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Legislative Updates

Congress Enacts CR, Maintains FY24 Funding Levels Through Mid-December

Congress passed a stopgap funding bill on September 25th, avoiding a government shutdown and delaying FY25 spending discussions until after the election. The continuing resolution or CR maintains spending at FY24 enacted levels through December 20th. When members of Congress...

Congressional Service Caucus Introduces the Promoting Service through AmeriCorps Act

The co-chairs of the National Service Congressional Caucus – Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) – have introduced the Promoting Service through AmeriCorps Act in the House (H.R. 9569)...

House & Senate Consider Differing Proposals for AmeriCorps Appropriations

In July, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees separately met and marked up their FY 2025 Labor-HHS-Education bills and took vastly different approaches – in terms of top-line funding levels, bipartisanship, and for AmeriCorps specifically (referred to the in the...