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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5680 

To transfer the Peace Corps and the Corporation for National and Community Service under the umbrella of an American Volunteering Corporation, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 

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

the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 

A BILL 

To transfer the Peace Corps and the Corporation for National and Community Service under the umbrella of 

an American Volunteering Corporation, 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 ‘‘American Volunteering 

5 Corporation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERING CORPORATION. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established as an 

3 independent agency within the executive branch of the 

4 Federal Government the American Volunteering Corpora5 tion, to coordinate and promote service at all levels across 

6 the country and internationally. 

7 (b) ADMINISTRATOR.—The American Volunteering 

8 Corporation shall be headed by an Administrator of the 

9 American Volunteering Corporation who shall be ap10 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con11 sent of the Senate. 

12 (c) DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS.—There shall 

13 be a Director of the Peace Corps and a Deputy Director 

14 of the Peace Corps, who shall be appointed by the Presi15 dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

16 The Director shall report directly to the Administrator ap17 pointed under subsection (b). 

18 (d) CEO OF CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

19 COMMUNITY SERVICE.—There shall be a Chief Executive 

20 Officer for National and Community Service, who shall be 

21 appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 

22 consent of the Senate. The Chief Executive Officer shall 

23 report directly to the Administrator appointed under sub24 section (b). 

25 SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO PEACE CORPS OPERATIONS. 

26 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS.—The au2 thorities, duties, and responsibilities of the Director 

3 of the Peace Corps appointed pursuant to section 4 

4 of the Peace Corps Act, as of the day before the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, are transferred as 

6 of such date of enactment to the Director of the 

7 Peace Corps established under section 2(c) of this 

8 Act. 

9 (2) PEACE CORPS.—The assets, liabilities, and 

10 obligations of the Peace Corps, as of the day before 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, are trans12 ferred as of such date to the American Volunteering 

13 Corporation established under section 2(a) of this 

14 Act. 

15 (3) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law or 

16 regulation to the ‘‘Director of the Peace Corps’’, on 

17 and after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

18 be treated as a reference to the Director of the 

19 Peace Corps established under section 2(c) of this 

20 Act. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Peace Corps 

22 Act (22 U.S.C. 2503) is amended in section 12(c)(3), by 

23 inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the American Volun24 teering Corporation,’’ after ‘‘or their designees,’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. MODIFICATION TO AMERICORPS OPERATIONS. 

2 (a) CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY

3 SERVICE.—The authorities, duties, and responsibilities of 

4 the Corporation for National and Community Service 

5 under section 193A of the National and Community Serv6 ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651d), as of the day before 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, are transferred as 

8 of such date of enactment to the Chief Executive Office 

9 for National and Community Service established under 

10 section 2(d) of this Act. 

11 (b) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—The assets, li12 abilities, and obligations of the national service programs 

13 under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

14 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) and the Domestic Volunteer 

15 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.), as of the 

16 day before the date of the enactment of this Act, are 

17 transferred as of such date to the American Volunteering 

18 Corporation established under section 2(a) of this Act. 

19 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law or regula20 tion to the ‘‘Chief Executive Officer for National and 

21 Community Service’’ shall be treated as a reference to the 

22 Chief Executive Officer for National and Community Serv23 ice established under section 2(d) of this Act. 

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