H.R.5829

            I 

116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 5829 

To require in-State tuition for certain Americorps volunteers, and for other 
purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2020 
Mr. WALTZ (for himself, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. BACON) in-

troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Edu-
cation 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 

A BILL 
To require in-State tuition for certain Americorps volunteers, 

and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The National Service 4

GI Bill Act’’. 5

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SEC. 2. IN-STATE TUITION FOR CERTAIN AMERICORPS VOL-1

UNTEERS. 2

Part C of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 3

is amended by adding at the end the following: 4

‘‘SEC. 138. IN-STATE TUITION FOR AMERICORPS VOLUN-5

TEERS. 6

‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—For a period of 7 years begin-7

ning on the date of enactment of the National Service GI 8

Bill Act, in the case of an individual who has served in 9

an approved national service position (as defined in section 10

101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 11

(42 U.S.C. 12511)) for not less than 1,700 hours during 12

a period of not more than 1 year, who meets the require-13

ments of subsection (b), and whose domicile is in a State 14

that receives assistance under this Act, such State shall 15

not charge such individual (or the spouse or dependent 16

child of such member) tuition for attendance at a public 17

institution of higher education in the State at a rate that 18

is greater than the rate charged for residents of the State. 19

‘‘(b) STATE LAW AND REGULATIONS.—Notwith-20

standing State laws with respect to residency, to benefit 21

from the provisions of this section, an individual shall 22

meet the enrollment and financial-aid requirements under 23

applicable State law and regulations. 24

‘‘(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-25

fect at each public institution of higher education in a 26

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State that receives assistance under this Act for the first 1

period of enrollment at such institution that begins on or 2

after July 1, 2021.’’. 3

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 4

SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 5

(a) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES AND 6

SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES.—Section 121(a) of the Na-7

tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 8

12571(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 9

‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES 10

AND SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES.—A State or subdivi-11

sion of a State desiring to receive assistance under 12

this subsection shall submit a plan to the Corpora-13

tion— 14

‘‘(A) to ensure that beginning not later 15

than middle school, students in such State or 16

subdivision— 17

‘‘(i) are notified of and encouraged to 18

commit to a term of service in the military, 19

a national service program, or a public 20

service job as an employee of a local, State, 21

or Federal Government, or faith-based al-22

ternative program; and 23

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‘‘(ii) provided information relating to 1

the various terms and benefits of such op-2

tions; and 3

‘‘(B) that includes assurances that in high 4

school, each student would be requested to— 5

‘‘(i) indicate the preference of the stu-6

dent for military, a national service pro-7

gram, or public service, or a faith-based al-8

ternative program; and 9

‘‘(ii) register the intent of the student 10

to serve in such a program upon gradua-11

tion from high school, or defer until com-12

pletion of a program of study at an institu-13

tion of higher education.’’. 14

(b) EDUCATIONAL AWARD AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME 15

NATIONAL SERVICE.—Section 147(a) of the National and 16

Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is 17

amended by inserting ‘‘2 times the amount of the national 18

average of the annual tuition and fees (as described in 19

section 472(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 20

U.S.C. 1087ll(1))) at 2-year institutions of higher edu-21

cation, except that such value shall be not less than’’ after 22

‘‘value equal to’’. 23

(c) NONCOMPETITIVE HIRING AUTHORITY.—Part III 24

of subtitle C of title I of the National and Community 25

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Service Act of 1990 is amended by adding at the end the 1

following: 2

‘‘SEC. 142. NONCOMPETITIVE HIRING AUTHORITY. 3

‘‘Upon completion of a term of service in a national 4

service position, an individual shall be eligible for appoint-5

ment in the competitive service in the same manner as 6

a Peace Corps volunteer as prescribed in Executive Order 7

11103 (22 U.S.C. 2504 note, relating to Providing for the 8

Appointment of Former Peace Corps Volunteers to the Ci-9

vilian Career Services).’’. 10

SEC. 4. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF AMERICORPS 11

EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 12

(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 117(c) 13

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-14

ing ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B), by striking the 15

period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, 16

or’’, and by adding at the end the following new subpara-17

graph: 18

‘‘(D) a national service educational award 19

under subtitle D of title I of the National and 20

Community Service Act of 1990.’’. 21

(b) EXCLUSION OF DISCHARGE OF STUDENT LOAN 22

DEBT.—Subsection (f) of section 108 of such Code is 23

amended by adding at the end the following new para-24

graph: 25

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‘‘(6) PAYMENTS UNDER NATIONAL SERVICE 1

EDUCATIONAL AWARD PROGRAMS.—In the case of 2

an individual, gross income shall not include any 3

amount received under a national service educational 4

award under subtitle D of title I of the National and 5

Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 6

et seq.).’’. 7

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 8

this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 9

date of the enactment of this Act. 10

SEC. 5. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 11

Section 2233(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 12

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6663(b)) is amended 13

by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the fol-14

lowing: 15

‘‘(1) shall— 16

‘‘(A) show potential to improve the quality 17

of student achievement in, and teaching of, 18

American history, civics and government, or ge-19

ography, in elementary schools and secondary 20

schools; 21

‘‘(B) demonstrate innovation, scalability, 22

accountability, and a focus on underserved pop-23

ulations; and 24

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‘‘(C) include programs that educate stu-1

dents about the history and principles of the 2

Constitution of the United States, including the 3

Bill of Rights; and 4

‘‘(2) may include hands-on civic engagement ac-5

tivities for teachers and students.’’. 6

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