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S 3037 110th Congress Senate Education Cabinet officers Commerce Corporation for National and Community Service Economics and Public Finance Executive compensation Executive reorganization Federal aid to education Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Government corporations Higher education Income tax National service Salaries Scholarships Social Welfare Tax exclusion Taxation

ACTION Act

Introduced: May 20, 2008 See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 20, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4488-4489)
May 20, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act or the ACTION Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to alter the formula for determining the amount of the national service educational award to base the award on the average cost of attending a four-year institution of higher education, rather than a portion of a veteran's basic educational assistance allowance.

Excludes the national service educational award from an individual's gross income for tax purposes.

Permits the Corporation for National and Community Service to support a national service program that is carried out by another federal agency and implements the priorities of such agency.

Makes Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation a Cabinet position. Raises the Officer's compensation to Level I of the Executive Schedule.

What's happening now May 20, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1