H.R. 4100 — CORPS Act

Summary

Cultivating Opportunity and Recovery from the Pandemic through Service Act or the CORPS Act

This bill makes several changes to AmeriCorps programs during the COVID-19 health emergency. Specifically, the bill:

increases living allowance payments to program participants;
increases educational awards for program participants;
relaxes program requirements, including reducing the age requirement for AmeriCorps Seniors to 45 and older;
creates a pilot program to allow state commissions to directly place individuals in approved AmeriCorps programs; and
allows for targeted AmeriCorps grants to fund recovery projects in communities disproportionately affected by COVID-19.

The bill also excludes AmeriCorps living allowance payments and educational awards from taxable income for program participants.

S. 1165CORPS Act
2021-04-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related

2021-06-23
Introduced in House
2021-06-23
Introduced in House
2021-06-23
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2021-06-23
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.