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 . Section 148(a)(4) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12604(a)(4) ) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: , or for the purpose of obtaining a recognized post-secondary credential (as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( . 29 U.S.C. 3102 ) Notwithstanding any provision of a national service law, if an individual receives a loan made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq. ) before commencing service in a national service program under a national service law— all payments due for such loans shall be suspended; and interest shall not accrue on such loan for the duration of such service.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ), the Secretary of Education shall deem each month for which a loan payment was— suspended under this subsection; or subject to a deferment or forbearance under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as if the borrower of the loan had made a payment for the purpose of any loan forgiveness program or loan rehabilitation program authorized under part B or D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq. and 1087a et seq.) for which the borrower would have otherwise qualified.

Notwithstanding any provision of a national service law, a refugee, asylee, or other lawfully admitted alien may not be prohibited from serving in a national service program authorized under such a law, or receiving an education benefit for such service, on the basis of such status. Notwithstanding any provision of a national service law, the Corporation for National and Community Service may award planning grants to underserved communities to enable such communities to develop the capacity to carry out national service programs under national service laws.

Any matching fund requirements under the national service laws shall be waived for the first 2 years during which any such community carries out such a national service program. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 147 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12593(b) , 12602, and 12603), the Corporation for National and Community Service may determine the number of hours required to successfully complete any term of service in AmeriCorps that is less than 1,700 hours.

Any reduction of the required term of service below 1,700 hours shall include a corresponding reduction in the amount of any national service educational award that may be available under subtitle D of title I of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq. ) with regard to such service. 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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