HR 11710 · 95th Congress · Social Welfare

Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendments

Introduced 1978-03-22· Sponsored by Rep. Andrews, Ike [D-NC-4]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.(1978-03-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Domestic Volunteer Service Act Amendment - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to authorize the Director of ACTION to make advance payments of a volunteer's end-of-service stipend during the volunteer's period of service. Repeals the limitation on appropriated funds that may be used to support volunteers or to encourage students in secondary and post-secondary schools to participate in service-learning programs. Authorizes the Director to provide stipends and other support payments to any ACTION volunteer who has volunteered for at least ten weeks of service or at least 20 hours of service per week. Declares that Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers shall not be deemed to be Federal employees for any purpose. Repeals the right of specified State or community action agencies to supervise or carry out Foster Grandparent or Older American Community Service programs and substitutes the right of such agencies to review appropriate project applications and to make recommendations on such applications. Declares full- and part-time antipoverty volunteers who have served less than one year, as well as other already so declared under present law, to be Federal emp…

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