I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8595 
To provide for supplemental appropriations to increase the number of 
Americorps members and to increase the living allowances of such mem-
bers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2024 
Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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 for supplemental appropriations to increase the 
number of Americorps members and to increase the liv-
ing allowances of such members, and for other purposes. 
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. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS. 
In addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated 
or made available, there is appropriated such sums as may 
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be necessary, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2025— 
(1) to increase by not less than 500,000 the 
number of national service positions approved under 
subtitle C of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990; and 
(2) to enable an increase in the living allowance 
of each participant of a national service program to 
200 percent of the poverty line, as specified under 
section 140(a)(1) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12594(a)(1)), as 
amended by section 3. 
SEC. 3. PERMANENT INCREASE IN LIVING ALLOWANCE. 
Section 140(a)(1) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12594(a)(1)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—Subject 
to paragraphs (2) and (3), a national service pro-
gram (including a national service program carried 
out using assistance provided under section 121) 
shall provide to each participant of such program a 
living allowance in an amount equal to 200 percent 
of the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, and revised annually in ac-
cordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
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Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) ap-
plicable to a family of the size involved), and ad-
justed each year after 2025 for inflation as meas-
ured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers published by the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
SEC. 4. PERMANENT INCREASE IN COST PER MEMBER 
SERVICE YEAR. 
Section 189(a) of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12645c(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$18,000 per full-time equivalent position’’ and 
inserting ‘‘125 percent of the amount of the minimum liv-
ing allowance of a full-time participant per full-time equiv-
alent position’’. 
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