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110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 110–420 

GENERATIONS INVIGORATING VOLUNTEERISM AND 

EDUCATION ACT OR THE ‘‘GIVE ACT’’ 

NOVEMBER 1, 2007.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, from the Committee on 

Education and Labor, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

together with 

MINORITY VIEWS 

[To accompany H.R. 2857] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred 

the bill (H.R. 2857) to reauthorize and reform the national service 

laws, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an 

amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990 

Sec. 1001. References. 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 

Sec. 1101. Purposes; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 1102. Definitions. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Service-Learning) 

Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 

Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions. 

Sec. 1203. Innovative programs and research. 


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Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) 

Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation costs. 

Sec. 1302. E–Corps and technical amendments to types of programs. 

Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 

Sec. 1304. Conforming repeal relating to training and technical assistance. 

Sec. 1305. Assistance to State Commissions; challenge grants. 

Sec. 1306. Allocation of assistance to States and other eligible entities. 

Sec. 1307. Additional authority. 

Sec. 1308. State selection of programs. 

Sec. 1309. Consideration of applications. 

Sec. 1310. Description of participants. 

Sec. 1311. Selection of national service participants. 

Sec. 1312. Terms of service. 

Sec. 1313. Adjustments to living allowance. 

Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational 

Awards) 

Sec. 1401. Availability of funds in the National Service Trust. 

Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award from the Trust. 

Sec. 1403. Determination of the amount of national service educational awards. 

Sec. 1404. Disbursement of educational awards. 

Sec. 1405. Process of approval of national service positions. 

Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) 

Sec. 1501. Purpose. 

Sec. 1502. Program components. 

Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 

Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 

Sec. 1505. Team leaders. 

Sec. 1506. Training. 

Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 

Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 

Sec. 1510. Contract and grant authority. 

Sec. 1511. Other departments. 

Sec. 1512. Advisory Board. 

Sec. 1513. Annual evaluation. 

Sec. 1514. Repeal of funding limitation. 

Sec. 1515. Definitions. 

Sec. 1516. Terminology. 

Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 

Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 

Sec. 1602. Additional prohibitions on use of funds. 

Sec. 1603. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

Sec. 1604. Resolution of displacement complaints. 

Sec. 1605. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

Sec. 1606. Evaluation and accountability. 

Sec. 1607. Technical amendment. 

Sec. 1608. Partnerships with schools. 

Sec. 1609. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

Sec. 1610. Additional administrative provisions. 

Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and Community Service) 

Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 

Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 

Sec. 1703. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 1704. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 

Sec. 1705. Donated services. 

Sec. 1706. Office of Outreach and Recruitment. 

Sec. 1707. Study to examine and increase service programs for veterans and veterans participation in Service 

Corps and Community Service and to develop pilot program. 

Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 

Sec. 1801. Technical amendments to subtitle H. 

Sec. 1802. Repeals. 

Sec. 1803. Innovative and model program support. 

Sec. 1804. Clearinghouses. 

Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Service Corps 

Sec. 1811. State application. 

Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 

Subtitle K—Repeal of Title III (Points of Light Foundation) 

Sec. 1831. Repeal. 

Subtitle L—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 

Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

Sec. 2001. References. 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I (National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs) 

Sec. 2101. Purpose. 


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Sec. 2102. Purpose of the VISTA program. 

Sec. 2103. Applications. 

Sec. 2104. VISTA programs of national significance. 

Sec. 2105. Terms and periods of service. 

Sec. 2106. Support Service. 

Sec. 2107. Sections repealed. 

Sec. 2108. Conforming amendment. 

Sec. 2109. Financial assistance. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II (National Senior Volunteer Corps) 

Sec. 2201. Change in name. 

Sec. 2202. Purpose. 

Sec. 2203. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

Sec. 2204. Foster Grandparent Program grants. 

Sec. 2205. Senior Companion Program grants. 

Sec. 2206. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 

Sec. 2207. Technical amendments. 

Sec. 2208. Programs of national significance. 

Sec. 2209. Additional provisions. 

Sec. 2210. Authority of Director. 

Subtitle C—Amendments to Title IV (Administration and Coordination) 

Sec. 2301. Nondisplacement. 

Sec. 2302. Notice and hearing procedures. 

Sec. 2303. Definitions. 

Sec. 2304. Protection against improper use. 

Subtitle D—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 

Sec. 2401. Authorization of appropriations for VISTA and other purposes. 

Sec. 2402. Authorization of appropriations for National Senior Service Corps. 

Sec. 2403. Administration and coordination. 

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

Sec. 3101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 

TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 

Sec. 4101. Table of contents for the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 

Sec. 4102. Table of contents for the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 

TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 

Sec. 5101. Effective date. 

Sec. 5102. Service assignments and agreements. 

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990 

SEC. 1001. REFERENCES. 

Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title an amendment 

or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the 

reference shall be considered to be made to a provision of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General 

Provisions) 

SEC. 1101. PURPOSES; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

(a) PURPOSES.—Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘community throughout’’ and inserting ‘‘community and service throughout the varied and diverse communities of’’; 

(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘income,’’ the following: ‘‘geographic location,’’; 

(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘existing’’ the following: ‘‘national’’; 

(4) in paragraph (7)—

(A) by striking ‘‘programs and agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘programs, agencies, and communities’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(5) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(9) expand and strengthen service-learning programs through year-round opportunities, including during the summer months, to improve the education of 

children and youth and to maximize the benefits of national and community 

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‘‘(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening Federal and other citizen service opportunities, including opportunities for participation in emergency and 

disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery; ‘‘(11) increase service opportunities for our Nation’s retiring professionals, including such opportunities for those retiring from the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics professions to improve the education of our Nation’s youth and keep America competitive in the global knowledge economy, and to 

further utilize the experience, knowledge, and skills of older Americans; ‘‘(12) encourage the continued service of the alumni of the national service 

programs, including service in times of national need; and ‘‘(13) encourage members of the Baby Boom generation to partake in service 

opportunities.’’. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Act is amended by inserting after section 2 the following: 

‘‘SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the number of participants in the AmeriCorps 

programs, including the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the National 

Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), should grow to reach 100,000 participants by 

2012.’’. 

SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 

Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— (1) by redesignating— (A) paragraphs (21) through (29) as paragraphs (28) through (36), respectively; 

(B) paragraphs (9) through (20) as paragraphs (15) through (26), respectively; and 

(C) paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (10) and (11), respectively; and 

(D) paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; 

(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 

‘‘(3) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term ‘approved summer of 

service position’ means a position in a program described under section 

111(a)(5) for which the Corporation has approved the provision of a summer of 

service educational award as one of the benefits to be provided for successful 

service in the position. ‘‘(4) BABY BOOM GENERATION.—The term ‘Baby Boom generation’ means the 

generation that consists of individuals born during the period beginning with 

1946 and ending with 1964.’’; 

(3) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘described in section 

122’’; 

(4) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘church or other’’; 

(5) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so redesignated) the following: 

‘‘(9) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘disadvantaged youth’ includes those 

youth who are economically disadvantaged and one or more of the following: 

‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, including out-of-school youth who are 

unemployed. 

‘‘(B) Who are in or aging out of foster care. 

‘‘(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 

‘‘(D) Who are homeless or who have run away from home. 

‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave school without a diploma. 

‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at risk of delinquency.’’; 

(6) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so redesignated) the following: 

‘‘(12) GRANTMAKING ENTITY.—The term ‘grantmaking entity’ means a public 

or private nonprofit organization that—

‘‘(A) has experience with service-learning or with meeting unmet human, 

educational, environmental, or public safety needs; 

‘‘(B) was in existence at least one year before the date on which the organization submitted an application under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(C) meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish. 

‘‘(13) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’

has the meaning given the term in section 502(a) of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 

‘‘(14) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘historically 

black college or university’ means a part B institution, as defined in section 322 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).’’; 

(7) in paragraph (19) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘section 101(a) of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 101(a) and 102(a)(1) of 

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(8) in paragraph (23)(B) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘program in which 

the participant is enrolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization receiving assistance 

under the national service laws through which the participant is enrolled in an 

approved national service position’’; 

(9) by inserting after paragraph (26) (as so redesignated) the following: 

‘‘(27) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘qualified organization’ means a 

public or private nonprofit organization with experience working with schoolage youth that meets such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish.’’; and 

(10) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(37) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college or university’ has the meaning given in section 2 of the Tribally 

Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).’’. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (ServiceLearning) 

SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 

Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 

SECONDARY STUDENTS 

‘‘SEC. 111. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIAN TRIBES. 

‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIAN TRIBES.—The Corporation, 

in consultation with the Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes to pay for the Federal share of—

‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity within the State, Territory, or Indian 

tribe to implement service-learning programs that are based principally in elementary and secondary schools, including—

‘‘(A) providing training for teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based agencies (particularly with regard to the recruitment, utilization, 

and management of participants), and trainers, to be conducted by qualified 

individuals or organizations that have experience with service-learning; 

‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula, consistent with State or local 

academic content standards, to be integrated into academic programs, including an age-appropriate learning component that provides participants 

an opportunity to analyze and apply their service experiences; 

‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based service-learning programs in accordance with this part; 

‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for research and evaluation of the educational value of service-learning and the effect of service-learning activities 

on communities; 

‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of information to 

ensure the broadest possible involvement of community-based agencies with 

demonstrated effectiveness in working with school-age youth in their communities; and 

‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of information to 

ensure the broadest possible participation of schools throughout the State, 

with particular attention to schools identified for school improvement under 

title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6301 et seq.); 

‘‘(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based service-learning programs, which may include paying for the cost of the recruitment, training, supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of service-learning coordinators, 

through distribution of Federal funds by State educational agencies, Territories, 

and Indian tribes made available under this part to projects operated by local 

partnerships among—

‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and 

‘‘(B) 1 or more community partners that—

‘‘(i) shall include a public or private nonprofit organization that—

‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise in the provision of services to 

meet unmet human, education, environmental, or public safety 

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‘‘(II) will make projects available for participants, who shall be 

students; and 

‘‘(III) was in existence at least 1 year before the date on which 

the organization submitted an application under section 113; and 

‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit business, private elementary or 

secondary school, or Indian tribe (except that an Indian tribe distributing funds to a project under this paragraph is not eligible to be part 

of the partnership operating that project); 

‘‘(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, through distribution 

by State educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes of Federal funds 

made available under this part to local educational agencies and Indian tribes, 

which planning may include paying for the cost of—

‘‘(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning coordinators; or 

‘‘(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, and placement of servicelearning coordinators who may be participants in a program under subtitle 

C or receive a national service educational award under subtitle D, who 

may be participants in a project under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a 

Youthbuild program under section 173A of the Workforce Investment Act 

of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a), 

who will identify the community partners described in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of a program described in paragraph (2); 

‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in service-learning to improve the education 

of students, through distribution by State educational agencies, Territories, and 

Indian tribes of Federal funds made available under this part to—

‘‘(A) local educational agencies; 

‘‘(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian tribe distributing funds under 

this paragraph is not eligible to be a recipient of those funds); 

‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organizations; or 

‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local educational agencies and entities described in subparagraph (B) or (C); and 

‘‘(5) establishing or implementing summer of service programs during the 

summer months, including the cost of recruitment, training, and placement of 

service-learning coordinators—

‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any grade from grade 6 through 

grade 12 at the end of the summer concerned; 

‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning projects that—

‘‘(i) shall—

‘‘(I) meet unmet human, educational, environmental (including 

energy conservation and stewardship), emergency and disaster preparedness, and public service needs; and 

‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, supervised, and designed to 

produce identifiable improvements to the community; and 

‘‘(ii) may include the extension of academic year service-learning programs into the summer months; 

‘‘(C) through the distribution of Federal funds made available under this 

part to projects operated by local partnerships that consist of local educational agencies and—

‘‘(i) public or private elementary schools or secondary schools; 

‘‘(ii) institutions of higher education; 

‘‘(iii) public or private non-profit organizations that—

‘‘(I) have a demonstrated expertise in providing services to meet 

unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; 

and 

‘‘(II) have been in existence for at least 1 year before the date 

on which the organization submitted an application under section 

113; 

‘‘(iv) for-profit businesses; or 

‘‘(v) a consortia of such entities; 

‘‘(D) under which any student who completes 100 hours of service in an 

approved summer of service position, as certified through a process determined by the Corporation through regulations consistent with section 

139(f), shall be eligible for a summer of service educational award of not 

more than $500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, not 

more than $1,000 in the case of a participant who is economically disadvantaged) from funds deposited in the National Service Trust and distributed 

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‘‘(E) subject to the limitation that a student may not receive more than 

2 summer of service educational awards from funds deposited in the National Service Trust. 

‘‘(b) PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN SERVICE LEARNING.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds appropriated under section 501(a)(1), and without regard to section 112(b), the Corporation shall reserve up to 3 percent for 

competitive grants to partnerships described in subsection (a)(2) for the development of service-learning programs that promote greater civic engagement 

among elementary and secondary school students. 

‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a 

partnership shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may require. 

‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—Partnerships receiving grants under this subsection shall 

use funds to develop service-learning curricula that—

‘‘(A) promote a better understanding of the principles of the Constitution 

of the United States, the heroes of American history (including military heroes), and the meaning of the Oath of Allegiance; 

‘‘(B) promote a better understanding of how the Nation’s government 

functions; and 

‘‘(C) promote a better understanding of the importance of service in the 

Nation’s character. 

‘‘(c) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—A service-learning coordinator 

referred to in paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of subsection (a) shall provide services that 

may include—

‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and facilitating the 

training of, teachers and assisting in the planning, development, execution, and 

evaluation of service-learning in their classrooms; 

‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection (a) in the planning, 

development, and execution of service-learning projects, including summer of 

service programs; and 

‘‘(3) carrying out such other duties as the recipient of assistance under this 

part may determine to be appropriate. 

‘‘(d) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives financial assistance under this 

part may, in carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable costs related to the supervision of 

participants, program administration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations 

and for other reasonable expenses related to the activities. 

‘‘SEC. 112. ALLOTMENTS. 

‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Of the amounts appropriated to carry out 

this part for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not less 

than 2 percent and not more than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the 

United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective 

needs. 

‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—After reserving the amount under subsection 

(a), the Corporation shall use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out 

this part for any fiscal year as follows: 

‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.—

‘‘(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 

50 percent of such remainder as the number of school-age youth in the 

State bears to the total number of school-age youth of all States. 

‘‘(B) ALLOCATION UNDER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF

1965.—From 50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot to 

each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the allocation to the State for the previous fiscal year under 

title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6311 et seq.) or its successor authority bears to such allocations to all 

States. 

‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘State’ means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines that the allotment of a State, 

Territory, or Indian tribe under this section will not be required for a fiscal year 

because the State, Territory, or Indian tribe did not submit and receive approval 

of an application for the allotment under section 113, the Corporation shall make 

the allotment for such State, Territory, or Indian tribe available for grants to 

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111(a) in such State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After grantmaking entities apply for 

the allotment with an application at such time and in such manner as the Corporation requires and receive approval, the remainder of such allotment shall be available for reallotment to such other States, Territories, or Indian tribes with approved 

applications submitted under section 113 as the Corporation may determine to be 

appropriate. 

‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allotment under section 112 or an 

allotment of approved summer of service positions under section 111(a)(5)(D), a 

State, acting through the State educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe shall 

prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at such 

time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment under this part shall include— ‘‘(1) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting service-learning, which shall contain such information as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, 

including how the applicant will integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the participants; ‘‘(2) information about the applicant’s efforts to— ‘‘(A) ensure that students of different ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, 

disabilities, and economic backgrounds have opportunities to serve together; ‘‘(B) include any opportunities for students enrolled in schools or other 

programs of education providing elementary or secondary education to participate in service-learning programs and ensure that such service-learning 

programs include opportunities for such students to serve together; ‘‘(C) involve participants in the design and operation of the program; 

‘‘(D) promote service-learning in areas of greatest need, including low-income or rural areas; and ‘‘(E) otherwise integrate service opportunities into the academic program 

of the participants; and ‘‘(3) assurances that the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and 

nondisplacement requirements of section 177 and the grievance procedures required by section 176. ‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN TRIBE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE

TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— ‘‘(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, Territory, local educational agency, for-profit business, private elementary, middle, or secondary school, or 

institution of higher education that desires to receive financial assistance 

under this subpart from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 

described in section 111(a)(1); ‘‘(B) partnership described in section 111(a)(2) that desires to receive such 

assistance from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe or grantmaking entity described in section 111(a)(2); 

‘‘(C) entity described in section 111(a)(3) that desires to receive such assistance from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in 

such section; 

‘‘(D) partnership described in section 111(a)(4) that desires to receive such 

assistance from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described 

in such section; 

‘‘(E) agency or partnership described in section 111(a)(5) that desires to 

receive such assistance, or approved summer of service positions, from a 

State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section to 

be carried out through a service-learning program described in section 111, 

shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency, Territory, grantmaking 

entity, or Indian tribe, and obtain approval of, an application for the program. 

‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at such time and in 

such manner, and shall contain such information, as the agency, Territory, Indian tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 

‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 112, if less 

than $20,000,000 is appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out this part, the Corporation shall award grants to States, Territories, and Indian tribes from the 

amount so appropriated, on a competitive basis to pay for the Federal share of the 

activities described in section 111. 

‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In considering competitive applications under this part, the Corporation shall give priority to innovation, sustainability, capacity building, involvement of disadvantaged youth, and quality of programs, as well as other criteria approved by the Chief Executive Officer. 


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‘‘(b) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corporation rejects an application submitted by a State under section 113 for an allotment, the Corporation shall promptly notify the State of the reasons for the rejection of the application. The Corporation shall provide the State with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit 

the application and shall provide technical assistance, if needed, to the State as part 

of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 

‘‘SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the number of students in the 

State, Territory, or Indian tribe or in the school district of the local educational 

agency involved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary 

schools, such State, Territory, Indian tribe, or agency shall (after consultation with 

appropriate private school representatives) make provision— ‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for the benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable participation of such students in the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described in this part; and ‘‘(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so as to allow for the 

equitable participation of such teachers in the programs implemented to carry 

out the objectives and provide the benefits described in this part. ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If a State, Territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency is 

prohibited by law from providing for the participation of students or teachers from 

private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that a State, Territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency substantially 

fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an equitable basis, the Chief 

Executive Officer shall waive such requirements and shall arrange for the provision 

of services to such students and teachers. Such waivers shall be subject to the requirements of sections 9503 and 9504 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7883 and 7884). 

‘‘SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 

‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program 

for which assistance is provided under this part may not exceed 50 percent of 

the total cost of the program. ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the remaining share of 

the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient of assistance under this 

part—‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through a payment in cash or in kind, 

fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and ‘‘(B) may provide for such share through State sources or local sources, 

including private funds or donated services. ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year 

if the Corporation determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack 

of available financial resources at the local level. 

‘‘SEC. 116A. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 

‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance received by an applicant 

in a fiscal year may be used to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation may issue, for administrative costs, incurred by— ‘‘(1) the original recipient; or 

‘‘(2) the entity carrying out the service-learning program supported with the 

assistance.’’. 

SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS. 

Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is redesignated as section 117 and amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘community service programs’’ the following: ‘‘through service-learning’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘combination’’ and 

inserting ‘‘consortia’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) may coordinate with service-learning curricula being offered in the 

academic curricula at the institution of higher education or at one or more 

members of the consortia;’’; 

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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘teachers at 

the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions of higher education and their faculty’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘education of the institution; and’’ and inserting ‘‘curricula of the institution to strengthen the instructional 

capacity of service-learning at the elementary and secondary levels;’’ ; 

(C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (E); and 

(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 

‘‘(B) including service-learning as a key component of the health professionals curricula, including nursing, pre-medicine, medicine, and dentistry 

curricula of the institution; ‘‘(C) including service-learning as a key component of the criminal justice 

professionals curricula of the institution; ‘‘(D) including service-learning as a key component of the public policy 

and public administration curricula of the institution; and’’; 

(4) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g); 

(5) by redesignating subsection (f) as (i); and 

(6) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: ‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall 

give special consideration to applications submitted by predominantly Black institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, 

and Tribal Colleges and Universities. 

‘‘(d) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—

‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made under this part may not exceed 50 percent 

of the total cost of the program. 

‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the remaining share 

of the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient of a grant under 

this part—

‘‘(i) shall provide for such share through a payment in cash or in 

kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

‘‘(ii) may provide for such share through State sources or local 

sources, including private funds or donated services. 

‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of 

paragraph (1) in whole or in part with respect to any such program for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such a waiver would be equitable 

due to a lack of available financial resources at the local level. 

‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—

‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter into a contract under this part, 

an applicant shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, 

an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information 

and assurances as the Corporation may reasonably require. In requesting applications for assistance under this part, the Corporation shall specify such required information and assurances. 

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain, 

at a minimum—

‘‘(A) assurances that—

‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a participant, the applicant will consult 

with the appropriate local labor organization, if any, representing employees in the area who are engaged in the same or similar work as 

that proposed to be carried out by such program, to prevent the displacement and protect the rights of such employees; and 

‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 and the grievance procedures required by section 176; and 

‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 

require. 

‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), 

the Corporation shall give priority to applicants or institutions that submit applications containing proposals that—

‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of higher education, other 

than by demonstrating the commitment of the students, to supporting the community service projects carried out under the program; 

‘‘(2) specify the manner in which the institution will promote faculty, administration, and staff participation in the community service projects; 

‘‘(3) specify the manner in which the institution will provide service to the 

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‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will participate in the community service 

projects, such as a partnership comprised of— ‘‘(A) the institution; 

‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 

‘‘(ii) a local government agency; or 

‘‘(iii) a non-profit entity that serves or involves school-age youth, older 

adults, or low-income communities; and ‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 

‘‘(ii) a department of the institution; or 

‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of different departments, schools, or colleges at the institution; 

‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the development of the proposal; 

‘‘(6) describe research on effective strategies and methods to improve service 

utilized in the design of the project; 

‘‘(7) specify that the institution will use such assistance to strengthen the 

service infrastructure in institutions of higher education; or 

‘‘(8) with respect to projects involving delivery of services, specify projects that 

involve leadership development of school aged youth. 

‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as used in this part, the term ‘student’ means an individual who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on 

a full- or part-time basis. 

‘‘(h) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for assistance under this part, an institution of higher education must demonstrate that it meets the minimum requirements under section 443(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

2753(b)(2)(B)) relating to the participation of Federal Work-Study students in community service activities, or has received a waiver of those requirements from the 

Secretary of Education.’’. 

SEC. 1203. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is further amended by adding after 

part II the following new part: 

‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE SERVICE–LEARNING 

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 

‘‘SEC. 118. INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make grants and fixed amount grants under subsection (f) with eligible entities for activities described in subsection (c). 

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DEFINED.—For purposes of this part, the term ‘eligible entity’ means a State education agency, a State commission, a Territory, an Indian 

tribe, an institution of higher education, a public or private nonprofit organization, 

or a consortia of such entities, where a consortia of two or more such entities may 

also include a for-profit organization. 

‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this part may be used to—

‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula at the elementary, secondary, or 

post-secondary and post-baccalaureate levels in coordination with practicing or 

retired STEM professionals; 

‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning programs focusing on energy conservation in their community, including conducting educational outreach on energy conservation and working to improve energy efficiency in low income housing and in public spaces; 

‘‘(3) involve students in service-learning projects in emergency and disaster 

preparedness; 

‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning projects aimed at improving access to 

and obtaining the benefits from computers and other emerging technologies, including in low income or rural communities, senior centers and communities, 

schools, libraries, and other public spaces; 

‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the mentoring of middle school youth 

while involving all participants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet 

human, educational, environmental, public safety, or emergency disaster preparedness needs in their community; 

‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on service-learning, including servicelearning in middle schools, and disseminate such research and evaluations 

widely; 

‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities as described in section 111(a); 

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‘‘(8) carry out any other innovative service-learning programs or research that 

the Corporation considers appropriate. 

‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to programs that—

‘‘(1) involve students and community stakeholders in the design and implementation of the service-learning program; 

‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in low-income or rural communities; 

and 

‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping the resource of retired and retiring adults, in the planning and implementation of the service-learning programs. 

‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program funded under this part shall be carried out over a period of three years, including one planning year and two additional grant years, with a 1-year extension possible, if the program meets performance measures developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any other 

criteria determined by the Corporation. 

‘‘(2) ENCOURAGEMENT.—Each program funded under this part is encouraged 

to collaborate with other Learn and Serve programs, AmeriCorps, VISTA, and 

the National Senior Service Corps. 

‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the program, the Corporation shall 

conduct an independent evaluation of the program and widely disseminate the 

results to the service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies and recommendations for improvement. 

‘‘(f) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.—

‘‘(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), and subject to the limitations 

in this subsection, the Corporation may, upon making a determination described in paragraph (2), approve a fixed amount grant that is not subject to 

the Office of Management and Budget cost principles and related financial recordkeeping requirements. 

‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a fixed amount grant, the Corporation must determine that—

‘‘(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of carrying out the terms of the 

grant significantly exceed the amount of assistance provided by the Corporation; or 

‘‘(B) based on the nature or design of the grant, any assistance provided 

by the Corporation can be reasonably presumed to be expended on reasonable and necessary costs. 

‘‘(3) MATCHING FUNDS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made under this part may not exceed 50 percent 

of the total cost of the program. 

‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the remaining share 

of the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient of a grant under 

this part—

‘‘(i) shall provide for such share through a payment in cash or in 

kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

‘‘(ii) may provide for such share through State sources or local 

sources, including private funds or donated services. 

‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a program under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 

at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.’’. 

Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National 

Service Trust Program) 

SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES; LIMITS ON CORPORATION 

COSTS. 

Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting after 

‘‘subdivisions of States,’’ the following: ‘‘Territories,’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’

and inserting ‘‘RESTRICTIONS ON AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 

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(i) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘by the agency.’’ and inserting ‘‘by 

the agency, including programs under the Public Lands Corps and 

Urban Youth Corps as described in section 122(a)(2).’’; and 

(ii) by striking the second sentence; 

(C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corporation may not provide a grant 

under this section to a Federal agency.’’; and 

(D) in paragraph (3)—

(i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘operating a national service program’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘using such assistance’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be 

provided or otherwise approved’’; 

(4) in subsection (d)—

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘FIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SIX’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘6 percent’’; 

and 

(5) in subsection (e)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking ‘‘section 140’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal share’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share’’; 

(iii) by inserting after ‘‘cost’’ the following: ‘‘, including member living 

allowances, employment-related taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s compensation,’’

(iv) by striking ‘‘may not exceed 75 percent of such cost.’’ and inserting ‘‘may not exceed—’’; and 

(v) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(A) for the first three years in which the recipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of such cost; 

‘‘(B) for the fourth through ninth years in which the recipient receives 

such assistance, a decreasing share of such cost between 76 percent and 50 

percent, as established by the Corporation in regulation; and 

‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year thereafter) in which the recipient 

receives such assistance, 50 percent of such cost.’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (3); 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and 

(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 

‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR PROGRAMS IN RURAL OR SEVERELY

ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the Corporation, 

the Corporation share of the cost, including member living allowances, employment-related taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s compensation, of carrying out a national service program that receives assistance under subsection 

(a) and that is located in a rural or severely economically distressed community 

may not exceed—

‘‘(A) for the first six years in which the recipient receives such assistance, 

76 percent of such cost; 

‘‘(B) for the seventh through ninth years in which the recipient receives 

such assistance, a decreasing share of such cost between 76 and 65 percent 

as established by the Corporation in regulation; and 

‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year thereafter) in which the recipient 

receives such assistance, 65 percent of such cost.’’; 

(E) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ‘‘other Federal sources’’ the following: ‘‘including funds authorized 

under Youthbuild (section 173A of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

(29 U.S.C. 2918a))’’; and 

(F) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.—

‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of assistance under section 121 shall 

report to the Corporation the amount and source of any Federal funds used 

to carry out the program other than those provided by the Corporation. 

‘‘(B) CORPORATION REPORT.—The Corporation shall report to the Congress 

on an annual basis information regarding each recipient that uses Federal 

funds other than those provided by the Corporation to carry out the program, including amounts and sources of other Federal funds.’’. 

SEC. 1302. E–CORPS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TYPES OF PROGRAMS. 

Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 12572) is amended—

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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’

and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘including’’ and all that follows 

through the semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘including projects involving urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or improving 

human services;’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

at least 50 percent of whom are’’; and 

(iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting ‘‘, including mentoring’’ before the semicolon; 

(C) in paragraph (6)—

(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

and 

(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(D) students participating in service-learning programs at an institution 

of higher education.’’; 

(D) in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting ‘‘, including elementary and secondary education, and other professions such as those in health care, criminal justice, environmental stewardship and conservation, or public safety’’

before the semicolon; 

(E) in paragraph (8)(C), by striking ‘‘nonprofit’’; 

(F) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘between the ages of 16 and 24’’ and inserting ‘‘between the ages of 16 and 25’’; 

(G) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘gifted young adults’’ and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘school-age youth and 

young adults of all backgrounds, including gifted youth, along with established successful entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and professions from the 

community in which the program exists to—

‘‘(A) train the participants in utilizing problem-solving, entrepreneurship, 

and communication skills to design solutions to community problems; and 

‘‘(B) collaborate with stakeholders in the communities to implement the 

solutions devised by the participants in subparagraph (A).’’; 

(H) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘learning and recreation’’ and inserting ‘‘learning, recreation, and mentoring’’; 

(I) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and to combat rural poverty, including’’

and inserting ‘‘, including the issues of rural poverty,’’; 

(J) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (19); and 

(K) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: 

‘‘(15) An E–Corps program that involves participants who provide services in 

a community by developing and assisting in carrying out technology programs 

which seek to increase access to technology and the benefits thereof in such 

community. 

‘‘(16) A program that engages citizens in public safety, public health, and 

emergency and disaster preparedness, and may include the recruitment and 

placing of qualified participants in positions to be trainees as law enforcement 

officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical service workers, and may engage Federal, State, and local stakeholders in collaboration to organize more effective responses to issues of public safety and public 

health, emergencies, and disasters. 

‘‘(17) A program, initiative, or partnership that seeks to expand the number 

of mentors for youths (including by recruiting high-school and college-aged individuals to enter into mentoring relationships), including mentors for disadvantaged youths, either through provision of direct mentoring services through the 

creative utilization of current and emerging technologies to connect youth with 

mentors. 

‘‘(18) A program that has the primary purpose of re-engaging court-involved 

youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism.’’; 

(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively; 

(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: 

‘‘(b) INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VETERANS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds appropriated under section 501(a)(2), the Corporation shall reserve up to 3 percent for competitive grants to eligible recipients under subsection (a) for the development, either directly or through subgrants to other entities, of innovative initiatives to address the unique needs 

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‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, an 

entity described in paragraph (1) shall submit an application at such time, in 

such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may require. ‘‘(3) ACTIVITIES.—Entities receiving grants under this subsection shall use 

funds to develop initiatives that— ‘‘(A) recruit veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities; ‘‘(B) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families while a member of the family is deployed; and ‘‘(C) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique needs of military families when a member of the family returns from a deployment.’’; 

(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), in paragraph (4), by inserting after 

‘‘out-of-school youths,’’ the following: ‘‘disadvantaged youths,’’; 

(5) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 

‘‘subsection (b) or (d) of’’; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Corporation shall 

require that each recipient of assistance under the national service laws that 

operates a tutoring program involving elementary or secondary school students 

certifies that individuals serving in approved national service positions as tutors 

in such program have—

‘‘(A) either—

‘‘(i) obtained their high school diploma; or 

‘‘(ii) passed a proficiency test demonstrating that such individuals 

have the skills necessary to achieve program goals; and 

‘‘(B) have successfully completed pre- and in-service training for tutors. 

‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in paragraph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in an approved national service position who is enrolled in an 

elementary or secondary school and is providing tutoring services through a 

structured, school-managed cross-grade tutoring program. 

‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.—Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the national service laws shall—

‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, research-based, and consistent 

with the State academic content standards required by section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the local educational agency; and 

‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and in-service training for tutors. 

‘‘(g) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall establish requirements for recipients of assistance under the national service laws relating to the promotion of 

citizenship and civic engagement, that are consistent with the principles on which 

citizenship programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 

are based, among individuals enrolled in approved national service positions and approved summer of service positions.’’. 

SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 

Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘a Territory,’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

Corps’’. 

SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 1257) is repealed. 

SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHALLENGE GRANTS. 

Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$125,000 and $750,000’’ and inserting 

‘‘$200,000 and $825,000’’; and 

(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—In making grants to a State under this subsection, the Corporation shall require the State to provide matching funds in 

the following amounts: 

‘‘(A) FIRST $100,000.—For the first $100,000 of grant amounts provided by 

the Corporation, a State shall not be required to provide matching funds. 

‘‘(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.—For grant amounts of more than 

$100,000 and not exceeding $200,000 provided by the Corporation, a State 

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‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $200,000.—For grant amounts of more than $200,000 provided by the Corporation, a State shall provide $1 from nonFederal sources for every $1 provided by the Corporation.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to national service programs that receive assistance under section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘to programs supported 

under the national service laws’’; and 

(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge grant under this subsection may provide, for an initial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assistance under 

this subsection for each $1 in cash raised from private sources by the program 

supported under the national service laws in excess of amounts required to be 

provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year grant period, grants under this subsection may provide not more 

than $1 of assistance for each $2 in cash raised from private sources by the program in excess of amounts required to be provided by the program to satisfy 

matching funds requirements. The Corporation may permit the use of local or 

State funds as matching funds if the Corporation determines that such use 

would be equitable due to a lack of available private funds at the local level. 

The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may 

be provided to a national service program under this subsection.’’. 

SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

‘‘(a) 1-PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES.—Of the funds allocated by 

the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the 

Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the United States Virgin Islands, 

Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 

upon approval by the Corporation of an application submitted under section 130. 

The amount allotted as a grant to each such Territory under this subsection for a 

fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent of 

the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the Territory bears to 

the total population of such Territories. ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 

for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation 

shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis. ‘‘(c) ALLOTMENT FOR NATIONAL GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation 

shall reserve 23 percent for grants to nonprofit organizations to operate a program 

in 2 or more States. 

‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR STATE COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the 

Corporation for provision of assistance under subsection (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 37.5 percent for innovative grants to States 

on a competitive basis. 

‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA BASIS.—

‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under subsection (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation 

shall make a grant to each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application under section 

130 that is approved by the Corporation. 

‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The amount allotted as a grant to each such State under 

this subsection for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the 

same ratio to 37.5 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the State bears to the total population of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in compliance with 

paragraph (3). 

‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the minimum grant 

made available to each State approved by the Corporation under paragraph (1) 

for each fiscal year must be at least $600,000. 

‘‘(f) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or Territory fails to apply for, or 

fails to give notice to the Corporation of its intent to apply for an allotment under 

this section, or the Corporation does not approve the application consistent with section 133, the Corporation may use the amount that would have been allotted under 

this section to the State or Territory to—

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‘‘(2) make a reallotment to other States or Territories with approved applications submitted under section 130, to the extent grant-making entities do not 

apply as described in paragraph (1). 

‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of assistance and approved national 

service positions to a recipient under this section shall be made by the Corporation 

only pursuant to an application submitted by a State or other applicant under section 130. 

‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.—The Corporation 

may not approve positions as approved national service positions under this subtitle 

for a fiscal year in excess of the number of such positions for which the Corporation 

has sufficient available funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, taking into consideration funding needs for national service educational awards under 

subtitle D based on completed service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide 

the maximum allowable national service educational awards under subtitle D for all 

eligible participants, the Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reasonable adjustments to program rules. 

‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—

‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter into agreements 

with persons or entities who offer to sponsor national service positions for which 

the person or entity will be responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a national service educational award. The distribution of these approved 

national service positions shall be made pursuant to the agreement, and the 

creation of these positions shall not be taken into consideration in determining 

the number of approved national service positions to be available for distribution under this section. 

‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds provided pursuant to an agreement 

under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust established in section 145 until such time as the funds are needed. 

‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 

501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, the Corporation may reserve 

such amount as the Corporation considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making assistance available under section 126. 

‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS

WITH DISABILITIES.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the 

authorization of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in 

such section, the Chief Executive Officer shall reserve an amount that is not less 

than 1 percent of such amount (except that the amount reserved may not exceed 

$10,000,000), in order to make grants to public or private nonprofit organizations 

to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities in national service and 

for demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose.’’. 

SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 

Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 

12581) the following: 

‘‘SEC. 129A. EDUCATION AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent with the restriction in subsection 

(b), the Corporation may, through fixed amount grants under subsection (d), provide 

operational assistance to programs that receive approved national service positions 

but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 

‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—Operational support under this section may not exceed $600 per individual enrolled in an approved national service 

position and may reach $800 per individual if the program supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. 

‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following provisions shall not apply to programs funded under this section: 

‘‘(1) The limitation on administrative costs under section 121(d). 

‘‘(2) The matching funds requirements under section 121(e). 

‘‘(3) The living allowance and other benefits under sections 131(e) and section 

140 (other than individualized support services for disabled members under section 140(f)). 

‘‘(d) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.—

‘‘(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), and subject to the limitations 

in this subsection, the Corporation may, upon making a determination described in paragraph (2), approve a fixed amount grant that is not subject to 

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‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a fixed amount grant, the Corporation must determine that— ‘‘(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of carrying out the terms of the 

grant significantly exceed the amount of assistance provided by the Corporation; or ‘‘(B) based on the nature or design of the grant, any assistance provided 

by the Corporation can be reasonably presumed to be expended on reasonable and necessary costs.’’. 

SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 

Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by inserting after ‘‘State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘institution of higher education, or Federal agency’’ and 

inserting ‘‘or institution of higher education’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(9) by striking ‘‘section 122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

122(d)’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; 

and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all that follows through the period 

at the end and inserting a period; and 

(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘proposed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; 

(4) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will 

be selected’’; 

(5) in subsection (f)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a program applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘an 

applicant’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PROGRAM APPLICANT’’ and inserting 

‘‘APPLICANT’’; 

(ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘program 

applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 

(iii) in subparagraph (A)—

(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘institution of higher education, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher education’’; and 

(iv) in subparagraph (B)—

(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘institution of higher education, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher education’’; and 

(6) in subsection (g), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘or is already receiving financial assistance from the Corporation.’’. 

SEC. 1309. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

Section 133 (42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘jobs or’’; 

(2) in subsection (c), by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9) and inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 

‘‘(8) The extent to which the program generates the involvement of volunteers.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (d)(2)—

(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (G), and redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (F) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respectively; 

(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘section 122(c)’’

and inserting ‘‘section 122(d)’’; 

(C) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

and 

(D) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period. 

SEC. 1310. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 

Section 137 (42 U.S.C. 12591) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), 

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(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘between the ages of 16 and 25’’ and inserting ‘‘a 16-year-old out of school youth or an individual between the ages 

of 17 and 25’’; and 

(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(4)’’. 

SEC. 1311. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS. 

Section 138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘conducted by the State’’ and all that follows 

through ‘‘or other entity’’ and inserting ‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 

(2) in subsection (e)(2)(C) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, particularly those who were considered at the time of their service 

disadvantaged youth’’. 

SEC. 1312. TERMS OF SERVICE. 

Section 139 (42 U.S.C. 12593) is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘not less than 9 months and’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘during a period of—’’ and all that follows 

through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘during a period of not more than 

2 years.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘as demonstrated by the participant’’

and inserting ‘‘as determined by the organization responsible for granting 

a release, if the participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has 

completed at least 15 percent of the original term of service’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘provide to the participant that portion of the national service educational award’’ and inserting ‘‘certify the 

participant’s eligibility for that portion of the national service educational 

award’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to allow return to the program with 

which the individual was serving in order’’. 

SEC. 1313. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 

Section 140 (42 U.S.C. 12594) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (2); 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (2); 

(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following: 

‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The living allowance that may be provided to an individual whose term of service includes hours for which the individual receives Federal work study wages shall be reduced by the amount of 

the individual’s Federal work study award.’’; 

(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a reduced term of service under section 

139(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a term of service that is less than 12 months’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include an amount sufficient to cover 

85 percent of such taxes’’ and all that follows through the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘may be used to pay such taxes.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (2); 

(4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking the second sentence; and 

(5) by striking subsections (g) and (h). 

Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (National 

Service Trust and Provision of National Service 

Educational Awards) 

SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST. 

Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘section 148(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such donations direct 

that they be deposited in the National Service Trust’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments of national service educational 

awards in accordance with section 148.’’ and inserting ‘‘for—

‘‘(1) payments of summer of service educational awards and national service 

educational awards in accordance with section 148; and 

‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with section 148(f).’’. 

SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD 

FROM THE TRUST. 

Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘if the individual’’

and inserting ‘‘if the organization responsible for an individual’s supervision 

certifies that the individual’’; 

(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements for the position; and 

‘‘(2)(A) successfully completed the required term of service described in subsection (b) in an approved national service position; or 

‘‘(B)(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being granted a release for compelling 

personal circumstances under section 139(c); and 

‘‘(ii) served at least 15 percent of the required term of service described in 

subsection (b); and’’; and 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); 

(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—An individual may not receive, in national service educational awards, more than an 

amount equal to the aggregate value of 2 such awards for full-time service. The aggregate value of summer of service educational awards that an individual receives 

shall have no effect on the aggregate value of national service educational awards 

the individual may receive.’’; 

(3) in subsection (d)—

(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting after ‘‘national service educational 

award’’ the following: ‘‘or a summer of service educational award’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), and in subparagraph 

(A), by inserting after ‘‘national service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘or a summer of service educational award’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

(iii) in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

(iv) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) in the case of a summer of service educational award, is enrolled at 

an eligible institution of higher education under section 148(c) or an educational institution described under section 148(a)(4) and failed to expend 

the full amount of that award during the original 7-year period.’’; and 

(4) in subsection (e)(1)—

(A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under this section’’ the following: ‘‘or 

under section 111(a)(5)’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a national service educational award’’

the following: ‘‘or a summer of service educational award’’. 

SEC. 1403. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

Section 147(a) (42 U.S.C. 12603(a)) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘a value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, 

equal to 90 percent of—’’ and inserting ‘‘a value of—’’ ; and 

(2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) $4,825, for fiscal year 2008; 

‘‘(2) $4,925, for fiscal year 2009; 

‘‘(3) $5,025, for fiscal year 2010; 

‘‘(4) $5,125, for fiscal year 2011; and 

‘‘(5) $5,225, for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 

SEC. 1404. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

Section 148 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘cost of attendance’’ and inserting ‘‘cost 

of attendance or other educational expenses’’; 

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(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); 

(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: ‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an educational institution or 

training establishment that meets the requirements of chapter 36 of title 38, 

United States Code (38 U.S.C. 3451 et seq.); ‘‘(5) for a recipient of a summer of service educational award under section 

111(a)(5)(D), to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in a college preparatory program in accordance with subsection (e); and’’; and 

(E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting after ‘‘the national service educational 

award of the individual’’ the following: ‘‘, or an eligible individual under section 

111(a)(5) who received a summer of service educational award for a project that 

began after the individual completed grade 10 and desires to apply that summer 

of service educational award,’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting after ‘‘the national service educational 

award’’ the following: ‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as applicable,’’; 

(4) in subsection (b)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the national service educational 

award’’ the following: ‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as applicable’’; 

(5) in subsection (b)(7)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, other than a loan to a parent of 

a student pursuant to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078–2); and’’

and inserting a semicolon; 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an institution of higher education to be necessary to cover a 

student’s educational expenses and made, insured, or guaranteed by—

‘‘(i) an eligible lender, as defined in section 435 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 

‘‘(ii) the direct student loan program under part D of title IV of such 

Act; 

‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 

‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by the Corporation to be eligible 

to receive disbursements from the National Service Trust.’’; 

(6) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘national service educational award’’

the following: ‘‘, or an eligible individual under section 111(a)(5) who desires to 

apply the individual’s summer of service educational award,’’; 

(7) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting after ‘‘national service educational 

award’’ the following: ‘‘or summer of service educational award, as applicable,’’; 

(8) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting after ‘‘national service educational 

awards received under this subtitle’’ the following: ‘‘or summer of service educational awards received under section 111(a)(5)’’; 

(9) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting after ‘‘national service educational 

awards’’ the following: ‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 

(10) in subsection (c)(5)—

(A) by inserting after ‘‘national service educational award’’ the following: 

‘‘, or summer of service educational award, as applicable,’’; and 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘additional’’ the following: ‘‘summer of service educational awards and additional’’; 

(11) in subsection (c)(6), by inserting after ‘‘national service educational 

award’’ the following: ‘‘and summer of service educational award’’; 

(12) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘national service educational awards’’

the following: ‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 

(13) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as (f), (g), and (h), respectively; 

(14) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: 

‘‘(e) USE OF SUMMER OF SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO PAY COLLEGE PREPARATORY EXPENSES.—

‘‘(1) APPLICATION OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An eligible individual under section 111(a)(5), or the parents or legal guardian of such an individual, who desires to apply the summer of service educational award of the individual to the 

payment of expenses incurred in enrolling in a college preparatory program 

shall, on a form prescribed by the Corporation, submit an application to the college preparatory program in which the individual will be enrolled that contains 

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‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT BY PROGRAM.—A college preparatory program that receives one or more applications under paragraph (1) 

shall submit to the Corporation a statement, in a manner prescribed by the Corporation, that— ‘‘(A) identifies each eligible individual filing an application under paragraph (1) for a disbursement of the individual’s summer of service educational award under this subsection; ‘‘(B) specifies the amounts for which such eligible individuals are qualified for disbursement; and ‘‘(C) certifies that— ‘‘(i) the college preparatory program is operated by a for-profit or nonprofit organization with a track record of success in implementing college preparatory programs that collaborate with local educational agencies and adequately prepare secondary school students for admission to 

an institution of higher education without need for remediation; ‘‘(ii) the college preparatory program has been in existence for at 

least one year prior to an eligible individual’s submission of the application under paragraph (1); and ‘‘(iii) individuals using summer of service educational awards received under section 111(a)(5) to pay the cost of enrolling in the college 

preparatory program do not comprise more than 15 percent of the total 

number of individuals enrolled in the program; and ‘‘(D) contains such provisions concerning financial compliance and program quality as the Corporation may require. ‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Upon receipt of a statement from a college 

preparatory program that complies with paragraph (2), the Corporation shall, 

subject to paragraph (4), disburse the total amount of the summer of service 

educational awards for which eligible individuals who have submitted applications to that program under paragraph (1) are scheduled to receive. Such disbursement shall be made by check or other means that is payable to the program and requires the endorsement or other certification by the eligible individual. ‘‘(4) MULTIPLE DISBURSEMENTS.—The total amount required to be disbursed to 

a college preparatory program under paragraph (3) for any period of enrollment 

may be disbursed by the Corporation in two or more installments consistent 

with appropriate divisions of such period of enrollment. ‘‘(5) REFUND RULES.—The Corporation shall, by regulation, provide for the refund to the Corporation (and the crediting to the summer of service educational 

award of an eligible individual) of amounts disbursed to programs for the benefit of eligible individuals who withdraw or otherwise fail to complete the period 

of enrollment for which the assistance was provided. Amounts refunded to the 

Trust pursuant to this paragraph may be used by the Corporation to fund additional approved summer of service positions under section 111(a)(5). 

‘‘(6) MAXIMUM AWARD.—The portion of an eligible individual’s total available 

summer of service educational award that may be disbursed under this subsection for any period of enrollment shall not exceed the cost of attendance.’’; 

(15) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; and 

(16) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 

‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’. 

SEC. 1405. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) is further amended 

by adding at the end the following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 149. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C and D, and any other provision of law, in approving a position as an approved national service position, 

the Corporation—

‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time the Corporation—

‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agreement with an individual participant to serve in a program carried out under subtitle E of title I of this 

Act or under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), or a summer of service educational award; or 

‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), awards a grant to (or enters into 

a contract or cooperative agreement with) an entity to carry out a program for which such a position is approved under section 123; and 

‘‘(B) shall record as an obligation an estimate of the net present value of 

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on a formula that takes into consideration historical rates of enrollment in 

such a program, and of earning and using national service educational 

awards for such a program and remain available. 

‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula described in paragraph (1)(B), the 

Corporation shall consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 

‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 

shall annually prepare and submit to Congress a report that contains a certification that the Corporation is in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1). 

‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this subsection shall apply to each approved national service position that the Corporation approves—

‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2008; and 

‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 

‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.—

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.—

‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding subtitles C and D, and any other 

provision of law, within the National Service Trust established under section 145, the Corporation shall establish a reserve account. 

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the availability of adequate funds to support 

the awards of approved national service positions for each fiscal year, the 

Corporation shall place in the account—

‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2008, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for fiscal year 2008 or a previous fiscal year under section 

501(a)(2), were made available to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this 

title, subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 

or summer of service under section 111(a)(5), and remain available; and 

‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2009 or a subsequent fiscal year, a portion of 

the funds that were appropriated for that fiscal year under section 

501(a)(2) and were made available to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of 

this title, subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

1973, or summer of service under section 111(a)(5), and remain available. 

‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not obligate the funds in the reserve 

account until the Corporation—

‘‘(A) determines that the funds will not be needed for the payment of national service educational awards associated with previously approved national service positions and summer of service educational awards; or 

‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment of national service educational 

awards for such previously approved national service positions or summer 

of service educational awards, as applicable. 

‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation relating to the appropriated funds 

for approved national service positions, and the records demonstrating the manner 

in which the Corporation has recorded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as 

obligations, shall be audited annually by independent certified public accountants 

or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the United States in accordance 

with generally accepted auditing standards. A report containing the results of each 

such independent audit shall be included in the annual report required by subsection (a)(3). 

‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all amounts 

included in the National Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 

145(a) shall be available for payments of national service educational awards or 

summer of service educational awards under section 148.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2 of the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act 

(Public Law 108–145; 117 Stat. 844; 42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 

Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National 

Civilian Community Corps) 

SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 

Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 

‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the operation of, and support for, 

residential and other service programs that combine the best practices of civilian 

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building, to meet national and community needs. Such needs to be met under such 

programs include those related to—

‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 

‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 

‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conservation; 

‘‘(4) energy conservation; and 

‘‘(5) urban and rural development.’’. 

SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

Section 152 (42 U.S.C. 12612) is amended—

(1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’’. 

(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 

Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘a National 

Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(4) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking ‘‘PROGRAMS’’ and inserting 

‘‘COMPONENTS’’; and 

(5) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘program components are residential programs’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘programs referred to in subsection 

(b) may include a residential component.’’. 

SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 

Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National 

Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘if the person’’ and all that follows through 

the period at the end and inserting ‘‘if the person will be at least 18 years of 

age on or before December 31 in the calendar year in which the individual enrolls in the program.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) by striking ‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Director shall ensure that 

at least 50 percent of the participants in the program are disadvantaged 

youth by year 2010. The Director shall report to the Committee on Education and Labor in the United States House of Representatives and the 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the United States 

Senate annually on progress towards this goal.’’; and 

(4) by striking subsection (e). 

SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 

Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National 

Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and all that follows through the 

period at the end and inserting ‘‘shall be from economically and ethnically diverse backgrounds, including youth who are in foster care.’’. 

SEC. 1505. TEAM LEADERS. 

Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended—

(1) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’; 

and 

(B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community Corps shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

National Civilian Community Corps shall’’; 

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(A) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows: 

‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.—’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

Corps’’; 

(C) in paragraph (3)—

(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

(D) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) TEAM LEADERS.—The Director may select from Corps members individuals with prior supervisory or service experience to be team leaders within 

units in the National Civilian Community Corps to perform service that includes leading and supervising teams of Corps members. Team leaders shall—

‘‘(A) be selected without regard to the age limitation under section 153(b); 

‘‘(B) be members of the National Civilian Community Corps; and 

‘‘(C) be provided the rights and benefits applicable to Corps members, except that the limitation on the amount of living allowance shall not exceed 

10 percent more than the amount established under section 158(b).’’; 

(4) in subsection (d)—

(A) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows: 

‘‘(d) CAMPUSES.—’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: 

‘‘(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.—’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and inserting ‘‘in campuses’’; 

(iii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

(iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and inserting ‘‘in the campuses’’; 

(C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 

‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—There shall be a campus director for each campus. 

The campus director is the head of the campus.’’; 

(D) in paragraph (3)—

(i) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: 

‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘A camp may be located’’ and inserting ‘‘A campus 

must be cost-effective and may, upon the completion of a feasibility 

study, be located’’; 

(5) in subsection (e)—

(A) by amending the paragraph heading to read as follows: 

‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ and inserting ‘‘campuses are costeffective and are distributed’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and all that follows through the period at 

the end and inserting ‘‘rural areas such that each Corps unit in a region 

can be easily deployed for disaster and emergency response to such region.’’; 

and 

(6) in subsection (f)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places such term appears and inserting 

‘‘campus’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘superintendent of a camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director of a campus’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A)—

(I) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; 

(II) by striking ‘‘superintendent’s’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director’s’’; and 

(III) by striking ‘‘camp’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting 

‘‘campus director’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp superintendent’’ and inserting 

‘‘campus director’’. 

SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 

Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

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(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Director shall ensure that 

to the extent practicable, each member of the Corps is trained in CPR, first 

aid, and other skills related to disaster preparedness and response.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including a focus on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban and rural development, or disaster preparedness needs’’; and 

(3) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Corporation 

may provide such training through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements 

with organizations who have established expertise in working with disadvantaged youth in similar programs.’’. 

SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS. 

Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 

‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the following: 

‘‘with specific emphasis on projects in support of infrastructure improvement, disaster relief and recovery, the environment, energy conservation 

and urban and rural development’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting ‘‘servicelearning’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘and the Secretary of Housing and 

Urban Development’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Chief of the 

United States Forest Service’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1)(B)—

(i) by inserting ‘‘community-based organizations and’’ before ‘‘representatives of local communities’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places such term appears and inserting 

‘‘campus’’; 

(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State Commissions,’’ before ‘‘and persons involved in other youth service programs.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both places such term appears and 

inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places such term appears and inserting 

‘‘campus’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘camp superintendents’’ and inserting 

‘‘campus directors’’. 

SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 

Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

Corps’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c)—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

(i) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

(ii) by inserting before the colon the following: ‘‘, as the Director determines appropriate’’; 

(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Clothing’’ and inserting ‘‘Uniforms’’; 

(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Recreational services and supplies’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Supplies’’. 

SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE. 

Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ before ‘‘recommended’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

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(3) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking ‘‘The Director shall establish a permanent cadre 

of’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer shall establish a permanent cadre that includes the Director and other appointed’’; and 

(II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘The Director shall appoint the 

members’’ and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer shall consider the 

recommendations of the Director in appointing the other members’’; 

(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

Chief Executive Officer’’; and 

(iv) in subparagraph (E)—

(I) by inserting after ‘‘techniques’’ the following: ‘‘, including techniques for working with and enhancing the development of disadvantaged youth,’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; and 

(C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the members’’ and 

inserting ‘‘other members’’. 

SEC. 1510. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY. 

Section 161 (42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘perform any program function under this 

subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘carry out the National Civilian Community Corps program’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

Corps’’. 

SEC. 1511. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 

Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘the registry established by’’

and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘the registry 

established by section 1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘to be recommended for appointment’’

and inserting ‘‘from which individuals may be selected for appointment by 

the Director’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

Corps’’; and 

(2) by striking subsection (b). 

SEC. 1512. ADVISORY BOARD. 

Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of the Program, there shall also 

be’’ and inserting ‘‘There shall be’’; 

(B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Advisory 

Board’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘to assist the Corps in responding rapidly and efficiently 

in times of natural and other disasters. Consistent with the needs outlined 

in section 151, the Advisory Board members shall help coordinate activities 

with the Corps as appropriate, including the mobilization of volunteers and 

coordination of volunteer centers to help local communities recover from the 

effects of natural and other disasters.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), 

respectively; 

(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: 

‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 

‘‘(10) The Chief of the United States Forest Service. 

‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

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(C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public and private organizations,’’. 

SEC. 1513. ANNUAL EVALUATION. 

Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended—

(1) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon completing each such evaluation, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor 

of the House of Representatives a report on the evaluation.’’. 

SEC. 1514. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 

Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 

SEC. 1515. DEFINITIONS. 

Section 166 (42 U.S.C. 12626) is amended—

(1) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9); 

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), 

respectively; 

(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 

‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus director’, with respect to a Corps 

campus, means the head of the campus under section 155(d). 

‘‘(3) CORPS.—The term ‘Corps’ means the National Civilian Community Corps 

required under section 155 as part of the Civilian Community Corps Program. 

‘‘(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Corps campus’ means the facility or central 

location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place for particular Corps units.’’; 

(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘Civilian Community 

Corps Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community 

Corps Program’’; 

(5) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(6) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘The terms’’ and all that 

follows through ‘‘Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘Program’

means the National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

(7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)—

(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘SERVICE LEARNING’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE-LEARNING’’; and 

(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’. 

SEC. 1516. TERMINOLOGY. 

Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.) is amended—

(1) by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps’’; 

and 

(2) in section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 

Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F 

(Administrative Provisions) 

SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 

Section 171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘with respect to 

a project’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to a project authorized under the national 

service laws’’. 

SEC. 1602. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 

Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) REFERRALS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A program may not receive assistance 

under the national service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal assistance programs or State assistance programs funded in part by the Federal 

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SEC. 1603. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. 

Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘this title’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the national 

service laws’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days not to exceed 90 days in total’’; and 

(3) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State or local applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (6)— (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and 

(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: ‘‘(D) in a grievance filed by an individual applicant or participant— ‘‘(i) the applicant’s selection or the participant’s reinstatement, as the 

case may be; and ‘‘(ii) other changes in the terms and conditions of service; and’’. 

SEC. 1604. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS. 

Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended— (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ‘‘under this title’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘under the national service laws’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘employee or position’’ and inserting ‘‘em- ployee, position, or volunteer (other than a participant under the national service laws)’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive assistance under the national service laws shall consult with the parents or legal guardians of children in developing and operating programs that include and serve children. ‘‘(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that receive assistance under the national service laws shall, consistent with State law, before transporting minor 

children, provide the reason for and obtain written permission of the children’s parents.’’. 

SEC. 1605. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 

Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sector.’’; 

(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘, unless the State permits the representative to serve as a voting member of the State Commission or alternative administrative entity’’; 

(3) by striking subsection (e)(1) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) Preparation of a national service plan for the State that—

‘‘(A) is developed through an open and public process (such as through 

regional forums, hearings, and other means) that provides for maximum 

participation and input from companies, organizations, and public agencies 

using service and volunteerism as a strategy to meet critical community 

needs, including programs funded under the national service laws; 

‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning of which may be set by the 

State; 

‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief executive officer of the State; 

‘‘(D) includes measurable goals and outcomes for the State consistent 

with those for national service programs as described in section 

179(a)(1)(A); 

‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse community-based agencies that serve 

underrepresented populations, by—

‘‘(i) using established networks and registries at the State level, or 

establishing such networks and registries; and 

‘‘(ii) coordinating with the Corporation’s Office of Outreach and Recruitment; 

‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of funding applications submitted 

by the State and others within the State under the national service laws; 

‘‘(G) is updated annually, reflecting changes in practices and policies that 

will improve the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local 

resources for service and volunteerism within the State; and 

‘‘(H) contains such information as the State Commission considers to be 

appropriate or as the Corporation may require.’’; 

(4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (g) through (k), 

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(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

‘‘(f) RELIEF FROM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan 

submitted under subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive, or specify 

alternatives to, administrative requirements (other than statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to grants made to States under the national service laws, including 

those requirements identified by a State as impeding the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for service and volunteerism within a 

State.’’; 

(6) in subsection (j)(1) (as redesignated by this section), by striking the period 

at the end and inserting ‘‘, consistent with section 174(d).’’; and 

(7) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(l) STATE PLAN FOR BABY BOOMER AND OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEER AND PAID

SERVICE.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, to be 

eligible to receive a grant or allotment under subtitle B or C or to receive a distribution of approved national service positions under subtitle C, a State must 

work with appropriate State agencies and private entities to develop a comprehensive State plan for volunteer and paid service by members of the Baby 

Boom generation and older adults. 

‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The State plan shall include—

‘‘(A) recommendations for public policy initiatives, including how to best 

tap the population of members the Baby Boom generation and older adults 

as sources of social capital and as ways to address community needs; 

‘‘(B) recommendations to the State unit on aging on—

‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to businesses; 

‘‘(ii) outreach to non-profit-organizations; 

‘‘(iii) the State’s Department of Education; and 

‘‘(iv) other State agencies; and 

‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engagement and multigenerational activities, such as—

‘‘(i) early childhood education, family literacy, and after school programs; 

‘‘(ii) respite services for older adults and caregivers; and 

‘‘(iii) transitions for members of the Baby Boom generation and older 

adults to purposeful work in their post career lives. 

‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATED.—The State plan shall incorporate the current knowledge base regarding—

‘‘(A) the economic impact of older workers’ roles in the economy; 

‘‘(B) the social impact of older workers’ roles in the community; and 

‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of active engagement for members of 

the Baby Boom generation and older adults. 

‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State plan must be made public and be transmitted 

to the Chief Executive Officer.’’. 

SEC. 1606. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended—

(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, directly or through grants or 

contracts, for the continuing evaluation of programs that receive assistance under 

the national service laws, including evaluations that measure the impact of such 

programs, to determine—

‘‘(1) the effectiveness of various programs receiving assistance under the national service laws in achieving stated goals and the costs associated with such, 

including—

‘‘(A) an evaluation of performance measures, as established by the Corporation in consultation with grantees receiving assistance under the national service laws, which may include—

‘‘(i) number of participants enrolled and completing terms of service 

compared to the stated goals of the program; 

‘‘(ii) number of volunteers recruited from the community in which the 

program was implemented; 

‘‘(iii) if applicable based on the program design, the number of individuals receiving or benefitting from the service conducted; 

‘‘(iv) number of disadvantaged and underrepresented youth participants; 

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‘‘(vi) measures to ascertain the change in attitude toward civic engagement among the participants and the beneficiaries of the service; 

and 

‘‘(vii) other quantitative and qualitative measures as determined to 

be appropriate by the recipient of assistance; and 

‘‘(B) review of the implementation plan for reaching such measures described in subparagraph (A); and 

‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and mechanisms for delivery of services, 

such as the effective utilization of the participants’ time, the management of the 

participants, and the ease to which recipients were able to receive services to 

maximize the cost-effectiveness of the program and its impact, for such programs.’’; 

(2) in subsection (g)—

(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘National Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Senior Service Corps’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to public service’’ and all that follows 

through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘to engage in service that benefits the community.’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.—In addition to amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Corporation may reserve up to 1 percent 

of total program funds appropriated for a fiscal year under the national service laws 

to support program accountability activities. 

‘‘(k) CORRECTIVE PLANS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee that fails to reach the performance measures in 

subsection (a)(1)(A) as determined by the Corporation, shall reach an agreement 

with the Corporation on a corrective action plan to achieve the agreed upon performance measures. 

‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—

‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that has received assistance for less 

than 3 years and is failing to achieve the performance measures agreed 

upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall—

‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the grantee to address targeted 

performance problems relating to the performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A); and 

‘‘(ii) require quarterly reports from the grantee on the program’s 

progress toward achieving the performance measures in subsection 

(a)(1)(A) to the appropriate State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 

Corporation. 

‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a program that has received assistance for 3 years or more and is failing to achieve the performance measures 

agreed upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall require quarterly reports from the grantee on the program’s progress towards achieving 

performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the Corporation. 

‘‘(l) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—If, after a period for correction as 

approved by the Corporation, a grantee or subgrantee fails to achieve the established levels of performance, the Corporation shall—

‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the grant award attributable to the underperforming grantee or subgrantee by at least 25 percent; or 

‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming grantee or subgrantee, consistent with section 176(a). 

‘‘(m) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to Congress not later than two 

years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, 

a report containing information on the number of—

‘‘(1) grantees implementing corrective action plans; 

‘‘(2) grantees for which the Corporation offers technical assistance under subsection (k); 

‘‘(3) grantees for which the Corporation terminates assistance for a program 

under subsection (l); and 

‘‘(4) grantees meeting or exceeding their performance measures in subsection 

(a).’’. 

SEC. 1607. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 414’’ and inserting 

‘‘Section 422’’. 

SEC. 1608. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 

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‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, the head of each Federal agency and 

department shall prepare and submit, to Congress and the committees of jurisdiction, a report concerning the implementation of this section, including an evaluation 

of the performance goals and benchmarks of the partnership programs.’’. 

SEC. 1609. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING. 

Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended—

(1) in each of subsections (a)(1) and (b)(1) by inserting after ‘‘local government,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the Corporation shall have 

access to, and the right to examine and copy, any books, documents, papers, records, 

and other recorded information in any form—

‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation or any State or local 

government, Territory, Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organization 

receiving assistance directly or indirectly under this Act; and 

‘‘(2) that relates to the duties of the Inspector General under the Inspector 

General Act of 1978.’’. 

SEC. 1610. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘SEC. 185. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To promote efficiency and eliminate duplicative requirements, 

the Corporation shall consolidate or modify application procedures and reporting requirements for programs and activities funded under the national service laws. 

‘‘(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Corporation shall submit to Congress a report containing information on the actions taken to modify the application 

procedures and reporting requirements for programs and activities funded under the 

national service laws, including a description of the consultation procedures with 

grantees, entities that expressed interest in applying for assistance under a national 

service law but did not apply, those entities whose application was rejected, and applications whose assistance was terminated due to failure to meet performance 

measures for the year covered by the report. 

‘‘SEC. 186. SUSTAINABILITY. 

‘‘(a) GOALS.—To ensure that recipients of assistance under the national service 

laws are carrying out sustainable projects or programs, the Corporation, after collaboration with State Commissions and consultation with recipients of assistance 

under the national service laws, may set sustainability goals supported by policies 

and procedures to—

‘‘(1) build the capacity of the projects that receive assistance under the national service laws to meet community needs and to work to lessen the dependence on Federal dollars to do so; 

‘‘(2) provide technical assistance to assist the recipients of assistance under 

the national service laws in acquiring non-Federal funds for the projects that 

could replace assistance received under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(3) implement measures to ascertain whether the projects are generating sufficient community support. 

‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If a recipient does not meet the sustainability goals in subsection (a) for a project, the Corporation may take action as described in sections 

176 and 179. 

‘‘SEC. 187. USE OF RECOVERED FUNDS. 

‘‘(a) FACTORS CONSIDERED IN APPROVING REPAYMENT.—After the date of enactment of this section, whenever the Corporation recovers funds paid to a recipient 

under a grant or cooperative agreement made under the national service laws because the recipient made an expenditure of funds that was not allowable, or otherwise failed to discharge its responsibility to account properly for funds, the Corporation may consider those funds to be additional funds available and may arrange to 

repay to the recipient affected by that action an amount not to exceed 75 percent 

of the recovered funds if the Corporation determines that—

‘‘(1) the practices or procedures of the recipient that resulted in the recovery 

of funds have been corrected, and that the recipient is in all other respects in 

compliance with the requirements of the grant or cooperative agreement, if the 

recipient was notified of any noncompliance with such requirements and given 

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‘‘(2) the recipient has submitted to the Corporation a plan for the use of those 

funds consistent with the national service laws and, to the extent possible, for 

the benefit of the community affected by the recovery of funds; and 

‘‘(3) the use of those funds in accordance with that plan would serve to 

achieve the objectives of the grant or cooperative agreement under which the 

funds were originally paid. 

‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REPAYMENT.—Any payments by the Corporation 

under this section shall be subject to other terms and conditions as the Corporation 

considers necessary to accomplish the purposes of the grant or cooperative agreement, including—

‘‘(1) the submission of periodic reports on the use of funds provided under this 

section; and 

‘‘(2) consultation by the recipient with members of the community that will 

benefit from the payments. 

‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

funds made available under this section shall remain available for expenditure for 

a period of time considered reasonable by the Corporation, but in no case to exceed 

more than 3 fiscal years following the later of—

‘‘(1) the fiscal year in which final agency action regarding the disallowance 

of funds is taken; or 

‘‘(2) if such recipient files a petition for judicial review regarding the disallowance of funds, the fiscal year in which final judicial action is taken on such a 

petition. 

‘‘(d) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—At least 60 days prior to entering into 

an arrangement under this section, the Corporation shall publish in the Federal 

Register a notice of intent to enter into such an arrangement and the terms and 

conditions under which payments will be made. Interested persons shall have an opportunity for at least 30 days to submit comments to the Corporation regarding the 

proposed arrangement. 

‘‘SEC. 188. EXPENSES OF ATTENDING MEETINGS. 

‘‘Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, United States Code, funds authorized 

under the national service laws shall be available for expenses of attendance of 

meetings that are concerned with the functions or activities for which the funds are 

appropriated or which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities. 

‘‘SEC. 189. GRANT PERIODS. 

‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corporation has authority to make a 

grant under the national service laws for a period of 3 years. 

‘‘SEC. 189A. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 

‘‘In making decisions on applications for assistance or approved national service 

positions under the national service laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration the extent to which the applicant’s proposal will increase the involvement of 

volunteers in meeting community needs. 

‘‘SEC. 189B. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 

‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as otherwise provided by this section, the amount of funds approved by the Corporation in a grant to operate a program authorized under the national service laws supporting individuals serving in 

approved national service positions may not exceed $16,000 per full-time equivalent 

position. 

‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation in subsection (a) applies to 

the Corporation’s share of member support costs, staff costs, and other costs borne 

by the grantee or subgrantee to operate a program. 

‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation in subsection (a) and 

(e)(1) shall not apply to expenses that are not included in the program operating 

grant award. 

‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amount specified in subsections (a) and 

(e)(1) shall be adjusted each year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Secretary of Labor. 

‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—

‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of 

this section, up to a maximum of $18,000, if necessary to meet the compelling 

needs of a particular program, such as exceptional training needs for a program 

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‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer shall report to Congress annually 

on all waivers granted under this section, with an explanation of the compelling 

needs justifying such waivers. 

‘‘SEC. 189C. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit and reporting requirements 

as provided in the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and 

the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 (31 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.). The Corporation shall report to the Congress any failure to comply with the requirements 

of such audits.’’. 

Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and Community Service) 

SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 

Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended—

(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each appointed member shall serve for a 

term of 5 years.’’; 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) SERVICE UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.—A voting member of the Board 

whose term has expired may continue to serve for one year beyond expiration of the 

term if no successor is appointed or until the date on which a successor has taken 

office.’’. 

SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES. 

Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting 

‘‘shall have responsibility for setting overall policy for the Corporation and 

shall—’’; 

(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and review the budget proposal in advance of submission to the Office 

of Management and Budget and to Congress’’; 

(3) in paragraph (5)—

(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) review the performance of the Chief Executive Officer annually and 

forward a report on that review to the President;’’; 

(4) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Corporation;’’; 

(5) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘program; and’’ and inserting ‘‘program 

under a cost share agreement, as determined by the Corporation, in which the 

funds advanced or received as reimbursement shall be credited directly to a current appropriation; and’’; and 

(6) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’. 

SEC. 1703. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. 

Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended—

(1) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a strategic plan’’ the following: 

‘‘, including a plan for achieving 50 percent full-time approved national 

service positions by 2010,’’; 

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as paragraphs (8) 

through (12), respectively; 

(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 

‘‘(7) prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and Labor in the 

United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the United States Senate, and the Board an annual report on actions taken to achieve the goal of 50 percent full-time approved 

national service positions as described in paragraph (1), including an assessment of the progress made toward achieving that goal and the actions to be 

taken in the coming year toward achieving that goal;’’; and 

(D) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘June 30, 

1995,’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30 of each even-numbered year,’’; and 

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(2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and 

(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: ‘‘(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating applications to the 

Corporation for assistance under this title; and’’. 

SEC. 1704. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS. 

Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (3)— (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEMBER’’ and inserting ‘‘NON-VOTING

MEMBER’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘non-voting’’ before ‘‘member’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Corporation may enter into personal 

services contracts to carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness related 

to the national service laws.’’. 

SEC. 1705. DONATED SERVICES. 

Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of 

title 31, United States Code, the Corporation may solicit and accept the 

services of organizations and individuals (other than participants) to assist 

the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the national service laws, and may provide to such individuals the travel expenses 

described in section 192A(d).’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘A person who is a member of an organization or is an 

individual covered by subparagraph (A)’’; 

(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a per- son’’; 

(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volunteers’’ and inserting ‘‘such a per- son’’; and 

(iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such 

a person’’; and 

(C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a person’’; and 

(2) by striking paragraph (3). 

SEC. 1706. OFFICE OF OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT. 

Subtitle G of title I is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 196B. OFFICE OF OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT. 

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Corporation an office to be 

known as the Office of Outreach and Recruitment (in this section referred to as the 

‘Office’), headed by a Director. ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Office, carried out directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, shall be— ‘‘(1) to increase the public awareness of the wide range of service opportunities for citizens of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic status or geographic location, through a variety of methods, including— ‘‘(A) print media; 

‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging technologies; 

‘‘(C) television; 

‘‘(D) radio; 

‘‘(E) presentations at public or private forums; 

‘‘(F) other innovative methods of communication; and 

‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic development, State employment security agencies, labor unions and trade associations, local education agencies, 

agencies and organizations serving veterans and people with disabilities, 

and other institutions or organizations from which participants for programs receiving assistance from the national service laws can be recruited; 

‘‘(2) to identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the diversity of participants in the programs receiving assistance under the national 

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‘‘(3) to identify and implement recruitment strategies and training programs 

for bilingual volunteers in the National Senior Service Corps under title II of 

the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; 

‘‘(4) to identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the diversity of service sponsors of programs desiring to receive assistance under the national service laws; 

‘‘(5) to collaborate with organizations which have established volunteer recruitment programs, including those on the Internet, to increase the recruitment capacity of the Corporation; 

‘‘(6) where practicable, to provide application materials in languages other 

than English for those with limited English proficiency who wish to participate 

in a national service program; 

‘‘(7) to coordinate with organizations of former participants of national service 

programs for service opportunities that may include capacity building, outreach, 

and recruitment for programs receiving assistance under the national service 

laws; 

‘‘(8) to collaborate with the training and technical assistance programs described in subtitle J and in appropriate paragraphs of section 198E(b); 

‘‘(9) to coordinate the clearinghouses described in section 198E; and 

‘‘(10) to coordinate with entities receiving funds under section 198E(b)(11) in 

establishing the Reserve Corps for alumni of the national service programs to 

serve in emergencies, disasters, and other times of national need. 

‘‘(c) COLLABORATION.—The duties described in subsection (b) shall be carried out 

in collaboration with the State Commissions. 

‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH A BUSINESS.—The Corporation may, through 

contracts or cooperative agreements, carry out the marketing duties described in 

subsection (b)(1), with priority given to those entities who have established expertise 

in the recruitment of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and members 

of the Baby Boom generation. 

‘‘(e) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Corporation, through the Director of the 

Office, may conduct a campaign to solicit funds for itself to conduct outreach and 

recruitment campaigns to recruit a diverse population of service sponsors of and 

participants in programs and projects receiving assistance under the national service laws. 

‘‘(f) REPORTING.—The Director of the Office shall complete a report annually to the 

Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors on its activities and results.’’. 

SEC. 1707. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AND VETERANS PARTICIPATION IN SERVICE CORPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TO DEVELOP PILOT PROGRAM. 

(a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation for National and Community Service shall 

conduct a study to identify—

(1) specific areas of need for veterans; 

(2) how existing programs and activities carried out under the national service laws could better serve veterans and veterans service organizations; 

(3) gaps in service to veterans; 

(4) prospects for better coordination of services; 

(5) prospects for better utilization of veterans as resources and volunteers; 

and 

(6) methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization of services directed towards veterans. 

(b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out in consultation with veterans’

service organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, State veterans agencies, 

the Department of Defense, and other individuals and entities the Corporation considers appropriate. 

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

the Corporation shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the planning 

study required by subsection (a), together with a plan for implementation of a pilot 

program using promising strategies and approaches for better targeting and serving 

veterans. 

(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available to carry out this subsection, 

the Corporation shall develop and carry out a pilot program based on the findings 

in the report submitted under subsection (c). 

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated 

to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 

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Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 

SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE H. 

(a) ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE.—Subtitle H is amended by inserting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 

the following: 

‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO 

SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection (r)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘national service programs, including servicelearning programs, and to support innovative and model programs, including’’

and inserting ‘‘service-learning programs and national service programs, including’’; 

(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f); 

(4) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (c); 

(5) by striking subsections (h), (i), and (j); 

(6) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (d); 

(7) by striking subsections (l) and (m); 

(8) by redesignating subsections (n) and (o) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 

(9) by striking subsections (p) and (q); 

(10) by redesignating subsection (r) as subsection (g); and 

(11) by redesignating subsection (s) as subsection (h). 

SEC. 1802. REPEALS. 

The following provisions are repealed: 

(1) CLEARINGHOUSES.—Section 198A (42 U.S.C. 12653a). 

(2) MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—Section 

198C (42 U.S.C. 12653c). 

(3) SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Section 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d). 

SEC. 1803. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT. 

Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM 

SUPPORT 

‘‘SEC. 198D. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT. 

‘‘(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may, through grants 

and fixed amount grants under subsection (c), carry out the following programs: 

‘‘(1) PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—A program selected from among 

those listed in 122(a) where no less than 75 percent of the participants are disadvantaged youth. 

‘‘(A) COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—Such programs may include life skills 

training, employment training, educational counseling, program to complete 

a high-school diploma or GED, counseling, or a mentoring relationship with 

an adult volunteer. 

‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to programs that engage retirees 

to serve as mentors. 

‘‘(2) PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON LEARNING AND THINKING SKILLS.—Service programs to solve community problems while engaging or developing 21st century 

learning and thinking skills (critical-thinking and problem solving, communication skills, creativity and innovation skills, collaboration skills, contextual learning skills, information and media literacy skills, and information and communications literacy) and life skills (leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, 

personal productivity, personal responsibility, people skills, self-direction, and 

social responsibility) for school-age youth and low income adults. This may be 

a summer of service program or a year-round service program. Priority shall be 

given to programs that collaborate with the RSVP program, the AmeriCorps 

programs, or the Learn and Serve programs. 

‘‘(3) PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 17.—Programs that 

engage youth under the age of 17 in service to the community to meet unmet 

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public safety needs and may be a summer program or a year-round program. 

Priority shall be given to programs that collaborate with the RSVP Program 

and the AmeriCorps programs. 

‘‘(4) PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS.—Service programs 

that focus on the health and wellness of the members of a low-income or rural 

community. Priority shall be given to service programs that work to—

‘‘(A) involve the community in service to those who are at-risk to not receive or pursue health care through such activities as health and wellness 

education, prevention, and care; 

‘‘(B) include in the service program employment training, where applicable, for participants in the program and may extend this opportunity to 

members of the community; and 

‘‘(C) collaborate with local institutions of higher education to include, as 

a portion of the pre-professional training of health care professionals including nurses, doctors, physician assistants, dentists, and emergency medical 

technicians, a service component to meet unmet healthcare and wellness 

needs in the community in which the service program is being carried out. 

‘‘(5) PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM.—Programs that re-engage court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. Priority shall be 

given to such programs that create support systems beginning in corrections facilities, and programs that have life skills training, employment training, an 

education program, including a program to complete a high-school diploma or 

GED, educational and career counseling, post program placement, and support 

services, which could begin in corrections facilities. The program may include 

health and wellness programs, including but not limited to drug and alcohol 

treatment, mental health counseling, and smoking cessation. 

‘‘(6) PROGRAMS THAT RECRUIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—Demonstration projects 

for programs that have as one of their primary purposes the recruitment and 

acceptance of court-involved youth and adults as participants, volunteers, or 

members. Such a program may serve any purpose otherwise permitted under 

this Act. 

‘‘(7) OTHER INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAMS.—Any other innovative and 

model programs that the Corporation considers appropriate. 

‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program funded under this part shall be carried out over a period of three years, including one planning year and two additional grant years, with a 1-year extension possible, if the program meets performance measures developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any other 

criteria determined by the Corporation. 

‘‘(2) ENCOURAGEMENT.—Each program funded under this part is encouraged 

to collaborate with Learn and Serve, AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Service Corps. 

‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the program, the Corporation shall 

conduct an independent evaluation of the program and widely disseminate the 

results to the service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies and recommendations for improvement. 

‘‘(c) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.—

‘‘(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), and subject to the limitations 

in this subsection, the Corporation may, upon making a determination described in paragraph (2), approve a fixed amount grant that is not subject to 

the Office of Management and Budget cost principles and related financial recordkeeping requirements. 

‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a fixed amount grant, the Corporation must determine that—

‘‘(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of carrying out the terms of the 

grant significantly exceed the amount of assistance provided by the Corporation; or 

‘‘(B) based on the nature or design of the grant, any assistance provided 

by the Corporation can be reasonably presumed to be expended on reasonable and necessary costs. 

‘‘(3) MATCHING FUNDS.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made under this part may not exceed 50 percent 

of the total cost of the program. 

‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the remaining share 

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‘‘(i) shall provide for such share through a payment in cash or in 

kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

‘‘(ii) may provide for such share through State sources or local 

sources, including private funds or donated services. 

‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a program under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 

at such time and in such manner as the Corporation requires, and in such manner 

as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require.’’. 

SEC. 1804. CLEARINGHOUSES. 

Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 

CLEARINGHOUSE 

‘‘SEC. 198E. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide assistance, either by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to entities with expertise in the dissemination of 

information through clearinghouses to establish one or more clearinghouses for the 

national service laws. 

‘‘(b) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—Such a clearinghouse may—

‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local service-learning and national 

service programs with needs assessments and planning; 

‘‘(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning service-learning or programs 

receiving assistance under the national service laws unless the recipient is receiving funds for such purpose under part III of subtitle B and under subtitle 

H; 

‘‘(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to State and local service-learning program administrators, supervisors, service sponsors, and participants; and 

‘‘(B) provide training to persons who can provide the leadership development 

and training described in subparagraph (A); 

‘‘(4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out service-learning programs and programs offered under the national service laws and participants 

in such programs; 

‘‘(5) provide and disseminate information and curriculum materials relating 

to planning and operating service-learning programs and programs offered 

under the national service laws, to States, Territories, Indian tribes, and local 

entities eligible to receive financial assistance under the national service laws; 

‘‘(6) provide and disseminate information regarding methods to make servicelearning programs and programs offered under the national service laws accessible to individuals with disabilities; 

‘‘(7) disseminate applications in languages other than English; 

‘‘(8)(A) gather and disseminate information on successful service-learning programs and programs offered under the national service laws, components of 

such successful programs, innovative curricula related to service-learning, and 

service-learning projects; and 

‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearinghouse with appropriate entities 

to avoid duplication of effort; 

‘‘(9) make recommendations to State and local entities on quality controls to 

improve the quality of service-learning programs and programs offered under 

the national service laws; 

‘‘(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and placing a diverse population of service-learning coordinators and program sponsors; 

‘‘(11) collaborate with the Office of Outreach and Recruitment on an alumni 

network for those former participants in an approved national service position, 

to facilitate communication and collaboration between alumni and to leverage 

their skills, knowledge, and experiences to improve service across our Nation 

and also serve in a Reserve Corps, who are ready to serve in times of national 

need; 

‘‘(12) disseminate effective strategies for working with disadvantaged youth in 

national service programs as determined by organizations with an established 

expertise working with such youth; and 

‘‘(13) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines 

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Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth 

Service Corps 

SEC. 1811. STATE APPLICATION. 

Section 199C(a) (42 U.S.C. 12655b(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘a State’’ the 

following: ‘‘, Territory,’’. 

Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

SEC. 1821. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

Title I is further amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: 

‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

‘‘SEC. 199N. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall conduct, either directly or through 

grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, including through State Commissions 

on National and Community Service, appropriate training and technical assistance 

to—

‘‘(1) programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(2) entities (particularly those in rural areas and underserved communities)—

‘‘(A) that desire to carry out or establish national service programs; 

‘‘(B) that desire to apply for assistance under the national service laws; 

or 

‘‘(C) that desire to apply for a subgrant under the national service laws. 

‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—Such training and technical assistance activities may 

include—

‘‘(1) providing technical assistance to those applying to carry out national 

service programs or those carrying out national service programs; 

‘‘(2) promoting leadership development in national service programs; 

‘‘(3) improving the instructional and programmatic quality of national service 

programs; 

‘‘(4) developing the management and budgetary skills of those operating or 

overseeing national service programs, including to increase the cost effectiveness of the programs under the national service laws; 

‘‘(5) providing for or improving the training provided to the participants in 

programs under the national service laws; 

‘‘(6) facilitating the education of national service programs in risk management procedures, including the training of participants in appropriate risk management practices; 

‘‘(7) training of those operating or overseeing national service programs in volunteer recruitment, management, and retention to improve the abilities of such 

individuals to use participants and other volunteers in an effective manner 

which results in high quality service and the desire of participants or volunteers 

to continue to serve in other capacities after the program is completed; 

‘‘(8) training of those operating or overseeing national service programs in 

program evaluation and performance measures to inform practices to augment 

the capacity and sustainability of the program; 

‘‘(9) training of those operating or overseeing national service programs to effectively accommodate people with disabilities to increase the participation of 

people with disabilities in national service programs; 

‘‘(10) establishing networks and collaboration among employers, educators, 

and other key stakeholders in the community to further leverage resources to 

increase local participation and to coordinate community-wide planning and 

service; 

‘‘(11) providing training and technical assistance for the National Senior Service Corps; and 

‘‘(12) carrying out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate. 

‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—The Corporation shall give priority to programs under the national 

service laws and those entities wishing to establish programs under the national 

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‘‘(1) seek to carry out (as defined in section 101) high quality programs where 

the services are needed most; 

‘‘(2) seek to carry out (as defined in section 101) high quality programs where 

national service programs do not currently exist or where the programs are too 

limited to meet community needs; 

‘‘(3) seek to carry out (as defined in section 101) high quality programs that 

focus on and provide service opportunities for underserved rural and urban 

areas and populations; and 

‘‘(4) assist programs in developing a service component that combines students, out-of-school youths, and older adults as participants to provide needed 

community services.’’. 

Subtitle K—Repeal of Title III (Points of Light 

Foundation) 

SEC. 1831. REPEAL. 

Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is repealed. 

Subtitle L—Amendments to Title V (Authorization 

of Appropriations) 

SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

‘‘(a) TITLE I.—

‘‘(1) SUBTITLE b.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to provide financial assistance under subtitle B of title I—

‘‘(i) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which $10,000,000 shall be for 

summer of service grants and $10,000,000 shall be deposited in the National Service Trust to support summer of service educational awards; 

and 

‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 

through 2012. 

‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for 

a fiscal year—

‘‘(i) not more than 63.75 percent shall be available to provide financial assistance under part I of subtitle B of title I; 

‘‘(ii) not more than 25 percent shall be available to provide financial 

assistance under part II of such subtitle; and 

‘‘(iii) not less than 11.25 percent shall be available to provide financial assistance under part III of such subtitle. 

‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AND H.—

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to provide financial assistance under subtitles C and H of title I, to administer the National Service Trust and disburse national service educational awards and 

scholarships under subtitle D of title I, and to carry out such audits and 

evaluations as the Chief Executive Officer or the Inspector General of the 

Corporation may determine to be necessary, $485,000,000 for fiscal year 

2008, and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 

through 2012. 

‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for 

a fiscal year, up to 15 percent shall be made available to provide financial 

assistance under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126, and under subtitle 

H of title I. 

‘‘(C) SUBTITLE c.—Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A), 

the following amounts shall be made available to provide financial assistance under section 121 of subtitle C of title I: 

‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2008, not more than $324,000,000. 

‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2009, not more than $357,000,000. 

‘‘(iii) For fiscal year 2010, not more than $397,000,000. 

‘‘(iv) For each of fiscal years 2011 through 2012, such sums as may 

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‘‘(3) SUBTITLE e.—There are authorized to be appropriated to operate the National Civilian Community Corps and provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title I, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this Act, including financial assistance under sections 126(a) 

and 196B, $51,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. ‘‘(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amounts appropriated under subparagraph 

(A) for a fiscal year— ‘‘(i) up to 69 percent shall be made available to the Corporation for 

the administration of this Act, including to provide financial assistance 

under section 196B; and ‘‘(ii) the remainder shall be available to provide financial assistance 

under section 126(a). ‘‘(5) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the amounts appropriated for 

a fiscal year under subtitles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under titles 

I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, the Corporation shall 

reserve up to 2.5 percent to carry out subtitle J of this Act. Notwithstanding 

subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall be available only for the fiscal year 

for which they are reserved. ‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds appropriated under this section 

shall remain available until expended.’’. 

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC 

VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

SEC. 2001. REFERENCES. 

Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title an amendment 

or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of a provision, the 

reference shall be considered to be made to a provision of the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I (National 

Volunteer Antipoverty Programs) 

SEC. 2101. PURPOSE. 

Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘both young and older citizens’’ and inserting ‘‘citizens of all ages and backgrounds’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘local agencies’’ and all that follows through 

the period at the end and inserting ‘‘local agencies, expand relationships with, 

and support for, the efforts of civic, community, and educational organizations, 

and utilize the energy, innovative spirit, experience, and skills of all Americans.’’. 

SEC. 2102. PURPOSE OF THE VISTA PROGRAM. 

Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended—

(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘afflicted with’’ and inserting ‘‘affected 

by’’; and 

(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘local level’’ and all that follows through 

the period at the end and inserting ‘‘local level, to support efforts by local agencies and organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of projects, consistent 

with section 186 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, initiated 

or expanded under the VISTA program activities, and to strengthen local agencies and community organizations to carry out the purpose of this part.’’. 

SEC. 2103. APPLICATIONS. 

Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa,’’ ; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and inserting ‘‘disabled’’; and 

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(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘jobless, the hungry, and low-income’’

and inserting ‘‘unemployed, the hungry, and low-income’’; 

(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘prevention, education,’’ and inserting 

‘‘through prevention, education, rehabilitation, and treatment,’’; 

(E) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, mental illness,’’ after ‘‘including’’; 

(F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

(G) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; 

and 

(H) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 

‘‘(8) in the re-entry and re-integration of formerly incarcerated youth and 

adults into society, including life skills training, employment training, counseling, educational training, and educational counseling; 

‘‘(9) in developing and carrying out financial literacy, financial planning, 

budgeting, savings, and reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 

communities, including those programs which educate on financing home ownership and higher education; 

‘‘(10) in initiating and supporting before-school and after-school programs 

servicing children in low-income communities that may engage participants in 

mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills, or study skills programs, servicelearning, physical, nutrition, and health education programs, including programs aimed at fighting childhood obesity, and other activities addressing the 

needs of the community’s children; 

‘‘(11) in establishing and supporting community economic development initiatives, including micro-enterprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 

areas and other areas where such programs are needed most; 

‘‘(12) in assisting veterans and their families through establishing or augmenting programs which assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 

health care (including mental health), employment counseling or training, education counseling or training, affordable housing, and other support services; 

and 

‘‘(13) in addressing the health and wellness of low-income and underserved 

communities, including programs to increase access to preventive services, insurance, and health care.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘recruitment and placement procedures’’

and inserting ‘‘recruitment and placement procedures that involve sponsoring organizations and’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘central information system that 

shall, on request, promptly provide’’ and inserting ‘‘database that provides’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (C)—

(I) by striking ‘‘timely and effective’’ and inserting ‘‘timely and 

cost-effective’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘the recruitment of volunteers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruitment and management of volunteers’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Director 

shall give priority to—

‘‘(A) disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990) and low-income adults; and 

‘‘(B) retired adults of any profession, but with an emphasis on those professions whose services and training are most needed in a community, such as the 

health care professions, teaching, counseling, and engineering and other professions requiring a high level of technical and project management skills, to utilize their experience, including professional skills, in the VISTA program.’’; 

(D) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘information system’’ and inserting 

‘‘database’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘personnel 

described in subsection (b)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘personnel described in 

subsection (b)(2)(C), sponsoring organizations, and the Office of Outreach and Recruitment’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the Internet and related technologies,’’ after ‘‘television,’’; 

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(iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after ‘‘senior citizens organizations,’’ the following: ‘‘offices of economic development, State employment security agencies, employment offices,’’; 

(v) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘National and Community Service 

Act of 1990’’; and 

(vi) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘, on request,’’; 

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection and related public awareness and recruitment activities under the 

national service laws and through the Office of Outreach and Recruitment’’; 

and 

(C) in paragraph (4)—

(i) by striking ‘‘Beginning’’ and all that follows through ‘‘for the purpose’’ and inserting ‘‘For the purpose’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘1.5 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘2 percent’’; 

(4) by amending the second sentence of subsection (d) to read as follows: 

‘‘Whenever feasible, such efforts shall be coordinated with an appropriate local 

workforce investment board established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.’’; 

(5) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘and has been submitted to the Governor’’ and 

all that follows and inserting a period; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(i) The Director may enter into agreements under which public and private nonprofit organizations, with sufficient financial capacity and size, pay for all or a portion of the costs of supporting the service of volunteers under this title, consistent 

with the provisions of section 186 of the National and Community Service Act of 

1990.’’. 

SEC. 2104. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

Part A of title I is amended by inserting after section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) the 

following: 

‘‘SEC. 103A. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With not less than one-third of the funds made available under 

subsection (d) in each fiscal year, the Director shall make grants for VISTA positions to support programs of national significance. Each program for which a grant 

is received under this subsection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements applicable to that program. 

‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) 

to support one or more of the following programs to address problems that concern 

low-income and rural communities in the Nation: 

‘‘(1) In developing and carrying-out financial literacy, financial planning, 

budgeting, savings, and reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 

communities, including those programs which educate on financing home ownership and higher education. 

‘‘(2) In initiating and supporting before-school and after-school programs in 

low-income communities that may include such activities as establishing mentoring relationships, physical education, tutoring, instruction in 21st century 

thinking skills, life skills, and study skills, community service, service-learning, 

nutrition and health education, and other activities aimed at keeping children, 

safe, educated, and healthy, which serve the children in such community. 

‘‘(3) In establishing and supporting community economic development initiatives, including micro-enterprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 

areas and areas where such programs are needed most. 

‘‘(4) In assisting veterans and their families through establishing or augmenting programs which assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 

health care (including mental health), employment counseling or training, education counseling or training, affordable housing, and other support services. 

‘‘(5) In addressing the health and wellness of low-income and underserved 

communities across our Nation, including programs to fight childhood obesity 

through nutrition, physical fitness, and other associated life skills education 

programs and programs to increase access to preventive services, insurance, and 

health care. 

‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—

‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive a grant under subsection (a), an applicant shall submit an application to the Director at such time and in such manner as the Director requires and receive approval of the application. Such application shall, at a minimum, demonstrate to the Director a level of expertise in 

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‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made available under subsection (d) 

shall be used to supplement and not supplant the number of VISTA volunteers 

engaged in programs addressing the problem for which such funds are awarded 

unless such sums are an extension of funds previously provided under this title. ‘‘(d) FUNDING.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriate under section 501 for each 

fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such sums as may be necessary to make grants under subsection (a). ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No funds shall be made available to the Director to make 

grants under subsection (a) unless the amounts appropriated under section 501 

available for such fiscal year to carry out part A are sufficient to maintain the 

number of projects and volunteers funded under part A in the preceding fiscal 

year. ‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The Director shall widely disseminate information on grants 

that may be made under this section, including through the Office of Outreach and 

Recruitment and other volunteer recruitment programs being carried out by public 

or private non-profit organizations.’’. 

SEC. 2105. TERMS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE. 

Section 104(d) (42 U.S.C. 4954(d)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘with the terms and conditions of their 

service.’’ and inserting ‘‘with the terms and conditions of their service or any 

adverse action, such as termination, proposed by the sponsoring organization. 

The procedure shall provide for an appeal to the Director of any proposed termination.’’; and 

(2) in the third sentence (as amended by this section), by striking ‘‘and the 

terms and conditions of their service’’. 

SEC. 2106. SUPPORT SERVICE. 

Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘Such stipend’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in the case of persons’’ and inserting ‘‘Such stipend shall be set at a minimum of $125 per month and a maximum of $150 per 

month, subject to the availability of funds to accomplish such a maximum. The Director may provide a stipend of $250 per month in the case of persons’’. 

SEC. 2107. SECTIONS REPEALED. 

The following provisions are repealed: 

(1) VISTA LITERACY CORPS.—Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959). 

(2) UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA.—Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.). 

(3) LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS.—Section 124 (42 U.S.C. 4995). 

SEC. 2108. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘situations’’ and inserting ‘‘organizations’’. 

SEC. 2109. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 

Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended— (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘TECHNICAL AND’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘technical and’’. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II (National 

Senior Volunteer Corps) 

SEC. 2201. CHANGE IN NAME. 

Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended in the title heading by striking ‘‘NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL SENIOR 

SERVICE CORPS’’. 

SEC. 2202. PURPOSE. 

Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

‘‘It is the purpose of this title to provide—

‘‘(1) opportunities for senior service to meet unmet local, State, and national 

needs in the areas of education, public safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, health and human needs, and the environment; 

‘‘(2) for the National Senior Service Corps, comprised of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the Foster Grandparent Program, and the Senior Companion Program, and demonstration and other programs to empower people 55 

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hance the lives of those who serve and those whom they serve, and provide communities with valuable services; 

‘‘(3) opportunities for people 55 years of age or older, through the Retired and 

Senior Volunteer Program, to share their knowledge, experiences, abilities, and 

skills for the betterment of their communities and themselves; 

‘‘(4) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age or older, through the 

Foster Grandparents Program, to have a positive impact on the lives of children 

in need; 

‘‘(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age or older, through the 

Senior Companion Program, to provide critical support services and companionship to adults at risk of institutionalization and who are struggling to maintain 

a dignified independent life; and 

‘‘(6) for research, training, demonstration, and other program activities to increase and improve opportunities for people 55 years of age or older to meet 

unmet needs, including those related to public safety, public health, and emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, in their communities.’’. 

SEC. 2203. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROJECTS. 

Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘avail themselves 

of opportunities for volunteer service in their community’’ and inserting 

‘‘share their experiences, abilities, and skills for the betterment of their 

communities and themselves through service’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, and individuals 60 years of age or 

older will be given priority for enrollment,’’; 

(C) in paragraph (3) by inserting ‘‘either prior to or during the volunteer 

service’’ after ‘‘may be necessary’’; and—

(D) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(4) the project is being designed and implemented with the advice of experts 

in the field of service to be delivered as well as with those who have expertise 

in the recruitment and management of volunteers, particularly those of the 

Baby Boom generation.’’; 

(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 

‘‘(c) The Director shall give priority to projects—

‘‘(1) utilizing retired scientists, technicians, engineers, and mathematicians 

(the STEM professionals) to improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

Mathematics (STEM) education through activities such as assisting teachers in 

classroom demonstrations or laboratory experiences, running after-school, weekend, or summer programs designed to engage disadvantaged youth (as defined 

in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990) or low-income, minority youth in the STEM fields and to improve mastery of the STEM 

content, providing field trips to businesses, institutions of higher education, museums, and other locations where the STEM professions are practiced or illuminated; 

‘‘(2) utilizing retired health care professionals to improve the health and 

wellness of low income or rural communities; 

‘‘(3) utilizing retired criminal justice professionals for programs designed to 

prevent disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and 

Community Service Act of 1990) from joining gangs or committing crimes; 

‘‘(4) utilizing retired military and emergency professionals for programs to improve public safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, 

search and rescue, and homeland security efforts; and 

‘‘(5) utilizing retired computer science professionals, technicians of related 

technologies, business professionals, and others with relevant knowledge to increase, for low income individuals and families, access to and obtaining the benefits from computers and other existing and emerging technologies.’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE RE-EVALUATION.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 412, a grant or contract shall not, 

after fiscal year 2009, be awarded or renewed under this section unless—

‘‘(A) the program for which the award or renewal is to be made is competitively re-evaluated in comparison to other programs; or 

‘‘(B) the program for which the award or renewal is to be made—

‘‘(i) received an award or renewal in a fiscal year that was both—

‘‘(I) within the preceding three fiscal years; and 

‘‘(II) after fiscal year 2009; and 

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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each competitive re-evaluation required by paragraph 

(1) shall be carried out through a process that ensures that—

‘‘(A) the resulting grants (or contracts) support no less than the volunteer 

service years of the previous grant (or contract) cycle in a given service 

area; 

‘‘(B) the resulting grants (or contracts) maintain a similar program distribution; and 

‘‘(C) every effort is made to minimalize the disruption of volunteers. 

‘‘(3) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The competitive re-evaluation shall include 

some form of priority consideration for existing grantees in good standing.’’. 

SEC. 2204. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM GRANTS. 

Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘low-income persons aged sixty or over’’ and 

inserting ‘‘low-income and other persons aged 55 or over’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘shall have 

the exclusive authority to determine, pursuant to the provisions of 

paragraph (2) of this subsection—’’ and inserting ‘‘may determine—’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

and 

(iv) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following: 

‘‘(C) whether it is in the best interests of a child receiving, and of a particular 

foster grandparent providing, services in such a project, to continue such relationship after the child reaches the age of 21, if such child was receiving such 

services prior to attaining the age of 21.’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 

(3) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by this section), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

(1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 

(4) by adding after paragraph (2) (as redesignated by this section) the following: 

‘‘(3) If an assignment of a foster grandparent is suspended or discontinued, the 

replacement of that foster grandparent shall be determined through the mutual 

agreement of all parties involved in the provision of services to the child.’’; 

(5) in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Any stipend’’ and 

all that follows through ‘‘inflation,’’ and inserting ‘‘Any stipend or allowance provided under this part shall not exceed 75 percent of the minimum wage under 

section 6 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), and the Federal 

share shall not be less than $2.65 per hour, provided that the Director shall adjust the Federal share once prior to December 31, 2012, to account for inflation,’’; 

(6) in subsection (e)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘125’’ and inserting ‘‘200’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, as so adjusted’’ and all that follows 

through ‘‘local situations’’; 

(7) by striking subsection (f) and inserting: 

‘‘(f)(1) Subject to the restrictions in paragraph (3), individuals who are not lowincome persons may serve as volunteers under this part. The regulations issued by 

the Director to carry out this part (other than regulations relating to stipends or 

allowances to individuals authorized by subsection (d)) shall apply to all volunteers 

under this part, without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to receive 

a stipend or allowance under subsection (d). 

‘‘(2) Except as provided under paragraph (1), each recipient of a grant or contract 

to carry out a project under this part shall give equal treatment to all volunteers 

who participate in such project, without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to receive a stipend or allowance under subsection (d). 

‘‘(3) An individual who is not a low-income person may not become a volunteer 

under this part if allowing that individual to become a volunteer under this part 

would prevent a low-income person from becoming a volunteer under this part or 

would displace a low-income person from being a volunteer under this part. 

‘‘(4) The Office of Outreach and Recruitment shall conduct outreach to ensure the 

inclusion of low-income persons in programs and activities authorized under this 

title.’’; and 

(8) by adding at the end the following new subsections: 

‘‘(g) The Director may also provide a stipend or allowance in an amount not to 

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who, on the basis of past experience as volunteers, special skills, and demonstrated 

leadership abilities, may coordinate activities, including training, and otherwise support the service of volunteers under this part. ‘‘(h) The program may accept up to 15 percent of volunteers serving in a project 

under this part for a fiscal year who do not meet the definition of ‘low-income’ under 

subsection (e), upon certification by the recipient of a grant or contract that it is 

unable to effectively recruit and place low-income volunteers in the number of placements approved for the project.’’. 

SEC. 2205. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM GRANTS. 

Section 213 (42 U.S.C. 5013) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘low-income persons aged 60 or over’’ and inserting ‘‘low-income and other persons aged 55 or over’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Subsections (d), (e), and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (d) through (h)’’; and 

(3) by striking subsection (c)(2)(B) and inserting the following: ‘‘(B) Senior companion volunteer trainers and leaders may receive a stipend or allowance consistent with subsection (g) authorized under subsection (d) of section 

211, as approved by the Director.’’. 

SEC. 2206. PROMOTION OF NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

Section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUNTEER’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; 

and 

(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘of all ages and backgrounds living in 

rural, suburban, and urban localities’’ after ‘‘greater participation of volunteers’’. 

SEC. 2207. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

(a) CHANGE IN AGE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 223 (42 U.S.C. 5023) is amended by 

striking ‘‘sixty years and older from minority groups’’ and inserting ‘‘55 years and 

older from minority and underserved populations’’. (b) NAME CHANGE.—Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended in the heading by 

striking ‘‘VOLUNTEER’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’. 

SEC. 2208. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

Section 225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: ‘‘(2) Applicants for grants under paragraph (1) shall determine which program 

under part A, B, or C the program shall be carried out and submit an application 

as required for programs under part A, B, or C.’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(4) The Director shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the grants made under 

this section are from applicants currently not receiving assistance from the Corporation and when possible in locations where there are no current programs under part 

A, B, C in existence.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or Alzheimer’s disease, with an intent of allowing those served to 

age in place’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘through education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation’’; 

(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including programs that teach parenting skills, life skills, family 

management skills, assists in obtaining affordable childcare, offers or assists in locating employment training or placement, and other skills and 

services needed by teenage parents and their families to establish a healthy 

environment for their children’’; 

(D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows: ‘‘(4) Programs that establish and support mentoring programs for disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and Community Service 

Act of 1990), including those mentoring programs that match youth with volunteer mentors leading to apprenticeship programs and employment training.’’; 

(E) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including those programs that serve youth and adults with limited English proficiency’’; 

(F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ and all that follows through the 

period and insert ‘‘and for individuals and children with disabilities or 

chronic illnesses living at home.’’; 

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serving children in low-income communities that may engage participants 

in mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills or study skills programs, 

service-learning, physical, nutrition, and health education programs, including programs aimed at fighting childhood obesity, and other activities addressing the needs of the community’s children, including those of working 

parents.’’; 

(H) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), and (18); 

(I) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (8) and (9), 

respectively; 

(J) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so redesignated) the following: ‘‘(10) Programs that engage older adults with children and youth to complete 

service in energy conservation, environmental stewardship, or other environmental needs of a community. ‘‘(11) Programs that collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations in prevention programs aimed at disadvantaged youth (as defined in 

section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990) or youth reentering society after incarceration and their families, which may include mentoring and counseling, which many include employment counseling.’’; 

(K) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (12); and 

(L) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(13) Programs that strengthen community efforts in support of homeland security.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘shall demonstrate to the Director’’ and all 

that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘shall demonstrate to 

the Director a level of expertise in carrying out such a program.’’; and 

(4) in subsection (e)— (A) by inserting ‘‘widely’’ before ‘‘disseminate’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘to field personnel’’ and all that follows through the period 

at the end and inserting ‘‘, including through the Office of Outreach and 

Recruitment and other volunteer recruitment programs being carried out by 

public or private non-profit organizations.’’. 

SEC. 2209. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 

Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 227 

the following: 

‘‘SEC. 228. CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. 

‘‘To ensure the continued service of individuals in communities served by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program prior to enactment of this section, in making 

grants under this title the Corporation shall take actions it considers necessary to 

maintain service assignments for such seniors and to ensure continuity of service 

for communities. 

‘‘SEC. 229. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), a program receiving assistance under this title may accept donations, including donations in cash or in 

kind. ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a program receiving assistance 

under this title shall not accept donations from the beneficiaries of the program.’’. 

SEC. 2210. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR. 

Section 231 (42 U.S.C. 5028) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘activities;’’ and inserting ‘‘activities described in section 225(b) and carried out through programs described in 

parts A, B, and C; and’’; and 

(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following: ‘‘(2) programs that support older Americans in aging in place while augmenting the capacity of members of a community to serve each other through 

reciprocal service centers, service credit banking, community economic scripts, 

barter services, timebanking, and other similar programs.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—For purposes of subsection (b), priority shall be given to— ‘‘(1) programs with established experience in carrying out such a program and 

engaging the entire community in service exchange; 

‘‘(2) programs with the capacity to connect to similar programs throughout a 

city or region to augment the available services to older Americans and for 

members of the community to serve each other; 

‘‘(3) programs seeking to establish in an area where needs of older Americans 

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‘‘(4) programs that integrate participants in or collaborate with service-learning programs, AmeriCorps State and National programs, the VISTA program, 

the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparents program, and 

the Senior Companion programs, and programs described in section 411 of the 

Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032).’’. 

Subtitle C—Amendments to Title IV 

(Administration and Coordination) 

SEC. 2301. NONDISPLACEMENT. 

Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘displacement of employed workers’’ and inserting ‘‘displacement of employed workers or volunteers 

(other than participants under the national service laws)’’. 

SEC. 2302. NOTICE AND HEARING PROCEDURES. 

Section 412(a) (42 U.S.C. 5052(a)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by striking ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘60’’; and 

(B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(2) by striking paragraph (3); and 

(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as (3). 

SEC. 2303. DEFINITIONS. 

Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa,’’; 

(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘National Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National Senior Service Corps’’; and 

(3) in paragraph (14)—

(A) by striking ‘‘National Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

Senior Service Corps’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘parts A, B, C, and E of’’; 

SEC. 2304. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 

Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended by striking ‘‘National Senior Volunteer 

Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National Senior Service Corps’’. 

Subtitle D—Amendments to Title V (Authorization 

of Appropriations) 

SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR VISTA AND OTHER PURPOSES. 

Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, excluding section 109’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 

be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.’’; 

(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4) and redesignating paragraphs (3) 

and (5) as paragraphs (2) and (3); and 

(C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by this section), by striking ‘‘, excluding section 125’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘such sums as may 

be necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.’’; and 

(2) by striking subsection (e). 

SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

‘‘(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, $67,500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such 

sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

carry out part B of title II, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 

be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

carry out part C of title II, $52,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 

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‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

carry out part E of title II, $500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 

be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.’’. 

SEC. 2403. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION. 

Section 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 504. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION. 

‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this Act 

$35,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012.’’. 

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

SEC. 3101. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978. 

Section 8F(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended 

by striking ‘‘National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘National and Community Service Act of 1990’’. 

TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO 

TABLES OF CONTENTS 

SEC. 4101. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 

note) is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. 

‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM 

‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 

‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 

‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS

‘‘Sec. 111. Assistance to States, Territories, and Indian tribes. 

‘‘Sec. 112. Allotments. 

‘‘Sec. 113. Applications. 

‘‘Sec. 114. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 

‘‘Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

‘‘Sec. 116A. Limitations on uses of funds. 

‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 117. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 

‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH

‘‘Sec. 118. Innovative demonstration service-learning programs and research. 

‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program 

‘‘PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 122. Types of national service programs eligible for program assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national service educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 124. Types of program assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 

‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

‘‘Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 129A. Education awards only research. 

‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 

‘‘Sec. 133. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

‘‘Sec. 137. Description of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants. 

‘‘Sec. 139. Terms of service. 

‘‘Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants. 

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‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational Awards 

‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award from the Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service educational award. 

‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 149. Process of approval of national service positions. 

‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps 

‘‘Sec. 151. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program. 

‘‘Sec. 153. National service program. 

‘‘Sec. 154. Summer national service program. 

‘‘Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 156. Training. 

‘‘Sec. 157. Service projects. 

‘‘Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

‘‘Sec. 159. Administrative provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 

‘‘Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority. 

‘‘Sec. 162. Responsibilities of other departments. 

‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board. 

‘‘Sec. 164. Annual evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 166. Definitions. 

‘‘Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 171. Family and medical leave. 

‘‘Sec. 172. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 173. Supplementation. 

‘‘Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 

‘‘Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

‘‘Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 

‘‘Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

‘‘Sec. 179. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 180. Engagement of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 181. Contingent extension. 

‘‘Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 

‘‘Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

‘‘Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 186. Sustainability. 

‘‘Sec. 187. Use of recovered funds. 

‘‘Sec. 188. Expenses of attending meetings. 

‘‘Sec. 189. Grant periods. 

‘‘Sec. 189A. Generation of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 189B. Limitation on program grant costs. 

‘‘Sec. 189C. Audits and reports. 

‘‘Subtitle G—Corporation for National and Community Service 

‘‘Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service. 

‘‘Sec. 192. Board of Directors. 

‘‘Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors. 

‘‘Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer. 

‘‘Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 

‘‘Sec. 194. Officers. 

‘‘Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel. 

‘‘Sec. 196. Administration. 

‘‘Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices. 

‘‘Sec. 196B. Office of Outreach and Recruitment. 

‘‘Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 

‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE 

‘‘Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 

‘‘Sec. 198B. Presidential awards for service. 

‘‘PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT 

‘‘Sec. 198D. Innovative and model program support. 

‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSE 

‘‘Sec. 198E. National service programs clearinghouse. 

‘‘Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 

‘‘Sec. 199. Short title. 

‘‘Sec. 199A. General authority. 

‘‘Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 

‘‘Sec. 199C. State application. 

‘‘Sec. 199D. Focus of programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199E. Related programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 

‘‘Sec. 199G. Training and education services. 

‘‘Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 

‘‘Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 

‘‘Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 199K. Living allowance. 

‘‘Sec. 199L. Joint programs. 

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‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

‘‘Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance. 

‘‘TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 

‘‘Subtitle A—Publication 

‘‘Sec. 201. Information for students. 

‘‘Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 

‘‘Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 

‘‘Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations. 

‘‘Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 

‘‘Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 

‘‘Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 

‘‘TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 

‘‘Sec. 401. Projects. 

‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

‘‘Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

‘‘Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 

‘‘Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism to Democracy.’’. 

SEC. 4102. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973. 

Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 note) 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Volunteerism policy. 

‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS 

‘‘PART A—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

‘‘Sec. 101. Statement of purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program. 

‘‘Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 103A. VISTA programs of national significance. 

‘‘Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service. 

‘‘Sec. 105. Support service. 

‘‘Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries. 

‘‘Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons. 

‘‘Sec. 108. Limitation. 

‘‘Sec. 110. Applications for assistance. 

‘‘PART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

‘‘Sec. 121. Statement of purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration programs. 

‘‘Sec. 123. Financial assistance. 

‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS 

‘‘Sec. 200. Statement of purpose. 

‘‘PART A—RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

‘‘PART B—FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

‘‘PART C—SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

‘‘PART D—GENERAL PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 222. Payments. 

‘‘Sec. 223. Minority group participation. 

‘‘Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 225. Programs of national significance. 

‘‘Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts. 

‘‘Sec. 228. Continuity of service. 

‘‘Sec. 229. Acceptance of donations. 

‘‘PART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

‘‘Sec. 231. Authority of Director. 

‘‘TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 

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‘‘Sec. 404. Special limitations. 

‘‘Sec. 406. Labor standards. 

‘‘Sec. 408. Joint funding. 

‘‘Sec. 409. Prohibition of Federal control. 

‘‘Sec. 410. Coordination with other programs. 

‘‘Sec. 411. Prohibition. 

‘‘Sec. 414. Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas. 

‘‘Sec. 415. Application of Federal law. 

‘‘Sec. 416. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 417. Nondiscrimination provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 418. Eligibility for other benefits. 

‘‘Sec. 419. Legal expenses. 

‘‘Sec. 421. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 422. Audit. 

‘‘Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork. 

‘‘Sec. 424. Review of project renewals. 

‘‘Sec. 425. Protection against improper use. 

‘‘Sec. 426. Center for Research and Training. 

‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

‘‘Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs. 

‘‘Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 504. Administration and coordination. 

‘‘Sec. 505. Availability of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND REPEALERS 

‘‘Sec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of July 1, 1971. 

‘‘Sec. 602. Creditable service for civil service retirement. 

‘‘Sec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act. 

‘‘Sec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older Americans Act.’’. 

TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 

SEC. 5101. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

Unless specifically provided otherwise, the amendments made by this Act shall 

take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 5102. SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS AND AGREEMENTS. 

(a) SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS.—Changes pursuant to this Act in the terms and conditions of terms of service and other service assignments under the national service 

laws (including the amount of the education award) shall apply only to individuals 

who enroll or otherwise begin service assignments after 90 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, except when agreed upon by all interested parties. 

(b) AGREEMENTS.—Changes pursuant to this Act in the terms and conditions of 

grants, contracts, or other agreements under the national service laws shall apply 

only to such agreements entered into after 90 days after the date of enactment of 

this Act, except when agreed upon by the parties to such agreements. 

I. PURPOSE

The purpose of H.R. 2857, the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, or the GIVE Act, is to reauthorize 

and reform the national service laws. 

II. COMMITTEE ACTION

107TH CONGRESS

Subcommittee on Select Education hearings 

On April 11, 2002, the Subcommittee on Select Education held 

a hearing on ‘‘The Corporation for National and Community Service,’’ to evaluate Administration proposals to reauthorize programs 

under the Corporation for National and Community Service. On 

April 25, 2002, the Subcommittee held a legislative hearing titled 

‘‘Citizen Service in the 21st Century.’’ The hearing considered H.R. 

3465, the Call to Service Act of 2001 and other service initiatives 

and issues related to the reauthorization of programs under the 

Corporation for National and Community Service. 

On May 24, 2002, Representatives Pete Hoekstra (R–MI), and 

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of 2002, a bipartisan bill to reauthorize and reform the national 

service laws through fiscal year 2007. On June 5, 2002, the Subcommittee on Select Education considered H.R. 4854 in legislative 

session and reported it favorably, as amended, to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce by voice vote. On June 12, 2002, the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce considered H.R. 4854 

in legislative session and reported it favorably, as amended, to the 

House of Representatives by voice vote. The House of Representatives took no further action on the measure. 

110TH CONGRESS

Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities hearings 

On February 27, 2007, the Subcommittee on Healthy Families 

and Communities held a hearing titled, ‘‘Strengthening Communities: An Overview of Service and Volunteering in America.’’ The 

hearing presented an overview of the Corporation for National and 

Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) and identified areas for improvement. The following witnesses testified before the Subcommittee: Mr. David Eisner, CEO, Corporation for National and 

Community Service, Washington, D.C.; Mr. Thomas Daigle, 

AmeriCorps Member, Habitat for Humanity of Charlotte (Class of 

2004–2006), Falls Church, Virginia; Mr. David Edelman, National 

Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) Member (Class of 2005), 

Merrick, New York; Mr. John Gomperts, Executive Director, Experience Corps, Washington, D.C.; Mr. George H. Moore, Executive 

Director, Community Progress Council, York, Pennsylvania. 

On April 19, 2007, the Subcommittee held a hearing titled, ‘‘Renewing the Spirit of National and Community Service.’’ The hearing examined new avenues and perspectives on service including 

methods to engage volunteers through the media, new programs to 

attract middle school youth to service, programs to engage scientists and engineers in service while actively involving youth in 

science and engineering and community service, activities to engage alumni of national service programs in continued local and 

national service, and further activities to engage volunteers in service across our nation. The following witnesses testified at the hearing: Mr. Robert Newman, Actor, ‘‘The Guiding Light’’, New York, 

New York; Ms. Susan E. Stroud, Executive Director, Innovations in 

Civic Participation (ICP), Washington, D.C.; Mr. Robert Purifico, 

President, Deniation ImagiNation (DI), Glassboro, New Jersey; Ms. 

Marcia Brown, Hands On Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia; Mr. Paul R. 

Gudonis, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), Manchester, New Hampshire. 

Introduction of the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and 

Service (the GIVE) Act 

On June 26, 2007, Representative Carolyn McCarthy, along with 

Representatives Todd Russell Plaits (R–PA), George Miller (D–CA), 

Ruben Hinojosa (D–TX), and Doris Matsui (D–CA), introduced H.R. 

2857, the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Service Act, 

or the GIVE Act, a bill to reauthorize the national service laws. 


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Full Committee markup of H.R. 2857, the GIVE Act 

On June 27, 2007, the Committee on Education and Labor considered H.R. 2857 in legislative session, and reported the bill favorably, as amended, to the House of Representatives. The roll call 

vote was 44–0, with 2 Members voting present. Representative 

McCarthy offered an amendment in the nature of a substitute. 

The amendment in the nature of the substitute contains minor 

technical changes and the following additions to H.R. 2857: 

• Restores eligibility for those participating at an institution 

of higher education in service-learning to earn a national service program education award; 

• Allows State Commissions on National and Community 

Service (State Commissions) to participate in Subtitle B Part 

III; 

• Authorizes additional use of funds under Subtitle B Part 

III for innovative and creative programs as described in 111(a) 

and gives the Corporation discretion to fund other creative and 

innovative programs as deemed appropriate; 

• Permits high-school and college-age youth to enter into 

mentoring relationships under section 122(a)(17); 

• Authorizes additional use of funds under Subtitle H Part 

II for the Corporation to fund other innovative programs as 

deemed appropriate; 

• Includes a priority focus in training and technical assistance to those entities in rural areas and underserved communities; 

• Clarifies in sections 200(4) and 200(5) of title II that lowincome seniors are the service providers in the Foster Grandparent Programs and the Senior Companion Programs and 

earn a stipend as part of their service; and 

• Permits the Foster Grandparents and Senior Companions 

programs to accept 15% non low-income seniors without payment of a stipend to provide services if the program is unable 

to recruit enough low-income volunteers. 

