Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act

H.R. 10062, the Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act, would appropriate supplemental funding for fiscal year 2027 to expand AmeriCorps. It would fund at least 500,000 additional national service positions and raise the living allowance paid to program participants to 200 percent of the federal poverty line. The bill also permanently amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 so that this higher living-allowance formula continues in future years, adjusted annually for inflation using the Consumer Price Index. A related provision permanently changes how the government calculates the maximum allowable "cost per member service year" for national service programs, tying it to 125 percent of the new minimum living allowance rather than the previous flat $18,000 figure.

The bill primarily affects AmeriCorps and other national-service program participants, who would receive higher living allowances, and the organizations that operate these programs, which would receive increased federal funding per position and see more positions authorized.

The bill was introduced on August 6, 2026, by Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and referred to the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and Workforce. It has not yet been voted on in committee or by the full House; it would need to pass both chambers of Congress and be signed by the President before taking effect.

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