I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5844 
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 
JULY 14, 2016 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. SEWELL of Ala-
bama, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. 
VEASEY, Mr. VELA, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, 
Mr. POCAN, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. ASHFORD, Ms. BASS, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
BEYER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. 
CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FARR, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
GUTIE´RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HONDA, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KUSTER, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Ms. ESTY, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. MICHAEL F. 
DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN-
SON of Texas, Mr. KEATING, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. 
KIRKPATRICK, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. 
MENG, Ms. MOORE, Mr. NEAL, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
PERLMUTTER, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. 
LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mex-
ico, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. NADLER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. DAVID 
SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali-
fornia, Mrs. TORRES, Mr. WALZ, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, 
Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. BUSTOS, 
Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 
JUDY CHU of California, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CUELLAR, 
Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Ms. LEE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 
New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. PIN-
GREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHA-
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KOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. KILMER, and Ms. 
DELBENE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 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. 
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 
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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.— 
(A) DEFINITION.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 
12511) is amended by striking paragraph (12) 
and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(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 
Service’’ and inserting ‘‘National and Com-
munity Service Administration’’; and 
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(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: 
‘‘(i) The first three members shall be 
appointed by the President, including an 
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individual between the ages of 18 and 25 
who— 
‘‘(I) has served in a school-based 
or community-based service-learning 
program; or 
‘‘(II) is or was a participant or a 
supervisor in a program. 
‘‘(ii) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives. 
‘‘(iii) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by the minority leader of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(iv) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by majority leader of the Senate. 
‘‘(v) The next member shall be ap-
pointed by the minority leader of the Sen-
ate. 
‘‘(B) EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF RE-
MAINING INITIAL MEMBERS.—Upon the expira-
tion of the terms of the remaining members of 
the Board of Directors of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service (as in effect 
the day before the date of enactment of the AC-
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