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H.Amdt. 38

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H.Amdt.38 - Amendment, as modified, makes technical changes; allows interagency agreements between Federal agencies to support national service programs by approving the use of service positions in projects carried out by other agencies; clarifies that the goal of reaching 250,000 volunteers is throughout all national service positions, not just AmeriCorps; clarifies that the Corporation should promote efficiency and eliminate duplicative requirements in applications and report back to the authorizing committees on its progress in doing so; adds language to promote community based efforts to reduce crime and recruit public safety officers into service opportunities adds "severely economically distressed community" as a new definition; includes a new activity under the Opportunity Corps focused on a musician and artists corps program that helps meet educational needs in low income communities; and incorporates language that would increase access to and participation in federally supported nutrition
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Passed
Latest Action · March 18, 2009
On agreeing to the Andrews amendment (A001) as modified Agreed to by voice vote. (text as modified: CR H3585-3588)
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
March 18, 2009
Cosponsors (0)
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