To amend the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 and the National Community Service Act of 1990 to provide training for certain individuals to identify and apply for certain Federal grants, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7592
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2022-04-26
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expands training under the national service programs (e.g., AmeriCorps) to provide participants with the skills to apply for federal grants for entities in rural and underserved communities.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7592 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 26, 2022 Mr. Tonko introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 and the National Community Service Act of 1990 to provide training for certain individuals to identify and apply for certain Federal grants, and for other purposes.

1. Identification of and application for certain Federal grants (a) Economic development initiatives Section 103(a)(11) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4953(a)(11) ) is amended— (1) by inserting and underserved after in rural ; and (2) by inserting , including initiatives relating to identifying and applying for appropriate Federal grants for such areas after most . (b) Training and technical assistance Section 199N(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12657(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (9), by striking the and after the semicolon; (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) providing training and technical assistance for participants in the national service programs to identify and apply for appropriate grants for entities in rural areas and underserved communities; .