Legislative Updates, page 2

Led by Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA), nine House Republicans and nine House Democrats introduced the Building Civic Bridges Act.  This bipartisan legislation would establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding at the AmeriCorps agency to help reduce polarization and build relationships...

The Senate passed another short-term funding bill to head off a government shutdown. The third continuing resolution (CR) will keep the government funded at FY21 levels for three more weeks through March 11, 2022. The House passed this measure last...

FEB 9, 2022 House and Senate Reintroduce the ACTION for National Service Act Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representative John Larson (D-CT) have reintroduced the America’s Call to Improve Opportunities Now (ACTION) for National Service Act. With six original cosponsors...

The House and Senate passed a stopgap bill to extend federal funding through February 18, 2022. This new continuing resolution will give Congress 11 more weeks to try to resolve partisan disputes over funding levels and policy riders that have...

The House passed the Build Back Better Act, a roughly $2.2 trillion package of spending and tax breaks to expand the social safety net and combat climate change. The bill includes $15.2 billion for the AmeriCorps Agency to be spent over an...

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...

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...