I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3464 
To establish a National and Community Service Administration to carry 
out the national and volunteer service programs, to expand participation 
in such programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2019 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. 
SHALALA, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. CASE, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. JUDY 
CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. CLARK of Massa-
chusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. COX of California, Mr. CROW, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUM-
MINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, 
Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, 
Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. HOULAHAN, 
Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 
KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIL-
MER, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER of New 
Hampshire, Mr. LAMB, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. LEE 
of Nevada, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. LEWIS, 
Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. 
MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. 
MEEKS, Ms. MENG, Ms. MOORE, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. NADLER, 
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Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
PAPPAS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, 
Mr. PETERSON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
RYAN, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of 
Georgia, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
SLOTKIN, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of 
California, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. 
VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILD, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 
YARMUTH, and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition 
to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a National and Community Service Administra-
tion to carry out the national and volunteer service pro-
grams, to expand participation in such programs, 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 ‘‘America’s Call To Im-
prove Opportunities Now for National Service Act’’ or the 
‘‘ACTION for National Service Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS; REFERENCES. 
(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents; references. 
Sec. 3. Establishment of National and Community Service Administration. 
Sec. 4. Advisory board. 
Sec. 5. Director. 
Sec. 6. National Service Educational Award. 
Sec. 7. Interagency working group. 
Sec. 8. National Service Foundation. 
Sec. 9. 21st Century American Service Outreach Program. 
Sec. 10. Living allowance amounts. 
Sec. 11. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
Sec. 12. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 13. Exclusion from gross income of national service educational awards. 
Sec. 14. Income tax exclusion for living allowance. 
Sec. 15. Conforming amendments to the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990. 
Sec. 16. Conforming amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment 
or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 
repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 
be considered to be made to that section or other provision 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 191 (42 U.S.C. 12651) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a Corporation for National and 
Community Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the National 
and Community Service Administration, an inde-
pendent agency in the executive branch,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Corporation shall be a 
Government corporation, as defined in section 103’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Administration shall have the 
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same status as an executive department listed in sec-
tion 101’’. 
SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS.—Section 192 (42 
U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL BOARD MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(i) BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS 
ELECTING TO SERVE.—There shall be in 
the Administration an Advisory Board ini-
tially composed of the voting members of 
the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service (as in 
existence the day before the date of enact-
ment of the ACTION for National Service 
Act) who elect to serve on the Advisory 
Board. 
‘‘(ii) APPOINTED INITIAL MEMBERS.— 
If fewer than seven members of the Board 
of Directors elect to serve, the Adminis-
trator shall appoint additional members to 
achieve a total of seven members of the 
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Advisory Board, to serve for the term of 
their predecessors. For purposes of this 
section, members appointed under this 
clause shall be treated as if they had been 
voting members described in clause (i). 
‘‘(iii) BOARD OF SEVEN MEMBERS.— 
After the expiration of the terms of the 
members described in clauses (i) and (ii), 
and the seven appointments set forth in 
subparagraph (B), the Advisory Board 
shall be composed of seven members. 
‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT
OF
REPLACEMENT 
MEMBERS.—Upon the expiration of the term of 
any of the first seven members of the Advisory 
Board whose term shall expire, a new member 
of the Advisory Board shall be appointed as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(i) The first three members shall be 
appointed by the President, and shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) an individual not younger 
than 18 or older than 25 who— 
‘‘(aa) has served in a school- 
based or community-based serv-
ice-learning program; or 
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‘‘(bb) is or was a participant 
or a supervisor in a program; and 
‘‘(II) an individual who— 
‘‘(aa) is age 55 or older; and 
‘‘(bb) has served in the Na-
tional Senior Service Corps, in a 
program carried out under title 
II of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
5000 et seq.) or served in a serv-
ice-based 
or 
community-based 
program under subtitle B of title 
I. 
‘‘(ii) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(iii) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(iv) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by the majority leader of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(v) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by the minority leader of the Sen-
ate. 
