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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6315 
To provide administrative support and flexibility to the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service to respond to the COVID–19 national 
emergency as declared by the President under the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to 
the coronavirus. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2020 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself and Mr. GUTHRIE) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide administrative support and flexibility to the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service to respond 
to the COVID–19 national emergency as declared by 
the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect 
to the coronavirus. 
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 ‘‘COVID–19 National 
Service Response Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COVID–19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR 
THE 
CORPORATION 
FOR 
NATIONAL 
AND 
COMMUNITY SERVICE. 
(a) ACCRUAL OF SERVICE HOURS.— 
(1) 
ACCRUAL
THROUGH
OTHER
SERVICE 
HOURS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of the Domestic Volunteer Serv-
ice Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) or the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), the Corporation for 
National and Community Service shall allow an 
individual described in subparagraph (B) to ac-
crue other service hours that will count toward 
the number of hours needed for the individual’s 
education award. 
(B) AFFECTED
INDIVIDUALS.—Subpara-
graph (A) shall apply to any individual serving 
in a position eligible for an educational award 
under subtitle D of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12601 et seq.)— 
(i) who is performing limited service 
due to COVID–19; or 
(ii) whose position has been suspended 
or placed on hold due to COVID–19. 
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(2) PROVISIONS IN CASE OF EARLY EXIT.—In 
any case where an individual serving in a position el-
igible for an educational award under subtitle D of 
title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) was required to 
exit the position early at the direction of the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service, the 
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service may— 
(A) deem such individual as having met 
the requirements of the position; and 
(B) award the individual the full value of 
the educational award under such subtitle for 
which the individual would otherwise have been 
eligible. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, all funds made available to the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service under any 
Act, including the amounts appropriated to the Corpora-
tion under the headings ‘‘OPERATING EXPENSES’’, 
‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, and ‘‘OFFICE OF 
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL’’ under the heading 
‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service’’ under 
title IV of Division A of the Further Consolidated Appro-
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priations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), shall remain 
available for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. 
(c) NO REQUIRED RETURN OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
Notwithstanding section 129(l)(3)(A)(i) of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12581(l)(3)(A)(i)), the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service may permit 
fixed-amount grant recipients under such section 129(l) 
to maintain a pro rata amount of grant funds, at the dis-
cretion of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service, for participants who exited, were suspended, or 
are serving in a limited capacity due to COVID–19, to 
enable the grant recipients to maintain operations and to 
accept participants. 
(d) EXTENSION OF TERMS AND AGE LIMITS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Corporation 
for National and Community Service may extend the term 
of service (for a period not to exceed the 1-year period 
immediately following the end of the national emergency) 
or waive any upper age limit (except in no case shall the 
maximum age exceed 26 years of age) for national service 
programs carried out by the National Civilian Community 
Corps under subtitle E of title I of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), 
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