United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6958 (117th)
A Chance To Serve Act
Introduced
7 March 2022
Last action
—
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
21 July 2025
Summary
A Chance To Serve Act This bill provides various benefits for Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers and increases the number of AmeriCorps volunteer positions to at least 500,000 (currently there are approximately 250,000 positions). Among other provisions, the bill (1) provides eligible former Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers with three years of non-compete eligibility for federal employment whereas currently, former volunteers generally get one year of eligibility with extensions available in certain situations; (2) provides eligible former volunteers with health care benefits for one year; and (3) exempts from taxation certain payments and allowances paid to volunteers.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 March 2022
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 7 March 2022
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 7 March 2022
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6958
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/6958