Senate Resolution 12 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 12 BY D. JOHNSON A Resolution relating to the proposal by the federal 1 Office of Management and Budget to eliminate the 2 AmeriCorps program. 3 WHEREAS, Congress passed the National and Community 4 Service Trust Act of 1993 to create the Corporation 5 for National and Community Service, and three National 6 and Community Service-administered programs, including 7 AmeriCorps, to encourage Americans to give back to 8 their communities through national service; and 9 WHEREAS, AmeriCorps volunteers provide intensive, 10 results-driven service to meet educational, 11 environmental, health, economic, and other pressing 12 needs across Iowa; and 13 WHEREAS, AmeriCorps volunteers assist in providing 14 tutoring and mentoring services to children, support 15 veterans and military families, increase economic 16 opportunity, and recruit and manage volunteers; and 17 WHEREAS, since 1994, more than 10,000 Iowa residents 18 have served more than 14 million hours and have 19 qualified for Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards 20 totaling more than $34,570,000; and 21 WHEREAS, AmeriCorps grant funding is received 22 by Volunteer Iowa, which in turn awards grants to 23 nonprofit groups to respond to local needs; and 24 WHEREAS, there are currently 1,234 Iowa members of 25 AmeriCorps serving 45 local programs and projects; and 26 WHEREAS, the proposal by the federal Office of 27 Management and Budget to eliminate AmeriCorps would 28 -1- LSB 2637SS (5) 87 hb/rj 1/ 2

S.R. 12 drastically and negatively impact Iowa citizens; NOW 1 THEREFORE, 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 3 opposes the proposal by the federal Office of 4 Management and Budget to eliminate the AmeriCorps 5 program; and 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this 7 Resolution be sent to President of the United States 8 Donald J. Trump, Vice President and President of the 9 United States Senate Michael Pence, Majority Leader 10 of the United States Senate Mitchell McConnell, Jr., 11 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 12 Paul Ryan, Jr., Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad, and 13 each member of Iowa’s congressional delegation. 14 -2- LSB 2637SS (5) 87 hb/rj 2/ 2