The Committee adopted the following amendments: 

1. An Amendment offered by Mr. Price (GA), accepted by unanimous consent. The amendment requires the Corporation to establish citizenship guidelines for grantees. 

2. An Amendment offered by Mr. Hare (IL), passed by roll call 

vote, 45–0. The amendment establishes education programs on 

civic engagement and provides support to veterans and their families to participate in public service activities. 

3. An Amendment offered by Mr. Kildee (MI), adopted by voice 

vote. The amendment requires States to develop a comprehensive 

plan for baby boomer and older adult participation in paid service. 

4. An Amendment offered by Mr. Grijalva (AZ), adopted by voice 

vote. The amendment directs the newly created Office of Outreach 

and Recruitment to identify recruitment and training strategies for 

bilingual volunteers into the Senior Service Corps programs. 

5. An Amendment offered by Mr. Sarbanes (MD), passed by roll 

call vote, 45–0. The amendment requires the Corporation to conduct a study to identify the specific areas of need for veterans as 

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6. An Amendment offered by Mr. Sestak (PA), adopted by voice 

vote. The amendment authorizes Senior Corp programs to accept 

donations. 

7. An Amendment offered by Ms. Shea-Porter (NH), adopted by 

voice vote. The amendment provides the Corporation an additional 

$100,000 per state to increase the minimum amount of funding for 

small states. 

8. An Amendment offered by Mr. Scott (VA) and Mr. Hare (IL), 

passed by roll call vote, 45–0. The amendment requires priority 

consideration for existing grantees in good standing in competition 

to remain in the RSVP program. 

9. An Amendment offered by Mr. Yarmuth (KY), adopted by voice 

vote. The amendment authorizes the Director of the Corporation to 

establish time-banking models throughout the low-income and elderly communities. 

10. An Amendment offered by Mr. Scott (VA), accepted by unanimous consent. The amendment authorizes an AmeriCorps program 

which has a focus on engaging court-involved youth and adults to 

reduce recidivism. 

11. An Amendment offered by Mr. Scott (VA), accepted by unanimous consent. The amendment to Subtitle H, Innovative Model 

Program Support, introduces a program to re-engage court-involved 

youth and adults through service, which may include health and 

wellness programs. Priorities for grant applications include programs that create support structures for incarcerated youth and 

adults in correctional facilities and programs that include life skill 

training, education, career counseling and other supports. 

12. An Amendment offered by Mr. Scott (VA), accepted by unanimous consent. This amendment authorizes a program in Subtitle H 

whose focus is on the recruitment and acceptance of court-involved 

youth as participants. 

III. SUMMARY OF THE BILL

Purpose 

The purpose of H.R. 2857, the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (the GIVE Act), is to renew the spirit of 

service for our nation through reauthorizing the national service 

laws. The GIVE Act sets a goal for the Corporation of recruiting 

100,000 volunteers by 2012; increases service opportunities for middle school and high school students through the Summer of Service 

program; encourages alumni of the national service programs to reengage in service activities through an alumni network and a Reserve Corps; calls to duty our nation’s scientists, technicians, engineers, and mathematicians (the STEM Professionals) to participate 

in service to increase our nation’s competitiveness in the global 

knowledge economy and to reduce the digital divide in low-income 

and rural communities; emphasizes the critical role of service in 

meeting the national priorities of emergency and disaster preparedness; and improves program integrity. 

Funding 

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lion may be used for Learn and Serve America for FY08 and such 

sums for the FY09–FY12, including $10 million for summer of service grants and $10 million for Summer of Service Education 

Awards; $324 million for AmeriCorps programs for FY08, $357 million for FY09, $397 million in FY10, and such sums for FY11 and 

FY12; $25 million for the National Civilian Community Corps for 

FY08 and such sums in FY09–FY12; $51 million for Program Administration for FY08 and such sums for FY09–FY12; 2.5 percent 

of the amounts appropriated under Subtitles B, C, and H of Title 

I and title II is reserved to carry out Training and Technical Assistance under Subtitle J; $100 million for AmeriCorps VISTA for 

FY08 and such sums for FY09–FY12; $67.5 million for the Retired 

and Senior Volunteer Program for FY08 and such sums for FY09–

FY12; $115 million to the Foster Grandparent Program for FY08 

and such sums for FY09–FY12; $52 million to the Senior Companion Program for FY08 and such sums for FY09–FY12; $500K 

for Demonstration programs and such sums for FY09–FY12; and 

$35 million to support the administrative needs of programs under 

the Domestic Volunteer Service Act and such sums for FY09–FY12. 

Learn and Serve America 

Elementary and secondary programs 

H.R. 2857 continues to provide 63.75 percent of funds authorized 

for Learn and Serve programs in elementary and secondary 

schools. This bill eliminates the competitive grants, notwithstanding the 3 percent reserved for competitive grants to encourage 

civic engagement in service-learning. H.R. 2857 continues to allow 

eligible entities to apply for a State’s allotment to carry out programs in the State if the State chooses not to apply for its allotment. The formula for allotment is based on the population of 

school age youth and the State’s allocation of funds under the Title 

I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The bill 

sets the federal share of program funds at 50 percent and raises 

the amount of funds that may be used for administrative purposes 

from 5 to 6 percent. 

H.R. 2857 authorizes a new service-learning program: Summer of 

Service, which offers students in grades 5–12 service learning opportunities during the summer months. The Summer of Service 

programs can be an extension of a school-based program or operated independently during the summer months. Students who complete 100 hours of service during the program earn a Summer of 

Service Educational Award of $500 to be used to pay the cost of college preparatory programs or part of the cost of college. H.R. 2857 

also gives the Director discretion to raise the education award to 

$1000 for a youth who is economically disadvantaged. Students 

may earn two Summer of Service Education Awards. The number 

of Summer of Service Education Awards does not count against the 

student’s potential for earning the aggregate of two full-time National Service Education Awards through the AmeriCorps State 

and National programs or through the VISTA program. 

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The bill expands the allowable use of funds for service learning 

programs in institutions of higher education (IHE’s) to include programs that incorporate service-learning in the curricula of the 

health professions, criminal justice professions, and the public policy and public administration professions. Special consideration is 

given to applications received from Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Hispanic-serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and 

Universities. Furthermore, to encourage innovation and interdepartmental collaboration, H.R. 2857 expands the priorities when 

making grants to include partnerships composed of faculty members from different departments, schools, or colleges at the IHE. 

Innovative service-learning programs and research 

The GIVE Act restructures the Community-Based Service Programs for School-Age Youth into the Innovative Service-Learning 

Programs and Research and maintains the 11.25 percent of authorized funds for this subpart. H.R. 2857 authorizes the Corporation 

to award traditional grants or fixed amounts grants (discussed 

below) for service-learning projects that are focused on STEM education, energy conservation, emergency and disaster preparedness, 

reducing the digital divide, mentoring, research and evaluations, 

including research on middle school service learning, and other programs the Corporation deems appropriate. The bill gives priority to 

programs that involve students and community stakeholders in the 

design and implementation of the program, programs which implement service-learning in low-income or rural communities, and programs that utilize adult volunteers, particularly retired or retiring 

adults. The GIVE Act moves the Learn and Serve Clearinghouse 

into Subtitle K, the National Service Program Clearinghouse subtitle. 

As stated above, the GIVE Act allows the use of fixed-amount 

grants for programs in this part. Fixed amount grants are structured such that the Corporation funds a fixed amount for operational and member support including the funds for the National 

Service Education Award. The bill gives the Corporation the opportunity to add a fourth year of funding if the program is meeting 

agreed upon performance measures and other criteria the Corporation requires. The GIVE Act requires an independent evaluation of 

the program upon completion and the dissemination of effective 

strategies and recommendations for improvement based on the 

evaluation. 

The National Service Trust 

Limitations on grants to Federal agencies 

H.R. 2857 restricts the Corporation from making grants directly 

to other Federal agencies to operate national service programs. 

However, the GIVE Act does not prohibit interagency agreements, 

cost-sharing agreements, or contracts between Federal agencies. As 

in the Learn and Serve Subtitle, the bill increases the allowable 

percentage of the grant to be used for administrative costs from 5 

percent to 6 percent. H.R. 2857 combines the separate matches of 

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of 10 years reaches 50 percent. This change is consistent with current regulations. 

National service trust programs 

The GIVE Act contains minor adjustments to current programs 

to focus activities or expand opportunities for participants. Furthermore, H.R. 2857 increases the number of AmeriCorps programs 

that may be offered by the Corporation to include a program to reduce the digital divide; a program to engage citizens in public 

health, safety, and emergency preparedness which may include recruitment of trainees into associated careers and coordination 

among Federal, State, and local responses; programs to engage citizens in mentoring, including those that recruit high school and college age youth; programs to re-engage court involved youth and 

adults; and programs focused on meeting the needs of veterans and 

their families. Furthermore, the GIVE Act requires that programs 

with approved national service positions and approved summer of 

service positions promote citizenship and civic engagement. 

The bill requires participants who serve as tutors to have a high 

school diploma, pass a proficiency exam, and complete provided 

training for tutors. H.R. 2857 repeals Section 125, Training and 

Technical Assistance, and moves these activities into subtitle J, 

Training and Technical Assistance. H.R. 2857 increases the grant 

amount available for State Commissions from $200,000 to 

$825,000. The bill also changes the match requirements for State 

Commissions operating grants as follows: for the first $100,000 of 

grant funds, there is no match required; for amounts greater than 

100,000 and not exceeding $200,000, the match required is $1 for 

every $2 provided by the Corporation; and for amounts greater 

than $200,000, there is a one-to-one match. H.R. 2857 changes the 

Challenge Grant match from a continuous match of I Federal dollar 

for every $1 raised to a match of I Federal dollar for every $2 

raised, after the third year of the grant. 

Formula allocations 

H.R. 2857 changes the percentage of the allocation of funds for 

AmeriCorps programs to 1 percent for Territories, 1 percent for Indian Tribes, 23 percent for National Direct program grants, 37.5 

percent for State Competitive grants, and 37.5 percent for State Allotments. The bill includes new language to allow corporations or 

individuals to sponsor a national service position by supplying the 

funds for a National Service Education Award, with the funds deposited into the National Service Trust. The GIVE Act also raises 

the small state minimum from $500,000 to $600,000. Furthermore, 

the GIVE Act authorizes the Education Awards Only Program, 

which has existed through appropriations language since FY04. 

The Education Awards Only Program is a model of a fixed amount 

grant program. The EAO program includes a National Service Education Award and operational funds in the amount of $600 per participant or up to $800 per participant if the program has 50 percent 

disadvantaged youth as participants. 

The National Service Trust 

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Award, and associated waivers and limitations. In particular, H.R. 

2857 clarifies the terms of service and changes the limits on the 

National Service Education Award to equal to the aggregate of 2 

full time awards. The aggregate value of the Summer of Service 

Education Awards shall have no affect on the aggregate value of 

the National Service Awards an individual may receive. The GIVE 

Act increases the National Service Education Award by $100 each 

year, beginning in 2008 ($4,825) through 2012 ($5,225). H.R. 2857 

incorporates the provisions of the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program 

Act to address management concerns of the National Service Trust. 

The Corporation must account for each National Service Education 

Award and Summer of Service Education Award through an estimated obligation for the National Service Trust. The Corporation 

must also maintain a reserve account to ensure that there is appropriate or adequate funding for the awards. 

National Civilian Conservation Corps (NCCC) 

H.R. 2857 includes technical amendments to the NCCC. The 

GIVE Act emphasizes the purpose of the NCCC as a residential 

program to be deployed in times of national need including emergencies and disasters. In addition, H.R. 2857 requires the NCCC to 

carry out projects and activities when not deployed which include 

infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship and conservation, energy conversation, and urban and rural development. 

H.R. 2857 directs the NCCC to increase the percentage of disadvantaged youth participants to 50 percent by 2010. H.R. 2857 

authorizes, to the extent practicable, that each NCCC participant 

receives training in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to disaster and emergency preparedness. The bill also expands the Advisory Board of the NCCC to include the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, the Chief of the United States Forest Service, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary 

of Energy to help coordinate activities when the Corps is not deployed and to coordinate the mobilization and coordination of the 

NCCC in emergency and disaster responses. 

Administrative provisions 

H.R. 2857 prohibits a program receiving assistance under the national service laws to solely refer individuals to Federal or State assistance programs funded by the Federal government. The bill also 

includes provisions to increase parent involvement in program development and operation, and requires programs to obtain parental 

permission when transporting minors. 

State commissions 

The GIVE Act clarifies that State Commissions shall employ an 

open process for developing the national service plan, include measurable goals and outcomes in the plan, and ensure outreach to diverse communities. Furthermore, the national service plan shall include recommendations on how to recruit the Baby Boom generation and older adults for service, including coordination among appropriate agencies. 


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Program evaluation 

Recognizing the importance of program evaluation and accountability for programs supported by Federal dollars, H.R. 2857 describes new parameters for program evaluation, including performance measures that must be agreed upon by the grantee and the 

Corporation. The bill also includes a structure for corrective action 

plans that distinguishes between programs that have received assistance for less than 3 years and programs that have received assistance for 3 years or more. It further describes the actions that 

shall take place if programs do not meet performance levels after 

the corrective action plan has been attempted and failed. 

Consolidated applications 

H.R. 2857 includes a requirement that the Corporation will consolidate or modify application procedures to ease the burden on applicants and grantees. Additionally, the bill requires the Corporation to set sustainability goals supported by policies and procedures, such as technical assistance. The GIVE Act allows funds authorized under the national service laws to be used to attend meetings or conferences that will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of the programs and their participants. H.R. 

2857 sets the length of grants at 3 years unless otherwise stated, 

and clarifies limitations on the costs per participant for 

AmeriCorps State and National programs. 

Corporation for National and Community Service 

The GIVE Act establishes a 5-year term for each appointed 

Board member. Furthermore, a voting member of the Board whose 

term has expired may serve up to 1 year beyond his or her term 

until a successor is appointed. The bill also augments the Board’s 

responsibilities to include setting policy for the Corporation, reviewing the budget proposal before it is sent to the Office of Management and Budget, and annually reviewing the work of the Chief 

Executive Officer of the Corporation. 

Full-time participants 

H.R. 2857 requires the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to establish 

a plan for increasing the number of full-time participants in National Service to 50 percent by 2010. In addition, the CEO must obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating applications for 

programs under Title I of NCSA. The GIVE Act includes a provision to allow the Corporation to accept the donated services of individuals and organizations. 

Office of Outreach and Recruitment 

In addition, the GIVE Act creates a new office: Office of Outreach 

and Recruitment (OOR). The mission of the OOR is to increase 

public awareness of the wide range of service opportunities for all 

citizens; to identify and implement methods of recruitment; to increase the diversity of participants in the programs and the service 

sponsors; to collaborate with organizations with established volunteer recruitment programs; to provide application materials in languages other than English where practicable; to coordinate with organizations of former participants in national service programs; to 

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ordinate with the clearinghouses; and to coordinate with those organizations working on a Reserve Corps of alumni to serve in times 

of national need. The Office of Outreach and Recruitment can enter 

into contracts with marketing agencies and may conduct a campaign to solicit funds for its activities. 

Veterans research and pilot program 

H.R. 2857 requires the Corporation to identify specific areas of 

need for veterans, military personnel, and their families in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department 

of Defense, State veteran agencies and other organizations. The 

Corporation shall implement a pilot program based on the results 

of the report. 

Investment for quality and innovation 

H.R. 2857 amends the subtitle to establish Innovative and Model 

Program Support, which authorizes new activities to support service projects such as projects described in section 122 of subtitle C 

that enlist 75 percent disadvantaged youth as participants; programs focused on learning and thinking skills necessary for success 

in the global knowledge economy; programs that engage youth 

under the age of 17 but are not the Summer of Service programs; 

programs that reduce the recidivism of court-involved youth and 

adults; programs that recruit court-involved youth and adults; and 

programs that focus on health and wellness of individuals and communities. H.R. 2857 authorizes the use of traditional grants or 

fixed amount grants for these activities. The three year grant may 

be extended an additional year if the program is meeting agreed 

upon performance measures and other criteria the Corporation requires. H.R. 2857 also requires an independent evaluation of the 

programs and dissemination of effective strategies and recommendations for improvement. 

In addition, H.R. 2857 moves the activities of the national service-learning clearinghouse and AmeriCorps clearinghouse into Subtitle H. 

Training and technical assistance 

H.R. 2857 combines the training and technical assistance activities authorized throughout the NCSA and DVSA into a single subtitle. The GIVE Act requires the Corporation to provide training 

and technical assistance to entities that desire to apply for a grant 

or subgrant under NCSA and DVSA and to programs receiving assistance under these Acts. Training and technical assistance includes assistance in applying for financial assistance authorized 

under the acts; promotion of leadership; improving quality of programs; developing management and budgetary skills; providing or 

improving the training provided to participants; training in volunteer recruitment, management, and retention; training in evaluation and performance measures; training in accommodating participants with disabilities and establishing networks to better leverage 

resources and to coordinate community wide planning and service; 

and to provide training and technical assistance to the National 

Senior Service Corps. The bill gives priority to entities wishing to 

carry out high quality programs where they currently do not exist, 

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programs which have students, out-of-school youths, and older 

adults as participants. 

Title II: Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

Volunteers in Service to America Act 

H.R. 2857 adds new program assignments for VISTA participants, including assignments in the re-entry and re-integration of 

formerly incarcerated youth and adults; in financial literacy and financial planning; in before-school and after-school programs serving children in low-income communities; in establishing community 

economic development activities; in assisting veterans and their 

families; and in addressing the health and wellness of low-income 

communities. The bill places priority on recruitment of disadvantaged youth and retired adults (including those whose careers 

would be of use to low-income communities). In addition, H.R. 2857 

permits for an organization to pay all or a portion of the costs to 

support a VISTA position. H.R. 2857 also creates programs of national significance for the VISTA program, similar to the programs 

of national significance authorized in section 221 of the Domestic 

Volunteer Service Act. When funds are appropriated over the 

amount necessary to run programs already funded through VISTA, 

one-third of the new funds shall be directed to programs of national 

significance, which mirror the new VISTA program assignment opportunities listed above. Furthermore, H.R. 2857 raises the stipend 

for a VISTA participant to a minimum of $125 per month with a 

maximum of $150 per month subject to the availability of funds. 

The stipend may be increased to $250 for participants who provided service for at least I year and have been designated as volunteer leaders. H.R. 2857 repeals the VISTA University Year, the 

VISTA Literacy Corps, and the Literacy Challenge Grants. Since 

the last reauthorization, VISTA University Year has not received 

any funding and the VISTA Literacy Corps only received funding 

in FY94 and FY95. The Literacy Challenge Grants last received 

funding in 2000, and the grants were not nationally competed. 

National Senior Service Corps 

Retired Senior Volunteer Program 

H.R. 2857 provides that projects carried out under this part must 

be designed and implemented with the advice of experts in the field 

of the service to be delivered and with those who have expertise in 

the recruitment and management of volunteers, particularly those 

of the Baby Boom generation. H.R 2857 gives a priority to projects 

which utilize retired STEM professionals, retired health care professionals, retired military and emergency professionals, and retired computer science professionals. The bill also requires all 

grants to recompete after 2009 and grants may be renewed for 

three years before they are subject to the next competition. The bill 

further requires that any grant awarded under recompetition must 

continue to support the same number of volunteer service years, 

offer a similar program distribution, and minimize disruption of 

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Foster Grandparent Programs 

H.R. 2857 lowers the age of participation for the Foster Grandparent Program to 55 years of age. H.R. 2857 authorizes that services may be continued by a Foster Grandparent if it is in the best 

interest of the child after the age of 21. H.R. 2857 also includes a 

provision that if a Foster Grandparent is suspended or discontinued then all parties involved shall agree upon the replacement 

of the Foster Grandparent. 

H.R. 2857 sets the minimum stipend for a Foster Grandparent 

at $2.65, which shall not exceed 75 percent of minimum wage. The 

bill adjusts the income limitation to 200 percent of poverty for participation in this program. H.R. 2857 allows grantees to have 15 

percent of the participants not meet the low-income eligibility requirement if the program can show that it is unable to effectively 

recruit and place low-income volunteers. Furthermore, an individual who is not a low-income person may not become a volunteer 

under this part if it would prevent a low-income person from participating in the program. Over-income volunteers are not eligible 

to receive a stipend. The Director may provide a stipend or allowance that is 10 percent more than the amount earned to volunteer 

leaders who take on coordination and training roles. 

Senior Companions Program 

H.R. 2857 mirrors the provisions relating to age eligibility, stipend level, and income eligibility of the Foster Grandparents Program in the Senior Companions Program. Similarly, the bill allows 

grantees to have 15 percent of the participants who do not meet 

the low-income eligibility requirement if the program can show 

that it is unable to effectively recruit and place low-income volunteers and individual who is not a low-income person may not become a volunteer under this part if it would prevent a low-income 

person from participating in the program. Over-income volunteers 

are not eligible to receive a stipend. The Director may provide a stipend or allowance that is 10 percent more than the amount earned 

to volunteer leaders who take on coordination and training roles. 

Programs of National Significance for the NSSC 

The GIVE Act maintains the Programs of National Significance 

(PNS), with the change that applicants from part A, B, or C may 

apply to offer any programs listed and apply under the guidelines 

specific to the program they wish to carry out. H.R. 2857 updates 

and reorganizes programs of national significance to include programs that engage older adults with children and youth in energy 

conservation, environmental stewardship, or other environmental 

needs of the community and programs that collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations in prevention programs 

aimed at disadvantaged youth or those youth re-entering society 

after incarceration and their families The bill requires that 50 percent of the applicants of grants under this section are not currently 

receiving funding from the Corporation and, when possible, in locations where there are not current National Senior Service Corps 

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Donations 

H.R. 2857 includes a provision to allow the National Senior Service Programs to accept cash or in-kind donations. 

IV. COMMITTEE VIEWS

Overview 

Volunteerism and community service has been a part of American culture since our nation first began. The tragic events of 9/11 

and hurricanes Katrina and Rita inspired many Americans to answer the call of service and support the country in its time of need. 

Volunteering and service bring community members together to address local concerns or to address national challenges on a local 

level. According to the report Volunteering in America: 2007 State 

Trends and Rankings in Civic Life (2007) by the Corporation for 

National and Community Service, ‘‘[i]n 2006, 61.2 million adults 

volunteered throughout the United States, representing 26.7 percent of the population, a decline from 64.5 million volunteers in 

2005.’’ An additional 5.3 million people informally volunteered their 

services in 2006 without an organized infrastructure by simply 

helping a neighbor or joining with a few friends to do something 

for the benefit of the community. 

H.R. 2857, the GIVE Act, reflects the Committee’s interest in renewing the spirit of service in the United States by engaging individuals, organizations, and communities in activities that help to 

meet unmet national needs and solve local challenges. Under previous leadership, the Committee performed oversight of the Corporation for National and Community Service that focused primarily on the financial and accounting practices of the Corporation. 

This term the Committee turns its focus to the next generation of 

service: increasing the number of AmeriCorps volunteers to 

100,000 by 2012; increasing the numbers of participants engaged 

in full-time service; recruiting disadvantaged youth and the Baby 

Boom generation into service for their communities and the nation; 

and fostering the spirit of service and civic engagements in young 

people at an early age through programs such as the Summer of 

Service. 

The Committee also recognizes that community and national 

service can contribute to the nation’s competitiveness in the global 

knowledge economy. H.R. 2857 calls to duty America’s science, 

technology, engineering, and mathematics professionals (the STEM 

fields) to engage in service. In promoting new ways to engage in 

service, the GIVE Act continues the role of national service alumni 

by establishing an alumni Reserve Corps that can be called forward 

in times of national need. Through the GIVE Act, the Committee 

also seeks to remove barriers for the many organizations that work 

with volunteers in carrying out service activities. These organizations will play a critical role in introducing service to a new generation and re-engaging individuals and communities in service to the 

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Learn and Serve America 

School-based programs 

Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, 

and strengthen communities. Service-learning provides structured 

time for students to reflect on their service by thinking, discussing 

and/or writing about their service experience. The Committee recognizes that when service-learning is integrated into the academic 

curricula, students apply the substance of what they are learning, 

using their skills and knowledge to solve real-life community challenges through service. When students appreciate the relevance of 

their learning, their motivation increases and results in increased 

levels of engagement in school. In addition, they are more likely to 

successfully master the content of their studies. Research confirms 

that students are more likely to learn academic content when it is 

relevant to their lives. Service-learning empowers students by connecting their service with concrete results in their community. The 

benefits of service-learning include students gaining a sense of 

pride and ownership in their service and their community. According to the Corporation for Community and National Service, one of 

the primary ways that schools provide opportunities for students to 

become active in their communities is through school-based service. 

In the report by the Corporation titled Youth Helping America, 

only 38 percent of the youth surveyed reported current or past participation in school-based service-learning and of those, 64 percent 

were enrolled in one class that included school-based service-learning. The report also found that high school students are 37 percent 

more likely than middle school students to participate in schoolbased service-learning. 

Given these results, the Committee modified the Learn and 

Serve program to give greater emphasis to school-based servicelearning. H.R. 2857 also authorizes a new program to encourage 

and enhance service by young people. Specifically, the Summer of 

Service program introduces middle and high school students to 

service-learning throughout the summer. The Summer of Service 

program may be an extension of an academic year service-learning 

program or initiated during the summer months. Under the program, students who complete 100 hours of service are eligible to receive a $500 Summer of Service Education Award, which will be 

held in the National Service Trust. A middle or high school student 

who receives a Summer of Service Education Award can use the 

award not only for the cost of attending college but more importantly for the cost of attending an established college preparatory 

program. H.R. 2857 also gives the Director the discretion to increase the $500 award to $1000 for economically disadvantaged recipients. The Committee expects that the receipt of an enhanced 

award will inspire some students to believe that college is possible 

and attainable, and encourage them to take actions necessary to 

start on the path to a college education. Students may earn two 

Summer of Service Education Awards, which do not count against 

the aggregate amount of a National Service Education Award, if 

the student is also eligible to receive such an award at a future 

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in a Summer of Service program should be eligible to receive all 

the benefits of AmeriCorps participation, including the full amount 

of two National Service Education Awards, if such student is eligible for AmeriCorps participation. 

During Committee consideration, Mr. Hare offered an amendment reserving up to 3 percent of the funds appropriated for Learn 

and Serve for competitive grants to encourage civic engagement 

among elementary and secondary students. The amendment includes developing service-learning curricula that promotes a better 

understanding of the Constitution of the United States, how our 

government functions, American History, the meaning of the Oath 

of Allegiance, and the importance of service to our Nation’s character. H.R 2857 includes this amendment, as the Committee recognizes the importance of improving the understanding of our government and its foundations, which may result in increased civic engagement among the nation’s citizens. 

Higher education 

According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic 

Learning and Engagement: 

Volunteering is the single activity that draws the greatest number of youth participants [18–25 year olds]. In 

2006, 42 percent of current students said that they had 

volunteered in the last 12 months, while 45 percent of college graduates, 24 percent of young people with college experience but not currently enrolled, and 24 percent of noncollege youth said that they had volunteered in the last 12 

months. 

According to the Corporation, the number of college student volunteers in 2005 was 3.3 million. The Corporation continues to work 

to expand the number of educational institutions that are building 

strong community connections to further service within their student body. The Committee recognizes that colleges and universities 

and the students who attend them are critical to renewing the spirit of service in America. 

The GIVE Act adds new uses of funds for programs carried out 

in institutions of higher education (IHE) which enable an IHE, or 

a consortia thereof, to integrate service-learning into the curriculum and encourage collaboration across disciplines at one or 

more of the IHEs. In addition, the GIVE Act enables the strengthening of leadership and instructional capacity for service-learning 

in the pre-service components of health care professions (including 

nursing, pre-medicine, medicine and dentistry), criminal justice 

professions (including law enforcement and the judicial system), 

those professions that interact with the criminal justice system (including social work and counseling), and public policy and public 

administration professions. The Committee expects that as servicelearning is integrated into the pre-service curricula of these programs, the leadership, knowledge, and skills of the graduates of the 

programs will increase, the programs will be more effective in 

training professionals, the faculty of the programs will continue to 

engage students in service-learning and participate themselves, 

and the community in which the programs are implemented will 

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recognizes that some of these curricula already contain a pre-service clinical component, but it is the intent of the Committee in including such professions in this section to encourage a coordinated 

effort that integrates service-learning into the clinical or pre-service curricula of these professions. Ideally, over time the faculty and 

students would expand service-learning to other disciplines not 

mentioned here. The GIVE Act provides special consideration to 

Hispanic Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Tribal Colleges and Universities, which tend to apply 

less often for service grants, to encourage the increased participation of minorities in community and national service. 

Innovative service-learning and research programs 

The Committee recognizes that there is an opportunity for service-learning to play a significant role in educating a new generation 

of youth who can contribute to America’s ability to compete in the 

global knowledge economy. America’s greatest hope for maintaining 

this country’s global competitiveness resides within classrooms 

across the nation. 

H.R. 2857 replaces the Community-Based programs in current 

law with Innovative Service-Learning and Research programs. The 

Committee believes that Learn and Serve America should have a 

substantial focus on service-learning. The Committee emphasizes 

that this does not lessen the opportunity for community-based and 

non-profit organizations to apply or participate in the Innovative 

Service-Learning and Research grant programs (or in school-based 

service learning) authorized in this section. The authorized activities in this section are focused on areas of service that lend themselves to community-wide innovations such as using the relevance 

of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to devise and 

implement solutions to community challenges. These activities can 

reveal to students the relevance of studying such subjects and can 

advance their curiosity and desire to understand the application of 

such knowledge to daily life. 

Innovative Service-Learning and Research program grants may 

be awarded for energy conservation, emergency and disaster preparedness, programs aimed at improving access to and receiving 

the benefits from technology, and programs designed to enlist high 

school youth in mentoring middle school students. The Committee 

encourages grantees of this program to be innovative and creative 

in addressing service-learning and the needs of schools and their 

communities. 

Subtitle C: National Service Trust Program 

Federal agencies 

H.R. 2857 prohibits the Corporation from making grants to other 

Federal agencies to operate national service programs, which is 

consistent with appropriations language. However, the Committee 

does not seek to inhibit collaboration and cooperation between the 

Corporation and other Federal agencies in fostering national and 

community service. Accordingly, the Committee encourages the 

Corporation to enter into interagency agreements, cost sharing 

agreements, and where appropriate, contracts for activities and 

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Administrative funds 

According to Voices for National Service, the National ServiceLearning Partnership, the National Association of Community 

Health Centers, Experience Corps, and other stakeholders, grantees are challenged by the 5 percent limit on administrative uses of 

funds. H.R. 2857 raises the amount of the grant permitted to be 

used for administration costs to 6 percent, for such uses as paying 

the electric bill or rent. 

Matching requirements 

H.R. 2857 restructures the matching requirements for grantees. 

Under current law, an AmeriCorps program has separate matching 

requirements for the federal share of the operating costs of the program and the federal share of the member support costs, including 

member living allowances, employment-related taxes, health care 

coverage, and workers compensation. In 2004, the Corporation entered into a Rulemaking process that resulted in the issuance of 

regulations in 2005 which combined the two requirements into one. 

To ease the burden of change for existing programs, the regulations 

provided that the combined requirements be phased in over ten 

years. H.R. 2857 adopts these regulations. In addition, H.R. 2857 

includes an accommodation for programs in rural or severely economically distressed communities, which may have challenges 

meeting this matching requirement. 

Modernizing AmeriCorps state and national programs 

As part of the Committee’s effort to renew the spirit of service 

and engage more youth in service, H.R. 2857 modernizes the 

AmeriCorps State and National Programs. The bill includes a goal 

that 50 percent of the participants of a youth conservation corps or 

youth service corps (either in year round or summer programs) consist of disadvantaged youth (as defined in the bill). The youth conservation corps or youth service corps provide participants with 

highly structured, crew-based work experience, life skills education, 

career guidance and counseling, employment training, and support 

services. The program also develops citizenship values and skills 

through service. The CorpsNetwork, representing the nation’s 113 

Service and Conservation Corps, provided the results of a study to 

the Committee which indicate that disadvantaged youth who join 

a service Corps experience significant gains in employment and 

earning. The study also revealed that arrest rates dropped by onethird for all Corpsmembers, and out-of-wedlock pregnancies 

dropped among female Corpsmembers. The Committee concludes 

that programs such as those run by the CorpsNetwork highlight 

the challenges and necessity of helping our nation’s disadvantaged 

youth. The value of these programs are further evidenced by statements by Corpsmembers, including ‘‘I’ve realized that I am talented, that I can make a good living and support my family and 

I’ve also come to realize the value of serving others . . .’’ and ‘‘The 

Corps changed my life. I now have options. I have a GED and a 

scholarship and am getting started with my new drug-free life.’’

E–Corps 

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our communities. The E–Corps program will involve participants in 

implementing technology programs within a community to increase 

the access to, and receipt of, the benefits of current and emerging 

technologies. The global knowledge economy requires that each 

participant be versed and skilled in technology. National service 

has a role to play in keeping America competitive in the global 

knowledge economy. Young people who have access to technology 

are faster and more adept at utilizing and crafting new applications of technology than are their counterparts and older generations who lack similar access. This program will harness the 

knowledge, creativity, and vision of the nation’s technologically 

adept youth and direct their energies to expanding the access to 

technology, as well as expand opportunities for others to participate 

in such activities. 

Emergency and disaster preparedness 

H.R. 2857 supports the role of service in addressing emergency 

and disaster preparedness. In response to the events of 9/11, the 

tragedies of the hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and other threats 

such as avian influenza and pandemic flu, H.R. 2857 authorizes assistance to programs that engage citizens in public safety, public 

health, and emergency and disaster preparedness. While at one 

time the nation stood ready with pantries full of food and water, 

candles, a battery powered radio, and other supplies to get through 

long nights of bad weather or other threats, this country needs a 

more collaborative, community-based focus on preparedness for any 

number of emergency or disaster scenarios, including those that 

threaten public health. This program includes a component of recruiting qualified participants to be trainees as emergency responders, including law enforcement officers and firefighters. In addition, 

this program may engage Federal, State, and local stakeholders to 

collaborate to achieve a more effective response to issues of public 

safety, public health, emergencies, and disasters. 

Mentoring 

Research shows that when implemented well, mentoring has 

lasting positive effects on youth. Youth who participate in mentoring relationships experience positive academic returns, including 

better attendance, increased opportunities for college, improved attitudes toward school, and positive social attitudes and relationships. According to the National Mentoring Partnership, there are 

17.6 million young people in our country who want or need a mentor in their life. H.R. 2857 includes a program with a focus on encouraging high school and college age youth to be mentors. This 

program encourages direct mentoring, but also seeks the creative 

utilization of current and emerging technologies to connect youth 

with mentors. Given the large number of potential mentors in the 

Baby Boom generation, the Committee seeks to encourage the program to recruit as many members of the Baby Boom generation as 

possible to meet the mentoring needs of the nation’s youth. 

Court-involved youth and adults 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Scott introduced an amendment that creates a new program to re-engage 

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of reducing recidivism. Research shows that community-based service, in concert with educational support, counseling, and other services, reduces recidivism. 

Veterans and their families 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Hare introduced an amendment that reserves 3 percent of funds for grants 

to fund programs meeting the unique needs of veterans. The funds 

may be used, for example, to recruit veterans into service opportunities, or to promote community-based efforts to meet the unique 

needs of military families while the military member is deployed as 

well as when the military member returns. 

Citizenship training 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Price proposed that the Corporation shall establish requirements relating to 

the promotion of citizenship and civic engagement consistent with 

the principles of citizenship programs administered by the U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigrations Service for participants in approved 

national service and summer of service positions. The Committee 

concurs and H.R. 2857 includes a provision on citizenship training. 

State commissions 

In recognition of the work of the State Commissions on Community and National Service, and the expected larger role to be assumed by State Commissions in coordinating, developing, and executing national service programs throughout their respective 

states, H.R. 2857 includes an increase in the grant amount allocated to State Commissions. 

Formula allocations 

The GIVE Act also changes the percentages of funds allocated for 

AmeriCorps State and National programs to more accurately reflect how funds are currently allocated through appropriations. Indian Tribes and Territories continue to receive 1 percent each; however, for Indian tribes, H.R. 2857 converts the program from a formula to a competitive grant. The current formula allotment is 

based on population, which has resulted in few tribes applying for 

their allotment and smaller tribes not applying at all. The new 

competitive grant allows the Corporation to give larger grants and 

serve more Indian tribes, including smaller tribes. The Committee 

expects the new Office of Outreach and Recruitment, described 

below, to play a role in informing Indian tribes of this new opportunity and to coordinate training and technical assistance programs to aid Indian tribes in competing for and carrying out national service programs to improve their communities. 

The bill also changes the formula for national direct programs, 

that is, organizations that offer programs in two or more States. 

The Appropriations Committee has capped the appropriation to national direct programs at $54.45 million in FY06 and FY07. H.R. 

2857 reflects this action and provides a slight increase in the percentage allocated for national direct programs, given that national 

programs are also able to apply for funds through both the State 

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sources to focus on local impacts. The Committee recognizes that 

national programs play a critical role in implementing national 

service programs and engaging citizens to participate. The Committee encourages their continued effort working with communities 

and State Commissions to leverage resources, engage more volunteers, and increase the reach of national service to include more 

low-income and rural areas across our nation. H.R. 2857 sets the 

percentage of allocations for the State Competitive grants and for 

the State Formula to 37.5 percent. During Committee consideration 

of H.R. 2857, the Committee adopted an amendment by Mrs. SheaPorter that raises the small state minimum from $500,000 to 

$600,000. 

The Committee encourages State Commissions to conduct a service needs assessment for each State and strategically work to engage underserved areas, including rural and low income areas, in 

national service. Ideally, the national direct providers would engage each State in which they operate and work to facilitate programs in these underserved areas as well. It will take an organized 

effort by all stakeholders to further the spirit of service across our 

nation. 

Education Award Only Program 

The Committee endorses the Education Award Only (EAO) program first established in FY97 appropriations for the Corporation. 

EAO programs allow for more efficient and cost-effective program 

operation. The EAO Program grantees provide the member costs of 

the program and the Corporation provides a portion of the administrative costs per participant and funds for the National Service 

Education Award. It is the Committee’s intent that the newly created Office of Outreach and Recruitment provide information about 

this program. The Committee encourages the Corporation to employ the EAO model in a manner that does not disrupt current programs. The Committee does not intend for the EAO program model 

to replace the traditional AmeriCorps program, but allow for innovation at the local level. 

Subtitle D: The National Service Trust 

H.R. 2857 addresses concern from participants in and providers 

of national service programs about the National Service Education 

Award. Under current law, a participant is limited to two terms, 

regardless of the length of the term or the level of participation 

(i.e., full time or part-time participation). This limitation has prevented national service part-time participants from earning the entire amount of two National Service Education Awards. Since the 

Corporation supports programs that have part-time participants, 

the Committee authorizes that participants have the opportunity to 

earn the aggregate value of two national service awards for fulltime service. 

H.R. 2857 also provides for the Trust to administer the Summer 

of Service Education Award. In recognition of the increasing cost 

of tuition and the Committee’s desire to increase access to higher 

education for all youth, especially disadvantaged youth and underserved populations, the Committee includes an increase in the National Service Education Award of $100 per year over a five year 

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Strengthen AmeriCorps Act 

H.R. 2857 integrates the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act 

(P.L. 108–145), which was enacted in response to the mismanagement of the National Service Trust and ‘‘the ensuing challenges 

faced by the Corporation. By incorporating the Strengthen 

AmeriCorps Program Act, H.R. 2857 revises the manner in which 

the Corporation approves and records obligations relating to approved national service positions. H.R. 2857 requires the Corporation to record as an obligation an estimate of the net present value 

of the National Service Educational Award associated with each position. Furthermore, the Corporation must establish a reserve account within the National Service Trust and take necessary steps 

to ensure the availability of adequate funds to support the awards 

of approved positions for each fiscal year. 

Subtitle E: National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) 

Program activities and participants 

The National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) is the only national service program operated solely by the Corporation. The 

NCCC is a residential program with multiple campuses across the 

United States with a focus on rapid response to emergencies and 

disasters within the region near the campus. In the case of natural 

disasters such as the hurricanes in the Gulf region, NCCC members are deployable to those regions in times of national need. 

When not deployed, NCCC members take on service activities similar to those in other AmeriCorps programs. H.R.2857 adds a new 

focus on infrastructure improvement, environmental stewardship 

and conservation, energy conservation, and urban and rural development. The Committee believes that when the corps is not deployed for emergencies or disasters, the crew based NCCC program 

can play an important role in addressing these national needs. 

H.R. 2857 includes a provision that requires NCCC to set a goal 

of 50 percent participation by disadvantaged youth (as defined in 

the bill) in the program by 2010. Programs such as the NCCC provide youth with opportunities to learn marketable skills for employment, to further their education, and to gain self-confidence 

and increased empowerment in a structured, safe environment. 

The Committee acknowledges that the NCCC programs will need 

assistance in recruiting disadvantaged youth to participate and expects the new Office of Outreach and Recruitment and State Commissions to assist the NCCC in the recruitment of disadvantaged 

youth. Furthermore, it is not expected that every campus will be 

able to recruit a large percentage of disadvantaged youth from 

neighboring communities and other States. However, given the fact 

that the NCCC is a residential program, this should not negatively 

affect the program, but rather expand the diversity of the pool of 

participants and enrich the service experience for each NCCC 

member. 

NCCC Advisory Board 

H.R. 2857 increases the NCCC Advisory Board membership to 

include those Federal agencies who are stakeholders in projects 

being implemented by the NCCC participants who are not deployed 

for disasters and emergencies. In addition, the Committee expects 


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the Advisory Board to coordinate the rapid and efficient response 

of the NCCC in times of emergencies and disasters in conjunction 

with other response organizations in order to assist in the coordination of recovery efforts. 

Subtitle F: Administrative provisions 

Parental involvement 

H.R. 2857 requires that parents be involved in the development 

and operation of national service programs which serve children. 

The Committee recognizes that having parents involved is more 

likely to engage the community as a whole. Furthermore, H.R. 

2857 requires parental permission when transporting minors. 

State commissions on national and community service 

The GIVE Act clarifies the role of State Commissions on Community and National Service. H.R. 2857 requires that the state plan 

for national service be developed through an open process (including regional forums and hearings), which provides for maximum 

participation and input from companies, organizations, and public 

agencies using service and volunteerism as a strategy in meeting 

critical community needs. The intent is to create an environment 

where all stakeholders in a state or a region can together determine the service and volunteer needs in a State or region, and collaborate to leverage resources, and knowledge. The State Commissions should utilize this process to gather information from the entire State to formulate a State service plan with implementation 

steps. Although not required by H.R. 2857, the Committee believes 

that the forums and hearings can serve as a mechanism for developing the national service plan for the State and can serve as a 

community service needs assessment tool. The State Commission 

can use this information to direct funds and organizations (such as 

National Direct programs) to locations in the State where the need 

is great and service opportunities are lacking. In addition, H.R. 

2857 requires that the State Service Plan include measurable goals 

and outcomes, in part to help States determine if they are meeting 

their most pressing needs through service and volunteerism. 

An amendment offered by Mr. Kildee and incorporated into H.R. 

2857 provides that States develop a comprehensive plan for Baby 

Boomer and older adult volunteer and paid service. These state 

plans must include recommendations for public policy initiatives, 

for example, how to best tap older adults as sources of social capital, and ways to address community needs. In addition, it is expected that the State will utilize working networks or establish 

networks in the State and across the nation to connect volunteers 

to opportunities in the State. The Committee expects the new Office of Outreach and Recruitment to collaborate with State Commissions to help improve their recruitment plans, including those 

plans directed at older Americans and members of the Baby Boom 

generation. Furthermore, the plan must be updated annually to ensure active engagement of the State Commission with regard to 

changing policies and procedures that will improve the coordination 

and effectiveness of the Federal, State, and local resources for service and volunteerism in the State. The Corporation may permit 

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coordination and effectiveness of resources directed towards service 

and volunteerism. 

Evaluation and performance measures 

H.R. 2857 reflects the Committee’s interest in strengthening accountability for programs receiving federal funds authorized under 

this bill. H.R 2857 clarifies that the Corporation will establish performance measures in consultation with the grantees that receive 

assistance. Consultation with the grantees is critical to the integrity of accountability and accommodates the unique outcomes of 

grantees funded under this Act. The performance measures may include the number of volunteers recruited from the community in 

which the program is being implemented and the number of disadvantaged and underrepresented youth participants. To maximize 

the impact and cost-effectiveness of the program, H.R. 2857 also 

expects programs to evaluate the effectiveness of the structure and 

mechanisms for delivery of services, the management of the participants, and the ease with which recipients receive service. 

Corrective action plans 

H.R. 2857 provides a structure for corrective action for a grantee 

that fails to reach the performance measures agreed upon by the 

Corporation and the grantee. H.R. 2857 requires that when a new 

grantee (for programs which have received assistance for less than 

three years) fails to reach the agreed upon performance measures, 

the Corporation must provide technical assistance to the grantee to 

address the targeted performance problems. In addition, the bill requires quarterly reports on the program’s progress towards achieving the agreed upon performance measures to both the Corporation 

and the appropriate State (or the State Commission), Territory or 

Indian tribe. For established programs, the Corporation is not required to provide technical assistance (although it is not prohibited 

from doing so either). The bill allows the Corporation to recover 

one-quarter of the grant if the grantee does not reach performance 

measures after the corrective action. A portion of the funds can be 

returned to the grantee if the grantee corrects the challenges that 

led to the seizure of funds and continues to run a performing program. 

Inspector general 

H.R. 2857 extends a new authority to the Inspector General to 

carry out oversight of grantees and Corporation programs and operations, similar to that provided to the Comptroller General and 

the Chief Financial Officer. 

Consolidated application 

H.R. 2857 requires the Corporation to consolidate or modify the 

application or reporting requirements for programs under the national service laws. The Committee realizes that this is a critical 

requirement for the Corporation in this reauthorization. According 

to the grantees and the Corporation, the lengthy and onerous application process deters entities from applying for grants and consistently challenges those applicants who do apply. The Corporation 

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Committee encourages the Corporation to work with current grantees and those that did not apply to determine the effective sections 

as well as aspects of the application which need improvement, with 

the intention of easing the application process for both the grantee 

and the Corporation. The Committee is of the opinion that such endeavors will ultimately lead to a richer, more diverse applicant pool 

seeking to meet the needs of our nation’s communities through 

service and volunteerism. 

Sustainability 

The Committee applauds the work of current national service 

grantees and therefore wishes to ensure that programs being carried out under the national service laws are sustainable. H.R. 2857 

establishes that the Corporation shall, in consultation with grantees and State Commissions, set sustainability goals to be supported 

by policies and procedures. The sustainability goals shall build the 

capacity of programs to service the community while working to establish non-Federal funding streams to support the project beyond 

the life of the grant. H.R. 2857 requires the Corporation to provide 

technical assistance in finding non-Federal funding sources and to 

implement measures to ascertain whether a project is generating 

sufficient community support. The Committee believes that with 

community support comes non-Federal dollars, thus furthering sustainability. 

By focusing and reaching sustainability for current national service programs, new grantees and new service projects can emerge in 

high need areas across our nation. H.R. 2857 furthers this goal by 

directing the Corporation to take into consideration, in the approval process for applications, the ability of a grantee to generate 

volunteers. 

Use of grant funds for appropriate travel costs 

The Committee recognizes the strength of forming a community 

of grantees and that attending conferences and meetings on national service can foster such a community. 

The service infrastructure of our country extends beyond the programs and infrastructure of the Corporation, and grantees should 

have access to such professional and programmatic development. 

Previously, grantees could not use their funds to attend meetings 

or conferences around national service. H.R. 2857 now allows 

grantees to attend meetings and conferences on service. 

Limits on the cost of programs 

H.R. 2857 sets the limit on the amount of funds approved to support individual participants in an approved national service position to $16,000. The bill includes a waiver of up to $18,000 to meet 

the compelling needs of a particular program, such as the training 

needs for a program serving disadvantaged youth, increased costs 

relating to the participation of individuals with disabilities, and the 

startup costs associated with a first time grantee. This waiver reflects the Committee’s expectation that the new Office of Outreach 

and Recruitment will reach a diverse population of providers and 

participants, some of whom may require more support and services. 

Even with this waiver, the Committee expects that all grantees will 

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Subtitle G: Corporation for National and Community Service 

Board of directors 

The Committee recognizes the role of the Board of Directors for 

the Corporation and augments the role of the Board with respect 

to the workings of the Corporation. H.R. 2857 authorizes the Board 

to participate in the review of the budget proposal before it is sent 

to the Office of Management and Budget and in the performance 

appraisal of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). H.R. 2857 sets the 

term of a Board Member at 5 years, which can be extended one 

year for voting members when no successor has been appointed. 

The Board of Directors is a fertile resource for the Corporation and 

the skills, experience, and expertise of the Board should be fully 

utilized in the management of the Corporation. The Committee believes that as the grantees are asked to run cost-effective, high 

quality programs of national service, that the Corporation be held 

to similar standards and expectations. 

Full-time participants 

In recognizing the goal of the Corporation to maintain 75,000 

AmeriCorps volunteers, which the Corporation has met, the Committee has chosen to set a goal for the Corporation of reaching 

100,000 volunteers by 2012. Furthermore, the Committee intends 

to increase the 204.2 million total hours of national service by setting a goal that the Corporation reach 50 percent full time national 

service participants by 2010. The Committee has placed the responsibility of seeing that the Corporation achieves this goal with the 

Chief Executive Officer. H.R. 2857 requires an annual report to the 

U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor 

and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in 

the U.S. Senate so that the Committees of jurisdiction can remain 

informed of the Corporation’s status on achieving this goal. 

Peer review 

Peer review is an established, effective method for evaluating the 

merits of an application for a program or project. H.R. 2857 requires the CEO to obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating the applications to the Corporation for assistance under this 

title. The Committee expects that the implementation of peer review in the approval process for applications at the Corporation 

will further ensure the impartiality in the grant-making process. 

Personal service contracts 

H.R. 2857 authorizes the Corporation to enter into personal service contracts to carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness activities. 

Donations to the corporation 

The Committee recognizes that there are various service organizations, academic institutions, and other entities and individuals 

with the expertise to contribute to the improvement or structure of 

national service. Currently, the Corporation may accept donations 

of property or money, and some volunteer service. Under H.R. 

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Office of Outreach and Recruitment 

The Corporation is challenged by a lack of community and individual awareness of the Corporation and its programs. The Committee applauds the extensive web pages crafted by the Corporation and the 1–800 number established to provide information on 

VISTA. However, the Committee believes that more could and 

should be done to recruit and retain volunteers in national service 

programs. Although the CEO is responsible for a large portion of 

the outreach and recruitment, the Committee finds this to be inadequate. 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Members noted 

that the large number of applicants for grants require a similarly 

large number of participants to engage in these programs. In fact, 

some existing programs struggle with recruiting and retaining volunteers. To address these needs, H.R. 2857 establishes the Office 

of Outreach and Recruitment (OOR) within the Corporation. The 

duties of the OOR include— • Increasing public awareness of the wide range of service opportunities for all citizens; 

• Identifying and implementing methods of recruitment to increase the diversity of participants in the programs and the 

service sponsors; 

• Collaborating with organizations with established volunteer 

recruitment programs; 

• Providing application materials in languages other than 

English where practicable; 

• Coordinating with organizations of former participants in 

national service programs; 

• Collaborating with training and technical assistance programs; 

• Coordinating with the clearinghouses for AmeriCorps and 

Learn and Serve; and 

• Coordinating with organizations working to establish a Reserve Corps of alumni to serve in times of national need. 

Furthermore, the Office of Outreach and Recruitment can enter 

into contracts with marketing agencies and may conduct campaigns 

to solicit funds for its activities. 

The OOR: Public awareness campaign 

The Committee expects the OOR to devise and implement a public awareness strategy to increase the knowledge of citizens on the 

wide range of service opportunities for people of all ages, socioeconomic status, and geographic location. H.R. 2857 provides that 

the OOR utilize the print media, the Internet and related emerging 

technologies, television, radio, public or private forums, and other 

innovative methods of communication to energize citizens to participate in service in their communities across the nation. Rather 

than create a marketing department in the Corporation, H.R. 2857 

authorizes the OOR to enter into business contracts to carry out 

the marketing duties associated with the outreach and recruitment 

efforts of the office. The OOR is encouraged to enter into contracts 

with those entities that have established expertise in the recruitment of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and members of the Baby Boom generation. In addition, the Committee envisions that with the new authority to receive donated services 


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from individuals, that the OOR may also seek donated services 

from marketing professionals or organizations to fulfill its outreach 

duties. 

The OOR: Outreach 

Furthermore, the Committee expects the OOR to conduct outreach to offices of economic development, State employment security agencies, labor unions and trade associations, local educational 

agencies, agencies and organizations serving veterans and their 

families and people with disabilities, senior citizen centers and organizations and other agencies or institutions from which participants for programs receiving assistance under the national service 

laws. The Committee expects the OOR to innovatively and creatively increase the spectrum of its outreach work. For example, 

the OOR could coordinate with groups such as the Next Chapter 

organization to institute offices where seniors, including the Baby 

Boom generation, could learn not only of national service opportunities but also other service opportunities throughout the community, networked with other organizations seeking volunteers and 

other organizations offering service to seniors. 

The OOR: Collaboration with the state commissions on recruitment plans 

The Committee expects that the OOR will collaborate and coordinate with the State Commissions on outreach and recruitment 

issues, including assisting in the development of a volunteer recruitment plan to better meet the service needs of communities 

across the State. Furthermore, the OOR should identify and implement innovative methods of recruitment to increase the diversity of 

the participants and service providers. When practicable, the Committee expects that OOR to provide application materials in languages other than English, again furthering the number and diversity of the participants in national service. 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Grijalva offered an amendment to require the OOR to identify and implement 

recruitment strategies and training programs for bilingual volunteers for the National Senior Service Corps (NSSC). The Committee 

accepted the amendment, recognizing the need of bilingual volunteers for older Americans who are served through the programs of 

the NSSC. 

The OOR: Alumni network 

The Committee also expects the OOR to collaborate and coordinate with organizations of alumni of national service. The national 

service alumni are a resource to assist in outreach, capacity building, and recruitment. In addition, alumni may serve as a resource 

for organizations wishing to apply for assistance under the national 

service laws. 

The OOR: Alumni Reserve Corps 

H.R. 2857 provides that the OOR may work with organizations 

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mittee envisions the RC to serve local, regional, and national 

needs. To establish the RC, the Committee expects the OOR to collaborate with already existing alumni organizations and to utilize 

and improve upon the current network of service providers and volunteer recruiters to ensure that as many alumni are engaged in 

the Reserve Corps as possible. Furthermore, the OOR may determine if training requirements are necessary for particular deployments, and may keep the RC members updated on what training 

might be needed. The Committee recognizes that not all alumni 

will be able to easily deploy at times due to employment and family 

commitments, but the Committee wishes to harness and revitalize 

the commitment to service that alumni of national service programs exhibit. 

The OOR: Campaign to solicit funds 

The Committee recognizes the challenge of operating an office devoted to outreach and recruitment. H.R. 2857 authorizes the Corporation to conduct a campaign to raise funds to further the work 

of the OOR. 

Veterans research and pilot project 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Sarbanes introduced an amendment to require a study by the Corporation, in 

consultation with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, State veteran agencies, the Department of Defense, and other organizations 

serving veterans, that would identify the specific areas of need for 

veterans; how existing programs and activities carried out under 

the national service laws could better serve veterans; gaps in service to veterans; prospects for better coordination of services; prospects for better utilization of veterans as resources and volunteers; 

and prospects for more efficient financial organization of services 

directed to veterans. The amendment requires the Corporation to 

implement a pilot program based on the report’s findings. 

Subtitle H: Investment for quality and innovation 

Innovative and model program support 

H.R. 2857 creates a new part of Subtitle H titled, ‘‘Innovative 

and Model Program Support,’’ which authorizes grants to encourage the innovative and creative work of the AmeriCorps State and 

National Programs. The Committee intends to challenge both the 

Corporation and the applicants to craft the cutting-edge programs 

that will engage citizens from all walks of life in service activities. 

Although there are specific programs identified in the bill, the 

Committee encourages the Corporation to fund innovative, creative, 

and more challenging programs. To further promote the innovation 

encouraged by this section, H.R. 2857 includes the option of funding these programs through traditional grants or fixed amount 

grants. In addition, a fourth year of funding may be authorized 

based on criteria determined by the Corporation, including whether 

the program met its performance measures. This extension will 

provide unsteady or inexperienced programs additional time to develop into successful, sustainable programs, and to meet other outcomes that the Corporation determines to be appropriate. If fixedamount grants are determined to ease administrative burdens for 


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grantees while maintaining high quality, innovative programs offered in this part and in the Innovation Service-Learning programs 

in subtitle B, the Committee encourages the Corporation to examine the potential of using fixed-amount grants in other programs 

offered under the national service laws. 

Innovative Model Programs in this part include programs where 

no less than 75 percent of the participants are disadvantaged youth 

and whose program type can be any of the programs offered in section 122(a) of this title; programs that incorporate learning and 

thinking skills determined necessary for success in the 21st century global knowledge economy; programs that engage youth under 

the age of 17 in service; and other innovative and creative programs. H.R. 2857 also encourages collaboration with other programs under the national service laws. 

During Committee consideration of the GIVE Act, Mr. Scott offered an amendment to establish a program to re-engage court involved youth and adults to reduce recidivism. The amendment 

gives priority to programs that begin in the correctional facility, including those offering life skills and employment training, and education programs, along with programs that continue after incarceration, including those focusing on health and wellness issues and 

career counseling. Mr. Scott also offered an amendment focused on 

the recruitment of court-involved youth and adults as participants 

or volunteers, also with the intent of reducing recidivism. The Committee recognizes the positive impact that service can have on an 

individual, both as a provider and recipient, and accepted both of 

Mr. Scott’s amendments. 

National service clearinghouses 

H.R. 2857 merges the service-learning and AmeriCorps clearinghouses into a single part, the National Service Programs Clearinghouse. The Committee does not expect other existing clearinghouses to merge also, but there is an expectation that grantees receiving assistance under the national service laws and those in the 

Corporation responsible for the AmeriCorps clearinghouse to collaborate with the OOR to extend the reach and expectations of the 

clearinghouses and to reach alumni for the Reserve Corps and 

other activities. 

Subtitle J: Training and technical assistance 

For transparency and ease of implementation, H.R. 2857 collects 

sections throughout both National and Community Service Act of 

1990 (NCSA), and Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA), 

on training and technical assistance and establishes a single subtitle on training and technical assistance. It is expected that the 

Corporation will provide training and technical assistance for those 

programs receiving or applying for assistance under the national 

service laws. Training and technical assistance is expected (but not 

limited to) the following areas: 

• Application assistance; 

• Leadership development; 

• Management and budgetary skills; 

• Providing or improving the training of participants; 

• Risk management procedures; 

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• Program evaluation and performance measures; 

• Accommodation for participants with disabilities; and 

• Establishing networks and collaboration among stakeholders to further leverage community resources. 

H.R. 2857 gives priority for technical assistance to applicants or 

existing programs that intend to implement programs in areas 

where they are needed most, where national service programs currently do not exist, or in underserved rural and urban areas. Priority is also provided for applicants or programs with an 

intergenerational focus. 

Subtitle K: Points of Light Foundation 

H.R. 2857 repeals the Points of Light Foundation. The Committee determined it was appropriate to remove legislative earmarks from the national service laws. The repeal is consistent with 

appropriations in both the Senate and the House. 

Title II: The Domestic Volunteer Service Act (DVSA) 

Subtitle A: The Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) 

The Domestic Volunteer Service Act has a central purpose of establishing and supporting anti-poverty programs for our nation. 

