,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fcae  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bc1 #bjbj,mr4
 ,castro of ,texas 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,guthrie7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,labor  ,a 
,,bill  ,to provide administrative      
support and flexibility to the          
,corporation for ,national and          
,community ,service to respond to the   
,,covid-#ai national emergency as       
declared by the ,president under the    
,national ,emergencies ,act 7#ej        
,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 on ,march #ac1 
#bjbj1 with respect to the coronavirus4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,covid-#ai ,national ,service  
,response ,act4  #b4 ,,covid-#ai        
,national emergency response for the    
,corporation for ,national and          
,community ,service  7a7 ,accrual of    
service hours  7#a7 ,accrual through    
other service hours  7,a7 ,in general   
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

the ,domestic ,volunteer ,service ,act  
of #aigc 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #diej et seq47  
or the ,national and ,community ,service
 ,act of #aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abeja et 
seq471 the ,corporation for ,national   
and ,community ,service shall allow an  
individual described in subparagraph    
7,b7 to accrue other service hours that 
will count toward the number of hours   
needed for the individual's education   
award4  7,b7 ,affected individuals      
,subparagraph 7,a7 shall apply to any   
individual serving in a position        
eligible for an educational award under 
subtitle ,d of title ,i of the ,national
 and ,community ,service ,act of #aiij  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abfja et seq47-- 7i7 who
 is performing limited service due to   
,,covid-#ai2 or  7ii7 whose position has
 been suspended or placed on hold due to
 ,,covid-#ai4  7#b7 ,provisions in case 
of early exit ,in any case where an     
individual serving in a position        
eligible for an educational award under 
subtitle ,d of title ,i of the ,national

 and ,community ,service ,act of #aiij  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abfja et seq47 was      
required to exit the position early at  
the direction of the ,corporation for   
,national and ,community ,service1 the  
,chief ,executive ,officer of the       
,corporation for ,national and          
,community ,service may-- 7,a7 deem such
 individual as having met the           
requirements of the position2 and  7,b7 
award the individual the full value of  
the educational award under such        
subtitle for which the individual would 
otherwise have been eligible4  7b7      
,availability of ,funds ,notwithstanding
 any other provision of law1 all funds  
made available to the ,corporation for  
,national and ,community ,service under 
any ,act1 including the amounts         
appropriated to the ,corporation under  
the headings ,,operating ,,expenses1    
,,salaries ,,and ,,expenses1 and        
,,office ,,of ,,the ,,inspector         
,,general under the heading ,corporation
 for ,national and ,community ,service  

under title ,,iv of ,division ,a of the 
,further ,consolidated ,appropriations  
,act1 #bjbj 7,public ,law #aaf-id71     
shall remain available for the fiscal   
year ending ,september #cj1 #bjba4  7c7 
,no ,required ,return of ,grant ,funds  
,notwithstanding section                
#abi7l77#c77;,a77i7 of the ,national and
 ,community ,service ,act of #aiij 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #abeha7l77#c77;,a77i771 the   
,chief ,executive ,officer of the       
,corporation for ,national and          
,community ,service may permit          
fixed-amount grant recipients under such
 section #abi7l7 to maintain a pro rata 
amount of grant funds1 at the discretion
 of the ,corporation for ,national and  
,community ,service1 for participants   
who exited1 were suspended1 or are      
serving in a limited capacity due to    
,,covid-#ai1 to enable the grant        
recipients to maintain operations and to
 accept participants4  7d7 ,extension of
 ,terms and ,age ,limits                
,notwithstanding any other provision of 

law1 the ,corporation for ,national and 
,community ,service may extend the term 
of service 7for a period not to exceed  
the #a-year period immediately following
 the end of the national emergency7 or  
waive any upper age limit 7except in no 
case shall the maximum age exceed #bf   
years of age7 for national service      
programs carried out by the ,national   
,civilian ,community ,corps under       
subtitle ,e of title ,i of the ,national
 and ,community ,service ,act of #aiij  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abfaa et seq471 and the 
participants in such programs1 for the  
purposes of-- 7#a7 addressing           
disruptions due to ,,covid-#ai2 and     
7#b7 minimizing the difficulty in       
returning to full operation due to      
,,covid-#ai on such programs and        
participants4