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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5724 

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish 

a pilot Civic Corps. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 

Mr. NEGUSE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

to establish a pilot Civic Corps. 

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 ‘‘Civic Corps Act of 

5 2023’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CIVIC CORPS. 

7 Section 122(a) of the National and Community Serv8 ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(a)) is amended by add9 ing at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(6) PILOT CIVIC CORPS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may 

2 carry out national service programs through a 

3 pilot Civic Corps that identifies and meets 

4 unmet electoral and governance needs within 

5 communities through activities such as those 

6 described in subparagraph (B) and improves 

7 performance on the indicators described in sub8 paragraph (C). 

9 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A pilot Civic Corps de10 scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi11 ties such as— 

12 ‘‘(i) providing support to State, local, 

13 or tribal election officials; 

14 ‘‘(ii) improving voter and civics edu15 cation; 

16 ‘‘(iii) providing assistance with elec17 tion administration activities; or 

18 ‘‘(iv) providing educational opportuni19 ties for elementary school and secondary 

20 school students to better understand the 

21 rights and obligations of being an Amer22 ican citizen. 

23 ‘‘(C) CIVIC CORPS INDICATORS.—The indi24 cators for a corps program described in this 

25 paragraph are— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the rate and ease that State, 

2 local, or tribal election officials are able to 

3 successfully conduct elections in a timely, 

4 efficient, and effective manner; 

5 ‘‘(ii) the rate of student engagement, 

6 including student attendance and student 

7 behavior, in civic engagement educational 

8 opportunities; 

9 ‘‘(iii) improved staff retention in 

10 State, local, or tribal election offices; 

11 ‘‘(iv) the rate of participants in the 

12 corps program who are from the veteran 

13 community; 

14 ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating 

15 to improving civic engagement that the 

16 Corporation, in consultation (as appro17 priate) with the Election Assistance Com18 mission, establishes; or 

19 ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 

20 (applicable to a particular recipient and on 

21 which an improvement in performance is 

22 needed) relating to improving election ad23 ministration or voter engagement that is 

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1 retary of State, or a local or tribal election 

2 official. 

3 ‘‘(D) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—A pilot 

4 Civic Corps described in this paragraph may 

5 not carry out any of the following activities: 

6 ‘‘(i) Attempting to influence legisla7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(ii) Engaging in partisan political ac9 tivities, or other activities designed to in10 fluence the outcome of an election to any 

11 public office. 

12 ‘‘(iii) Participating in, or endorsing, 

13 events or activities that are likely to in14 clude advocacy for or against political par15 ties, political platforms, political can16 didates, proposed legislation, or elected of17 ficials. 

18 ‘‘(iv) Conducting a voter registration 

19 drive, including by using funds under this 

20 Act conduct such a drive. 

21 ‘‘(E) TERMINATION.—A pilot Civic Corps 

22 carried out under this paragraph by the recipi23 ent shall terminate after a 5-year period, and 

24 not more than one recipient described in the 


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1 matter preceding paragraph (1) may carry out 

2 such pilot Civic Corps.’’. 

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