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This bill, the Cultivating Opportunity and Response to the Pandemic through Service (CORPS) Act, aims to expand national service programs to address the COVID-19 public health emergency and economic crisis. The key provisions include: 1. Prioritizing national service programs that provide services related to the pandemic response and recovery, such as public health, emergency logistics, economic opportunity, and education. 2. Increasing the minimum and average living allowances for national service participants during the COVID-19 emergency response and recovery period. 3. Adjusting the national service educational awards to be twice the maximum Pell Grant amount during this period. 4. Providing tax exemptions for the living allowances and educational awards. 5. Establishing an online platform for the National Senior Service Corps to facilitate remote volunteering. 6. Waiving matching fund requirements and increasing grant funding limits to provide greater flexibility and resources for national service programs during the crisis. The bill also authorizes significant funding increases for AmeriCorps, VISTA, and other national service initiatives to expand participation by 250,000 over 3 years to meet the increased needs.

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