; but (ii) ended their terms of service early, or returned to the United States before the end of their terms of service, due to the COVID–19 public health emergency. . (b) AmeriCorps NCCC Section 157 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12617 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the following: (C) Surge capacity and priority projects (i) Surge capacity projects The Corporation and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall develop, and the Corporation shall approve, a proposal for public health surge capacity projects. In carrying out the projects, the Corporation and the Director shall develop and deploy public health surge capacity teams. (ii) Priority projects For fiscal years 2020 through 2023, the Corporation shall give priority to entities submitting applications for projects under this subtitle in the same manner as the Corporation gives priority to entities submitting applications for national service programs under section 122(f)(5). ; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking The campus and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (3), the campus