National Service Act of 1990

Summary

National Service Act of 1990 - Title I: School-Based and Higher Education Community Service - Part A: School Based Community Service - Schools and Service-Learning Act of 1990 - Subpart I: School-Based Service Learning - Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary, for purposes of this title) to make grants to States for state-wide school-based service learning programs involving local partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs) and other organizations. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 2: Youthbuild Projects - Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to make grants for up to 90 percent of the cost of Youthbuild projects. Requires that eligible participants in Youthbuild projects be employed in construction, rehabilitation, or improvement of: (1) residential rental housing for homeless individuals and low-income families; (2) transitional housing for homeless individuals; or (3) facilities for providing health, education, and other social services to low-income families. Requires that participants be provided: (1) service opportunities on such construction or rehabilitation projects which are integrated with appropriate skills training and preapprenticeship or apprenticeship programs; (2) education services; (3) personal and peer supports; (4) leadership development; (5) preparation for an placement in unsubsidized employment; and (6) support services and need-based stipends to enable participation, and support services, for up to six months after completion of training, to assist in retaining employment. Conditions provision of service opportunities upon individual attendance and participation in educational services and activities. Bases participant eligibility, with certain exceptions, on the individual's being: (1) 16 to 24 years of age; (2) economically disadvantaged; and (3) a high school dropout with reading and mathematics skills at or below the eighth grade level. Limits an individual's full-time participation to between six and 18 months. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 3: Other Federal Volunteer Service Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants and contracts for: (1) rural youth service demonstration projects; (2) model community service and service-learning programs; and (3) model service programs for dropouts and out-of-school youth. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to make grants to State Governors for initiatives involving non-school-based voluntary service projects in their States. Sets forth provisions for authorized activities and allotments based on school-age population. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act to authorize appropriations to increase the number of low-income individuals who provide services under the Foster Grandparent Program to children who participate in Head Start programs. Subpart 4: Activities of the Secretary of Education - Directs the Secretary of Education to: (1) widely disseminate information about programs under this part; (2) provide for program evaluation, including participant and community opinions; and (3) make such evaluations available to the public, and to congressional committees in the Secretary's annual report. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to or contracts with experienced public and private nonprofit agencies for national or regional clearinghouses for information on volunteer service with respect to subpart 1 programs. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 5: Volunteer Service Activities of the President - Authorizes the President to make Presidential Awards for School-Based Service recognizing excellence in school-based service programs. Authorizes the President to create an interagency task force to: (1) create and monitor effective measures for coordinating the various parts of this Act; and (2) design a comprehensive Federal service strategy, including specified components. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 6: General Provisions - Prohibits making grants under this part for any educational program, activity, or service related to sectarian instruction or religious worship, or provided by a school or department of divinity. Applies the General Education Provisions Act to the programs authorized by this part. Part B: Higher Education Community Service - Subpart 1: Innovative Projects for Community Service - Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to and contracts with higher education institutions, (and other public agencies and nonprofit organizations working in partnership with such institutions) to: (1) enable them to create or expand their student community service activities; (2) encourage student initiated and designed community service projects; and (3) help integrate community service into academic curricula and crediting. Directs the Secretary to make grants to colleges, universities, and other nonprofit organizations to train teachers (and those planning teaching careers), education personnel, and community leaders in skills for developing, supervising, and organizing community service activities. Limits the Federal share under this subpart to not more than 50 percent of the cost of the community service activities. Authorizes appropriations. Subpart 2: Campus-Based Community Work Learning Jobs - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to provide for additional reservations of certain funds for: (1) campus-based community work learning study jobs; and (2) work-study for community service-learning on behalf of low-income individuals and families. Subpart 3: Guaranteed Student Loans - Amends HEA to provide for up to three-year loan deferments under the guaranteed student loan (GSL) and the federally-insured student loan (FISL) program for: (1) certain full-time volunteer service; (2) full-time employment as a professional in drug counseling, prevention, intervention, treatment, or education by a public or nonprofit private agency; and (3) full-time volunteers providing Indian health services. Subpart 4: Direct Loans to Students in Institutions of Higher Education - Amends HEA to provide for certain rates of partial cancellation of loans and certain deferments of loan repayments under the national direct student loan (NDSL) program for: (1) certain full-time volunteer service; (2) full-time employment as a professional in drug counseling and treatment; and (3) full-time volunteers providing Indian health services. Subpart 5: Publication - Amends HEA to require that specified information on student loan deferments and cancellations for certain full-time voluntary service be included in institutional information for students, exit counseling for borrowers, and Department of Education information on student loans. Subpart 6: Student Literacy Corps - Amends HEA to require Student Literacy Corps programs to give priority to tutoring services to illiterate parents of educationally or economically disadvantaged elementary