I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5679 
To provide a direct appropriation of funds for the Learn and Serve America 
program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and 
expand the eligibility of such program to additional entities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 
Mr. KIM of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, 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 provide a direct appropriation of funds for the Learn 
and Serve America program of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service, and expand the eligibility 
of such program to additional entities. 
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 ‘‘Learn and Serve 
America Reinvestment Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DIRECT APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE 
LEARN AND SERVE AMERICA PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service for fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal 
year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated— 
(1) $40,000,000, for subtitle B of title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), of which not less than 20 
percent shall be used to carry out part I of such 
subtitle B and not less than 80 percent shall be used 
to carry out part II of such subtitle B; and 
(2) such sums as may be necessary to hire not 
less then 10 additional, full-time staff at the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service to as-
sist with planning, program design, and technology 
advancements for purposes of carrying out such sub-
title B. 
SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR THE LEARN AND 
SERVICE AMERICA PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 111A of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12522) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) a local educational agency, or a con-
sortium of 2 or more local educational agencies, 
in the State.’’. 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE.—Section 112(d) of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12523(d)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency 
described in section 111A(2)(A) may designate, to receive 
the State educational agency’s allotment under this part, 
and carry out the functions of the agency under this part, 
a statewide entity that— 
‘‘(1) has demonstrated experience in supporting 
or implementing service-learning programs; and 
‘‘(2) is a community-based entity, a non-profit 
organization that provides training or direct support 
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to teachers, youth workers, and students, or the 
State Commission on National and Community 
Service established for the State under section 178 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12638).’’. 
(c) ALLOTMENTS.—Section 112A of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12524) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘through fis-
cal year 2023’’ after ‘‘any fiscal year’’; 
(2) in section (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘through fis-
cal year 2023’’ after ‘‘any fiscal year’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘before fiscal 
year 2024’’ after ‘‘a fiscal year’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2024 AND EACH SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this part for fiscal year 2024 
and any succeeding fiscal year, the Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(A) reserve an amount of not less than 2 
percent and not more than 3 percent for pay-
ments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and 
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‘‘(B) award allotments, on a competitive 
basis, to State educational agencies, territories, 
and Indian tribes to carry out this part. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT
AMOUNT.—The Corporation 
shall determine the amount of any allotment award-
ed under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—The 
Corporation shall submit to Congress a report, on an 
annual basis, that provides the percentage of funds 
appropriated for the preceding fiscal year to carry 
out this part that have been allotted under this sec-
tion to each type of grantee, and how such grantees 
have used such allotments.’’. 
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