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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 6958 (Introduced in House) — To expand the financial, healthcare, and educational benefits received by Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers, and... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Expanded benefits for AmeriCorps volunteers

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Notwithstanding any provision of the national service laws, on or after the date of enactment of this Act, not fewer than 500,000 national service positions shall be available under the national service programs authorized under such laws. Notwithstanding section 140 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12594 ) or any other provision of the national service laws, any individual serving in a national service program authorized under a national service law shall receive a living allowance that is not less than 200 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) ) and adjusted by the Corporation for National and Community Service in the manner described in such section.
Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, the head of any agency in the Executive branch may noncompetitively appoint, to a competitive service position at such agency, any individual who is certified by the Corporation for National and Community Service as having satisfactorily completed service in a national service program authorized under a national service law. Such an individual may not be appointed under the authority provided under this section after the date that is 3 years after the date such individual so completes such service.
Notwithstanding section 140 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12594 ) or any other provision of the national service laws, during the one-year period beginning on the day after the final day of a participant in a national service program authorized under a national service law, the Corporation for National and Community Service shall provide such former participant, at no cost to such participant, with the health care policy such participant received during the term of service in such program.
Section 147(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12603(a) ) is amended by inserting twice before the maximum . In this section, the term national service laws has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12511 ).
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