I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting National 
Service and Reducing Unemployment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2016. 
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to carry out the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990, and notwithstanding 
sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
501(a)(4)(E), 
and 
501(a)(5)(F) 
of 
such 
Act, 
$7,892,775,570: Provided, That of such amount up to 1 
percent of program grant funds may be used to defray 
the costs of conducting grant application reviews, includ-
ing the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic man-
agement of the grants cycle: Provided further, That 
$1,878,275,570, to remain available until expended, shall 
be paid to the National Service Trust for expenses author-
ized under subtitle D of title I of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That in addition to the amounts provided in the pre-
vious proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from 
the amounts allocated to grants under subtitle C of title 
I of such Act, upon determination that such transfer is 
necessary to support the activities of national service par-
ticipants and after notice is transmitted to the Congress: 
Provided further, That $9,800,000 shall be available for 
expenses to carry out sections 112(e), 179A, and 198O 
and subtitle J of title I of such Act, notwithstanding sec-
tion 501(a)(6) of such Act: Provided further, That 
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$15,000,000 shall be available for grants to public or pri-
vate nonprofit institutions to increase the participation of 
individuals with disabilities in national service and for 
demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose, 
notwithstanding section 129(k)(1) of such Act: Provided 
further, That $8,000,000 shall be available to provide as-
sistance to State Service Commissions, under section 
126(a) of such Act and notwithstanding section 
501(a)(5)(B) of such Act. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 
administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 including 
payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the employment of experts and con-
sultants authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, $37,500,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 
the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspec-
tor General Act of 1978, $8,000,000. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT. 
The funds appropriated in this section shall be used 
by the Corporation toward the goal of increasing the num-
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ber of national service positions approved under subtitle 
C of title I of the 1990 Act to 500,000. In carrying out 
this section, the Corporation shall give preference to na-
tional service programs which propose to use full-time na-
tional service positions. 
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