DVSA authorizes the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) 

program, the equivalent to the Peace Corps in America, whose 

focus is to help the poor, the disadvantaged, the vulnerable, and 

the elderly in America. The VISTA participant is expected to live 

in the same conditions as those they serve and to remain available 

to the community on a 24 hour basis, as are Peace Corps volunteers. The VISTA participant’s role is to build the capacity in the 

community for improvement and service, and leverage resources so 

that when the VISTA participant leaves the community, the infrastructure, knowledge, and continued service remains in the community. The VISTA participant may receive a National Service Education Award, or he or she may opt for a $1220 stipend. 

New VISTA program assignments 

H.R. 2857 increases the number of program assignment opportunities for a VISTA participant. For example, under the bill a 

VISTA participant is eligible for assignments to assist a community 

or program in the re-entry or re-integration of formerly incarcerated youth and adults into society; to develop and implement financial literacy and budgetary programs; to initiate and support before 

and after-school programs serving children in low-income communities; to establish and support community economic development 

initiatives; to assist veterans and their families with legal assistance, health care, employment counseling or training, education 

counseling or training, and other support services; and to address 

generally the health and wellness of a community. Each of these 

assignments addresses unmet needs in low-income communities 

and fall within the intent of the VISTA program to create the capacity of a community to battle poverty and empower its citizens 

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Recruitment priorities 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Scott emphasized that court-involved youth and adults, including previously incarcerated individuals, should be eligible to serve as VISTA participants. Mr. Scott noted that participation in VISTA has the potential to help ease the transition of these individuals into their communities and to reduce their rate of recidivism. The GIVE Act has 

no prohibitions on who can serve in an approved national service 

position. The Committee agrees that national service can be an effective vehicle for reducing recidivism, and that court-involved individuals should be actively recruited for participation in the program. 

H.R. 2857 gives priority to the recruitment of retired adults, particularly those who had careers as health care professionals, engineers, managers or technicians. This priority reflects the Committee’s intent to harness the vast knowledge, experience, and expertise of retirees. The Committee recognizes the substantial contributions of the VISTA program to our nation’s communities and seeks 

to include the Baby Boom generation as they retire. 

Public or non-profit vista support 

The Committee recognizes that some organizations or companies 

are unable to sponsor a VISTA participant within their institution, 

but may seek ways to support the work of a VISTA participant financially. Accordingly, H.R. 2857 authorizes public or nonprofit organizations to pay all or a portion of the costs of the support services for VISTA participants. 

VISTA programs of national significance 

H.R. 2857 includes ‘‘programs of national significance’’ (PNS), 

similar to that found in the National Senior Service Corps, in 

VISTA. PNS are implemented when the amounts appropriated for 

VISTA exceed the amount sufficient to maintain the number of 

projects and volunteers funded in the preceding fiscal year. Of the 

funds that exceed the costs of the previous fiscal year, one third is 

allocated for the support of VISTA programs of national significance, which are reflected in the new programs listed previously. 

The PNS VISTA participants cannot supplant other VISTA participants. 

VISTA stipend 

The Committees supports the commitment of the VISTA participants to live among and at the economic level of those receiving 

services, but also recognizes that the low stipend inhibits some participation in the VISTA program. Therefore, H.R. 2857 raises the 

stipend of a VISTA participant to a minimum of $125/month, and 

a maximum of $150/month (if sufficient funds are appropriated). 

Subtitle B: The National Senior Service Corps (NSSC) 

The National Senior Service Corps programs have engaged seniors in meeting the needs of their communities for over four decades. The NSSC is composed of three programs: the Retired Senior 

Volunteer Program (RSVP), the Foster Grandparents Program 

(FG), and the Senior Companions Program (SC). H.R. 2857 sets the 

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ior Service Corps at 55 years. The Committee recognizes that even 

at such a young age, our older Americans wish to be of service to 

our nation. 

Since 1965, the FG participants have provided support and service to children and youth with exceptional needs in a variety of settings, including schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, and Head Start and child care centers. FG participants serve from 15–20 hours per week providing one-on-one 

service to children and youth. In addition, FG participants who 

meet the low-income eligibility requirements may receive a stipend 

of $2.65 per hour for their service. 

Since 1971, the RSVP program has provided a wide variety of opportunities for older Americans to meet the needs identified in 

their communities. RSVP offers the most flexibility among the 

NSSC programs. Volunteers choose where, when, and how often 

they will serve. Depending on the program, RSVP participants may 

choose time commitments from a few hours a week up to forty 

hours per week. 

Since 1974, SC participants offer aging, frail, or homebound individuals with daily living tasks, enabling the recipients to age with 

dignity and independence. SC participants also provide companionship and may assist a social service case manager. SC participants 

serve 15 to 40 hours per week and may receive a stipend of $2.65 

per hour for their service if they meet the low income eligibility requirements. 

Retired Senior Volunteer Program 

Research shows that, in particular, the Baby Boom generation is 

looking for a new style of volunteer or service activity. H.R. 2857 

encourages programs to integrate this new perspective into their 

planning, application, and implementation processes. For the Retired Senior Volunteer Programs, H.R. 2857 includes a requirement 

that programs be designed and implemented with the advice of experts in the field of service being offered, as well as with those who 

have expertise in the recruitment and management of volunteers. 

To be competitive in the global knowledge economy, the Committee 

recognizes that this nation needs a healthy, scientifically and technologically literate society. Accordingly, H.R. 2857 aims to tap into 

the talents of the retiring members of the Sputnik generation. Priority in grant evaluation is given to projects that utilize retired 

STEM professionals, retired health care professionals, retired military and emergency professionals, and retired computer science 

professionals to serve our nation through the multiple opportunities in RSVP and through the national service laws. 

Recompetition 

H.R. 2857 establishes a new process for competitions within 

RSVP. After 2009, the Corporation shall hold a competition to 

award new grants for RSVP projects. Current grantees remain eligible to compete for program funds. If a grant is awarded, the 

project may be renewed for an additional three year grant period. 

After the second grant period the grant must be recompeted. Any 

grant recompetition within RSVP must continue to support the 

same number of volunteer years and similar program distribution. 

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program minimize any disruption to volunteers. The Committee 

recognizes the exceptional work of RSVP grantees, but notes that 

there are few opportunities to motivate program improvement or 

remove poorly performing grantees or to encourage and invigorate 

innovation and evolution among high performing programs. Competition, in concert with the new performance measures and evaluations, is expected to improve or terminate underperforming programs. For highly effective and highly performing programs, competition is expected to drive the innovation and creativity of programs to new levels. While H.R. 2857 includes an amendment offered by Mr. Scott and Mr. Hare to give priority in any competition 

to those grantees that are in good standing, it remains the intent 

of the Committee to require all grantees to recompete after 2009. 

Foster grandparents and senior companions 

H.R. 2857 modifies the eligibility requirement for the Foster 

Grandparents and Senior Companion programs by raising the income level for participants to be eligible for an hourly stipend from 

125 percent of poverty to 200 percent of poverty. The GIVE Act 

also sets the minimum for such stipend at $2.65/hour. According to 

Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion service providers, it can 

be challenging for a program to recruit enough low-income volunteers to fill the number of available volunteer positions. H.R. 2857 

allows up to 15 percent of volunteers to have incomes above the income eligibility threshold, as long as the program can demonstrate 

that it was unable to recruit enough low-income volunteers. Participants allowed under this provision are not eligible for a stipend. 

Programs shall not engage non-low-income volunteers when there 

are still low-income individuals to be recruited. 

National Senior Service Corps programs of national significance 

H.R 2857 changes the programs of national significance (PNS). 

Under current law, each National Senior Corps program may only 

apply for particular programs of national significance. H.R. 2857 

permits RSVP, FG, and SC to apply for any of the programs of national significance. This change will further the innovation and creative application of outcomes to program models. Furthermore, the 

Committee requires that the Director of the Corporation ensure 

that at least 50 percent of the PNS applications are from new program sponsors (that is, an organization not currently receiving assistance from the Corporation), in order to open the applicant pool 

and encourage National Senior Service Programs in new locations. 

Included in the PNS are programs that collaborate with criminal 

justice professionals and organizations in prevention programs 

aimed at disadvantaged youth or youth re-entering society after incarceration. These programs may include mentoring, counseling, 

and employment counseling. This opportunity in particular is 

aimed at serving the youth in our communities who are most atrisk for entering into gangs or other lifestyles that result in destroyed lives and an economic drain on society. Research shows 

that prevention saves the nation money in the long term, and that 

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Donations to National Senior Service Corps programs 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Sestak offered 

an amendment to allow programs under this title to accept donations, including donations in cash or in kind. The Committee adopted Mr. Sestak’s amendment and clarified that programs cannot accept donations from their beneficiaries. Many citizens who experience or learn of the programs of the National Senior Service Corps 

wish to financially support the programs and cannot because current law, prohibits these programs from accepting donations. 

Demonstration programs 

During Committee consideration of H.R. 2857, Mr. Yarmuth offered an amendment to establish a demonstration program that 

supports older Americans while enhancing the capacity of community members to serve each other through reciprocal service centers, service credit banking, community economic scripts, barter 

services, timebanking, and other similar programs. The program is 

based on an exchange of services, under which both parties are 

compensated with reciprocal amounts of volunteer service, and no 

money changes hands. Such services are a promising and mutually 

beneficial system that lends legitimacy and compensation to the everyday work that goes financially unpaid. The Committee recognizes that many Americans provide unpaid services to friends and 

neighbors and that this generosity produces lasting relationships 

which strengthens communities. To encourage the development of 

such a system of service reciprocity in communities, H.R. 2857 includes the demonstration program. 

Conclusion 

The Committee believes that national service can help our nation 

meet local and national challenges and the GIVE Act is the start 

of a new direction for national service. The Corporation for National and Community Service, providers, and participants together 

play a central role in meeting our nation’s unmet critical needs. 

The reauthorization of then National Community Service Act and 

the Domestic Volunteer Service Act through the GIVE Act are a 

priority for the Committee and reflect its intent to renew the spirit 

of service in our nation in a manner that engages new volunteers 

and inspires innovation in service. 

REFERENCES

Corporation for Community and National Service (2007). Volunteering and Service in America: 2007 State Trends and Rankings 

in Civic Life. 

Corporation for Community and National Service (2005). Youth 

Helping America: Building Active Citizen: the Role of Social Institutions in Teen Volunteering. 

Corps Network (2005). The Corps Network. Factsheet. 

Lopez, M.H. & Elrod, B.A. (2006). College Attendance and Civic 

Engagement Among 18–25 Year Olds. The Center for Information 

and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement. 


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V. SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT

OF 1990

Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (general provisions) 

Section 1101. Purposes; Sense of Congress 

Amends section 2(b) of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12501 (b)). Sets forth the purpose of this bill and includes a Sense of Congress that the number of AmeriCorps participants should grow to reach 100,000 members by 2012. 

Section 1102. Definitions 

Amends section 101 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12511). Modifies and adds to the definitions under this 

section, including definitions for ‘‘approved summer of service positions’’, the ‘‘baby boom generation’’, ‘‘disadvantaged youth’’, ‘‘grant 

making entities’’, ‘‘Hispanic-Serving Institutions’’, ‘‘Historically 

Black College or University’’ and ‘‘Tribally Controlled College or 

University’’. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (service-learning) 

Section 1201. School-based allotments 

Amends Part I of subtitle B of title 1 (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.). 

Authorizes allotments to States, Territories, and Indian Tribes to 

implement service learning programs based principally in elementary and secondary schools, including providing training for teachers, developing service learning curricula, forming local partnerships and establishing or implementing summer of service programs. Reserves not more than 3 percent for payments to Indian 

tribes, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Authorizes the remainder of funds appropriated to carry out this part to 

States based on the percentage of school-age youth and allocations 

under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Clarifies the federal share of the cost of carrying out programs under 

this part can not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

This section also requires that no more than 6 percent of the 

amount of assistance received by an applicant be used for administrative costs. Further this section reserves up to 3 percent for competitive grants to service-learning partnerships that promote greater civic engagement among elementary and secondary students. 

Section 1202. Higher education provisions 

Amends Section 119 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12561). Expands the authority of higher-education service-learning programs. Includes language on higher-education service-learning programs as a key component of the health professionals curricula, the criminal justice professionals curricula and 

the public policy and public administration curricula. Clarifies the 

federal share of the cost of carrying out programs under this part 

cannot exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. Provides 

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Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions and 

Tribal Colleges and Universities. 

Section 1203. Innovative programs and research 

Amends Subtitle B of Title 1 (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.). Authorizes new service-learning programs focused on innovation including 

energy-conservation, emergency and disaster preparedness and 

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula and research on service-learning in middle schools. Allows 

the Corporation to award fixed amount grants based on a three 

year term. 

Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) 

Section 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on corporation costs 

Amends Section 121 of the National Community Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 12571). Eliminates grants to federal agencies. Increases the 

cap on administrative expenses from five to six percent. Also, creates one match requirement for member support and operating expenses, requiring grantees to match twenty-four percent of federal 

funds for the first three years and gradually increases the match 

requirement to fifty percent in year ten. This section also includes 

an alternative match schedule for programs in rural or severely 

economically distressed communities. 

Section 1302. E–Corps and technical amendments to types of 

programs 

Amends Section 122 of the National Community Service Act (42 

U.S.C 12572). This Section includes new service areas to address 

the digital divide, public safety, health, emergency preparedness, 

and re-engage court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. It authorizes a new E–Corps program focused on 

increasing access to technology and reserves up to 3 percent for 

competitive grants to eligible recipients for the development of innovative initiatives to address the unique needs of veterans. This 

section also requires the Corporation to establish requirements for 

service participants related to the promotion of citizenship and 

civic engagement, consistent with the principles on which citizenship programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services are based. Further, this section amends the requirements 

for tutoring programs and clarifies the tutoring requirements for 

AmeriCorps members. 

Section 1303. Types of positions 

Amends Section 123 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12573). Allows the Corporation to approve a program 

carried out by a Territory and the National Civilian Community 

Corps as an approved national service position that includes the 

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Section 1304. Conforming repeal related to training and technical assistance 

Repeals section 125 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12575). 

Section 1305. Assistance to state commissions; challenge 

grants 

Amends section 126 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12576). Increases support for State Commissions, allowing the Corporation to make a grant in an amount between 

$200,000 and $800,000 to establish or operate a State Commission. 

Requires States to provide matching funds for amounts greater 

than $100,000 and $200,000. 

Section 1306. Allocation of assistance to states and other eligible entities 

Amends Section 129 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12581). Designates the purposes and percentages for 

funding to States. Directs one percent allotment for Territories and 

reserves at least one percent for grants to Indian Tribes. Reserves 

23 percent to National Grants and 37.5 percent for innovative 

grants to States on a competitive basis. Also, designates 37.5 percent of funds to States on a formula basis. Allows the Corporation 

to re-allot funds to other States or Territories to the extent grantmaking entities fail to apply. Further, this section adds language 

requiring the minimum grant made available to each State be at 

least $600,000. 

Section 1307. Additional authority 

Amends Part II of Subtitle C after Section 129 of the National 

Community Service Act (42 U.S.C. 12581) by adding new language 

authorizing Education Award Only fixed amount grants of no more 

than $600 per member and up to $800 per member for programs 

serving at least fifty-percent disadvantaged youth. 

Section 1308. State selection of programs 

Amends Section 130 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12582) to clarify the application requirements for approved national service positions. 

Section 1309. Consideration of applications 

Amends Section 133 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12585) to clarify the application criteria the Corporation 

shall use when considering applications. 

Section 1310. Description of participants 

Amends Section 137 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12591) to clarify the eligibility requirements for participants. 

Section 1311. Selection of national service participants 

Amends Section 138 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12592). Adds new language requiring the Corporation to 

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Section 1312. Terms of service 

Amends Section 139 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12593). Clarifies the requirements for full and part-time 

service in an approved national service position. 

Section 1313. Adjustments to living allowance 

Amends Section 140 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12594). Adds language to clarify the terms of the living 

allowance for Federal work study students and includes other technical modifications. 

Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and 

provision of National Service Educational Awards) 

Section 1401. Availability of funds in the National Service 

Trust 

Amends Section 145 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12601). Includes language for payments of national service educational awards including summer of service educational 

awards and payments of interest. 

Section 1402. Individuals eligible to receive a national service 

educational award from the Trust 

Amends Section 146 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12602). Clarifies the eligibility requirements for an educational award and the terms of service. Allows an individual to receive an educational award for an amount equal to two terms of 

full-term service. 

Section 1403. Determination of the amount of national service 

educational awards 

Amends Section 147(a) of the National and Community Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 12603(a)). Increases the value of the Education 

Award from the current level of $4,725 to $5,225 over a five year 

period. 

Section 1404. Disbursement of educational awards 

Amends Section 148 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12604). Adds language on the use of the educational 

award to pay the cost of attendance or other educational expenses 

including college preparatory programs for Summer of Service participants. 

Section 1405. Process of approval of national service positions 

Amends Subtitle D of Title 1 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq). Adds language describing the timing and recording requirements for approving national service positions and recording obligations for the 

education award into the National Service Trust. 

Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) 

Section 1501. Purpose 

Amends Section 151 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12611). Sets forth the purpose of this Subtitle. 


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Section 1502. Program components 

Amends Section 152 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12612). Establishes the National Civilian Community 

Corps program, striking all references to it as a demonstration program. 

Section 1503. Eligible participants 

Amends Section 153 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12613). Adds language requiring the Director to ensure 

that at least fifty percent of the participants in the program are 

disadvantaged youth. Also, includes technical modifications to this 

subsection. 

Section 1504. Summer national service program 

Amends Section 154 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12614). Adds language requiring participants in the 

summer program be from economically and ethnically diverse backgrounds, including youth who are in foster care. 

Section 1505. Team leaders 

Amends Section 155 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12615). Adds language clarifying the selection process 

for Team Leaders and Campus Directors. Also clarifies the eligibility requirements for campuses. 

Section 1506. Training 

Amends Section 156 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12616). Adds language on the type of training provided 

to members with a new emphasis on disaster preparedness and response. Allows the Corporation to provide training through grants, 

contracts or cooperative agreements with organizations who have 

established expertise in working with disadvantaged youth. 

Section 1507. Consultation with state commissions 

Amends Section 157 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12617). Adds language directing consultation with State 

Commissions with an emphasis on projects in support of infrastructure improvement, disaster relief and recovery, the environment 

and energy conservation. 

Section 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members 

Amends Section 158 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12618). Modifies the authorized benefits for Corps members. 

Section 1509. Permanent cadre 

Amends Section 159 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12619). Clarifies the establishment of a permanent 

cadre of supervisors and training instructors. Adds language requiring that the permanent cadre receive training in youth development techniques including working with disadvantaged youth. 

Section 1510. Contract and grant authority 

Amends Section 161 of the National and Community Service Act 

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Section 1511. Other departments 

Amends Section 162 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12622). Includes technical modifications to this section. 

Also, modifies the language pertaining to the list of recommended 

personnel from which individuals may be selected for appointment 

to the permanent cadre by the Director. 

Section 1512. Advisory board 

Amends Section 163 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12623). Adds language on activities of the Advisory 

Board. Adds the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Transportation, the Chief of the 

United States Forest Service and the Secretary of Energy as Advisory Board members. 

Section 1513. Annual evaluation 

Amends Section 164 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12624). Requires an annual evaluation be submitted to 

the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 

Representatives. 

Section 1514. Repeal of funding limitation 

Repeals Section 165 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12625). 

Section 1515. Definitions 

Amends Section 166 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12626). Modifies and adds to the definitions under this 

Subtitle, including definitions of ‘‘campus director’’, ‘‘corps’’, and 

‘‘corps campus’’. 

Section 1516. Terminology 

Amends Subtitle E of Title I (42 U.S.C. 12611). Modifies the 

heading as the ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps’’. 

Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative provisions) 

Section 1601. Family and medical leave 

Amends Section 171 (a) of the National and Community Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 12631 (a) (1)). Includes a technical modification to 

this section regarding projects authorized under the national service laws. 

Section 1602. Additional prohibitions on use offunds 

Amends Section 174 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12634). Adds language prohibiting the use of funds for 

programs that refer individuals to Federal assistance programs or 

State assistance programs funded in part by the Federal government. 

Section 1603. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures 

Amends Section 176 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12636). Clarifies the terms and conditions of this title 

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Section 1604. Resolution of displacement complaints 

Amends Section 177 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12637). Adds language requiring programs to obtain permission from parents when transporting minor children. 

Section 1605. State commissions on national and community 

service 

Amends Section 178 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12638). Adds language describing the terms and requirements for developing a State Commission plan, including the criteria for goals and outcomes. Also, requires States to develop a 

comprehensive State plan for volunteer and paid service by members of the Baby Boom generation and older adults. 

Section 1606. Evaluation and accountability 

Amends Section 179 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12639). Modifies and adds language on program evaluations, including the evaluation of performance measures and effectiveness of delivery of services. Outlines the requirements for implementing corrective action plans. 

Section 1607. Technical amendment 

Amends Section 181 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12641). Includes a technical modification to this section. 

Section 1608. Partnerships with schools 

Amends Section 182 (b) of the National and Community Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 12642 (b)). Requires an annual report be submitted 

concerning the implementation of this section, including an evaluation of the programs performance goals and benchmarks. 

Section 1609. Rights of access, examination, and copying 

Amends Section 183 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12643). Includes a technical modification to this section. 

Section 1610. Additional administrative provisions 

Amends Subtitle F of Title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.). Includes 

language on the reporting requirements to Congress for programs 

and activities funded under the national service laws. 

Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National 

and Community Service) 

Section 1701. Terms of office 

Amends Section 192 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12651a). Outlines the terms of service for board members, including allowing board members to serve for one additional 

year while the Senate confirms a successor. 

Section 1702. Board of directors authorities and duties 

Amends Section 192A (g) of the National and Community Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1265 lb (g)). Modifies board activities and defines 

the board’s relationship to the Corporation’s management. Requires 

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to the Office of Management and Budget and to review the performance of the Chief Executive Officer annually. 

Section 1703. Peer reviewers 

Amends Section 193A of the National and Community Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 12651d). This section augments the CEO’s duties to 

include annual reports on actions taken to achieve the goal of 

reaching 50 percent full-time national service positions and requires the CEO to obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating applications to the Corporation. 

Section 1704. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts 

Amends Section 195 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 12651f) Includes technical modifications to this section 

and adds language allowing the Corporation to enter into personal 

services contracts to carry out research, evaluation, and public 

awareness related to the national service laws. 

Section 1705. Donated services 

Amends Section 196(a) of the National and Community Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 g(a)). This section includes language allowing 

the Corporation to accept the donation of services from individuals 

or organizations. 

Section 1706. National Office of Outreach and Recruitment 

Amends Subtitle G of Title I to create a new office of Outreach 

and Recruitment. Describes the duties of the Office and allows the 

Office to solicit private sector funds to support its goals and activities. Adds language requiring the implementation of recruitment 

strategies and training programs for bilingual volunteers in the 

National Senior Service Corps under Title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. 

Section 1707. Planning study 

Amends Subtitle G of Title I. Requires the Corporation to conduct a study to examine service programs for veterans and identify 

how existing programs and activities carried out under the national 

service laws could better serve veterans and veterans’ service organizations. Also requires the Corporation to develop a pilot program 

based on the findings of the study. Authorizes such sums as may 

be necessary to carry out this subsection. 

Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 

Section 1801. Technical amendments to subtitle H 

Redesignates several subsections to Subtitle H. 

Section 1802. Repeals 

Repeals the Clearinghouse (section 198A), Military Installation 

Conversion Demonstration Programs (section 198C), and Special 

Demonstration Project (section 198D). 

Section 1803. Innovative and model program support 

Restructures innovation and demonstration programs across the 

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award fixed amount grants to carry out programs that re-engage 

court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism and recruits them as participants, volunteers, or members; 

programs focused on disadvantaged youth; learning and thinking 

skills; health and wellness, and programs that engage youth under 

the age of seventeen. Requires independent evaluations of such 

programs. 

Section 1804. Clearinghouses 

Modifies and adds to the functions of the Clearinghouse. Adds 

language to ensure collaboration with the National Office of Outreach and Recruitment on the establishment of an alumni network 

for former participants. 

Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Service Corps 

Section 1811. State application 

Includes a technical modification to this section. 

Subtitle J—Training and technical assistance 

Section 1821. Training and technical assistance 

Amends Section 199N of the National and Community Service 

Act. Creates a new Training and Technical Assistance Subtitle outlining the types of activities and assistance available to programs 

under the national service laws. Reserves up to one percent from 

amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this Subtitle. 

Subtitle K—Repeal of Title III (Points of Light Foundation) 

Section 1831. Repeal 

Repeals Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) of the National and 

Community Service Act. 

Subtitle L—Amendments to Title V (authorization of appropriations) 

Section 1841. Authorization of appropriations 

Amends Section 501 of the National and Community Service Act 

(42 U.S.C 12681). Authorizes $65 million for Learn and Serve 

America, including $10 million for summer of service grants and 

$10 million for Summer of Service Education Awards, and such 

sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. Authorizes a total of $485 million for Subtitles C, D, H and audits and 

evaluations and such sums as may be necessary for FY 2009 

through 2012, of which up to 15 percent shall be available for disaster and challenge grants. Authorizes $25 million for Subtitle E 

(National Civilian Community Corps) and such sums as may be 

necessary for FY 2009 through 2012. Authorizes $51 million for 

Program Administration and such sums as may be necessary for 

FY 2009 through 2012. This level includes sixty-nine percent for 

Administration and thirty-one percent for State Commissions. This 

section also reserves 2.5 percent of the amounts appropriated 

under Subtitles B, C, and H of Title I to carry out Training and 

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TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT

OF 1973

Section 2001. References 

This section references amendments and repeals under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I (National Volunteer Anti-poverty 

programs) 

Section 2101. Purpose 

Amends Section 2 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 4950). Adds language on long-term sustainability of projects 

and focuses on engaging civic, community, and educational organizations. 

Section 2102. Purpose of VISTA program 

Amends Section 101 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 4951). Adds language to support the efforts of local agencies 

and organizations in achieving the long-term sustainability of 

projects under this part. Expands the authority of the AmeriCorps 

VISTA program to meet the pressing needs of low-income communities through innovation. 

Section 2103. Applications 

Amends Section 103 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 4953). Adds language to expand the assignment of volunteers in projects and programs that focus on financial literacy, 

after-school programs, prisoner re-entry, veterans, childhood obesity and micro-enterprises. Places priority on the recruitment of 

disadvantaged youth, low-income adults and retired professionals. 

Section 2104. VISTA programs of national significance 

Amends Part A of Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 4953). Expands programs of national significance to address program that concern low-income and rural communities. Requires that one-third of VISTA funds be used for grants to support 

programs of national significance if appropriations exceed the authorized level. 

Section 2105. Terms and periods of service 

Amends Section 104(d) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 4954(d). Clarifies the terms and conditions of a VISTA members service, adverse action or termination proposed by the sponsoring organization. 

Section 2106. Support Service 

Amends Section 105(a)(1)(B) of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

Act (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)). Sets the minimum stipend for a 

VISTA volunteer at $125 per month and a maximum of $150 per 

month, subject to the availability of funds. Provides the Director 

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Section 2107. Sections repealed 

This section repeals VISTA Literacy Corps (42 U.S.C. 4949), 

VISTA Challenge Grants (42 U.S.C. 4995), and University Year for 

VISTA (42 U.S.C. 4971). 

Section 2108. Conforming amendment 

Includes a technical modification to Section 121 of the Domestic 

Volunteer Service Act (42. U.S.C. 4991). 

Section 2109. Financial assistance 

Includes a technical modification to Section 123 of the Domestic 

Volunteer Service Act (42 U.S.C. 4993). 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II (National Senior Volunteer 

Corps) 

Section 2201. Change in name 

Amends Title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

5000 et seq.). Changes the name of this title to the ‘‘National Senior Service Corps.’’

Section 2202. Purpose 

Amends Section 200 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5000) to establish new priorities for the National Senior 

Service Corps. 

Section 2203. Grants and contracts for volunteer service 

projects 

Amends Section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5001). Establishes new program priorities in the Retired 

and Senior Volunteer Program. Adds language on competition and 

provides priority consideration for existing grantees in good standing. Expands technical assistance to assist RSVP grantees and the 

Corporation in implementing competition. 

Section 2204. Foster Grandparent Program grants 

Amends Section 211 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5011). Lowers the minimum age from sixty to fifty-five 

years old. Extends the relationship between a foster grandparent 

and his/her assigned child to continue after the child reaches the 

age of 21. Includes language that increases the stipend from $2.65 

to $3.65 over five years. This section also defines low-income as 200 

percent of poverty for participants receiving a stipend in the Foster 

Grandparents program. It also includes language to allow the Director to provide a 10 percent stipend increase to volunteer leaders 

who assume more responsibility. 

Section 2205. Senior Companion Program grants 

Amends Section 213 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5013). Lowers the minimum age from sixty to fifty-five 

years old. Allows Senior Companions to receive a stipend consistent 

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Section 2206. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps 

Amends Section 221 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5021). Encourages greater participation of volunteers of all 

ages and backgrounds living in rural, suburban, and urban localities. 

Section 2207. Technical amendments 

Amends Section 223 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5023). Includes language to lower the age of participation 

from sixty years to fifty-five years of age. Additionally, this section 

amends the eligibility requirements to include minority and underserved populations. 

Section 2208. Programs of national significance 

Amends Section 225 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5025). Adds language that promotes the establishment of 

programs that support mentoring programs for disadvantaged 

youth, teach parenting skills, assist parents in obtaining childcare, 

assists teenage parents with locating employment training or placements, as well as after-school programs that serve children in lowincome communities. 

Section 2209. Additional provisions 

Amends Part D of Title 11 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) This section includes language to assist the 

Retired Senior Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparent programs, 

and Senior Companion programs to ensure continuity of service for 

communities. Adds language to allow a program receiving assistance under this Title to accept donations, including donations in 

cash or in kind. Prohibits programs from accepting donations from 

beneficiaries of the program. 

Section 2210. Authority of Director 

Amends Section 231 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5028). Authorizes the Director to place priority on programs 

with established experience in engaging the entire community in 

service exchange; programs with the capacity to connect to similar 

programs throughout a city or region to augment the available 

services to older Americans; programs seeking to establish in an 

area where the needs of older Americans are left unmet, and programs that integrate participants or collaborate with service-learning programs, AmeriCorps State and National programs, the 

VISTA program, the Retired Volunteer Service Program, Foster 

Grandparents program, and the Senior Companion program, and 

programs described in section 411 of the Older Americans Act of 

1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032). 

Subtitle C—Amendments to Title IV (administration and coordination) 

Section 2301. Nondisplacement 

Amends Section 404(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (40 

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Section 2302. Notice and hearing procedures 

Amends Section 412(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (40 

U.S.C. 5052(a)). Eliminates the requirement for an informal hearing and reduces the denial of refunding notice period from seventyfive days to sixty days. 

Section 2303. Definitions 

Amends Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5061). Modifies and adds to the definitions under this section, including the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

Section 2304. Protection against improper use 

Includes a technical modification to Section 425 of the Domestic 

Volunteer Service Act (42 U.S.C. 5065). 

Subtitle D—Amendments to Title V (authorization of appropriations) 

Section 2401. Authorization of appropriations for VISTA and 

other purposes 

Amends Section 501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5081). Authorizes $100 million for fiscal year 2008 and such 

sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

Section 2402. Authorization of appropriations for National Senior 

Service Corps. 

Amends Section 502 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5082). Authorizes $67,500,000 to the Retired and Senior 

Volunteer Program for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be 

necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. Authorizes 

$115,000,000 to the Foster Grandparent Program for fiscal year 

2008 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 

through 2012. Authorizes $52,000,000 to the Senior Companion 

Program for fiscal year 2008 and such sums are may be necessary 

for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. Authorizes $500,000 for Demonstration programs for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

Section 2403. Administration and coordination 

Amends Section 504 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 5084). Authorizes $35,000,000 to support the administrative 

needs of the programs under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. 

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS

Section 3101. Inspector General Act 

Includes a technical modification to Section 8E (a)(l) of the Inspector General Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS

Section 4101. Table of contents for the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

Amends Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act 

of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 note). Modifies and adds to the table of 

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Section 4102. Table of contents for the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973 

Amends Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 note). Modifies and adds to the table of contents for the Act. 

TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 5101. Effective date 

Authorizes the amendments made by the Act to take effect upon 

enactment of the Act. 

Section 5102. Service assignments and agreements 

Adds language to ensure that terms and conditions outlined in 

the amendments of the Act apply only to individuals who enroll or 

begin service assignments after 90 days after the date of enactment 

of the Act. 

VI. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS

The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, as amended, is 

explained in the body of this report. 

VII. APPLICATION OF LAW TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Section 102(b)(3) of Public Law 104–1, the Congressional Accountability Act, requires a description of the application of this bill 

to the legislative branch. H.R. 2857 reauthorizes and reforms the 

national service laws. The bill does not prevent legislative branch 

employees’ coverage under this legislation. 

VIII. UNFUNDED MANDATE STATEMENT

Section 423 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (as amended by Section 101(a)(2) of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, P.L. 104–4) requires a statement of whether the 

provisions of the reported bill include unfunded mandates. H.R. 

2857 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as 

defined by the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA). 

IX. EARMARK STATEMENT

H.R. 2857 does not contain any congressional earmarks, limited 

tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in clauses 9(d), 

9(e) or 9(f) of rule XXI of the House of Representatives. 

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XI. STATEMENT OF OVERSIGHT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

OF THE COMMITTEE

In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII and clause 2(b)(1) 

of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Committee’s oversight findings and recommendations are reflected in the 

body of this report. 

XII. NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY AND CBO COST ESTIMATE

With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of 

the House of Representatives and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and with respect to requirements of 

3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives and section 402 

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received the following estimate for H.R. 2857 from the Director of the 

Congressional Budget Office: 

U.S. CONGRESS, 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE, 

Washington, DC, August 3, 2007. 

Hon. GEORGE MILLER, 

Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has prepared the enclosed cost estimate for H.R. 2857, the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act. 

If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased 

to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Christina Hawley Anthony. 

Sincerely, 

PETER R. ORSZAG, 

Director. 

Enclosure. 

H.R. 2857—Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education 

Act 

Summary: H.R. 2857 would amend and reauthorize programs established under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. The bill would authorize appropriations of about $1 billion for fiscal year 2008. CBO 

estimates that authorizations under H.R. 2857 would total $6.2 billion over the 2008–2012 period for grants and other activities, including education awards for participants in national service activities. Assuming appropriation of the authorized and estimated 

amounts, CBO estimates that enactment of the bill would result in 

additional outlays of $277 million in 2008 and $4.1 billion over the 

2008–2012 period. Enacting the bill would not affect direct spending or revenues. 

H.R. 2857 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 

and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. 

Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated budgetary impact of H.R. 2857 is shown in the following table. The costs 

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By fiscal year, in millions of dollars— 

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 

SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION 

Spending Under Current Law: 

National and Community Service and Domestic 

Volunteer Service Acts: 

Budget Authority ............................................. 880 0 0 0 0 0 

Estimated Outlays .......................................... 853 607 278 149 77 51 

Proposed Changes: 

National and Community Service Act: 

Service Learning: 

Estimated Authorization Level ............... 0 65 66 67 69 70 

Estimated Outlays ................................. 0 8 34 57 67 69 

National Service Trust Programs: 

Estimated Authorization Level ............... 0 485 638 709 774 828 

Estimated Outlays ................................. 0 42 216 393 537 632 

National Civilian Community Corps: 

Estimated Authorization Level ............... 0 25 25 26 26 27 

Estimated Outlays ................................. 0 15 20 26 26 27 

Administration: 

Estimated Authorization Level ............... 0 51 53 55 56 59 

Estimated Outlays ................................. 0 41 50 54 56 58 

Veterans Demonstration Program: 

Estimated Authorization Level ............... 0 5 5 5 5 5 

Estimated Outlays ................................. 0 1 2 4 5 5 

Total, National and Community Service 

Act: 

Estimated Authorization Level ...... 0 631 787 862 931 989 

Estimated Outlays ........................ 0 106 322 534 691 790 

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: 

Estimated Authorization Level ........................ 0 375 382 390 398 407 

Estimated Outlays .......................................... 0 171 343 375 386 394 

Total Proposed Changes: 

Estimated Authorization Level ...... 0 1,006 1,169 1,252 1,329 1,396 

Estimated Outlays ........................ 0 277 664 909 1,077 1,184 

Spending Under H.R. 2857: 

Estimated Authorization Level ................................. 880 1,006 1,169 1,252 1,329 1,396 

Estimated Outlays ................................................... 853 884 942 1,058 1,154 1,235 

Notes.—The 2007 level is the amount appropriated for the National and Community Service and Domestic Volunteer Service programs. 

Components may not sum to totals because of rounding. 

Basis of estimate: The bill would amend and reauthorize programs established under the National and Community Service Act 

of 1990 (NCSA) and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

(DVSA). H.R. 2857 would authorize discretionary appropriations totaling $1 billion in 2008 and an estimated $6.2 billion over the 

2008–2012 period for administrative activities, grants to states and 

other entities, and education awards to certain participants in national service programs. For the most part, the bill would authorize 

specific amounts for 2008 and ‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’ for 

subsequent years through 2012. In most cases, CBO estimated the 

authorizations for the 2009–2012 period by adjusting the 2008 authorization for inflation. 

Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO esti- mates that enacting the bill would increase outlays by $277 million 

in 2008 and by $4.1 billion from 2008 to 2012. For this estimate, 

CBO assumes the bill will be enacted by October 1, 2008, and that 

outlays would follow historical spending patterns of those programs. 

National and Community Service Act of 1990 

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Authorization for programs under the NCSA expired after fiscal 

year 1996 but were extended through 1997 under the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), which provided an automatic oneyear extension in their authorization. However, appropriations for 

those programs have been made in the intervening years. The bill 

would authorize appropriations of $631 million for fiscal year 2008 

and such sums as may be necessary through fiscal year 2012. (Because the programs authorized under the NCSA would still be covered by GEPA, their authorization would be automatically extended through fiscal year 2013.) CBO estimates that authorizations under the NCSA would total $4.2 billion over the 2008–2012 

period. Assuming spending follows historical patterns, outlays 

would rise by $106 million in 2008 and by $2.4 billion from 2008 

to 2012. Another $2.8 billion from the bill’s authorization would be 

spent after 2012. 

Service-learning. Grants for service-learning activities-efforts to 

combine service activities with academic curricula-were funded at 

$37 million for fiscal year 2007. H.R. 2857 would authorize appropriations of $65 million for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may 

be necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. CBO estimates 

that authorizations for service-learning activities would total $337 

million over the 2008–2012 period. Outlays of those amounts would 

total an estimated $8 million in fiscal year 2008 and $235 million 

from 2008 through 2012. 

The authorizations under H.R. 2857 include $20 million annually 

for grants and education awards for ‘‘summer of service’’ positions, 

wherein school-aged participants can earn up to two awards of 

$500 for satisfactory completion of service in approved positions. 

Also, 2.5 percent of appropriated funds ($1.6 million in 2008) would 

be reserved for training and technical assistance under a new subtitle J of the NCSA. Of the remaining $43.4 million, 63.75 percent 

(about $28 million in 2008) would go to grants for programs aimed 

at elementary and secondary students. A further 25 percent (or 

roughly $11 million in 2008) would fund the national service programs for those in higher education. The remaining 11.25 percent 

(about $5 million in 2008) would go to new grants for innovative 

service-learning programs and research. Those grants would be 

aimed at integrating service-learning activities into science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula, and involving students in energy conservation, emergency and disaster preparedness, improving access to technology, and mentoring middle school 

students. 

National Service Trust programs and education awards. H.R. 

2857 would authorize appropriations of $485 million for fiscal year 

2008 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 

through 2012 for programs authorized under subtitles C, D, and H 

of the NCSA. Funding for those subtitles totaled $414 million for 

fiscal year 2007. Programs authorized under those subtitles include 

grants to states and other entities to operate Americorps programs, 

education awards earned by Americorps participants (including 

participants in the National Civilian Conservation Corps and Volunteers in Service to America programs), and additional activities 

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crease to 100,000 people (participation in 2006 was about 76,000 

people). 

The bill would reserve portions of the amount appropriated 

under this section for certain activities. Up to 15 percent of the annual appropriation could be used for quality and innovation activities under subtitle H, as well as for grants for disaster assistance 

and challenge grants. Competitive grants to provide veterans’ services and to recruit veterans into service positions would receive 3 

percent of each year’s appropriation. As with funding for servicelearning activities, 2.5 percent would be reserved for training and 

technical assistance under subtitle J. Finally, no less than one percent of the amount appropriated for these programs would be used 

to increase participation of individuals with disabilities in national 

service activities. 

CBO estimates that the $485 million authorization for 2008 

would be insufficient to provide for all the set-asides, Americorps 

participation, and education awards. CBO consulted with the Corporation for National Service regarding costs per participant enrolled in the Americorps program and the amounts that would need 

to be obligated for their education awards. After accounting for the 

amounts required for those programs and the set-asides for veterans, training and technical assistance, and individuals with disabilities, CBO estimates that there would be no funds available in 

2008 for the ‘‘up to 15 percent’’ that could be used for quality and 

innovation activities and disaster and challenge grants. CBO estimated the authorization level for the following years by assuming 

that the 15 percent set-aside would be fully funded (along with the 

other set-asides and increases in Americorps participation). Thus, 

the authorization level estimated for 2009, the first year of ‘‘such 

sums’’ authorization, would be a significant increase from the 2008 

figure. The bill would limit authorizations for Americorps to $324 mil- lion in 2008, $357 million in 2009, and $397 million in 2010. Assuming participation in its programs would rise to 100,000 by 

2012, CBO estimates that funding would rise to $432 million in 

2011 and $460 million in 2012. CBO estimates that authorizations 

for the National Service Trust programs and education awards-including funding for the increase in participation and the reserved 

amounts-would reach $638 million in 2009, $709 million in 2010, 

$774 million in 2011, and $828 million in 2012. Authorizations over 

the 2008–2012 period would total $3.4 billion. Assuming spending 

would follow historical patterns for those activities, outlays would 

increase by $42 million in 2008 and by $1.8 billion from 2008 to 

2012. 

National Civilian Community Corps. The bill would make permanent the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), which was 

originally authorized as a demonstration program. Funding for fiscal year 2007 totaled $27 million. Under H.R. 2857, the NCCC 

would be authorized at $25 million for fiscal year 2008 and such 

sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, outlays under 

this section would total $15 million in fiscal year 2008 and $114 

million over the 2008–2012 period. 

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may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2012. The bulk of 

that funding—69 percent—would be for federal administrative 

costs, with the remainder reserved for financial assistance to state 

commissions. Outlays for administrative activities would total $41 

million in fiscal year 2008 and $258 million from 2008 through 

2012, CBO estimates. 

Veterans Demonstration Program. The bill would require the 

Corporation for National and Community Service to identify ways 

in which national service programs can address the needs of veterans, and to develop and carry out a pilot program based on those 

findings. H.R. 2857 would authorize such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2008–2012 for that purpose. Based on funding provided for other pilot programs, CBO estimates authorizations for that program would total $5 million in 2008 and $26 million from 2008 through 2012. 

Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

H.R. 2857 also would amend and reauthorize programs under the 

Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including Volunteers in 

Service to America (VISTA) and volunteer programs aimed at engaging senior citizens in service activities. Most of the programs 

would be authorized at levels stated in the bill for 2008, and at 

‘‘such sums as may be necessary’’ for fiscal years 2009 through 

2012. 

The 2008 amounts that are specified in the bill are: • Volunteers in Service to America: $100 million; • Retired and Senior Volunteer Program: $67.5 million; • Foster Grandparent Program: $115 million; • Senior Companion Program: $52 million; • Demonstrations: $0.5 million; • Administration: $35 million. 

One other program, Special Volunteer Programs, would be authorized at such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2008 

through 2012. CBO estimated funding for that program based on 

its most recent appropriation of $5 million (which was in fiscal year 

2005). 

Overall, CBO estimates that the bill would authorize appropriations of $375 million for fiscal year 2008 and nearly $2.0 billion 

over the 2008–2012 period. Additional outlays resulting from such 

appropriations would total an estimated $171 million in 2008 and 

$1.7 billion from 2008 to 2012. 

Intergovernmental and private-sector impact: H.R. 2857 contains 

no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in 

UMRA. The bill would authorize grants to state, local, and tribal 

governments to support national service programs including 

AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Service Corps. CBO 

estimates that state, local, and tribal governments could receive 

grants totaling about $3 billion over the next five years. Any costs 

to those governments would be incurred voluntarily as a condition 

of receiving federal assistance. 

Estimate prepared by: Federal Costs: Christina Hawley Anthony; 

Impact on State, Local, and Tribal Governments: Melissa Merrell; 

Impact on the Private Sector: Nabeel Alsalam. 

Estimate approved by: Jeffrey M. Holland, Chief, Projections 

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XIII. STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND

OBJECTIVES

In accordance with clause 3(c) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, the goal of H.R. 2857 is to renew and promote the 

spirit of service by reauthorizing the national service laws. The 

Committee expects the Corporation for National Service to comply 

with H.R. 2857 and implement the changes to the law in accordance with these stated goals. 

XIV. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY STATEMENT

Under clause 3(d)(I) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives, 

the Committee must include a statement citing the specific powers 

granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the law proposed 

by H.R. 2857. The Committee believes that the amendments made 

by this bill are within Congress’ authority under Article I, section 

8, clause I of the U.S. Constitution. 

XV. COMMITTEE ESTIMATE

Clause 3(d)(2) of rule XIII of the House of Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison of the costs that would be incurred in carrying out H.R. 2857. However, clause 3(d)(3)(B) of that 

rule provides that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate 

of the bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act. 

XVI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) * * * 

ø(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as follows: 

øSec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

øSec. 2. Findings and purpose. 

øTITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM 

øSubtitle A—General Provisions 

øSec. 101. Definitions. 

øSec. 102. Authority to make State grants. 

øSubtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 

øPART I—SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS

øSUBPART A—SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS

øSec. 111. Authority to assist States and Indian tribes. 

øSec. 111A. Authority to assist local applicants in nonparticipating States. 

øSec. 111B. Authority to assist public or private nonprofit organizations. 

øSec. 112. Grants and allotments. 

øSec. 113. State or tribal applications. 

øSec. 114. Local applications. 


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øSec. 115. Consideration of applications. 

øSec. 115A. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 

øSec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

øSec. 116A. Limitations on uses of funds. 

øSec. 116B. Definitions. 

øSUBPART B—COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH

øSec. 117. Definitions. 

øSec. 117A. General authority. 

øSec. 117B. State applications. 

øSec. 117C. Local applications. 

øSec. 117D. Consideration of applications. 

øSec. 117E. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

øSec. 117F. Limitations on uses of funds. 

øSUBPART C—CLEARINGHOUSE

øSec. 118. Service-learning clearinghouse. 

øPART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

øSec. 119. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 

øSubtitle C—National Service Trust Program 

øPART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE

øSec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service positions. 

øSec. 122. Types of national service programs eligible for program assistance. 

øSec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national service educational awards. 

øSec. 124. Types of program assistance. 

øSec. 125. Training and technical assistance. 

øSec. 126. Other special assistance. 

øPART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

øSec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions by competitive and other means. 

øSec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 

øSec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 

øSec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 

øSec. 133. Consideration of applications. 

øPART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

øSec. 137. Description of participants. 

øSec. 138. Selection of national service participants. 

øSec. 139. Terms of service. 

øSec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants. 

øSec. 141. National service educational awards. 

øSubtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational 

Awards 

øSec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 

øSec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award from 

the Trust. 

øSec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service educational award. 

øSec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards. 

øSubtitle E—Civilian Community Corps 

øSec. 151. Purpose. 

øSec. 152. Establishment of Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program. 

øSec. 153. National service program. 

øSec. 154. Summer national service program. 

øSec. 155. Civilian Community Corps. 

øSec. 156. Training. 

øSec. 157. Service projects. 

øSec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

øSec. 159. Administrative provisions. 

øSec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 

øSec. 161. Contract and grant authority. 


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øSec. 162. Responsibilities of other departments. 

øSec. 163. Advisory board. 

øSec. 164. Annual evaluation. 

øSec. 165. Funding limitation. 

øSec. 166. Definitions. 

øSubtitle F—Administrative Provisions 

øSec. 171. Family and medical leave. 

øSec. 172. Reports. 

øSec. 173. Supplementation. 

øSec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 

øSec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 

øSec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

øSec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 

øSec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

øSec. 179. Evaluation. 

øSec. 180. Engagement of participants. 

øSec. 181. Contingent extension. 

øSec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 

øSec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

øSec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 

øSubtitle G—Corporation for National and Community Service 

øSec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service. 

øSec. 192. Board of Directors. 

øSec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors. 

øSec. 193. Chief Executive Officer. 

øSec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 

øSec. 194. Officers. 

øSec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel. 

øSec. 196. Administration. 

øSec. 196A. Corporation State offices. 

øSubtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 

øSec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 

øSec. 198A. Clearinghouses. 

øSec. 198B. Presidential awards for service. 

øSec. 198C. Military installation conversion demonstration programs. 

øSec. 198D. Special demonstration project. 

øSubtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 

øSec. 199. Short title. 

øSec. 199A. General authority. 

øSec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 

øSec. 199C. State application. 

øSec. 199D. Focus of programs. 

øSec. 199E. Related programs. 

øSec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 

øSec. 199G. Training and education services. 

øSec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 

øSec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 

øSec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 

øSec. 199K. Living allowance. 

øSec. 199L. Joint programs. 

øSec. 199M. Federal and State employee status. 

øTITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 

øSubtitle A—Publication 

øSec. 201. Information for students. 

øSec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 

øSec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 

øSec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations. 

øSubtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 

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øSubtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 

øSec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 

øTITLE III—POINTS OF LIGHT FOUNDATION 

øSec. 301. Short title. 

øSec. 302. Findings and purposes. 

øSec. 303. Authority. 

øSec. 304. Grants to the Foundation. 

øSec. 305. Eligibility of the Foundation for grants. 

øTITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 

øSec. 401. Projects. 

øTITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

øSec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 

øTITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

øSec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 

øSec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism to 

Democracy.¿ 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as 

follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 

Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM 

Subtitle A—General Provisions 

Sec. 101. Definitions. 

Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 

PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS

Sec. 111. Assistance to States, Territories, and Indian tribes. 

Sec. 112. Allotments. 

Sec. 113. Applications. 

Sec. 114. Consideration of applications. 

Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 

Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

Sec. 116A. Limitations on uses of funds. 

PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

Sec. 117. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 

PART III—INNOVATIVE SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH

Sec. 118. Innovative demonstration service-learning programs and research. 

Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program 

PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE

Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service positions. 

Sec. 122. Types of national service programs eligible for program assistance. 

Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national service 

educational awards. 

Sec. 124. Types of program assistance. 

Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 

PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. 

Sec. 129A. Education awards only research. 

Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 

Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 

Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 

Sec. 133. Consideration of applications. 


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PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

Sec. 137. Description of participants. 

Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants. 

Sec. 139. Terms of service. 

Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants. 

Sec. 141. National service educational awards. 

Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational 

Awards 

Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 

Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award from 

the Trust. 

Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service educational award. 

Sec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards. 

Sec. 149. Process of approval of national service positions. 

Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps 

Sec. 151. Purpose. 

Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program. 

Sec. 153. National service program. 

Sec. 154. Summer national service program. 

Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps. 

Sec. 156. Training. 

Sec. 157. Service projects. 

Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

Sec. 159. Administrative provisions. 

Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 

Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority. 

Sec. 162. Responsibilities of other departments. 

Sec. 163. Advisory board. 

Sec. 164. Annual evaluation. 

Sec. 166. Definitions. 

Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 

Sec. 171. Family and medical leave. 

Sec. 172. Reports. 

Sec. 173. Supplementation. 

Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 

Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 

Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 

Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

Sec. 179. Evaluation. 

Sec. 180. Engagement of participants. 

Sec. 181. Contingent extension. 

Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 

Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 

Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements. 

Sec. 186. Sustainability. 

Sec. 187. Use of recovered funds. 

Sec. 188. Expenses of attending meetings. 

Sec. 189. Grant periods. 

Sec. 189A. Generation of volunteers. 

Sec. 189B. Limitation on program grant costs. 

Sec. 189C. Audits and reports. 

Subtitle G—Corporation for National and Community Service 

Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service. 

Sec. 192. Board of Directors. 

Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors. 

Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 194. Officers. 

Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel. 

Sec. 196. Administration. 

Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices. 

Sec. 196B. Office of Outreach and Recruitment. 


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Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 

PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL 

SERVICE 

Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 

Sec. 198B. Presidential awards for service. 

PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT 

Sec. 198D. Innovative and model program support. 

PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSE 

Sec. 198E. National service programs clearinghouse. 

Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 

Sec. 199. Short title. 

Sec. 199A. General authority. 

Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 

Sec. 199C. State application. 

Sec. 199D. Focus of programs. 

Sec. 199E. Related programs. 

Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 

Sec. 199G. Training and education services. 

Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 

Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 

Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 

Sec. 199K. Living allowance. 

Sec. 199L. Joint programs. 

Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status. 

Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance. 

TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—Publication 

Sec. 201. Information for students. 

Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 

Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 

Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations. 

Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 

Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects. 

Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 

Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 

TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 

Sec. 401. Projects. 

TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 

Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism to Democracy. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. 

(a) * * * 

(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to—

(1) meet the unmet human, educational, environmental, and 

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(2) renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spirit of 

øcommunity throughout¿ community and service throughout 

the varied and diverse communities of the United States; 

* * * * * * * 

(4) encourage citizens of the United States, regardless of age, 

income, geographic location, or disability, to engage in full-time 

or part-time national service; 

* * * * * * * 

(6) expand and strengthen existing national service programs with demonstrated experience in providing structured 

service opportunities with visible benefits to the participants 

and community; 

(7) build on the existing organizational service infrastructure 

of Federal, State, and local øprograms and agencies¿ programs, 

agencies, and communities to expand full-time and part-time 

service opportunities for all citizens; øand¿ 

(8) provide tangible benefits to the communities in which national service is performedø.¿; 

(9) expand and strengthen service-learning programs through 

year-round opportunities, including during the summer months, 

to improve the education of children and youth and to maximize the benefits of national and community service, in order 

to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spirit of community to children and youth throughout the United States; 

(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening Federal and 

other citizen service opportunities, including opportunities for 

participation in emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, 

and recovery; 

(11) increase service opportunities for our Nation’s retiring 

professionals, including such opportunities for those retiring 

from the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics professions to improve the education of our Nation’s youth and 

keep America competitive in the global knowledge economy, and 

to further utilize the experience, knowledge, and skills of older 

Americans; 

(12) encourage the continued service of the alumni of the national service programs, including service in times of national 

need; and 

(13) encourage members of the Baby Boom generation to partake in service opportunities. 

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that the number of participants in the 

AmeriCorps programs, including the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), 

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TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 

SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM 

Subtitle A—General Provisions 

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 

For purposes of this title: 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term ‘‘approved summer of service position’’ means a position in a program described under section 111(a)(5) for which the Corporation has approved the provision of a summer of service educational award as one of the benefits to be provided for successful service in the position. 

(4) BABY BOOM GENERATION.—The term ‘‘Baby Boom generation’’ means the generation that consists of individuals born 

during the period beginning with 1946 and ending with 1964. 

ø(3)¿ (5) CARRY OUT.—The term ‘‘carry out’’, when used in 

connection with a national service program ødescribed in section 122¿, means the planning, establishment, operation, expansion, or replication of the program. 

ø(4)¿ (6) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.—The term ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’, except when used to refer to the chief executive 

officer of a State, means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation appointed under section 193. 

ø(5)¿ (7) COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘communitybased agency’’ means a private nonprofit organization (including a øchurch or other¿ religious entity) that—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(6)¿ (8) CORPORATION.—The term ‘‘Corporation’’ means the 

Corporation for National and Community Service established 

under section 191. 

(9) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘‘disadvantaged youth’’

includes those youth who are economically disadvantaged and 

one or more of the following: 

(A) Who are out-of-school youth, including out-of-school 

youth who are unemployed. 

(B) Who are in or aging out of foster care. 

(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 

(D) Who are homeless or who have run away from home. 

(E) Who are at-risk to leave school without a diploma. 

(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at risk of delinquency. 

ø(7)¿ (10) ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.—The term ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ means, with respect to an individual, 

an individual who is determined by the Chief Executive Officer 

to be low-income according to the latest available data from the 

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ø(8)¿ (11) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘elementary 

school’’ has the same meaning given such term in section 9101 

of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 

(12) GRANTMAKING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘grantmaking entity’’ means a public or private nonprofit organization that—

(A) has experience with service-learning or with meeting 

unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 

needs; 

(B) was in existence at least one year before the date on 

which the organization submitted an application under the 

national service laws; and 

(C) meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish. 

(13) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘Hispanicserving institution’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

1101a(a)). 

(14) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

term ‘‘historically black college or university’’ means a part B 

institution, as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 

ø(9)¿ (15) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means a person who 

is a member of an Indian tribe, or is a ‘‘Native’’, as defined in 

section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

U.S.C. 1602(b)). 

ø(10)¿ (16) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘‘Indian lands’’ means 

any real property owned by an Indian tribe, any real property 

held in trust by the United States for an Indian or Indian 

tribe, and any real property held by an Indian or Indian tribe 

that is subject to restrictions on alienation imposed by the 

United States. 

ø(11)¿ (17) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(12)¿ (18) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—Except as provided in section 175(a), the term ‘‘individual with a disability’’

has the meaning given the term in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 

ø(13)¿ (19) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term 

‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the same meaning given 

such term in øsection 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965¿ sections 101(a) and 102(a)(1) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965. 

ø(14)¿ (20) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘local 

educational agency’’ has the same meaning given such term in 

section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965. 

ø(15)¿ (21) NATIONAL SERVICE LAWS.—The term ‘‘national 

service laws’’ means this Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 

ø(16)¿ (22) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘‘out-of-school 

youth’’ means an individual who—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 


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ø(17)¿ (23) PARTICIPANT.—

(A) * * * 

(B) RULE.—A participant shall not be considered to be 

an employee of the øprogram in which the participant is 

enrolled¿ organization receiving assistance under the national service laws through which the participant is enrolled in an approved national service position. 

ø(18)¿ (24) PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘partnership 

program’’ means a program through which an adult volunteer, 

a public or private nonprofit organization, an institution of 

higher education, or a business assists a local educational 

agency. 

ø(19)¿ (25) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’, unless the context otherwise requires, and except when used as part of the 

term ‘‘academic program’’, means a program described in section 111(a) (other than a program referred to in paragraph 

(3)(B) of such section), 117A(a), 119(b)(1), or 122(a), or in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 152(b), or an activity that could be 

funded under section 198, 198C, or 198D. 

ø(20)¿ (26) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ means an activity, 

carried out through a program that receives assistance under 

this title, that results in a specific identifiable service or improvement that otherwise would not be done with existing 

funds, and that does not duplicate the routine services or functions of the employer to whom participants are assigned. 

(27) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘qualified organization’’ means a public or private nonprofit organization with 

experience working with school-age youth that meets such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish. 

ø(21)¿ (28) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—The term ‘‘school-age 

youth’’ means—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(22)¿ (29) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘secondary 

school’’ has the same meaning given such term in section 9101 

of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 

ø(23)¿ (30) SERVICE-LEARNING.—The term ‘‘service-learning’’

means a method—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(24)¿ (31) SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘service-learning coordinator’’ means an individual who provides services as described in subsection (a)(3) or (b) of section 

111. 

ø(25)¿ (32) SERVICE SPONSOR.—The term ‘‘service sponsor’’

means an organization, or other entity, that has been selected 

to provide a placement for a participant. 

ø(26)¿ (33) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. The term also includes Palau, until such time as the 

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ø(27)¿ (34) STATE COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘State Commission’’ means a State Commission on National and Community 

Service maintained by a State pursuant to section 178. Except 

when used in section 178, the term includes an alternative administrative entity for a State approved by the Corporation 

under such section to act in lieu of a State Commission. 

ø(28)¿ (35) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State 

educational agency’’ has the same meaning given such term in 

section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965. 

ø(29)¿ (36) STUDENT.—The term ‘‘student’’ means an individual who is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school or 

institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis. 

(37) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

term ‘‘tribally controlled college or university’’ has the meaning 

given in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 

Subtitle B—School-Based and CommunityBased Service-Learning Programs 

øPART I—SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS 

øSubpart A—School-Based Programs for Students 

øSEC. 111. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES. 

