The Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act

Bill: 117-hr-2670
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2021-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Education programs funding
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Federal-Indian relations
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Higher education
Housing supply and affordability
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Minority education
Minority health
National and community service
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Solid waste and recycling
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: 

Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act

 
This bill establishes a Civilian Climate Corps Program and generally revises benefits provided to national service program participants.
 
The bill establishes a Civilian Climate Corps to operate (1) a national climate service program; and (2) a national climate service grant program to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy, including through reducing carbon emissions.
 
The bill also provides for allowances for participants in certain national service programs, including the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program and the National Civilian Community Corps.
 
The bill expands the exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, to exclude amounts received as educational awards or benefits and income attributable to discharges of student loan debt under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee 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.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee 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.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Introduced in House