PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 

SERVE AMERICA ACT 


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123 STAT. 1460 PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 

Public Law 111–13 

111th Congress 

An Act 

Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and 

reform the national service laws. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Serve America 

Act’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 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. 

Sec. 1102. Definitions. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Learn and Serve America) 

Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 

Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions. 

Sec. 1203. Campuses of Service. 

Sec. 1204. Innovative programs and research. 

Sec. 1205. Service-learning impact study. 

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

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

Sec. 1302. Eligible national service 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. National service program assistance requirements. 

Sec. 1310. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 

Sec. 1311. Consideration of applications. 

Sec. 1312. Description of participants. 

Sec. 1313. Selection of national service participants. 

Sec. 1314. Terms of service. 

Sec. 1315. 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 an educational award from the Trust. 

Sec. 1403. Certifications. 

Sec. 1404. Determination of the amount of the educational award. 

42 USC 12501 

note. 

Serve America 

Act. 

Apr. 21, 2009 

[H.R. 1388] 


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Sec. 1405. Disbursement of educational awards. 

Sec. 1406. Approval process for approved 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. National Civilian Community Corps. 

Sec. 1506. Training. 

Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 

Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 

Sec. 1510. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 

Sec. 1511. Contract and grant authority. 

Sec. 1512. Other departments. 

Sec. 1513. Advisory Board. 

Sec. 1514. Evaluations. 

Sec. 1515. Repeal of funding limitation. 

Sec. 1516. Definitions. 

Sec. 1517. Terminology. 

Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 

Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 

Sec. 1602. Reports. 

Sec. 1603. Use of funds. 

Sec. 1604. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

Sec. 1605. Resolution of displacement complaints. 

Sec. 1606. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

Sec. 1607. Evaluation and accountability. 

Sec. 1608. Civic Health Assessment. 

Sec. 1609. Contingent extension. 

Sec. 1610. Partnerships with schools. 

Sec. 1611. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

Sec. 1612. Additional administrative provisions. 

Sec. 1613. Availability of assistance. 

Sec. 1614. Criminal history checks for individuals working with vulnerable populations. 

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. Chief Executive Officer compensation. 

Sec. 1704. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 

Sec. 1705. Chief Financial Officer status. 

Sec. 1706. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 

Sec. 1707. Donated services. 

Sec. 1708. Assignment to State Commissions. 

Sec. 1709. Study of involvement of veterans. 

Sec. 1710. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced workers 

in services corps and community service and to develop pilot program 

planning study. 

Sec. 1711. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of agency coordination. 

Sec. 1712. Study of program effectiveness. 

Sec. 1713. Volunteer Management Corps study. 

Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H (Investment for Quality and Innovation) 

Sec. 1801. Technical amendment to subtitle H. 

Sec. 1802. Additional Corporation activities to support national service. 

Sec. 1803. Repeals. 

Sec. 1804. Presidential awards. 

Sec. 1805. New fellowships. 

Sec. 1806. National Service Reserve Corps. 

Sec. 1807. Social Innovation Funds pilot program. 

Sec. 1808. Clearinghouses. 

Sec. 1809. Nonprofit Capacity Building Program. 

Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 

Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 


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

Sec. 1831. Repeal. 

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

Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

Sec. 2001. References. 

Sec. 2002. Volunteerism policy. 

Subtitle A—National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs 

CHAPTER 1—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

Sec. 2101. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 2102. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 

Sec. 2103. Support service. 

Sec. 2104. Repeal. 

Sec. 2105. Redesignation. 

CHAPTER 2—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 

Sec. 2121. University year for VISTA. 

CHAPTER 3—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

Sec. 2131. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 2132. Literacy challenge grants. 

Subtitle B—National Senior Service Corps 

Sec. 2141. Title. 

Sec. 2142. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 2143. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. 

Sec. 2144. Foster grandparent program. 

Sec. 2145. Senior companion program. 

Sec. 2146. General provisions. 

Subtitle C—Administration and Coordination 

Sec. 2151. Special limitations. 

Sec. 2152. Application of Federal law. 

Sec. 2153. Evaluation. 

Sec. 2154. Definitions. 

Sec. 2155. Protection against improper use. 

Sec. 2156. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 

Subtitle D—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 2161. Authorizations of appropriations. 

TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 

Sec. 3101. Table of contents of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 

Sec. 3102. Table of contents of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 

TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

Sec. 4101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 

TITLE V—VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAM 

Sec. 5101. Findings. 

Sec. 5102. Definitions. 

Sec. 5103. Office of Volunteers for Prosperity. 

Sec. 5104. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 

Sec. 6101. Effective date. 

Sec. 6102. Sense of the Senate. 


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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 amendment or repeal 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. 

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 opportunities 

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 for children and youth 

throughout the United States; 

‘‘(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening Federal and 

other service opportunities, including opportunities for participation in emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and 

recovery; 

‘‘(11) increase service opportunities for the Nation’s retiring 

professionals, including such opportunities for those retiring 

from the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics 

professions, to improve the education of the Nation’s youth 

and keep America competitive in the global knowledge economy, 

and to further utilize the experience, knowledge, and skills 

of older individuals; 

‘‘(12) encourage the continued service of the alumni of 

the national service programs, including service in times of 

national need; 

‘‘(13) encourage individuals age 55 or older to partake 

of service opportunities; 

‘‘(14) focus national service on the areas of national need 

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education, increasing energy conservation, improving the health 

status of economically disadvantaged individuals, and 

improving economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged 

individuals; 

‘‘(15) recognize and increase the impact of social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in 

addressing national and local challenges; 

‘‘(16) increase public and private investment in nonprofit 

community organizations that are effectively addressing 

national and local challenges and encourage such organizations 

to replicate and expand successful initiatives; 

‘‘(17) leverage Federal investments to increase State, local, 

business, and philanthropic resources to address national and 

local challenges; 

‘‘(18) support institutions of higher education that engage 

students in community service activities and provide highquality service-learning opportunities; and 

‘‘(19) recognize the expertise veterans can offer to national 

service programs, expand the participation of the veterans in 

the national service programs, and assist the families of veterans and members of the Armed Forces on active duty.’’. 

SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘described in section 122’’; 

(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘section 101(a) of the 

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

and 102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’; 

(3) in paragraph (17)(B), by striking ‘‘program in which 

the participant is enrolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization 

receiving assistance under the national service laws through 

which the participant is engaging in service’’; 

(4) in paragraph (19)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘section 111(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

112(a)’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘117A(a),’’; 

(C) by striking ‘‘119(b)(1), or 122(a),’’ and inserting 

‘‘118A, or 118(b)(1), or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 

122,’’; 

(D) by inserting ‘‘section 198B, 198C, 198G, 198H, 

or 198K,’’ after ‘‘section 152(b),’’; and 

(E) by striking ‘‘198, 198C, or 198D’’ and inserting 

‘‘179A, 198, 198O, 198P, or 199N’’; 

(5) in paragraph (21)(B)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting ‘‘602(3)’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting ‘‘1401(3)’’; 

(6) in paragraph (24), by striking ‘‘section 111’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 112’’; 

(7) in paragraph (26), by striking the second sentence; 

and 

(8) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(30) ALASKA NATIVE-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term 

‘Alaska Native-serving institution’ has the meaning given the 

term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

(20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 

‘‘(31) APPROVED SILVER SCHOLAR POSITION.—The term 

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described in section 198C(a), for which the Corporation has 

approved the provision of a silver scholarship educational award 

as one of the benefits to be provided for successful service 

in the position. 

‘‘(32) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term 

‘approved summer of service position’ means a position, in 

a program described in section 119(c)(8), 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. 

‘‘(33) ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC

ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Asian American 

and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution’ has 

the meaning given the term in section 320(b) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)). 

‘‘(34) AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES.—The term ‘authorizing 

committees’ means the Committee on Education and Labor 

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 

Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

‘‘(35) COMMUNITY-BASED ENTITY.—The term ‘communitybased entity’ means a public or private nonprofit organization 

that— 

‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 

‘‘(B) meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive 

Officer may establish. 

‘‘(36) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘disadvantaged 

youth’ includes those youth who are economically disadvantaged 

and 1 or more of the following: 

‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, including out-ofschool 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 secondary school without 

a diploma. 

‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at risk of 

delinquency. 

‘‘(G) Who are individuals with disabilities. 

‘‘(37) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term ‘encore service 

program’ means a program, carried out by an eligible entity 

as described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122, that— 

‘‘(A) involves a significant number of participants age 

55 or older in the program; and 

‘‘(B) takes advantage of the skills and experience that 

such participants offer in the design and implementation 

of the program. 

‘‘(38) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Hispanicserving institution’ has the meaning given such term in section 

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

‘‘(39) 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. 1061). 

‘‘(40) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION.—The term 

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term in section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)). 

‘‘(41) NATIVE AMERICAN-SERVING, NONTRIBAL INSTITUTION.— 

The term ‘Native American-serving, nontribal institution’ has 

the meaning given the term in section 319(b) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)). 

‘‘(42) NATIVE HAWAIIAN-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term 

‘Native Hawaiian-serving institution’ has the meaning given 

the term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 

‘‘(43) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.—The term 

‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the meaning given the 

term in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

U.S.C. 1059e). 

‘‘(44) PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.—The term ‘principles of scientific research’ means principles of research that— 

‘‘(A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objective methodology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to 

the subject matter involved; 

‘‘(B) present findings and make claims that are appropriate to, and supported by, the methods that have been 

employed; and 

‘‘(C) include, appropriate to the research being conducted— 

‘‘(i) use of systematic, empirical methods that draw 

on observation or experiment; 

‘‘(ii) use of data analyses that are adequate to 

support the general findings; 

‘‘(iii) reliance on measurements or observational 

methods that provide reliable and generalizable 

findings; 

‘‘(iv) strong claims of causal relationships, only 

with research designs that eliminate plausible competing explanations for observed results, such as, but 

not limited to, random-assignment experiments; 

‘‘(v) presentation of studies and methods in sufficient detail and clarity to allow for replication or, at 

a minimum, to offer the opportunity to build systematically on the findings of the research; 

‘‘(vi) acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal or critique by a panel of independent experts through a 

comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review; 

and 

‘‘(vii) consistency of findings across multiple 

studies or sites to support the generality of results 

and conclusions. 

‘‘(45) 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. 

‘‘(46) SCIENTIFICALLY VALID RESEARCH.—The term ‘scientifically valid research’ includes applied research, basic research, 

and field-initiated research in which the rationale, design, and 

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‘‘(47) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means the United 

States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

‘‘(48) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 

term ‘tribally controlled college or university’ has the meaning 

given such term in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges 

and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 

‘‘(49) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 

the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.’’. 

(b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is 

amended— 

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (49) as paragraphs (1), (3), (8), (9), (10), (12), (14), (15), (19), (20), (21), 

(22), (23), (24), (26), (29), (30), (31), (34), (35), (37), (39), (40), 

(41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), 

(16), (17), (18), (25), (27), (28), (32), (33), (36), (38), (47), (48), 

and (49); and 

(2) so that paragraphs (1) through (49), as so redesignated 

in paragraph (1), appear in numerical order. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B 

(Learn and Serve America) 

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 SCHOOL STUDENTS 

‘‘SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 

‘‘The purpose of this part is to promote service-learning as 

a strategy to— 

‘‘(1) support high-quality service-learning projects that 

engage students in meeting community needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing students’ academic and civic 

learning; and 

‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capacity, including 

the training of educators, and to strengthen the service infrastructure to expand service opportunities. 

‘‘SEC. 111A. DEFINITIONS. 

‘‘In this part: 

‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the several 

States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico. 

‘‘(2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘State educational agency’ means— 

‘‘(A) a State educational agency (as defined in section 

101) of a State; or 

‘‘(B) for a State in which a State educational agency 

described in subparagraph (A) has designated a statewide 

entity under section 112(e), that designated statewide 

entity. 

42 USC 12522. 

42 USC 12521. 


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‘‘SEC. 112. 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 involved to implement service-learning 

programs that are based principally in elementary schools and 

secondary schools, including— 

‘‘(A) providing training and professional development 

for teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based 

entities (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 curricula for 

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)(D) to develop school-based service-learning programs in accordance with this part; 

‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for research on 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 entities 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, throughout the territory, 

or serving the Indian tribe involved with particular attention to schools not making adequate yearly progress for 

two or more consecutive years under section 1111 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 by State educational agencies, territories, and Indian 

tribes of Federal funds 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 

42 USC 12523. 


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‘‘(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 school 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 and professional development, 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 program described in paragraph (2); 

‘‘(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) developing, as service-learning programs, civic engagement programs that promote a better understanding of— 

‘‘(A) the principles of the Constitution, the heroes of 

United States history (including military heroes), and the 

meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance; 

‘‘(B) how the Nation’s government functions; and 

‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Nation’s character. 

‘‘(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 partnership described in subsection (a)(2) or entity described in subsection (a)(3), respectively, 

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 

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‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection 

(a)(2) in the planning, development, and execution of servicelearning projects, including summer of service programs; 

‘‘(3) assisting schools and local educational agencies in 

developing school policies and practices that support the 

integration of service-learning into the curriculum; and 

‘‘(4) carrying out such other duties as the local partnership 

or entity, respectively, may determine to be appropriate. 

‘‘(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives financial 

assistance under this part from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 

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. 

‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency described in 

section 111A(2)(A) may designate a statewide entity (which may 

be a community-based entity) with demonstrated experience in 

supporting or implementing service-learning programs, to receive 

the State educational agency’s allotment under this part, and carry 

out the functions of the agency under this part. 

‘‘(e) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—The Corporation is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary 

of Education for initiatives (and may use funds authorized under 

section 501(a)(6) to enter into the agreements if the additional 

costs of the initiatives are warranted) that may include— 

‘‘(1) identification and dissemination of research findings 

on service-learning and scientifically valid research based practices for service-learning; and 

‘‘(2) provision of professional development opportunities 

that— 

‘‘(A) improve the quality of service-learning instruction 

and delivery for teachers both preservice and in-service, 

personnel from community-based entities and youth 

workers; and 

‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partnerships for 

service-learning programs between local educational agencies, community-based entities, businesses, and other 

stakeholders. 

