I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3140 
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 29, 2017 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
BEYER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 
BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 
BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. CAR-
SON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CASTRO 
of Texas, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CORREA, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
DELANEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. ESTY of 
Connecticut, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. 
HANABUSA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON 
of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. 
KENNEDY, 
Mr. 
KHANNA, 
Mr. 
KILDEE, 
Mr. 
KILMER, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. LEE, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS 
of Georgia, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. LOFGREN, 
Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, 
Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SEAN PAT-
RICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MENG, 
Ms. MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PETER-
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SON, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. RICH-
MOND, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 
Mr. SABLAN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SIRES, Ms. 
SLAUGHTER, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. 
TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. 
TORRES, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. VELA, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WALZ, Ms. WASSERMAN
SCHULTZ, Ms. MAXINE 
WATERS of California, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WIL-
SON of Florida, and Mr. YARMUTH) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in 
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions 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: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents; references. 
Sec. 3. Establishment of National and Community Service Administration. 
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Sec. 4. Advisory Board. 
Sec. 5. Administrator. 
Sec. 6. National Service Educational Award. 
Sec. 7. Interagency working group. 
Sec. 8. National Service Foundation. 
Sec. 9. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 10. Exclusion from gross income of Americorps Educational Awards. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as expressly provided, 
wherever in this Act there is a reference to a section or 
other provision, the reference shall be considered to be a 
reference to a 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. 
(a) ELEVATION OF CORPORATION TO ADMINISTRA-
TION.—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 executive agency’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘The Corporation shall be a 
Government corporation, as defined in section 103’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Administration shall have the 
same status as an executive department listed in sec-
tion 101’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT 
OF 1990.— 
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(A) DEFINITION.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 
12511) is amended by striking paragraph (12) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(12) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘Adminis-
tration’ means the National and Community Service 
Administration established under section 191.’’. 
(B) REFERENCES.—The National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by 
striking ‘‘Corporation’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Administration’’. 
(2) DOMESTIC
VOLUNTEER
SERVICE
ACT
OF 
1973.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—Section 421 of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 is amend-
ed by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(7) the term ‘Administration’ means the Na-
tional and Community Service Administration estab-
lished under section 191 of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990;’’. 
(B) REFERENCES.—The Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973 is amended— 
(i) in section 2(b), by striking ‘‘Cor-
poration for National and Community 
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Service’’ and inserting ‘‘National and Com-
munity Service Administration’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Corporation’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Adminis-
tration’’. 
SEC. 4. ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS.—Section 192 (42 
U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL
BOARD
AND
APPOINTMENT 
OF REPLACEMENT MEMBERS.—There shall be 
in the Administration an Advisory Board ini-
tially composed of the members of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service (as in existence the day be-
fore the date of enactment of the ACTION for 
National Service Act) and, after the expiration 
of such members’ terms and the appointments 
set forth in this subparagraph, composed of 
seven members. Upon the expiration of the 
term of the first seven such members whose 
term shall expire, a new member of the Advi-
sory Board shall be appointed as follows: 
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the day before the date of enactment of the AC-
TION for National Service Act), no new mem-
bers shall be appointed.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(c) TERMS.—Members appointed in accordance with 
clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection (a)(1)(A) shall serve 
for a term of five years. 
‘‘(d) APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS AND VACAN-
CIES.—When the term of a member appointed in accord-
ance with clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection (a)(1)(A) 
expires, or if a vacancy occurs on the Advisory Board, a 
new member shall be appointed by the individual and in 
the manner described in such subsection, and, in the case 
of a vacancy, shall serve for the remainder 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 
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(2) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) ADVISORY DUTIES.—The Board shall have re-
sponsibility for making recommendations to the Adminis-
trator concerning the programs and activities of the Ad-
ministration and the overall policy for the Corporation and 
shall— 
‘‘(1) advise the Administrator with respect to 
policies, programs, and procedures for carrying out 
the Administrator’s functions, duties, or responsibil-
ities under this Act; 
‘‘(2) advise the Administrator on establishing 
requirements and criteria for qualifying service pro-
grams, and monitor and evaluate the performance of 
personnel in carrying out programs and activities; 
‘‘(3) review applications of volunteer service 
programs for approval under and make rec-
ommendations to the Administrator with respect to 
the approval of each program and the amount of fi-
nancial assistance (if any) to provide to each pro-
gram; 
‘‘(4) review and make recommendations to the 
Administrator— 
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‘‘(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 Administrator re-
garding the actions of the Administrator with re-
spect to the personnel of the Administration, and 
with respect to such standards, policies, procedures, 
programs, and initiatives as are necessary or appro-
priate to carry out the programs and activities of the 
Administration, including those carried out under 
the national service laws on the date of enactment 
of this Act; 
‘‘(6) make recommendations relating to a pro-
gram of research for the Administration with respect 
to national and community service programs; 
‘‘(7) ensure effective dissemination of informa-
tion regarding the programs and initiatives of the 
Administration; 
‘‘(8) prepare and make recommendations to the 
Administrator for changes in the national service 
laws resulting from the studies and demonstrations 
conducted 
by 
the 
Administration, 
which 
rec-
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ommendations shall be submitted to Congress and to 
the President not later than January 1 of each year; 
and 
‘‘(9) advise on such other matters as the Ad-
ministrator may request.’’. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATOR. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 193(a) (42 U.S.C. 
12651c) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an individual who shall 
serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Corpora-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘an Administrator’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘who shall hold the same rank and status as 
the head of an executive department listed in 
section 101 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(2) INTERIM
ADMINISTRATOR.—Until an Ad-
ministrator is appointed and confirmed in accord-
ance with the amendments made by paragraph (1), 
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) shall 
serve as interim Administrator. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT 
OF 1990.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 
12511) is amended by striking paragraph (9) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(9) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the National and 
Community Service Administration appointed under 
section 193.’’. 
(B) REFERENCES.—The National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by 
striking ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ each place it 
appears, except when such term is used to refer 
to the chief executive officer of a State, and in-
serting ‘‘Administrator’’. 
(2) DOMESTIC
VOLUNTEER
SERVICE
ACT
OF 
1973.—Section 421(1) of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) the term ‘Administrator’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the National and Community Service 
Administration appointed under section 193 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990;’’. 
SEC. 6. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD. 
Section 147(a) (42 U.S.C. 12603(a)) is amended— 
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(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 
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 fiscal year 2018 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.’’. 
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