school students, with special emphasis on single-parent households. Authorizes increased appropriations for the Student Literacy Corps. Subpart 7: Student Tutorial Corps Initiative - Amends HEA to create a Student Tutorial Corps. Authorizes the Secretary to make demonstration grants to higher education institutions for student tutorial programs that: (1) encourage their students to tutor educationally disadvantaged students in schools assisted under chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (2) are conducted at such schools, at the request and with the direction of school personnel; and (3) do not displace any of such personnel. Authorizes appropriations. Part C: Peace Corps Volunteer Education Demonstration Program Act - Authorizes the Director of the Peace Corps (the Director) to carry out a training and educational benefits demonstration program. Makes eligible for such program participation any individual who: (1) has satisfactorily completed at least two years at a higher education institution, is enrolled in a bachelor's degree program of at least four years and will complete it within two years; (2) agrees to serve at least three years as a Peace Corps volunteer; and (3) is selected under a specified competitive process. Requires the Director to provide a Peace Corps training program for the selectees as part of their course of study at their institution. Requires that selectees receive certain educational benefits to cover costs of their last two years of study. Requires repayment if the individual fails to complete the educational program or the service requirement. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to collect such repayments. Requires the Director and the Secretary to evaluate such demonstration program jointly and submit an interim and a final report to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: To Establish the American Conservation and Youth Service Corps - Part A: American Conservation Corps - Establishes the American Conservation Corps (ACC), to be administered by Federal agencies and through a State grant component. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to establish the Federal component of the ACC within their agencies to administer programs on Federal lands. Encourages Federal agencies to enter into program agreements with program agencies, local governments, and nonprofit organizations. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program of grants to States to administer the State component of the ACC involving work on non-Federal public lands and waters. Directs each Governor to designate a State program agency. Requires States carrying out such programs to provide mechanisms for participation by local governments and nonprofit organizations. Authorizes the ACC to carry out conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement projects relating to: (1) wildlife habitat, rangelands, parks, recreational areas; (2) urban revitalization and historical and cultural sites; (3) fish and fisheries; (4) roads and trails; (5) erosion, floods, droughts, and storm damage assistance and control; (6) streams, lakes, waterfront harbors, and ports; (7) wetlands protection and pollution control; (8) insect, disease, rodent, and fire prevention and control; (9) improvement of abandoned railroad beds and rights-of-way; (10) energy conservation, renewable resources, and biomass recovery; (11) reclamation and improvement of strip-mined land; and (12) forestry, nursery, and cultural operations. Limits such projects to those on public lands or Indian lands, except where the administering Secretary determines that a project involving other lands will provide a public benefit. Part B: Youth Service Corps - Requires the Director of the ACTION Agency to appoint an Assistant Director to make grants for youth service projects to eligible public and private nonprofit agencies, and to otherwise administer Youth Service Corps (YSC) programs under this part. Provides for designation of specific activities as eligible service categories if: (1) they are of substantial social benefit in meeting unmet human, social (especially poverty-related), or environmental needs in a community; (2) they will not interfere unreasonably with employment availability and terms of employees of sponsoring organizations; and (3) participants are qualified for such activities. Allows such service categories to include service in: (1) State, local, and regional governmental agencies; (2) nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, local libraries, parks, recreational facilities, day care centers, and schools; (3) law enforcement, penal, and probation agencies; (4) private nonprofit social services organizations; (5) rehabilitation or improvement of public facilities or neighborhoods, literacy programs, weatherization and repair of low-income housing, energy conservation (including solar energy), removal of public facility architectural barriers to the handicapped, and conservation, maintenance, or restoration of natural resources on publicly held lands; and (6) any other nonpartisan civic activities and services determined appropriate by the Assistant Director. Prohibits such service categories from including any position in any: (1) business organized for profit; (2) labor union; (3) partisan political organization; (4) religious organization, unless the position does not involve any religious functions; or (5) domestic or personal service organization. Part C: Youth Skills Enhancement - Requires the administering Secretary or the Assistant Director (as the case may be) to provide guidance and assistance to States in securing certification of training skills or academic credit for competencies developed under this title. Directs each program agency to maintain or enhance, through programs and projects under this title, the educational skills of program enrollees. Directs appropriate State and local officials to certify standards and procedures (that meet specified Federal criteria) for awarding academic credit and certifying educational attainment in such programs. Part D: Administrative Provisions - Sets forth requirements for award of grants to eligible entities, including matching requirements and limitations on use of funds. Limits enrollment in the ACC and YSC to individuals who, at the time of enrollment, are: (1) 16 through 25 years old (15 through 21 for summer programs); and (2) U.S. citizens or nationals or lawful permanent resident aliens. Requires the State job training coordinating council to appoint an advisory board for oversight and review of ACC and YSC projects under this title. Authorizes appropriations. Part E: Youth Service Clearinghouses - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the ACTION Agency to provide financial assistance to one or more national or regional clearinghouses on youth corps and youth service. Allows experienced public and private nonprofit agencies to apply for such assistance, and sets forth required clearinghouse functions.

