Creates new opportunities for underrepresented groups, including men, to join community service and volunteer programs.
This bill would make it a priority for national and community service programs to recruit and train people who haven't been well-represented in these programs before. This includes young adults and men, who would get more chances to join activities like mentoring, disaster response, and skilled-trades training. If signed into law, these changes would take effect immediately.
Today, federal laws for national and community service programs do not specifically require or prioritize expanding participation among underrepresented groups. After this bill, these laws would explicitly make expanding participation by underrepresented populations a main purpose and a required priority for national service programs. Domestic volunteer programs would also have to give priority to projects that recruit these participants, including men, for various service activities.
HR 9766 · 119th Congress · July 16, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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