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‘‘(C) EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF RE-
MAINING INITIAL MEMBERS.—Upon the expira-
tion of the terms on the Advisory Board of the 
remaining members (after the first seven) who 
served on the Board of Directors of the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service 
(as in effect the day before the date of enact-
ment of the ACTION for National Service Act), 
no new members shall be appointed to replace 
those remaining members.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ‘‘the 
Board’’ and inserting ‘‘the Advisory Board (re-
ferred to in this subtitle as the ‘Board’)’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (c), (d), and (e) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) TERMS.—Members appointed in accordance with 
any of clauses (i) through (v) of subsection (a)(1)(B) or 
under subsection (d) shall serve for a term of 5 years. 
‘‘(d) APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS AND VACAN-
CIES.—When the term of a member appointed in accord-
ance with any of clauses (i) through (v) of subsection 
(a)(1)(B) expires, or if a vacancy occurs on the Advisory 
Board, a new member shall be appointed by the appointing 
individual and in the manner described in that clause, and, 
in the case of a vacancy, shall serve for the remainder 
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of the term for which the predecessor of such member was 
appointed. The vacancy shall not affect the power of the 
remaining members to execute the duties of the Board.’’. 
(b) MEETINGS
AND DUTIES.—Section 192A (42 
U.S.C. 12651b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘3 times each 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘four times each year, with one 
of the four meetings being an annual meeting to re-
view the Administration’s long-term and strategic 
goals,’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (e), (f), and (g) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(e) ADVISORY DUTIES.—The Board shall have re-
sponsibility for making recommendations to the Director 
concerning the programs and activities of the Administra-
tion and the overall policy for the Administration and 
shall— 
‘‘(1) advise the Director with respect to policies, 
programs, and procedures for carrying out the Di-
rector’s functions, duties, or responsibilities under 
this Act; 
‘‘(2) advise the Director on establishing require-
ments and criteria for qualifying service programs, 
and on monitoring and evaluating the performance 
of personnel in carrying out programs and activities; 
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‘‘(3) review applications of service programs for 
approval under this Act and make recommendations 
to the Director with respect to the approval of each 
program and the amount of financial assistance (if 
any) to provide to each program; 
‘‘(4) review and make recommendations to the 
Director— 
‘‘(A) with respect to any grants, allot-
ments, contracts, financial assistance, or other 
payment of the Administration; and 
‘‘(B) regarding the regulations, standards, 
policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives of 
the Administration; 
‘‘(5) review and advise the Director regarding 
the actions of the Director with respect to the per-
sonnel of the Administration, and with respect to 
such standards, policies, procedures, programs, and 
initiatives as are necessary or appropriate to carry 
out the programs and activities of the Administra-
tion, including those carried out under the national 
service laws on the day before the date of enactment 
of the ACTION for National Service Act; 
‘‘(6) make recommendations relating to a pro-
gram of research for the Administration with respect 
to national and community service programs; 
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‘‘(7) ensure effective dissemination of informa-
tion regarding the programs and activities of the Ad-
ministration; 
‘‘(8) prepare and make recommendations to the 
Director and the appropriate committees of Con-
gress for changes in the national service laws result-
ing from the studies and demonstrations conducted 
by the Administration, which recommendations shall 
be submitted to the Director and the appropriate 
committees of Congress not later than January 1 of 
each year; 
‘‘(9) make recommendations to the Director on 
candidates to serve on the Board of the National 
Service Foundation described in section 199P; and 
‘‘(10) advise on such other matters as the Di-
rector may request.’’. 
SEC. 5. DIRECTOR. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.—Section 193(a) (42 U.S.C. 
12651c) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘an individual who shall serve as 
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a Director,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘and 
who shall hold the same rank and status as the head 
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of an executive department listed in section 101 of 
title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(b) INTERIM DIRECTOR.—Until a Director is ap-
pointed and confirmed in accordance with the amendments 
made by subsection (a), the Chief Executive Officer of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service (as in 
existence the day before the date of enactment of this Act) 
may, at the election of the Chief Executive Officer, serve 
as interim Director. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD. 