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Timeline

1. 21 March 1990

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 March 1990

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 March 1990

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 2 April 1990

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.

   Source: Committee

5. 26 April 1990

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Interior, ACTION, Labor, Education.

   Source: Committee

6. 26 April 1990

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.

   Source: Committee

7. 27 April 1990

   Committee

   Field Hearings Held in Providence, Rhode Island.

   Source: Committee

8. 3 May 1990

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.

   Source: Committee

9. 17 May 1990

   Committee

   Committee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

10. 21 May 1990

    Committee

    Executive Comment Requested from Interior.

    Source: Committee

11. 12 July 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

12. 19 July 1990

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

13. 19 July 1990

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

    Source: Committee

14. 3 August 1990

    Passed

    Mr. Hawkins asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Education and Labor have until 5:00 p.m. on Aug. 15 to file a report on H.R. 4330. Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Committee

15. 15 August 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 101-677, Part I.

    Source: Committee

16. 15 August 1990

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 101-677, Part I.

    Source: Committee

17. 12 September 1990

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 463 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4330 with 1 hour 0 of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and all points of order against the substitute for failure to comply with the provisions of section 303(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act and with clause 7 of rule XVI shall be waived.

    Source: Floor

18. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 463 and Rule XXIII.

    Source: Floor

19. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4330 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Measure will be read by title. Bill is open to amendments. It shall be in order to consider the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and all points of order against the substitute for failure to comply with the provisions of section 303(a)(4) of the Congressional Budget Act and with clause 7 of rule XVI shall be waived.

    Source: Floor

20. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 463.

    Source: Floor

21. 13 September 1990

    Passed

    Rule H. Res. 463 passed House.

    Source: Floor

22. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    Laid on the table. See S. 1430 for further action.

    Source: Floor

23. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    The House discharged from Committee and moved to the consideration of S. 1430, a similar measure to H.R. 4330.

    Source: Floor

24. 13 September 1990

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

25. 13 September 1990

    Passed

    On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

26. 13 September 1990

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

27. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

    Source: Floor

28. 13 September 1990

    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.

    Source: Floor

29. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4330.

    Source: Floor

30. 13 September 1990

    Floor

    The Speaker designated the Honorable David R. Obey to act as Chairman of the Committee.

    Source: Floor

Votes

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Sponsors

• Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Ford, William D. [D-MI-13] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Gaydos, Joseph M. [D-PA-20] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Clay, William (Bill) [D-MO-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Murphy, Austin J. [D-PA-20] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Martinez, Matthew G. [D-CA-31] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Perkins, Carl C. [D-KY-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sawyer, Tom [D-OH-14] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Poshard, Glenn [D-IL-22] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Unsoeld, Jolene [D-WA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Washington, Craig A. [D-TX-18] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rescom. Fuster, Jamie B. [D-PR-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Jontz, Jim [D-IN-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Panetta, Leon [D-CA-16] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Atkins, Chester G. [D-MA-5] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Beilenson, Anthony C. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Bosco, Douglas H. [D-CA-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Condit, Gary A. [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Coyne, William J. [D-PA-14] · D · Cosponsor
• Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-9] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Foglietta, Thomas M. [D-PA-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Lehman, Richard H. [D-CA-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mavroules, Nicholas [D-MA-6] · D · Cosponsor

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Related records

• related to → Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4330) to establish school-based and higher education community service programs, to establish youth service programs, and for other purposes.
• related to → American Conservation and Youth Service Corps Act of 1989
• related to ← National and Community Service Act of 1990
• amends ← An amendment to insure that no individual may participate in programs assisted under this Act if they have been convicted of use, possession or distribution of controlled substances.
• amends ← An amendment which would delete the provisions of the bill which would forgive a portion of the student loan obligation for students who serve as full-time volunteers for tax-exempt service organizations. Such indebtedness would be reduced by 15% for the first two years of service, and by 20% for the third and fourth years of service. Under the bill, full-time professionals employed by a public or nonprofit agency engaged in drug prevention/rehabilitation programs would be eligible for the same loan reductions.
• amends ← An amendment delete the provision allowing loan forgiveness of full-time professional employees engaged in drug counseling, prevention, intervention, treatment, or education employed by a public or nonprofit private agency or organization.
• amends ← An amendment to requiring the Secretary of Education to award to a domestic firm a contract made pursuant to the issuance of any grant awarded under the provisions of the bill which, under the use of competitive procedures, would be awarded to a foreign firm; provided that the final product of the domestic firm be completely assembled in the U.S. and, when completely assembled, not less than 51% of the final product be domestically produced. The amendment provisions would only apply if the difference between the foreign and domestic bids do not exceed 6%.
• amends ← An amendment to establish and administer a program of random testing of individuals participating in such programs for the illegal use of drugs.
• amends ← An amendment to prohibit any person who is not legally registered with the Selective Service from participation in any service program provided for in the bill.
• amends ← An amendment to provide assurances that the State provides a volunteer of a nonprofit organization does not incur any personal financial liability for any tort claim alleging damage or injury from any act or omission of the volunteer on behalf of the organizaiton.

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