S. 1165 117th Congress Senate

CORPS Act

Official title: A bill to amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery from t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the national service laws to prioritize national service programs and projects that are directly related to the response to and recovery from the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 15, 2021 Introduced by: Christopher A. Coons Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment AppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversight

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Corporation for National and Community ServiceEmergency medical services and trauma careExecutive agency funding and structureHigher educationIncome tax exclusionInfectious and parasitic diseasesNational and community servicePoverty and welfare assistanceRural conditions and developmentSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local government operationsStudent aid and college costsWages and earningsYouth employment and child labor

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Apr 15, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Apr 15, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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

This bill expands and modifies the administration of national service programs, including the National Senior Corps, to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its recovery period (i.e., through FY2024).

The bill also (1) revises certain living allowances of particular national service corps participants; (2) expands the Senior Service Corps; (3) establishes a COVID-19 educational award; (4) implements a pilot program under which state commissions may directly place individuals in approved national service positions; and (5) excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any living allowance provided to national public service participants and any national service educational award.

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