‘‘SEC. 112A. 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.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After reserving an amount under subsection (a), the Corporation shall use the remainder of the 

funds appropriated to carry out this part for the fiscal year 

as follows: 

‘‘(A) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 

50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot 

to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 

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age youth in the State bears to the total number of schoolage youth in all States. 

‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON ALLOCATIONS 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. 6301 et seq.) bears to the total of such allocations 

to all States. 

‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for which 

amounts appropriated for this subtitle exceed $50,000,000, the 

minimum allotment to each State under paragraph (1) shall 

be $75,000. 

‘‘(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 community-based entities to carry out service-learning 

programs as described in section 112(b) in such State, in such 

territory, or for such Indian tribe. After community-based entities 

apply for grants from the allotment, by submitting 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) APPLICATIONS TO CORPORATION FOR ALLOTMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allotment 

under section 112A, a State, acting through the State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare and 

submit to the Corporation an application at such time and 

in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 

require, and obtain approval of the application. 

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment under section 112 shall include— 

‘‘(A) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting servicelearning, 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; 

‘‘(B) information about the criteria the State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will use to 

evaluate and grant approval to applications submitted 

under subsection (b), including an assurance that the State 

educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will comply 

with the requirement in section 114(a); 

‘‘(C) assurances about the applicant’s efforts to— 

‘‘(i) ensure that students of different ages, races, 

sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and economic backgrounds have opportunities to serve together; 

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‘‘(ii) include any opportunities for students, 

enrolled in schools or 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; 

‘‘(iii) involve participants in the design and operation of the programs; 

‘‘(iv) promote service-learning in areas of greatest 

need, including low-income or rural areas; and 

‘‘(v) otherwise integrate service opportunities into 

the academic program of the participants; and 

‘‘(D) assurances that the applicant will comply with 

the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of 

section 177 and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures required by section 176. 

‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN TRIBE FOR

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 

school 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 112(a)(1); 

‘‘(B) partnership described in section 112(a)(2) that 

desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, 

or Indian tribe for an activity described in section 112(a)(2); 

‘‘(C) entity described in section 112(a)(3) that desires 

to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian 

tribe for an activity described in such section; 

‘‘(D) entity or partnership described in section 112(a)(4) 

that desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such section; and 

‘‘(E) entity that desires to receive such assistance from 

a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described 

in section 111(a)(5), 

shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency for the 

State, territory, 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, or Indian tribe may reasonably 

require. 

‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

‘‘(a) CRITERIA FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assistance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or 

Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall 

consider criteria with respect to sustainability, replicability, innovation, and quality of programs. 

‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assistance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or 

Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall 

give priority to entities that submit applications under section 113 

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with respect to service-learning programs described in section 111 

that are in the greatest need of assistance, such as programs 

targeting low-income areas or serving economically disadvantaged 

youth. 

‘‘(c) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS TO CORPORATION.—If the Corporation rejects an application submitted by a State, territory, 

or Indian tribe under section 113 for an allotment, the Corporation 

shall promptly notify the State, territory, or Indian tribe of the 

reasons for the rejection of the application. The Corporation shall 

provide the State, territory, or Indian tribe with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide 

technical assistance, if needed, to the State, territory, or Indian 

tribe 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, in the territory, or served by the Indian 

tribe or in the school district of the local educational agency involved 

who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary schools, such State, territory, or 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. 

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

‘‘(a) CORPORATION SHARE.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation share of the cost of 

carrying out a program for which a grant is made from an 

allotment under this part— 

‘‘(A) for new grants may not exceed 80 percent of 

the total cost of the program for the first year of the 

grant period, 65 percent for the second year, and 50 percent 

for each remaining year; and 

‘‘(B) for continuing grants, may not exceed 50 percent 

of the total cost of the program. 

‘‘(2) NONCORPORATION CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 

remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 

each recipient of such a grant under this part— 

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‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through a payment 

in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 

equipment, or services; 

‘‘(B) except as provided in subparagraph (C), may provide for such share through Federal, State, or local sources, 

including private funds or donated services; and 

‘‘(C) may not provide for such share through Federal 

funds made available under title I of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) 

or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 

‘‘(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, on a determination that 

such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of resources at 

the local level. 

‘‘SEC. 117. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 

‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance received 

by a State, territory, or Indian tribe that is the original recipient 

of an allotment under this part for a fiscal year may be used 

to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation may 

issue, for administrative costs, incurred by that recipient.’’. 

SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS. 

(a) REDESIGNATION.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is redesignated as section 118. 

(b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.—Section 118 

(as so redesignated) is 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 ‘‘consortium’’; 

(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) the institution or partnership may coordinate with 

service-learning curricula being offered in the academic 

curricula at the institution of higher education or at 1 

or more members of the partnership;’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3)— 

(i) 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’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘education 

of the institution; and’’ and inserting ‘‘curricula of the 

institution to strengthen the instructional capacity of 

teachers to provide service-learning at the elementary 

and secondary levels;’’; 

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

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

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‘‘(B) including service-learning as a component of other 

curricula or academic programs (other than education curricula or programs), such as curricula or programs relating 

to nursing, medicine, criminal justice, or public policy; and’’; 

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

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

(5) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 

‘‘(c) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— ‘‘(A) 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. 

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

remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 

each recipient of a grant or contract 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. 

‘‘(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 

‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter into a contract under this part, an institution or partnership shall prepare 

and submit to the Corporation, an application at such time, 

in such manner, and containing such information and assurances as the Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain 

approval of the application. 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 notice, hearing, and grievance procedures 

required by section 176; and 

‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive 

Officer may reasonably require. 

‘‘(e) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent practicable, in 

making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), 

the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications submitted by, or applications from partnerships including, institutions 

serving primarily low-income populations, including— 

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‘‘(1) Alaska Native-serving institutions; 

‘‘(2) Asian American and Native American Pacific Islanderserving institutions; 

‘‘(3) Hispanic-serving institutions; 

‘‘(4) historically black colleges and universities; 

‘‘(5) Native American-serving, nontribal institutions; 

‘‘(6) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; 

‘‘(7) Predominantly Black Institutions; 

‘‘(8) tribally controlled colleges and universities; and 

‘‘(9) community colleges serving predominantly minority 

populations. 

‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall take into consideration whether the applicants submit applications containing proposals that— 

‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of 

higher education involved, 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 nonprofit entity that serves or involves schoolage 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 and the extent to which the proposal 

will contribute to the goals of the involved community members; 

‘‘(6) demonstrate a commitment to perform community 

service projects in underserved urban and rural communities; 

‘‘(7) describe research on effective strategies and methods 

to improve service utilized in the design of the projects; 

‘‘(8) specify that the institution or partnership will use 

the assistance provided through the grant or contract to 

strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of higher 

education; 

‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery of services, 

specify projects that involve leadership development of schoolage youth; or 

‘‘(10) describe the needs that the proposed projects are 

designed to address, such as housing, economic development, 

infrastructure, health care, job training, education, crime 

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‘‘(g) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for assistance under 

this part, an institution of higher education shall demonstrate that 

it meets the minimum requirements under section 443(b)(2)(A) of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(A)) relating 

to the participation of students employed under part C of title 

IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 

(relating to Federal Work-Study programs) in community service 

activities, or has received a waiver of those requirements from 

the Secretary of Education. 

‘‘(h) 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.’’. 

SEC. 1203. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

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

by inserting after section 118 (as redesignated by section 1202) 

the following: 

‘‘SEC. 118A. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consultation with 

the Secretary of Education, may annually designate not more than 

25 institutions of higher education as Campuses of Service, from 

among institutions nominated by State Commissions. 

‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomination to receive 

designation under subsection (a), and have an opportunity to 

apply for funds under subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of higher education in a State shall submit an application 

to the State Commission at such time, in such manner, and 

containing such information as the State Commission may 

require. 

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the application shall 

include information specifying— 

‘‘(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, if applicable, 

graduate service-learning courses offered at such institution for the most recent full academic year preceding the 

fiscal year for which designation is sought; and 

‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of undergraduate students and, if applicable, the number and percentage of 

graduate students at such institution who were enrolled 

in the corresponding courses described in clause (i), for 

such preceding academic year; 

‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate students 

engaging in and, if applicable, the percentage of graduate 

students engaging in activities providing community services, as defined in section 441(c) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such preceding 

academic year, the quality of such activities, and the average amount of time spent, per student, engaged in such 

activities; 

‘‘(C) for such preceding academic year, the percentage 

of Federal work-study funds made available to the institution under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to compensate students employed in providing community services, as so defined, and a description of the efforts the 

institution undertakes to make available to students 

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opportunities to provide such community services and be 

compensated through such work-study funds; 

‘‘(D) at the discretion of the institution, information 

demonstrating the degree to which recent graduates of 

the institution, and all graduates of the institution, have 

obtained full-time public service employment in the nonprofit sector or government, with a private nonprofit 

organization or a Federal, State, or local public agency; 

and 

‘‘(E) any programs the institution has in place to 

encourage or assist graduates of the institution to pursue 

careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or government. 

‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— ‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State Commission that receives 

applications from institutions of higher education under 

subsection (b) may nominate, for designation under subsection (a), not more than 3 such institutions of higher 

education, consisting of— 

‘‘(i) not more than one 4-year public institution 

of higher education; 

‘‘(ii) not more than one 4-year private institution 

of higher education; and 

‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year institution of higher 

education. 

‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—The State Commission shall submit 

to the Corporation the name and application of each institution nominated by the State Commission under subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall designate, under 

subsection (a), not more than 25 institutions of higher education 

from among the institutions nominated under paragraph (1). 

In making the designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible, 

designate various types of institutions, including institutions 

from each of the categories of institutions described in clauses 

(i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1)(A). 

‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Using sums reserved under section 

501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service, the Corporation shall 

provide an award of funds to institutions designated under 

subsection (c), to be used by the institutions to develop or 

disseminate service-learning models and information on best 

practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of 

higher education. 

‘‘(2) PLAN.—To be eligible to receive funds under this subsection, an institution designated under subsection (c) shall 

submit a plan to the Corporation describing how the institution 

intends to use the funds to develop or disseminate servicelearning models and information on best practices regarding 

service-learning to other institutions of higher education. 

‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall determine how 

the funds reserved under section 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses 

of Service for a fiscal year will be allocated among the institutions submitting acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In determining the amount of funds to be allocated to such an institution, the Corporation shall consider the number of students 


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at the institution, the quality and scope of the plan submitted 

by the institution under paragraph (2), and the institution’s 

current (as of the date of submission of the plan) strategies 

to encourage or assist students to pursue public service careers 

in the nonprofit sector or government.’’. 

SEC. 1204. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended 

by section 1203, is further amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITYBASED SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND 

RESEARCH 

‘‘SEC. 119. INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING 

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: 

‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ means a 

State educational agency, a State Commission, a territory, an 

Indian tribe, an institution of higher education, or a public 

or private nonprofit organization (including community-based 

entities), a public or private elementary school or secondary 

school, a local educational agency, a consortium of such entities, 

or a consortium of 2 or more such entities and a for-profit 

organization. 

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligible partnership’ 

means a partnership that— 

‘‘(A) shall include— 

‘‘(i) 1 or more community-based entities that have 

demonstrated records of success in carrying out servicelearning programs with economically disadvantaged 

students, and that meet such criteria as the Chief 

Executive Officer may establish; and 

‘‘(ii) a local educational agency for which— 

‘‘(I) a high number or percentage, as determined by the Corporation, of the students served 

by the agency are economically disadvantaged students; and 

‘‘(II) the graduation rate (as defined in section 

1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) 

and as clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of Education for the secondary school students served by the agency is 

less than 70 percent; and 

‘‘(B) may also include— 

‘‘(i) a local government agency that is not described 

in subparagraph (A); 

‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive officer of a 

unit of general local government; 

‘‘(iii) an institution of higher education; 

‘‘(iv) a State Commission or State educational 

agency; or 

‘‘(v) more than 1 local educational agency described 

in subclause (I). 

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‘‘(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE.—The term ‘youth engagement zone’ means the area in which a youth engagement zone 

program is carried out. 

‘‘(4) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.—The term ‘youth 

engagement zone program’ means a service-learning program 

in which members of an eligible partnership collaborate to 

provide coordinated school-based or community-based servicelearning opportunities— 

‘‘(A) in order to address a specific community challenge; 

‘‘(B) for an increasing percentage of out-of-school youth 

and secondary school students served by a local educational 

agency; and 

‘‘(C) in circumstances under which— 

‘‘(i) not less than 90 percent of such students 

participate in service-learning activities as part of the 

program; or 

‘‘(ii) service-learning is a part of the curriculum 

in all of the secondary schools served by the local 

educational agency. 

‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the amounts appropriated to 

carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make 

grants (which may include approved summer of service positions 

in the case of a grant for a program described in subsection (c)(8)) 

and fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to 

eligible entities or eligible partnerships, as appropriate, for programs and activities described in subsection (c). 

