CORPS Act

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43 cosponsors · 35 D, 8 R

36 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service Act or the CORPS Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jun 23, 2021

Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service Act or the CORPS Act

This bill makes several changes to AmeriCorps programs during the COVID-19 health emergency. Specifically, the bill:

increases living allowance payments to program participants;
increases educational awards for program participants;
relaxes program requirements, including reducing the age requirement for AmeriCorps Seniors to 45 and older;
creates a pilot program to allow state commissions to directly place individuals in approved AmeriCorps programs; and
allows for targeted AmeriCorps grants to fund recovery projects in communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

The bill also excludes AmeriCorps living allowance payments and educational awards from taxable income for program participants.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: CORPS Act

Also known as: Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service Act

Latest action (Jun 23, 2021): Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.

Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: House · Introduced: Jun 23, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.