Sec. 4. Prioritizing and supporting climate response

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Section 122(f) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12572(f) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following: “The Corporation shall include, in the national service priorities, the priorities described in paragraph (5).”; and in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following: “Each State shall include, in the State priorities, the priorities described in paragraph (5).”; and by adding at the end the following: The priorities established under paragraph

(1)for national service programs shall provide that the Corporation and the States, as appropriate, shall give priority to entities submitting applications that propose activities directly related to the response to the climate crisis and transition to a clean economy, as described in section 199T. . Section 157(b)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12617(b)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For fiscal years 2024 through 2033, the Corporation shall give priority to entities submitting applications for projects under this subtitle in the same manner as the Corporation gives priority to entities submitting applications for national service programs under section 122(f)(5). . Section 109 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4960 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: “For fiscal years 2024 through 2033, the Corporation shall give priority to entities submitting applications for projects or programs under this part in the same manner as the Corporation gives priority to entities submitting applications for national service programs under section 122(f)(5) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.”. Section 105(b)(2) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4955(b)(2) ) is amended to read as follows: The Director shall set the subsistence allowance for volunteers under paragraph

(1)for each fiscal year so that— the minimum allowance is not less than an amount equal to the equivalent of $17 per hour over the course of service; and the average subsistence allowance, excluding allowances for Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and Alaska, is not less than 10 percent greater than the amount described in subparagraph (A). ; and Section 158(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12618(b) ) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking any amount not in excess of the amount equal to 100 percent of the poverty line that is applicable to a family of two (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 ( and inserting 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) ) any amount not less than the equivalent of $17 per hour over the course of service and not in excess of the equivalent of $34 per hour over the course of service. . 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 amount of a Federal Pell Grant . Section 121(e)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12571(e)(1) ) is amended by striking 75 percent and inserting 100 percent . A stipend or allowance under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4955 ) or an allowance under section 140 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12594 ) shall not be increased, unless the funds appropriated for carrying out part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 ( 42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq. ) or subtitle C of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq. ), respectively, are sufficient to increase for the fiscal year involved the number of participants to serve under that part A or that subtitle C, respectively, so that such number is greater than the number of such participants so serving during the preceding fiscal year.

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