,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijad  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bh1      
#bjbb,ms4 ,norton introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,appropriations1 and  
in addition to the ,committee on        
,education and ,labor1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide for supplemental 
appropriations to increase the number of
 ,americorps members and to increase the
 living allowances of such members1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,promoting ,national ,service and       
,reducing ,unemployment ,act4  #b4      
,supplemental appropriations ,in        
addition to any amounts otherwise       
appropriated or made available1 there is
 appropriated such sums as may be       
necessary1 for the fiscal year ending   

,september #cj1 #bjbc-- 7#a7 to increase
 by not less than #ejj1jjj the number of
 national service positions approved    
under subtitle ,c of title ,i of the    
,national and ,community ,service ,act  
of #aiij2 and  7#b7 to enable an        
increase in the living allowance of each
 participant of a national service      
program to #bjj percent of the poverty  
line1 as specified under section        
#adj7;a77#a7 of the ,national and       
,community ,service ,act of #aiij       
7#db,u4 ,s4,c4 #abeid7;a77#a771 as      
amended by section #c4  #c4 ,permanent  
increase in living allowance ,section   
#adj7;a77#a7 of the ,national and       
,community ,service ,act of #aiij 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #abeid7;a77#a77 is amended to 
read as follows3  7#a7 ,living allowance
 required ,subject to paragraphs 7#b7   
and 7#c71 a national service program    
7including a national service program   
carried out using assistance provided   
under section #aba7 shall provide to    
each participant of such program a      

living allowance in an amount equal to  
#bjj percent of the poverty line 7as    
defined by the ,office of ,management   
and ,budget1 and revised annually in    
accordance with section #fgc7b7 of the  
,community ,services ,block ,grant ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #iijb7b777 applicable to 
a family of the size involved71 and     
adjusted each year after #bjbc for      
inflation as measured by the ,consumer  
,price ,index for ,all ,urban ,consumers
 published by the ,secretary of ,labor4 
4  #d4 ,permanent increase in cost per  
member service year ,section #ahi7;a7 of
 the ,national and ,community ,service  
,act of #aiij 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#abfde;c7a77 is amended by striking     
#ah1jjj per full-time equivalent        
position and inserting #abe percent of  
the amount of the minimum living        
allowance of a full-time participant per
 full-time equivalent position4