7 ‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The 

8 Corporation shall submit to Congress a report, on an 

9 annual basis, that provides the percentage of funds 

10 appropriated for the preceding fiscal year to carry 

11 out this part that have been allotted under this sec12 tion to each type of grantee, and how such grantees 

13 have used such allotments.’’. 

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