H.R. 10062 — Promoting National Service and Reducing Unemployment Act

This section appropriates such sums as may be necessary for FY2027 to increase the number of national service positions by at least 500,000 and to raise each participant's living allowance to 200 percent of the poverty line.

This section requires national service programs, including those carried out using assistance under section 121, to provide each participant a living allowance equal to 200 percent of the poverty line for a family of the size involved, adjusted each year after 2027 for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (from an amount equal to or greater than the average annual VISTA subsistence allowance).

This section revises the cap on grant amounts for operating programs under the national service laws to 125 percent of the minimum living allowance of a full-time participant per full-time equivalent position (from $18,000). The cap continues to apply to the Corporation’s share of member support, staff, and other operating costs.