Section 147(a) (42 U.S.C. 12603(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except as provided’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(1) Except as provided’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall receive a national service 
educational award’’ and all that follows through ‘‘ap-
propriations)’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be entitled to a 
national service educational award equal to the 
amount set forth in paragraph (2)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) BENEFIT AMOUNT.—The benefit described 
in paragraph (1) payable to an individual described 
in such paragraph shall be in an amount— 
‘‘(A) equal to twice the amount of tuition 
of the institution of higher education where the 
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individual is enrolled or accepted to be enrolled; 
and 
‘‘(B) not to exceed twice the average in- 
State tuition at a State institution of higher 
education in the State where the individual is 
enrolled or accepted to be enrolled. 
‘‘(3) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is hereby appro-
priated to the National Service Foundation estab-
lished under subtitle K, for the first full fiscal year 
after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, 
and subsequent fiscal years, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 
The Director of the National and Community Service 
Administration, using funds made available under section 
501(a)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(5)), shall establish an inter-
agency working group to— 
(1) evaluate and make recommendations re-
garding a process for evaluating the eligibility, for 
national service educational awards, of individuals 
who have participated in national service programs 
that are not administered under this Act but are de-
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scribed in section 123(2) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
12573(2)); 
(2) evaluate the feasibility and advisability of 
granting Federal hiring preference under chapter 33 
of title 5, United States Code, to an individual who 
has completed at least 1 year of service and is enti-
tled to the award authorized under section 147(a)(2) 
of that Act (as amended by section 6 of this Act) 
for that service; and 
(3) not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, prepare and submit to Con-
gress a report containing the results of the evalua-
tions described in paragraphs (1) and (2). 
SEC. 8. NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF CURRENT AUTHORITY FOR DO-
NATIONS
OF PROPERTY.—Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 
12651g(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); 
(2) by redesignating clause (iii) of paragraph 
(1)(C) as paragraph (2); and 
(3) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection, by striking all that pre-
cedes ‘‘this term’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) 
INHERENTLY
GOVERNMENTAL
FUNC-
TION.—As used in this subsection,’’. 
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(b) FOUNDATION.—Title I (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle K—National Service 
Foundation 
‘‘SEC. 199P. NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to encourage pri-
vate gifts of real and personal property or any income 
from that property or other interest in that property for 
the benefit of, or in connection with, the Administration, 
and its activities, services, or former participants, and 
through those gifts to further the mission and purpose of 
the Administration and to provide greater opportunities 
for volunteer service, there is established a charitable and 
nonprofit corporation to be known as the National Service 
Foundation (referred to in this subtitle as the ‘Founda-
tion’) to accept and administer such gifts. 
‘‘(b) BOARD OF THE FOUNDATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The National Service 
Foundation shall consist of a Board of the Founda-
tion, having as members the Director of the Admin-
istration, as an ex officio, nonvoting member, and 
not less than six individuals, who are not officers or 
employees of the Federal Government, appointed by 
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the Director after considering the recommendations 
of the Advisory Board described in section 192. 
‘‘(2) TERMS.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL MEMBERS.—The terms of the 
initial members of the Board of the Foundation 
shall be staggered to assure continuity of ad-
ministration. 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT
MEMBERS.—A subse-
quent member shall serve for a term of 6 years. 
‘‘(C) VACANCIES.—If a vacancy occurs on 
the Board of the Foundation, a new member 
shall be appointed by the Director and serve for 
the remainder of the term for which the prede-
cessor of such member was appointed. The va-
cancy shall not affect the power of the remain-
ing members to execute the duties of the Board 
of the Foundation. 
‘‘(3) CHAIRMAN.—The Director shall be the 
Chairman of the Board of the Foundation. 
‘‘(4) STATUS.—Members and staff of the Board 
of the Foundation shall not be considered to be offi-
cers or employees of the Federal Government. 
