US HB5844 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

US Congress House Bill 5844 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 126-0)
Status: Introduced on July 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

ACTION for National Service Act America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act This bill amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to reestablish the Corporation for National and Community Service as an independent executive agency called the National and Community Service Administration. An individual who successfully completes a term of full-time national service shall be entitled to a national service educational award equal to twice the amount of tuition for the institution of higher education where the individual is enrolled, not to exceed twice the average in-state tuition. Current law limits the award's value to the maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant that an individual is eligible to receive in the aggregate. Within the administration, the bill establishes an interagency working group to evaluate specified issues related to: (1) eligibility for tuition and student loan repayment assistance with regard to participation in certain national or volunteer service programs, (2) the advisability of granting federal hiring preference to certain volunteer program participants, and (3) methods for increasing the participation of seniors in national service programs. The National Service Foundation, a nonprofit corporation established by the bill, shall accept and administer gifts made in connection with the administration. The bill expresses support for the authorization of appropriations sufficient to provide, within 10 years, volunteer service opportunities for at least 1 million volunteers in full-time national service annually. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude AmeriCorps educational awards from gross income.

Title

ACTION for National Service Act America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act

Sponsors

Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-09-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2016-07-14	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2016-07-14	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2016-07-14	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
2016-07-14	House	Introduced in House