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

used to— 

‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into the science, 

technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this 

part as ‘STEM’) curricula at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, or postbaccalaureate 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 programs in emergency and disaster preparedness; 

‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning programs aimed 

at improving access to and obtaining the benefits from computers and other emerging technologies, including improving 

such access for individuals with disabilities, in low-income or 

rural communities, in senior centers and communities, in 

schools, in libraries, and in other public spaces; 

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

middle school youth while involving all participants in servicelearning to seek to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, public safety, or emergency and 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; 

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‘‘(8) establish or implement summer of service programs 

(giving priority to programs that enroll youth who will be 

enrolled in any of grades 6 through 9 at the end of the summer 

concerned) during the summer months (including recruiting, 

training, and placing service-learning coordinators)— 

‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any of grades 

6 through 12 at the end of the summer concerned; and 

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

‘‘(i) that shall— 

‘‘(I) meet unmet human, educational, environmental (including energy conservation and 

stewardship), and emergency and disaster 

preparedness and other public safety needs; and 

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

designed to produce identifiable improvements to 

the community; 

‘‘(ii) that may include the extension of academic 

year service-learning programs into the summer 

months; and 

‘‘(iii) under which a student who completes 100 

hours of service as described in section 146(b)(2), shall 

be eligible for a summer of service educational award 

of $500 or $750 as described in sections 146(a)(2)(C) 

and 147(d); 

‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement zone programs in youth engagement zones, for students in secondary 

schools served by local educational agencies for which a 

majority of such students do not participate in service-learning 

activities that are— 

‘‘(A) carried out by eligible partnerships; and 

‘‘(B) designed to— 

‘‘(i) involve all students in secondary schools served 

by the local educational agency in service-learning to 

address a specific community challenge; 

‘‘(ii) improve student engagement, including student attendance and student behavior, and student 

achievement, graduation rates, and college-going rates 

at secondary schools; and 

‘‘(iii) involve an increasing percentage of students 

in secondary school and out-of-school youth in the 

community in school-based or community-based 

service-learning activities each year, with the goal of 

involving all students in secondary schools served by 

the local educational agency and involving an 

increasing percentage of the out-of-school youth in 

service-learning activities; and 

‘‘(10) conduct semester of service programs that— 

‘‘(A) provide opportunities for secondary school students to participate in a semester of coordinated schoolbased or community-based service-learning opportunities 

for a minimum of 70 hours (of which at least a third 

will be spent participating in field-based activities) over 

a semester, to address specific community challenges; 

‘‘(B) engage as participants high percentages or numbers of economically disadvantaged students; 

‘‘(C) allow participants to receive academic credit, for 

the time spent in the classroom and in the field for the 


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program, that is equivalent to the academic credit for any 

class of equivalent length and with an equivalent time 

commitment; and 

‘‘(D) ensure that the classroom-based instruction 

component of the program is integrated into the academic 

program of the local educational agency involved; and 

‘‘(11) carry out any other innovative service-learning programs or research that the Corporation considers appropriate. 

‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant to carry 

out a program or activity under this part, an entity or partnership, 

as appropriate, shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an 

application at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive 

Officer may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the application. 

‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this part, the Corporation shall give priority to applicants proposing to— 

‘‘(1) involve students and community stakeholders in the 

design and implementation of service-learning programs carried 

out using funds received under this part; 

‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in low-income 

or rural communities; and 

‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping the 

resources of retired and retiring adults, in the planning and 

implementation of service-learning programs. 

‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(1) TERM.—Each program or activity funded under this 

part shall be carried out over a period of 3 years, which may 

include 1 planning year. In the case of a program funded 

under this part, the 3-year period may be extended by 1 year, 

if the program meets performance levels established in accordance with section 179(k) and any other criteria determined 

by the Corporation. 

‘‘(2) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each entity carrying 

out a program or activity funded under this part shall, to 

the extent practicable, collaborate with entities carrying out 

programs under this subtitle, subtitle C, and titles I and II 

of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 

et seq., 5001 et seq.). 

‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Not later than 4 years after the effective 

date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct 

an independent evaluation of the programs and activities carried out using funds made available under this part, and determine best practices relating to service-learning and recommendations for improvement of those programs and activities. The Corporation shall widely disseminate the results of 

the evaluations, and information on the best practices and 

recommendations to the service community through multiple 

channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a 

clearinghouse of effective strategies.’’. 

SEC. 1205. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY. 

Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended 

by section 1204, is further amended by adding at the end the 

following: 

Dissemination. 

Deadline. 


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‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 

‘‘SEC. 120. STUDY AND REPORT. 

‘‘(a) STUDY.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved under section 

501(a)(1)(B) for this section, the Corporation shall enter into 

a contract with an entity that is not otherwise a recipient 

of financial assistance under this subtitle, to conduct a 10- 

year longitudinal study on the impact of the activities carried 

out under this subtitle. 

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the entity shall 

consider the impact of service-learning activities carried out 

under this subtitle on students participating in such activities, 

including in particular examining the degree to which the 

activities— 

‘‘(A) improved student academic achievement; 

‘‘(B) improved student engagement; 

‘‘(C) improved graduation rates, as defined in section 

1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as 

clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by the 

Department of Education; and 

‘‘(D) improved the degree to which the participants 

in the activities engaged in subsequent national service, 

volunteering, or other service activities, or pursued careers 

in public service, in the nonprofit sector or government. 

‘‘(3) ANALYSIS.—In carrying out such study, the entity shall 

examine the impact of the service-learning activities on the 

4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2), analyzed in terms of how much time participants 

were engaged in service-learning activities. 

‘‘(4) BEST PRACTICES.—The entity shall collect information 

on best practices concerning using service-learning activities 

to improve the 4 factors. 

‘‘(b) INTERIM REPORTS.—The entity shall periodically submit 

reports to the Corporation containing the interim results of the 

study and the information on best practices. The Corporation shall 

submit such reports to the authorizing committees. 

‘‘(c) FINAL REPORT.—The entity shall submit a report to the 

Corporation containing the results of the study and the information 

on best practices. The Corporation shall submit such report to 

the authorizing committees, and shall make such report available 

to the public on the Corporation’s website. 

‘‘(d) CONSULTATION AND DISSEMINATION.—On receiving the 

report described in subsection (c), the Corporation shall consult 

with the Secretary of Education to review the results of the study, 

and to identify best practices concerning using service-learning 

activities to improve the 4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) 

through (D) of subsection (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate 

information on the identified best practices.’’. 

Public 

information. 

Web posting. 

Contracts. 

42 USC 12565. 


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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. 

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

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 

after ‘‘subdivisions of States,’’ the following: ‘‘territories,’’; 

and 

(B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘section 

122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 

122’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

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

FEDERAL AGENCIES’’ and inserting ‘‘RESTRICTIONS ON

AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 

(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter 

into an interagency agreement (other than a grant agreement) 

with another Federal agency to support a national service program carried out or otherwise supported by the agency. The 

Corporation, in entering into the interagency agreement may 

approve positions as approved national service positions for 

a program carried out or otherwise supported by the agency.’’; 

(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.’’; 

(D) in paragraph (3)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘carrying out or supporting a 

national service program’’; and 

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

inserting ‘‘through that program’’; 

(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a contract or cooperative agreement’’ the first place it appears and inserting 

‘‘an interagency agreement’’; and 

(F) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—A requirement under 

this Act that applies to an entity receiving assistance under 

section 121 (other than a requirement limited to an entity 

receiving assistance under section 121(a)) shall be considered 

to apply to a Federal agency that enters into an interagency 

agreement under this subsection, even though no Federal 

agency may receive financial assistance under such an agreement.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘subsections (a) and (b),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), 

and in providing approved national service positions under 

subsection (b),’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be provided’’ 

and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise approved’’; 


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(4) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), by striking 

‘‘or (b)’’; 

(5) in subsection (e)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Federal share of 

the cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of the cost 

(including the costs of member living allowances, employment-related taxes, health care coverage, and workers’ compensation and other necessary operation costs)’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— ‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of assistance 

under this section (other than a recipient of assistance 

through a fixed-amount grant in accordance with section 

129(l)) shall report to the Corporation the amount and 

source of any Federal funds used to carry out the program 

for which the assistance is made available other than those 

provided by the Corporation. 

‘‘(B) CORPORATION REPORT.—The Corporation shall 

report to the authorizing committees on an annual basis 

information regarding each recipient of such assistance 

that uses Federal funds other than those provided by the 

Corporation to carry out such a program, including the 

amounts and sources of the other Federal funds.’’; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(f) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—The 

Corporation shall— 

‘‘(1) develop a plan to— 

‘‘(A) establish the number of the approved national 

service positions as 88,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

‘‘(B) increase the number of the approved positions 

to— 

‘‘(i) 115,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

‘‘(ii) 140,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

‘‘(iii) 170,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

‘‘(iv) 200,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

‘‘(v) 210,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

‘‘(vi) 235,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 

‘‘(vii) 250,000 for fiscal year 2017; 

‘‘(C) ensure that the increases described in subparagraph (B) are achieved through an appropriate balance 

of full- and part-time service positions; 

‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

of the Serve America Act, submit a report to the authorizing 

committees on the status of the plan described in paragraph 

(1); and 

‘‘(3) subject to the availability of appropriations and quality 

service opportunities, implement the plan described in paragraph (1).’’. 

SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. 

Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM 

ASSISTANCE. 

‘‘(a) NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The recipient of a grant under 

section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a 

national service program under section 121(b) shall use a portion 

of the financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through 

42 USC 12572. 

Deadline. 

Reports. 


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subgrants to other entities, to support or carry out the following 

national service corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or 

programs, to address unmet needs: 

‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 

service programs through an Education Corps that identifies and meets unmet educational needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators 

described in subparagraph (C). 

‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps described in this 

paragraph may carry out activities such as— 

‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other academic support 

to elementary school and secondary school students; 

‘‘(ii) improving school climate; 

‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer 

mentoring; 

‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated services and comprehensive supports with students, their families, and 

their public schools; 

‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school in expanding 

the school day by strengthening the quality of staff 

and expanding the academic programming offered in 

an expanded learning time initiative, a program of 

a 21st century community learning center (as defined 

in section 4201 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality 

after-school program; 

‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local educational agencies in improving and expanding high-quality servicelearning programs that keep students engaged in 

schools by carrying out programs that provide specialized training to individuals in service-learning, and 

place the individuals (after such training) in positions 

as service-learning coordinators, to facilitate servicelearning in programs eligible for funding under part 

I of subtitle B; 

‘‘(vii) assisting students in being prepared for college-level work; 

‘‘(viii) involving family members of students in supporting teachers and students; 

‘‘(ix) conducting a preprofessional training program 

in which students enrolled in an institution of higher 

education— 

‘‘(I) receive training (which may include classes 

containing service-learning) in specified fields 

including early childhood education and care, 

elementary and secondary education, and other 

fields such as those relating to health services, 

criminal justice, environmental stewardship and 

conservation, or public safety; 

‘‘(II) perform service related to such training 

outside the classroom during the school term and 

during summer or other vacation periods; and 

‘‘(III) agree to provide service upon graduation 

to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, 

or public safety needs related to such training; 


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‘‘(x) assisting economically disadvantaged students 

in navigating the college admissions process; 

‘‘(xi) providing other activities, addressing unmet 

educational needs, that the Corporation may designate; 

or 

‘‘(xii) providing skilled musicians and artists to 

promote greater community unity through the use of 

music and arts education and engagement through 

work in low-income communities, and education, health 

care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the 

public domain with citizens of all ages. 

‘‘(C) EDUCATION CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators for 

a corps program described in this paragraph are— 

‘‘(i) student engagement, including student attendance and student behavior; 

‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 

‘‘(iii) secondary school graduation rates as defined 

in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of Education; 

‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and continued college enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma; 

‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 

education for students that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Education, establishes; or 

‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 

a particular recipient and on which an improvement 

in performance is needed) relating to improving education for students, that is approved by the Corporation 

or a State Commission. 

‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 

service programs through a Healthy Futures Corps that 

identifies and meets unmet health needs within communities through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators 

described in subparagraph (C). 

‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Healthy Futures Corps described 

in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— 

‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in navigating the health services system; 

‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to 

health services, including oral health services, for 

themselves or their children; 

‘‘(iii) educating economically disadvantaged 

individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations about, and engaging 

individuals described in this clause in, initiatives 

regarding navigating the health services system and 

regarding disease prevention and health promotion, 

with a particular focus on common health conditions, 

chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease 

prevention and health promotion measures exist and 

for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial and 

ethnic health disparities exist; 


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‘‘(iv) improving the literacy of patients regarding 

health, including oral health; 

‘‘(v) providing translation services at clinics and 

in emergency rooms to improve health services; 

‘‘(vi) providing services designed to meet the health 

needs of rural communities, including the recruitment 

of youth to work in health professions in such communities; 

‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion interventions 

that improve health status, and helping people adopt 

and maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 

health status; 

‘‘(viii) addressing childhood obesity through inschool and after-school physical activities, and providing nutrition education to students, in elementary 

schools and secondary schools; or 

‘‘(ix) providing activities, addressing unmet health 

needs, that the Corporation may designate. 

‘‘(C) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS INDICATORS.—The 

indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph 

are— 

‘‘(i) access to health services among economically 

disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are 

members of medically underserved populations; 

‘‘(ii) access to health services for uninsured individuals, including such individuals who are economically 

disadvantaged children; 

‘‘(iii) participation, among economically disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members 

of medically underserved populations, in disease 

prevention and health promotion initiatives, particularly those with a focus on addressing common health 

conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing 

health disparities; 

‘‘(iv) literacy of patients regarding health; 

‘‘(v) any additional indicator, relating to improving 

or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged 

individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, that the Corporation, 

in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services and the Director of the 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, establishes; or 

‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 

a particular recipient and on which an improvement 

in performance is needed) relating to improving or 

protecting the health of economically disadvantaged 

individuals and individuals who are members of medically underserved populations, that is approved by the 

Corporation or a State Commission. 

‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 

service projects through a Clean Energy Service Corps 

that identifies and meets unmet environmental needs 

within communities through activities such as those 

described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance 

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‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Service Corps 

described in this paragraph may carry out activities such 

as— 

‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting housing units for 

low-income households to significantly improve the 

energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions of such 

housing units; 

‘‘(ii) building energy-efficient housing units in lowincome communities; 

‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for low-income 

households and recommending ways for the households 

to improve energy efficiency; 

‘‘(iv) providing clean energy-related services 

designed to meet the needs of rural communities; 

‘‘(v) working with schools and youth programs to 

educate students and youth about ways to reduce home 

energy use and improve the environment, including 

conducting service-learning projects to provide such 

education; 

‘‘(vi) assisting in the development of local recycling 

programs; 

‘‘(vii) renewing and rehabilitating national and 

State parks and forests, city parks, county parks and 

other public lands, and trails owned or maintained 

by the Federal Government or a State, including 

planting trees, carrying out reforestation, carrying out 

forest health restoration measures, carrying out erosion 

control measures, fire hazard reduction measures, and 

rehabilitation and maintenance of historic sites and 

structures throughout the national park system, and 

providing trail enhancements, rehabilitation, and 

repairs; 

‘‘(viii) cleaning and improving rivers maintained 

by the Federal Government or a State; 

‘‘(ix) carrying out projects in partnership with the 

National Park Service, designed to renew and rehabilitate national park resources and enhance services and 

learning opportunities for national park visitors, and 

nearby communities and schools; 

‘‘(x) providing service through a full-time, yearround youth corps program or full-time summer youth 

corps program, such as a conservation corps or youth 

service corps program that— 

‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful service projects 

with visible public benefits, including projects 

involving urban renewal, sustaining natural 

resources, or improving human services; 

‘‘(II) includes as participants youths and young 

adults who are age 16 through 25, including outof-school youth and other disadvantaged youth 

(such as youth who are aging out of foster care, 

youth who have limited English proficiency, homeless youth, and youth who are individuals with 

disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and 

‘‘(III) provides those participants who are 

youth and young adults with— 


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‘‘(aa) team-based, highly structured, and 

adult-supervised work experience, life skills, 

education, career guidance and counseling, 

employment training, and support services 

including mentoring; and 

‘‘(bb) the opportunity to develop citizenship values and skills through service to their 

community and the United States; 

‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing 

unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the 

Corporation may designate. 

