Sec. 4. Mobilizing programs in the coronavirus public health emergency
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Notwithstanding any provision of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) or the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), the Chief Executive Officer of CNCS shall, for the period described in paragraph (2), prioritize existing agreements, or enter into new agreements, with public and private nonprofit organizations, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and State governments, that will direct volunteers in programs administered by CNCS to assignments that assist those individuals most impacted by the coronavirus public health emergency, including assignments— providing support services to veterans, homeless populations, the elderly, and other individuals who may be most vulnerable during the coronavirus public health emergency; supporting health care professionals and related positions; offering before- and after-school tutoring and instruction for children in low-income areas, including through remote learning; enabling children to access remote learning by performing technology consults for their families remotely and at home; and performing other functions consistent with addressing the coronavirus public health emergency.
The period described in this paragraph— shall begin on the date of enactment of this Act; and shall end— not earlier than the date of the conclusion of the coronavirus public health emergency; and not later than 2 years after the conclusion of such emergency. Section 121(f)(1)(B) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12571(f)(1)(B) ) is amended— in clause (vi), by striking and at the end; in clause (vii), by adding and at the end; and by adding at the end the following: 500,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022; .
Section 501(a)(1) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 5081(a)(1) ) is amended by striking $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014 and inserting such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022 . Section 501(a)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1) ) is amended— by striking clauses
(i)and (ii); and by striking title I— and inserting title I, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022. . Section 501(a)(2) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2) ) is amended by striking 2010 through 2014 and inserting 2020 through 2022 . To fulfill the purposes of subsection (a), the Chief Executive Officer of CNCS shall expedite the recruitment and selection of volunteers who are— unemployed veterans; individuals who become unemployed or underemployed as a result of the coronavirus public health emergency; and AmeriCorps members, or Peace Corps volunteers, who have had their service ended as a result of such emergency. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Chief Executive Officer of CNCS shall submit a report, to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, on the operating plan of the CNCS to carry out subsections
(a)and (b), including the amendments under subsection (b). Section 105(b)(2)(A) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4955(b)(2)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: beginning for fiscal year 2020, the minimum allowance is not less than an amount equal to not less than 200 percent of the income official poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) )) applicable to a family of 1; and . In this section, the term coronavirus public health emergency means the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19.
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