Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1984

Summary

Community Volunteer Service Act of 1983 - Amends the Domestic Volunteers Service Act of 1973 to amend the purpose of the Volunteers in Service to America program (VISTA) so as to: (1) emphasize efforts to alleviate poverty-related human problems; and (2) encourage the participation of low-income individuals, the commitment of private sector resources, and part-time volunteer service at the local level. Authorizes the Director of the ACTION Agency to recruit and train persons to serve in part-time volunteer programs. Provides that VISTA volunteers shall work in the communities in which they are recruited and shall address the problems of the homeless, the jobless, the hungry, illiterate adults, and low-income youths. Permits the Director, in coordination with an appropriate private industry council, to provide each low-income volunteer with an individual plan for job advancement. Allows VISTA volunteers to be assigned to a community project or program only if the application for such project or program contains evidence of local support. Repeals specified limitations on funding VISTA programs. Repeals the University Year for ACTION program. Expands the purpose of special volunteer programs to include providing assistance to encourage voluntary organizations and volunteer efforts at the Federal, State, and local level. Requires the Director to assure that there is an equitable distribution of such programs each year. Authorizes the Director to make grants or contracts for Senior Companion projects to assist the homebound elderly. Encourages the Director to recruit Senior Companion volunteer trainers who will receive no stipends. Allows the Director to use Senior Companion volunteer leaders to assist and coordinate the activities of newer volunteers. Requires the Director to report to Congress on impact studies assessing the cost-effectiveness of such projects. Prohibits the Director from restricting the expenditure of the amount of non-Federal contributions to volunteer programs for older Americans that exceeds the amount required by the Director if such expenditures are consistent with the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1982. Declares that the purpose of the ACTION agency is to provide a local point for volunteerism at the Federal, State, and local level. Repeals the Director's authority to delegate functions to persons carrying out functions under the Peace Corps Act. Terminates the National Voluntary Service Advisory Council on January 1, 1986. Excludes stipends paid to volunteers under the National Older American Volunteer Programs as compensation or income for purposes of workers compensation laws. Prohibits any regulation prescribed under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 from becoming effective unless the public is afforded 30 days to comment before it is published in the Federal Register. Repeals the current requirement that 30 days must expire after the regulation is published. Repeals the Director's authority to waive the requirement that 45 days be provided between the publication and effective dates of a regulation for congressional consideration thereof. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 through 1986: (1) to carry out the National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs; (2) carry out the National Older Americans Volunteer Programs; and (3) for administration of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 22 May 1984

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 12 April 1984

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 28 October 1983

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 14 September 1983

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 14 July 1983

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 April 1983

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