‘‘(C) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS INDICATORS.—The 

indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph 

are— 

‘‘(i) the number of housing units of low-income 

households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly 

improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; 

‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in 

those costs) at facilities where participants have provided service; 

‘‘(iii) the number of students and youth receiving 

education or training in energy-efficient and environmentally conscious practices; 

‘‘(iv)(I) the number of acres of national parks, State 

parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, 

that are cleaned or improved; and 

‘‘(II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or 

miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the 

Federal Government or a State, that are cleaned or 

improved; 

‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to clean 

energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or 

education and skill attainment for clean energy jobs, 

that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) 

with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 

of the Interior, or the Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, establishes; or 

‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 

a particular recipient and on which an improvement 

in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, 

the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education 

or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is 

approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. 

‘‘(4) VETERANS CORPS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 

service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies 

and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the 

Armed Forces who are on active duty through activities 

such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves 

performance on the indicators described in subparagraph 

(C). 

‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans Corps described in this 

paragraph may carry out activities such as— 

‘‘(i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the 

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member is deployed and upon that family member’s 

return home; 

‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly returning veterans, into service opportunities, including opportunities that utilize their military experience; 

‘‘(iii) assisting veterans in developing their educational opportunities (including opportunities for 

professional certification, licensure, or credentials), 

coordinating activities with and assisting State and 

local agencies administering veterans education benefits, and coordinating activities with and assisting entities administering veterans programs with internships 

and fellowships that could lead to employment in the 

private and public sectors; 

‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within a community to serve 

the needs of veterans and members of the Armed 

Forces who are on active duty, including helping veterans file benefits claims and assisting Federal agencies in providing services to veterans, and sending 

care packages to Members of the Armed Forces who 

are deployed; 

‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing mentoring 

relationships with economically disadvantaged students; 

‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist veterans with 

disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in rural communities, including 

assisting veterans described in this clause with 

transportation; or 

‘‘(vii) other activities, addressing unmet needs of 

veterans, that the Corporation may designate. 

‘‘(C) VETERANS’ CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators for 

a corps program described in this paragraph are— 

‘‘(i) the number of housing units created for veterans; 

‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pursue educational opportunities; 

‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving professional 

certification, licensure, or credentials; 

‘‘(iv) the number of veterans engaged in service 

opportunities; 

‘‘(v) the number of military families assisted by 

organizations while a family member is deployed and 

upon that family member’s return home; 

‘‘(vi) the number of economically disadvantaged 

students engaged in mentoring relationships with veterans; 

‘‘(vii) the number of projects designed to meet 

identifiable public needs of veterans, especially veterans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, 

older veterans, and veterans in rural communities; 

‘‘(viii) any additional indicator that relates to education or skill attainment that assists in providing 

veterans with the skills to address identifiable public 

needs, or that relates to improving the lives of veterans, 

of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, and 

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duty, and that the Corporation, in consultation (as 

appropriate) with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 

establishes; or 

‘‘(ix) any additional local indicator (applicable to 

a particular recipient and on which an improvement 

in performance is needed) relating to the education 

or skill attainment, or the improvement, described in 

clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or 

a State Commission. 

‘‘(5) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 

service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identifies and meets unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within 

communities, through activities such as those described 

in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the 

indicators described in subparagraph (C). 

‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Opportunity Corps described in 

this paragraph may carry out activities such as— 

‘‘(i) providing financial literacy education to 

economically disadvantaged individuals, including 

financial literacy education with regard to credit 

management, financial institutions including banks 

and credit unions, and utilization of savings plans; 

‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, 

or preservation of housing units, including energy efficient homes, for economically disadvantaged individuals; 

‘‘(iii) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals, including homeless individuals, in finding placement in and maintaining housing; 

‘‘(iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to health services for themselves or their children; 

‘‘(v) assisting individuals in obtaining information 

about Federal, State, local, or private programs or 

benefits focused on assisting economically disadvantaged individuals, economically disadvantaged children, or low-income families; 

‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of 

job training for economically disadvantaged individuals; 

‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals in obtaining access to job placement assistance; 

‘‘(viii) carrying out a program that seeks to eliminate hunger in low-income communities and rural 

areas through service in projects— 

‘‘(I) involving food banks, food pantries, and 

nonprofit organizations that provide food during 

emergencies; 

‘‘(II) seeking to address the long-term causes 

of hunger through education and the delivery of 

appropriate services; 

‘‘(III) providing training in basic health, nutrition, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger 

in communities and rural areas; or 


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‘‘(IV) assisting individuals in obtaining 

information about federally supported nutrition 

programs; 

‘‘(ix) addressing issues faced by homebound citizens, such as needs for food deliveries, legal and medical services, nutrition information, and transportation; 

‘‘(x) implementing an E–Corps program that 

involves participants who provide services in a community by developing and assisting in carrying out technology programs that seek to increase access to technology and the benefits of technology in such community; and 

‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing 

unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for 

economically disadvantaged individuals, that the Corporation may designate. 

‘‘(C) OPPORTUNITY CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators 

for a corps program described in this paragraph are— 

‘‘(i) the degree of financial literacy among economically disadvantaged individuals; 

‘‘(ii) the number of housing units built or improved 

for economically disadvantaged individuals or lowincome families; 

‘‘(iii) the number of economically disadvantaged 

individuals with access to job training and other skill 

enhancement; 

‘‘(iv) the number of economically disadvantaged 

individuals with access to information about job placement services; 

‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 

economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged 

individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as 

appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 

Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary 

of the Treasury, establishes; or 

‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 

a particular recipient and on which an improvement 

in performance is needed) that is approved by the 

Corporation or a State Commission. 

‘‘(b) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The recipient of a grant under section 

121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 

service program under section 121(b) may use the financial 

assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants 

to other entities, to carry out national service programs and 

model programs under this subsection that are focused on 

meeting community needs and improve performance on the 

indicators described in paragraph (3). 

‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The programs may include the following 

types of national service programs: 

‘‘(A) 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, including addressing rural poverty, or the 

need for health services, education, or job training. 

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‘‘(i) that engages participants in public health, 

emergency and disaster preparedness, and other public 

safety activities; 

‘‘(ii) that may include the recruitment of qualified 

participants for, and placement of the participants in, 

positions to be trainees as law enforcement officers, 

firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical service workers; and 

‘‘(iii) that may engage Federal, State, and local 

stakeholders, in collaboration, to organize more effective responses to issues of public health, emergencies 

and disasters, and other public safety issues. 

‘‘(C) A program that seeks to expand the number of 

mentors for disadvantaged youths and other youths 

(including by recruiting high school-, and college-age 

individuals to enter into mentoring relationships), either 

through— 

‘‘(i) provision of direct mentoring services; 

‘‘(ii) provision of supportive services to direct mentoring service organizations (in the case of a partnership); 

‘‘(iii) the creative utilization of current and 

emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors; 

or 

‘‘(iv) supporting mentoring partnerships (including 

statewide and local mentoring partnerships that 

strengthen direct service mentoring programs) by— 

‘‘(I) increasing State resources dedicated to 

mentoring; 

‘‘(II) supporting the creation of statewide and 

local mentoring partnerships and programs of 

national scope through collaborative efforts 

between entities such as local or direct service 

mentoring partnerships, or units of State or local 

government; and 

‘‘(III) assisting direct service mentoring programs. 

‘‘(D) A program— 

‘‘(i) in which not less than 75 percent of the participants are disadvantaged youth; 

‘‘(ii) that may provide life skills training, employment training, educational counseling, assistance to 

complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized 

equivalent, counseling, or a mentoring relationship 

with an adult volunteer; and 

‘‘(iii) for which, in awarding financial assistance 

and approved national service positions, the Corporation shall give priority to programs that engage retirees 

to serve as mentors. 

‘‘(E) A program— 

‘‘(i) that reengages court-involved youth and adults 

with the goal of reducing recidivism; 

‘‘(ii) that may create support systems beginning 

in correctional facilities; and 

‘‘(iii) that may have life skills training, employment 

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to complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent), educational and career counseling, 

and postprogram placement services. 

‘‘(F) A demonstration program— 

‘‘(i) that has as 1 of its primary purposes the 

recruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth and 

adults as participants, volunteers, or members; and 

‘‘(ii) that may serve any purpose otherwise permitted under this Act. 

‘‘(G) A program that provides education or job training 

services that are designed to meet the needs of rural 

communities. 

‘‘(H) A program that seeks to expand the number of 

mentors for youth in foster care through— 

‘‘(i) the provision of direct academic mentoring 

services for youth in foster care; 

‘‘(ii) the provision of supportive services to mentoring service organizations that directly provide mentoring to youth in foster care, including providing 

training of mentors in child development, domestic 

violence, foster care, confidentiality requirements, and 

other matters related to working with youth in foster 

care; or 

‘‘(iii) supporting foster care mentoring partnerships, including statewide and local mentoring partnerships that strengthen direct service mentoring programs. 

‘‘(I) Such other national service programs addressing 

unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 

needs as the Corporation may designate. 

‘‘(3) INDICATORS.—The indicators for a program described 

in this subsection are the indicators described in subparagraph 

(C) of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) 

or any additional local indicator (applicable to a participant 

or recipient and on which an improvement in performance 

is needed) relating to meeting unmet community needs, that 

is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. 

‘‘(c) PROGRAM MODELS FOR SERVICE CORPS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any activities described 

in subparagraph (B) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 

(a), and subsection (b)(2), a recipient of a grant under section 

121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 

service program under section 121(b) may directly or through 

grants or subgrants to other entities carry out a national service 

corps program through the following program models: 

‘‘(A) A community corps program that meets unmet 

health, veteran, and other human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and promotes greater 

community unity through the use of organized teams of 

participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, 

skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, 

ethnic backgrounds, or genders. 

‘‘(B) A service program that— 

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in which the participants can meet such unmet needs; 

and 

‘‘(ii) if consistent with the purposes of the program, 

brings participants together for additional training and 

other activities designed to foster civic responsibility, 

increase the skills of participants, and improve the 

quality of the service provided. 

‘‘(C) 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— 

‘‘(i) students who are attending an institution of 

higher education, including students participating in 

a work-study program assisted under part C of title 

IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

2751 et seq.); 

‘‘(ii) teams composed of students described in 

clause (i); or 

‘‘(iii) teams composed of a combination of such 

students and community residents. 

‘‘(D) A professional corps program that recruits and 

places qualified participants in positions— 

‘‘(i) as teachers, nurses and other health care providers, police officers, early childhood development 

staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service 

to meet human, educational, environmental, or public 

safety needs in communities with an inadequate 

number of such professionals; 

‘‘(ii) for which the salary may exceed the maximum 

living allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) of section 140, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; 

and 

‘‘(iii) that are sponsored by public or private 

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. 

‘‘(E) A program that provides opportunities for veterans 

to participate in service projects. 

‘‘(F) A program carried out by an intermediary that 

builds the capacity of local nonprofit and faith-based 

organizations to expand and enhance services to meet local 

or national needs. 

‘‘(G) Such other program models as may be approved 

by the Corporation or a State Commission, as appropriate. 

‘‘(2) PROGRAM MODELS WITHIN CORPS.—A recipient of financial assistance or approved national service positions for a 

corps program described in subsection (a) may use the assistance or positions to carry out the corps program, in whole 

or in part, using a program model described in this subsection. 

The corps program shall meet the applicable requirements of 

subsection (a) and this subsection. 

‘‘(d) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT BY CORPORATION.—The Corporation 

shall establish qualification criteria for different types of 

national service programs for the purpose of determining 


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whether a particular national service program should be considered to be a national service program eligible to receive assistance or approved national service positions under this subtitle. 

‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualification criteria 

under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall consult with 

organizations and individuals with extensive experience in 

developing and administering effective national service programs or regarding the delivery of veteran services, and other 

human, educational, environmental, or public safety services, 

to communities or persons. 

‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The qualification criteria 

established by the Corporation under paragraph (1) shall also 

be used by each recipient of assistance under section 121(a) 

that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant 

program to support other national service programs. 

‘‘(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, outof-school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults as 

participants to provide services to address unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs. 

‘‘(e) PRIORITIES FOR CERTAIN CORPS.—In awarding financial 

assistance and approved national service positions to eligible entities proposed to carry out the corps described in subsection (a)— 

‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)— 

‘‘(A) the Corporation may give priority to eligible entities that propose to provide support for participants who, 

after completing service under this section, will undertake 

careers to improve performance on health indicators 

described in subsection (a)(2)(C); and 

‘‘(B) the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that propose to carry out national service programs 

in medically underserved areas (as designated individually, 

by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as an 

area with a shortage of personal health services); and 

‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(3), 

the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that propose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps 

so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps 

are economically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such 

individuals support services and education and training to 

develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for which there 

is current demand or projected future demand. 

‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to concentrate 

national efforts on meeting human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and to achieve the other 

purposes of this Act, the Corporation, after reviewing the 

strategic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1,) shall 

establish, and may periodically alter, priorities regarding 

the types of national service programs and corps to be 

assisted under section 129 and the purposes for which 

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‘‘(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with paragraph (4), States 

shall establish, and through the national service plan 

process described in section 178(e)(1), periodically alter 

priorities as appropriate regarding the national service programs to be assisted under section 129(e). The State priorities shall be subject to Corporation review as part of 

the application process under section 130. 

‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corporation shall provide 

advance notice to potential applicants of any national service 

priorities to be in effect under this subsection for a fiscal 

year. The notice shall specifically include— 

‘‘(A) a description of any alteration made in the priorities since the previous notice; and 

‘‘(B) a description of the national service programs 

that are designated by the Corporation under section 

133(d)(2) as eligible for priority consideration in the next 

competitive distribution of assistance under section 121(a). 

‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall by regulation 

establish procedures to ensure the equitable treatment of 

national service programs that— 

‘‘(A) receive funding under this subtitle for multiple 

years; and 

‘‘(B) would be adversely affected by annual revisions 

in such national service priorities. 

‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—Any national service 

priorities established by the Corporation under this subsection 

shall also be used by each recipient of funds under section 

121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a 

grant program to support other national service programs. 

‘‘(g) CONSULTATION ON INDICATORS.—The Corporation shall consult with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans 

Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the 

Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of 

the Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indicators 

for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) and (b). 

‘‘(h) 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 school or secondary school students 

certifies that individuals serving in approved national service 

positions as tutors in such program have— 

‘‘(A) obtained their high school diplomas; and 

‘‘(B) 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 school or 

secondary school and is providing tutoring services through 

a structured, school-managed cross-grade tutoring program. 

‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.—Each tutoring 

program that receives assistance under the national service laws 

shall— 

Certification. 

Procedures. 


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‘‘(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. 

‘‘(j) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall establish 

guidelines for recipients of assistance under the national service 

laws, that are consistent with the principles on which citizenship 

programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based, relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic 

engagement among participants in approved national service positions and approved summer of service positions, and appropriate 

to the age, education, and experience of the participants. 

‘‘(k) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end of each 

fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants under section 

121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and submit to the authorizing 

committees a report containing— 

‘‘(1) information describing how the Corporation allocated 

financial assistance and approved national service positions 

among eligible entities proposed to carry out corps and national 

service programs described in this section for that fiscal year; 

‘‘(2) information describing the amount of financial assistance and the number of approved national service positions 

the Corporation provided to each corps and national service 

program described in this section for that fiscal year; 

‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the corps and national 

service programs improved performance on the corresponding 

indicators; and 

‘‘(4) information describing how the Corporation is coordinating— 

‘‘(A) the national service programs funded under this 

section; with 

‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined by the Corporation, carried out under subtitle B of this title, and 

part A of title I and parts A and B of title II of the 

Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 

et seq., 5001, 5011) that improve performance on those 

indicators or otherwise address identified community 

needs.’’. 

SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 

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

(1) in paragraph (1)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; 

(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

(A) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the 

following: ‘‘a territory,’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 

agency (under an interagency agreement described in section 121(b))’’; 

(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(3)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi)’’; 

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(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 

Community Corps’’; 

(5) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and 

(6) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 

‘‘(7) A position involving service in the ServeAmerica 

Fellowship program carried out under section 198B.’’. 

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

Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) 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)— (i) by striking ‘‘$125,000 and $750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000 and $1,000,000’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘501(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘501(a)(5)’’; 

and 

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

‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—In making a grant to a 

State under this subsection, the Corporation shall require the 

State to agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal 

sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided by the Corporation through the grant. 

‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 

Chief Executive Officer may permit a State that demonstrates 

hardship or a new State Commission to meet alternative 

matching requirements for such a grant as follows: 

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

funds provided by the Corporation, the State involved shall 

not be required to provide matching funds. 

‘‘(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.—For grant 

amounts of more than $100,000 and not more than 

$250,000 provided by the Corporation, the State shall agree 

to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of 

not less than $1 for every $2 provided by the Corporation, 

in excess of $100,000. 

‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $250,000.—For grant 

amounts of more than $250,000 provided by the Corporation, the State shall agree to provide matching funds from 

non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided by the Corporation, in excess of $250,000.’’; 

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

‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may undertake activities, including activities carried out through part A of title I of 

the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 

seq.), to involve programs that receive assistance under the national 

service laws in disaster relief efforts, and to support, including 

through mission assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 

nonprofit organizations and public agencies responding to the needs 

of communities experiencing disasters.’’; and 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to national service 

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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, a grant 

under this subsection may provide not more than $1 of assistance under this subsection 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 under this paragraph in lieu of cash raised 

from private sources 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) ONE 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 Corporation shall allot for a grant 

to each such territory under this subsection for a fiscal year an 

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 all 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) 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 National Civilian Community Corps 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 (d) and 

(e) for that fiscal year. 

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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 

for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal 

year and subject to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall 

reserve not more than 62.7 percent for grants awarded on 

a competitive basis to States specified in subsection (e)(1) for 

national service programs, to nonprofit organizations seeking 

to operate a national service program in 2 or more of those 

States, and to Indian tribes. 

‘‘(2) EQUITABLE TREATMENT.—In the consideration of 

applications for such grants, the Corporation shall ensure the 

equitable treatment of applicants from urban areas, applicants 

from rural areas, applicants of diverse sizes (as measured by 

the number of participants served), applicants from States, 

and applicants from national nonprofit organizations. 

‘‘(3) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAMS.—In making grants under 

this subsection for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make 

an effort to allocate not less than 10 percent of the financial 

assistance and approved national service positions provided 

through the grants for that fiscal year to eligible entities proposing to carry out encore service programs, unless the Corporation does not receive a sufficient number of applications of 

adequate quality to justify making that percentage available 

to those eligible entities. 

‘‘(4) CORPS PROGRAMS.—In making grants under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Corporation— 

‘‘(A) shall select 2 or more of the national service 

corps described in section 122(a) to receive grants under 

this subsection; and 

‘‘(B) may select national service programs described 

in section 122(b) to receive such grants. 

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

‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 

for provision of assistance under section 121(a) 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 Corporation shall allot for a grant 

to each such State under this subsection for a fiscal year 

an amount that bears the same ratio to 35.3 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, 

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 

shall be at least $600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated 

for the State formula under this subsection for the fiscal year, 

whichever is greater. 

‘‘(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 

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‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved national service 

positions in connection with such grants) to other communitybased entities under section 121 that propose to carry out 

national service programs in such State or territory; and 

‘‘(2) make reallotments to other States or territories with 

approved applications submitted under section 130, from the 

allotment funds not used to make grants as described in paragraph (1). 

‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The Corporation shall make an 

allotment of assistance (including the provision of approved national 

service positions) to a recipient under this section 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 those 

approved national service positions shall be made pursuant 

to the agreement, and the creation of those 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.— 

‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal 

year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 

501(a)(2) and allocated to carry out subtitle C 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 subsections (b) and (c) of section 126. 

‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under paragraph 

(1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000. 

‘‘(3) TIMING.—The Corporation shall reserve such amount, 

and any amount reserved under subsection (k) from funds 

appropriated and allocated to carry out subtitle C, before allocating funds for the provision of assistance under any other 

provision of this subtitle. 

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

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‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—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, and subject to the 

limitation in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer shall 

reserve not less than 2 percent from the amounts, appropriated 

to carry out subtitles C, D, E, and H for each fiscal year. 

‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $20,000,000. 

‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The Chief Executive Officer may use the 

funds reserved under paragraph (1), and not distributed to 

make grants under this subsection for other activities described 

in section 501(a)(2). 

‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appropriated for a 

fiscal year to provide financial assistance under the 

national service laws, the Corporation may provide assistance in the form of fixed-amount grants in an amount 

determined by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather 

than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a program. 

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Other than fixed-amount grants to 

support programs described in section 129A, for the 1- 

year period beginning on the effective date of the Serve 

America Act, the Corporation may provide assistance in 

the form of fixed-amount grants to programs that only 

offer full-time positions. 

‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED-AMOUNT

GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized by this subsection 

shall be in an amount determined by the Corporation that 

is— 

‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the program supported by 

the grant; and 

‘‘(B) based on an amount per individual enrolled in 

the program receiving the grant, taking into account— 

‘‘(i) the capacity of the entity carrying out the 

program to manage funds and achieve programmatic 

results; 

‘‘(ii) the number of approved national service positions, approved silver scholar positions, or approved 

summer of service positions for the program, if 

applicable; 

‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the program; 

‘‘(iv) whether the program provides service to, or 

involves the participation of, disadvantaged youth or 

otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher 

level of costs; and 

‘‘(v) such other factors as the Corporation may 

consider under section 133 in considering applications 

for assistance. 

‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.—In awarding 

a fixed-amount grant under this subsection, the Corporation— 

‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 

‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of the grant funds 

based upon the difference between the number of hours 

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of hours for completion of a term of service (as established by the Corporation); 

‘‘(ii) to report on the program’s performance on 

standardized measures and performance levels established by the Corporation; 

‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation activities 

undertaken by the Corporation; and 

‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that additional funds 

will be raised in support of the program, in addition 

to those received under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and conditions that the 

Corporation considers necessary or appropriate based on 

the relative risks (as determined by the Corporation) associated with any application for a fixed-amount grant. 

‘‘(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.—Limitations 

on administrative costs and matching fund documentation 

requirements shall not apply to fixed-amount grants provided 

in accordance with this subsection. 

‘‘(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

shall relieve a grant recipient of the responsibility to comply 

with the requirements of chapter 75 of title 31, United States 

Code, or other requirements of Office of Management and 

Budget Circular A–133.’’. 

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. EDUCATIONAL 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 (in accordance with section 129(l)), provide 

operational support to programs that receive approved national 

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

‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—The Corporation 

may provide the operational support under this section for a program in an amount that is not more than $800 per individual 

enrolled in an approved national service position, or not more 

than $1,000 per such individual if at least 50 percent of the persons 

enrolled in the program are 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 140 (other than individualized support services for 

participants with disabilities under section 140(f)).’’. 

SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 

Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

121(a)’’; 

(B) by inserting after ‘‘assistance, a State,’’ the following: ‘‘territory,’’; and 

42 USC 12581a. 

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

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 122(c)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘municipalities and 

governments of counties in which such a community is 

located,’’ after ‘‘providing services,’’; 

(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; 

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

‘‘minimum’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization intending to 

operate programs in 2 or more States, a description of the 

manner in which and extent to which the organization consulted 

with the State Commissions of each State in which the 

organization intends to operate and the nature of the consultation.’’; 

(4) in subsection (d)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

121(a)’’; 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; 

(5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and inserting after subsection (c) the following: 

‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION.—An 

application submitted under subsection (a) for programs described 

in 122(a) shall also contain— 

‘‘(1) measurable goals, to be used for annual measurements 

of the program’s performance on 1 or more of the corresponding 

indicators described in section 122; 

‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant proposes to 

utilize funds to improve performance on the corresponding 

indicators utilizing participants, including describing the activities in which such participants will engage to improve performance on those indicators; 

‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical area in which 

the eligible entity proposing to carry out the program proposes 

to use funds to improve performance on the corresponding 

indicators, and demographic information on the students or 

individuals, as appropriate, in such area, and statistics demonstrating the need to improve such indicators in such area; 

and 

‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligible entity 

will work with other community-based entities to carry out 

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(6) in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (f) (as so redesignated), 

by striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will be 

selected’’; 

(7) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)— 

(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 

(8) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesignated) to 

read as follows: 

‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT RECEIVING MULTIPLE

GRANTS.—Unless specifically authorized by law, the Corporation 

may not provide more than 1 grant under the national service 

laws for a fiscal year to support the same project under the national 

service laws.’’. 

SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. 

Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) the community served, the municipality and 

government of the county (if appropriate) in which the 

community is located, and potential participants in the 

program; and’’; and 

(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(3) in the case of a program that is not funded through 

a State (including a national service program that a nonprofit 

organization seeks to operate in 2 or more States), consult 

with and coordinate activities with the State Commission for 

each State in which the program will operate, and the Corporation shall obtain confirmation from the State Commission that 

the applicant seeking assistance under this Act has consulted 

with and coordinated with the State Commission when seeking 

to operate the program in that State.’’. 

SEC. 1310. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS. 

Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amended 

by inserting after section 132 the following: 

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‘‘SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS. 

‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—An approved national service 

position under this subtitle may not be used for the following 

activities: 

‘‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation. 

‘‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, 

or strikes. 

‘‘(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing. 

‘‘(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective 

bargaining agreements. 

‘‘(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to Federal 

office or the outcome of an election to a State or local public 

office. 

‘‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that 

are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, 

political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, 

or elected officials. 

‘‘(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship 

services, providing instruction as part of a program that 

includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction 

or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently 

devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in 

any form of proselytization, consistent with section 132. 

‘‘(8) Consistent with section 132, providing a direct benefit 

to any— 

‘‘(A) business organized for profit; 

‘‘(B) labor union; 

‘‘(C) partisan political organization; 

‘‘(D) nonprofit organization that fails to comply with 

the restrictions contained in section 501(c) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, except that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent participants from 

engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own 

initiative; and 

‘‘(E) organization engaged in the religious activities 

described in paragraph (7), unless the position is not used 

to support those religious activities. 

‘‘(9) Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of 

such services. 

‘‘(10) Conducting a voter registration drive or using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive. 

‘‘(11) Carrying out such other activities as the Corporation 

may prohibit. 

‘‘(b) INELIGIBILITY.—No assistance provided under this subtitle 

may be provided to any organization that has violated a Federal 

criminal statute. 

‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYED WORKERS OR OTHER VOLUNTEERS.—A participant in an approved national service position 

under this subtitle may not be directed to perform any services 

or duties, or to engage in any activities, prohibited under the 

nonduplication, nondisplacement, or nonsupplantation requirements 

relating to employees and volunteers in section 177.’’. 

Abortion. 

Contracts. 

Lobbying. 

42 USC 12584a. 


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SEC. 1311. 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 (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting 

‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘section 129(d)(2)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 129(d)’’; 

(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (G) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) national service programs that— 

‘‘(i) conform to the national service priorities in 

effect under section 122(f); 

‘‘(ii) are innovative; and 

‘‘(iii) are well established in 1 or more States at 

the time of the application and are proposed to be 

expanded to additional States using assistance provided under section 121; 

‘‘(B) grant programs in support of other national service 

programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by 

nonprofit organizations with demonstrated and extensive 

expertise in the provision of services to meet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 

‘‘(C) professional corps programs described in section 

122(c)(1)(D).’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 129(d)(2)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 129(d)’’; 

(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (d)(1) 

of section 129’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and (e) of section 

129’’; 

(4) in subsection (f)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 129(a)(1)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 129(e)’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (3)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘section 129(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 129(e)’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3) of such subsection’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 129(f)’’; 

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

(6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

‘‘(f) VIEWS OF STATE COMMISSION.—In making competitive 

awards under section 129(d), the Corporation shall solicit and consider the views of a State Commission regarding any application 

for assistance to carry out a national service program within the 

State.’’. 

