Protect National Service Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2933 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2933 To prohibit the use of funds to eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 17, 2025 Ms. Houlahan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To prohibit the use of funds to eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service. 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 ``Protect National Service Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) A recent study from Voices for National Service found that every $1 in Federal taxes invested in AmeriCorps and Senior Corps returns $17.30 to society. (2) Over the last 30 years, more than 900,000 Americans have served as AmeriCorps members, contributing more than 1,200,000,000 hours of service to their communities and accounting for a value of more than $38,000,000,000 across every United States State and United States Territory. (3) The statute first authorizing the agency, and subsequent reform efforts, have received strong bipartisan support over multiple decades, including from Presidential administrations of both parties. (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) any reform or reorganization of the Corporation for National and Community Service should be done-- (A) in accordance with existing laws; (B) in a manner that maintains the United States support for national service; (C) in a manner that allows the National Service Trust to continue to meet all of its obligations to participants in AmeriCorps; and (D) in a