VOLUNTEERING AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVE AMERICA ACT

Introduction

Historically, as noted by Toman and Leichtman in this journal issue, volunteering in America has been defined, supported, and acted upon by decades of members of the United States Congress. The Serve America Act is this decade's version of legislating volunteering. The following article was written by attorneys, and therefore utilizes the standard legal reference for citations, the Harvard Blue Book. The authors highlight the main points of the Act, as well as offer their conclusions of its feasibility.

~ Sarah Toman

The Serve America Act (hereafter referred to as the Act), a 2009 amendment to the National Service Act of 1990 [42 U.S.C. � 12501], was …