DACA recipients can now earn AmeriCorps school awards
H.R. 10365 — AmeriCorps Access for Dreamers Act · Filed by Julie Johnson (D-TX) · 4 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 14, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill lets DACA recipients earn AmeriCorps school awards. DACA recipients are people who came to the U.S. as kids and got special status to stay and work. A government rule used to stop most non-citizens from getting certain government help. This bill removes that rule for DACA recipients only.
Who it affects
DACA recipients can now join AmeriCorps and earn money for school. They were blocked from this before by government law.
One thing to notice
The bill changes one government rule that blocked DACA recipients from AmeriCorps awards. It does not change rules for other non-citizens.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
4 cosponsors: 4 Democrats.
- Sep 14, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- DACA recipients — People who came to the U.S. as kids and got special status to stay
- AmeriCorps — A government program where people do service work and earn money for school
- government help — Money or aid from the U.S. government
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (814 characters) on Sep 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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