The Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act
- Last Action
- 4/20/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-20Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-20Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2021-04-20Introduced in House
- 2021-04-20Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-20 (00)
Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice Act
This bill establishes a Civilian Climate Corps Program and generally revises benefits provided to national service program participants.
The bill establishes a Civilian Climate Corps to operate (1) a national climate service program; and (2) a national climate service grant program to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy, including through reducing carbon emissions.
The bill also provides for allowances for participants in certain national service programs, including the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program and the National Civilian Community Corps.
The bill expands the exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, to exclude amounts received as educational awards or benefits and income attributable to discharges of student loan debt under the National and Community Service Act of 1990.
Cosponsors (20)
- Nanette Barragan (D-CA)
- Grace Meng (D-NY)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- JOHN LARSON (D-CT)
- Cori Bush (D-MO)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Agricultural conservation and pollution
- Agricultural practices and innovations
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Building construction
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic development
- Education programs funding
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employment and training programs
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental health
- Federal-Indian relations
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