SEC. 1312. 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), and (5), respectively; 

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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 

122(a)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(3)(B)(x)’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

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

‘‘(a)(4)’’. 

SEC. 1313. 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. 1314. TERMS OF SERVICE. 

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

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less than 9 

months and’’; 

(B) in paragraph (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 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PURPOSES.— 

‘‘(A) EXTENSION.—An individual in an approved 

national service position performing service directly related 

to disaster relief efforts may continue in a term of service 

for a period of 90 days beyond the period otherwise specified 

in, as appropriate, this subsection or section 153(d) or 

in section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

1973 (42 U.S.C. 4954). 

‘‘(B) SINGLE TERM OF SERVICE.—A period of service 

performed by an individual in an originally-agreed to term 

of service and service performed under this paragraph shall 

constitute a single term of service for purposes of subsections (b)(1) and (c) of section 146. 

‘‘(C) BENEFITS.—An individual performing service 

under this paragraph may continue to receive a living 

allowance and other benefits under section 140 but may 

not receive an additional national service educational 

award under section 141.’’; and 

(2) 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 the release, if the 

participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has 

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

(B) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (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 

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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to allow 

return to the program with which the individual was 

serving in order’’. 

SEC. 1315. 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 paragraph (2); 

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

‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The living allowance 

that may be provided under paragraph (1) to an individual 

whose term of service includes hours for which the individual 

receives a Federal work-study award under part C of title 

IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et 

seq.) shall be reduced by the amount of the individual’s Federal 

work study award.’’; and 

(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 the taxes described in this subsection.’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(8)’’ and inserting 

‘‘section 122(c)(1)(D)’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’ and inserting 

‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’; 

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

(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 

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

(4) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 

provide or make available’’; and 

(ii) by striking the second sentence; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘provide from its 

own funds’’ and inserting ‘‘provide from its own funds or 

make available’’; 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. 

(a) SUBTITLE HEADING.—The subtitle heading for subtitle D 

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‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and 

Provision of Educational Awards’’. 

(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST.—Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

striking ‘‘pursuant to section 501(a)(2)’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 

‘‘national service educational awards’’ the following: 

‘‘, summer of service educational awards, and silver 

scholar educational awards’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms 

of such donations direct that the donated amounts 

be deposited in the National Service Trust’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

and 

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

‘‘(3) any amounts recovered by the Corporation pursuant 

to section 146A; 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 national service educational awards, 

summer of service educational awards, and silver scholar educational awards in accordance with section 148; and 

‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with section 

148(e).’’; and 

(3) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘CONGRESS’’ 

and inserting ‘‘THE AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES’’; 

(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘the Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; 

(C) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by inserting ‘‘, 

summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar 

awards’’ after ‘‘national service educational awards’’ each 

place the term appears; and 

(D) in paragraph (4)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘, additional approved summer of 

service positions, and additional approved silver 

scholar positions’’ after ‘‘additional approved national 

service positions’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘under subtitle C’’. 

SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL 

AWARD FROM THE TRUST. 

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

(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following: 


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‘‘SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL 

AWARD FROM THE TRUST.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service educational 

award, or silver scholar educational award’’ after 

‘‘national service educational award’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and inserting 

‘‘if the organization responsible for the individual’s 

supervision in a national service program certifies that 

the individual’’; 

(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 

inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements for the 

approved national service position, approved silver scholar position, or approved summer of service position, as appropriate, 

in which the individual served; 

‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time national service educational award, successfully completed the required term of 

service described in subsection (b)(1) in the approved national 

service position; 

‘‘(B) for a partial educational award in accordance with 

section 139(c)— 

‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being granted a 

release for compelling personal circumstances under such 

section; and 

‘‘(ii) completed at least 15 percent of the required term 

of service described in subsection (b) for the approved 

national service position; 

‘‘(C) for a summer of service educational award, successfully 

completed the required term of service described in subsection 

(b)(2) in an approved summer of service position, as certified 

through a process determined by the Corporation through regulations consistent with section 138(f); or 

‘‘(D) for a silver scholar educational award, successfully 

completed the required term of service described in subsection 

(b)(3) in an approved silver scholar position, as certified through 

a process determined by the Corporation through regulations 

consistent with section 138(f); and’’. 

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

(3) in subsection (b)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITION.—The term’’; 

and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term 

of service for an approved summer of service position shall 

not be less than 100 hours of service during the summer 

months. 

‘‘(3) APPROVED SILVER SCHOLAR POSITION.—The term of 

service for an approved silver scholar position shall be not 

less than 350 hours during a 1-year period.’’; 

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

‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—An individual may not receive, through 

national service educational awards and silver scholar educational 

awards, more than an amount equal to the aggregate value of 

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2 such awards for full-time service. The value of summer of service 

educational awards that an individual receives shall have no effect 

on the aggregate value of the national service educational awards 

the individual may receive.’’; 

(5) in subsection (d)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR REQUIREMENT’’ and 

inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL’’; 

(ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an’’; 

(iii) by inserting ‘‘or a silver scholar educational 

award’’ after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 

(iv) by inserting ‘‘or an approved silver scholar 

position, as applicable,’’ after ‘‘approved national 

service position’’; and 

(v) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Subject 

to paragraph (2), an individual eligible to receive a 

summer of service educational award under this section 

may not use such award after the end of the 10- 

year period beginning on the date the individual completes the term of service in an approved summer 

of service position that is the basis of the award.’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, summer of service 

educational award, or silver scholar educational award’’ 

after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 10- 

year period, as appropriate’’ after ‘‘7-year period’’; and 

(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, approved 

summer of service position, or approved silver scholar 

position’’ after ‘‘approved national service position’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—For 

purposes of applying paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) to an individual 

who is eligible to receive an educational award as a designated 

individual (as defined in section 148(f)(8)), references to a sevenyear period shall be considered to be references to a 10-year 

period that begins on the date the individual who transferred 

the educational award to the designated individual completed 

the term of service in the approved national service position 

or approved silver scholar position that is the basis of the 

award.’’; and 

(6) in subsection (e)(1)— 

(A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under this section’’ 

the following: ‘‘or under section 119(c)(8)’’; and 

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

educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, a summer of service 

educational award, or a silver scholar educational award’’. 

SEC. 1403. CERTIFICATIONS. 

The Act is amended by adding after section 146 (42 U.S.C. 

12602) the following: 

‘‘SEC. 146A. CERTIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TERMS 

OF SERVICE. 

‘‘(a) CERTIFICATIONS.—In making any authorized disbursement 

from the National Service Trust in regard to an eligible individual 

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(including disbursement for a designated individual, as defined 

in section 148(f)(8), due to the service of an eligible individual) 

under section 146 who served in an approved national service 

position, an approved summer of service position, or an approved 

silver scholar position, the Corporation shall rely on a certification. 

The certification shall be made by the entity that selected the 

individual for and supervised the individual in the approved 

national service position in which such individual successfully completed a required term of service, in a national service program. 

‘‘(b) EFFECT OF ERRONEOUS CERTIFICATIONS.—If the Corporation determines that the certification under subsection (a) is erroneous or incorrect, the Corporation shall assess against the national 

service program a charge for the amount of any associated payment 

or potential payment from the National Service Trust. In assessing 

the amount of the charge, the Corporation shall consider the full 

facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect 

certification.’’. 

SEC. 1404. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 

AWARD. 

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

(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following: 

‘‘SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 

AWARD.’’; and 

(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 

‘‘(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 

service in an approved national service position shall receive a 

national service educational award having a value equal to the 

maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a student 

eligible for such Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard 

to whether the funds are provided through discretionary or mandatory appropriations), for the award year for which the national 

service position is approved by the Corporation.’’; 

(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, for each of not more 

than 2 of such terms of service,’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) AMOUNT FOR SUMMER OF SERVICE.—An individual 

described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required 

summer of service term shall receive a summer of service educational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of 

such terms of service, equal to $500 (or, at the discretion of the 

Chief Executive Officer, equal to $750 in the case of a participant 

who is economically disadvantaged). 

‘‘(e) AMOUNT FOR SILVER SCHOLARS.—An individual described 

in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required silver 

scholar term shall receive a silver scholar educational award having 

a value of $1,000.’’. 

SEC. 1405. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

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

(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the following: 

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‘‘SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)— 

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

and inserting ‘‘cost of attendance or other educational 

expenses’’; 

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 

and 

(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 

‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an educational 

institution or training establishment that is approved under 

chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, or other applicable 

provisions of law, for offering programs of education, apprenticeship, or on-job training for which educational assistance may 

be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘the national 

service educational award of the individual’’ the following: 

‘‘, an eligible individual under section 146(a) who served 

in a summer of service program and desires to apply that 

individual’s summer of service educational award, or an 

eligible individual under section 146(a) who served in a 

silver scholar program and desires to apply that individual’s silver scholar educational award,’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘the national 

service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, the summer 

of service educational award, or the silver scholar educational award, as applicable,’’; 

(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘the national 

service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, the summer 

of service educational award, or the silver scholar educational award, as applicable’’; and 

(D) in paragraph (7)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

end; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(iii) 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 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); 

‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 

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

the National Service Trust.’’; 

(4) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘national 

service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, an eligible individual under section 146(a) who desires to apply the 

individual’s summer of service educational award, or an 

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silver scholar program and desires to apply that individual’s silver scholar educational award,’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ‘‘national 

service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, summer 

of service educational award, or silver scholar educational award, as applicable,’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting after 

‘‘national service educational awards’’ the following: 

‘‘, summer of service educational awards, or silver 

scholar educational awards, as applicable,’’; 

(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘national 

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

service educational awards, or silver scholar educational 

awards’’; 

(D) in paragraph (5)— 

(i) in the first sentence, by inserting after ‘‘national 

service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, summer 

of service educational award, or silver scholar educational award, as applicable,’’; and 

(ii) in the third sentence, by inserting before the 

period the following: ‘‘, additional approved summer 

of service positions, and additional approved silver 

scholar positions’’; and 

(E) in paragraph (6)— 

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

inserting after ‘‘national service educational award’’ 

the following: ‘‘, summer of service educational award, 

or silver scholar educational award’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and other 

educational expenses’’ after ‘‘cost of attendance’’; and 

(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(B) the student’s estimated financial assistance for 

such period under part A of title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 

1070 et seq.).’’; 

(5) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘national service 

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

(6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; 

(7) in subsection (f)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service educational 

award, or silver scholar educational award, as appropriate,’’ 

after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 

(8) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 

(g) and (h) respectively; and 

(9) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is eligible to receive 

a national service educational award or silver scholar educational award due to service in a program described in paragraph (2) may elect to receive the award (in the amount 

described in the corresponding provision of section 147) and 

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(c), and (d) shall apply to the designated individual in lieu 

of the individual who is eligible to receive the national service 

educational award or silver scholar educational award, except 

that amounts refunded to the account under subsection (c)(5) 

on behalf of a designated individual may be used by the Corporation to fund additional placements in the national service 

program in which the eligible individual who transferred the 

national service educational award or silver scholar educational 

award participated for such award. 

‘‘(2) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER.—An educational award 

may be transferred under this subsection if— 

‘‘(A)(i) the award is a national service educational 

award for service in a national service program that 

receives a grant under subtitle C; and 

‘‘(ii) before beginning the term of service involved, the 

eligible individual is age 55 or older; or 

‘‘(B) the award is a silver scholarship educational 

award under section 198C(a). 

‘‘(3) MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual transferring an educational award under this subsection may, on any date 

on which a portion of the educational award remains 

unused, modify or revoke the transfer of the educational 

award with respect to that portion. 

‘‘(B) NOTICE.—A modification or revocation of the 

transfer of an educational award under this paragraph 

shall be made by the submission of written notice to the 

Corporation. 

‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON TREATMENT OF TRANSFERRED AWARD

AS MARITAL PROPERTY.—An educational award transferred 

under this subsection may not be treated as marital property, 

or the asset of a marital estate, subject to division in a divorce 

or other civil proceeding. 

‘‘(5) DEATH OF TRANSFEROR.—The death of an individual 

transferring an educational award under this subsection shall 

not affect the use of the educational award by the child, foster 

child, or grandchild to whom the educational award is transferred if such educational award is transferred prior to the 

death of the individual. 

‘‘(6) PROCEDURES TO PREVENT WASTE, FRAUD, OR ABUSE.— 

The Corporation shall establish requirements to prevent waste, 

fraud, or abuse in connection with the transfer of an educational 

award and to protect the integrity of the educational award 

under this subsection. 

‘‘(7) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may, as 

appropriate, provide technical assistance, to individuals and 

eligible entities carrying out national service programs, concerning carrying out this subsection. 

‘‘(8) DEFINITION OF A DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘designated individual’ is an individual— 

‘‘(A) whom an individual who is eligible to receive 

a national service educational award or silver scholar educational award due to service in a program described in 

paragraph (2) designates to receive the educational award; 

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‘‘(C) who is a child, foster child, or grandchild of the 

individual described in subparagraph (A).’’. 

SEC. 1406. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 

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

seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 149. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 

‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C, D, and H, 

and any other provision of law, in approving a position as 

an approved national service position, an approved summer 

of service position, or an approved silver scholar 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, section 

198B or 198C(a), or under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), a 

summer of service program described in section 

119(c)(8), or a silver scholarship program described 

in section 198C(a); 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 the national service educational award, 

summer of service educational award, or silver scholar 

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, summer of service 

educational awards, or silver scholar educational awards, 

as appropriate, 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 the 

authorizing committees 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, approved 

summer of service position, or approved silver scholarship position that the Corporation approves— 

‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2010; and 

‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 

‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.— 

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

and H, and any other provision of law, within the National 

Service Trust established under section 145, the Corporation shall establish a reserve account. 

Applicability. 

