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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7698 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish 
an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within the Corporation for National 
and Community Service, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2024 
Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. BARR, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, 
Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. CASE, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, 
Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. NEGUSE, and Ms. 
HOULAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
to establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, 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 ‘‘Building Civic Bridges 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CIVIC BRIDGEBUILDING. 
Subtitle H of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART VI—CIVIC BRIDGEBUILDING 
‘‘SEC. 198T. OFFICE OF CIVIC BRIDGEBUILDING. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the Cor-
poration an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Office’). The Office shall be headed by 
an Officer of Civic Bridgebuilding, who shall be designated 
by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 195(b). 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Officer of Civic Bridgebuilding 
shall carry out each of the following: 
‘‘(1) Administer the grant program described in 
subsection (d) to support civic bridgebuilding across 
the United States, including by establishing stand-
ardized criteria (based on principles of scientific re-
search and input through the consultation process 
under subsection (c)) to track the effectiveness of 
projects and activities funded under such program. 
‘‘(2) Support the Corporation in providing 
training in skills and techniques relevant to civic 
bridgebuilding (based on principles of scientific re-
search and input through the consultation process 
under subsection (c))— 
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‘‘(A) for participants (including individuals 
who have been selected to be participants) of a 
program receiving funding under the authority 
of the national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) upon request by an organization that 
receives funding under the authority of the na-
tional service laws or that is carrying out a pro-
gram in which participants described in sub-
paragraph (A) are participating, for such orga-
nization. 
‘‘(3) Support research and evaluations on civic 
bridgebuilding and the dissemination of related in-
formation, including through— 
‘‘(A) evaluation and oversight of the grant 
program described in subsection (d); 
‘‘(B) as the Corporation determines nec-
essary, collaboration (including through the 
evaluation of the activities of the Corporation 
relating to civic bridgebuilding and civic en-
gagement) between the Office and— 
‘‘(i) other offices (such as the Office 
of Research and Evaluation), teams, or in-
dividuals within the Corporation; and 
‘‘(ii) other Federal agencies, including 
the Community Relations Service of the 
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