Bill expands government service programs to recruit more diverse people
S. 5031 — Building Community in America Act · Filed by Mark Kelly (D-AZ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill changes how AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and similar programs hire people. It tells the government to recruit more people from groups that lack enough members. The programs focus on mentoring, youth coaching, emergencies, public safety, and job training. The government must track how many people from these groups join.
Who it affects
People from groups that lack enough members gain access to government jobs and training. States and local areas that run these programs may change how they recruit. The bill does not take away any rights or protections.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say what 'lack enough members' means with exact numbers. Each government office can decide for itself who counts.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 16, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- AmeriCorps — A government program that pays people to do service work in their towns.
- Peace Corps — A government program that sends Americans to help people in other countries.
- lack enough members — A group that has fewer people in a program than it should have.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,169 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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 2026-09-23.
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