Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
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Enacted
Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020 or the UNITE Act of 2020 This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency by increasing volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and requiring the re-enrollment of Peace Corps volunteers whose service ended involuntarily on March 15, 2020, or earlier for volunteers who were serving in China and Mongolia. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 AmeriCorps programs; increases recruitment levels of its volunteers to 500,000 in FY2020-FY2022; sets the minimum compensation for AmeriCorps volunteers, beginning in FY2020, at 200% of the poverty line applicable to a family of one; increases the ceiling on grant amounts to such volunteers from $18,000 to $25,000 and the grant maximum amount limit to meet program needs; requires FEMA to appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 62,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees in FY2020-FY2022 above the level of such employees in FY2019 to address the COVID-19 health emergency; and authorizes the President to pay a state, tribal, or local government in which a major disaster has been declared stipends for temporary workers conducting nonpartisan official election poll worker services.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Adult education and literacyAgingBankruptcyCardiovascular and respiratory healthCensus and government statisticsCitizenship and naturalizationCongressional oversightConsumer creditCorporation for National and Community ServiceDepartment of Homeland SecurityDisaster relief and insuranceEducational technology and distance educationEducation of the disadvantagedElections, voting, political campaign regulationElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmergency planning and evacuationEmployee hiringFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Food assistance and reliefGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth technology, devices, suppliesHomelessness and emergency shelterImmigration status and proceduresInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaNational and community serviceNatural disastersPeace CorpsPublic-private cooperationRural conditions and developmentSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local government operationsTemporary and part-time employmentUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsWages and earningsWorker safety and healthWorld health
UNITE Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-6853| House
| Updated: 5/14/2020
Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020 or the UNITE Act of 2020 This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency by increasing volunteer opportunities within AmeriCorps and employment opportunities at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and requiring the re-enrollment of Peace Corps volunteers whose service ended involuntarily on March 15, 2020, or earlier for volunteers who were serving in China and Mongolia. Among other things, the bill reauthorizes through FY2022 AmeriCorps programs; increases recruitment levels of its volunteers to 500,000 in FY2020-FY2022; sets the minimum compensation for AmeriCorps volunteers, beginning in FY2020, at 200% of the poverty line applicable to a family of one; increases the ceiling on grant amounts to such volunteers from $18,000 to $25,000 and the grant maximum amount limit to meet program needs; requires FEMA to appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 62,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees in FY2020-FY2022 above the level of such employees in FY2019 to address the COVID-19 health emergency; and authorizes the President to pay a state, tribal, or local government in which a major disaster has been declared stipends for temporary workers conducting nonpartisan official election poll worker services.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, Education and Workforce Committee
Adult education and literacyAgingBankruptcyCardiovascular and respiratory healthCensus and government statisticsCitizenship and naturalizationCongressional oversightConsumer creditCorporation for National and Community ServiceDepartment of Homeland SecurityDisaster relief and insuranceEducational technology and distance educationEducation of the disadvantagedElections, voting, political campaign regulationElementary and secondary educationEmergency medical services and trauma careEmergency planning and evacuationEmployee hiringFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)Food assistance and reliefGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth technology, devices, suppliesHomelessness and emergency shelterImmigration status and proceduresInfectious and parasitic diseasesInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaNational and community serviceNatural disastersPeace CorpsPublic-private cooperationRural conditions and developmentSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsState and local government operationsTemporary and part-time employmentUnemploymentVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsWages and earningsWorker safety and healthWorld health