[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5617 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5617

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to clarify that 
  an individual may receive certain benefits for more than 4 terms of 
                    service for compelling reasons.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2021

  Mr. Emmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to clarify that 
  an individual may receive certain benefits for more than 4 terms of 
                    service for compelling reasons.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Term Extension for AmeriCorps 
Members Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVERS.

     Section 139(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12593(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Waivers for compelling purposes.--
                    ``(A) Extension.--A State Commission on National 
                and Community Service for the State in which a national 
                service program is being carried out may authorize, for 
                compelling circumstances, an individual in an approved 
                national service position may continue a service for 
                more than 4 terms.
                    ``(B) Benefits.--An individual performing service 
                under this paragraph may continue to receive a living 
                allowance and other benefits under section 12594 of 
                this title but may not receive an additional national 
                service educational award under section 12595 of this 
                title.''.
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