Building Civic Bridges Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4329 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4329 To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within the Corporation for National and Community Service, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2025 Ms. Houlahan (for herself, Mr. Barr, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carbajal, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within the Corporation for National and Community Service, and for other purposes. 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 ``Building Civic Bridges Act''. SEC. 2. CIVIC BRIDGEBUILDING. Subtitle H of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``PART VI--CIVIC BRIDGEBUILDING ``SEC. 198T. OFFICE OF CIVIC BRIDGEBUILDING. ``(a) Establishment.--There shall be in the Corporation an Office of Civic Bridgebuilding (in this section referred to as the `Office'). The Office shall be headed by an Officer of Civic Bridgebuilding, who shall be designated by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to section 195(b). ``(b) Duties.--The Officer of Civic Bridgebuilding shall carry out each of the following: ``(1) Administer the grant program described in subsection (d) to support civic bridgebuilding across the United States, including by establishing standardized criteria (based on principles of scientific r