Wed Aug 19 23:20:35 2020
<853f0f69> ‘‘Undertaking National Initiatives to Tackle Epidemic Act of 2020” or the ‘‘UNITE Act of 2020”.
The Corporation for National and Commu16 nity Service (referred to in this Act as ‘‘CNCS”), through the health, disaster, and poverty services administered by the CNCS under the 3 flagship AmeriCorps programs (AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps NCCC, and AmeriCorps State and Na21 tional Volunteers), is uniquely positioned to aid frontline workers and communities most impacted by the coronavirus public health emergency if the Presi24 dent of the United States fully mobilizes those 3 programs.*
(2) the President should elevate the role of CNCS within the whole-of-government response to the coronavirus outbreak, including by urging its
Chief Executive Officer
(3) the United States should expand the Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees (CORE) program, administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to enlist individuals in the United States to solve public health and supply-man19 agement challenges related to the coronavirus out break, as well as related to wildfires, hurricanes, and *other disasters*; and
<853f0f69> a) PRIORITIZING CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) or the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), the Chief Executive Officer of CNCS shall, for the period described in paragraph (2), prioritize existing agreements, or enter into new agreements, with public and private nonprofit organizations, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and State governments, that will direct volunteers in programs administered by CNCS to assignments that assist those individuals most impacted by the coronavirus public health emergency, including assignments—
shall end—
(i) not earlier than the date of the conclusion of the coronavirus public health emergency; and (ii) not later than 2 years after the conclusion of such emergency.
<853f0f69> SPAMMMMMM. I’ll dump in another channel for a bit