InsideGov
Congress · Laws

National and Community Service Technical Amendments Act of 1991

Public Law 102-10 · S. 379 · 102nd Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Mar 12, 1991 · Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)

Cosponsors (1): Sen. Orrin Hatch

Passage votes

  • HouseUnanimous consent
  • SenateVoice vote
Data notes

The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

Report a correction

Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

National and Community Service Technical Amendments Act of 1991 - Amends the National and Community Service Act to make various technical amendments, including revisions of definitions and of programs for students and out-of-school students, Serve-America, American Conservation and Youth Service Corps, participant eligibility and post-service benefits, innovative and demonstration programs and projects, Youthbuild, administration, and the Commission on National and Community Service.

Directs the Commission on National and Community Service to issue final rules or regulations to implement title I of such Act within 180 days after its enactment. Requires, to the maximum extent practicable, that an effort be made to appoint members of the Board of Directors of such Commission who: (1) have extensive experience in volunteer and service opportunity programs; (2) represent a broad range of viewpoints; and (3) will give the Board diversity of race, ethnicity, age, gender, and political party membership.

Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

Data notes

A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.

Report a correction

Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 11 actions.

  1. Mar 12, 1991Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 102-10.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Mar 5, 1991PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Feb 26, 1991FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
  6. FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
  7. FloorFloor · Mr. Ford (MI) asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
  8. CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Education and Workforce Committee
  9. Feb 19, 1991CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Education and Workforce Committee
  10. Feb 6, 1991FloorFloor · Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
  11. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
Data notes

Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.

Report a correction

Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.