A SMART Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4232 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4232 To reauthorize the national service laws, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2026 Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Mr. Tuberville) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To reauthorize the national service laws, 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 ``AmeriCorps Service Modernization and Accountability Reform for Trust Act'' or the ``A SMART Act''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. TITLE I--PROGRAM MODERNIZATION Subtitle A--Program Flexibilities Sec. 101. Expansion of national service positions with shorter periods of service. Sec. 102. National Civilian Community Corps term extension authority. Sec. 103. Increased age eligibility range for the National Civilian Community Corps. Sec. 104. Timekeeping. Sec. 105. Spending flexibility. Sec. 106. Volunteer generation fund. Sec. 107. State Commissions. Subtitle B--Organizational Modernization Sec. 111. Requirements for Board of Directors appointees. Sec. 112. Comprehensive service site resource. Sec. 113. Evaluation transparency. TITLE II--MEMBER EXPERIENCE Sec. 201. Educational awards. Sec. 202. Workforce development. Sec. 203. Increasing educational award limit. Sec. 204. Alignment of benefits. Sec. 205. Non-competitive hiring eligibility. TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 301. Clerical amendments. Sec. 302. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 303. Effectiv