I
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 878
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to repeal the
National Service Trust Program under which certain persons who per-
form national or community service receive stipends and educational
awards for such service.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 25, 1999
Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. PAUL, Mr. ROHR-
ABACHER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. SALMON, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SHAD-
EGG, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. BUYER, Mr.
COBURN, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. COLLINS,
Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs.
CUBIN, Mr. BARR of Georgia, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. SENSEN-
BRENNER, and Mr. RYUN of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990
to repeal the National Service Trust Program under
which certain persons who perform national or commu-
nity service receive stipends and educational awards for
such service.
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 ‘‘Americorps Program
Elimination Act’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST PROGRAM
OF STIPENDS AND EDUCATIONAL AWARDS
FOR SERVICE.
(a) REPEAL.—Subtitle C of title I of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571
through 12595) is repealed.
(b) EFFECT OF REPEAL ON PARTICIPANTS.—
(1) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT SERVICE AND
BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding the repeal of subtitle
C of title I of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 by subsection (a), such subtitle shall
continue to apply with respect to an individual who,
on the date of the enactment of this section, is a
participant in an approved national service position
under such subtitle, until such time as the individual
completes the required term of service, is released
from completing the term of service, or otherwise
leaves the service position.
(2) 
NATIONAL
SERVICE
EDUCATIONAL
AWARDS.—The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall not affect the provision of national service edu-
cational awards under subtitle D of title I of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) to current and former na-
tional service participants pursuant to the terms of
such subtitle.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The National
and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended—
(A) in section 199A (42 U.S.C. 12655), by in-
serting ‘‘, as in effect before the repeal of such sub-
title,’’ after ‘‘subtitle C’’; and
(B) 
in 
section 
501(a)(2) 
(42 
U.S.C.
12681(a)(2))—
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking
‘‘C, D,’’ and inserting ‘‘D’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
titles C and’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle H’’; and
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘under section 125, under subsections (b) and
(c) of section 126, and’’.
(2) Section 106 of the National and Community Serv-
ice Trust Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 12656) is amended—
(A) in subsection (i), by striking paragraph (3);
and
(B) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) CROSS REFERENCES.—References in this section
to provisions of subtitle C of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990, which has been repealed,
shall be construed to refer to such provisions as in effect
on the day before the date of the repeal.’’.
(3) The Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 is
amended—
(A) in section 207(a) (16 U.S.C. 1726(a)), by
inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘, as such section was in effect before the repeal of
such subtitle’’; and
(B) in section 210 (16 U.S.C. 1729), by strik-
ing subsection (b).
(4) Section 6703(a) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended by striking paragraph (5).
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