Authorization of appropriations

Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Subtitles C and D (A) Subtitle C There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2027 through fiscal year 2036, such sums as may be necessary to provide financial assistance under subtitle C of title I for the number of participants in programs and activities under subtitle C for fiscal year 2026. (B) Subtitle D There are authorized to be appropriated, and there are appropriated, for fiscal year 2027 and each subsequent fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to provide national service educational awards under subtitle D of title I for the number of participants for whom the Administration recorded an obligation under section 149(a)(1)(B) for fiscal year 2026.; (B) in paragraph (6), by striking subsection (b) and inserting subsection (c); and (C) by adding at the end the following: (7) Subtitle K There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2027 and each subsequent fiscal year to carry out subtitle K of title I.; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (3) by adding after subsection (a) the following: (b) Additional authorization of appropriations (1) Authorization There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administration to carry out its programs and functions, including the programs and activities carried out under this Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.), such additional sums as may be necessary to achieve the goal set forth in paragraph (2). (2) Ten-year goal It is the sense of Congress that sums appropriated under paragraph (1) should be sufficient to provide or facilitate the provision of national service programs and activities under the national service laws (in addition to programs and activities funded under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2027) for not fewer than 1,000,000 participants per year by September 30, 2036. (3) Plan for approved national service positions The Administration shall— (A) prepare a plan to— (i) establish the number of the approved national service positions as 250,000 for fiscal year 2027; and (ii) increase the number of the approved positions in each fiscal year through fiscal year 2035, so that the number of approved positions in fiscal year 2036 is sufficient to support the goal in paragraph (2); (B) ensure that the increases described in subparagraph (A)(ii) are achieved through an appropriate balance of full- and part-time service positions; (C) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the ACTION for National Service Act, submit a report to the authorizing committees on the status of the plan described in subparagraph (A); (D) not later than 8 years after the date of enactment of the ACTION for National Service Act, submit a report to the authorizing committees on the progress of the Administration towards the goal described in paragraph (2), and the potential for exceeding that goal in fiscal year 2036 and beyond; and (E) subject to the availability of appropriations and quality service opportunities, implement the plan described in subparagraph (A)..