Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-3-1990

Publication Title

Youth Record

First Page

20

Last Page

21

Abstract

A bill by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), the National and Community Service Act, S.1430, should have little trouble gaining congressional approval next session, unless President Bush's Points-of-Light Initiative can muster sufficient support within Congress to challenge it. Kennedy's proposal recently gained strength as a bipartisan effort when Sen. James Jeffords (R-Vt) and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) signed on in mid-November as the 22nd and 23rd co-sponsors. Over twenty national service-related bills were introduced in the first session of the 101st Congress. Components of many of these bills ended up in S.1430, which further suggests that the bill stands very good chances of being sent to the White House for presidential approval sometime next year. The bill proposes some serious steps toward increasing citizen involvement in national service programs, with a special emphasis on attracting younger Americans. The following is a summary of the bill.

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