‘‘(5) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Board of the Foundation serving at any one 
time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
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business, and the Foundation shall have an official 
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. 
‘‘(6) MEETINGS.—The Board of the Founda-
tion shall meet at the call of the Chairman, and not 
less often than once each year. 
‘‘(7) 
COMPENSATION
AND
TRAVEL
EX-
PENSES.— 
‘‘(A) COMPENSATION.—A member of the 
Board of the Foundation shall serve without 
compensation. Notwithstanding section 1342 of 
title 31, United States Code, the Board may ac-
cept and use voluntary and uncompensated 
services as the Commission determines nec-
essary. 
‘‘(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—A member of 
the Board shall be allowed travel expenses (out 
of Foundation funds), including per diem in 
lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for em-
ployees of agencies under subchapter I of chap-
ter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 
away from the member’s home or regular places 
of business in the performance of services for 
the Board. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND USE GIFTS 
AND BEQUESTS.—The Foundation is authorized to ac-
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cept, receive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any gifts, 
devises, or bequests, either absolutely or in trust of real 
or personal property or any income from the property or 
other interest in the property for the benefit of or in con-
nection with, the Administration, its activities, or its serv-
ices. The Foundation may not accept any such gift, devise, 
or bequest that entails any expenditure other than from 
the resources of the Foundation. An interest in such real 
property includes, among other things, easements or other 
rights for preservation, conservation, protection, or en-
hancement by and for the public of natural, scenic, his-
toric, scientific, educational, inspirational, or recreational 
resources. A gift, devise, or bequest relating to property 
may be accepted by the Foundation even though the prop-
erty is encumbered, restricted, or subject to beneficial in-
terests of private persons, if any current or future interest 
in the property is for the benefit of the Administration, 
its activities, or its services. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS, INVESTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise re-
quired by the instrument of transfer to the Founda-
tion, the Foundation may sell, lease, invest, reinvest, 
retain, or otherwise dispose of or deal with any prop-
erty transferred to the Foundation or income from 
the property as the Board of the Foundation may 
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from time to time determine to be appropriate. The 
Foundation shall not engage in any business, nor 
shall the Foundation make any investment, that may 
not lawfully be engaged in or made by a trust com-
pany in the District of Columbia, except that the 
Foundation may make any investment authorized by 
the instrument of transfer, and may retain any 
property accepted by the Foundation. 
‘‘(2) SERVICES AND FACILITIES.—The Founda-
tion may utilize the services and facilities of the Ad-
ministration, and such services and facilities may be 
made available on request to the extent practicable 
without reimbursement. 
‘‘(e) SUCCESSION, LIABILITY, AND POWERS.— 
‘‘(1) SUCCESSION.—The Foundation shall have 
perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and 
obligations of a corporation acting as a trustee, in-
cluding the power to sue and to be sued in its own 
name. 
‘‘(2) LIABILITY.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), the members of the Board of the Foundation 
shall not be personally liable for acts or omissions 
related to the Foundation, except for malfeasance. 
‘‘(3) POWERS.—The Foundation shall have the 
power to enter into contracts, to execute instru-
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ments, and generally to do any and all lawful acts 
necessary or appropriate to its purposes. 
‘‘(f) BYLAWS.—In carrying out the provisions of this 
Act, the Board of the Foundation may adopt bylaws, rules, 
and regulations necessary for the administration of its 
functions and enter into contracts for any necessary serv-
ices. 
‘‘(g) TAX EXEMPT STATUS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Foundation and any 
income or property received or owned by it, and all 
transactions relating to such income or property, 
shall be exempt from all Federal, State, and local 
taxation. 
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—The Foundation may, however, in the dis-
cretion of the Board of the Foundation— 
‘‘(A) contribute toward the costs of local 
government in amounts not in excess of those 
costs that it would be obligated to pay such 
government if it were not exempt from taxation 
because of this subsection or because of its sta-
tus as a charitable and nonprofit corporation; 
and 
‘‘(B) agree to so contribute property trans-
ferred to the Foundation and the income de-
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rived from the property if such agreement is a 
condition of the transfer. 
