Legislative Updates, page 7

President Biden seeks $1.2 billion for CNCS On May 28th, the White House sent their fiscal year 2022 budget request to Congress. The Biden-Harris Administration is seeking $1.21 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service/AmeriCorps agency, an increase...

Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) have reintroduced the Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic through Service Act or CORPS Act along with 15 other original cosponsors – Senators Blunt (R-MO),Cassidy (R-LA), Collins (R-ME), Cornyn (R-TX), Graham...

President Biden unveiled a sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure plan with investments on a range of issues including transportation, education, energy, and the climate. The $2 trillion American Jobs Plan includes $10 billion to establish a Civilian Climate Corps and mobilize...

Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) introduced S. 1057, the Civilian Climate Corps Act. Reps. Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) introduced the House companion, HR. 2241. The bill would establish a Civilian...

On Wednesday, March 10th, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan, sending the $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation bill to President Biden to sign into law. The COVID-19 package, which provides critical pandemic relief and economic support...

Congress cleared a spending package for President Trump’s signature that will provide $900 billion to address the COVID-19 pandemic and fund all the federal agencies through the fiscal year ending on September 30, 2021. The FY21 spending bill provides the...

The Republican leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee released a dozen fiscal year 2021 spending bills, including the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bill. The Labor-HHS bill includes nearly $1.2 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service...