Findings; sense of Congress

(a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) A recent study from Voices for National Service found that every $1 in Federal taxes invested in AmeriCorps and Senior Corps returns $17.30 to society. (2) Over the last 30 years, more than 900,000 Americans have served as AmeriCorps members, contributing more than 1,200,000,000 hours of service to their communities and accounting for a value of more than $38,000,000,000 across every United States State and United States Territory. (3) The statute first authorizing the agency, and subsequent reform efforts, have received strong bipartisan support over multiple decades, including from Presidential administrations of both parties. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) any reform or reorganization of the Corporation for National and Community Service should be done— (A) in accordance with existing laws; (B) in a manner that maintains the United States support for national service; (C) in a manner that allows the National Service Trust to continue to meet all of its obligations to participants in AmeriCorps; and (D) in a manner that maintains the Federal Government’s active role in meeting unmet human, educational, environmental, and public safety needs, as well as in renewing the ethic of civic responsibility by encouraging citizens to participate in national service programs; and (2) only an act of Congress can eliminate the Corporation for National and Community Service as a Government corporation, as defined in section 103 of title 5, United States Code.