,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bicc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ag1 #bjbe,ms4
 ,houlahan introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of funds
 to eliminate the ,corporation for      
,national and ,community ,service4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect ,national ,service ,act4   
#b4 ,findings2 sense of ,congress  7a7  
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,a recent study from ,voices for  
,national ,service found that every #a  
in ,federal taxes invested in           
,ameri,corps and ,senior ,corps returns 
#ag4cj to society4  7#b7 ,over the last 
#cj years1 more than #ijj1jjj ,americans
 have served as ,ameri,corps members1   
contributing more than #a1bjj1jjj1jjj   
hours of service to their communities   
and accounting for a value of more than 
#ch1jjj1jjj1jjj across every ,united    
,states ,state and ,united ,states      

,territory4  7#c7 ,the statute first    
authorizing the agency1 and subsequent  
reform efforts1 have received strong    
bipartisan support over multiple        
decades1 including from ,presidential   
administrations of both parties4  7b7   
,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of 
,congress that-- 7#a7 any reform or     
reorganization of the ,corporation for  
,national and ,community ,service should
 be done-- 7,a7 in accordance with      
existing laws2  7,b7 in a manner that   
maintains the ,united ,states support   
for national service2  7,c7 in a manner 
that allows the ,national ,service      
,trust to continue to meet all of its   
obligations to participants in          
,ameri,corps2 and  7,d7 in a manner that
 maintains the ,federal ,government's   
active role in meeting unmet human1     
educational1 environmental1 and public  
safety needs1 as well as in renewing the
 ethic of civic responsibility by       
encouraging citizens to participate in  
national service programs2 and  7#b7    

only an act of ,congress can eliminate  
the ,corporation for ,national and      
,community ,service as a ,government    
corporation1 as defined in section #ajc 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  #c4
 ,prohibition of funds to eliminate the 
,corporation for ,national and          
,community ,service  7a7 ,in general    
,consistent with section #adac of the   
,omnibus ,consolidated and ,emergency   
,supplemental ,appropriations ,act of   
#aiii 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fefc71 no ,federal
 funds appropriated or otherwise made   
available by the ,american ,relief ,act1
 #bjbe 7,public ,law #aah-aeh7 or any   
other or prior appropriations ,act may  
be made available to eliminate the      
status of the ,corporation for ,national
 and ,community ,service as a           
,government corporation1 as defined in  
section #ajc of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code4  7b7 ,rule of            
construction ,nothing in this section   
shall be construed to indicate that the 
elimination1 dismantlement1 or          

subsummation of the ,corporation for    
,national and ,community ,service is    
permissible under existing law4  7c7    
,certification ,not later than #cj days 
after the date of enactment of this act1
 and annually for #e years thereafter1  
the ,chief ,executive ,officer of the   
,corporation for ,national and          
,community ,service shall certify to the
 appropriate ,committees compliance with
 this section4  7d7 ,appropriate        
,committees of ,congress ,defined ,in   
this section1 the term appropriate      
committees of ,congress means-- 7#a7 the
 ,committee on ,education and ,workforce
 of the ,house of ,representatives2 and 
7#b7 the ,committee on ,health1         
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions of the
 ,senate4