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The bill creates a potential new CNCS-administered avenue for funding and federal partnership to support civic convening and bridgebuilding—benefiting nonprofits and local/state governments—but provides no immediate program details and could lead to unspecified future costs for taxpayers.
Nonprofit organizations: could gain a new federal program partner and potential funding source for civic convening and bridgebuilding through CNCS-administered programs.
State and local governments: may receive expanded federal support or collaboration for community cohesion activities via CNCS-administered programs.
Nonprofits, state and local governments: no immediate benefits or program details are provided—communities may face delay and uncertainty while waiting for implementing rules, guidance, or funding.
Taxpayers: could incur future costs if the inserted subtitle leads to funded programs, but the amount and scope of any fiscal impact are unspecified.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Adds a new "Civic Bridgebuilding" subtitle to the National and Community Service Act and sets a short title, but provides no program details or funding.
Establishes a short title for the measure and directs the insertion of a new subtitle called “Civic Bridgebuilding” into Subtitle H of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. The text added by this measure contains no substantive program language, funding, deadlines, or operational details, so it creates a statutory placeholder rather than any immediate new programs or obligations.
Introduced July 10, 2025 by Christina Houlahan · Last progress July 10, 2025