I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5307 
To provide a direct appropriation of funds for the Learn and Serve America 
program of the Corporation for National and Community Service and 
to expand the eligibility of such program to additional entities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. CONAWAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide a direct appropriation of funds for the Learn 
and Serve America program of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service and to expand the eligi-
bility of such program to additional entities. 
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 ‘‘Learn and Serve 
America Reinvestment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIRECT APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE 
LEARN AND SERVE AMERICA PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service for fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal 
year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated— 
(1) $40,000,000, for subtitle B of title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), of which not less than 20 
percent shall be used to carry out part I of such 
subtitle B and not less than 80 percent shall be used 
to carry out part II of such subtitle B; and 
(2) such sums as may be necessary to hire not 
less then 10 additional, full-time staff members at 
the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice to assist with planning, program design, and 
technology advancements for purposes of carrying 
out such subtitle B. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE LEARN AND 
SERVICE AMERICA PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 111A of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12522) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
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(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) RESERVATION AND GRANT AWARDS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2026 AND EACH SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this part for fiscal year 2026 
and any succeeding fiscal year, the Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(A) reserve an amount of not less than 2 
percent and not more than 3 percent for pay-
ments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 
‘‘(B) award grants, on a competitive basis, 
to State educational agencies, territories, and 
Indian tribes to carry out this part. 
‘‘(2) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Corporation shall 
determine the amount of any grant made under 
paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The 
Corporation shall submit to Congress a report, on an 
annual basis, that provides the percentage of funds 
appropriated for the preceding fiscal year to carry 
out this part that have been awarded under this sec-
tion to each type of grantee, and how such grantees 
have used such grants.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Part I of 
subtitle B of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(A) 
in 
section 
112(a) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12523(a))— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing 
‘‘ALLOTMENTS’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘AWARDS’’; and 
(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘allotments’’ and inserting 
‘‘allotments or competitive grants, in ac-
cordance with section 112A,’’; 
(B) 
in 
section 
113(a) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12525(a))— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by strik-
ing 
‘‘ALLOTMENTS’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘AWARDS’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘al-
lotment under’’ and inserting ‘‘allotment or 
competitive grant, in accordance with’’; 
(C) 
in 
section 
114(c) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12526(c)), by striking ‘‘allotment’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘allotment or competitive grant’’; 
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(D) in section 116(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 
12528(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘from an allotment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(including from an allotment)’’; 
and 
(E) in section 117 (42 U.S.C. 12529), by 
striking ‘‘allotment’’ and inserting ‘‘allotment 
or competitive grant’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 112A and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 112A. Awards.’’. 
Æ 
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