ø(a) USE OF FUNDS.—The Corporation, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Education, may make grants under section 112(b)(1), 

and allotments under subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section 112, to 

States (through State educational agencies), and to Indian tribes, 

to pay for the Federal share of—

ø(1) planning and building the capacity of the States or Indian tribes (which may be accomplished through grants or contracts with qualified organizations) to implement school-based 

service-learning programs, including—

ø(A) providing training for teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based agencies (particularly with 

regard to the utilization of participants), and trainers, to 

be conducted by qualified individuals or organizations that 

have experience with service-learning; 

ø(B) developing service-learning curricula to be integrated into academic programs, including the age-appropriate learning component described in section 114(d)(2); 

ø(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph 

(2) or (4) to develop school-based service-learning programs 

in accordance with this subpart; 

ø(D) devising appropriate methods for research and evaluation of the educational value of service-learning and the 

effect of service-learning activities on communities; and 

ø(E) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of 

information to ensure the broadest possible involvement of 

community-based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness 

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ø(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 

service-learning programs, which may include paying for the 

cost of the recruitment, training, supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of service-learning coordinators, through 

State distribution of Federal funds made available under this 

subpart to projects operated by local partnerships among—

ø(A) local educational agencies; and 

ø(B) one or more community partners that—

ø(i) shall include a public or private nonprofit organization that—

ø(I) has a demonstrated expertise in the provision of services to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; 

ø(II) was in existence at least 1 year before the 

date on which the organization submitted an application under section 114; and 

ø(III) will make projects available for participants, who shall be students; and 

ø(ii) may include a private for-profit business or private elementary or secondary school; 

ø(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, 

through State distribution of Federal funds made available 

under this subpart to local educational agencies, which planning may include paying for the cost of—

ø(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning coordinators; or 

ø(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, and placement of service-learning coordinators who are participants 

in a program under subtitle C or receive a national service 

educational award under subtitle D, 

who will identify the community partners described in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of a 

program described in paragraph (2); and 

ø(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 

service-learning programs involving adult volunteers to utilize 

service-learning to improve the education of students, through 

State distribution of Federal funds made available under this 

part to local partnerships among—

ø(A) local educational agencies; and 

ø(B) one or more—

ø(i) public or private nonprofit organizations; 

ø(ii) other educational agencies; or 

ø(iii) private for-profit businesses, 

that coordinate and operate projects for participants, who shall 

be students. 

ø(b) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—A servicelearning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall provide services to a local educational agency by—

ø(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and 

facilitating the training of, teachers who want to use servicelearning in their classrooms; 

ø(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection (a) 

in the planning, development, and execution of service-learning 

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ø(3) carrying out such other duties as the local educational 

agency may determine to be appropriate. 

ø(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—A partnership, local educational agency, or other qualified organization that receives financial assistance 

under this subpart may, in carrying out the activities described in 

subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the Federal share of 

reasonable costs related to the supervision of participants, program 

administration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations, and for 

other reasonable expenses related to the activities. 

øSEC. 111A. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL APPLICANTS IN NONPARTICIPATING STATES. 

øIn any fiscal year in which a State does not submit an application under section 113, for an allotment under subsection (a) or 

(b)(2) of section 112, that meets the requirements of section 113 

and such other requirements as the Chief Executive Officer may 

determine to be appropriate, the Corporation may use the allotment of that State to make direct grants to pay for the Federal 

share of the cost of—

ø(1) carrying out the activities described in paragraph (2) or 

(4) of section 111(a), to a local partnership described in such 

paragraph; or 

ø(2) carrying out the activities described in paragraph (3) of 

such section, to an agency described in such paragraph, 

that is located in the State. 

øSEC. 111B. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NONPROFIT 

ORGANIZATIONS. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may make grants under section 112(b)(1) to public or private nonprofit organizations that—

ø(1) have experience with service-learning; 

ø(2) were in existence at least 1 year before the date on 

which the organization submitted an application under section 

114(a); and 

ø(3) meet such other criteria as the Chief Executive Officer 

may establish. 

ø(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Such organizations may use grants made 

under subsection (a) to make grants to partnerships described in 

paragraph (2) or (4) of section 111(a) to implement, operate, or expand school-based service-learning programs as described in such 

section and provide technical assistance and training to appropriate persons. 

øSEC. 112. GRANTS AND ALLOTMENTS. 

ø(a) INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not more than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 

American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective needs. 

The Corporation may also make payments from such amount to 

Palau, in accordance with its needs, until such time as the Compact of Free Association with Palau is ratified. 

ø(b) GRANTS AND ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—The Corporation shall use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out 

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ø(1) GRANTS.—Except as provided in paragraph (3), from 25 

percent of such remainder, the Corporation may make grants, 

on a competitive basis, to—

ø(A) States and Indian tribes; or 

ø(B) as described in section 111B, to grantmaking entities. 

ø(2) ALLOTMENTS.—

(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—Except as provided in paragraph (3), from 37.5 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each State an amount that bears the 

same ratio to 37.5 percent of such remainder as the number of school-age youth in the State bears to the total number of school-age youth of all States. 

ø(B) ALLOCATION UNDER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—Except as provided in paragraph 

(3), from 37.5 percent of such remainder, the Corporation 

shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same 

ratio to 37.5 percent of such remainder as the allocation to 

the State for the previous fiscal year under title I of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

U.S.C. 2711 et seq.) or its successor authority bears to 

such allocations to all States. 

ø(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—No State shall receive, under paragraph (2), an allotment that is less than the allotment such 

State received for fiscal year 1993 under section 112(b) of this 

Act, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 

part. If the amount of funds made available in a fiscal year to 

carry out paragraph (2) is insufficient to make such allotments, 

the Corporation shall make available sums from the 25 percent 

described in paragraph (1) for such fiscal year to make such allotments. 

ø(4) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101(26), for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 

several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

ø(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines that the allotment of a State or Indian tribe under this section will not be required for a fiscal year because the State or Indian tribe does not 

submit an application for the allotment under section 113 that 

meets the requirements of such section and such other requirements as the Chief Executive Officer may determine to be appropriate, the Corporation shall, after making any grants under section 111A to a partnership or agency described in such section, 

make any remainder of such allotment available for reallotment to 

such other States, and Indian tribes, with approved applications 

submitted under section 113, as the Corporation may determine to 

be appropriate. 

ø(d) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), if less 

than $20,000,000 is appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out 

this subpart, the Corporation shall award grants to States and Indian tribes, from the amount so appropriated, on a competitive 

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øSEC. 113. STATE OR TRIBAL APPLICATIONS. 

ø(a) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under section 

112(b)(1), an allotment under subsection (a) or (b)(2) of section 112, 

a reallotment under section 112(c), or a grant under section 112(d), 

a State, acting through the State educational agency, or an Indian 

tribe, shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval 

of, an application at such time and in such manner as the Chief 

Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

ø(b) CONTENTS.—An application that is submitted under subsection (a) with respect to service-learning programs described in 

section 111 shall include—

ø(1) a 3-year strategic plan, or a revision of a previously approved 3-year strategic plan, for promoting service-learning 

through the programs, which plan shall contain such information as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, including information demonstrating that the programs will be 

carried out in a manner consistent with the approved strategic 

plan; 

ø(2) assurances that—

ø(A) the applicant will keep such records and provide 

such information to the Corporation with respect to the 

programs as may be required for fiscal audits and program 

evaluation; and 

ø(B) the applicant will comply with the nonduplication 

and nondisplacement requirements of section 177 and the 

grievance procedure requirements of section 176(f); and 

ø(3) such additional information as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

øSEC. 114. LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 

ø(a) APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO MAKE GRANTS FOR

SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.—

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant in accordance with section 111B(a) to make grants relating to schoolbased service-learning programs described in section 111(a), a 

grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, 

and obtain approval of, an application. 

ø(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at 

such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

Such application shall include a proposal to assist such programs in more than 1 State. 

ø(b) DIRECT APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO CARRY OUT

SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS IN NONPARTICIPATING STATES.—To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation in the circumstances described in section 111A to carry out an 

activity as described in such section, a partnership or agency described in such section shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, 

and obtain approval of, an application. Such application shall be 

submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 

information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

ø(c) APPLICATION TO STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.—

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ø(A) qualified organization that desires to receive financial assistance under this subpart from a State or Indian 

tribe for an activity described in section 111(a)(1); 

ø(B) partnership described in section 111(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance from a State, Indian tribe, 

or grantmaking entity for an activity described in section 

111(a)(2); 

ø(C) agency described in section 111(a)(3) that desires to 

receive such assistance from a State or Indian tribe for an 

activity described in such section; or 

ø(D) partnership described in section 111(a)(4) that desires to receive such assistance from a State or Indian 

tribe for an activity described in such section, 

to be carried out through a service-learning program described 

in section 111, shall prepare, submit to the State educational 

agency, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity, and obtain approval of, an application for the program. 

ø(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at 

such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the agency, tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 

ø(d) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall by regulation establish standards for the information and assurances required to be 

contained in an application submitted under subsection (a) or (b) 

with respect to a service-learning program described in section 111, 

including, at a minimum, assurances that— ø(1) prior to the placement of a participant, the entity carrying out the program will consult with the appropriate local 

labor organization, if any, representing employees in the area 

who are engaged in the same or similar work as that proposed 

to be carried out by such program, to prevent the displacement 

and protect the rights of such employees; 

ø(2) the entity carrying out the program will develop an ageappropriate learning component for participants in the program that shall include a chance for participants to analyze 

and apply their service experiences; and 

ø(3) the entity carrying out the program will comply with the 

nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of section 

177 and the grievance procedure requirements of section 

176(f). 

ø(e) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.— No applicant shall submit an application under section 113 or this 

section, and the Corporation shall reject an application that is submitted under section 113 or this section, if the application describes 

a project proposed to be conducted using assistance requested by 

the applicant and the project is already described in another application pending before the Corporation. 

øSEC. 115. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

ø(a) CRITERIA FOR APPLICATIONS.—In approving applications for 

financial assistance under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 

112, the Corporation shall consider such criteria with respect to 

sustainability, replicability, innovation, and quality of programs 

under this subpart as the Chief Executive Officer may by regulation specify. In providing assistance under this subpart, a State 

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ø(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assistance 

under this subpart, a State educational agency or Indian tribe, or 

the Corporation if section 111A or 111B applies, shall give priority 

to entities that submit applications under section 114 with respect 

to service-learning programs described in section 111 that— ø(1) involve participants in the design and operation of the 

program; 

ø(2) are in the greatest need of assistance, such as programs 

targeting low-income areas; 

ø(3) involve— ø(A) students from public elementary or secondary 

schools, and students from private elementary or secondary schools, serving together; or 

ø(B) students of different ages, races, sexes, ethnic 

groups, disabilities, or economic backgrounds, serving together; or 

ø(4) are integrated into the academic program of the participants. 

ø(c) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corporation rejects an 

application submitted by a State under section 113 for an allotment 

under section 112(b)(2), the Corporation shall promptly notify the 

State of the reasons for the rejection of the application. The Corporation shall provide the State with a reasonable opportunity to 

revise and resubmit the application and shall provide technical assistance, if needed, to the State as part of the resubmission process. 

The Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 

øSEC. 115A. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the number of 

students in the State or Indian tribe or in the school district of the 

local educational agency involved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, such State, Indian tribe, 

or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate private school 

representatives) make provision—

ø(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for the 

benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable participation of such students in the programs implemented to carry 

out the objectives and provide the benefits described in this 

subpart; and 

ø(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so as 

to allow for the equitable participation of such teachers in the 

programs implemented to carry out the objectives and provide 

the benefits described in this subpart. 

ø(b) WAIVER.—If a State, Indian tribe, or local educational agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participation of students or teachers from private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that a State, Indian 

tribe, or local educational agency substantially fails or is unwilling 

to provide for such participation on an equitable basis, the Chief 

Executive Officer shall waive such requirements and shall arrange 

for the provision of services to such students and teachers. Such 

waivers shall be subject to consultation, withholding, notice, and 

judicial review requirements in accordance with paragraphs (3) and 

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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2727(b)), as in effect on the day preceding 

the date of enactment of the Improving America’s Schools Act of 

1994. 

øSEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 

ø(a) SHARE.—

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share attributable to this 

subpart of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant 

or allotment is made under this subpart may not exceed—

ø(A) 90 percent of the total cost of the program for the 

first year for which the program receives assistance under 

this subpart; 

ø(B) 80 percent of the total cost of the program for the 

second year for which the program receives assistance 

under this subpart; 

ø(C) 70 percent of the total cost of the program for the 

third year for which the program receives assistance under 

this subpart; and 

ø(D) 50 percent of the total cost of the program for the 

fourth year, and for any subsequent year, for which the 

program receives assistance under this subpart. 

ø(2) CALCULATION.—In providing for the remaining share of 

the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient of assistance under this subpart—

ø(A) shall provide for such share through a payment in 

cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

ø(B) may provide for such share through State sources, 

local sources, or Federal sources (other than funds made 

available under the national service laws). 

ø(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to any 

such program in any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that 

such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at the local level. 

øSEC. 116A. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 

ø(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—

ø(1) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of the amount of 

assistance provided to a State educational agency, Indian tribe, 

or grantmaking entity that is the original recipient of a grant 

or allotment under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 112 

for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative costs 

incurred by—

ø(A) the original recipient; or 

ø(B) the entity carrying out the service-learning programs supported with the assistance. 

ø(2) RULES ON USE.—The Chief Executive Officer may by 

rule prescribe the manner and extent to which—

ø(A) such assistance may be used to cover administrative costs; and 

ø(B) that portion of the assistance available to cover administrative costs should be distributed between—

ø(i) the original recipient; and 

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ø(b) CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES.—

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 

less than 10 percent and not more than 15 percent of the 

amount of assistance provided to a State educational agency or 

Indian tribe that is the original recipient of a grant or allotment under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 112 for a 

fiscal year may be used to build capacity through training, 

technical assistance, curriculum development, and coordination 

activities, described in section 111(a)(1). 

ø(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in order to permit an agency or 

a tribe to use not less than 10 percent and not more than 20 

percent of such amount to build capacity as provided in paragraph (1). To be eligible to receive such a waiver such an agency or tribe shall submit an application to the Chief Executive 

Officer at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Chief Executive Officer may require. 

ø(c) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available under this 

subpart may not be used to pay any stipend, allowance, or other 

financial support to any student who is a participant under this 

subtitle, except reimbursement for transportation, meals, and other 

reasonable out-of-pocket expenses directly related to participation 

in a program assisted under this subpart. 

øSEC. 116B. DEFINITIONS. 

ø As used in this subpart: 

ø(1) GRANTMAKING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘grantmaking entity’’

means an organization described in section 111B(a). 

ø(2) SCHOOL-BASED.—The term ‘‘school-based’’ means based 

in an elementary school or a secondary school. 

ø(3) STUDENT.—Notwithstanding section 101(29), the term 

‘‘student’’ means an individual who is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school on a full- or part-time basis. 

øSubpart B—Community-Based Service Programs 

for School-Age Youth 

øSEC. 117. DEFINITIONS. 

ø As used in this subpart: 

ø(1) COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘community-based service program’’ means a program described in 

section 117A(b)(1)(A). 

ø(2) GRANTMAKING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘grantmaking entity’’

means a qualified organization that—

ø(A) submits an application under section 117C(a) to 

make grants to qualified organizations; 

ø(B) was in existence at least 1 year before the date on 

which the organization submitted the application; and 

ø(C) meets such other criteria as the Chief Executive Officer shall establish. 

ø(3) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘qualified organization’’ means a public or private nonprofit organization with 

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øSEC. 117A. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 

ø(a) GRANTS.—From the funds appropriated to carry out this subpart for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make grants to State 

Commissions, grantmaking entities, and qualified organizations to 

pay for the Federal share of the implementation, operation, expansion, or replication of community-based service programs. 

ø(b) USE OF FUNDS.—

ø(1) STATE COMMISSIONS AND GRANTMAKING ENTITIES.—A 

State Commission or grantmaking entity may use a grant 

made under subsection (a)—

ø(A) to make a grant to a qualified organization to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a community-based 

service program that provides for meaningful human, educational, environmental, or public safety service by participants, who shall be school-age youth; or 

ø(B) to provide training and technical assistance to such 

an organization. 

ø(2) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS.—A qualified organization, 

other than a grantmaking entity, may use a grant made under 

subsection (a) to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a 

program described in paragraph (1)(A). 

øSEC. 117B. STATE APPLICATIONS. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant under section 

117A(a), a State Commission shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application. 

ø(b) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted to the 

Corporation at such time and in such manner, and shall contain 

such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 

require. 

ø(c) CONTENTS.—Such an application shall include, at a minimum, a State plan that contains the information and assurances 

described in section 117C(d) with respect to each community-based 

service program proposed to be carried out through funding distributed by the State Commission under this subpart. 

øSEC. 117C. LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 

ø(a) APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO MAKE GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS.—To be eligible to receive a 

grant from the Corporation under section 117A(a) to make grants 

under section 117A(b)(1), a grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application that 

proposes a community-based service program to be carried out 

through grants made to qualified organizations. Such application 

shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

ø(b) DIRECT APPLICATION TO CORPORATION TO CARRY OUT COM- MUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS.—To be eligible to receive a 

grant from the Corporation under section 117A(a) to implement, 

operate, expand, or replicate a community service program, a qualified organization shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application that proposes a community-based 

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tain such information, as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

ø(c) APPLICATION TO STATE COMMISSION OR GRANTMAKING ENTI- TY TO RECEIVE GRANTS TO CARRY OUT COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE

PROGRAMS.—To be eligible to receive a grant from a State Commission or grantmaking entity under section 117A(b)(1), a qualified organization shall prepare, submit to the Commission or entity, and 

obtain approval of, an application. Such application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 

information, as the Commission or entity may reasonably require. 

ø(d) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall by regulation establish standards for the information and assurances required to be 

contained in an application submitted under subsection (a) or (b) 

with respect to a community-based service program, including, at 

a minimum— ø(1) an assurance that the entity carrying out the program 

proposed by the applicant will comply with the nonduplication 

and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 and the grievance procedure requirements of section 176(f); 

ø(2) an assurance that the entity carrying out the program 

will, prior to placing a participant in the program, consult with 

the appropriate local labor organization, if any, representing 

employees in the area in which the program will be carried out 

that are engaged in the same or similar work as the work proposed to be carried out by the program, to prevent the displacement of such employees; and 

ø(3) in the case of an application submitted by a 

grantmaking entity, information demonstrating that the entity 

will make grants for a program to— ø(A) carry out activities described in section 117A(b)(1) 

in two or more States, under circumstances in which the 

activities carried out under such program can be carried 

out more efficiently through one program than through 

two or more programs; and 

ø(B) carry out the same activities, such as training activities or activities related to exchanging information on 

service experiences, through each of the projects assisted 

through the program. 

ø(e) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.— No applicant shall submit an application under section 117B or 

this section, and the Corporation shall reject an application that is 

submitted under section 117B or this section, if the application describes a project proposed to be conducted using assistance requested by the applicant and the project is already described in another application pending before the Corporation. 

øSEC. 117D. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

ø(a) APPLICATION OF CRITERIA.—The Corporation shall apply the 

criteria described in subsection (b) in determining whether to approve an application submitted under section 117B or under subsection (a) or (b) of section 117C and to provide assistance under 

section 117A to the applicant on the basis of the application. 

ø(b) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—In evaluating such an application 

with respect to a program under this subpart, the Corporation shall 

consider the criteria established for national service programs 

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ø(c) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—A State Commission or 

grantmaking entity shall apply the criteria described in subsection 

(b) in determining whether to approve an application under section 

117C(c) and to make a grant under section 117A(b)(1) to the applicant on the basis of the application. 

øSEC. 117E. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 

ø(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share attributable to this 

subpart of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant 

is made under this subpart may not exceed the percentage 

specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 

116(a)(1), as appropriate. 

ø(2) CALCULATION.—Each recipient of assistance under this 

subpart shall comply with section 116(a)(2). 

ø(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of subsection (a), in whole or in part, as provided in 

section 116(b). 

øSEC. 117F. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 

ø(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5 percent of the 

amount of assistance provided to a State Commission, grantmaking 

entity, or qualified organization that is the original recipient of a 

grant under section 117A(a) for a fiscal year may be used to pay 

for administrative costs incurred by—

ø(1) the original recipient; or 

ø(2) the entity carrying out the community-based service programs supported with the assistance. 

ø(b) RULES ON USE.—The Chief Executive Officer may by rule 

prescribe the manner and extent to which—

ø(1) such assistance may be used to cover administrative 

costs; and 

ø(2) that portion of the assistance available to cover administrative costs should be distributed between—

ø(A) the original recipient; and 

ø(B) the entity carrying out the community-based service 

programs supported with the assistance. 

øSubpart C—Clearinghouse 

øSEC. 118. SERVICE-LEARNING CLEARINGHOUSE. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide financial assistance, from funds appropriated to carry out subtitle H, to organizations described in subsection (b) to establish a clearinghouse, which 

shall carry out activities, either directly or by arrangement with 

another such organization, with respect to information about service-learning. 

ø(b) PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—Public or 

private nonprofit organizations that have extensive experience with 

service-learning, including use of adult volunteers to foster servicelearning, shall be eligible to receive assistance under subsection (a). 

ø(c) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—An organization that receives assistance under subsection (a) may—

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ø(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning servicelearning; 

ø(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to State 

and local service-learning program administrators, supervisors, 

service sponsors, and participants; and 

ø(B) provide training to persons who can provide the leadership development and training described in subparagraph (A); 

ø(4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out 

service-learning programs and participants in such programs; 

ø(5) provide information, curriculum materials, and technical 

assistance relating to planning and operation of service-learning programs, to States and local entities eligible to receive financial assistance under this title; 

ø(6) provide information regarding methods to make servicelearning programs accessible to individuals with disabilities; 

ø(7)(A) gather and disseminate information on successful 

service-learning programs, components of such successful programs, innovative youth skills curricula related to servicelearning, and service-learning projects; and 

ø(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearinghouse with appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort; 

ø(8) make recommendations to State and local entities on 

quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning programs; 

ø(9) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and placing 

service-learning coordinators; and 

ø(10) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive 

Officer determines to be appropriate.¿ 

PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 

SECONDARY STUDENTS. 

SEC. 111. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIAN TRIBES. 

(a) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIAN TRIBES.— The Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, 

may make allotments to State educational agencies, Territories, and 

Indian tribes to pay for the Federal share of— (1) planning and building the capacity within the State, Territory, or Indian tribe to implement service-learning programs 

that are based principally in elementary and secondary schools, 

including— (A) providing training for teachers, supervisors, personnel 

from community-based agencies (particularly with regard 

to the recruitment, utilization, and management of participants), and trainers, to be conducted by qualified individuals or organizations that have experience with servicelearning; 

(B) developing service-learning curricula, consistent with 

State or local academic content standards, to be integrated 

into academic programs, including an age-appropriate 

learning component that provides participants an opportunity to analyze and apply their service experiences; 

(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph (2) 

or (4) to develop school-based service-learning programs in 

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(D) devising appropriate methods for research and evaluation of the educational value of service-learning and the 

effect of service-learning activities on communities; 

(E) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of 

information to ensure the broadest possible involvement of 

community-based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness 

in working with school-age youth in their communities; and 

(F) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of 

information to ensure the broadest possible participation of 

schools throughout the State, with particular attention to 

schools identified for school improvement under title I of 

the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 

(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based service-learning programs, which may include paying for the cost of 

the recruitment, training, supervision, placement, salaries, and 

benefits of service-learning coordinators, through distribution of 

Federal funds by State educational agencies, Territories, and 

Indian tribes made available under this part to projects operated by local partnerships among— (A) local educational agencies; and 

(B) 1 or more community partners that— (i) shall include a public or private nonprofit organization that— (I) has a demonstrated expertise in the provision 

of services to meet unmet human, education, environmental, or public safety needs; 

(II) will make projects available for participants, 

who shall be students; and 

(III) was in existence at least 1 year before the 

date on which the organization submitted an application under section 113; and 

(ii) may include a private for-profit business, private 

elementary or secondary school, or Indian tribe (except 

that an Indian tribe distributing funds to a project 

under this paragraph is not eligible to be part of the 

partnership operating that project); 

(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, 

through distribution by State educational agencies, Territories, 

and Indian tribes of Federal funds made available under this 

part to local educational agencies and Indian tribes, which 

planning may include paying for the cost of—

(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning coordinators; or 

(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, and placement 

of service-learning coordinators who may be participants in 

a program under subtitle C or receive a national service 

educational award under subtitle D, who may be participants in a project under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a Youthbuild program under section 173A of the 

Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a), 

who will identify the community partners described in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of a 

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(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in servicelearning to improve the education of students, through distribution by State educational agencies, Territories, and Indian 

tribes of Federal funds made available under this part to— (A) local educational agencies; 

(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian tribe distributing 

funds under this paragraph is not eligible to be a recipient 

of those funds); 

(C) public or private nonprofit organizations; or 

(D) partnerships or combinations of local educational 

agencies and entities described in subparagraph (B) or (C); 

and 

(5) establishing or implementing summer of service programs 

during the summer months, including the cost of recruitment, 

training, and placement of service-learning coordinators— (A) for youth who will be enrolled in any grade from 

grade 6 through grade 12 at the end of the summer concerned; 

(B) for community-based service-learning projects that— (i) shall— (I) meet unmet human, educational, environmental (including energy conservation and stewardship), emergency and disaster preparedness, 

and public service needs; and 

(II) be intensive, structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to the 

community; and 

(ii) may include the extension of academic year service-learning programs into the summer months; 

(C) through the distribution of Federal funds made available under this part to projects operated by local partnerships that consist of local educational agencies and— (i) public or private elementary schools or secondary 

schools; 

(ii) institutions of higher education; 

(iii) public or private non-profit organizations that—

(I) have a demonstrated expertise in providing 

services to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 

(II) have been in existence for at least 1 year before the date on which the organization submitted 

an application under section 113; 

(iv) for-profit businesses; or 

(v) a consortia of such entities; 

(D) under which any student who completes 100 hours of 

service in an approved summer of service position, as certified through a process determined by the Corporation 

through regulations consistent with section 139(f), shall be 

eligible for a summer of service educational award of not 

more than $500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief Executive 

Officer, not more than $1,000 in the case of a participant 

who is economically disadvantaged) from funds deposited 

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(E) subject to the limitation that a student may not receive more than 2 summer of service educational awards 

from funds deposited in the National Service Trust. 

(b) PROGRAMS TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN SERVICE

LEARNING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds appropriated under section 

501(a)(1), and without regard to section 112(b), the Corporation 

shall reserve up to 3 percent for competitive grants to partnerships described in subsection (a)(2) for the development of service-learning programs that promote greater civic engagement 

among elementary and secondary school students. 

(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this 

subsection, a partnership shall submit an application at such 

time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 

Corporation may require. 

(3) ACTIVITIES.—Partnerships receiving grants under this 

subsection shall use funds to develop service-learning curricula 

that—

(A) promote a better understanding of the principles of 

the Constitution of the United States, the heroes of American history (including military heroes), and the meaning 

of the Oath of Allegiance; 

(B) promote a better understanding of how the Nation’s 

government functions; and 

(C) promote a better understanding of the importance of 

service in the Nation’s character. 

(c) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—A servicelearning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2), (3), or (5) of subsection (a) shall provide services that may include—

(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and assisting in the planning, development, execution, and evaluation of service-learning 

in their classrooms; 

(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection (a) in 

the planning, development, and execution of service-learning 

projects, including summer of service programs; and 

(3) carrying out such other duties as the recipient of assistance under this part may determine to be appropriate. 

(d) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives financial assistance under this part may, in carrying out the activities described 

in subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the Federal share 

of reasonable costs related to the supervision of participants, program administration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations 

and for other reasonable expenses related to the activities. 

SEC. 112. ALLOTMENTS. 

(a) INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal year, the Corporation 

shall reserve an amount of not less than 2 percent and not more 

than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with 

their respective needs. 

(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—After reserving the amount 

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funds appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal year as follows: 

(1) ALLOTMENTS.— (A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each State an 

amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as the number of school-age youth in the State 

bears to the total number of school-age youth of all States. 

(B) ALLOCATION UNDER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY

EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—From 50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each State an amount 

that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder 

as the allocation to the State for the previous fiscal year 

under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) or its successor authority bears to such allocations to all States. 

(2) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, for purposes 

of this subsection, the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the several 

States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico. 

(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines that the allotment of a State, Territory, or Indian tribe under this section will 

not be required for a fiscal year because the State, Territory, or Indian tribe did not submit and receive approval of an application for 

the allotment under section 113, the Corporation shall make the allotment for such State, Territory, or Indian tribe available for 

grants to grantmaking entities to carry out service-learning programs as described in section 111(a) in such State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After grantmaking entities apply for the allotment with 

an application at such time and in such manner as the Corporation 

requires and receive approval, the remainder of such allotment shall 

be available for reallotment to such other States, Territories, or Indian tribes with approved applications submitted under section 113 

as the Corporation may determine to be appropriate. 

SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allotment under section 112 or an allotment of approved summer of service positions 

under section 111(a)(5)(D), a State, acting through the State educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare, submit to 

the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at such 

time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

(b) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment under this part 

shall include—

(1) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting service-learning, 

which shall contain such information as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, including how the applicant will 

integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the 

participants; 

(2) information about the applicant’s efforts to—

(A) ensure that students of different ages, races, sexes, 

ethnic groups, disabilities, and economic backgrounds have 

opportunities to serve together; 

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tary or secondary education to participate in service-learning programs and ensure that such service-learning programs include opportunities for such students to serve together; 

(C) involve participants in the design and operation of 

the program; 

(D) promote service-learning in areas of greatest need, including low-income or rural areas; and 

(E) otherwise integrate service opportunities into the academic program of the participants; and 

(3) assurances that the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of section 177 

and the grievance procedures required by section 176. 

(c) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN TRIBE TO RE- CEIVE ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARN- ING PROGRAMS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Any— (A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, Territory, local 

educational agency, for-profit business, private elementary, 

middle, or secondary school, or institution of higher education that desires to receive financial assistance under this 

subpart from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in section 111(a)(1); 

(B) partnership described in section 111(a)(2) that desires 

to receive such assistance from a State, Territory, or Indian 

tribe or grantmaking entity described in section 111(a)(2); 

(C) entity described in section 111(a)(3) that desires to receive such assistance from a State, Territory, or Indian 

tribe for an activity described in such section; 

(D) partnership described in section 111(a)(4) that desires 

to receive such assistance from a State, Territory, or Indian 

tribe for an activity described in such section; 

(E) agency or partnership described in section 111(a)(5) 

that desires to receive such assistance, or approved summer 

of service positions, from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe 

for an activity described in such section to be carried out 

through a service-learning program described in section 

111, 

shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency, Territory, 

grantmaking entity, or Indian tribe, and obtain approval of, an 

application for the program. 

(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at 

such time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the agency, Territory, Indian tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 

(d) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of section 112, if less than $20,000,000 is appropriated for any fiscal year 

to carry out this part, the Corporation shall award grants to States, 

Territories, and Indian tribes from the amount so appropriated, on 

a competitive basis to pay for the Federal share of the activities described in section 111. 

SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

(a) PRIORITY.—In considering competitive applications under this 

part, the Corporation shall give priority to innovation, sustainability, capacity building, involvement of disadvantaged youth, and 


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quality of programs, as well as other criteria approved by the Chief 

Executive Officer. 

(b) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corporation rejects an 

application submitted by a State under section 113 for an allotment, 

the Corporation shall promptly notify the State of the reasons for 

the rejection of the application. The Corporation shall provide the 

State with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide technical assistance, if needed, to the 

State as part of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall 

promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 

SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the number of students in the State, Territory, or Indian tribe or in the school district 

of the local educational agency involved who are enrolled in private 

nonprofit elementary and secondary schools, such State, Territory, 

Indian tribe, or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate 

private school representatives) make provision—

(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for the benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable participation of such students in the programs implemented to carry out 

the objectives and provide the benefits described in this part; 

and 

(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so as to 

allow for the equitable participation of such teachers in the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and provide the 

benefits described in this part. 

(b) WAIVER.—If a State, Territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participation of students or teachers from private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that a 

State, Territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency substantially fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an 

equitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services to such students and teachers. Such waivers shall be subject to the requirements of sections 9503 and 9504 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7883 and 7884). 

SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 

(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying 

out a program for which assistance is provided under this part 

may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, each 

recipient of assistance under this part—

(A) shall provide for such share through a payment in 

cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

(B) may provide for such share through State sources or 

local sources, including private funds or donated services. 

(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to any such 

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a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at the local level. 

SEC. 116A. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 

Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance received by 

an applicant in a fiscal year may be used to pay, in accordance with 

such standards as the Corporation may issue, for administrative 

costs, incurred by—

(1) the original recipient; or 

(2) the entity carrying out the service-learning program supported with the assistance. 

PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE 

PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 

SEC. ø119¿ 117. HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR 

COMMUNITY SERVICE. 

(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this part to expand participation in community service by supporting innovative community 

service programs through service-learning carried out through institutions of higher education, acting as civic institutions to meet the 

human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs of 

neighboring communities. 

(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Corporation, in consultation with 

the Secretary of Education, is authorized to make grants to, and 

enter into contracts with, institutions of higher education (including a øcombination¿ consortia of such institutions), and partnerships comprised of such institutions and of other public or private 

nonprofit organizations, to pay for the Federal share of the cost 

of—

(1) enabling such an institution or partnership to create or 

expand an organized community service program that—

(A) engenders a sense of social responsibility and commitment to the community in which the institution is located; øand¿ 

(B) provides projects for participants, who shall be students, faculty, administration, or staff of the institution, or 

residents of the community; and 

(C) may coordinate with service-learning curricula being 

offered in the academic curricula at the institution of higher education or at one or more members of the consortia; 

* * * * * * * 

(3) strengthening the leadership and instructional capacity of 

øteachers at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels¿ institutions of higher education and their faculty, with respect to service-learning, by—

(A) including service-learning as a key component of the 

preservice teacher øeducation of the institution; and¿ curricula of the institution to strengthen the instructional capacity of service-learning at the elementary and secondary 

levels; 

(B) including service-learning as a key component of the 

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(C) including service-learning as a key component of the 

criminal justice professionals curricula of the institution; 

(D) including service-learning as a key component of the 

public policy and public administration curricula of the institution; and 

ø(B)¿ (E) encouraging the faculty of the institution to 

use service-learning methods throughout their curriculum; 

* * * * * * * 

ø(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—

ø(1) SHARE.—

ø(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a community service project for which a grant or 

contract is awarded under this part may not exceed 50 

percent. 

ø(B) CALCULATION.—Each recipient of assistance under 

this part shall comply with section 116(a)(2). 

ø(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of paragraph (1), in whole or in part, as provided 

in section 116(b). 

ø(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—

ø(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter into a contract 

under this part, an institution or partnership described in subsection (b) shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain 

approval of, an application at such time, in such manner, and 

containing such information and assurances as the Corporation 

may reasonably require. In requesting applications for assistance under this part, the Corporation shall specify such required information and assurances. 

ø(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under paragraph 

(1) shall contain, at a minimum—

ø(A) assurances that—

ø(i) prior to the placement of a participant, the applicant will consult with the appropriate local labor organization, if any, representing employees in the area 

who are engaged in the same or similar work as that 

proposed to be carried out by such program, to prevent 

the displacement and protect the rights of such employees; and 

ø(ii) the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 

and grievance procedure requirements of section 

176(f); and 

ø(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

ø(e) PRIORITY.—

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give priority 

to applicants that submit applications containing proposals 

that—

ø(A) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of 

higher education, other than by demonstrating the commitment of the students, to supporting the community 

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ø(B) specify the manner in which the institution will 

promote faculty, administration, and staff participation in 

the community service projects; 

ø(C) specify the manner in which the institution will 

provide service to the community through organized programs, including, where appropriate, clinical programs for 

students in professional schools; 

ø(D) describe any partnership that will participate in the 

community service projects, such as a partnership comprised of—ø(i) the institution; 

ø(ii)(I) a community-based agency; 

ø(II) a local government agency; or 

ø(III) a nonprofit entity that serves or involves 

school-age youth or older adults; and 

ø(iii) a student organization; 

ø(E) demonstrate community involvement in the development of the proposal; 

ø(F) specify that the institution will use such assistance 

to strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of 

higher education; or 

ø(G) with respect to projects involving delivery of service, specify projects that involve leadership development of 

school-age youth. 

ø(2) DETERMINATION.—In giving priority to applicants under 

paragraph (1), the Corporation shall give increased priority to 

such an applicant for each characteristic described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1) that is reflected in the 

application submitted by the applicant.¿ 

(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications submitted 

by predominantly Black institutions, Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and Tribal Colleges 

and Universities. 

(d) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— (1) FEDERAL SHARE.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made under this 

part may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 

remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 

each recipient of a grant under this part—

(i) shall provide for such share through a payment in 

cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 

equipment, or services; and 

(ii) may provide for such share through State sources 

or local sources, including private funds or donated 

services. 

(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or in part with respect to 

any such program for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of 

available financial resources at the local level. 

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(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter into a contract 

under this part, an applicant shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at such time, 

in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Corporation may reasonably require. In requesting 

applications for assistance under this part, the Corporation 

shall specify such required information and assurances. 

(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under paragraph 

(1) shall contain, at a minimum—

(A) assurances that—

(i) prior to the placement of a participant, the applicant will consult with the appropriate local labor organization, if any, representing employees in the area 

who are engaged in the same or similar work as that 

proposed to be carried out by such program, to prevent 

the displacement and protect the rights of such employees; and 

(ii) the applicant will comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 

and the grievance procedures required by section 176; 

and 

(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive Officer 

may reasonably require. 

(f) PRIORITY.—In making grants and entering into contracts 

under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give priority to applicants or institutions that submit applications containing proposals 

that—

(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of higher 

education, other than by demonstrating the commitment of the 

students, to supporting the community service projects carried 

out under the program; 

(2) specify the manner in which the institution will promote 

faculty, administration, and staff participation in the community service projects; 

(3) specify the manner in which the institution will provide 

service to the community through organized programs, including, where appropriate, clinical programs for students in professional schools and colleges; 

(4) describe any partnership that will participate in the community service projects, such as a partnership comprised of—

(A) the institution; 

(B)(i) a community-based agency; 

(ii) a local government agency; or 

(iii) a non-profit entity that serves or involves school-age 

youth, older adults, or low-income communities; and 

(C)(i) a student organization; 

(ii) a department of the institution; or 

(iii) a group of faculty comprised of different departments, schools, or colleges at the institution; 

(5) demonstrate community involvement in the development of 

the proposal; 

(6) describe research on effective strategies and methods to 

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(7) specify that the institution will use such assistance to 

strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of higher 

education; or 

(8) with respect to projects involving delivery of services, 

specify projects that involve leadership development of school 

aged youth. 

(g) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as used in this 

part, the term ‘‘student’’ means an individual who is enrolled in an 

institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis. 

(h) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for assistance under 

this part, an institution of higher education must demonstrate that 

it meets the minimum requirements under section 443(b)(2)(B) of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(B)) relating to 

the participation of Federal Work-Study students in community 

service activities, or has received a waiver of those requirements 

from the Secretary of Education. 

ø(f)¿ (i) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD.—A participant 

in a program funded under this part shall be eligible for the national service educational award described in subtitle D, if the participant served in an approved national service position. 

ø(g) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101(29), as used in 

this part, the term ‘‘student’’ means an individual who is enrolled 

in an institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.¿ 

PART III—INNOVATIVE SERVICE—LEARNING 

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 

SEC. 118. INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated to carry out 

this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make grants and 

fixed amount grants under subsection (f) with eligible entities for activities described in subsection (c). 

(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DEFINED.—For purposes of this part, the 

term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a State education agency, a State commission, a Territory, an Indian tribe, an institution of higher education, a public or private nonprofit organization, or a consortia of 

such entities, where a consortia of two or more such entities may 

also include a for-profit organization. 

(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this part may be used 

to—

(1) integrate service-learning programs into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula at the 

elementary, secondary, or post-secondary and post-baccalaureate levels in coordination with practicing or retired STEM 

professionals; 

(2) involve students in service-learning programs focusing on 

energy conservation in their community, including conducting 

educational outreach on energy conservation and working to 

improve energy efficiency in low income housing and in public 

spaces; 

(3) involve students in service-learning projects in emergency 

and disaster preparedness; 

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and other emerging technologies, including in low income or 

rural communities, senior centers and communities, schools, libraries, and other public spaces; 

(5) involve high school age youth in the mentoring of middle 

school youth while involving all participants in service-learning 

to seek to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, public safety, or emergency disaster preparedness needs in their 

community; 

(6) conduct research and evaluations on service-learning, including service-learning in middle schools, and disseminate 

such research and evaluations widely; 

(7) conduct innovative and creative activities as described in 

section 111(a); and 

(8) carry out any other innovative service-learning programs 

or research that the Corporation considers appropriate. 

(d) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to programs that—

(1) involve students and community stakeholders in the design and implementation of the service-learning program; 

(2) implement service-learning programs in low-income or 

rural communities; and 

(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping the resource of 

retired and retiring adults, in the planning and implementation 

of the service-learning programs. 

(e) REQUIREMENTS.— (1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program funded under this 

part shall be carried out over a period of three years, including 

one planning year and two additional grant years, with a 1- 

year extension possible, if the program meets performance measures developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any other 

criteria determined by the Corporation. 

(2) ENCOURAGEMENT.—Each program funded under this part 

is encouraged to collaborate with other Learn and Serve programs, AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Service 

Corps. 

(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the program, the Corporation shall conduct an independent evaluation of the program and widely disseminate the results to the service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies and recommendations for improvement. 

(f) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.—

(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), and subject to 

the limitations in this subsection, the Corporation may, upon 

making a determination described in paragraph (2), approve a 

fixed amount grant that is not subject to the Office of Management and Budget cost principles and related financial recordkeeping requirements. 

(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a fixed amount grant, 

the Corporation must determine that—

(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of carrying out the 

terms of the grant significantly exceed the amount of assistance provided by the Corporation; or 

(B) based on the nature or design of the grant, any assistance provided by the Corporation can be reasonably presumed to be expended on reasonable and necessary costs. 


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(3) MATCHING FUNDS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made under this 

part may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 

remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 

each recipient of a grant under this part—

(i) shall provide for such share through a payment in 

cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 

equipment, or services; and 

(ii) may provide for such share through State sources 

or local sources, including private funds or donated 

services. 

(g) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a program under 

this part, an entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and 

obtain approval of, an application at such time and in such manner 

as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

Subtitle C—National Service Trust 

Program 

PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE 

SEC. 121. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

(a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—Subject to the availability of appropriations for this purpose, the Corporation for National and 

Community Service may make grants to States, subdivisions of 

States, Territories, Indian tribes, public or private nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher education for the purpose of assisting the recipients of the grants—

(1) to carry out full- or part-time national service programs, 

including summer programs, described in section 122(a); and 

(2) to make grants in support of other national service programs described in section 122(a) that are carried out by other 

entities. 

(b) øAGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES¿ RESTRICTIONS ON

AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.— (1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter 

into a contract or cooperative agreement with another Federal 

agency to support a national service program carried out øby 

the agency. The support provided by the Corporation pursuant 

to the contract or cooperative agreement may include the 

transfer to the Federal agency of funds available to the Corporation under this subtitle.¿ by the agency, including programs under the Public Lands Corps and Urban Youth Corps 

as described in section 122(a)(2). 

ø(2) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—A Federal agency receiving assistance under this subsection shall not be required 

to satisfy the matching funds requirements specified in subsection (e). However, the supplementation requirements specified in section 173 shall apply with respect to the Federal national service programs supported with such assistance.¿ 


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(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corporation may not provide a grant under this section to a Federal agency. 

(3) CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS.—A Federal 

agency øreceiving assistance under this subsection¿ operating 

a national service program shall consult with the State Commissions for those States in which projects will be conducted 

øusing such assistance¿ in order to ensure that the projects do 

not duplicate projects conducted by State or local national service programs. 

* * * * * * * 

(c) PROVISION OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—As 

part of the provision of assistance under subsections (a) and (b), the 

Corporation shall— (1) * * * 

(2) deposit in the National Service Trust established in section 145(a) an amount equal to the product of— (A) * * * 

(B) the total number of approved national service positions øto be provided¿ to be provided or otherwise approved. (d) øFIVE¿ SIX Percent Limitation on Administrative Costs.— (1) LIMITATION.—Not more than ø5 percent¿ 6 percent of the 

amount of assistance provided to the original recipient of a 

grant or transfer of assistance under subsection (a) or (b) for 

a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by— (A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(e) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.— (1) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in øsection 140¿ 

paragraph (2), the øFederal share¿ Corporation share of the 

cost, including member living allowances, employment-related 

taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s compensation, of carrying out a national service program that receives the assistance under subsection (a), whether the assistance is provided 

directly or as a subgrant from the original recipient of the assistance, ømay not exceed 75 percent of such cost.¿ may not exceed—

(A) for the first three years in which the recipient receives 

such assistance, 76 percent of such cost; 

(B) for the fourth through ninth years in which the recipient receives such assistance, a decreasing share of such 

cost between 76 percent and 50 percent, as established by 

the Corporation in regulation; and 

(C) for the tenth year (and each year thereafter) in which 

the recipient receives such assistance, 50 percent of such 

cost. 

(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR PROGRAMS IN

RURAL OR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the Corporation, the Corporation 

share of the cost, including member living allowances, employment-related taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s compensation, of carrying out a national service program that receives assistance under subsection (a) and that is located in a 


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rural or severely economically distressed community may not 

exceed—

(A) for the first six years in which the recipient receives 

such assistance, 76 percent of such cost; 

(B) for the seventh through ninth years in which the recipient receives such assistance, a decreasing share of such 

cost between 76 and 65 percent as established by the Corporation in regulation; and 

(C) for the tenth year (and each year thereafter) in which 

the recipient receives such assistance, 65 percent of such 

cost. 

ø(2)¿ (3) CALCULATION.—In providing for the remaining 

share of the cost of carrying out a national service program, 

the program—

(A) * * * 

(B) may provide for such share through State sources, 

local sources, or other Federal sources including funds authorized under Youthbuild (section 173A of the Workforce 

Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a)) (other than the 

use of funds made available under the national service 

laws). 

ø(3) COST OF HEALTH CARE.—In providing a payment in cash 

under paragraph (2)(A) as part of providing for the remaining 

share of the cost of carrying out a national service program, 

the program may count not more than 85 percent of the cost 

of providing a health care policy described in section 140(d)(2) 

toward such share.¿ 

* * * * * * * 

(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.—

(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of assistance under 

section 121 shall report to the Corporation the amount and 

source of any Federal funds used to carry out the program 

other than those provided by the Corporation. 

(B) CORPORATION REPORT.—The Corporation shall report 

to the Congress on an annual basis information regarding 

each recipient that uses Federal funds other than those provided by the Corporation to carry out the program, including amounts and sources of other Federal funds. 

SEC. 122. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR 

PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 

(a) ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—The recipient of a 

grant under section 121(a) and each Federal agency receiving assistance under section 121(b) shall use the assistance, directly or 

through subgrants to other entities, to carry out full- or part-time 

national service programs, including summer programs, that address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 

needs. Subject to øsubsection (b)(1)¿ subsection (c)(1), these national service programs may include the following types of national 

service programs: 

(1) * * * 

(2) A full-time, year-round youth corps program or full-time 

summer youth corps program, such as a conservation corps or 

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Lands Corps Act of 1993, the Urban Youth Corps established 

under section 106 of the National and Community Service 

Trust Act of 1993, and other conservation corps or youth service corps that performs service on Federal or other public lands 

or on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands), that— (A) undertakes meaningful service projects with visible 

public benefits, øincluding natural resource, urban renovation, or human services projects;¿ including projects involving urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or improving human services; 

(B) includes as participants youths and young adults between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, øincluding¿ and at 

least 50 percent of whom are out-of-school youths and other 

disadvantaged youths (such as youths with limited basic 

skills, youths in foster care who are becoming too old for 

foster care, youths of limited-English proficiency, homeless 

youths, and youths who are individuals with disabilities) 

who are between those ages; and 

(C) provides those participants who are youths and 

young adults with— (i) crew-based, highly structured, and adult-supervised work experience, life skills, education, career 

guidance and counseling, employment training, and 

support services, including mentoring; and 

* * * * * * * 

(6) A campus-based program that is designed to provide substantial service in a community during the school term and 

during summer or other vacation periods through the use of—

(A) * * * 

(B) teams composed of such studentsø; or¿; 

(C) teams composed of a combination of such students 

and community residentsø.¿; or 

(D) students participating in service-learning programs 

at an institution of higher education. 

(7) A preprofessional training program in which students enrolled in an institution of higher education—

(A) receive training in specified fields, which may include classes containing service-learning, including elementary and secondary education, and other professions 

such as those in health care, criminal justice, environmental stewardship and conservation, or public safety; 

* * * * * * * 

(8) A professional corps program that recruits and places 

qualified participants in positions—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(C) that are sponsored by public or private ønonprofit¿ 

employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries 

and benefits (other than any national service educational 

award under subtitle D) of the participants. 

(9) A program in which economically disadvantaged individuals who are øbetween the ages of 16 and 24¿ between the ages 

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nities to perform service that, while enabling such individuals 

to obtain the education and employment skills necessary to 

achieve economic self-sufficiency, will help their communities 

meet—

(A) the housing needs of low-income families and the 

homeless; and 

(B) the need for community facilities in low-income 

areas. 

(10) A national service entrepreneur program that identifies, 

recruits, and trains øgifted young adults of all backgrounds 

and assists them in designing solutions to community problems.¿ school-age youth and young adults of all backgrounds, 

including gifted youth, along with established successful entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and professions from the community in which the program exists to— (A) train the participants in utilizing problem-solving, 

entrepreneurship, and communication skills to design solutions to community problems; and 

(B) collaborate with stakeholders in the communities to 

implement the solutions devised by the participants in subparagraph (A). 

* * * * * * * 

(12) A program that is administered by a combination of 

nonprofit organizations located in a low-income area, provides 

a broad range of services to residents of such area, is governed 

by a board composed in significant part of low-income individuals, and is intended to provide opportunities for individuals or 

teams of individuals to engage in community projects in such 

area that meet unaddressed community and individual needs, 

including projects that would— (A) meet the needs of low-income children and youth 

aged 18 and younger, such as providing after-school ‘‘safeplaces’’, including schools, with opportunities for ølearning 

and recreation¿ learning, recreation, and mentoring; or 

* * * * * * * 

(13) A community service program designed to meet the 

needs of rural communities, using teams or individual placements to address the development needs of rural communities 

øand to combat rural poverty, including¿, including the issues 

of rural poverty, health care, education, and job training. 

* * * * * * * 

(15) An E-Corps program that involves participants who provide services in a community by developing and assisting in 

carrying out technology programs which seek to increase access 

to technology and the benefits thereof in such community. 

(16) A program that engages citizens in public safety, public 

health, and emergency and disaster preparedness, and may include the recruitment and placing of qualified participants in 

positions to be trainees as law enforcement officers, firefighters, 

search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical service 

workers, and may engage Federal, State, and local stakeholders 

in collaboration to organize more effective responses to issues of 

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(17) A program, initiative, or partnership that seeks to expand the number of mentors for youths (including by recruiting 

high-school and college-aged individuals to enter into mentoring relationships), including mentors for disadvantaged 

youths, either through provision of direct mentoring services 

through the creative utilization of current and emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors. 

(18) A program that has the primary purpose of re-engaging 

court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. 

ø(15)¿ (19) Such other national service programs addressing 

unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 

needs as the Corporation may designate. 

(b) INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VETERANS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—From funds appropriated under section 

501(a)(2), the Corporation shall reserve up to 3 percent for competitive grants to eligible recipients under subsection (a) for the 

development, either directly or through subgrants to other entities, of innovative initiatives to address the unique needs of veterans. 

(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this 

subsection, an entity described in paragraph (1) shall submit 

an application at such time, in such manner, and containing 

such information as the Corporation may require. 

(3) ACTIVITIES.—Entities receiving grants under this subsection shall use funds to develop initiatives that— (A) recruit veterans, particularly returning veterans, into 

service opportunities; 

(B) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique 

needs of military families while a member of the family is 

deployed; and 

(C) promote community-based efforts to meet the unique 

needs of military families when a member of the family returns from a deployment. 

ø(b)¿ (c) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.— (1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL COMPONENTS

OF PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall encourage national service programs eligible to receive assistance or approved national 

service positions under this subtitle to establish, if consistent 

with the purposes of the program, an intergenerational component of the program that combines students, out-of-school 

youths, disadvantaged youths, and older adults as participants 

to provide services to address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs. 

ø(c)¿ (d) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— (A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to concentrate national 

efforts on meeting certain unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and to achieve the 

other purposes of this Act, the Corporation shall establish, 

and after reviewing the strategic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1), periodically alter priorities as appropriate 

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sisted under øsubsection (b) or (d) of ¿ section 129 and the 

purposes for which such assistance may be used. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 

Corporation shall require that each recipient of assistance 

under the national service laws that operates a tutoring program involving elementary or secondary school students certifies that individuals serving in approved national service positions as tutors in such program have—

(A) either—

(i) obtained their high school diploma; or 

(ii) passed a proficiency test demonstrating that such 

individuals have the skills necessary to achieve program goals; and 

(B) have successfully completed pre- and in-service training for tutors. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in paragraph (1) do not 

apply to an individual serving in an approved national service 

position who is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school 

and is providing tutoring services through a structured, schoolmanaged cross-grade tutoring program. 

(f) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.—Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the national service laws 

shall—

(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, research-based, 

and consistent with the State academic content standards required by section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the local educational agency; and 

(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and in-service 

training for tutors. 

(g) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall establish requirements for recipients of assistance under the national service 

laws relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic engagement, 

that are consistent with the principles on which citizenship programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 

are based, among individuals enrolled in approved national service 

positions and approved summer of service positions. 

SEC. 123. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS ELIGIBLE FOR APPROVAL FOR NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

The Corporation may approve of any of the following service positions as an approved national service position that includes the national service educational award described in subtitle D as one of 

the benefits to be provided for successful service in the position: 

(1) * * * 

(2) A position for a participant in a program that—

(A) is carried out by a State, a subdivision of a State, a 

Territory, an Indian tribe, a public or private nonprofit organization, an institution of higher education, or a Federal 

agency; and 

* * * * * * * 


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(5) A position for a participant in the National Civilian Community Corps under subtitle E. 

* * * * * * * 

øSEC. 125. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

ø(a) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Corporation may conduct, directly or by grant or contract, appropriate training programs regarding national service in order to— ø(1) improve the ability of national service programs assisted 

under section 121 to meet human, educational, environmental, 

or public safety needs in communities— ø(A) where services are needed most; and 

ø(B) where programs do not exist, or are too limited to 

meet community needs, as of the date on which the Corporation makes the grant or enters into the contract; 

ø(2) promote leadership development in such programs; 

ø(3) improve the instructional and programmatic quality of 

such programs to build an ethic of civic responsibility; 

ø(4) develop the management and budgetary skills of program operators; 

ø(5) provide for or improve the training provided to the participants in such programs; and 

ø(6) encourage national service programs to adhere to risk 

management procedures, including the training of participants 

in appropriate risk management practices. 

ø(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—To the extent appropriate and necessary, the Corporation shall make technical assistance available to 

States, Indian tribes, labor organizations, organizations operated 

by young adults, organizations serving economically disadvantaged 

individuals, and other entities described in section 121 that desire— ø(1) to develop national service programs; or 

ø(2) to apply for assistance under such section or under a 

grant program conducted using assistance provided under such 

section.¿ 

SEC. 126. OTHER SPECIAL ASSISTANCE. 

(a) SUPPORT FOR STATE COMMISSIONS.—

(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts appropriated for a 

fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriation in 

section 501(a)(4), the Corporation may make a grant in an 

amount between ø$125,000 and $750,000¿ $200,000 and 

$825,000 to a State to assist the State to establish or operate 

the State Commission on National and Community Service required to be established by the State under section 178. 

ø(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—Notwithstanding 

the amounts specified in paragraph (1), the amount of a grant 

that may be provided to a State Commission under this subsection, together with other Federal funds available to establish or operate the State Commission, may not exceed—

ø(A) 85 percent of the total cost to establish or operate 

the State Commission for the first year for which the State 

Commission receives assistance under this subsection; and 

ø(B) such smaller percentage of such cost as the Corporation may establish for the second, third, and fourth 

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eral share does not exceed 50 percent of such costs for the 

fifth year, and any subsequent year, for which the State 

Commission receives assistance under this subsection.¿ 

(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—In making grants to a State 

under this subsection, the Corporation shall require the State to 

provide matching funds in the following amounts: 

(A) FIRST $100,000.—For the first $100,000 of grant 

amounts provided by the Corporation, a State shall not be 

required to provide matching funds. 

(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.—For grant 

amounts of more than $100,000 and not exceeding 

$200,000 provided by the Corporation, a State shall provide $1 from non-Federal sources for every $2 provided by 

the Corporation. 

(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $200,000.—For grant 

amounts of more than $200,000 provided by the Corporation, a State shall provide $1 from non-Federal sources for 

every $1 provided by the Corporation. 

* * * * * * * 

(c) CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—

(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may make 

challenge grants under this subsection øto national service programs that receive assistance under section 121¿ to programs 

supported under the national service laws. 

* * * * * * * 

ø(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge grant under this 

subsection may provide not more than $1 of assistance under 

this subsection for each $1 in cash raised by the national service program from private sources in excess of amounts required 

to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements under section 121(e). The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be provided 

to a national service program under this subsection.¿ 

(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge grant under this 

subsection may provide, for an initial 3-year grant period, not 

more than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each $1 in 

cash raised from private sources by the program supported 

under the national service laws in excess of amounts required 

to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year grant period, grants under 

this subsection may provide not more than $1 of assistance for 

each $2 in cash raised from private sources by the program in 

excess of amounts required to be provided by the program to 

satisfy matching funds requirements. The Corporation may permit the use of local or State funds as matching funds if the Corporation determines that such use would be equitable due to a 

lack of available private funds at the local level. The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that 

may be provided to a national service program under this subsection. 


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PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL 

PROCESS 

øSEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL 

SERVICE POSITIONS BY COMPETITIVE AND OTHER 

MEANS. 

ø(a) ALLOTMENTS OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED POSITIONS TO

STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES.— ø(1) 331⁄3 PERCENT ALLOTMENT OF ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN

STATES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 

for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make a grant under section 121(a) (and a corresponding allotment of approved national service positions) to each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that 

has an application approved by the Corporation under section 

133. The amount allotted as a grant to each such State under 

this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount 

that bears the same ratio to 331⁄3 percent of the allocated funds 

for that fiscal year as the population of the State bears to the 

total population of the several States, the District of Columbia, 

and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

ø(2) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES AND

POSSESSIONS.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 

provision of assistance under subsections (a) and (b) of section 

121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent 

of the allocated funds for grants under section 121(a) to the 

United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands upon approval of an application by the Corporation under section 133. 

Palau shall also be eligible for a grant under this paragraph 

from the allotment until such time as the Compact of Free Association with Palau is ratified. The amount allotted as a grant 

to each such territory or possession under this paragraph for 

a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the same 

ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as 

the population of the territory or possession bears to the total 

population of such territories and possessions. 

ø(3) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the 

funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance 

under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, 

the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent of the allocated funds 

for grants under section 121(a) to Indian tribes, to be allotted 

by the Corporation on a competitive basis in accordance with 

their respective needs. 

ø(4) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or Indian tribe 

fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation of 

its intent to apply for, an allotment under this subsection, the 

Corporation shall use the amount that would have been allotted under this subsection to the State or Indian tribe— 

ø(A) to make grants (and provide approved national 

service positions in connection with such grants) to other 

eligible entities under section 121 that propose to carry out 

national service programs in the State or on behalf of the 

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ø(B) after making grants under subparagraph (A), to 

make a reallotment to other States and Indian tribes with 

approved applications under section 130. 

