45 CFR § 2500.1 - Creation and authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s2500.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 2500.1 - Creation and authority."
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "2500.1"
section_name: "Creation and authority."
chapter_name: "CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
part_number: "2500"
part_name: "AMERICORPS STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION, AGENCY OPERATING NAME, AND LOGOS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1); 42 U.S.C. 4950,  as amended; 42 U.S.C. 12501  as amended; section 203(c), Pub. L. 103-82, 107 Stat. 892; Proc. 6662, 59 FR 16507, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 22)."
regulatory_source: "89 FR 6433, Feb. 1, 2024, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2500"
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# 2500.1 Creation and authority.

The National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993 established the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) as a Federal agency, organized in the form of a Government corporation within the Executive Branch, to administer the national service programs authorized by the National and Community Service Act of 1990. CNCS also administers the national service programs authorized by the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended, and previously administered by the former Federal ACTION Agency.