tional and Community Service in the manner described in 
such section. 
(c) EXTENDED NON-COMPETITIVE ELIGIBILITY.— 
Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the 
head of any agency in the Executive branch may non-
competitively appoint, to a competitive service position at 
such agency, any individual who is certified by the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service as having 
satisfactorily completed service in a national service pro-
gram authorized under a national service law. Such an in-
dividual may not be appointed under the authority pro-
vided under this section after the date that is 3 years after 
the date such individual so completes such service. 
(d) 1-YEAR ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH BENEFITS.— 
Notwithstanding section 140 of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12594) or any other 
provision of the national service laws, during the one-year 
period beginning on the day after the final day of a partic-
ipant in a national service program authorized under a 
national service law, the Corporation for National and 
Community Service shall provide such former participant, 
at no cost to such participant, with the health care policy 
such participant received during the term of service in 
such program. 
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(e) DOUBLING OF THE SEGAL AMERICORPS EDU-
CATION AWARD.—Section 147(a) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12603(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘twice’’ before ‘‘the maximum’’. 
(f) NATIONAL SERVICE LAWS DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘national service laws’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 101 of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 
SEC. 4. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF CERTAIN PAY-
MENTS FOR NATIONAL SERVICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part II of subchapter B of chap-
ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by inserting after section 139I the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 139J. CERTAIN PAYMENTS FOR NATIONAL SERVICE. 
‘‘In the case of an individual, gross income shall not 
include any amount received under a national service edu-
cational award under subtitle D of title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 
et seq.) or any living allowance provided to such individual 
during participation in a national service program author-
ized under a national service law (as defined in section 
101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12511)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for part II of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code 
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is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
139I the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 139J. Certain payments for national service.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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