HR 6958
117th Congress
House
International Affairs
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Peace Corps
Student aid and college costs
A Chance To Serve Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 7, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Veterans' Affairs, and Education and Labor, 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.
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
A Chance To Serve Act
This bill provides various benefits for Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers and increases the number of AmeriCorps volunteer positions to at least 500,000 (currently there are approximately 250,000 positions).
Among other provisions, the bill (1) provides eligible former Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers with three years of non-compete eligibility for federal employment whereas currently, former volunteers generally get one year of eligibility with extensions available in certain situations; (2) provides eligible former volunteers with health care benefits for one year; and (3) exempts from taxation certain payments and allowances paid to volunteers.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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