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, 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, State governments, and State Commissions, as defined in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, shall, for the period described in paragraph (2), prioritize existing agreements, or enter into new agreements, with public and private nonprofit organizations, that will direct volunteers in programs administered by CNCS to assignments that assist 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, and offering adult basic skills and literacy tutoring and instruction, including through remote learning; expanding broadband infrastructure for underserved and rural communities; serving as nonpartisan poll workers for an election for public office; performing functions consistent with implementation of the decennial census; and performing other functions consistent with addressing the coronavirus public health emergency, including assisting with testing and contact tracing.

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)(A) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)(A) ) 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 for an assignment described in subsection

(a)who are— unemployed veterans; individuals who become unemployed or underemployed as a result of the coronavirus public health emergency; and AmeriCorps members, Peace Corps volunteers and trainees, and United States Fulbright scholars, who have had their service ended as a result of such emergency. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— any individual who is authorized to work in the United States shall not be disqualified from being recruited or selected for any assignment described in subsection

(a)based solely on his or her citizenship status; and bankruptcy or poor credit determined by the Chief Executive Officer of CNCS to be arising from the coronavirus public health emergency shall not disqualify any individual from being recruited or selected for any assignment described in subsection

(a)based solely on such bankruptcy or credit reporting. No individual described in clause

(i)or

(ii)of subparagraph

(A)who is recruited or selected for an assignment described in subsection

(a)shall become disqualified from continuing to serve in such assignment after the expiration of the period described in subsection (a)(2) solely on the basis of his or her citizenship or immigration status, bankruptcy status, or credit score. 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 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 . Section 189 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12645c ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking $18,000 and inserting $25,000 ; and in subsection (e)(1), by striking $19,500 and inserting $30,000 . Section 189A of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12645d ) is amended— in the section heading, by inserting after ; matching funds during coronavirus public health emergency ; communities by redesignating subsection

(b)as subsection (c); and by inserting after subsection

(a)the following: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an entity that receives newly awarded assistance, or previously awarded assistance still within the period of performance for such assistance, from the Corporation for any program under the national service laws (including a State Commission and an entity receiving subgrant funds) during the coronavirus public health emergency, as defined in section 4(g) of the Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020 , shall not be subject to any requirements to provide matching funds for any such program, and the Federal share of such assistance for a recipient (including for a State Commission and a subgrant recipient) shall be 100 percent. . 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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