American Volunteering Corporation Act
This bill establishes an independent executive branch agency to be known as the American Volunteering Corporation. The bill also transfers to the corporation the operations of the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, including the duties, assets, and obligations belonging to such programs.
To transfer the Peace Corps and the Corporation for National and 
   Community Service under the umbrella of an American Volunteering 
                  Corporation, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Volunteering Corporation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMERICAN VOLUNTEERING CORPORATION.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established as an independent agency 
within the executive branch of the Federal Government the American 
Volunteering Corporation, to coordinate and promote service at all 
levels across the country and internationally.
    (b) Administrator.--The American Volunteering Corporation shall be 
headed by an Administrator of the American Volunteering Corporation who 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate.
    (c) Director of the Peace Corps.--There shall be a Director of the 
Peace Corps and a Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, who shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. The Director shall report directly to the Administrator 
appointed under subsection (b).
    (d) CEO of Corporation for National and Community Service.--There 
shall be a Chief Executive Officer for National and Community Service, 
who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate. The Chief Executive Officer shall report 
directly to the Administrator appointed under subsection (b).

SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS TO PEACE CORPS OPERATIONS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Director of the peace corps.--The authorities, duties, 
        and responsibilities of the Director of the Peace Corps 
        appointed pursuant to section 4 of the Peace Corps Act, as of 
        the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, are 
        transferred as of such date of enactment to the Director of the 
        Peace Corps established under section 2(c) of this Act.
            (2) Peace corps.--The assets, liabilities, and obligations 
        of the Peace Corps, as of the day before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, are transferred as of such date to the 
        American Volunteering Corporation established under section 
        2(a) of this Act.
            (3) References.--Any reference in law or regulation to the 
        ``Director of the Peace Corps'', on and after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, shall be treated as a reference to the 
        Director of the Peace Corps established under section 2(c) of 
        this Act.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2503) is 
amended in section 12(c)(3), by inserting ``the Administrator of the 
American Volunteering Corporation,'' after ``or their designees,''.

SEC. 4. MODIFICATION TO AMERICORPS OPERATIONS.

    (a) Corporation for National and Community Service.--The 
authorities, duties, and responsibilities of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service under section 193A of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651d), as of the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, are transferred as of such date 
of enactment to the Chief Executive Office for National and Community 
Service established under section 2(d) of this Act.
    (b) National Service Programs.--The assets, liabilities, and 
obligations of the national service programs under the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) and the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.), as of 
the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, are transferred 
as of such date to the American Volunteering Corporation established 
under section 2(a) of this Act.
    (c) References.--Any reference in law or regulation to the ``Chief 
Executive Officer for National and Community Service'' shall be treated 
as a reference to the Chief Executive Officer for National and 
Community Service established under section 2(d) of this Act.
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American Volunteering Corporation Act
To transfer the Peace Corps and the Corporation for National and Community Service under the umbrella of an American Volunteering Corporation, and for other purposes.
American Volunteering Corporation Act
Rep. Kim, Andy