‘‘(3) USE OF THE UNITED STATES.—Contribu-
tions, gifts, and other transfers made to or for the 
use of the Foundation shall be regarded as contribu-
tions, gifts, or transfers to or for the use of the 
United States. 
‘‘(h) NONLIABILITY
OF
UNITED
STATES.—The 
United States shall not be liable for any debts, defaults, 
acts, or omissions of the Foundation. 
‘‘(i) REPORTS.—The Foundation shall, as soon as 
practicable after the end of each fiscal year, prepare and 
submit to Congress an annual report on its proceedings 
and activities, including a full and complete statement of 
its receipts, expenditures, and investments. 
‘‘(j) INITIAL FUNDING.—For the purposes of assist-
ing the Foundation in establishing an office and meeting 
initial administrative, project, and other startup expenses, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 for fis-
cal year 2020. Such funds shall remain available to the 
Foundation until they are expended for authorized pur-
poses.’’. 
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SEC. 9. 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN SERVICE OUTREACH 
PROGRAM. 
Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 189E. 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN SERVICE OUTREACH 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘cov-
ered individual’ means an individual who is not 
younger than age 17 or older than age 30. 
‘‘(2) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term 
‘national service program’ means a program under— 
‘‘(A) the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.); or 
‘‘(B) title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.). 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—In order to ensure that every cov-
ered individual who may want to participate in service pro-
grams is informed of the opportunities to participate, the 
Administration shall— 
‘‘(1) determine how the Administration will 
work with, and then work with, Federal or State 
agencies and other entities to— 
‘‘(A) contact each covered individual upon 
such individual’s 17th birthday to notify the in-
dividual about— 
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‘‘(i) the individual’s eligibility to par-
ticipate in national service programs; 
‘‘(ii) the national service programs 
and how to apply for a specific program; 
‘‘(iii) other service programs for which 
the individual may be eligible, including 
service with the Peace Corps (as estab-
lished by the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2501 et seq.)) and military service; and 
‘‘(iv) the individual’s option to opt out 
of receiving any notifications, or just noti-
fications in a paper format, under this 
paragraph; and 
‘‘(B) after contacting an covered individual 
under subparagraph (A), notify the individual 
every 2 years thereafter of the information de-
scribed in clauses (i) through (iv) of subpara-
graph (A), unless— 
‘‘(i) the individual is serving in a na-
tional service program or other program 
described in subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) the individual has opted out of 
receiving such notifications under subpara-
graph (A)(iv); 
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‘‘(2) determine how the Administration will en-
able covered individuals to, and then enable eligible 
individuals to, apply for a specific national service 
program and ensure that such application process is 
the most effective process for the purpose of apply-
ing for such a program; and 
‘‘(3) develop a long-term strategy to gradually 
increase the number of opportunities in national 
service programs so that any covered individual who 
applies to and is eligible to participate in a national 
service program will be offered at least one service 
position.’’. 
SEC. 10. LIVING ALLOWANCE AMOUNTS. 
(a) DOMESTIC
VOLUNTEER
SERVICE
ACT
OF 
1973.—Section 105(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘95 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘150 percent’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘105 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘210 percent’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4)(A) A stipend or allowance under this sub-
section shall not be increased as a result of amend-
ments made by the ACTION for National Service 
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Act, or any other amendment made to this sub-
section unless the funds appropriated for carrying 
out this part are sufficient to maintain for the fiscal 
year in question a number of participants to serve 
under this part at least equal to the number of such 
participants serving during the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) In the event that sufficient appropriations 
for any fiscal year are not available to increase any 
such stipend or allowance provided to the minimum 
amount specified in paragraph (2), the Director 
shall increase the stipend or allowance to such 
amount as appropriations for such year permit con-
sistent with subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 
1990.— 
(1) NATIONAL
CIVILIAN
COMMUNITY
CORPS 
LIVING
ALLOWANCES.—Section 158(b) (42 U.S.C. 
