GIVE Act

Summary

Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act or the GIVE Act - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NSCA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to revise the programs under such Acts and reauthorize appropriations for such programs through FY2012. Revises under NSCA: (1) the School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning programs and Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service, also known as Learn and Serve programs; (2) National Service Trust programs, also known as AmeriCorps; (3) the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); and (4) the Investment for Quality and Innovation program. Authorizes new Summer of Service programs, within School-Based Learn and Serve programs, that provide certain elementary and secondary school students with summer community service-learning projects for which they earn educational awards. Eliminates the current Community-Based Learn and Serve programs. Gives special consideration to minority institutions of higher education (IHEs) in funding Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service. Establishes a new Learn and Serve program, Innovative Service-Learning Programs and Research, providing matching fixed-term grants to states, nonprofit organizations, and IHEs to: (1) provide community service-learning opportunities to elementary and secondary, college, and graduate students; and (2) research and evaluate service-learning. Includes among eligible AmeriCorps programs: (1) an E-corp program increasing community access to technology; (2) a program engaging citizens in public safety, health, and emergency preparedness services; (3) a youth mentoring program; and (4) the Education Awards Only program. Increases National Service educational awards for AmeriCorps, NCCC, and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) participants. Includes among needs to be met under the NCCC program, disaster relief, infrastructure improvement, environmental and energy conservation, and urban and rural development. Establishes a National Office of Outreach and Recruitment in the Corporation for National and Community Service. Establishes matching fixed grant Innovative and Model Program Support programs within the Investment for Quality and Innovation program that include service programs for disadvantaged youth. Eliminates federal funding for the Points of Light Foundation. Revises under DVSA: (1) the VISTA program; and (2) the National Senior Service Corps (Senior Corps), including the Retired and Senior Volunteer program (RSVP), the Foster Grandparent program, and the Senior Companion program. Gives priority in VISTA participant selection to disadvantaged youth and retired adults of any profession. Authorizes new VISTA programs, providing grants for programs of national significance that provide poor and rural communities with: (1) financial literacy and planning; (2) before-school and after-school services; (3) community economic development initiatives; (4) assistance to veterans and their families; and (5) health and wellness services. Eliminates the VISTA Literacy Corps, University Year for VISTA, and Literacy Challenge Grant programs. Raises the minimum and maximum stipend provided to VISTA participants. Prioritizes RSVP projects in education, health and wellness, youth crime prevention, public safety, emergency management and relief, and access to technology. Makes anyone 55 years of age or older eligible as Senior Corps volunteers. Authorizes stipends to Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion program volunteers whose income does not exceed 200% of the poverty level. Includes among the programs eligible for Senior Corps funding those addressing energy conservation, the environment, and homeland security. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the number of AmeriCorps, VISTA, and NCCC participants should reach 100,000 by 2012.

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Timeline

1. 26 June 2007

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 26 June 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 26 June 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 27 June 2007

   Vote

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.

   Source: Committee

5. 27 June 2007

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

6. 11 September 2007

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities Discharged.

   Source: Committee

7. 11 September 2007

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.

   Source: Committee

8. 1 November 2007

   Calendars

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 265.

   Source: Calendars

9. 1 November 2007

   Reported

   Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-420.

   Source: Committee

10. 1 November 2007

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 110-420.

    Source: Committee

11. 4 March 2008

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1015 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2857 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order.

    Source: Floor

12. 6 March 2008

    Vote

    On motion to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 191, 1 Present (Roll no. 107).

    Source: Floor

13. 6 March 2008

    ResolvingDifferences

    Mr. Miller, George moved to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair (consideration: CR H1397)

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

14. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair.

    Source: Floor

15. 6 March 2008

    ResolvingDifferences

    Mr. Miller, George raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. Mr. Miller stated that the motion to recommit with instructions sought to insert non-germane material into the bill. Sustained by the Chair.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

16. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    Mr. Lungren, Daniel E. moved to recommit with instructions to Education and Labor. (consideration: CR H1395-1397; text: CR H1395)

    Source: Floor

17. 6 March 2008

    Passed

    The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H1357-1376)

    Source: Floor

18. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H1395)

    Source: Floor

19. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2857.

    Source: Floor

20. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

    Source: Floor

21. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2857 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.

    Source: Floor

22. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable Ellen O. Tauscher to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

23. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 1015 and Rule XVIII.

    Source: Floor

24. 6 March 2008

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1015. (consideration: CR H1349-1393)

    Source: Floor

25. 6 March 2008

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 1015 passed House.

    Source: Floor

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

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Sponsors

• Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] · D · Cosponsor
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• amends ← An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 110-539 to strike the "summer of service" grant program and reduce the authorized amount designated for the program.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 110-539 to require the Corporation for National and Community Service to consider whether an area has a mortgage foreclosure rate greater than the national average when considering applications from States and other eligible entities.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 110-539 to add an Energy Conservation Corps, which would seek to address the nation's energy and transportation infrastructure needs while providing work and service opportunities.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 110-539 to require the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service to coordinate with veterans' organizations serving veterans with disabilities to provide opportunities for young people enrolled in existing NACS programs to serve as drivers in the DAV Transportation 1Network on a full-time, part-time, or as-needed basis.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 110-539 to integrate two competitive funding streams and seek to improve collaboration between state and national entities.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 110-539 to establish a temporary Congressional Commission on Civic Service within the Legislative Branch. The Commission would be tasked with making recommendations to Congress about how to improve opportunities for public service.
• amends ← An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 110-539 to require the Corporation for National and Community Service to conduct a study to identify specific areas of need for displaced workers and how existing programs and activities carried out under the national service laws can better serve displaced workers and communities affected by plant closings and job losses. The amendment also would require the Corporation to develop and carry out a pilot program based on the findings of the study.

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