In an effort to jumpstart bipartisan negotiations on the annual spending bills, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released nine FY22 appropriations bills on October 18th. The Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill includes $1.185 billion for the...
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Congress Passes CR to Fund AmeriCorps Agency until Dec 3
President Biden signed a fiscal year 2022 continuing resolution (CR), a short-term spending bill that averts a government shutdown and funds the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) or AmeriCorps Agency into December. While the House of Representatives passed...
Read More »House Budget Committee Advances Reconciliation Package with $2B for AmeriCorps
The House Budget Committee completed the markup of the Build Back Better Act, a $3.5 trillion package that would invest in many of President Biden’s first-term domestic policy priorities. The bill which aims to expand the nation’s social safety net...
Read More »President Nominates Three More to AmeriCorps Board of Directors
On July 30, President Biden announced his intent to nominate three additional members to the AmeriCorps agency’s Board of Directors – Leslie Bluhm, Lisette Nieves, and Flor Romero. The Board of Directors provide overall guidance to the agency and senior leaders, including the...
Read More »House Committee Recommends $194M increase for AmeriCorps Agency
On July 15, the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY22 Labor-HHS spending bill, a measure that would provide nearly $254 billion to the Health and Human Services, Education and Labor departments. The bill includes $1.315 billion for the Corporation for...
Read More »House Introduces the CORPS Act
Representatives David Price (D-NC), Tom Cole (R-OK), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Michael Waltz (R-FL) have introduced H.R. 4100, the Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic through Service Act or CORPS Act in the House. The House bill is identical...
Read More »AmeriCorps Tax Relief Bill Reintroduced in House and Senate
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Representatives John Larson (D-CT) and Don Bacon (R-NE) reintroduced the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award Tax Relief Act. The bipartisan bill to exclude the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award from federal taxation was...
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