Sec. 305. Corporation for National and Community Service
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During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2022, notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a grantee of the Corporation for National and Community Service is unable to meet a requirement to provide matching funds due to funding constraints resulting from the COVID–19 national emergency, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service may— waive any requirement that such grantee provide matching funds for a program; and increase the Federal share of the grant for such program up to 100 percent.
Section 3514(a)(2)(B) of the CARES Act is amended by inserting , or the full value of the stipend under section 105(a) of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( after 42 U.S.C. 4955 ) such subtitle . During the period beginning on the date of the enactment and ending on September 30, 2022, notwithstanding sections 201(a), 211(d), 211(e), and 213(a) of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.)— an individual age 45 years or older may enroll as a volunteer to provide services under parts A, B or C of such title to address the critical needs of local communities across the country during the COVID–19 national emergency; and for the purposes of parts B and C of such title II, low-income person and person of low income mean any person whose income is not more than 400 percent of the poverty line for a single individual.
The Corporation for National and Community Service shall conduct a study on the feasibility of increasing the capacity of national service programs to respond to the economic and social impact on communities across the country resulting from the COVID–19 national emergency and public health crisis. In conducting the study required under paragraph (1), the Corporation for National and Community Service shall examine new and existing programs, partnerships, organizations, and grantees that could be utilized to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency as described in subsection (a), including— service opportunities related to food security, education, economic opportunity, and disaster or emergency response; partnerships with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and public health departments in all 50 States and territories to respond to public health needs related to COVID–19 such as testing, contact tracing, or related activities; and the capacity and ability of the State Commissions on National and Community Service to respond to the needs of State and local governments in each State or territory in which such State Commission is in operation.
In examining new and existing programs, partnerships, organizations, and grantees as required under paragraph (2), the Corporation for National and Community Service shall examine— the cost and resources necessary related to increased capacity; the timeline for implementation of any expanded partnerships or increased capacity; options to use existing corps programs overseen by the Corporation for National and Community Service for increasing such capacity, and the role of programs, such as AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, or Senior Corps, for increasing capacity; the ability to increase diversity, including economic, racial, ethnic, and gender diversity, among national service volunteers and programs; the geographic distribution of demand by State due to the economic or health related impacts of COVID–19 for national service volunteer opportunities across the country and the additional volunteer capacity needed to meet such demand, comparing existing demand for volunteer opportunities to expected or realized increases as a result of COVID–19; and whether any additional administrative capacity at the Corporation for National and Community Service, such as grantee organizational capacity, is needed to respond to the increased capacity of such new or existing programs, partnerships, organizations, and grantees.
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall submit to the congressional committees under subparagraph
(B)a report on the results of the study under paragraph
(1)with recommendations on the role for the Corporation for National and Community Service in responding to the COVID–19 national emergency, including any recommendations for legislative, regulatory, and administrative changes based on findings related to the topics identified under subsection (b). The congressional committees under this subparagraph are— the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. In this section, the following definitions apply: 19 national emergency The term COVID–19 national emergency means the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. The term grantee means a recipient of a grant under 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.) to run a program. The term poverty line for a single individual has the meaning given such term in section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 5061 ). The term program means a program funded under 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 term State Commission has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12511 ).
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