ø(b) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The Corporation 

shall ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year for 

assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program 

under subtitle E shall receive the national service educational 

award described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for the award. Funds for approved national 

service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall 

be deducted from the total funding for approved national service 

positions to be available for distribution under subsections (a) and 

(d) for that fiscal year. 

ø(c) RESERVATION FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriation in section 501(a)(2), and subject to the limitation in such 

section, the Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corporation considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making assistance available under sections 125 and 126. The Corporation may 

not reserve more than $10,000,000 for a fiscal year for disaster 

service under subsection (b) of section 126 or challenge grants 

under subsection (c) of such section. 

ø(d) COMPETITIVE DISTRIBUTION OF REMAINING FUNDS.— ø(1) STATE COMPETITION.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under subsections (a) and 

(b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall use 

not less than 331⁄3 percent of the allocated funds to make 

grants to States on a competitive basis under section 121(a). 

ø(2) FEDERAL AGENCIES AND OTHER APPLICANTS.—The Corporation shall distribute on a competitive basis to subdivisions 

of States, Indian tribes, public or private nonprofit organizations (including labor organizations), institutions of higher education, and Federal agencies the remainder of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121 for a fiscal year, after operation of paragraph (1) and 

subsections (a) and (c). 

ø(3) LIMITATION ON DISTRIBUTION TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.— The Corporation may not provide more than 1⁄3 of the funds 

available for competitive distribution under paragraph (2) for 

a fiscal year to Federal agencies under section 121(b). 

ø(4) PRIORITY LIMITATIONS.—The Corporation may limit the 

categories of eligible applicants for assistance under paragraph 

(2) consistent with the priorities established by the Corporation 

under section 133(d)(2). 

ø(5) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL AND OUT- REACH GRANTS.—

ø(A) RESERVATION.—From amounts appropriated for a 

fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriation 

in section 501(a)(2), and subject to the limitation in such 

section, the Chief Executive Officer shall reserve an 

amount that is not less than 1 percent of such amounts 

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vided in subparagraph (B) and outreach grants as provided 

in subparagraph (C). The amount reserved pursuant to 

this paragraph shall be available until expended. 

ø(B) GRANTS TO ASSIST ENTITIES IN PLACING APPLICANTS

WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.— ø(i) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer shall 

make grants from a portion of the funds reserved 

under subparagraph (A) to entities that— ø(I) receive a grant to carry out a national service program under paragraph (1) or (2); 

ø(II) demonstrate that the entity has received a 

substantial number of applications for placement 

in the national service program of persons who 

are individuals with a disability and who require 

a reasonable accommodation (as defined in section 

101(9) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111(9))), or auxiliary aids and 

services (as defined in section 3(1) of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 12102(1))), in order to perform national 

service; and 

ø(III) demonstrate that additional funding 

would assist the national service program in placing a substantial number of such individuals with 

a disability as participants in projects carried out 

through the program. 

ø(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds made available 

through such a supplemental grant under clause (i) 

shall be made available for the same purposes, and 

subject to the same requirements, as funds made 

available through a grant made under paragraph (1) 

or (2). 

ø(C) GRANTS FOR OUTREACH TO INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.—

ø(i) IN GENERAL.—From the portion of the funds reserved under subparagraph (A) that is not used to 

make grants under subparagraph (B), the Chief Executive Officer shall make grants to public or private 

nonprofit organizations to pay for the Federal share 

described in section 121(e) of—

ø(I) providing information about the programs 

specified in section 193A(d)(10) to such individuals 

with a disability who desire to perform national 

service; and 

ø(II) enabling the individuals to participate in 

activities carried out through such programs, 

which may include assisting the placement of the 

individuals in approved national service positions. 

ø(ii) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

under this subparagraph, an organization described in 

clause (i) shall submit an application to the Chief Executive Officer at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Chief Executive Officer may require. 

ø(e) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of assistance and 

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subsection (a), and the competitive distribution of assistance under 

subsection (d), shall be made by the Corporation only pursuant to 

an application submitted by a State or other applicant under section 130 and approved by the Corporation under section 133. 

ø(f) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.—The 

Corporation may not approve positions as approved national service positions under this subtitle for a fiscal year in excess of the 

number of such positions for which the Corporation has sufficient 

available funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, 

taking into consideration funding needs for national service educational awards under subtitle D based on completed service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide the maximum allowable national service educational awards under subtitle D for all eligible 

participants, the Corporation is authorized to make necessary and 

reasonable adjustments to program rules. 

ø(g) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—

ø(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter 

into agreements with persons or entities who offer to sponsor 

national service positions for which the person or entity will be 

responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a national service educational award. The distribution of these approved national service positions shall be made pursuant to the 

agreement, and the creation of these positions shall not be 

taken into consideration in determining the number of approved national service positions to be available for distribution under this section. 

ø(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds provided pursuant 

to an agreement under paragraph (1) and any other funds contributed to the Corporation to support the activities of the Corporation under the national service laws shall be deposited in 

the National Service Trust established in section 145 until 

such time as the funds are needed.¿ 

SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL 

SERVICE POSITIONS. 

(a) 1-PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES.—Of the 

funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under 

section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an application submitted 

under section 130. The amount allotted as a grant to each such Territory under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be equal to the 

amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds 

for that fiscal year as the population of the Territory bears to the 

total population of such Territories. 

(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the funds allocated by 

the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for 

a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent for 

grants to Indian tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis. 

(c) ALLOTMENT FOR NATIONAL GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated 

by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) 

for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 23 percent for grants 

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(d) ALLOTMENT FOR STATE COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Of the funds 

allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under subsection (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 37.5 percent for innovative grants to States on a competitive 

basis. 

(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA BASIS.— (1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 

provision of assistance under subsection (a) of section 121 for 

a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make a grant to each of the 

several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application under section 

130 that is approved by the Corporation. 

(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The amount allotted as a grant to each 

such State under this subsection for a fiscal year shall be equal 

to the amount that bears the same ratio to 37.5 percent of the 

allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the 

State bears to the total population of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in 

compliance with paragraph (3). 

(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 

minimum grant made available to each State approved by the 

Corporation under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year must be 

at least $600,000. 

(f) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or Territory fails to 

apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation of its intent to 

apply for an allotment under this section, or the Corporation does 

not approve the application consistent with section 133, the Corporation may use the amount that would have been allotted under 

this section to the State or Territory to— (1) make grants (and provide approved national service positions in connection with such grants) to other grantmaking entities under section 121 that propose to carry out national service 

programs in such State or Territory; and 

(2) make a reallotment to other States or Territories with approved applications submitted under section 130, to the extent 

grant-making entities do not apply as described in paragraph 

(1). 

(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of assistance and approved national service positions to a recipient under this section 

shall be made by the Corporation only pursuant to an application 

submitted by a State or other applicant under section 130. 

(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.—The 

Corporation may not approve positions as approved national service 

positions under this subtitle for a fiscal year in excess of the number 

of such positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available 

funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, taking into 

consideration funding needs for national service educational awards 

under subtitle D based on completed service. If appropriations are 

insufficient to provide the maximum allowable national service educational awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the 

Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reasonable adjustments to program rules. 

(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—

(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter 

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national service positions for which the person or entity will be 

responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a national service educational award. The distribution of these approved national service positions shall be made pursuant to the 

agreement, and the creation of these positions shall not be taken 

into consideration in determining the number of approved national service positions to be available for distribution under 

this section. 

(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds provided pursuant to 

an agreement under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust established in section 145 until such time 

as the funds are needed. 

(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—From 

amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, the Corporation may reserve such amount as 

the Corporation considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making assistance available under section 126. 

(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.—From amounts appropriated for 

a fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, the Chief 

Executive Officer shall reserve an amount that is not less than 1 

percent of such amount (except that the amount reserved may not 

exceed $10,000,000), in order to make grants to public or private 

nonprofit organizations to increase the participation of individuals 

with disabilities in national service and for demonstration activities 

in furtherance of this purpose. 

SEC. 129A. EDUCATION AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to 

provide financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent with 

the restriction in subsection (b), the Corporation may, through fixed 

amount grants under subsection (d), provide operational assistance 

to programs that receive approved national service positions but do 

not receive funds under section 121(a). 

(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—Operational support under this section may not exceed $600 per individual enrolled in 

an approved national service position and may reach $800 per individual if the program supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged 

youth. 

(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following provisions shall not 

apply to programs funded under this section: 

(1) The limitation on administrative costs under section 

121(d). 

(2) The matching funds requirements under section 121(e). 

(3) The living allowance and other benefits under sections 

131(e) and section 140 (other than individualized support services for disabled members under section 140(f)). 

(d) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.—

(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), and subject to 

the limitations in this subsection, the Corporation may, upon 

making a determination described in paragraph (2), approve a 

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(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a fixed amount grant, 

the Corporation must determine that— (A) the reasonable and necessary costs of carrying out the 

terms of the grant significantly exceed the amount of assistance provided by the Corporation; or 

(B) based on the nature or design of the grant, any assistance provided by the Corporation can be reasonably presumed to be expended on reasonable and necessary costs. 

SEC. 130. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL 

SERVICE POSITIONS. 

(a) TIME, MANNER, AND CONTENT OF APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive assistance under section 121 or approved national 

service positions for participants who serve in the national service 

programs to be carried out using the assistance, a State, Territory, 

subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, øinstitution of higher education, or Federal agency¿ or 

institution of higher education shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may reasonably require. 

(b) TYPES OF PERMISSIBLE APPLICATION INFORMATION.—In order 

to have adequate information upon which to consider an application under section 133, the Corporation may require the following 

information to be provided in an application submitted under subsection (a): 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(9) A description of the manner and extent to which the national service programs referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

conform to the national service priorities established by the 

Corporation under øsection 122(c)¿ section 122(d). 

* * * * * * * 

(c) REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION.—An application submitted under subsection (a) shall contain the following information: 

(1) A description of the øjobs or positions¿ proposed positions 

into which participants will be placed using the assistance provided under section 121ø, including descriptions of specific 

tasks to be performed by such participants.¿. 

(2) A description of the proposed minimum qualifications 

that individuals shall meet to become participants in such programs. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE APPLICANTS.—

(1) * * * 

(2) COMPETITIVE SELECTION.—The application of a State 

shall contain an assurance that all assistance provided under 

section 121(a) to the State will be used to support national 

service programs that øwere selected¿ were or will be selected 

by the State on a competitive basis. In making such competitive selections, the State shall seek to ensure the equitable allocation within the State of assistance and approved national 

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grams applying to the State, population density, and economic 

distress. 

* * * * * * * 

(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS.— (1) WRITTEN CONCURRENCE.—In the case of øa program applicant¿ an applicant that proposes to also serve as the service 

sponsor, the application shall include the written concurrence 

of any local labor organization representing employees of the 

service sponsor who are engaged in the same or substantially 

similar work as that proposed to be carried out. 

(2) øPROGRAM APPLICANT¿ APPLICANT defined.—For purposes 

of this subsection, the term ‘‘øprogram applicant¿ applicant’’ means—

(A) a State, subdivision of a State, Territory, Indian 

tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, øinstitution 

of higher education, or Federal agency¿ or institution of 

higher education submitting an application under this section; or 

(B) an entity applying for assistance or approved national service positions through a grant program conducted 

using assistance provided to a State, subdivision of a 

State, Territory, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit 

organization, øinstitution of higher education, or Federal 

agency¿ or institution of higher education under section 

121. 

(g) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.— The Corporation shall reject an application submitted under this 

section if a project proposed to be conducted using assistance requested by the applicant is already described in another application pending before the Corporationø.¿ or is already receiving financial assistance from the Corporation. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 133. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

(a) * * * 

(b) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.— (1) * * * 

(2) CONTENTS.—The application of the State or other entity 

under section 130 shall contain— (A) * * * 

(B) a description of the øjobs or¿ positions into which 

participants will be placed using such assistance, including 

descriptions of specific tasks to be performed by such participants; and 

* * * * * * * 

(c) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—The criteria required to be applied in 

evaluating applications submitted under section 130 are as follows: 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(8) The extent to which the program generates the involvement of volunteers. 

ø(8)¿ (9) Such other criteria as the Corporation considers to 

be appropriate. 

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(1) * * * 

(2) PRIORITIES.—The Corporation may designate, under such 

criteria as may be established by the Corporation, certain national service programs or types of national service programs 

described in section 122(a) for priority consideration in the 

competitive distribution of funds under section 129(d)(2). In 

designating national service programs to receive priority, the 

Corporation may include— ø(A) national service programs carried out by another 

Federal agency;¿ 

ø(B)¿ (A) national service programs that conform to the 

national service priorities in effect under øsection 122(c)¿ 

section 122(d); 

ø(C)¿ (B) innovative national service programs; 

ø(D)¿ (C) national service programs that are well established in one or more States at the time of the application 

and are proposed to be expanded to additional States using 

assistance provided under section 121; 

ø(E)¿ (D) grant programs in support of other national 

service programs if the grant programs are to be conducted 

by nonprofit organizations with a demonstrated and extensive expertise in the provision of services to meet human, 

educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 

ø(F)¿ (E) professional corps programs described in section 122(a)(8)ø; and¿. ø(G) programs that— ø(i) received funding under subtitle D of this Act, as 

in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 

this subtitle; 

ø(ii) the Corporation determines to meet the requirements of sections 142 (other than subsection (g)), 143, 

and 148 through 150 of this Act, as in effect on such 

day, in addition to the requirements of this subtitle; 

and 

ø(iii) include an evaluation component.¿ 

* * * * * * * 

PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS 

SEC. 137. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subtitle, an individual 

shall be considered to be a participant in a national service program carried out using assistance provided under section 121 if the 

individual—

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(3) will serve in the program for a term of service specified 

in section 139 to be performed before, during, or after attendance at an institution of higher education;¿ 

ø(4)¿ (3) is 17 years of age or older at the time the individual 

begins the term of service; 

ø(5)¿ (4) has received a high school diploma or its equivalent, 

agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its equivalent (unless 

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assessment conducted by the program) and the individual did 

not drop out of an elementary or secondary school to enroll in 

the program, or is enrolled in an institution of higher education on an ability to benefit basis and is considered eligible 

for funds under section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091); and 

ø(6)¿ (5) is a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States. 

(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN YOUTH PROGRAMS.—An individual shall be considered to be a participant in a youth corps program described in section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 122(a)(9) that is carried out with assistance provided under 

section 121(a) if the individual— (1) satisfies the requirements specified in subsection (a), except øparagraph (4)¿ paragraph (3) of such subsection; and 

(2) is øbetween the ages of 16 and 25¿ a 16-year-old out of 

school youth or an individual between the ages of 17 and 25, inclusive, at the time the individual begins the term of service. 

(c) WAIVER.—The Corporation may waive the requirements of 

subsection ø(a)(5)¿ (a)(4) with respect to an individual if the program in which the individual seeks to become a participant conducts an independent evaluation demonstrating that the individual 

is incapable of obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent. 

SEC. 138. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS. 

(a) SELECTION PROCESS.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and 

section 131(f), the actual recruitment and selection of an individual 

to serve in a national service program receiving assistance under 

section 121 or to fill an approved national service position shall be 

øconducted by the State, subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, public 

or private nonprofit organization, institution of higher education, 

Federal agency, or other entity¿ conducted by the entity to which 

the assistance and approved national service positions are provided. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POOL.— (1) * * * 

(2) EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—In selecting individuals to receive leadership training under this subsection, the 

Corporation shall make special efforts to select individuals who 

have served—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(C) as participants in national service programs receiving assistance under section 121, particularly those who 

were considered at the time of their service disadvantaged 

youth; 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 139. TERMS OF SERVICE. 

(a) * * * 

(b) TERM OF SERVICE.— (1) FULL-TIME SERVICE.—An individual performing full-time 

national service in an approved national service position shall 

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not less than 1,700 hours during a period of ønot less than 9 

months and¿ not more than 1 year. 

(2) PART-TIME SERVICE.—Except as provided in paragraph 

(3), an individual performing part-time national service in an 

approved national service position shall agree to participate in 

the program sponsoring the position for not less than 900 

hours øduring a period of— ø(A) not more than 2 years; or 

ø(B) not more than 3 years if the individual is enrolled 

in an institute of higher education while preforming all or 

a portion of the service.¿ during a period of not more than 

2 years. 

* * * * * * * 

(c) RELEASE FROM COMPLETING TERM OF SERVICE.—

(1) RELEASE AUTHORIZED.—A recipient of assistance under 

section 121 or a program sponsoring an approved national 

service position may release a participant from completing a 

term of service in the position—

(A) for compelling personal circumstances øas demonstrated by the participant¿ as determined by the organization responsible for granting a release, if the participant 

has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has completed 

at least 15 percent of the original term of service; or 

* * * * * * * 

(2) EFFECT OF RELEASE FOR COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES.—

If a participant eligible for release under paragraph (1)(A) is 

serving in an approved national service position, the recipient 

of assistance under section 121 or a program sponsoring an approved national service position may elect—

(A) to grant such release and øprovide to the participant 

that portion of the national service educational award¿ certify the participant’s eligibility for that portion of the national service educational award corresponding to the portion of the term of service actually completed, as provided 

in section 147(c); or 

(B) to permit the participant to temporarily suspend performance of the term of service for a period of up to 2 

years (and such additional period as the Corporation may 

allow for extenuating circumstances) and, upon completion 

of such period, øto allow return to the program with which 

the individual was serving in order¿ to complete the remainder of the term of service and obtain the entire national service educational award. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 140. LIVING ALLOWANCES FOR NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS. 

(a) PROVISION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—

(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—Subject to øparagraph 

(3)¿ paragraphs (2) and (3), a national service program carried 

out using assistance provided under section 121 shall provide 

to each participant who participates on a full-time basis in the 

program a living allowance in an amount equal to or greater 

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VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

ø(2) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The amount of the annual living allowance provided under paragraph (1) that may 

be paid using assistance provided under section 121 and using 

any other Federal funds shall not exceed 85 percent of the total 

average annual provided to VISTA volunteers under section 

105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

4955).¿ 

ø(3)¿ (2) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—Except as provided 

in subsection (c), the total amount of an annual living allowance that may be provided to a participant in a national service program shall not exceed 200 percent of the average annual 

subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

U.S.C. 4955). 

(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The living allowance 

that may be provided to an individual whose term of service includes hours for which the individual receives Federal work 

study wages shall be reduced by the amount of the individual’s 

Federal work study award. 

(4) PRORATION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The amount provided 

as a living allowance under this subsection shall be prorated 

in the case of a participant who is authorized to serve øa reduced term of service under section 139(b)(3)¿ a term of service 

that is less than 12 months. 

* * * * * * * 

(b) COVERAGE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT-RELATED TAXES.—To the 

extent a national service program that receives assistance under 

section 121 is subject, with respect to the participants in the program, to the taxes imposed on an employer under sections 3111 

and 3301 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3111, 

3301) and taxes imposed on an employer under a workmen’s compensation act, the assistance provided to the program under section 

121 øshall include an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of such 

taxes based upon the lesser of—

ø(1) the total average annual subsistence allowance provided 

to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955); and 

ø(2) the annual living allowance established by the program.¿ may be used to pay such taxes. 

(c) EXCEPTION FROM MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN

ASSISTANCE.—A professional corps program described in section 

122(a)(8) that desires to provide a living allowance in excess of the 

maximum allowance authorized in subsection (a)(3) may still apply 

for such assistance, except that—

(1) any assistance provided to the applicant under section 

121 may not be used to pay for any portion of the allowance; 

and 

ø(2) the applicant shall apply for such assistance only by 

submitting an application to the Corporation for assistance on 

a competitive basis; and¿ 

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educational, environmental, or public safety needs, as determined by the Corporation. 

(d) HEALTH INSURANCE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or other recipient of assistance 

under section 121 shall provide a basic health care policy for 

each full-time participant in a national service program carried 

out or supported using the assistance, if the participant is not 

otherwise covered by a health care policy. øNot more than 85 

percent of the cost of a premium shall be provided by the Corporation, with the remaining cost paid by the entity receiving 

assistance under section 121.¿ The Corporation shall establish 

minimum standards that all plans must meet in order to qualify for payment under this part, any circumstances in which an 

alternative health care policy may be substituted for the basic 

health care policy, and mechanisms to prohibit participants 

from dropping existing coverage. 

* * * * * * * 

ø(g) WAIVER OF LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The Corporation may waive in whole or in part the limitation on the Federal 

share specified in this section with respect to a particular national 

service program in any fiscal year if the Corporation determines 

that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available 

financial resources at the local level. 

ø(h) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE FOR FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED LIVING ALLOWANCE.—No national service program may use assistance provided under section 121, or any other 

Federal funds, to provide a living allowance under subsection (a), 

a health care policy under subsection (d), or child care or a child 

care allowance under subsection (e), to an individual for a third, or 

subsequent, term of service described in section 139(b) by the individual in a national service program carried out under this subtitle.¿ 

* * * * * * * 

Subtitle D—National Service Trust and 

Provision of National Service Educational Awards 

SEC. 145. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Treasury of the 

United States an account to be known as the National Service 

Trust. The Trust shall consist of—

(1) from the amounts appropriated to the Corporation and 

made available to carry out this subtitle pursuant to section 

501(a)(2), such amounts as the Corporation may designate to 

be available for the payment of—

(A) * * * 

(B) interest expenses pursuant to øsection 148(e)¿ section 148(f); 

(2) any amounts received by the Corporation as gifts, bequests, devises, or otherwise øpursuant to section 196(a)(2)¿ 


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pursuant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such donations direct that they be deposited in the National Service Trust; and 

* * * * * * * 

(c) EXPENDITURES FROM TRUST.—Amounts in the Trust shall be 

available, to the extent provided for in advance by appropriation, 

øfor payments of national service educational awards in accordance 

with section 148.¿ for—

(1) payments of summer of service educational awards and 

national service educational awards in accordance with section 

148; and 

(2) payments of interest in accordance with section 148(f). 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NATIONAL SERVICE 

EDUCATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST. 

(a) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An individual shall receive a national 

service educational award from the National Service Trust øif the 

individual¿ if the organization responsible for an individual’s supervision certifies that the individual—

ø(1) successfully completes the required term of service described in subsection (b) in an approved national service position; 

ø(2) was 17 years of age or older at the time the individual 

began serving in the approved national service position or was 

an out-of-school youth serving in an approved national service 

position with a youth corps program described in section 

122(a)(2) or a program described in section 122(a)(9); 

ø(3) at the time the individual uses the national service educational award—

ø(A) has received a high school diploma, or the equivalent of such diploma; 

ø(B) is enrolled at an institution of higher education on 

the basis of meeting the standard described in paragraph 

(1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091) and meets the requirements of subsection (a) of such section; or 

ø(C) has received a waiver described in section 137(c); 

and¿ 

(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements for the position; 

and 

(2)(A) successfully completed the required term of service described in subsection (b) in an approved national service position; or 

(B)(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being granted a release 

for compelling personal circumstances under section 139(c); and 

(ii) served at least 15 percent of the required term of service 

described in subsection (b); and 

ø(4)¿ (3) is a citizen or national of the United States or lawful permanent resident alien of the United States. 

* * * * * * * 

ø(c) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE FOR

AWARDS.—Although an individual may serve more than 2 terms of 

service described in subsection (b) in an approved national service 

position, the individual shall receive a national service educational 


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award from the National Service Trust only on the basis of the first 

and second of such terms of service.¿ 

(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL

AWARDS.—An individual may not receive, in national service educational awards, more than an amount equal to the aggregate value 

of 2 such awards for full-time service. The aggregate value of summer of service educational awards that an individual receives shall 

have no effect on the aggregate value of national service educational 

awards the individual may receive. 

(d) TIME FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD.— (1) SEVEN-YEAR REQUIREMENT.—An individual eligible to receive a national service educational award or a summer of service educational award under this section may not use such 

award after the end of the 7-year period beginning on the date 

the individual completes the term of service in an approved national service position that is the basis of the award. 

(2) EXCEPTION.—The Corporation may extend the period 

within which an individual may use a national service educational award or a summer of service educational award if the 

Corporation determines that the individual—

(A) was unavoidably prevented from using the national 

service educational award or a summer of service educational award during the original 7-year period; øor¿ 

(B) performed another term of service in an approved 

national service position during that periodø.¿; or 

(C) in the case of a summer of service educational award, 

is enrolled at an eligible institution of higher education 

under section 148(c) or an educational institution described 

under section 148(a)(4) and failed to expend the full 

amount of that award during the original 7-year period. 

(e) SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who, after qualifying under 

this section or under section 111(a)(5) as an eligible individual, 

has been convicted under any Federal or State law of the possession or sale of a controlled substance shall not be eligible to 

receive a national service educational award or a summer of 

service educational award during the period beginning on the 

date of such conviction and ending after the interval specified 

in the following table: 

If convicted of: 

The possession of a controlled substance: Ineligibility period is: 

1st conviction ......................................................................... 1 year 

2nd conviction ....................................................................... 2 years 

3rd conviction ........................................................................ indefinite 

The sale of a controlled substance: 

1st conviction ......................................................................... 2 years 

2nd conviction ....................................................................... indefinite 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD. 

(a) AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICE.—Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual described in section 146(a) 

who successfully completes a required term of full-time national 

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more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 90 percent of¿ a 

value of—

ø(1) one-half of an amount equal to the aggregate basic educational assistance allowance provided in section 3015(b)(1) of 

title 38, United States Code (as in effect on July 28, 1993), for 

the period referred to in section 3013(a)(1) of such title (as in 

effect on July 28, 1993), for a member of the Armed Forces who 

is entitled to such an allowance under section 3011 of such 

title and whose initial obligated period of active duty is 2 

years; less 

ø(2) one-half of the aggregate basic contribution required to 

be made by the member in section 3011(b) of such title (as in 

effect on July 28, 1993).¿ 

(1) $4,825, for fiscal year 2008; 

(2) $4,925, for fiscal year 2009; 

(3) $5,025, for fiscal year 2010; 

(4) $5,125, for fiscal year 2011; and 

(5) $5,225, for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL 

AWARDS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Trust shall be available— (1) * * * 

(2) to pay all or part of the øcost of attendance¿ cost of attendance or other educational expenses at an institution of 

higher education in accordance with subsection (c); 

(3) to pay expenses incurred in participating in an approved 

school-to-work program in accordance with subsection (d); 

øand¿ 

(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an educational institution or training establishment that meets the requirements 

of chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code (38 U.S.C. 3451 

et seq.); 

(5) for a recipient of a summer of service educational award 

under section 111(a)(5)(D), to pay expenses incurred in enrolling 

in a college preparatory program in accordance with subsection 

(e); and 

ø(4)¿ (6) to pay interest expenses in accordance with regulations prescribed pursuant to øsubsection (e)¿ subsection (f). 

(b) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO REPAY OUTSTANDING STU- DENT LOANS.— (1) APPLICATION BY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An eligible individual under section 146 who desires to apply the national 

service educational award of the individual, or an eligible individual under section 111(a)(5) who received a summer of service 

educational award for a project that began after the individual 

completed grade 10 and desires to apply that summer of service 

educational award, to the repayment of qualified student loans 

shall submit, in a manner prescribed by the Corporation, an 

application to the Corporation that—

(A) * * * 

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plies with paragraph (1), the Corporation shall, as promptly as 

practicable consistent with paragraph (5), disburse the amount 

of the national service educational award or the summer of 

service educational award, as applicable, that the eligible individual has earned. Such disbursement shall be made by check 

or other means that is payable to the holder of the loan and 

requires the endorsement or other certification by the eligible 

individual. 

* * * * * * * 

(5) NOTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL.—The Corporation upon disbursing the national service educational award or the summer 

of service educational award, as applicable, shall notify the individual of the amount paid for each outstanding loan and the 

date of payment. 

* * * * * * * 

(7) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED STUDENT LOANS.—As used in 

this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified student loans’’ means—

(A) any loan made, insured, or guaranteed pursuant to 

title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

1070 et seq.)ø, other than a loan to a parent of a student 

pursuant to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078–2); 

and¿; 

(B) any loan made pursuant to title VII or VIII of the 

Public Health Service Act (42 USC 292a et seq)ø.¿; and 

(C) any loan (other than a loan described in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an institution of higher 

education to be necessary to cover a student’s educational 

expenses and made, insured, or guaranteed by—

(i) an eligible lender, as defined in section 435 of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 

(ii) the direct student loan program under part D of 

title IV of such Act; 

(iii) a State agency; or 

(iv) a lender otherwise determined by the Corporation to be eligible to receive disbursements from the National Service Trust. 

* * * * * * * 

(c) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS TO PAY CURRENT EDUCATIONAL

EXPENSES.—

(1) APPLICATION BY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—An eligible individual under section 146 who desires to apply the individual’s 

national service educational award, or an eligible individual 

under section 111(a)(5) who desires to apply the individual’s 

summer of service educational award, to the payment of current full-time or part-time educational expenses shall, on a 

form prescribed by the Corporation, submit an application to 

the institution of higher education in which the student will be 

enrolled that contains such information as the Corporation 

may require to verify the individual’s eligibility. 

(2) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT BY INSTITU- TIONS.—An institution of higher education that receives one or 

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to the Corporation a statement, in a manner prescribed by the 

Corporation, that— (A) identifies each eligible individual filing an application under paragraph (1) for a disbursement of the individual’s national service educational award or summer of service educational award, as applicable, under this subsection; 

* * * * * * * 

(C) certifies that—

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(iii) individuals using national service educational 

awards received under this subtitle or summer of service educational awards received under section 111(a)(5) 

to pay for educational costs do not comprise more than 

15 percent of the total student population of the institution; and 

* * * * * * * 

(3) DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Upon receipt of a statement from an institution of higher education that complies 

with paragraph (2), the Corporation shall, subject to paragraph 

(4), disburse the total amount of the national service educational awards and summer of service educational awards for 

which eligible individuals who have submitted applications to 

that institution under paragraph (1) are scheduled to receive. 

Such disbursement shall be made by check or other means that 

is payable to the institution and requires the endorsement or 

other certification by the eligible individual. 

* * * * * * * 

(5) REFUND RULES.—The Corporation shall, by regulation, 

provide for the refund to the Corporation (and the crediting to 

the national service educational award, or summer of service 

educational award, as applicable, of an eligible individual) of 

amounts disbursed to institutions for the benefit of eligible individuals who withdraw or otherwise fail to complete the period of enrollment for which the assistance was provided. Such 

regulations shall be consistent with the fair and equitable refund policies required of institutions pursuant to section 484B 

of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091b). 

Amounts refunded to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph 

may be used by the Corporation to fund additional summer of 

service educational awards and additional approved national 

service positions under subtitle C. 

(6) MAXIMUM AWARD.—The portion of an eligible individual’s 

total available national service educational award and summer 

of service educational award that may be disbursed under this 

subsection for any period of enrollment shall not exceed the 

difference between—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(d) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROVED

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provide for the payment of national service educational awards and 

summer of service educational awards to permit eligible individuals 

to participate in school-to-work programs approved by the Secretaries of Labor and Education. 

(e) USE OF SUMMER OF SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO PAY

COLLEGE PREPARATORY EXPENSES.— (1) APPLICATION OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An eligible individual under section 111(a)(5), or the parents or legal guardian 

of such an individual, who desires to apply the summer of service educational award of the individual to the payment of expenses incurred in enrolling in a college preparatory program 

shall, on a form prescribed by the Corporation, submit an application to the college preparatory program in which the individual will be enrolled that contains such information as the 

Corporation may require to verify the individual’s eligibility. 

(2) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT BY PROGRAM.—A 

college preparatory program that receives one or more applications under paragraph (1) shall submit to the Corporation a 

statement, in a manner prescribed by the Corporation, that—

(A) identifies each eligible individual filing an application under paragraph (1) for a disbursement of the individual’s summer of service educational award under this subsection; 

(B) specifies the amounts for which such eligible individuals are qualified for disbursement; and 

(C) certifies that—

(i) the college preparatory program is operated by a 

for-profit or non-profit organization with a track record 

of success in implementing college preparatory programs that collaborate with local educational agencies 

and adequately prepare secondary school students for 

admission to an institution of higher education without 

need for remediation; 

(ii) the college preparatory program has been in existence for at least one year prior to an eligible individual’s submission of the application under paragraph 

(1); and 

(iii) individuals using summer of service educational 

awards received under section 111(a)(5) to pay the cost 

of enrolling in the college preparatory program do not 

comprise more than 15 percent of the total number of 

individuals enrolled in the program; and 

(D) contains such provisions concerning financial compliance and program quality as the Corporation may require. 

(3) DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Upon receipt of a statement from a college preparatory program that complies with 

paragraph (2), the Corporation shall, subject to paragraph (4), 

disburse the total amount of the summer of service educational 

awards for which eligible individuals who have submitted applications to that program under paragraph (1) are scheduled 

to receive. Such disbursement shall be made by check or other 

means that is payable to the program and requires the endorsement or other certification by the eligible individual. 

(4) MULTIPLE DISBURSEMENTS.—The total amount required to 

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(3) for any period of enrollment may be disbursed by the Corporation in two or more installments consistent with appropriate divisions of such period of enrollment. 

(5) REFUND RULES.—The Corporation shall, by regulation, 

provide for the refund to the Corporation (and the crediting to 

the summer of service educational award of an eligible individual) of amounts disbursed to programs for the benefit of eligible individuals who withdraw or otherwise fail to complete 

the period of enrollment for which the assistance was provided. 

Amounts refunded to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph may 

be used by the Corporation to fund additional approved summer of service positions under section 111(a)(5). 

(6) MAXIMUM AWARD.—The portion of an eligible individual’s 

total available summer of service educational award that may 

be disbursed under this subsection for any period of enrollment 

shall not exceed the cost of attendance. 

ø(e)¿ (f) INTEREST PAYMENTS DURING FORBEARANCE ON LOAN RE- PAYMENT.—The Corporation shall provide by regulation for the payment on behalf of an eligible individual of interest that accrues 

during a period for which such individual has obtained forbearance 

in the repayment of a qualified student loan (as defined in øsubsection (b)(6)¿ subsection (b)(7)), if the eligible individual successfully completes the individual’s required term of service (as determined under section 146(b)). Such regulations shall be prescribed 

after consultation with the Secretary of Education. 

ø(f)¿ (g) EXCEPTION.—With the approval of the øDirector¿ Chief 

Executive Officer, an approved national service program funded 

under section 121, may offer participants the option of waiving 

their right to receive a national service educational award in order 

to receive an alternative post-service benefit funded by the program 

entirely with non-Federal funds. 

ø(g)¿ (h) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— Notwithstanding section 101 of this Act, for purposes of this section 

the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the meaning provided by section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

SEC. 149. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C and D, and 

any other provision of law, in approving a position as an approved national service position, the Corporation— (A) shall approve the position at the time the Corporation—

(i) enters into an enforceable agreement with an individual participant to serve in a program carried out 

under subtitle E of title I of this Act or under title I 

of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), or a summer of service educational award; or 

(ii) except as provided in clause (i), awards a grant 

to (or enters into a contract or cooperative agreement 

with) an entity to carry out a program for which such 

a position is approved under section 123; and 

(B) shall record as an obligation an estimate of the net 

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into consideration historical rates of enrollment in such a 

program, and of earning and using national service educational awards for such a program and remain available. 

(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula described in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall consult with the Director of 

the Congressional Budget Office. 

(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Executive Officer of 

the Corporation shall annually prepare and submit to Congress 

a report that contains a certification that the Corporation is in 

compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1). 

(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this subsection shall 

apply to each approved national service position that the Corporation approves— (A) during fiscal year 2008; and 

(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 

(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.—

(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.—

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding subtitles C and 

D, and any other provision of law, within the National 

Service Trust established under section 145, the Corporation shall establish a reserve account. 

(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the availability of adequate 

funds to support the awards of approved national service 

positions for each fiscal year, the Corporation shall place in 

the account— (i) during fiscal year 2008, a portion of the funds 

that were appropriated for fiscal year 2008 or a previous fiscal year under section 501(a)(2), were made 

available to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, 

subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

Act of 1973, or summer of service under section 

111(a)(5), and remain available; and 

(ii) during fiscal year 2009 or a subsequent fiscal 

year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for 

that fiscal year under section 501(a)(2) and were made 

available to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, 

subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

Act of 1973, or summer of service under section 

111(a)(5), and remain available. 

(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not obligate the 

funds in the reserve account until the Corporation—

(A) determines that the funds will not be needed for the 

payment of national service educational awards associated 

with previously approved national service positions and 

summer of service educational awards; or 

(B) obligates the funds for the payment of national service educational awards for such previously approved national service positions or summer of service educational 

awards, as applicable. 

(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation relating to the appropriated funds for approved national service positions, and the 

records demonstrating the manner in which the Corporation has recorded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obligations, 

shall be audited annually by independent certified public accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed 


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by a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of 

the United States in accordance with generally accepted auditing 

standards. A report containing the results of each such independent 

audit shall be included in the annual report required by subsection 

(a)(3). 

(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as provided in subsection 

(b), all amounts included in the National Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 145(a) shall be available for payments of national service educational awards or summer of service 

educational awards under section 148. 

øSubtitle E—Civilian Community Corps¿ 

øSEC. 151. PURPOSE. 

øIt is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the establishment 

of a Civilian Community Corps to provide a basis for determining—

ø(1) whether residential service programs administered by 

the Federal Government can significantly increase the support 

for national service and community service by the people of the 

United States; 

ø(2) whether such programs can expand the opportunities for 

willing young men and women to perform meaningful, direct, 

and consequential acts of community service in a manner that 

will enhance their own skills while contributing to their understanding of civic responsibility in the United States; 

ø(3) whether retired members and former members of the 

Armed Forces of the United States, members and former members of the Armed Forces discharged or released from active 

duty in connection with reduced Department of Defense spending, members and former members of the Armed Forces discharged or transferred from the Selected Reserve of the Ready 

Reserve in connection with reduced Department of Defense 

spending, and other members of the Armed Forces not on active duty and not actively participating in a reserve component 

of the Armed Forces can provide guidance and training under 

such programs that contribute meaningfully to the encouragement of national and community service; and 

ø(4) whether domestic national service programs can serve 

as a substitute for the traditional option of military service in 

the Armed Forces of the United States which, in times of reductions in the size of the Armed Forces, is a diminishing national service opportunity for young Americans.¿ 

Subtitle E—National Civilian Community 

Corps 

SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 

It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the operation of, and 

support for, residential and other service programs that combine the 

best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military 

service, including leadership and team building, to meet national 

and community needs. Such needs to be met under such programs 

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(1) natural and other disasters; 

(2) infrastructure improvement; 

(3) environmental stewardship and conservation; 

(4) energy conservation; and 

(5) urban and rural development. 

øSEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.¿ 

SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY 

CORPS PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may establish the øCivilian 

Community Corps Demonstration Program¿ National Civilian 

Community Corps Program to carry out the purpose of this subtitle. 

(b) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—Under the øCivilian Community 

Corps Demonstration Program¿ National Civilian Community 

Corps Program authorized by subsection (a), the members of øa Civilian Community Corps¿ a National Civilian Community Corps 

shall receive training and perform service in at least one of the following two program components: 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(c) RESIDENTIAL øPROGRAMS¿ COMPONENTS.—Both øprogram 

components are residential programs. The members of the Corps in 

each program shall reside with other members of the Corps in 

Corps housing during the periods of the members’ agreed service.¿ 

programs referred to in subsection (b) may include a residential 

component. 

SEC. 153. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Under the national service program component 

of the øCivilian Community Corps Demonstration Program¿ National Civilian Community Corps Program authorized by section 

152(a), eligible young people shall work in teams øon Civilian Community Corps¿ on National Civilian Community Corps projects. 

(b) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.—A person shall be eligible for selection for the national service program øif the person—

ø(1) is at least 16 and not more than 24 years of age; and 

ø(2) is a high school graduate or has not received a high 

school diploma or its equivalent.¿ if the person will be at least 

18 years of age on or before December 31 in the calendar year 

in which the individual enrolls in the program. 

(c) DIVERSE øBACKROUNDS¿ BACKGROUNDS of Participants.—In 

selecting persons for the national service program, the Director 

shall endeavor to ensure that participants are from economically, 

geographically, and ethnically diverse backgrounds. The Director 

shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the participants in the program are disadvantaged youth by year 2010. The Director shall report to the Committee on Education and Labor in the United States 

House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions in the United States Senate annually on 

progress towards this goal. 

* * * * * * * 

ø(e) PERIOD OF PARTICIPATION.—Persons desiring to participate 

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the Director to participate in the Corps for a period of not less than 

nine months and not more than one year, as specified by the Director, and may renew the agreement for not more than one additional such period.¿ 

SEC. 154. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Under the summer national service program of 

the øCivilian Community Corps Demonstration Program¿ National 

Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program authorized by 

section 152(a), a diverse group of youth aged 14 through 18 years 

who are from urban or rural areas shall work in teams øon Civilian 

Community Corps¿ on National Civilian Community Corps 

projects. 

(b) NECESSARY PARTICIPANTS.—To the extent practicable, at least 

50 percent of the participants in the summer national service program øshall be economically disadvantaged youths.¿ shall be from 

economically and ethnically diverse backgrounds, including youth 

who are in foster care. 

* * * * * * * 

øSEC. 155. CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.¿ 

SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS. 

(a) DIRECTOR.—Upon the establishment of the øCivilian Community Corps Demonstration Program¿ National Civilian Community 

Corps Demonstration Program, øthe Civilian Community Corps 

shall¿ the National Civilian Community Corps shall be under the 

direction of the Director appointed pursuant to section 159(c)(1). 

(b) øMEMBERSHIP IN CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS¿ MEMBERSHIP

IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.— (1) PARTICIPANTS TO BE MEMBERS.—Persons selected to participate in the national service program or the summer national service program components of the Program shall become members of the National Civilian Community Corps. 

* * * * * * * 

(3) APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.—To be selected to become 

a Corps member an individual shall submit an application to 

the Director or to any other office as the Director may designate, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director shall require. At a minimum, the application shall contain information about the work experience 

of the applicant and sufficient information to enable the Director, or the øsuperintendent¿ campus director of the appropriate 

øcamp¿ campus, to determine whether selection of the applicant for membership in the Corps is appropriate. 

(4) TEAM LEADERS.—The Director may select from Corps 

members individuals with prior supervisory or service experience to be team leaders within units in the National Civilian 

Community Corps to perform service that includes leading and 

supervising teams of Corps members. Team leaders shall—

(A) be selected without regard to the age limitation under 

section 153(b); 

(B) be members of the National Civilian Community 

Corps; and 

(C) be provided the rights and benefits applicable to 

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living allowance shall not exceed 10 percent more than the 

amount established under section 158(b). 

* * * * * * * 

(d) øCAMPS¿ CAMPUSES.—

ø(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPS.—¿ 

(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.—The units of the 

Corps shall be grouped together as appropriate øin camps¿ in 

campuses for operational, support, and boarding purposes. The 

Corps øcamp¿ campus for a unit shall be in a facility or central 

location established as the operational headquarters and 

boarding place for the unit. Corps members may be housed øin 

the camps¿ in the campuses. 

ø(2) CAMP SUPERINTENDENT.—There shall be a superintendent for each camp. The superintendent is the head of the 

camp.¿ 

(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—There shall be a campus director for 

each campus. The campus director is the head of the campus. 

ø(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMP.—A camp may be located¿ 

(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.— A campus must be cost-effective and may, upon the completion of a feasibility study, be 

located in a facility referred to in section 162(a)(3). 

ø(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPS¿ 

(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—The Director shall 

ensure that the Corps units and øcamps are distributed¿ campuses 

are cost-effective and are distributed in urban areas and ørural 

areas in various regions throughout the United States.¿ rural areas 

such that each Corps unit in a region can be easily deployed for disaster and emergency response to such region. 

(f) STANDARDS OF CONDUCT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The øsuperintendent¿ campus director of 

each øcamp¿ campus shall establish and enforce standards of 

conduct to promote proper moral and disciplinary conditions in 

the øcamp¿ campus. 

(2) SANCTIONS.—Under procedures prescribed by the Director, the øsuperintendent of a camp¿ campus director of a campus may—

(A) transfer a member of the Corps in that øcamp¿ campus to another unit or øcamp¿ campus if the øsuperintendent¿ campus director determines that the retention 

of the member in the member’s unit or in the øsuperintendent’s camp¿ campus director’s campus will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or diminish the 

opportunities of other Corps members in that unit or 

øcamp¿ campus, as the case may be; or 

(B) dismiss a member of the Corps from the Corps if the 

øsuperintendent¿ campus director determines that retention of the member in the Corps will jeopardize the enforcement of the standards or diminish the opportunities of 

other Corps members. 

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fer or dismiss the member. The Director shall provide for expeditious disposition of appeals under this paragraph. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 156. TRAINING. 

(a) COMMON CURRICULUM.—Each member of the National Civilian Community Corps shall be provided with between three and six 

weeks of training that includes a comprehensive service-learning 

curriculum designed to promote team building, discipline, leadership, work, training, citizenship, and physical conditioning. The Director shall ensure that to the extent practicable, each member of the 

Corps is trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to disaster preparedness and response. 

(b) ADVANCED SERVICE TRAINING.—

(1) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM.—Members of the Corps participating in the national service program shall receive advanced training in basic, project-specific skills that the members will use in performing their community service projects, 

including a focus on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban 

and rural development, or disaster preparedness needs. 

* * * * * * * 

(c) TRAINING PERSONNEL.— (1) * * * 

(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.—Members of the 

cadre may provide the advanced service training referred to in 

subsection (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or technical 

schools, other employment and training providers, existing 

youth service programs, or other qualified individuals. The 

Corporation may provide such training through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with organizations who have 

established expertise in working with disadvantaged youth in 

similar programs. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 157. SERVICE PROJECTS. 

(a) PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.—The service projects carried out by 

the National Civilian Community Corps shall—

(1) meet an identifiable public need with specific emphasis on 

projects in support of infrastructure improvement, disaster relief 

and recovery, the environment, energy conservation and urban 

and rural development; 

(2) emphasize the performance of community service activities that provide meaningful community benefits and opportunities for øservice learning¿ service-learning and skills development; 

* * * * * * * 

(b) PROJECT PROPOSALS.—

(1) DEVELOPMENT OF PROPOSALS.—

(A) SPECIFIC EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.—Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

Secretary of the Interior, øand the Secretary of Housing 

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mental Protection Agency, the Administrator of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Energy, 

the Secretary of Transportation, and the Chief of the 

United States Forest Service shall develop proposals for 

Corps projects pursuant to guidance which the Director 

shall prescribe. 

(B) OTHER SOURCES.—Other public and private organizations and agencies, including community-based organizations and representatives of local communities in the vicinity of a Corps øcamp¿ campus, may develop proposals for 

projects for a Corps øcamp¿ campus. Corps members shall 

also be encouraged to identify projects for the Corps. 

(2) CONSULTATION REQUIREMENTS.—The process for developing project proposals under paragraph (1) shall include consultation with the Corporation, representatives of local communities, State Commissions, and persons involved in other youth 

service programs. 

(c) PROJECT SELECTION, ORGANIZATION, AND PERFORMANCE.— (1) SELECTION.—The øsuperintendent¿ campus director of a 

Corps øcamp¿ campus shall select the projects to be performed 

by the members of the Corps assigned to the units in that 

øcamp¿ campus. The øsuperintendent¿ campus director shall 

select projects from among the projects proposed or identified 

pursuant to subsection (b). 

(2) INNOVATIVE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROJECT PER- FORMANCE.—The Director shall encourage øcamp superintendents¿ campus directors to negotiate with representatives of 

local communities, to the extent practicable, innovative arrangements for the performance of projects. The arrangements 

may provide for cost-sharing and the provision by the communities of in-kind support and other support. 

SEC. 158. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide for members of the 

National Civilian Community Corps to receive benefits authorized 

by this section. 

* * * * * * * 

(c) OTHER AUTHORIZED BENEFITS.—While receiving training or 

engaging in service projects as members of the National Civilian 

Community Corps, members may be provided the following benefits, as the Director determines appropriate: 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(6) øClothing¿ Uniforms. (7) øRecreational services and supplies¿ Supplies. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 159. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

(a) SUPERVISION.—The Chief Executive Officer shall monitor and 

supervise the administration of the øCivilian Community Corps 

Demonstration Program¿ National Civilian Community Corps Program authorized to be established under section 152. In carrying 

out this section, the Chief Executive Officer shall—

(1) approve such guidelines, including those recommended by 

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of the National Civilian Community Corps as the Chief Executive Officer considers appropriate; 

* * * * * * * 

(b) MONITORING AND COORDINATION.—The Chief Executive Officer shall—

(1) monitor the overall operation of the National Civilian 

Community Corps; 

* * * * * * * 

(c) STAFF.—

(1) DIRECTOR.—

(A) * * * 

(B) DUTIES.—The Director shall—

(i) design, develop, and administer the National Civilian Community Corps programs; 

* * * * * * * 

(2) PERMANENT CADRE.—

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—øThe Director shall establish a 

permanent cadre of¿ The Chief Executive Officer shall establish a permanent cadre that includes the Director and 

other appointed supervisors and training instructors for 

National Civilian Community Corps programs. 

(B) APPOINTMENT.—øThe Director shall appoint the 

members¿ The Chief Executive Officer shall consider the 

recommendations of the Director in appointing the other 

members of the permanent cadre. 

(C) EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS.—In appointing individuals to cadre positions, øthe Director¿ the Chief Executive Officer shall—

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(E) TRAINING.—The Director shall provide to members of 

the permanent cadre appropriate training in youth development techniques, including techniques for working with 

and enhancing the development of disadvantaged youth, 

and the principles of øservice learning¿ service-learning. 

All members of the permanent cadre shall be required to 

participate in the training. 

(3) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.—The 

Director, øthe members¿ other members of the permanent 

cadre, and the other staff personnel shall be appointed without 

regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service. The rates of 

pay of such persons may be established without regard to the 

provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 

such title. In the case of a member of the permanent cadre who 

was recommended for appointment in accordance with section 

162(a)(2)(A) and is entitled to retired or retainer pay, section 

5532 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to reduce 

the member’s retired or retainer pay by reason of the member 

being paid as a member of the cadre. 

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SEC. 160. STATUS OF CORPS MEMBERS AND CORPS PERSONNEL 

UNDER FEDERAL LAW. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, 

members of the National Civilian Community Corps shall not, by 

reason of their status as such members, be considered Federal employees or be subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal 

employment. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 161. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY. 

(a) PROGRAMS.—The Director may, by contract or grant, provide 

for any public or private organization to øperform any program 

function under this subtitle¿ carry out the National Civilian Community Corps program. (b) EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES.—

(1) * * * 

(2) OTHER PROPERTY.—The Director may enter into contracts 

or agreements for the use of other equipment or facilities to 

the extent practicable to train and house members of the National Civilian Community Corps and leaders of Corps units. 

SEC. 162. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 

(a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—

(1) LIAISON OFFICE.—

(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Upon the establishment of the 

Program, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an office 

to provide for liaison between the Secretary and the National Civilian Community Corps. 

(B) DUTIES.—The office shall—

(i) in order to assist in the recruitment of personnel 

for appointment in the permanent cadre, make available to the Director information in øthe registry established by section 4462 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993;¿ the registry established by section 1143a of title 10, United States Code; 

and 

* * * * * * * 

(2) CORPS CADRE.—

(A) LIST OF RECOMMENDED PERSONNEL.—Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the liaison office established under paragraph (1) shall develop a list of individuals øto be recommended for appointment¿ from which individuals may 

be selected for appointment by the Director in the permanent cadre of Corps personnel. Such personnel shall be selected from among members and former members of the 

Armed Forces referred to in section 151(3) who are commissioned officers, noncommissioned officers, former commissioned officers, or former noncommissioned officers. 

* * * * * * * 

(3) FACILITIES.—Upon the establishment of the Program, the 

Secretary of Defense shall identify military installations and 

other facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the adjutant generals of the State National Guards, 

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by the National Civilian Community Corps for training or 

housing Corps members. The Secretary of Defense shall carry 

out this paragraph in consultation with the liaison office established under paragraph (1). 

* * * * * * * 

ø(b) SECRETARY OF LABOR.—Upon the establishment of the Program, the Secretary of Labor shall identify and assist in establishing a system for the recruitment of persons to serve as members of the Civilian Community Corps. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary of Labor may utilize the Employment Service 

Agency or the Office of Job Training.¿ 

SEC. 163. ADVISORY BOARD. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—øUpon the establishment of 

the Program, there shall also be¿ There shall be established a National Civilian Community Corps Advisory Board to advise the Director concerning the administration of this subtitle and øto assist 

in the development and administration of the Corps.¿ to assist the 

Corps in responding rapidly and efficiently in times of natural and 

other disasters. Consistent with the needs outlined in section 151, 

the Advisory Board members shall help coordinate activities with 

the Corps as appropriate, including the mobilization of volunteers 

and coordination of volunteer centers to help local communities recover from the effects of natural and other disasters. 

(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Advisory Board shall be composed of the 

following members: 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 

(10) The Chief of the United States Forest Service. 

(11) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

(12) The Secretary of Energy. 

ø(8)¿ (13) Individuals appointed by the Director from among 

persons who are broadly representative of educational institutions, voluntary organizations, øindustry,¿ public and private 

organizations, youth, and labor unions. 

ø(9)¿ (14) The Chief Executive Officer. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 164. ANNUAL EVALUATION. 

Pursuant to the provisions for evaluations conducted under section 179, and in particular subsection (g) of such section, the Corporation shall conduct an annual evaluation of the National Civilian Community Corps programs authorized under this subtitle. 

Upon completing each such evaluation, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 

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øSEC. 165. FUNDING LIMITATION. 

øThe Corporation, in consultation with the Director, shall ensure 

that no amounts appropriated under section 501 are utilized to 

carry out this subtitle.¿ 

SEC. 166. DEFINITIONS. 

In this subtitle: 

(1) * * * 

ø(2) CORPS.—The terms ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’ and ‘‘Corps’’ mean the Civilian Community Corps required under 

section 155 as part of the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program. 

ø(3) CORPS CAMP.—The term ‘‘Corps camp’’ means the facility 

or central location established as the operational headquarters 

and boarding place for particular Corps units.¿ 

(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘campus director’’, with respect to a Corps campus, means the head of the campus under 

section 155(d). 

(3) CORPS.—The term ‘‘Corps’’ means the National Civilian 

Community Corps required under section 155 as part of the Civilian Community Corps Program. 

(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘‘Corps campus’’ means the facility or central location established as the operational headquarters and boarding place for particular Corps units. 

ø(4)¿ (5) CORPS MEMBERS.—The term ‘‘Corps members’’

means persons receiving training and participating in projects 

under the øCivilian Community Corps Demonstration Program¿ National Civilian Community Corps Program. 

ø(5)¿ (6) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director 

of the National Civilian Community Corps. 

ø(6)¿ (7) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the meaning given that term 

in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965. 

ø(7)¿ (8) PROGRAM.—øThe terms ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

Demonstration Program’’ and ‘‘Program’’ mean the Civilian 

Community Corps Demonstration Program¿ The term ‘‘Program’’ means the National Civilian Community Corps Program 

established pursuant to section 152. 

ø(8) SERVICE LEARNING¿ (9) SERVICE-LEARNING.—The term 

‘‘øservice learning¿ service-learning’’, with respect to Corps 

members, means a method—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(9) SUPERINTENDENT.—The term ‘‘superintendent’’, with respect to a Corps camp, means the head of the camp under section 155(d).¿ 

* * * * * * * 

Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 

SEC. 171. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 

(a) PARTICIPANTS IN PRIVATE, STATE, AND LOCAL PROJECTS.—For 

purposes of title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 

U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), if—


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(1) a participant has provided service for the period required 

by section 101(2)(A)(i) (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(A)(i)), and has met 

the hours of service requirement of section 101(2)(A)(ii), of such 

Act øwith respect to a project¿ with respect to a project authorized under the national service laws; and 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 174. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(d) REFERRALS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A program may not 

receive assistance under the national service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal assistance programs or 

State assistance programs funded in part by the Federal government. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 176. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS.—The Corporation may in accordance with the provisions of øthis title¿ the national service 

laws, suspend or terminate payments under a contract or grant 

providing assistance under øthis title¿ the national service 

laws, or revoke the designation of positions, related to the 

grant or contract, as approved national service positions, whenever the Corporation determines there is a material failure to 

comply with øthis title¿ the national service laws or the applicable terms and conditions of any such grant or contract issued 

pursuant to øthis title¿ the national service laws. (2) PROCEDURES TO ENSURE ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation 

shall prescribe procedures to ensure that—

(A) assistance provided under øthis title¿ the national 

service laws shall not be suspended for failure to comply 

with the applicable terms and conditions of øthis title¿ the 

national service laws except, in emergency situations, a 

suspension may be granted for ø30 days¿ 1 or more periods of 30 days not to exceed 90 days in total; and 

(B) assistance provided under øthis title¿ the national 

service laws shall not be terminated or revoked for failure 

to comply with applicable terms and conditions of øthis 

title¿ the national service laws unless the recipient of such 

assistance has been afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for a full and fair hearing. 

(b) HEARINGS.—Hearings or other meetings that may be necessary to fulfill the requirements of this section shall be held at locations convenient to the recipient of assistance under øthis title¿ 

the national service laws. 

* * * * * * * 

(d) STATE LEGISLATION.—Nothing in øthis title¿ the national 

service laws shall be construed to preclude the enactment of State 

legislation providing for the implementation, consistent with øthis 

title¿ the national service laws, of the programs administered 

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(e) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in øthis title¿ the national service 

laws shall be construed to link performance of service with receipt 

of Federal student financial assistance, other than assistance provided pursuant to this Act. 

(f) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—øA State or local applicant¿ An entity that 

receives assistance under øthis title¿ the national service laws 

shall establish and maintain a procedure for the filing and adjudication of grievances from participants, labor organizations, 

and other interested individuals concerning projects that receive assistance under øthis title¿ the national service laws, including grievances regarding proposed placements of such participants in such projects. 

* * * * * * * 

(5) PROPOSED PLACEMENT.—If a grievance is filed regarding 

a proposed placement of a participant in a project that receives 

assistance under øthis title¿ the national service laws, such 

placement shall not be made unless the placement is consistent 

with the resolution of the grievance pursuant to this subsection. 

(6) REMEDIES.—Remedies for a grievance filed under this 

subsection include— (A) suspension of payments for assistance under øthis 

title¿ the national service laws; 

(B) termination of such payments; 

(C) prohibition of the placement described in paragraph 

(5); øand¿ 

(D) in a grievance filed by an individual applicant or 

participant— (i) the applicant’s selection or the participant’s reinstatement, as the case may be; and 

(ii) other changes in the terms and conditions of service; and 

ø(D)¿ (E) in a case in which the grievance involves a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 and the employer of the displaced employee is the recipient of assistance under øthis title¿ the national service laws— (i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 177. NONDUPLICATION AND NONDISPLACEMENT. 

(a) NONDUPLICATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Assistance provided øunder this title¿ 

under the national service laws shall be used only for a program that does not duplicate, and is in addition to, an activity 

otherwise available in the locality of such program. 

(2) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ENTITY.—Assistance made available 

øunder this title¿ under the national service laws shall not be 

provided to a private nonprofit entity to conduct activities that 

are the same or substantially equivalent to activities provided 

by a State or local government agency that such entity resides 

in, unless the requirements of subsection (b) are met. 

(b) NONDISPLACEMENT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—An employer shall not displace an øemployee or position¿ employee, position, or volunteer (other than 


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a participant under the national service laws), including partial 

displacement such as reduction in hours, wages, or employment benefits, as a result of the use by such employer of a participant in a program receiving assistance øunder this title¿ 

under the national service laws. (2) SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.—A service opportunity shall not 

be created øunder this title¿ under the national service laws 

that will infringe in any manner on the promotional opportunity of an employed individual. 

(3) LIMITATION ON SERVICES.— (A) DUPLICATION OF SERVICES.—A participant in a program receiving assistance øunder this title¿ under the national service laws shall not perform any services or duties 

or engage in activities that would otherwise be performed 

by an employee as part of the assigned duties of such employee. 

