Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Latest action
- Aug 6, 2026
What it does
The Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act would provide supplemental appropriations to increase the number of AmeriCorps national service positions by at least 500,000 for fiscal year 2027 and raise the living allowance for participants to 200 percent of the federal poverty line. It would permanently amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to require this higher living allowance, adjusted annually for inflation, and increase the federal cost per member service year from $18,000 to 125 percent of the minimum living allowance for a full-time participant. These changes aim to expand national service opportunities and improve compensation for participants,…
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Where it stands
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