Number: RL34096
Title: Reauthorization in the 110th Congress of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
Authors: Ann Lordeman, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Both NCSA and DVSA were last amended in 1993 by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-82). This act created (1) the Corporation to administer NCSA and DVSA programs, (2) a new national service program referred to as AmeriCorps, (3) a National Service Trust to fund educational awards to persons participating in AmeriCorps and other select community service programs, and (4) state commissions on national and community service to receive funding under NCSA. Authorization of appropriations for the NCSA and DVSA programs expired at the end of FY1996. These programs continue to be funded, however, through annual appropriations measures. H.R. 2857 would extend the authorization of appropriations for all NCSA and DVSA programs through FY2012. The focus of this report is on selected amendments H.R. 2857 would make to these two statutes.
Pages: 8
Date: March 3, 2008