(B) SUPPLANTATION OF HIRING.—A participant in any 

program receiving assistance øunder this title¿ under the 

national service laws shall not perform any services or duties, or engage in activities, that—

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(C) DUTIES FORMERLY PERFORMED BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.—A participant in any program receiving assistance øunder this title¿ under the national service laws 

shall not perform services or duties that have been performed by or were assigned to any—

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive assistance under the 

national service laws shall consult with the parents or legal 

guardians of children in developing and operating programs 

that include and serve children. 

(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that receive assistance 

under the national service laws shall, consistent with State law, 

before transporting minor children, provide the reason for and 

obtain written permission of the children’s parents. 

SEC. 178. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(c) COMPOSITION AND MEMBERSHIP.—

(1) REQUIRED MEMBERS.—The State Commission for a State 

shall include as voting members at least one of each of the following individuals: 

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(J) A representative of the volunteer sector. 

* * * * * * * 

(3) CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVE.—The representative of 

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shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the State Commission or alternative administrative entity for that Stateø, unless 

the State permits the representative to serve as a voting member of the State Commission or alternative administrative entity¿. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) DUTIES OF A STATE COMMISSION.—The State Commission or 

alternative administrative entity for a State shall be responsible 

for the following duties: 

ø(1) Preparation of a national service plan for the State 

that—ø(A) is developed through an open and public process 

(such as through regional forums, hearings, and other 

means) that provides for maximum participation and input 

from national service programs within the State and other 

interested members of the public; 

ø(B) covers a 3-year period; 

ø(C) is updated annually; 

ø(D) ensures outreach to diverse community-based agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by— ø(i) using established networks, and registries, at 

the State level; or 

ø(ii) establishing such networks and registries; and 

ø(E) contains such information as the State Commission 

considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may require.¿ 

(1) Preparation of a national service plan for the State that— (A) is developed through an open and public process 

(such as through regional forums, hearings, and other 

means) that provides for maximum participation and input 

from companies, organizations, and public agencies using 

service and volunteerism as a strategy to meet critical community needs, including programs funded under the national service laws; 

(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning of which may be 

set by the State; 

(C) is subject to approval by the chief executive officer of 

the State; 

(D) includes measurable goals and outcomes for the State 

consistent with those for national service programs as described in section 179(a)(1)(A); 

(E) ensures outreach to diverse community-based agencies 

that serve underrepresented populations, by— (i) using established networks and registries at the 

State level, or establishing such networks and registries; and 

(ii) coordinating with the Corporation’s Office of Outreach and Recruitment; 

(F) provides for effective coordination of funding applications submitted by the State and others within the State 

under the national service laws; 

(G) is updated annually, reflecting changes in practices 

and policies that will improve the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for service 

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(H) contains such information as the State Commission 

considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may require. 

* * * * * * * 

(f) RELIEF FROM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan submitted under subsection (e)(1), the Chief 

Executive Officer may waive, or specify alternatives to, administrative requirements (other than statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to grants made to States under the national service laws, including those requirements identified by a State as impeding the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources 

for service and volunteerism within a State. 

ø(f)¿ (g) ACTIVITY INELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE.—A State Commission or alternative administrative entity may not directly carry out 

any national service program that receives assistance under section 

121. 

ø(g)¿ (h) DELEGATION.—Subject to such requirements as the Corporation may prescribe, a State Commission may delegate nonpolicymaking duties to a State agency or public or private nonprofit 

organization. 

ø(h)¿ (i) APPROVAL OF STATE COMMISSION OR ALTERNATIVE.—

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(i)¿ (j) COORDINATION.—

(1) COORDINATION WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES.—The State 

Commission or alternative administrative entity for a State 

shall coordinate the activities of the Commission or entity 

under this Act with the activities of other State agencies that 

administer Federal financial assistance programs under the 

Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) 

or other appropriate Federal financial assistance programsø.¿, 

consistent with section 174(d). 

* * * * * * * 

ø(j)¿ (k) LIABILITY.—

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(l) STATE PLAN FOR BABY BOOMER AND OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEER

AND PAID SERVICE.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

section, to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment under subtitle B or C or to receive a distribution of approved national 

service positions under subtitle C, a State must work with appropriate State agencies and private entities to develop a comprehensive State plan for volunteer and paid service by members of the Baby Boom generation and older adults. 

(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The State plan shall include—

(A) recommendations for public policy initiatives, including how to best tap the population of members the Baby 

Boom generation and older adults as sources of social capital and as ways to address community needs; 

(B) recommendations to the State unit on aging on—

(i) a marketing outreach plan to businesses; 

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(iii) the State’s Department of Education; and 

(iv) other State agencies; and 

(C) recommendations for civic engagement and 

multigenerational activities, such as— (i) early childhood education, family literacy, and 

after school programs; 

(ii) respite services for older adults and caregivers; 

and 

(iii) transitions for members of the Baby Boom generation and older adults to purposeful work in their 

post career lives. 

(3) KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATED.—The State plan shall incorporate the current knowledge base regarding—

(A) the economic impact of older workers’ roles in the 

economy; 

(B) the social impact of older workers’ roles in the community; and 

(C) the health and social benefits of active engagement 

for members of the Baby Boom generation and older adults. 

(4) PUBLICATION.—The State plan must be made public and 

be transmitted to the Chief Executive Officer. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 179. EVALUATION. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, through grants 

or contracts, for the continuing evaluation of programs that receive 

assistance under the national service laws, including evaluations 

that measure the impact of such programs, to determine— ø(1) the effectiveness of various program models in achieving 

stated goals and the costs associated with such; 

ø(2) with respect to the programs authorized under subtitle 

C, the impact of such programs, in each State in which a program is conducted, on the ability of— ø(A) the VISTA and National Senior Volunteer Corps 

programs (established under the Domestic Volunteer Services Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.)); 

ø(B) each regular component of the Armed Forces (as defined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code); 

ø(C) each of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 

(as described in section 10101 of title 10, United States 

Code); and 

ø(D) the Peace Corps (as established by the Peace Corps 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)); 

to recruit individuals residing in such State to serve in such 

program; and 

ø(3) the structure and mechanisms for delivery of services for 

such programs.¿ 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, directly or 

through grants or contracts, for the continuing evaluation of programs that receive assistance under the national service laws, including evaluations that measure the impact of such programs, to 

determine—

(1) the effectiveness of various programs receiving assistance 

under the national service laws in achieving stated goals and 

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(A) an evaluation of performance measures, as established by the Corporation in consultation with grantees receiving assistance under the national service laws, which 

may include— (i) number of participants enrolled and completing 

terms of service compared to the stated goals of the program; 

(ii) number of volunteers recruited from the community in which the program was implemented; 

(iii) if applicable based on the program design, the 

number of individuals receiving or benefitting from the 

service conducted; 

(iv) number of disadvantaged and underrepresented 

youth participants; 

(v) sustainability of project or program, including 

measures to ascertain the level of community support 

for the project or program; 

(vi) measures to ascertain the change in attitude toward civic engagement among the participants and the 

beneficiaries of the service; and 

(vii) other quantitative and qualitative measures as 

determined to be appropriate by the recipient of assistance; and 

(B) review of the implementation plan for reaching such 

measures described in subparagraph (A); and 

(2) the effectiveness of the structure and mechanisms for delivery of services, such as the effective utilization of the participants’ time, the management of the participants, and the ease 

to which recipients were able to receive services to maximize the 

cost-effectiveness of the program and its impact, for such programs. 

* * * * * * * 

(g) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The Corporation shall ensure that 

programs that receive assistance under subtitle C are evaluated to 

determine their effectiveness in—

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(3) encouraging each participant to engage in public and 

community service after completion of the program based on 

career choices and service in other service programs such as 

the Volunteers in Service to America Program and øNational 

Senior Volunteer Corps¿ National Senior Service Corps programs established under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.), the Peace Corps (as established 

by the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)), the military, 

and part-time volunteer service; 

* * * * * * * 

(9) attracting a greater number of citizens øto public service, 

including service in the active and reserve components of the 

Armed Forces, the National Guard, the Peace Corps (as established by the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)), and the 

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U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).¿ to engage in service that benefits the community. 

* * * * * * * 

(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.—In addition to amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Corporation may reserve up to 1 percent of total program funds appropriated for a fiscal year under the national service laws to support 

program accountability activities. 

(k) CORRECTIVE PLANS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee that fails to reach the performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) as determined by the Corporation, shall reach an agreement with the Corporation on a 

corrective action plan to achieve the agreed upon performance 

measures. 

(2) ASSISTANCE.—

(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that has received assistance for less than 3 years and is failing to achieve the 

performance measures agreed upon under subsection 

(a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall—

(i) provide technical assistance to the grantee to address targeted performance problems relating to the 

performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A); and 

(ii) require quarterly reports from the grantee on the 

program’s progress toward achieving the performance 

measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate 

State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the Corporation. 

(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a program that has 

received assistance for 3 years or more and is failing to 

achieve the performance measures agreed upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall require quarterly reports from the grantee on the program’s progress towards 

achieving performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to 

the appropriate State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 

Corporation. 

(l) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—If, after a period 

for correction as approved by the Corporation, a grantee or subgrantee fails to achieve the established levels of performance, the 

Corporation shall—

(1) reduce the annual amount of the grant award attributable 

to the underperforming grantee or subgrantee by at least 25 percent; or 

(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming grantee or 

subgrantee, consistent with section 176(a). 

(m) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to Congress not 

later than two years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, a report containing information on 

the number of—

(1) grantees implementing corrective action plans; 

(2) grantees for which the Corporation offers technical assistance under subsection (k); 

(3) grantees for which the Corporation terminates assistance 

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(4) grantees meeting or exceeding their performance measures 

in subsection (a). 

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SEC. 181. CONTINGENT EXTENSION. 

øSection 414¿ Section 422 of the General Education Provisions 

Act (20 U.S.C. 1226a) shall apply to this Act. 

SEC. 182. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 

(a) * * * 

ø(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on a regular basis thereafter, the head of 

each Federal agency and department shall prepare and submit, to 

the appropriate Committees of Congress, a report concerning the 

implementation of this section.¿ 

(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis, the head of each Federal agency and department shall prepare and submit, to Congress 

and the committees of jurisdiction, a report concerning the implementation of this section, including an evaluation of the performance goals and benchmarks of the partnership programs. 

SEC. 183. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING. 

(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The Comptroller General, or any of 

the duly authorized representatives of the Comptroller General, 

shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, any books, 

documents, papers, records, and other recorded information in any 

form—

(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation or any 

State or local government, Territory, Indian tribe, or public or 

private nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or 

indirectly under this Act; and 

* * * * * * * 

(b) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.—The Chief Financial Officer of 

the Corporation shall have access to, and the right to examine and 

copy, any books, documents, papers, records, and other recorded information in any form—

(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation or any 

State or local government, Territory, Indian tribe, or public or 

private nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or 

indirectly under this Act; and 

* * * * * * * 

(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the Corporation shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, any 

books, documents, papers, records, and other recorded information 

in any form—

(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation or any 

State or local government, Territory, Indian tribe, or public or 

private nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or 

indirectly under this Act; and 

(2) that relates to the duties of the Inspector General under 

the Inspector General Act of 1978. 

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SEC. 185. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—To promote efficiency and eliminate duplicative 

requirements, the Corporation shall consolidate or modify application procedures and reporting requirements for programs and activities funded under the national service laws. 

(b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

of the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the Corporation shall submit to Congress a report containing information 

on the actions taken to modify the application procedures and reporting requirements for programs and activities funded under the 

national service laws, including a description of the consultation 

procedures with grantees, entities that expressed interest in applying 

for assistance under a national service law but did not apply, those 

entities whose application was rejected, and applications whose assistance was terminated due to failure to meet performance measures for the year covered by the report. 

SEC. 186. SUSTAINABILITY. 

(a) GOALS.—To ensure that recipients of assistance under the national service laws are carrying out sustainable projects or programs, the Corporation, after collaboration with State Commissions 

and consultation with recipients of assistance under the national 

service laws, may set sustainability goals supported by policies and 

procedures to— (1) build the capacity of the projects that receive assistance 

under the national service laws to meet community needs and 

to work to lessen the dependence on Federal dollars to do so; 

(2) provide technical assistance to assist the recipients of assistance under the national service laws in acquiring non-Federal funds for the projects that could replace assistance received 

under the national service laws; and 

(3) implement measures to ascertain whether the projects are 

generating sufficient community support. 

(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If a recipient does not meet the sustainability 

goals in subsection (a) for a project, the Corporation may take action as described in sections 176 and 179. 

SEC. 187. USE OF RECOVERED FUNDS. 

(a) FACTORS CONSIDERED IN APPROVING REPAYMENT.—After the 

date of enactment of this section, whenever the Corporation recovers 

funds paid to a recipient under a grant or cooperative agreement 

made under the national service laws because the recipient made an 

expenditure of funds that was not allowable, or otherwise failed to 

discharge its responsibility to account properly for funds, the Corporation may consider those funds to be additional funds available 

and may arrange to repay to the recipient affected by that action an 

amount not to exceed 75 percent of the recovered funds if the Corporation determines that— (1) the practices or procedures of the recipient that resulted 

in the recovery of funds have been corrected, and that the recipient is in all other respects in compliance with the requirements 

of the grant or cooperative agreement, if the recipient was notified of any noncompliance with such requirements and given a 

reasonable period of time to remedy such noncompliance; 

(2) the recipient has submitted to the Corporation a plan for 

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and, to the extent possible, for the benefit of the community affected by the recovery of funds; and 

(3) the use of those funds in accordance with that plan would 

serve to achieve the objectives of the grant or cooperative agreement under which the funds were originally paid. 

(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF REPAYMENT.—Any payments by 

the Corporation under this section shall be subject to other terms 

and conditions as the Corporation considers necessary to accomplish 

the purposes of the grant or cooperative agreement, including—

(1) the submission of periodic reports on the use of funds provided under this section; and 

(2) consultation by the recipient with members of the community that will benefit from the payments. 

(c) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds made available under this section shall remain available for expenditure for a period of time considered reasonable by the Corporation, but in no case to exceed more than 3 

fiscal years following the later of—

(1) the fiscal year in which final agency action regarding the 

disallowance of funds is taken; or 

(2) if such recipient files a petition for judicial review regarding the disallowance of funds, the fiscal year in which final judicial action is taken on such a petition. 

(d) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—At least 60 days prior 

to entering into an arrangement under this section, the Corporation 

shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of intent to enter into 

such an arrangement and the terms and conditions under which 

payments will be made. Interested persons shall have an opportunity for at least 30 days to submit comments to the Corporation 

regarding the proposed arrangement. 

SEC. 188. EXPENSES OF ATTENDING MEETINGS. 

Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, United States Code, 

funds authorized under the national service laws shall be available 

for expenses of attendance of meetings that are concerned with the 

functions or activities for which the funds are appropriated or 

which will contribute to improved conduct, supervision, or management of those functions or activities. 

SEC. 189. GRANT PERIODS. 

Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corporation has authority to make a grant under the national service laws for a period 

of 3 years. 

SEC. 189A. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 

In making decisions on applications for assistance or approved 

national service positions under the national service laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration the extent to which the applicant’s proposal will increase the involvement of volunteers in meeting community needs. 

SEC. 189B. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 

(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as otherwise provided by this section, the amount of funds approved by the Corporation in a grant to operate a program authorized under the national 

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service positions may not exceed $16,000 per full-time equivalent position. 

(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation in subsection 

(a) applies to the Corporation’s share of member support costs, staff 

costs, and other costs borne by the grantee or subgrantee to operate 

a program. 

(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation in subsection (a) and (e)(1) shall not apply to expenses that are not included in the program operating grant award. 

(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amount specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted each year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers published by the Secretary of Labor. 

(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—

(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the requirements of this section, up to a maximum of $18,000, if necessary to meet the compelling needs of a particular program, 

such as exceptional training needs for a program serving disadvantaged youth, increased costs relating to the participation 

of individuals with disabilities, and start-up costs associated 

with a first-time grantee. 

(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer shall report to 

Congress annually on all waivers granted under this section, 

with an explanation of the compelling needs justifying such 

waivers. 

SEC. 189C. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit and reporting 

requirements as provided in the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 

(31 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and the Government Corporation Control Act 

of 1945 (31 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.). The Corporation shall report to the 

Congress any failure to comply with the requirements of such audits. 

* * * * * * * 

Subtitle G—Corporation for National and 

Community Service 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 192. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(c) TERMS.—Each appointed member of the Board shall serve for 

a term of 5 years, except that, as designated by the President—

ø(1) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 

serve for a term of 1 year; 

ø(2) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 

serve for a term of 2 years; 

ø(3) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 

serve for a term of 3 years; 

ø(4) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 

serve for a term of 4 years; and 


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ø(5) 3 of the members first appointed to the Board shall 

serve for a term of 5 years.¿ 

(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each appointed member 

shall serve for a term of 5 years. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) SERVICE UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.—A voting member of the Board whose term has expired may continue to serve for 

one year beyond expiration of the term if no successor is appointed 

or until the date on which a successor has taken office. 

SEC. 192A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(g) DUTIES.—The Board øshall¿ shall have responsibility for setting overall policy for the Corporation and shall—

(1) review and approve the strategic plan described in section 

193A(b)(1), and annual updates of the plan, and review the 

budget proposal in advance of submission to the Office of Management and Budget and to Congress; 

* * * * * * * 

(5)(A) review, and advise the Chief Executive Officer regarding, the actions of the Chief Executive Officer with respect to 

the personnel of the Corporation, and with respect to such 

standards, policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives as 

are necessary or appropriate to carry out the national service 

laws; øand¿ 

(B) inform the Chief Executive Officer of any aspects of the 

actions of the Chief Executive Officer that are not in compliance with the annual strategic plan referred to in paragraph 

(1), the proposals referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), or the 

plan referred to in paragraph (4), or are not consistent with 

the objectives of the national service laws; and 

(C) review the performance of the Chief Executive Officer annually and forward a report on that review to the President; 

* * * * * * * 

(9) ensure effective dissemination of information regarding 

the programs and initiatives of the Corporation; and 

(10) notwithstanding any other provision of law, make grants 

to or contracts with Federal or other public departments or 

agencies and private nonprofit organizations for the assignment or referral of volunteers under the provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (except as provided in 

section 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973), 

which may provide that the agency or organization shall pay 

all or a part of the costs of the øprogram; and¿ program under 

a cost share agreement, as determined by the Corporation, in 

which the funds advanced or received as reimbursement shall 

be credited directly to a current appropriation; and 

(11) prepare and make recommendations to the Congress 

and the President for changes in the national service laws resulting from the studies and demonstrations the Chief Executive Officer is required to carry out under section 193A(b)(10), 

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and President not later than øSeptember 30, 1995¿ January 1, 

2011. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 193A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. 

(a) * * * 

(b) DUTIES.—In addition to the duties conferred on the Chief Executive Officer under any other provision of the national service 

laws, the Chief Executive Officer shall—

(1) prepare and submit to the Board a strategic plan, including a plan for achieving 50 percent full-time approved national 

service positions by 2010, every 3 years, and annual updates of 

the plan, for the Corporation with respect to the major functions and operations of the Corporation; 

* * * * * * * 

(7) prepare and submit to the Committee on Education and 

Labor in the United States House of Representatives and the 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the 

United States Senate, and the Board an annual report on actions taken to achieve the goal of 50 percent full-time approved 

national service positions as described in paragraph (1), including an assessment of the progress made toward achieving that 

goal and the actions to be taken in the coming year toward 

achieving that goal; 

ø(7)¿ (8) prepare and submit to the Board an annual report, 

and such interim reports as may be necessary, describing the 

major actions of the Chief Executive Officer with respect to the 

personnel of the Corporation, and with respect to such standards, policies, procedures, programs, and initiatives; 

ø(8)¿ (9) inform the Board of, and provide an explanation to 

the Board regarding, any substantial differences regarding the 

implementation of the national service laws between— (A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(9)¿ (10) prepare and submit to the appropriate committees 

of Congress an annual report, and such interim reports as may 

be necessary, describing—

(A) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(10)¿ (11) provide for studies (including the evaluations described in subsection (f)) and demonstrations that evaluate, 

and prepare and submit to the Board by øJune 30, 1995,¿ June 

30 of each even-numbered year, a report containing recommendations regarding, issues related to—

(A) the administration and organization of programs authorized under the national service laws or under Public 

Law 91–378 (referred to in this subparagraph as ‘‘service 

programs’’), including—

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122(c)(1)¿ section 122(d)(1) are being addressed by this 

Act; 

* * * * * * * 

ø(11)¿ (12) for purposes of section 178(d)(6)(B), issue regulations to waive the disqualification of members of the Board and 

members of the State Commissions selectively in a random, 

nondiscretionary manner and only to the extent necessary to 

establish the quorum involved, including rules that forbid each 

member of the Board and each voting member of a State Commission to participate in any discussion or decision regarding 

the provision of assistance or approved national service positions, or the continuation, suspension, or termination of such 

assistance or such positions, to any program or entity of which 

such member of the Board or such member of the State Commission is, or in the 1-year period before the submission of the 

application referred to in such section was, an officer, director, 

trustee, full-time volunteer, or employee. 

(c) POWERS.—In addition to the authority conferred on the Chief 

Executive Officer under any other provision of the national service 

laws, the Chief Executive Officer may—

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(9) consolidate the reports to Congress required under the 

national service laws, and the report required under section 

9106 of title 31, United States Code, into a single report, and 

submit the report to Congress on an annual basis; øand¿ 

(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating applications to the Corporation for assistance under this title; and 

ø(10)¿ (11) generally perform such functions and take such 

steps consistent with the objectives and provisions of the national service laws, as the Chief Executive Officer determines 

to be necessary or appropriate to carry out such provisions. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 195. EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(c) CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVE IN EACH STATE.—

(1) * * * 

(2) DUTIES.—The representative designated under this subsection for a State or group of States shall serve as the liaison 

between—

(A) * * * 

(B) the Corporation and any subdivision of a State, Territory, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organization, or institution of higher education, in the State or 

States, that is awarded a grant under section 121 directly 

from the Corporation; and 

* * * * * * * 

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ber of the State Commission established in the State or States, 

as described in section 178(c)(3). 

* * * * * * * 

(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Corporation may enter 

into personal services contracts to carry out research, evaluation, 

and public awareness related to the national service laws. 

SEC. 196. ADMINISTRATION. 

(a) DONATIONS.—

(1) SERVICES.—

ø(A) VOLUNTEERS.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of 

title 31, United States Code, the Corporation may solicit 

and accept the voluntary services of individuals to assist 

the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the national service laws, and may provide to 

such individuals the travel expenses described in section 

192A(d).¿ 

(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.—Notwithstanding 

section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Corporation may solicit and accept the services of organizations 

and individuals (other than participants) to assist the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation 

under the national service laws, and may provide to such 

individuals the travel expenses described in section 

192A(d). 

(B) LIMITATION.—øSuch a volunteer¿ A person who is a 

member of an organization or is an individual covered by 

subparagraph (A) shall not be considered to be a Federal 

employee and shall not be subject to the provisions of law 

relating to Federal employment, including those relating to 

hours of work, rates of compensation, leave, unemployment 

compensation, and Federal employee benefits, except 

that—

(i) for the purposes of the tort claims provisions of 

chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, øa volunteer¿ such a person under this subtitle shall be considered to be a Federal employee; 

(ii) for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of 

title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation 

to Federal employees for work injuries, øvolunteers¿ 

such a person under this subtitle shall be considered 

to be employees, as defined in section 8101(1)(B) of 

title 5, United States Code, and the provisions of such 

subchapter shall apply; and 

(iii) for purposes of the provisions of chapter 11 of 

part I of title 18, United States Code, øsuch a volunteer¿ such a person (to whom such provisions would 

not otherwise apply except for this subsection) shall be 

a special Government employee. 

(C) INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION.— (i) IN GENERAL.—øSuch a volunteer¿ Such a person 

shall not carry out an inherently governmental function. 

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ø(3) VOLUNTEER.—As used in this subsection, the term ‘‘volunteer’’ does not include a participant.¿ 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 196B. OFFICE OF OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the Corporation an 

office to be known as the Office of Outreach and Recruitment (in 

this section referred to as the ‘‘Office’’), headed by a Director. 

(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the Office, carried out directly or 

through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, shall be—

(1) to increase the public awareness of the wide range of service opportunities for citizens of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic status or geographic location, through a variety of 

methods, including—

(A) print media; 

(B) the Internet and related emerging technologies; 

(C) television; 

(D) radio; 

(E) presentations at public or private forums; 

(F) other innovative methods of communication; and 

(G) outreach to offices of economic development, State employment security agencies, labor unions and trade associations, local education agencies, agencies and organizations 

serving veterans and people with disabilities, and other institutions or organizations from which participants for programs receiving assistance from the national service laws 

can be recruited; 

(2) to identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the diversity of participants in the programs receiving 

assistance under the national service laws; 

(3) to identify and implement recruitment strategies and 

training programs for bilingual volunteers in the National Senior Service Corps under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; 

(4) to identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the diversity of service sponsors of programs desiring to 

receive assistance under the national service laws; 

(5) to collaborate with organizations which have established 

volunteer recruitment programs, including those on the Internet, to increase the recruitment capacity of the Corporation; 

(6) where practicable, to provide application materials in languages other than English for those with limited English proficiency who wish to participate in a national service program; 

(7) to coordinate with organizations of former participants of 

national service programs for service opportunities that may include capacity building, outreach, and recruitment for programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; 

(8) to collaborate with the training and technical assistance 

programs described in subtitle J and in appropriate paragraphs of section 198E(b); 

(9) to coordinate the clearinghouses described in section 198E; 

and 

(10) to coordinate with entities receiving funds under section 

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national service programs to serve in emergencies, disasters, 

and other times of national need. 

(c) COLLABORATION.—The duties described in subsection (b) shall 

be carried out in collaboration with the State Commissions. 

(d) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH A BUSINESS.—The Corporation 

may, through contracts or cooperative agreements, carry out the 

marketing duties described in subsection (b)(1), with priority given 

to those entities who have established expertise in the recruitment 

of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and members of 

the Baby Boom generation. 

(e) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Corporation, through the 

Director of the Office, may conduct a campaign to solicit funds for 

itself to conduct outreach and recruitment campaigns to recruit a 

diverse population of service sponsors of and participants in programs and projects receiving assistance under the national service 

laws. 

(f) REPORTING.—The Director of the Office shall complete a report 

annually to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors 

on its activities and results. 

Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and 

Innovation 

PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION 

ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE 

SEC. 198. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE. 

(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may 

carry out this section directly (except as provided in øsubsection 

(r)¿ subsection (g)) or through grants, contracts, and cooperative 

agreements with other entities. 

(b) INNOVATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.—The Corporation 

may undertake activities to improve the quality of ønational service programs, including service-learning programs, and to support 

innovative and model programs, including¿ service-learning programs and national service programs, including—

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

ø(c) SUMMER PROGRAMS.—The Corporation may support service 

programs intended to be carried out between May 1 and October 

1, except that such a program may also include a year-round component. 

ø(d) COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCIES.—The Corporation may provide training and technical assistance and other assistance to service sponsors and other community-based agencies that provide volunteer placements in order to improve the ability of such agencies 

to use participants and other volunteers in a manner that results 

in high-quality service and a positive service experience for the 

participants and volunteers. 

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educational agencies, State Commissions, local educational agencies, local governments, community-based agencies, and other entities to enable them to apply for funding under one of the national 

service laws, to conduct high-quality programs, to evaluate such 

programs, and for other purposes. 

ø(f) NATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIPS.—The Corporation may 

award national service fellowships.¿ 

ø(g)¿ (c) CONFERENCES AND MATERIALS.—The Corporation may 

organize and hold conferences, and prepare and publish materials, 

to disseminate information and promote the sharing of information 

among programs for the purpose of improving the quality of programs and projects. 

ø(h) PEACE CORPS AND VISTA TRAINING.—The Corporation may 

provide training assistance to selected individuals who volunteer to 

serve in the Peace Corps or a program authorized under title I of 

the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 

seq.). The training shall be provided as part of the course of study 

of the individual at an institution of higher education, shall involve 

service-learning, and shall cover appropriate skills that the individual will use in the Peace Corps or VISTA. 

ø(i) PROMOTION AND RECRUITMENT.—The Corporation may conduct a campaign to solicit funds for the National Service Trust and 

other programs and activities authorized under the national service 

laws and to promote and recruit participants for programs that receive assistance under the national service laws. 

ø(j) TRAINING.—The Corporation may support national and regional participant and supervisor training, including leadership 

training and training in specific types of service and in building the 

ethic of civic responsibility.¿ 

ø(k)¿ (d) RESEARCH.—The Corporation may support research on 

national service, including service-learning. 

ø(l) INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT.—The Corporation may assist 

programs in developing a service component that combines students, out-of-school youths, and older adults as participants to provide needed community services. 

ø(m) PLANNING COORDINATION.—The Corporation may coordinate 

community-wide planning among programs and projects.¿ 

ø(n)¿ (e) YOUTH LEADERSHIP.—The Corporation may support activities to enhance the ability of youth and young adults to play 

leadership roles in national service. 

ø(o)¿ (f) NATIONAL PROGRAM IDENTITY.—The Corporation may 

support the development and dissemination of materials, including 

training materials, and arrange for uniforms and insignia, designed 

to promote unity and shared features among programs that receive 

assistance under the national service laws. 

ø(p) SERVICE-LEARNING.—The Corporation shall support innovative programs and activities that promote service-learning. 

ø(q) NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY.—

ø(1) DESIGNATION.—April 19, 1994, and April 18, 1995, are 

each designated as ‘‘National Youth Service Day’’. The President is authorized and directed to issue a proclamation calling 

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ø(2) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—In order to observe National 

Youth Service Day at the Federal level, the Corporation may 

organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies and activities. 

ø(3) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make grants to public or private nonprofit organizations with demonstrated ability 

to carry out appropriate activities, in order to support such activities on National Youth Service Day.¿ 

ø(r)¿ (g) ASSISTANCE FOR HEAD START.—The Corporation may 

make grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, public or nonprofit private agencies and organizations 

that receive grants or contracts under the Foster Grandparent Program (part B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

1973 (29 U.S.C. 5011 et seq.)), for projects of the type described in 

section 211(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 5011) operating under memoranda of agreement with the Corporation, for the purpose of increasing the number of low-income individuals who provide services under such program to children who participate in Head Start 

programs under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C 9831 et seq). 

ø(s)¿ (h) MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., SERVICE DAY.—

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øSEC. 198A. CLEARINGHOUSES. 

ø(a) ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation shall provide assistance to 

appropriate entities to establish one or more clearinghouses, including the clearinghouse described in section 118. 

ø(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive assistance under subsection (a), an entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 

at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as 

the Corporation may require. 

ø(c) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSES.—An entity that receives assistance under subsection (a) may—

ø(1) assist entities carrying out State or local community 

service programs with needs assessments and planning; 

ø(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning community 

service; 

ø(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to State 

and local community service program administrators, supervisors, and participants; and 

ø(B) provide training to persons who can provide the leadership development and training described in subparagraph (A); 

ø(4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out 

community service programs and participants; 

ø(5) provide information, curriculum materials, and technical 

assistance relating to planning and operation of community 

service programs, to States and local entities eligible to receive 

funds under this title; 

ø(6)(A) gather and disseminate information on successful 

community service programs, components of such successful 

programs, innovative youth skills curriculum, and community 

service projects; and 

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ø(7) make recommendations to State and local entities on 

quality controls to improve the delivery of community service 

programs and on changes in the programs under this title; and 

ø(8) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate.¿ 

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øSEC. 198C. MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEMONSTRATION 

PROGRAMS. 

ø(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to— ø(1) provide meaningful service opportunities for economically disadvantaged youth; 

ø(2) fully utilize military installations affected by closures or 

realignments; 

ø(3) encourage communities affected by such closures or realignments to convert the installations to community use; and 

ø(4) foster a sense of community pride in the youth in the 

community. 

ø(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 

ø(1) AFFECTED MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term ‘‘affected 

military installation’’ means a military installation being closed 

or realigned under—

ø(A) the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 

1990 (part A of title XXIX of division B of Public Law 101–

510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note); and 

ø(B) title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments 

and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–

526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 

ø(2) COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘community’’ includes a county. 

ø(3) CONVERT TO COMMUNITY USE.—The term ‘‘convert to 

community use’’, used with respect to an affected military installation, includes—

ø(A) conversion of the installation or a part of the installation to—

ø(i) a park; 

ø(ii) a community center; 

ø(iii) a recreational facility; or 

ø(iv) a facility for a Head Start program under the 

Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.); and 

ø(B) carrying out, at the installation, a construction or 

economic development project that is of substantial benefit, as determined by the Chief Executive Officer, to— ø(i) the community in which the installation is located; or 

ø(ii) a community located within such distance of 

the installation as the Chief Executive Officer may determine by regulation to be appropriate. 

ø(4) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘demonstration 

program’’ means a program described in subsection (c). 

ø(c) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.— ø(1) GRANTS.—The Corporation may make grants to communities and community-based agencies to pay for the Federal 

share of establishing and carrying out military installation conversion demonstration programs, to assist in converting to 

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ø(A) within the community; or 

ø(B) within such distance from the community as the 

Chief Executive Officer may by regulation determine to be 

appropriate. 

ø(2) DURATION.—In carrying out such a demonstration program, the community or community-based agency may carry 

out—

ø(A) a program of not less than 6 months in duration; 

or 

ø(B) a full-time summer program. 

ø(d) USE OF FUNDS.—

ø(1) STIPEND.—A community or community-based agency 

that receives a grant under subsection (c) to establish and 

carry out a project through a demonstration program may use 

the funds made available through such grant to pay for a portion of a stipend for the participants in the project. 

ø(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF STIPEND.—The amount of the 

stipend provided to a participant under paragraph (1) that may 

be paid using assistance provided under this section and using 

any other Federal funds shall not exceed the lesser of—

ø(A) 85 percent of the total average annual subsistence 

allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 

of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

4955); and 

ø(B) 85 percent of the stipend established by the demonstration program involved. 

ø(e) PARTICIPANTS.—

ø(1) ELIGIBILITY.—A person shall be eligible to be selected as 

a participant in a project carried out through a demonstration 

program if the person is—

ø(A) an economically disadvantaged individual; and 

ø(B)(i) a person described in section 153(b); 

ø(ii) a youth described in section 154(a); or 

ø(iii) an eligible youth described in section 423 of the Job 

Training Partnership Act or an individual described in section 144 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (iii) an 

individual described in section 144 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.’. 

ø(2) PARTICIPATION.—Persons desiring to participate in such 

a project shall enter into an agreement with the service sponsor of the project to participate—

ø(A) on a full-time or a part-time basis; and 

ø(B) for the duration referred to in subsection (f)(2)(C). 

ø(f) APPLICATION.—

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 

subsection (c), a community or community-based agency shall 

submit an application to the Chief Executive Officer at such 

time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 

Chief Executive Officer may require. 

CONTENTS.—At a minimum, such application shall contain—

ø(A) a description of the demonstration program proposed to be conducted by the applicant; 

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ø(i) provide preservice and inservice training, for supervisors and participants, that will be conducted by 

qualified individuals or qualified organizations; 

ø(ii) conduct an appropriate evaluation of the program; and 

ø(iii) provide for appropriate community involvement in the program; 

ø(C) information indicating the duration of the program; 

and 

ø(D) an assurance that the applicant will comply with 

the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 and the grievance procedure requirements of section 176(f). 

ø(g) LIMITATION ON GRANT.—In making a grant under subsection 

(c) with respect to a demonstration program to assist in converting 

an affected military installation, the Corporation shall not make a 

grant for more than 25 percent of the total cost of the conversion. 

øSEC. 198D. SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 

ø(a) SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR THE YUKONKUSKOKWIM DELTA OF ALASKA.—The President may award grants 

to, and enter into contracts with, organizations to carry out programs that address significant human needs in the YukonKuskokwim delta region of Alaska. 

ø(b) APPLICATION.—

ø(1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to receive a 

grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a) with respect 

to a program, an organization shall submit an application to 

the President at such time, in such manner, and containing 

such information as the President may require. 

ø(2) CONTENTS.—The application submitted by the organization shall, at a minimum—

ø(A) include information describing the manner in which 

the program will utilize VISTA volunteers, individuals who 

have served in the Peace Corps, and other qualified persons, in partnership with the local nonprofit organizations 

known as the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation and 

the Alaska Village Council Presidents; 

ø(B) take into consideration—

ø(i) the primarily noncash economy of the region; 

and 

ø(ii) the needs and desires of residents of the local 

communities in the region; and 

ø(C) include specific strategies, developed in cooperation 

with the Yupi’k speaking population that resides in such 

communities, for comprehensive and intensive community 

development for communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim 

delta region.¿ 

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PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM 

SUPPORT 

SEC. 198D. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT. 

(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may, 

through grants and fixed amount grants under subsection (c), carry 

out the following programs: 

(1) PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—A program selected from among those listed in 122(a) where no less than 75 

percent of the participants are disadvantaged youth. 

(A) COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—Such programs may include life skills training, employment training, educational 

counseling, program to complete a high-school diploma or 

GED, counseling, or a mentoring relationship with an 

adult volunteer. 

(B) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to programs that 

engage retirees to serve as mentors. 

(2) PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON LEARNING AND THINKING

SKILLS.—Service programs to solve community problems while 

engaging or developing 21st century learning and thinking 

skills (critical-thinking and problem solving, communication 

skills, creativity and innovation skills, collaboration skills, contextual learning skills, information and media literacy skills, 

and information and communications literacy) and life skills 

(leadership, ethics, accountability, adaptability, personal productivity, personal responsibility, people skills, self-direction, 

and social responsibility) for school-age youth and low income 

adults. This may be a summer of service program or a yearround service program. Priority shall be given to programs that 

collaborate with the RSVP program, the AmeriCorps programs, 

or the Learn and Serve programs. 

(3) PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 17.—

Programs that engage youth under the age of 17 in service to 

the community to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, emergency and disaster preparedness, or public safety 

needs and may be a summer program or a year-round program. 

Priority shall be given to programs that collaborate with the 

RSVP Program and the AmeriCorps programs. 

(4) PROGRAMS THAT FOCUS ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS.—Service programs that focus on the health and wellness of the members of a low-income or rural community. Priority shall be 

given to service programs that work to—

(A) involve the community in service to those who are atrisk to not receive or pursue health care through such activities as health and wellness education, prevention, and 

care; 

(B) include in the service program employment training, 

where applicable, for participants in the program and may 

extend this opportunity to members of the community; and 

(C) collaborate with local institutions of higher education 

to include, as a portion of the pre-professional training of 

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wellness needs in the community in which the service program is being carried out. 

(5) PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM.—Programs that reengage court-involved youth and adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. Priority shall be given to such programs that 

create support systems beginning in corrections facilities, and 

programs that have life skills training, employment training, 

an education program, including a program to complete a highschool diploma or GED, educational and career counseling, post 

program placement, and support services, which could begin in 

corrections facilities. The program may include health and 

wellness programs, including but not limited to drug and alcohol treatment, mental health counseling, and smoking cessation. 

(6) PROGRAMS THAT RECRUIT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—Demonstration projects for programs that have as one of their primary purposes the recruitment and acceptance of court-involved 

youth and adults as participants, volunteers, or members. Such 

a program may serve any purpose otherwise permitted under 

this Act. 

(7) OTHER INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAMS.—Any other innovative and model programs that the Corporation considers 

appropriate. 

(b) REQUIREMENTS.— (1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program funded under this 

part shall be carried out over a period of three years, including 

one planning year and two additional grant years, with a 1- 

year extension possible, if the program meets performance measures developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any other 

criteria determined by the Corporation. 

(2) ENCOURAGEMENT.—Each program funded under this part 

is encouraged to collaborate with Learn and Serve, AmeriCorps, 

VISTA, and the National Senior Service Corps. 

(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the program, the Corporation shall conduct an independent evaluation of the program and widely disseminate the results to the service community through multiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies and recommendations for improvement. 

(c) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.—

(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), and subject to 

the limitations in this subsection, the Corporation may, upon 

making a determination described in paragraph (2), approve a 

fixed amount grant that is not subject to the Office of Management and Budget cost principles and related financial recordkeeping requirements. 

(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a fixed amount grant, 

the Corporation must determine that—

(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of carrying out the 

terms of the grant significantly exceed the amount of assistance provided by the Corporation; or 

(B) based on the nature or design of the grant, any assistance provided by the Corporation can be reasonably presumed to be expended on reasonable and necessary costs. 

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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is made under this 

part may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 

remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 

each recipient of a grant under this part— (i) shall provide for such share through a payment in 

cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 

equipment, or services; and 

(ii) may provide for such share through State sources 

or local sources, including private funds or donated 

services. 

(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a program under 

this part, an entity shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and 

obtain approval of, an application at such time and in such manner 

as the Corporation requires, and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 

CLEARINGHOUSE 

SEC. 198E. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide assistance, either 

by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to entities with expertise in the dissemination of information through clearinghouses to 

establish one or more clearinghouses for the national service laws. 

(b) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—Such a clearinghouse may— (1) assist entities carrying out State or local service-learning 

and national service programs with needs assessments and 

planning; 

(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning servicelearning or programs receiving assistance under the national 

service laws unless the recipient is receiving funds for such purpose under part III of subtitle B and under subtitle H; 

(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to State 

and local service-learning program administrators, supervisors, 

service sponsors, and participants; and 

(B) provide training to persons who can provide the leadership development and training described in subparagraph (A); 

(4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out service-learning programs and programs offered under the national 

service laws and participants in such programs; 

(5) provide and disseminate information and curriculum materials relating to planning and operating service-learning programs and programs offered under the national service laws, to 

States, Territories, Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to 

receive financial assistance under the national service laws; 

(6) provide and disseminate information regarding methods 

to make service-learning programs and programs offered under 

the national service laws accessible to individuals with disabilities; 

(7) disseminate applications in languages other than English; 

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service laws, components of such successful programs, innovative curricula related to service-learning, and service-learning 

projects; and 

(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearinghouse with appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort; 

(9) make recommendations to State and local entities on quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning programs 

and programs offered under the national service laws; 

(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and placing 

a diverse population of service-learning coordinators and program sponsors; 

(11) collaborate with the Office of Outreach and Recruitment 

on an alumni network for those former participants in an approved national service position, to facilitate communication 

and collaboration between alumni and to leverage their skills, 

knowledge, and experiences to improve service across our Nation and also serve in a Reserve Corps, who are ready to serve 

in times of national need; 

(12) disseminate effective strategies for working with disadvantaged youth in national service programs as determined 

by organizations with an established expertise working with 

such youth; and 

(13) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate. 

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Subtitle I—American Conservation and 

Youth Service Corps 

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SEC. 199C. STATE APPLICATION. 

(a) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this subtitle, a State, Territory, or Indian tribe (or a local applicant if section 199A applies) shall prepare and submit to the Corporation, an 

application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may reasonably require. 

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Subtitle J—Training and Technical 

Assistance 

SEC. 199N. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall conduct, either directly 

or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, including 

through State Commissions on National and Community Service, 

appropriate training and technical assistance to— (1) programs receiving assistance under the national service 

laws; and 

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(A) that desire to carry out or establish national service 

programs; 

(B) that desire to apply for assistance under the national 

service laws; or 

(C) that desire to apply for a subgrant under the national 

service laws. 

(b) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—Such training and technical assistance activities may include— (1) providing technical assistance to those applying to carry 

out national service programs or those carrying out national 

service programs; 

(2) promoting leadership development in national service programs; 

(3) improving the instructional and programmatic quality of 

national service programs; 

(4) developing the management and budgetary skills of those 

operating or overseeing national service programs, including to 

increase the cost effectiveness of the programs under the national service laws; 

(5) providing for or improving the training provided to the 

participants in programs under the national service laws; 

(6) facilitating the education of national service programs in 

risk management procedures, including the training of participants in appropriate risk management practices; 

(7) training of those operating or overseeing national service 

programs in volunteer recruitment, management, and retention 

to improve the abilities of such individuals to use participants 

and other volunteers in an effective manner which results in 

high quality service and the desire of participants or volunteers 

to continue to serve in other capacities after the program is completed; 

(8) training of those operating or overseeing national service 

programs in program evaluation and performance measures to 

inform practices to augment the capacity and sustainability of 

the program; 

(9) training of those operating or overseeing national service 

programs to effectively accommodate people with disabilities to 

increase the participation of people with disabilities in national 

service programs; 

(10) establishing networks and collaboration among employers, educators, and other key stakeholders in the community to 

further leverage resources to increase local participation and to 

coordinate community-wide planning and service; 

(11) providing training and technical assistance for the National Senior Service Corps; and 

(12) carrying out such other activities as the Chief Executive 

Officer determines to be appropriate. 

(c) PRIORITY.—The Corporation shall give priority to programs 

under the national service laws and those entities wishing to establish programs under the national service laws seeking training or 

technical assistance that—

(1) seek to carry out (as defined in section 101) high quality 

programs where the services are needed most; 

(2) seek to carry out (as defined in section 101) high quality 

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exist or where the programs are too limited to meet community 

needs; 

(3) seek to carry out (as defined in section 101) high quality 

programs that focus on and provide service opportunities for 

underserved rural and urban areas and populations; and 

(4) assist programs in developing a service component that 

combines students, out-of-school youths, and older adults as 

participants to provide needed community services. 

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øTITLE III—POINTS OF LIGHT 

FOUNDATION 

øSEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

øThis title may be cited as the ‘‘The Points of Light Foundation 

Act’’. 

øSEC. 302. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

ø(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— ø(1) community service and service to others is an integral 

part of American tradition; 

ø(2) existing volunteers and volunteer programs should be 

praised for their efforts in helping and serving others; 

ø(3) the definition of a successful life includes service to others; 

ø(4) individuals should be encouraged to volunteer their time 

and energies in community service efforts; 

ø(5) if asked to volunteer or participate in community service, most Americans will do so; 

ø(6) institutions should be encouraged to volunteer their resources and energies and should encourage volunteer and community service among their members, employees, affiliates; 

and 

ø(7) volunteer and community service programs are intended 

to complement and not replace governmental responsibilities. 

ø(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title— ø(1) to encourage every American and every American institution to help solve our most critical social problems by volunteering their time, energies and services through community 

service projects and initiatives; 

ø(2) to identify successful and promising community service 

projects and initiatives, and to disseminate information concerning such projects and initiatives to other communities in 

order to promote their adoption nationwide; and 

ø(3) to discover and encourage new leaders and develop individuals and institutions that serve as strong examples of a 

commitment to serving others and to convince all Americans 

that a successful life includes serving others. 

øSEC. 303. AUTHORITY. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, acting through the Corporation, is authorized to designate a private, nonprofit organization 

(hereinafter referred to in this title as the Foundation) to receive 

funds pursuant to section 501(b) in furtherance of activities under 

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organization is capable of carrying out the undertakings described 

in section 302. Any such designation by the Corporation shall be 

revocable. 

ø(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed either—

ø(1) to cause the Foundation to be deemed an agency, establishment, or instrumentality of the United States Government; 

or 

ø(2) to cause the directors, officers or employees of the Foundation to be deemed officers or employees of the United States. 

øSEC. 304. GRANTS TO THE FOUNDATION. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—Funds made available pursuant to sections 

303 and 501(b) shall be granted to the Foundation by a department 

or agency in the executive branch of the United States Government 

designated by the President—

ø(1) to assist the Foundation in carrying out the undertakings described in section 302; and 

ø(2) for the administrative expenses of the Foundation. 

ø(b) INTEREST EARNED ON ACCOUNTS.—Notwithstanding any 

other provision of law, the Foundation may hold funds granted to 

it pursuant to this title in interest-bearing accounts, prior to the 

disbursement of such funds for purposes specified in subsection (a), 

and may retain for such purposes any interest earned on such deposits without returning such interest to the Treasury of the 

United States and without further appropriation by the Congress. 

øSEC. 305. ELIGIBILITY OF THE FOUNDATION FOR GRANTS. 

ø(a) COMPLIANCE.—Grants may be made to the Foundation pursuant to this title only if the Foundation agrees to comply with the 

requirements of this title. If the Foundation fails to comply with 

the requirements of this title, additional funds shall not be released 

until the Foundation brings itself into compliance with such requirements. 

ø(b) ACTIVITIES.—The Foundation may use funds provided under 

this title only for activities and programs consistent with the purposes described in sections 302 and 304. 

ø(c) LIMITATION.—The Foundation shall not issue any shares of 

stock or declare or pay any dividends. 

ø(d) COMPENSATION.—No part of the funds available to the Foundation shall inure to the benefit of any board member, officer, or 

employee of the Foundation, except as salary or reasonable compensation for services or expenses. Compensation for board members shall be limited to reimbursement for reasonable costs of travel and expenses. 

ø(e) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—No director, officer, or employee of 

the Foundation shall participate, directly or indirectly, in the consideration or determination of any question before the Foundation 

that affects his or her financial interests or the financial interests 

of any corporation, partnership, entity, or organization in which he 

or she has a direct or indirect financial interest. 

ø(f) POLITICAL ACTIVITY.—The Foundation shall not engage in 

lobbying or propaganda for the purpose of influencing legislation, 

and shall not participate or intervene in any political campaign on 

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ø(g) PRIVATE SECTOR CONTRIBUTIONS.—During the second and 

third fiscal years in which funds are provided to the Foundation 

under this title, the Foundation shall raise from private sector donations an amount equal to not less than 25 percent of any funds 

provided to the Foundation under this title in such fiscal year. 

Funds shall be released to the Foundation during such fiscal year 

only to the extent that the matching requirement of the subsection 

has been met. 

ø(h) AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS.—The accounts of the Foundation shall 

be audited annually by independent certified public accountants or 

independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by a 

regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the 

United States in accordance with generally accepted auditing 

standards. The reports, of each such independent audit shall be included in the annual report required by subsection (l). 

ø(i) AUDITS BY AGENCIES.—In fiscal years in which the Foundation is receiving grants under this title, the accounts of the Foundation may be audited at any time by any agency designated by the 

President. The Foundation shall keep such records as will facilitate 

effective audits. 

ø(j) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—In fiscal years in which the 

Foundation is receiving grants under this title, the Foundation 

shall be subject to appropriate oversight procedures of Congress. 

ø(k) DUTIES.—The Foundation shall ensure—

ø(1) that recipients of financial assistance provided by the 

Foundation under this title, shall keep separate accounts with 

respect to such assistance and such records as may be reasonably necessary to disclose fully—

ø(A) the amount and the disposition by such recipient of 

the assistance received from the Foundation; 

ø(B) the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used; 

ø(C) the amount and nature of that portion of the cost 

of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources; 

and 

ø(D) such other records as will facilitate effective audits; 

and 

ø(2) that the Foundation, or any of its duly authorized representatives including any agency designated by the President 

pursuant to subsection (i) shall have access, for the purpose of 

audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers, and 

records of the recipient that are pertinent to assistance provided from funds granted pursuant to this title. 

ø(l) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Foundation shall prepare and submit to the President and to the appropriate Committees of Congress an annual report, that shall include a comprehensive and detailed description of the Foundation’s operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments for the fiscal year preceding 

the year in which the report is submitted. Such report shall be submitted not later than 3 months after the conclusion of any fiscal 

year in which the Foundation receives grants under this title.¿ 

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TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

øSEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

ø(a) TITLE I.—

ø(1) SUBTITLE B.—

ø(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to provide financial assistance under subtitle B of 

title I, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as 

may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 

1996. 

ø(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under 

subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year—

ø(i) not more than 63.75 percent shall be available 

to provide financial assistance under subpart A of part 

I of subtitle B of title I; 

ø(ii) not more than 11.25 percent shall be available 

to provide financial assistance under subpart B of part 

I of such subtitle; and 

ø(iii) not more than 25 percent shall be available to 

provide financial assistance under part II of such subtitle. 

ø(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AND H.—

ø(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to provide financial assistance under subtitles C 

and H of title I, to provide national service educational 

awards under subtitle D of title I, and to carry out such 

audits and evaluations as the Chief Executive Officer or 

the Inspector General of the Corporation may determine to 

be necessary, $300,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, 

$500,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. 

ø(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under 

subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, up to 15 percent shall 

be made available to provide financial assistance under 

section 125, under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126, 

and under subtitle H of title I. 

ø(3) SUBTITLE E.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title I, such 

sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 

through 1996. 

ø(4) ADMINISTRATION.—

ø(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this Act $40,000,000 for 

fiscal year 1994, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and 

$70,000,000 for fiscal year 1996. 

ø(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amounts appropriated under 

subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year—

ø(i) up to 60 percent shall be made available to the 

Corporation for the administration of this Act; and 

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ø(b) TITLE III.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

out title III $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 

1996. 

ø(c) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds appropriated 

under this section shall remain available until expended. 

ø(d) SPECIFICATION OF BUDGET FUNCTION.—The authorizations of 

appropriations contained in this section shall be considered to be 

a component of budget function 500 as used by the Office of Management and Budget to cover education, training, employment, and 

social services, and, as such, shall be considered to be related to the 

programs of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for budgetary purposes.¿ 

SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) TITLE I.—

(1) SUBTITLE B.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to provide financial assistance under subtitle B of 

title I—

(i) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which 

$10,000,000 shall be for summer of service grants and 

$10,000,000 shall be deposited in the National Service 

Trust to support summer of service educational 

awards; and 

(ii) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

years 2009 through 2012. 

(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year—

(i) not more than 63.75 percent shall be available to 

provide financial assistance under part I of subtitle B 

of title I; 

(ii) not more than 25 percent shall be available to 

provide financial assistance under part II of such subtitle; and 

(iii) not less than 11.25 percent shall be available to 

provide financial assistance under part III of such subtitle. 

(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AND H.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to provide financial assistance under subtitles C 

and H of title I, to administer the National Service Trust 

and disburse national service educational awards and 

scholarships under subtitle D of title I, and to carry out 

such audits and evaluations as the Chief Executive Officer 

or the Inspector General of the Corporation may determine 

to be necessary, $485,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such 

sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 

through 2012. 

(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, up to 15 percent shall be 

made available to provide financial assistance under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126, and under subtitle H of 

title I. 

(C) SUBTITLE C.—Of the amount appropriated under 

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available to provide financial assistance under section 121 

of subtitle C of title I: (i) For fiscal year 2008, not more than $324,000,000. 

(ii) For fiscal year 2009, not more than $357,000,000. 

(iii) For fiscal year 2010, not more than $397,000,000. 

(iv) For each of fiscal years 2011 through 2012, such 

sums as may be necessary. 

(3) SUBTITLE E.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 

operate the National Civilian Community Corps and provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title I, $25,000,000 for 

fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each 

of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

(4) ADMINISTRATION.— (A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this Act, including financial assistance under sections 126(a) and 196B, 

$51,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be 

necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amounts appropriated under 

subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year—

(i) up to 69 percent shall be made available to the 

Corporation for the administration of this Act, including to provide financial assistance under section 196B; 

and 

(ii) the remainder shall be available to provide financial assistance under section 126(a). 

(5) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the amounts 

appropriated for a fiscal year under subtitles B, C, and H of 

title I of this Act and under titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, the Corporation shall reserve up to 

2.5 percent to carry out subtitle J of this Act. Notwithstanding 

subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall be available only for 

the fiscal year for which they are reserved. 

(b) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds appropriated under 

this section shall remain available until expended. 

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STRENGTHEN AMERICORPS PROGRAM ACT 

* * * * * * * 

øSEC. 2. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS 

ø(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the terms ‘‘approved national 

service position’’ and ‘‘Corporation’’ have the meanings given the 

terms in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act 

of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 

ø(b) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.—

ø(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C and D of title 

I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

U.S.C. 12571 et seq., 12601 et seq.), and any other provision 

of law, in approving a position as an approved national service 

position, the Corporation—

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ø(i) enters into an enforceable agreement with an individual participant to serve in a program carried out 

under subtitle E of title I of that Act (42 U.S.C. 12611 

et seq.) or title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.); or 

ø(ii) except as provided in clause (i), awards a grant 

to (or enters into a contract or cooperative agreement 

with) an entity to carry out a program for which such 

a position may be approved under section 123 of the 

National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

U.S.C. 12573); and 

ø(B) shall record as an obligation an estimate of the net 

present value of the national service educational award associated with the position, based on a formula that takes 

into consideration historical rates of enrollment in such a 

program, and of earning and using national service educational awards for such a program. 

ø(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula described in 

paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 

ø(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Executive Officer of 

the Corporation shall annually prepare and submit to Congress 

a report that contains a certification that the Corporation is in 

compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1). 

ø(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this subsection shall 

apply to each approved national service position that the Corporation approves— ø(A) during fiscal year 2003 (before or after the date of 

enactment of this Act); and 

ø(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 

ø(c) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— ø(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.—

ø(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding subtitles C and 

D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 

1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq., 12601 et seq.), and any 

other provision of law, within the National Service Trust 

established under section 145 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601), the Corporation 

shall establish a reserve account. 

ø(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the availability of adequate 

funds to support the awards of approved national service 

positions for each fiscal year, the Corporation shall place 

in the account—

ø(i) during fiscal year 2003, a portion of the funds 

that were appropriated for fiscal year 2003 or a previous fiscal year under section 501(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 

12681(a)(2)), were made available to carry out subtitle 

C or D of title I of that Act, and remain available; and 

ø(ii) during fiscal year 2004 or a subsequent fiscal 

year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for 

that fiscal year under section 501(a)(2) and were made 

available to carry out subtitle C or D of title I of that 

Act. 

ø(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not obligate the 

funds in the reserve account until the Corporation—


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ø(A) determines that the funds will not be needed for the 

payment of national service educational awards associated 

with previously approved national service positions; or 

ø(B) obligates the funds for the payment of such awards 

for such previously approved national service positions. 

ø(d) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation relating to the appropriated funds for approved national service positions, and the 

records demonstrating the manner in which the Corporation has 

recorded estimates described in subsection (b)(1)(B) as obligations, 

shall be audited annually by independent certified public accountants or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the United States in accordance with generally accepted 

auditing standards. A report containing the results of each such 

independent audit shall be included in the annual report required 

by subsection (b)(3). 

ø(e) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as provided in subsection (c), all amounts included in the National Service Trust 

under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 145(a) of the National 

and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601(a)) shall be 

available for payments of national service educational awards 

under section 148 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 12604).¿ 

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DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) * * * 

ø(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is as follows: 

øSec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

øSec. 2. Volunteerism policy. 

øTITLE I—NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS 

øPART A—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

øSec. 101. Statement of purpose. 

øSec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program. 

øSec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 

øSec. 104. Terms and periods of service. 

øSec. 105. Support service. 

øSec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries. 

øSec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons. 

øSec. 108. Limitation. 

øSec. 109. VISTA Literacy Corps. 

øSec. 110. Applications for assistance. 

øPART B—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 

øSec. 111. Statement of purpose. 

øSec. 112. Authority to operate University Year for VISTA program. 

øSec. 113. Special conditions. 

øPART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

øSec. 121. Statement of purpose. 

øSec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration 

programs. 

øSec. 123. Technical and financial assistance. 

øSec. 124. Literacy challenge grants. 

øTITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS 

øSec. 200. Statement of purposes. 


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øPART A—RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

øSec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

øPART B—FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

øSec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

øPART C—SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

øSec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

øPART D—GENERAL PROVISIONS

øSec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Volunteer Corps. 

øSec. 222. Payments. 

øSec. 223. Minority group participation. 

øSec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Volunteer 

Corps. 

øSec. 225. Programs of national significance. 

øSec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance. 

øSec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts. 

øPART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

øSec. 231. Authority of Director. 

øTITLE IV—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 

øSec. 403. Political activities. 

øSec. 404. Special limitations. 

øSec. 406. Labor standards. 

øSec. 408. Joint funding. 

øSec. 409. Prohibition of Federal control. 

øSec. 410. Coordination with other programs. 

øSec. 411. Prohibition. 

øSec. 412. Notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination of financial assistance. 

øSec. 414. Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas. 

øSec. 415. Application of Federal law. 

øSec. 416. Evaluation. 

øSec. 417. Nondiscrimination provisions. 

øSec. 418. Eligibility for other benefits. 

øSec. 419. Legal expenses. 

øSec. 421. Definitions. 

øSec. 422. Audit. 

øSec. 423. Reduction of paperwork. 

øSec. 424. Review of project renewals. 

øSec. 425. Protection against improper use. 

øSec. 426. Center for Research and Training. 

øTITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

øSec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs. 

øSec. 502. National Senior Volunteer Corps. 

øSec. 504. Administration and coordination. 

øSec. 505. Availability of appropriations. 

øTITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND REPEALERS 

øSec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of July 1, 1971. 

øSec. 602. Creditable service for civil service retirement. 

øSec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act. 

øSec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older Americans Act.¿ 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act is as 

follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Volunteerism policy. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS 

PART A—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

Sec. 101. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program. 


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Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 

Sec. 103A. VISTA programs of national significance. 

Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service. 

Sec. 105. Support service. 

Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries. 

Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons. 

Sec. 108. Limitation. 

Sec. 110. Applications for assistance. 

PART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

Sec. 121. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration programs. 

Sec. 123. Financial assistance. 

TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS 

Sec. 200. Statement of purpose. 

PART A—RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

Sec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

PART B—FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

Sec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

PART C—SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

Sec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

PART D—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 

Sec. 222. Payments. 

Sec. 223. Minority group participation. 

Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service Corps. 

Sec. 225. Programs of national significance. 

Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance. 

Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts. 

Sec. 228. Continuity of service. 

Sec. 229. Acceptance of donations. 

PART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

Sec. 231. Authority of Director. 

TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 

Sec. 403. Political activities. 

Sec. 404. Special limitations. 

Sec. 406. Labor standards. 

Sec. 408. Joint funding. 

Sec. 409. Prohibition of Federal control. 

Sec. 410. Coordination with other programs. 

Sec. 411. Prohibition. 

Sec. 414. Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas. 

Sec. 415. Application of Federal law. 

Sec. 416. Evaluation. 

Sec. 417. Nondiscrimination provisions. 

Sec. 418. Eligibility for other benefits. 

Sec. 419. Legal expenses. 

Sec. 421. Definitions. 

Sec. 422. Audit. 

Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork. 

Sec. 424. Review of project renewals. 

Sec. 425. Protection against improper use. 

Sec. 426. Center for Research and Training. 

TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs. 

Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps. 

Sec. 504. Administration and coordination. 

Sec. 505. Availability of appropriations. 


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TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND REPEALERS 

Sec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of July 1, 1971. 

Sec. 602. Creditable service for civil service retirement. 

Sec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act. 

Sec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older Americans Act. 

VOLUNTEERISM POLICY

SEC. 2. (a) Because of the long-standing importance of volunteerism throughout American history, it is the policy of the Congress to foster the tradition of volunteerism through greater involvement on the part of øboth young and older citizens¿ citizens 

of all ages and backgrounds. 

(b) The purpose of this Act is to foster and expand voluntary citizen service in communities throughout the Nation in activities designed to help the poor, the disadvantaged, the vulnerable, and the 

elderly. In carrying out this purpose, the Corporation for National 

and Community Service shall utilize to the fullest extent the programs authorized under this Act, coordinate with other Federal, 

State, and ølocal agencies and utilize the energy, innovative spirit, 

experience, and skills of all Americans.¿ local agencies, expand relationships with, and support for, the efforts of civic, community, 

and educational organizations, and utilize the energy, innovative 

spirit, experience, and skills of all Americans. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS 

PART A—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 101. This part provides for the Volunteers in Service to 

America (VISTA) program of full-time volunteer service, together 

with appropriate powers and responsibilities designed to assist in 

the development and coordination of such program. The purpose of 

this part is to strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate and 

alleviate poverty and poverty-related problems in the United States 

by encouraging and enabling persons from all walks of life, all geographical areas, and all age groups, including low-income individuals, elderly and retired Americans, to perform meaningful and 

constructive volunteer service in agencies, institutions, and situations where the application of human talent and dedication may assist in the solution of poverty and poverty-related problems and secure and exploit opportunities for self-advancement by persons øafflicted with¿ affected by such problems. In addition, the objectives 

of this part are to generate the commitment of private sector resources, to encourage volunteer service at the ølocal level, and to 

strengthen local agencies and organizations to carry out the purpose of this part.¿ local level, to support efforts by local agencies 

and organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of projects, 

consistent with section 186 of the National and Community Service 

Act of 1990, initiated or expanded under the VISTA program activities, and to strengthen local agencies and community organizations 

to carry out the purpose of this part. 

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SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VOLUNTEERS

SEC. 103. (a) The Director, on the receipt of applications by public or nonprofit private organizations to receive volunteers under 

this part, may assign volunteers selected under subsection (b) to 

work in appropriate projects and programs sponsored by such organizations, including work—

(1) in meeting the health, education, welfare, or related needs of 

Indians living on reservations or Federal trust lands, of migratory 

and seasonal farmworkers and their families, and of residents of 

the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands; 

(2) in the care and rehabilitation of mentally ill, developmentally 

disabled, and other øhandicapped¿ disabled individuals, especially 

those with severe øhandicaps¿ disabilities; 

(3) in addressing the problems of the homeless, the øjobless, the 

hungry, and low-income¿ unemployed, the hungry, and low-income 

youths; 

(4) in addressing the special needs connected with alcohol and 

drug abuse prevention, education, through prevention, education, 

rehabilitation, and treatment, and related activities, consistent with 

the purpose of this part; 

(5) in addressing significant health care problems, including, 

mental illness, chronic and life-threatening illnesses and health 

care for homeless individuals (especially homeless children) 

through prevention, treatment, and community-based care activities; 

(6) in connection with programs or activities authorized, supported, or of a character eligible for assistance under this Act or 

the Community Service Block Grant Act, titles VIII and X of the 

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, the Headstart act, the Community Economic Development Act of 1981, or other similar Acts, in 

furtherance of the purpose of this titleø; and¿; 

(7) in strengthening, supplementing, and expanding efforts to address the problem of illiteracy throughout the United Statesø.¿; 

(8) in the re-entry and re-integration of formerly incarcerated 

youth and adults into society, including life skills training, employment training, counseling, educational training, and educational 

counseling; 

(9) in developing and carrying out financial literacy, financial 

planning, budgeting, savings, and reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income communities, including those programs which 

educate on financing home ownership and higher education; 

(10) in initiating and supporting before-school and after-school 

programs servicing children in low-income communities that may 

engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills, 

or study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, and 

health education programs, including programs aimed at fighting 

childhood obesity, and other activities addressing the needs of the 

community’s children; 

(11) in establishing and supporting community economic development initiatives, including micro-enterprises, with a priority on 

such programs in rural areas and other areas where such programs 

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(12) in assisting veterans and their families through establishing 

or augmenting programs which assist such persons with access to 

legal assistance, health care (including mental health), employment 

counseling or training, education counseling or training, affordable 

housing, and other support services; and 

(13) in addressing the health and wellness of low-income and underserved communities, including programs to increase access to 

preventive services, insurance, and health care. 

(b)(1) The Director shall establish ørecruitment and placement 

procedures¿ recruitment and placement procedures that involve 

sponsoring organizations and that offer opportunities for both local 

and national placement of volunteers for service under this part. 

(2)(A) * * * 

(B) Such volunteer placement office shall develop, operate, and 

maintain a current and comprehensive øcentral information system 

that shall, on request, promptly provide¿ database that provides information—

(i) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(C) The Director shall assign or hire as necessary, such additional national, regional, and State personnel to carry out the functions described in this subsection and subsection (c) as may be necessary to ensure that such functions are carried out in a øtimely 

and effective¿ timely and cost-effective manner. The Director shall 

give priority in the hiring of such additional personnel to individuals who have formerly served as volunteers under this part and 

to individuals who have specialized experience in øthe recruitment 

of volunteers¿ recruitment and management of volunteers. 

(3) Volunteers shall be selected from among qualified individuals 

submitting an application for such service at such time, in such 

form, and containing such information as may be necessary to 

evaluate the suitability of each individual for such service and to 

determine, in accordance with paragraph (7), the most appropriate 

assignment for each such volunteer. The Director shall approve the 

application of each individual who applies in conformance with this 

subsection and who, on the basis of the information provided in the 

application, is determined by the Director to be qualified to serve 

as a volunteer under this part. The Director shall give priority to—

(A) disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the 

National and Community Service Act of 1990) and low-income adults; and 

(B) retired adults of any profession, but with an emphasis on those professions whose services and training are 

most needed in a community, such as the health care professions, teaching, counseling, and engineering and other 

professions requiring a high level of technical and project 

management skills, to utilize their experience, including 

professional skills, in the VISTA program. 

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(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Director shall utilize 

the øinformation system¿ database established under paragraph 

(2)(B). 

* * * * * * * 

(c)(1) The Director, in conjunction with the øpersonnel described 

in subsection (b)(2)(C)¿ personnel described in subsection (b)(2)(C), 

sponsoring organizations, and the Office of Outreach and Recruitment, shall engage in public awareness and recruitment activities. 

Such activities may include—

(A) public service announcements through radio, television, 

the Internet and related technologies, and the print media; 

(B) advertising through the Internet and related technologies, 

print media, direct mail, and other means; 

(C) disseminating information about opportunities for service 

as a volunteer under this part to relevant entities including institutions of higher education and other educational institutions (including libraries), professional associations, community-based agencies, youth service and volunteer organizations, 

business organizations, labor unions, senior citizens organizations, offices of economic development, State employment security agencies, employment offices, and other institutions and organizations from or through which potential volunteers may be 

recruited; 

* * * * * * * 

(F) publicizing national service educational awards available 

under the øNational and Community Service Trust Act of 

1993¿ National and Community Service Act of 1990; 

(G) providingø, on request,¿ technical assistance with the recruitment of volunteers under this part to programs and 

projects receiving assistance under this part; and 

* * * * * * * 

(3) The Director shall consult with the Director of the Peace 

Corps to coordinate the recruitment and public awareness activities 

carried out under øthis subsection¿ this subsection and related public awareness and recruitment activities under the national service 

laws and through the Office of Outreach and Recruitment with 

those of the Peace Corps and to develop joint procedures and activities for the recruitment of volunteers to serve under this part. 

(4) øBeginning in fiscal year 1991 and for each fiscal year thereafter, for the purpose¿ For the purpose of carrying out this subsection, the Director shall obligate not less than ø1.5 percent¿ 2 

percent of the amounts appropriated for each fiscal year under section 501(a). 

(d) The Director shall provide each low-income community volunteer with an individual plan for job advancement or for transition 

to a situation leading to gainful employment. øWhenever feasible, 

such efforts shall be coordinated with an appropriate private industry council established under the Job Training Partnership Act or 

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vestment board established under section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 

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(g) Volunteers under this part shall not be assigned to work in 

a program or project in any community unless the application for 

such program or project contains evidence of local support øand has 

been submitted to the Governor or other chief executive officer of 

the State concerned, and such Governor or other chief executive officer has not, within 45 days of the date of such submission, notified the Director in writing, supported by a statement of reasons, 

that such Governor or other chief executive officer disapproves such 

program or project. In the event of a timely request in writing, supported by a statement of reasons, by the Governor or other chief 

executive officer of the State concerned, the Director shall terminate a program or project or the assignment of a volunteer to a 

program or project not later than 30 days after the date such request is received by the Director, or at such later date as is agreed 

upon by the Director and such Governor or other chief executive officer.¿. 

* * * * * * * 

(i) The Director may enter into agreements under which public 

and private nonprofit organizations, with sufficient financial capacity and size, pay for all or a portion of the costs of supporting the 

service of volunteers under this title, consistent with the provisions 

of section 186 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990.–

SEC. 103A. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—With not less than one-third of the funds made 

available under subsection (d) in each fiscal year, the Director shall 

make grants for VISTA positions to support programs of national 

significance. Each program for which a grant is received under this 

subsection shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements 

applicable to that program. 

(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Director shall make grants 

under subsection (a) to support one or more of the following programs to address problems that concern low-income and rural communities in the Nation: 

(1) In developing and carrying-out financial literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income communities, including those 

programs which educate on financing home ownership and 

higher education. 

(2) In initiating and supporting before-school and after-school 

programs in low-income communities that may include such activities as establishing mentoring relationships, physical education, tutoring, instruction in 21st century thinking skills, life 

skills, and study skills, community service, service-learning, nutrition and health education, and other activities aimed at keeping children, safe, educated, and healthy, which serve the children in such community. 

(3) In establishing and supporting community economic development initiatives, including micro-enterprises, with a priority on such programs in rural areas and areas where such 

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(4) In assisting veterans and their families through establishing or augmenting programs which assist such persons with 

access to legal assistance, health care (including mental health), 

employment counseling or training, education counseling or 

training, affordable housing, and other support services. 

(5) In addressing the health and wellness of low-income and 

underserved communities across our Nation, including programs to fight childhood obesity through nutrition, physical fitness, and other associated life skills education programs and 

programs to increase access to preventive services, insurance, 

and health care. 

(c) REQUIREMENTS.—

(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive a grant under subsection 

(a), an applicant shall submit an application to the Director at 

such time and in such manner as the Director requires and receive approval of the application. Such application shall, at a 

minimum, demonstrate to the Director a level of expertise in 

carrying out such a program. 

(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made available 

under subsection (d) shall be used to supplement and not supplant the number of VISTA volunteers engaged in programs addressing the problem for which such funds are awarded unless 

such sums are an extension of funds previously provided under 

this title. 

(d) FUNDING.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriate under section 501 for each fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such sums as may be necessary to make grants under 

subsection (a). 

(2) LIMITATION.—No funds shall be made available to the Director to make grants under subsection (a) unless the amounts 

appropriated under section 501 available for such fiscal year to 

carry out part A are sufficient to maintain the number of 

projects and volunteers funded under part A in the preceding 

fiscal year. 

(e) INFORMATION.—The Director shall widely disseminate information on grants that may be made under this section, including 

through the Office of Outreach and Recruitment and other volunteer 

recruitment programs being carried out by public or private nonprofit organizations. 

TERMS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE

SEC. 104. (a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(d) The Director shall establish a procedure, including notice and 

opportunity to be heard, for volunteers under this part to present 

and obtain resolution of grievances and to present their views in 

connection øwith the terms and conditions of their service.¿ with 

the terms and conditions of their service or any adverse action, such 

as termination, proposed by the sponsoring organization. The procedure shall provide for an appeal to the Director of any proposed termination. The Director shall promptly provide to each volunteer in 

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unteer beginning service thereafter, information regarding such 

procedure øand the terms and conditions of their service¿. 

* * * * * * * 

SUPPORT SERVICE

SEC. 105. (a)(1)(A) * * * 

(B) øSuch stipend shall not exceed $95 per month in fiscal year 1994, but shall be set at a minimum of $100 per month, and a 

maximum of $125 per month assuming the availability of funds to 

accomplish such maximum, during the service of the volunteer 

after October 1, 1994. The Director may provide a stipend of a 

maximum of $200 per month in the case of persons¿ Such stipend shall be set at a minimum of $125 per month and a maximum of 

$150 per month, subject to the availability of funds to accomplish 

such a maximum. The Director may provide a stipend of $250 per 

month in the case of persons who have served as volunteers under 

this part for at least 1 year and who, in accordance with standards 

established in such regulations as the Director shall prescribe, 

have been designated volunteer leaders on the basis of experience 

and special skills and a demonstrated leadership among volunteers. 

* * * * * * * 

øVISTA LITERACY CORPS

øSEC. 109. (a) As part of the Volunteers in Service to America 

program established under this part, the Director shall establish a 

VISTA Literacy Corps for the purpose of developing, strengthening, 

supplementing, and expanding efforts of both public and nonprofit 

organizations at the local, State, and Federal level to mobilize local, 

State, Federal, and private sector financial and volunteer resources 

to address the problem of illiteracy throughout the United States. 

ø(b) The Director shall assign volunteers to projects and programs that meet the antipoverty criteria of part A that provide assistance to functionally illiterate and illiterate individuals who are 

unserved or underserved by literacy education programs, with special emphasis upon disadvantaged individuals having the highest 

risk of illiteracy, and individuals with the lowest reading and educational level of competence. 

ø(c)(1) The Director shall assign volunteers under this subsection 

to projects and programs that utilize volunteers to address the 

needs of illiterate individuals. 

ø(2) Programs and projects under this subsection may be administered by public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations including local, State, and national literacy councils and organizations; community-based nonprofit organizations; local and State 

education agencies; local and State agencies administering adult 

basic education programs; educational institutions; libraries; antipoverty organizations; local, municipal, and State governmental entities, and eligible providers of employment and training activities 

under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 

ø(3) In the assignment of volunteers under this subsection the 

Director shall give priority consideration to—

ø(A) programs and projects that assist illiterate individuals 

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served areas with the highest concentrations of illiteracy and 

of low income individuals and families; 

ø(B) projects and programs serving individuals reading at 

the zero to fourth grade levels; 

ø(C) projects and programs focusing on providing literacy 

services to high risk populations; 

ø(D) projects and programs operating in areas with the highest concentration of individuals and families living at or below 

the poverty level; 

ø(E) projects and programs providing literacy services to parents of disadvantaged children between the ages of two and 

eight, who may be educationally at risk; and 

ø(F) Statewide programs and projects that encourage the creation of new literacy efforts, encourage the coordination of 

intrastate literacy efforts and provide technical assistance to 

local literacy efforts. 

ø(d)(1) The Director shall assign volunteers under this subsection 

to projects and programs that primarily utilize volunteers to tutor 

illiterate individuals. 

ø(2) Programs and projects under this subsection may be administered by local public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations including local literacy councils and organizations, community-based nonprofit organizations, local educational agencies, local 

agencies administering adult basic education programs, local educational institutions, libraries, antipoverty organizations, local and 

municipal governmental entities, and eligible providers of employment and training activities under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 

ø(3) In the assignment of volunteers under this subsection the 

Director shall give priority consideration to local programs and 

projects that assist illiterate individuals in greatest need of assistance residing in unserved or underserved areas with the highest 

concentrations of illiteracy and of low income individuals and families. 

ø(e) The Director shall ensure an equitable distribution of volunteers under this section in accordance with the equitable distribution requirement of section 414 of this Act. 

ø(f) The VISTA Literacy Corps shall consist of all volunteers 

serving under part A working on literacy projects and programs. 

ø(g) In any fiscal year in which the services provided under part 

A are reduced, the services provided under this section shall be 

proportionately reduced. 

ø(h)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), with respect to any individual 

providing volunteer services in the program under this section regarding literacy, the Director may, with the written consent of the 

individual, assign the individual to serve in the general program 

under this part regarding literacy. 

ø(2) To the extent practicable and without undue delay, the Director shall ensure that a volunteer under this section is assigned 

to the vacancy created within the relevant literacy project or program established under this section. 


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øPART B—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 

øSTATEMENT OF PURPOSE

øSEC. 111. (a) The purpose of this part is to assist students, 

through service-learning and community service programs, to undertake volunteer service in such a way as to enhance the educational value of the service experience, through participation in 

activities that strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate and 

alleviate poverty and poverty-related problems. Its purpose further 

is to provide technical assistance and training to encourage other 

students and faculty to engage in volunteer service on a part-time, 

self-supporting basis, to meet the needs of the poor in the surrounding community through expansion of service-learning and 

community service programs and otherwise. 

ø(b) This part provides for the University Year for VISTA (UYV) 

program of full-time volunteer service by students enrolled in institutions of higher education. The purpose of the UYV program is to 

strengthen and supplement efforts to eliminate poverty and poverty-related human, social, and environmental problems by enabling students at cooperating institutions to perform meaningful 

and constructive volunteer service in connection with the satisfaction of course-work while attending such institutions. Volunteer 

service under this part is conducted in agencies, institutions, and 

situations where the application of human talent and dedication 

may assist in the solution of poverty and poverty-related problems 

and secure and exploit opportunities for self-advancement by individuals experiencing such problems. 

øAUTHORITY TO OPERATE UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA PROGRAM

øSEC. 112. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the Director is authorized to conduct or make grants and contracts for, or 

both, programs to carry out the purposes of this part in accordance 

with the authorities and subject to the restrictions in the provisions 

of part A of this title, except for the provisions of sections 103(f) 

and 104(d), and except that the Director may, in accordance with 

regulations the Director shall prescribe, determine to reduce or 

eliminate the stipend for volunteers serving under this part on the 

basis of the value of benefits provided such volunteers by the institution in question (including the reduction or waiver of tuition). 

øSPECIAL CONDITIONS

øSEC. 113. (a) Volunteers serving under this part shall be enrolled for periods of service as provided for in subsection (b) of section 104, except that volunteers serving in the University Year for 

VISTA program may be enrolled for periods of service of not less 

than the duration of an academic semester or its equivalent, but 

volunteers enrolled for less than 12 months shall not receive stipends under section 105(a)(1). Volunteers serving under this part 

may receive academic credit for such service in accordance with the 

regulations of the sponsoring institution of higher education. Volunteers may receive a living allowance and such other support or 

allowances as the Director determines to be appropriate. 

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teers shall participate substantially in the planning of such programs and that such institutions shall make available to the poor 

in the surrounding community all available facilities, including 

human resources, of such institutions in order to assist in meeting 

the needs of such poor persons. 

ø(c)(1) In making grants or contracts for the administration of 

UYV programs under this part, the Director shall insure that financial assistance under this Act to programs carried out pursuant 

to section 112 of this part shall not exceed 90 per centum of the 

total cost (including planning costs) of such program during the 

first year and such amounts less than 90 per centum as the Director, in consultation with the institution, may determine for not 

more than four additional years, including years in which support 

was received under title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 

1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2991–2994d). Each such grant or contract shall stipulate that the institution will make every effort to 

(A) assume an increasing proportion of the cost of continuing a program carrying out the purpose of this part while the institution receives support under this part; (B) waive or otherwise reduce tuition for participants in such program, where such waiver is not 

prohibited by law; (C) utilize students and faculty at such institution to carry out, on a self-supporting basis, appropriate planning 

for such programs; and (D) maintain similar service-learning programs after such institution no longer receives support under this 

part. 

ø(2) The Director shall take necessary steps to monitor the extent of compliance by such institutions with commitments entered 

into under paragraph (1) of this subsection and shall advise the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services of the extent of each such 

institution’s compliance.¿ 

PART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 121. This part provides for special emphasis and demonstration volunteer programs, together with appropriate powers and responsibilities designed to assist in the development and coordination of such programs. The purpose of this part is to strengthen 

and supplement efforts to meet a broad range of needs, particularly 

those related to poverty, by encouraging and enabling persons from 

all walks of life and from all age groups to perform meaningful and 

constructive volunteer service in agencies, institutions, and øsituations¿ organizations where the application of human talent and 

dedication may help to meet such needs. It is the further purpose 

of this part to provide technical and financial assistance to encourage voluntary organizations and volunteer efforts at the national, 

State, and local level. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 123. øTECHNICAL AND¿ FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 

The Director may provide øtechnical and¿ financial assistance to 

Federal agencies, State and local governments and agencies, private nonprofit organizations, employers, and other private organizations that utilize or desire to utilize volunteers in carrying out 

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øLITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS

øSEC. 124. (a) The Director is authorized to award challenge 

grants to eligible public agencies and private organizations to pay 

the Federal share of the costs of establishing, operating or expanding community or employee literacy programs or projects that include the use of full-time or part-time volunteers as one method of 

addressing illiteracy. 

ø(b) Each eligible organization desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Corporation an application in such form 

and accompanied by such information as the Director may reasonably require. Each such application shall—

ø(1) describe the activities for which assistance is sought, 

ø(2) contain assurances that the eligible organization will 

provide from non-Federal sources the non-Federal share of the 

cost of the program or project, 

ø(3) provide assurances, satisfactory to the Director, that the 

literacy project will be operated in cooperation with other public and private agencies and organizations interested in, and 

qualified to, combat illiteracy in the community where the 

project is to be conducted, and 

ø(4) contain such other information and assurances as the 

Director may reasonably require. 

ø(c)(1)(A) The Federal share of the cost of a program or project 

authorized by this section administered by a public agency, a nonprofit organization other than an organization described in paragraph (2), or a private, for-profit organization shall not exceed—

ø(i) 80 percent in the first fiscal year; 

ø(ii) 70 percent in the second fiscal year; and 

ø(iii) 60 percent in the third fiscal year. 

ø(B) The non-Federal share paid by a private, for-profit organization shall be in cash. 

ø(2) The Federal share of the cost of a program or project administered by a nonprofit or community-based organization shall not 

exceed—

ø(A) 90 percent in the first fiscal year; 

ø(B) 80 percent in the second fiscal year; and 

ø(C) 70 percent in the third fiscal year. 

ø(3) The non-Federal share provided by a public agency or a nonprofit or community-based organization may be provided in cash, or 

in kind, fairly evaluated, and may include the use of plant, equipment, and services.¿ 

TITLE II—øNATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS¿ 

NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS 

øSTATEMENT OF PURPOSES

øSEC. 200. It is the purpose of—

ø(1) this title to provide for National Senior Volunteer Corps, 

comprised of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the 

foster grandparent program, and the senior companion program, that empower older individuals to contribute to their 

communities through volunteer service, enhance the lives of 

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ø(2) part A, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, to 

utilize the vast talents of older individuals willing to share 

their experiences, abilities, and skills in responding to a wide 

variety of community needs; 

ø(3) part B, the foster grandparent program, to afford lowincome older individuals an opportunity to provide supportive, 

individualized services to children with exceptional or special 

needs; and 

ø(4) part C, the senior companion program, to afford low-income older individuals the opportunity to provide personal assistance and companionship to other older individuals through 

volunteer service.¿ 

SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

It is the purpose of this title to provide— (1) opportunities for senior service to meet unmet local, State, 

and national needs in the areas of education, public safety, 

emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, 

health and human needs, and the environment; 

(2) for the National Senior Service Corps, comprised of the 

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the Foster Grandparent 

Program, and the Senior Companion Program, and demonstration and other programs to empower people 55 years of age or 

older to contribute to their communities through service, enhance the lives of those who serve and those whom they serve, 

and provide communities with valuable services; 

(3) opportunities for people 55 years of age or older, through 

the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, to share their 

knowledge, experiences, abilities, and skills for the betterment of 

their communities and themselves; 

(4) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age or 

older, through the Foster Grandparents Program, to have a 

positive impact on the lives of children in need; 

(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age or 

older, through the Senior Companion Program, to provide critical support services and companionship to adults at risk of institutionalization and who are struggling to maintain a dignified independent life; and 

(6) for research, training, demonstration, and other program 

activities to increase and improve opportunities for people 55 

years of age or older to meet unmet needs, including those related to public safety, public health, and emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, in their communities. 

PART A—RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROJECTS

SEC. 201. (a) In order to help retired individuals and working 

older individuals to øavail themselves of opportunities for volunteer 

service in their community¿ share their experiences, abilities, and 

skills for the betterment of their communities and themselves 

through service, the Director is authorized to make grants to State 

agencies (established or designated pursuant to section 305(a)(1) of 

the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

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costs for the development or operation, or both, of volunteer service 

projects under this section, if the Director determines, in accordance with regulations the Director shall prescribe, that— (1) * * * 

(2) only individuals 55 years of age or older will be enrolledø, and 

individuals 60 years of age or older will be given priority for enrollment,¿ as volunteers to provide services under this part (except for 

administrative purposes), and such services will be performed in 

the community where such individuals reside or in nearby communities either (A) on publicly owned and operated facilities or 

projects, or (B) on local projects sponsored by private nonprofit organizations (other than political parties), other than projects involving the construction, operation, or maintenance of so much of 

any facility used or to be used for sectarian instruction or as a 

place for religious worship; 

(3) the project includes such short-term training as may be necessary either prior to or during the volunteer service to make the 

most effective use of the skills and talents of participating volunteers and individuals, and provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of such volunteers while undergoing such training; 

and 

ø(4) the project is being established and will be carried out with 

the advice of persons competent in the field of service involved, and 

or persons with interest in and knowledge of the needs of older persons.¿ 

(4) the project is being designed and implemented with the advice 

of experts in the field of service to be delivered as well as with those 

who have expertise in the recruitment and management of volunteers, particularly those of the Baby Boom generation. 

* * * * * * * 

ø(c) The Director shall not award any grant or contract under 

this part for a project in any State to any agency or organization 

unless, if such State has a State agency established or designated 

pursuant to section 305(a)(1) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, 

as amended (42 U.S.C. 3025(a)(1)), such agency itself is the recipient of the award or such agency has been afforded at least fortyfive days in which to review the project application and make recommendations thereon.¿ 

(c) The Director shall give priority to projects— (1) utilizing retired scientists, technicians, engineers, and 

mathematicians (the STEM professionals) to improve Science, 

Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education 

through activities such as assisting teachers in classroom demonstrations or laboratory experiences, running after-school, 

weekend, or summer programs designed to engage disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990) or low-income, minority youth in 

the STEM fields and to improve mastery of the STEM content, 

providing field trips to businesses, institutions of higher education, museums, and other locations where the STEM professions are practiced or illuminated; 

(2) utilizing retired health care professionals to improve the 

health and wellness of low income or rural communities; 

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section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 

1990) from joining gangs or committing crimes; 

(4) utilizing retired military and emergency professionals for 

programs to improve public safety, emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, search and rescue, and homeland security efforts; and 

(5) utilizing retired computer science professionals, technicians of related technologies, business professionals, and others 

with relevant knowledge to increase, for low income individuals 

and families, access to and obtaining the benefits from computers and other existing and emerging technologies. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) COMPETITIVE RE-EVALUATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 412, a grant or 

contract shall not, after fiscal year 2009, be awarded or renewed under this section unless— (A) the program for which the award or renewal is to be 

made is competitively re-evaluated in comparison to other 

programs; or 

(B) the program for which the award or renewal is to be 

made—

(i) received an award or renewal in a fiscal year that 

was both—(I) within the preceding three fiscal years; and 

(II) after fiscal year 2009; and 

(ii) was competitively re-evaluated in connection with 

that award or renewal in that fiscal year. 

(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each competitive re-evaluation required 

by paragraph (1) shall be carried out through a process that ensures that— (A) the resulting grants (or contracts) support no less 

than the volunteer service years of the previous grant (or 

contract) cycle in a given service area; 

(B) the resulting grants (or contracts) maintain a similar 

program distribution; and 

(C) every effort is made to minimalize the disruption of 

volunteers. 

(3) PRIORITY CONSIDERATION.—The competitive re-evaluation 

shall include some form of priority consideration for existing 

grantees in good standing. 

* * * * * * * 

PART B—FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROJECTS

SEC. 211. (a) The Director is authorized to make grants to or contracts with public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations 

to pay part or all of the cost of development and operation of 

projects (including direct payments to individuals serving under 

this part) designed for the purpose of providing opportunities for 

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viduals serving as foster grandparents to children who are individuals with disabilities, who have chronic health conditions, who are 

receiving care in hospitals, who are residing in homes for dependent and neglected children, or who are receiving services provided 

by day care centers, schools, early intervention programs under 

part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

1431 et seq.), Head Start agencies under the Head Start Act, or 

any of a variety of other programs, establishments, and institutions 

providing services for children with special or exceptional needs. 

Individual foster grandparents may provide person-to-person services to one or more children, depending on the needs of the project 

and local site. The Director may approve assistance in excess of 90 

per centum of the costs of the development and operation of such 

projects only if the Director determines, in accordance with regulations the Director shall prescribe establishing objective criteria, 

that such action is required in furtherance of the purpose of this 

section. Provision for such assistance shall be effective as of September 19, 1972. In the case of any project with respect to which, 

prior to such date, a grant or contract has been made under section 

611(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

3044(b) or with respect to any project under the Foster Grandparent program in effect prior to September 17, 1969, contributions 

in cash or in kind from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department 

of the Interior, toward the cost of the project may be counted as 

part of the cost thereof which is met from non-Federal sources. 

(b)(1) Any public or private nonprofit agency or organization responsible for providing person-to-person services to a child in a 

project carried out under subsection (a) of this section øshall have 

the exclusive authority to determine, pursuant to the provisions of 

paragraph (2) of this subsection¿ may determine—

(A) which children may receive supportive person-to-person 

services under such project; øand¿ 

(B) the period of time during which such services shall be 

continued in the case of each individual childø.¿; and 

(C) whether it is in the best interests of a child receiving, and 

of a particular foster grandparent providing, services in such a 

project, to continue such relationship after the child reaches the 

age of 21, if such child was receiving such services prior to attaining the age of 21. 

ø(2) In the event that such an agency or organization determines 

that it is in the best interests of a mentally retarded child receiving, and of a particular foster grandparent providing, services in 

such a project, such relationship may be continued after the child 

reaches the chronological age of 21: Provided, That such child was 

receiving such services prior to attaining the chronological age of 

21. If the particular foster grandparent subject to the determination under this paragraph becomes unavailable to serve after such 

determination is made, the agency or organization may select another foster grandparent.¿ 

ø(3)¿ (2) Any determination made by a public or nonprofit private agency or organization under øparagraphs (1) and (2)¿ paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be made through mutual agreement by all parties involved with respect to the provision of services to the child involved. 


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(3) If an assignment of a foster grandparent is suspended or discontinued, the replacement of that foster grandparent shall be determined through the mutual agreement of all parties involved in the 

provision of services to the child. 

* * * * * * * 

(d) The Director, in accordance with regulations the Director 

shall prescribe, may provide to low-income persons serving as volunteers under this part, such allowances, stipends, and other support as the Director determines are necessary to carry out the purpose of this part. øAny stipend or allowance provided under this section shall not be less than $2.45 per hour on and after October 

1, 1993, and shall be adjusted once prior to December 31, 1997, to 

account for inflation,¿ Any stipend or allowance provided under this 

part shall not exceed 75 percent of the minimum wage under section 

6 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), and the 

Federal share shall not be less than $2.65 per hour, provided that 

the Director shall adjust the Federal share once prior to December 

31, 2012, to account for inflation, as determined by the Director 

and rounded to the nearest five cents, except that (1) such stipend 

or allowance shall not be increased as a result of an amendment 

made to this sentence unless the funds appropriated for carrying 

out this part are sufficient to maintain for the fiscal year in question a number of participants to serve under this part at least 

equal to the number of such participants serving during the preceding fiscal year, and (2) in the event that sufficient appropriations for any fiscal year are not available to increase any such stipend or allowance provided to the minimum hourly rate specified 

in this sentence, the Director shall increase the stipend or allowance to such amount as appropriations for such year permit consistent with clause (1) of this exception. In establishing the amount 

of, and the effective date for, such adjustment, the Director, in consultation with the State Commissions on National and Community 

Service (as established under section 178 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990) and the heads of the State offices established under section 195 of such Act, shall consider the effect 

such adjustment will have on the ability of non-federally funded 

volunteer programs similar to the programs under this title to 

maintain their current level of volunteer hours. 

(e) For purposes of this part, the terms ‘‘low-income person’’ and 

‘‘person of low income’’ mean—

(1) any person whose income is not more than ø125¿ 200 per 

centum of the poverty line defined in section 673(2) of the 

Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) and 

adjusted by the Director in the manner described in such section; and 

(2) any person whose income is not more that 100 per centum of such poverty lineø, as so adjusted and determined by 

the Director after taking into consideration existing poverty 

guidelines as appropriate to local situations¿. 

* * * * * * * 

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lowance, stipend, or other financial support under this part except 

reimbursement for transportation, meals, and out-of-pocket expenses incident to serving under this part. 

ø(B) The regulations issued by the Director to carry out this part 

(other than any regulations relating to allowances, stipends, and 

other financial support authorized by subsection (d) to be paid 

under this part to low-income persons) shall apply to all volunteers 

under this part, without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to receive a stipend under subsection (d). 

ø(C) Individuals who are not low-income persons may not serve 

as volunteers under this part in any community in which there are 

volunteers serving under part A of this title unless such individuals 

have been referred previously for possible placement as volunteers 

under part A and such placement did not occur. 

ø(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), each recipient of 

a grant or contract to carry out a project under this part shall give 

equal treatment to all volunteers who participate in such project, 

without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to receive a 

stipend under subsection (d). 

ø(B) An individual who is not a low-income person may not become a volunteer under this part if allowing such individual to become a volunteer under this part would prevent a low-income individual from becoming a volunteer under this part or would displace 

a low-income person from being such a volunteer. 

ø(3) The Director may not take into consideration or require as 

a condition of receiving a grant or contract to carry out a project 

under this part, any applicant for such grant or contract— ø(A) to accept or recruit individuals who are not low-income 

persons to serve as volunteers under this part; or 

ø(B) to solicit locally generated contributions, in cash or in 

kind, to support such individuals. 

The Director may not coerce any applicant for, or recipient of, 

such grant or contract to engage in conduct described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 

ø(4) Funds appropriated to carry out this part may not be used 

to pay any cost, including any administrative cost, incurred in connection with volunteers under this part who do not receive a stipend under subsection (d). Such cost incurred with respect to a volunteer may be paid with—

ø(A) funds received by the Director as unrestricted gifts; 

ø(B) funds received by the Director as gifts to pay such cost; 

ø(C) funds contributed by such volunteer; or 

ø(D) locally generated contributions in excess of the amount 

required to be contributed under subsection (a), in the discretion of the recipient of a grant or contract under such subsection.¿ 

(f)(1) Subject to the restrictions in paragraph (3), individuals who 

are not low-income persons may serve as volunteers under this part. 

The regulations issued by the Director to carry out this part (other 

than regulations relating to stipends or allowances to individuals 

authorized by subsection (d)) shall apply to all volunteers under this 

part, without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to receive a stipend or allowance under subsection (d). 

(2) Except as provided under paragraph (1), each recipient of a 

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equal treatment to all volunteers who participate in such project, 

without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to receive a 

stipend or allowance under subsection (d). 

(3) An individual who is not a low-income person may not become 

a volunteer under this part if allowing that individual to become a 

volunteer under this part would prevent a low-income person from 

becoming a volunteer under this part or would displace a low-income person from being a volunteer under this part. 

(4) The Office of Outreach and Recruitment shall conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion of low-income persons in programs 

and activities authorized under this title. 

(g) The Director may also provide a stipend or allowance in an 

amount not to exceed 10 percent more than the amount established 

under subsection (d) to leaders who, on the basis of past experience 

as volunteers, special skills, and demonstrated leadership abilities, 

may coordinate activities, including training, and otherwise support 

the service of volunteers under this part. 

(h) The program may accept up to 15 percent of volunteers serving 

in a project under this part for a fiscal year who do not meet the 

definition of ‘‘low-income’’ under subsection (e), upon certification by 

the recipient of a grant or contract that it is unable to effectively recruit and place low-income volunteers in the number of placements 

approved for the project. 

PART C—SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROJECTS

SEC. 213. (a) The Director is authorized to make grants to or contracts with public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations 

to pay part or all of the cost of development and operation of 

projects (including direct payments to individuals serving under 

this part in the same manner as provided in section 211(a)) designed for the purpose of providing opportunities for ølow-income 

persons aged 60 or over¿ low-income and other persons aged 55 or 

over to serve as ‘‘senior companions’’ to persons with exceptional 

needs. Senior companions may provide services designed to help 

older persons requiring long-term care, including services to persons receiving home health care, nursing care, home-delivered 

meals or other nutritional services; services designed to help persons deinstitutionalized from mental hospitals, nursing homes, and 

other institutions; and services designed to assist persons having 

developmental disabilities and other special needs for companionship. 

(b) øSubsections (d), (e), and (f)¿ Subsections (d) through (h) of 

section 211, and such other provisions of part B as the Director determines to be necessary, shall apply to this part, except that for 

purposes of this part any reference in such subsections and such 

provisions to part B shall be deemed to be a reference to this part. 

(c)(1) * * * 

(2)(A) * * * 

ø(B) Senior companion volunteer trainers recruited under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not be paid stipends.¿ 

(B) Senior companion volunteer trainers and leaders may receive 

a stipend or allowance consistent with subsection (g) authorized 

under subsection (d) of section 211, as approved by the Director. 


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PART D—GENERAL PROVISIONS

PROMOTION OF NATIONAL SENIOR øVOLUNTEER¿ SERVICE CORPS

SEC. 221. (a) * * * 

(b)(1) * * * 

(2) The Director shall take appropriate actions to ensure that 

special efforts are made to publicize the programs established in 

parts A, B, and C, in order to facilitate recruitment efforts, to encourage greater participation of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds living in rural, suburban, and urban localities, and to emphasize the value of volunteering to the health and well-being of 

volunteers and the communities of such volunteers. Such actions 

shall include informing recipients of grants and contracts under 

this title of all informational materials available from the Director. 

* * * * * * * 

MINORITY GROUP PARTICIPATION

SEC. 223. The Director shall take appropriate steps to insure that 

special efforts are made to recruit, select, and assign qualified individuals øsixty years and older from minority groups¿ 55 years and 

older from minority and underserved populations to serve as volunteers under this title. 

USE OF LOCALLY GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS IN NATIONAL SENIOR

øVOLUNTEER¿ SERVICE CORPS

SEC. 224. Whenever locally generated contributions made to National Senior Volunteer Corps projects under this title are in excess 

of the amount required by the Director, the Director may not restrict the manner in which contributions are expended if expenditures from locally generated contributions are not inconsistent with 

the provisions of this Act. 

PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

SEC. 225. (a)(1) * * * 

ø(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Director may make 

such grants—

ø(A) under the program authorized in part A, to support programs that address the national problems specified in subsection (b); 

ø(B) under the program authorized in part B, to support programs that address the national problems specified in subsection (b), other than paragraphs (10), (12), (15), and (16) of 

such subsection; and 

ø(C) under the program authorized in part C, to support programs that address the national problems referred to in paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (6), and (10) of subsection (b).¿ 

(2) Applicants for grants under paragraph (1) shall determine 

which program under part A, B, or C the program shall be carried 

out and submit an application as required for programs under part 

A, B, or C. 

* * * * * * * 

(4) The Director shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the grants 

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assistance from the Corporation and when possible in locations 

where there are no current programs under part A, B, C in existence. 

(b) The Director shall make grants under subsection (a) to support one or more of the following programs to address problems 

that concern the Nation: 

(1) Programs that assist individuals with chronic and debilitating illnesses, such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome 

or Alzheimer’s disease, with an intent of allowing those served 

to age in place. 

(2) Programs designed to decrease drug and alcohol abuse 

through education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation. 

(3) Programs that work with teenage parents, including programs that teach parenting skills, life skills, family management skills, assists in obtaining affordable childcare, offers or 

assists in locating employment training or placement, and other 

skills and services needed by teenage parents and their families 

to establish a healthy environment for their children. 

ø(4) Programs that match volunteer mentors with youth who 

need guidance.¿ 

(4) Programs that establish and support mentoring programs 

for disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990), including those 

mentoring programs that match youth with volunteer mentors 

leading to apprenticeship programs and employment training. 

(5) Programs that provide adult and school-based literacy assistance, including those programs that serve youth and adults 

with limited English proficiency. 

(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care for 

frail elderly individuals øand for disabled or chronically ill children living at home.¿ and for individuals and children with 

disabilities or chronic illnesses living at home. 

(7) Programs that provide before- and øafter-school activities 

that are sponsored by organizations, such as libraries, that 

serve children of working parents.¿ after-school programs serving children in low-income communities that may engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills or 

study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, and 

health education programs, including programs aimed at fighting childhood obesity, and other activities addressing the needs 

of the community’s children, including those of working parents. 

ø(8) Programs that work with boarder babies. 

ø(9) Programs that serve children who are enrolled in child 

care programs, giving priority to such programs that serve children with special needs.¿ 

ø(10)¿ (8) Programs that provide care to developmentally disabled adults who reside at home and in community-based settings, including programs that, when appropriate, involve older 

developmentally disabled individuals as volunteers under this 

title. 

ø(11)¿ (9) Programs that provide volunteer tutors to assist 

educationally disadvantaged children, on a one-to-one basis, to 

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(10) Programs that engage older adults with children and 

youth to complete service in energy conservation, environmental 

stewardship, or other environmental needs of a community. 

(11) Programs that collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations in prevention programs aimed at disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National 

and Community Service Act of 1990) or youth re-entering society after incarceration and their families, which may include 

mentoring and counseling, which many include employment 

counseling. 

ø(12) Programs that address environmental needs. 

ø(13) Programs that reach out to organizations (such as 

labor unions and profitmaking organizations) not previously involved in addressing national problems of local concern. 

ø(14) Programs that provide for outreach to increase participation of members of ethnic groups who have limited English 

proficiency. 

ø(15) Programs that support criminal justice activities and 

juvenile justice activities. 

ø(16) Programs that involve older volunteers working with 

young people in apprenticeship programs.¿ 

ø(17)¿ (12) Programs that support the community integration of individuals with disabilities. 

(13) Programs that strengthen community efforts in support 

of homeland security. 

ø(18) Programs that provide health, education, and welfare 

services that augment the activities of State and local agencies, 

to be carried out in a fiscal year for which the aggregate 

amount of funds available to such agencies is not less than the 

annual average aggregate amount of funds available to such 

agencies for the period of 3 fiscal years preceding such fiscal 

year.¿ 

(c)(1) In order for an applicant to be eligible to receive a grant 

under subsection (a), such applicant øshall demonstrate to the Director that such grant will be used to increase the total number of 

volunteers supported by such applicant.¿ shall demonstrate to the 

Director a level of expertise in carrying out such a program. 

* * * * * * * 

(e) The Director shall widely disseminate information on grants 

that may be made under subsection (a) øto field personnel of the 

Corporation and to community volunteer organizations that request 

such information.¿, including through the Office of Outreach and 

Recruitment and other volunteer recruitment programs being carried out by public or private non-profit organizations. 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 228. CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. 

To ensure the continued service of individuals in communities 

served by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program prior to enactment of this section, in making grants under this title the Corporation shall take actions it considers necessary to maintain service assignments for such seniors and to ensure continuity of service for 

communities. 


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SEC. 229. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), a program 

receiving assistance under this title may accept donations, including 

donations in cash or in kind. 

(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a program receiving assistance under this title shall not accept donations from 

the beneficiaries of the program. 

PART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

SEC. 231. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR. 

(a) * * * 

(b) ACTIVITIES.—An organization that receives a grant or enters 

into a contract under subsection (a) may use funds made available 

through the grant or contract for activities such as—

(1) linking youth groups and older American organizations in 

volunteer øactivities;¿ activities described in section 225(b) and 

carried out through programs described in parts A, B, and C; 

and 

ø(2) involving older volunteers in programs and activities different from programs and activities supported in the community; and 

ø(3) testing whether older American volunteer programs may 

contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities.¿ 

(2) programs that support older Americans in aging in place 

while augmenting the capacity of members of a community to 

serve each other through reciprocal service centers, service credit 

banking, community economic scripts, barter services, 

timebanking, and other similar programs. 

(c) PRIORITY.—For purposes of subsection (b), priority shall be 

given to—

(1) programs with established experience in carrying out such 

a program and engaging the entire community in service exchange; 

(2) programs with the capacity to connect to similar programs 

throughout a city or region to augment the available services to 

older Americans and for members of the community to serve 

each other; 

(3) programs seeking to establish in an area where needs of 

older Americans are left unmet and older Americans are unable 

to consider aging in place without such service exchange in 

place; and 

(4) programs that integrate participants in or collaborate 

with service-learning programs, AmeriCorps State and National programs, the VISTA program, the Retired and Senior 

Volunteer Program, Foster Grandparents program, and the 

Senior Companion programs, and programs described in section 411 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032). 

* * * * * * * 

TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 

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SPECIAL LIMITATIONS

SEC. 404. (a) The Director shall prescribe regulations and shall 

carry out the provisions of this Act so as to assure that the service 

of volunteers assigned, referred, or serving pursuant to grants, contracts, or agreements made under this Act is limited to activities 

which would not otherwise be performed by employed workers and 

which will not supplant the hiring of or result in the ødisplacement 

of employed workers¿ displacement of employed workers or volunteers (other than participants under the national service laws), or 

impair existing contracts for service. 

* * * * * * * 

* * * 

* * * * * * * 

NOTICE AND HEARING PROCEDURES FOR SUSPENSION AND

TERMINATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

SEC. 412. (a) The Director is authorized, in accordance with the 

provisions of this section, to suspend further payments or to terminate payments under any contract or grant providing assistance 

under this Act, whenever the Director determines there is a material failure to comply with the applicable terms and conditions of 

any such grant or contract. The Director shall prescribe procedures 

to insure that—

(1) * * * 

(2) an application for refunding under this Act may not be denied 

unless the recipient has been given (A) notice at least ø75¿ 60 days 

before the denial of such application of the possibility of such denial and the grounds for any such denial, and (B) opportunity to 

show cause why such action should not be taken; and 

ø(3) in any case where an application for refunding is denied for 

failure to comply with the terms and conditions of the grant or contract award, the recipient shall be afforded an opportunity for an 

informal hearing before an impartial hearing officer, who has been 

agreed to by the recipient and the Agency; and¿ 

ø(4)¿ (3) assistance under this Act shall not be terminated for 

failure to comply with applicable terms and conditions unless the 

recipient has been afforded reasonable notice and opportunity for 

a full and fair hearing. 

* * * * * * * 

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 421. For the purposes of this Act—

(1) * * * 

(2) the terms ‘‘United States’’ and ‘‘States’’ mean the several 

States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Puerto 

Rico, Guam, the American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and, for the purposes of title II of 

this Act, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; 

* * * * * * * 

(13) the term ‘‘national senior volunteer’’ means a volunteer 

in the øNational Senior Volunteer Corps¿ National Senior 

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(14) the term ‘‘øNational Senior Volunteer Corps¿ National 

Senior Service Corps’’ means the programs established under 

øparts A, B, C, and E of¿ title II; 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 425. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 

Whoever falsely— (1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

that an entity is affiliated with, funded by, or operating under the 

authority of the Corporation, VISTA, or any of the programs of the 

øNational Senior Volunteer Corps¿ National Senior Service Corps 

may be enjoined under an action filed by the Attorney General, on 

a complaint by the Director. 

TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

SEC. 501. NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS. 

(a) AUTHORIZATIONS.— (1) VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out parts A and B of title Iø, excluding section 109, $56,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and 

such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 

1995 and 1996.¿ $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such 

sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 

2012. 

ø(2) LITERACY ACTIVITIES.—There are authorized to be appro- priated to carry out section 109, $5,600,000 for fiscal year 

1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 

years 1995 and 1996.¿ 

ø(3)¿ (2) SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of title Iø, excluding 

section 125, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.¿ such sums as may be necessary 

for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

ø(4) LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS.—There are authorized to 

be appropriated to carry out section 125, such sums as may be 

necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.¿ 

ø(5)¿ (3) SPECIFICATION OF BUDGET FUNCTION.—The authorizations of appropriations contained in this subsection shall be 

considered to be a component of budget function 500 as used 

by the Office of Management and Budget to cover education, 

training, employment, and social services, and, as such, shall 

be considered to be related to the programs of the Departments 

of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for budgetary purposes. 

* * * * * * * 

ø(e) VOLUNTEER SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—

ø(1) VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS.—Of the amounts appropriated under this section for parts A, B, and C of title I, including section 124, there shall first be available for part A of 

title I, including sections 104(e) and 109, an amount not less 


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than the amount necessary to provide 3,700 volunteer service 

years in fiscal year 1994, 4,000 volunteer service years in fiscal 

year 1995, and 4,500 volunteer service years in fiscal year 

1996. 

ø(2) PLAN.—If the Director determines that funds appropriated to carry out part A, B, or C of title I are insufficient 

to provide for the years of volunteer service required by paragraph (1), the Director shall submit a plan to the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees of Congress that will 

detail what is necessary to fully meet this requirement.¿ 

øSEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS. 

ø(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, 

$45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 

ø(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are authorized to 

be appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $85,000,000 for fiscal 

year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 

ø(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be 

appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $40,000,000 for fiscal 

year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996. 

ø(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E of title II, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.¿ 

øSEC. 504. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION. 

ø(a) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 

1996, there are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this Act as provided for in title IV, 18 percent of the total 

amount appropriated under sections 501 and 502 with respect to 

such year. 

ø(b) EVALUATION.—For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 

1996, the Director is authorized to expend not less than 21⁄2 percent, and not more than 5 percent, of the amount appropriated 

under subsection (a), for the purposes prescribed in section 416.¿ 

SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, 

$67,500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary 

for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be 

appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $115,000,000 for fiscal 

year 2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

years 2009 through 2012. 

(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $52,000,000 for fiscal year 

2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

2009 through 2012. 

(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part E of title II, $500,000 for fiscal year 

2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

2009 through 2012. 


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SEC. 504. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION. 

There are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of 

this Act $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums as may be 

necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 

* * * * * * * 

SECTION 8F OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978 

* * * * * * * 

SEC. 8F. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (7) 

and (8) of section 6(a), it is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the 

Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community 

Service to—

(1) appoint and determine the compensation of such officers 

and employees in accordance with section 195(b) of the øNational and Community Service Trust Act of 1993¿ National 

and Community Service Act of 1990; and 

* * * * * * * 

XVII. COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE

None. 


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MINORITY VIEWS 

In his State of the Union address on January 29, 2002, President 

George W. Bush called on all Americans to serve their country for 

the equivalent of two years over their lifetime. On April 9, 2002, 

President Bush unveiled his ‘‘Principles and Reforms for a Citizen 

Service Act’’ to guide the reauthorization of programs under the 

Corporation for National and Community Service. Specifically, the 

President called for legislation to: (1) Support and encourage greater engagement of citizens in volunteering; (2) make Federal funds 

more responsive to State and local needs; (3) make Federal support 

more accountable and effective; and (4) provide greater assistance 

to community-based organizations (which include faith-based organizations). 

In response to the President’s call to reauthorize the national 

service laws, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R–MI), along with Rep. Tim Roemer (D–IN), introduced H.R. 4854, the Citizen Service Act of 2002. 

That bill sought to reform and strengthen the programs under the 

Corporation for National and Community Service by implementing 

first-time accountability measures for grantees and making the 

Corporation for National and Community Service an effective outlet for leveraging community service among the many service organizations across the country. These reforms were intended to complement the ongoing efforts of the Corporation to strengthen these 

programs. After years of mismanagement under the Clinton Administration, the Corporation received its seventh consecutive clean 

audit opinion for FY 2006. 

Committee Republicans are pleased that the Majority has agreed 

that such reforms are necessary and has included many of the key 

provisions from H.R. 4854 in H.R. 2857. Committee Republicans 

also appreciate the Majority’s willingness to work toward a bipartisan agreement on the legislation. We are, however, concerned 

about some directions this bill takes and the process under which 

the Committee was forced to consider the bill. 

LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

When Committee Republicans led the effort to reauthorize the 

national service laws, we followed a deliberate process that provided Members and the various constituencies impacted by the reauthorization ample time to carefully consider the legislation and 

offer thoughtful critiques. In 2002, H.R. 4854 was introduced on 

May 24th following extensive bipartisan negotiations. Nearly two 

weeks later, on June 5, the Subcommittee on Select Education favorably reported the bill to the Full Committee. A week after that, 

on June 12th, the Full Committee considered H.R. 4854 and favorably reported it to the House. Nearly three weeks passed between 

introduction of the bill and the Full Committee’s consideration of 

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In contrast, barely more than 24 hours passed between the introduction of H.R. 2857 and the Full Committee’s consideration of this 

legislation. Obviously, this is not nearly enough time for Members, 

staff, and constituents to carefully consider the proposal and properly respond. 

This process continues a troubling trend. Despite its promises to 

legislate through regular order and ensure an open process, the 

Majority has repeatedly rushed bills through Committee without 

giving Members sufficient time to consider the legislation. Such a 

process may serve the interests of the Majority, but it does not 

serve the interests of the Congress, or more importantly, the American taxpayers. 

PRIORITIZING BUREAUCRACY

H.R. 2857 makes noteworthy strides in improving service delivery through the national service laws. The Citizen Service Act of 

2002 included first-time accountability measures for programs 

funded under these laws to ensure that Federal dollars are spent 

wisely. H.R. 2857 includes these measures so that recipients of 

funds under these laws will be held responsible for effectively 

leveraging grant funds to drive community service at the local 

level. 

Contrary to these improvements, H.R. 2857 clearly prioritizes bureaucracy over ensuring that funds are spent primarily on those in 

need. The bill requires the Corporation for National and Community Service to create a National Office of Outreach and Recruitment that will supposedly generate interest among potential participants in programs funded under the national service laws. However, data from the Corporation show that, in most cases, the Corporation is already operating close to capacity. For example, during 

the 2006 Learn and Serve grant competition, only 27 applications 

out of 292 were funded. Under the State and National competitive 

programs in AmeriCorps, 384 applications were submitted this 

year and 167 grants were awarded. To the extent more outreach 

could be useful in some cases, H.R. 2857 makes a common mistake. 

By assuming that bureaucrats in Washington are better equipped 

to generate interest in diverse communities across the country than 

those communities themselves, precious resources that could drive 

improved service at the local level will be wasted. Committee Republicans offered an amendment to strike this office that was rejected along party lines. 

In addition, H.R. 2857 increases the cap on the percentage of 

funds that Learn and Serve and AmeriCorps grantees can spend on 

administrative expenses. Current law caps such expenditures at an 

already-high five percent. H.R. 2857 increases that cap to six percent despite data from the Corporation showing that such an increase would result in fewer participants in the programs funded 

under those programs. Committee Republicans feel strongly that 

taxpayer dollars should be used to provide direct services to those 

in need rather than wasted on administration and bureaucracy. 

During Committee consideration of this legislation, Senior Republican McKeon (R–CA) offered an amendment that would have 

lowered the cap in both programs from six percent to three percent. 

The Corporation estimated that this simple step would free up an 


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additional $380,000 in the Learn and Serve program and $2.5 million in the AmeriCorps program. The Republican amendment 

would have directed the Learn and Serve money into service learning programs focusing on civic education for our young people in 

an effort to increase the appreciation and knowledge of the important values and principles behind this Nation’s founding and our 

democratic form of government. Under AmeriCorps, the additional 

funds would have been directed to programs providing services for 

veterans. As the War on Terror continues, we should be doing all 

we can to provide support for those servicemen and women and 

their families who are making such sacrifices on our behalf. 

Sadly, the Majority rejected this amendment along party lines. In 

a desperate attempt to save political face, the Majority later offered 

an identical amendment without the reduction in the administrative caps. The Majority’s priorities were clear. The Majority is 

happy to support initiatives to assist our veterans and help our 

young people learn the history behind this country, but not at the 

expense of bureaucrats. 

Another amendment offered by Committee Republicans would 

have provided yet another way to promote innovative and efficient 

service delivery. This amendment, offered by Rep. Souder (R–IN), 

would have provided the Corporation authority under AmeriCorps 

to create a member-based pilot program to provide innovative ways 

to support small, faith-based and other community-based charities. 

These smaller organizations are often doing the bulk of the work 

in our communities serving those in need, but may not have the 

administrative capacity to support a full AmeriCorps grant. 

In order to streamline the process for these organizations, and 

provide more individual choice in selecting service sites, this program would permit the Corporation to provide education award 

grants directly to individuals rather than through the existing 

AmeriCorps bureaucracy. By providing individuals greater choice 

and small organizations greater opportunities to attract participants, while including accountability measures to ensure that the 

service is meaningful, this pilot program could demonstrate innovative ways to deliver resources to local communities more efficiently. 

This amendment was withdrawn after the Majority pledged to 

work with Rep. Souder to incorporate this concept into the 

AmeriCorps structure as the bill moves forward. Committee Republicans are encouraged by this willingness and look forward to working with the Majority on this issue. 

CONCLUSION

Committee Republicans appreciate the inclusion in H.R. 2857 of 

many provisions that were initially proposed in the Citizen Service 

Act of 2002. In particular, we applaud the inclusion of reforms that 

Committee Republicans have long championed to ensure that recipients of taxpayer funds are held accountable for results. We continue to be concerned at the Majority’s unwillingness to live up to 

its campaign promises of openness and a fair process. And we are 

concerned with efforts made in the bill to expand bureaucracy at 

the expense of better service delivery to communities. Despite these 

concerns, we join with the Majority in supporting bipartisan efforts 

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ery throughout the country. We look forward to working with the 

Majority as the legislation moves forward. 

HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON. 

MARK E. SOUDER. 

VERNON J. EHLERS. 

TODD RUSSELL PLATTS. 

RIC KELLER. 

JOE WILSON. 

JOHN KLINE. 

CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS. 

KENNY MARCHANT. 

LUIS G. FORTUN ̃ O. 

CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, Jr. 

VIRGINIA FOXX. 

DAVID DAVIS (TN). 

TIMOTHY WALBERG. 

DEAN HELLER. 

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