12618(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ the first 
place it appears and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘100 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘200 percent’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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(2) GRANTS.—Section 189 (42 U.S.C. 12645c) 
is amended— 
(A) 
in 
subsection 
(a), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$18,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking 
‘‘$19,500’’ and inserting ‘‘$39,000’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) 
INSUFFICIENT
APPROPRIATIONS.—Notwith-
standing the increased limitation on grant amounts per 
full-time equivalent position described in subsection (a) 
and the increased limitation described in subsection (e)(1) 
as a result of amendments made by the ACTION for Na-
tional Service Act, or any other amendment made to this 
section, the amount of funds per full-time equivalent posi-
tion approved by the Corporation for a grant, as described 
in those subsections, shall not be increased unless the 
funds appropriated for carrying out this subtitle are suffi-
cient to make such increase while maintaining for the fis-
cal year in question a number of approved national service 
positions at least equal to the number of such positions 
during the preceding fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide for 
members of the National Civilian Community Corps to re-
ceive benefits authorized by this section. 
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(b) LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The Director shall provide 
a living allowance to members of the Corps for the period 
during which such members are engaged in training or 
any activity on a Corps project. The Director shall estab-
lish the amount of the allowance at any amount not in 
excess of the amount equal to 200 percent of the poverty 
line that is applicable to a family of two (as defined by 
the Office of Management and Budget and revised annu-
ally in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)). 
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C AND D.— 
‘‘(A) SUBTITLE C.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2020 
through fiscal year 2029, such sums as may be 
necessary to provide financial assistance under 
subtitle C of title I for the number of partici-
pants in programs and activities under subtitle 
C for fiscal year 2019. 
‘‘(B) SUBTITLE D.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, 
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for fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary to provide 
national service educational awards under sub-
title D of title I for the number of participants 
for whom the Administration recorded an obli-
gation under section 149(a)(1)(B) for fiscal 
year 2019.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) SUBTITLE K.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fis-
cal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year to 
carry out subtitle K of title I.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(3) by adding after subsection (a) the following: 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Administration to carry out 
its programs and functions, including the programs 
and activities carried out under this Act and the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
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4950 et seq.), such additional sums as may be nec-
essary to achieve the goal set forth in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) TEN-YEAR GOAL.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that sums appropriated under paragraph (1) 
should be sufficient to provide or facilitate the provi-
sion of national service programs and activities 
under the national service laws (in addition to pro-
grams and activities funded under subsection (a) for 
fiscal year 2020) for not fewer than 1,000,000 par-
ticipants per year by September 30, 2029. 
‘‘(3) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE 
POSITIONS.—The Administration shall— 
‘‘(A) prepare a plan to— 
‘‘(i) establish the number of the ap-
proved 
national 
service 
positions 
as 
250,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(ii) increase the number of the ap-
proved positions in each fiscal year 
through fiscal year 2029, so that the num-
ber of approved positions in fiscal year 
2029 is sufficient to support the goal in 
paragraph (2); 
‘‘(B) ensure that the increases described in 
subparagraph (A)(ii) are achieved through an 
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appropriate balance of full- and part-time serv-
ice positions; 
‘‘(C) not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of the ACTION for National 
Service Act, submit a report to the authorizing 
committees on the status of the plan described 
in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(D) not later than 8 years after the date 
of enactment of the ACTION for National 
Service Act, submit a report to the authorizing 
committees on the progress of the Administra-
tion towards the goal described in paragraph 
(2), and the potential for exceeding that goal in 
fiscal year 2029 and beyond; and 
‘‘(E) subject to the availability of appro-
priations and quality service opportunities, im-
plement the plan described in subparagraph 
(A).’’. 
SEC. 13. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF NATIONAL 
SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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