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

funds to support the awards of approved national service 

positions, approved summer of service positions, and 

approved silver scholar positions, for each fiscal year, the 

Corporation shall place in the account— 

‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2010, a portion of the funds 

that were appropriated for fiscal year 2010 or a previous fiscal year under section 501 of this Act or section 

501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

(42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available to carry out 

subtitle C, D, or E of this title, section 198B or 198C(a), 

subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

Act of 1973, or summer of service programs described 

in section 119(c)(8), and remain available; and 

‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2011 or a subsequent fiscal 

year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated 

for that fiscal year under section 501 of this Act or 

section 501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available to carry 

out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, section 198B or 

198C(a), subtitle A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973, or summer of service programs 

described in section 119(c)(8), 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, summer of service educational awards associated 

with previously approved summer of service positions, and 

silver scholar educational awards associated with previously approved silver scholar positions; or 

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

service educational awards for such previously approved 

national service positions, summer of service educational 

awards for such previously approved summer of service 

positions, or silver scholar educational awards for such 

previously approved silver scholar positions, as applicable. 

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

appropriated funds for approved national service positions, approved 

summer of service positions, and approved silver scholar 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, summer of 

service educational awards, or silver scholar educational awards 

under section 148.’’. 

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(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—The Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act (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 service with the best aspects 

of military service, including leadership and team building, to meet 

national and community needs. The needs to be met under such 

programs include those needs 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 the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 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’’; and 

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

‘‘(c) RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS.—Both 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 paragraph (1) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(1) is, or will be, at least 18 years of age on or before 

December 31 of the calendar year in which the individual 

enrolls in the program, but is not more than 24 years of 

age as of the date the individual begins participating in the 

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(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Director 

shall take appropriate steps, including through outreach 

and recruitment activities, to increase the percentage of 

participants in the program who are disadvantaged youth 

to 50 percent of all participants by year 2012. The Director 

shall report to the authorizing committees biennially on 

such steps, any challenges faced, and the annual participation rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’’; 

(4) by striking subsection (d); and 

(5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d). 

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 Program’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community Corps’’ and 

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

(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. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS. 

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 Program’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community Corps shall’’ 

and inserting ‘‘the National Civilian Community Corps 

shall’’; 

(3) in subsection (b)— 

(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.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may select individuals 

with prior supervisory or service experience to be team 

leaders within units in the National Civilian Community 

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be selected without regard to the age limitation under 

section 153(b). 

‘‘(B) RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—A team leader shall be 

provided the same rights and benefits applicable to other 

Corps members, except that the Director may increase 

the limitation on the amount of the living allowance under 

section 158(b) by not more than 10 percent for a team 

leader.’’; 

(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 ‘‘Corps camp’’ and inserting ‘‘Corps 

campus’’; and 

(iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and inserting ‘‘in 

the campuses’’; 

(C) by amending paragraphs (2) and (3) 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. 

‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—A campus shall be cost 

effective and may, upon the completion of a feasibility study, 

be located in a facility referred to in section 162(c).’’; 

(5) in subsection (e)— 

(A) by amending the subsection heading to read as 

follows: 

‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ and inserting 

‘‘campuses are cost effective 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 ‘‘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 


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(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)— 

(A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

Corps’’; and 

(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, as appropriate’’; 

(3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as follows: 

‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.—Members of the 

cadre may provide, either directly or through grants, contracts, 

or cooperative agreements, 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, other qualified individuals, 

or organizations with expertise in training youth, including 

disadvantaged youth, in the skills described in such subsection.’’; and 

(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 162(a)(3)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’. 

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, energy conservation, 

and urban and rural development’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘service learning’’ 

and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) in subparagraph (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 Forest Service’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

(I) by inserting ‘‘community-based entities 

and’’ before ‘‘representatives of local communities’’; 

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(II) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places such term 

appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; and 

(B) 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’’; and 

(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’’; and 

(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 Corps’’; 

(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 

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Executive Officer shall consider the recommendations 

of the Director in appointing the other members’’; 

(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

striking ‘‘the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief 

Executive Officer’’; 

(II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 162(a)(2)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 162(b)’’; 

(III) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

end; 

(IV) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); 

and 

(V) by inserting after clause (iii) the following: 

‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and other former 

law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency personnel, and other individuals with backgrounds in disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 

(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘to members’’ and inserting ‘‘to 

other members’’; 

(II) by inserting after ‘‘techniques’’ the following: ‘‘, including techniques for working with 

and enhancing the development of disadvantaged 

youth,’’; and 

(III) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ and 

inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3)— 

(i) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the members’’ 

and inserting ‘‘other members’’; and 

(ii) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘section 

162(a)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘162(b)(1)’’. 

SEC. 1510. STATUS OF CORPS MEMBERS AND CORPS PERSONNEL 

UNDER FEDERAL LAW. 

Section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) is amended by inserting 

‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 

SEC. 1511. 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)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘section 162(a)(3)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 

‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 

SEC. 1512. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—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’’; and 

(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 

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(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). 

(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622), 

as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OTHER DEPART- MENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE’’; 

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively, and 

aligning the margins of such subsections with the margins 

of section 161(a) of the Act; 

(3) by striking ‘‘(a) SECRETARY’’ and all that follows through 

‘‘OFFICE.—’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(a) LIAISON OFFICE.—’’; 

(4) in subsection (a) (as amended by paragraph (3))— 

(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 

paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and aligning the margins of such paragraphs with the margins of section 

161(b)(1) of the Act; and 

(B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph 

(2) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)) as subparagraphs 

(A) and (B), respectively, and aligning the margins of such 

subparagraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1)(A) 

of the Act; 

(5) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 

(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) 

as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, and aligning 

the margins of such paragraphs with the margins of section 

161(b)(1) of the Act; 

(B) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by subparagraph 

(A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

(a)’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by subparagraph 

(A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’; 

and 

(6) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))— 

(A) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘this 

subsection’’; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

SEC. 1513. 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. The Advisory Board members shall 

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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 Forest Service. 

‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking 

‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public and private organizations,’’. 

SEC. 1514. EVALUATIONS. 

Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL EVALUATION’’ and inserting ‘‘EVALUATIONS’’; 

(2) by striking ‘‘an annual evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘periodic evaluations’’; 

(3) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps programs’’ and 

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

(4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon completing 

each such evaluation, the Corporation shall transmit to the 

authorizing committees a report on the evaluation.’’. 

SEC. 1515. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 

Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 

SEC. 1516. DEFINITIONS. 

Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), as amended 

by this subtitle, is further amended— 

(1) by redesignating section 166 as 165; and 

(2) in section 165 (as redesignated by paragraph (1))— 

(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9); 

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as 

paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 

(C) 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 

National 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.’’; 

(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking 

‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’’ and 

inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

(E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by inserting 

‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

(F) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking 

‘‘The terms’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Demonstration 

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Program’’ and inserting ‘‘The term ‘Program’ means the 

National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

(G) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 

(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘SERVICE

LEARNING’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE-LEARNING’’; and 

(ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 

striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting ‘‘servicelearning’’. 

SEC. 1517. TERMINOLOGY. 

Subtitle E of title I (as so amended) (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.) 

is further amended by striking the subtitle heading and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘Subtitle E—National 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. REPORTS. 

Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘appropriate authorizing 

and appropriations Committees of Congress’’ and inserting 

‘‘authorizing committees, the Committee on Appropriations of 

the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘the appropriate committees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees, 

the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate’’. 

SEC. 1603. 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 Government.’’. 

SEC. 1604. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. 

Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 days’’ and 

inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days not to exceed a total 

of 90 days’’; and 

(2) in subsection (f)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State or local 

applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; and 

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(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and 

(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following: 

‘‘(D) in a case in which the grievance is 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 applicable to the individual; and’’. 

SEC. 1605. 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 ‘‘employee, 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, before transporting 

minor children, provide the children’s parents with the reason 

for the transportation and obtain the parents’ written permission for such transportation, consistent with State law.’’. 

SEC. 1606. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 

SERVICE. 

Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘sections 117B and 

130’’ and inserting ‘‘section 130’’; 

(2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ 

and all that follows through the period at the end and 

inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122.’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sector.’’; 

(3) 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’’; 

(4) in subsection (d)(6)(B), by striking ‘‘section 193A(b)(11)’’ 

and inserting ‘‘section 193A(b)(12)’’; 

(5) in subsection (e)— 

(A) by striking paragraph (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 the private sector, organizations, and public agencies, 

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community needs, including service through 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 national service programs in the State consistent 

with the performance levels for national service programs 

as described in section 179(k); 

‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse community-based 

agencies that serve underrepresented populations, through 

established networks and registries at the State level, or 

through the development of such networks and registries; 

‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of funding 

applications submitted by the State and other organizations 

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; 

‘‘(H) ensures outreach to, and coordination with, 

municipalities (including large cities) and county governments regarding the national service laws; and 

‘‘(I) contains such information as the State Commission 

considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may 

require.’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sections 117B and 

130’’ and inserting ‘‘section 130’’; 

(6) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; and 

(7) 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 for the State, or specify alternatives for the State to, administrative requirements (other than 

statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to grants made to States 

under the national service laws, including those requirements 

identified by the State as impeding the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for service and volunteerism within the State. 

‘‘(g) STATE SERVICE PLAN FOR ADULTS AGE 55 OR OLDER.— 

‘‘(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 shall work 

with appropriate State agencies and private entities to develop 

a comprehensive State service plan for service by adults age 

55 or older. 

‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The State service plan shall 

include— 

‘‘(A) recommendations for policies to increase service 

for adults age 55 or older, including how to best use such 

adults as sources of social capital, and how to utilize their 

skills and experience to address community needs; 

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‘‘(B) recommendations to the State agency (as defined 

in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

U.S.C. 3002)) on— 

‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to businesses; and 

‘‘(ii) outreach to— 

‘‘(I) nonprofit organizations; 

‘‘(II) the State educational agency; 

‘‘(III) institutions of higher education; and 

‘‘(IV) other State agencies; 

‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engagement and 

multigenerational activities, such as— 

‘‘(i) early childhood education and care, family literacy, and after school programs; 

‘‘(ii) respite services for adults age 55 or older 

and caregivers; and 

‘‘(iii) transitions for older adults age 55 or older 

to purposeful work in their post-career lives; and 

‘‘(D) recommendations for encouraging the development 

of Encore service programs in the State. 

‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE BASE.—The State service plan shall incorporate the current knowledge base (as of the time of the plan) 

regarding— 

‘‘(A) the economic impact of the roles of workers age 

55 or older in the economy; 

‘‘(B) the social impact of the roles of such workers 

in the community; and 

‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of active engagement 

for adults age 55 or older. 

‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State service plan shall be made 

available to the public and be transmitted to the Chief Executive Officer.’’. 

SEC. 1607. 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 programs receiving assistance 

under the national service laws in achieving stated goals and 

the costs associated with such programs, including an evaluation of each such program’s performance based on the performance levels established under subsection (k); 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 with which recipients were able to receive services, 

to maximize the cost effectiveness and the impact of 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 

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inserting ‘‘to engage in service that benefits the community.’’; 

(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection 

(i)(2), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the authorizing 

committees’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to amounts 

appropriated to carry out this section, the Corporation may reserve 

not more than 1 percent of the total funds appropriated for a 

fiscal year under section 501 of this Act and sections 501 and 

502 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to support 

program accountability activities under this section. 

‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—The Corporation shall, in consultation with each recipient of assistance under the national service 

laws, establish performance levels for such recipient to meet during 

the term of the assistance. The performance levels may include, 

for each national service program carried out by the recipient, 

performance levels based on the following performance measures: 

‘‘(1) Number of participants enrolled in the program and 

completing terms of service, as compared to the stated participation and retention goals of the program. 

‘‘(2) Number of volunteers recruited from the community 

in which the program was implemented. 

‘‘(3) If applicable based on the program design, the number 

of individuals receiving or benefitting from the service conducted. 

‘‘(4) Number of disadvantaged and underrepresented youth 

participants. 

‘‘(5) Measures of the sustainability of the program and 

the projects supported by the program, including measures 

to ascertain the level of community support for the program 

or projects. 

‘‘(6) Measures to ascertain the change in attitude toward 

civic engagement among the participants and the beneficiaries 

of the service. 

‘‘(7) Other quantitative and qualitative measures as determined to be appropriate by the recipient of assistance and 

the Corporation. 

‘‘(l) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of assistance under the 

national service laws that fails, as determined by the Corporation, to meet or exceed the performance levels agreed upon 

under subsection (k) for a national service program, shall reach 

an agreement with the Corporation on a corrective action plan 

to meet such performance levels. 

‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 

‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that has received 

assistance under the national service laws for less than 

3 years and for which the recipient is failing to meet 

or exceed the performance levels agreed upon under subsection (k), the Corporation shall— 

‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the recipient 

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‘‘(ii) require the recipient to submit quarterly 

reports on the program’s progress toward meeting the 

performance levels for the program to the— 

‘‘(I) appropriate State, territory, or Indian 

tribe; and 

‘‘(II) the Corporation. 

‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a program that has 

received assistance under the national service laws for 

3 years or more and for which the recipient is failing 

to meet or exceed the performance levels agreed upon under 

subsection (k), the Corporation shall require the recipient 

to submit quarterly reports on the program’s progress 

toward the performance levels for the program to— 

‘‘(i) the appropriate State, territory, or Indian tribe; 

and 

‘‘(ii) the Corporation. 

‘‘(m) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—If, after a 

period for correction as approved by the Corporation in accordance 

with subsection (l), a recipient of assistance under the national 

service laws fails to meet or exceed the performance levels for 

a national service program, the Corporation shall— 

‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the assistance received 

by the underperforming recipient by at least 25 percent, for 

each remaining year of the grant period for that program; 

or 

‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming recipient 

for that program, in accordance with section 176(a). 

‘‘(n) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to the authorizing 

committees not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 

of the Serve America Act, and annually thereafter, a report containing information on the number of— 

‘‘(1) recipients of assistance under the national service laws 

implementing corrective action plans under subsection (l)(1); 

‘‘(2) recipients for which the Corporation provides technical 

assistance for a program under subsection (l)(2)(A)(i); 

‘‘(3) recipients for which the Corporation terminates assistance for a program under subsection (m); 

‘‘(4) entities whose application for assistance under a 

national service law was rejected; and 

‘‘(5) recipients meeting or exceeding their performance 

levels under subsection (k).’’. 

SEC. 1608. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et 

seq.), as amended by this subtitle, is further amended by inserting 

after section 179 the following: 

‘‘SEC. 179A. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND VOLUNTEERING 

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF PARTNERSHIP.—In this section, the term 

‘partnership’ means the Corporation, acting in conjunction with 

(consistent with the terms of an agreement entered into between 

the Corporation and the National Conference) the National Conference on Citizenship referred to in section 150701 of title 36, 

United States Code, to carry out this section. 

‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall facilitate the establishment of a Civic Health Assessment by— 

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‘‘(1) after identifying public and private sources of civic 

health data, selecting a set of civic health indicators, in accordance with subsection (c), that shall comprise the Civic Health 

Assessment; 

‘‘(2) obtaining civic health data relating to the Civic Health 

Assessment, in accordance with subsection (d); and 

‘‘(3) conducting related analyses, and reporting the data 

and analyses, as described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (d) and subsections (e) and (f). 

‘‘(c) SELECTION OF INDICATORS FOR CIVIC HEALTH ASSESS- MENT.— ‘‘(1) IDENTIFYING SOURCES.—The partnership shall select 

a set of civic health indicators that shall comprise the Civic 

Health Assessment. In making such selection, the partnership— 

‘‘(A) shall identify public and private sources of civic 

health data; 

‘‘(B) shall explore collaborating with other similar 

efforts to develop national indicators in the civic health 

domain; and 

‘‘(C) may sponsor a panel of experts, such as one convened by the National Academy of Sciences, to recommend 

civic health indicators and data sources for the Civic Health 

Assessment. 

‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ADVICE.—At the request of the partnership, 

the Director of the Bureau of the Census and the Commissioner 

of Labor Statistics shall provide technical advice to the partnership on the selection of the indicators for the Civic Health 

Assessment. 

‘‘(3) UPDATES.—The partnership shall periodically evaluate 

and update the Civic Health Assessment, and may expand 

or modify the indicators described in subsection (d)(1) as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 

‘‘(d) DATA ON THE INDICATORS.— 

‘‘(1) SPONSORED DATA COLLECTION.—In identifying the civic 

health indicators for the Civic Health Assessment, and 

obtaining data for the Assessment, the partnership may sponsor 

the collection of data for the Assessment or for the various 

civic health indicators being considered for inclusion in the 

Assessment, including indicators related to— 

‘‘(A) volunteering and community service; 

‘‘(B) voting and other forms of political and civic 

engagement; 

‘‘(C) charitable giving; 

‘‘(D) connecting to civic groups and faith-based 

organizations; 

‘‘(E) interest in employment, and careers, in public 

service in the nonprofit sector or government; 

‘‘(F) understanding and obtaining knowledge of United 

States history and government; and 

‘‘(G) social enterprise and innovation. 

‘‘(2) DATA FROM STATISTICAL AGENCIES.—The Director of 

the Bureau of the Census and the Commissioner of Labor 

Statistics shall collect annually, to the extent practicable, data 

to inform the Civic Health Assessment, and shall report data 

from such collection to the partnership. In determining the 

data to be collected, the Director and the Commissioner shall 

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examine privacy issues, response rates, and other relevant 

issues. 

‘‘(3) SOURCES OF DATA.—To obtain data for the Civic Health 

Assessment, the partnership shall consider— 

‘‘(A) data collected through public and private sources; 

and 

‘‘(B) data collected by the Bureau of the Census, 

through the Current Population Survey, or by the Bureau 

of Labor Statistics, in accordance with paragraph (2). 

‘‘(4) DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.—The partnership 

shall seek to obtain data for the Civic Health Assessment 

that will permit the partnership to analyze the data by age 

group, race and ethnicity, education level, and other demographic characteristics of the individuals involved. 

‘‘(5) OTHER ISSUES.—In obtaining data for the Civic Health 

Assessment, the partnership may also obtain such information 

as may be necessary to analyze— 

‘‘(A) the role of Internet technology in strengthening 

and inhibiting civic activities; 

‘‘(B) the role of specific programs in strengthening civic 

activities; 

‘‘(C) the civic attitudes and activities of new citizens 

and immigrants; and 

‘‘(D) other areas related to civic activities. 

‘‘(e) REPORTING OF DATA.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall, not less often 

than once each year, prepare a report containing— 

‘‘(A) detailed data obtained under subsection (d), 

including data on the indicators comprising the Civic 

Health Assessment; and 

‘‘(B) the analyses described in paragraphs (4) and (5) 

of subsection (d), to the extent practicable based on the 

data the partnership is able to obtain. 

‘‘(2) AGGREGATION AND PRESENTATION.—The partnership 

shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate the data on the 

civic health indicators comprising the Civic Health Assessment 

by community, by State, and nationally. The report described 

in paragraph (1) shall present the aggregated data in a form 

that enables communities and States to assess their civic 

health, as measured on each of the indicators comprising the 

Civic Health Assessment, and compare those measures with 

comparable measures of other communities and States. 

‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—The partnership shall submit the report 

to the authorizing committees, and make the report available 

to the general public on the Corporation’s website. 

‘‘(f) PUBLIC INPUT.—The partnership shall— 

‘‘(1) identify opportunities for public dialogue and input 

on the Civic Health Assessment; and 

‘‘(2) hold conferences and forums to discuss the implications 

of the data and analyses reported under subsection (e). 

‘‘(g) VOLUNTEERING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

‘‘(1) RESEARCH.—The partnership shall provide for baseline 

research and tracking of domestic and international volunteering, and baseline research and tracking related to relevant 

data on the indicators described in subsection (d). In providing 

Public 

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for the research and tracking under this subsection, the partnership shall consider data from the Supplements to the Current Populations Surveys conducted by the Bureau of the 

Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and data from other 

public and private sources, including other data collected by 

the Bureau of the Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

‘‘(2) IMPACT RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—The partnership 

shall sponsor an independent evaluation of the impact of 

domestic and international volunteering, including an assessment of best practices for such volunteering, and methods of 

improving such volunteering through enhanced collaboration 

among— 

‘‘(A) entities that recruit, manage, support, and utilize 

volunteers; 

‘‘(B) institutions of higher education; and 

‘‘(C) research institutions. 

‘‘(h) DATABASE PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the development, implementation, or maintenance of a Federal database of personally identifiable information 

on individuals participating in data collection for sources of information under this section.’’. 

SEC. 1609. CONTINGENT EXTENSION. 

Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 

414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’. 

SEC. 1610. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 

Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to read as 

follows: 

‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCY SUBMISSION.—The head of each Federal agency and department shall prepare and submit to the 

Corporation a report concerning the implementation of this 

section, including an evaluation of the agency or department’s 

performance on performance goals and benchmarks for each 

partnership program of the agency or department. 

‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corporation shall prepare 

and submit to the authorizing committees a compilation of 

the information received under paragraph (1).’’. 

SEC. 1611. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING. 

Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with otherwise applicable 

law, the’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘territory,’’ after 

‘‘local government,’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent with otherwise applicable 

law, the’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘territory’’ after ‘‘local 

government,’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Consistent with otherwise applicable 

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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 the national service laws; and 

‘‘(2) that relates to— 

‘‘(A) such assistance; and 

‘‘(B) the duties of the Inspector General under the 

Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).’’. 

SEC. 1612. 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, 

projects, and activities funded under the national service laws. 

‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 months after 

the effective date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall 

submit to the authorizing committees a report containing information on the actions taken to consolidate or modify the application 

procedures and reporting requirements for programs, projects, and 

activities funded under the national service laws, including a 

description of the procedures for consultation with recipients of 

the funding. 

‘‘SEC. 186. SUSTAINABILITY. 

‘‘The Corporation, after consultation with State Commissions 

and recipients of assistance, may set sustainability goals for projects 

or programs under the national service laws, so that recipients 

of assistance under the national service laws are carrying out 

sustainable projects or programs. Such sustainability goals shall 

be in writing and shall be used— 

‘‘(1) to build the capacity of the projects or programs that 

receive assistance under the national service laws to meet 

community needs; 

‘‘(2) in providing technical assistance to recipients of assistance under the national service laws regarding acquiring and 

leveraging non-Federal funds for support of the projects or 

programs that receive such assistance; and 

‘‘(3) to determine whether the projects or programs, 

receiving such assistance, are generating sufficient community 

support. 

‘‘SEC. 187. GRANT PERIODS. 

‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corporation has 

authority to award a grant or contract, or enter into a cooperative 

agreement, under the national service laws for a period of 3 years. 

‘‘SEC. 188. 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 

42 USC 12645b. 

42 USC 12645a. 

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in meeting community needs. In reviewing the application for this 

purpose, the Corporation may take into account the mission of 

the applicant. 

‘‘SEC. 189. 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 for a grant to operate a program authorized under the national 

service laws, for supporting individuals serving in approved national 

service positions, may not exceed $18,000 per full-time equivalent 

position. 

‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation under subsection (a), and the increased limitation under subsection (e)(1), 

shall apply to the Corporation’s share of the member support costs, 

staff costs, and other costs to operate a program authorized under 

the national service laws incurred, by the recipient of the grant. 

‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation under 

subsection (a), and the increased limitation under subsection (e)(1), 

shall not apply to expenses under a grant authorized under the 

national service laws to operate a program that are not included 

in the grant award for operating the program. 

‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amounts 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 increase 

the limitation under subsection (a) to not more than $19,500 

per full-time equivalent position if necessary to meet the 

compelling needs of a particular program, such as— 

‘‘(A) exceptional training needs for a program serving 

disadvantaged youth; 

‘‘(B) the need to pay for increased costs relating to 

the participation of individuals with disabilities; 

‘‘(C) the needs of tribal programs or programs located 

in the territories; and 

‘‘(D) the need to pay for start-up costs associated with 

a first-time recipient of assistance under a program of 

the national service laws. 

‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer shall report 

to the authorizing committees annually on all limitations 

increased under this subsection, with an explanation of the 

compelling needs justifying such increases. 

‘‘SEC. 189A. MATCHING FUNDS FOR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

a severely economically distressed community that receives assistance from the Corporation for any program under the national 

service laws shall not be subject to any requirements to provide 

matching funds for any such program, and the Federal share of 

such assistance for such a community may be 100 percent. 

‘‘(b) SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITY.—For 

the purposes of this section, the term ‘severely economically distressed community’ means— 

‘‘(1) an area that has a mortgage foreclosure rate, home 

price decline, and unemployment rate all of which are above 

Definition. 

42 USC 12645d. 

Publication. 

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the national average for such rates or level, for the most recent 

12 months for which satisfactory data are available; or 

‘‘(2) a residential area that lacks basic living necessities, 

such as water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, 

and safe, sanitary housing. 

‘‘SEC. 189B. 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. 901 note; Public Law 101–576) and chapter 

91 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Government Corporation Control Act’). The Corporation shall report to 

the authorizing committees any failure to comply with such requirements. 

‘‘SEC. 189C. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND USE OF 

FEDERAL FUNDS. 

‘‘(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—Nothing in the national service 

laws shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of 

the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, 

local educational agency, or school’s curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State or local resources, or mandate a State 

or any subdivision thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs 

not paid for under this Act. 

‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON ENDORSEMENT OF CURRICULUM.—Notwithstanding any other prohibition of Federal law, no funds provided 

to the Corporation under this Act may be used by the Corporation 

to endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be 

used in an elementary school or secondary school. 

‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING FEDERAL APPROVAL OR CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, not State shall be required to have academic content 

or student academic achievement standards approved or certified 

by the Federal Government, in order to receive assistance under 

this Act. 

‘‘SEC. 189D. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each entity selecting individuals to serve 

in a position in which the individuals receive a living allowance, 

stipend, national service educational award, or salary through a 

program receiving assistance under the national service laws, shall, 

subject to regulations and requirements established by the Corporation, conduct criminal history checks for such individuals. 

‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check under subsection 

(a) shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Corporation, 

include— 

‘‘(1) a name-based search of the National Sex Offender 

Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection 

and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); and 

‘‘(2)(A) a search of the State criminal registry or repository 

in the State in which the program is operating and the State 

in which the individual resides at the time of application; 

or 

‘‘(B) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history background check. 

‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall be ineligible 

to serve in a position described under subsection (a) if such individual— 

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‘‘(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history check 

described in subsection (b); 

‘‘(2) makes a false statement in connection with such 

criminal history check; 

‘‘(3) is registered, or is required to be registered, on a 

State sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 

Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or 

‘‘(4) has been convicted of murder, as described in section 

1111 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 

SEC. 1613. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 

(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle F of title I is further amended by 

inserting after section 184 the following: 

‘‘SEC. 184A. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 

‘‘A reference in subtitle C, D, E, or H of title I regarding 

an entity eligible to receive direct or indirect assistance to carry 

out a national service program shall include a non-profit organization promoting competitive and non-competitive sporting events 

involving individuals with disabilities (including the Special Olympics), which enhance the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.’’. 

SEC. 1614. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING 

WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 

(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 189D, as added by section 1612, is 

further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), on and 

after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment 

of the Serve America Act, a criminal history check under subsection (a) for each individual described in paragraph (2) shall, 

except for an entity described in paragraph (3), include— 

‘‘(A) a name-based search of the National Sex Offender 

Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); 

‘‘(B) a search of the State criminal registry or repository 

in the State in which the program is operating and the 

State in which the individual resides at the time of application; and 

‘‘(C) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation for a national criminal history background 

check. 

‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS WITH ACCESS TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.—An individual described in this paragraph is an individual age 18 or older who— 

‘‘(A) serves in a position in which the individual 

receives a living allowance, stipend, national service educational award, or salary through a program receiving 

assistance under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(B) as a result of such individual’s service in such 

position, has or will have access, on a recurring basis, 

to— 

‘‘(i) children age 17 years or younger; 

‘‘(ii) individuals age 60 years or older; or 

‘‘(iii) individuals with disabilities. 

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‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this subsection shall 

not apply to an entity— 

‘‘(A) where the service provided by individuals serving 

with the entity to a vulnerable population described in 

paragraph (2)(B) is episodic in nature or for a 1-day period; 

‘‘(B) where the cost to the entity of complying with 

this subsection is prohibitive; 

‘‘(C) where the entity is not authorized, or is otherwise 

unable, under State law, to access the national criminal 

history background check system of the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation; 

‘‘(D) where the entity is not authorized, or is otherwise 

unable, under Federal law, to access the national criminal 

history background check system of the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation; or 

‘‘(E) to which the Corporation otherwise provides an 

exemption from this subsection for good cause.’’. 

(b) FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL HISTORY

CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS.— 

(1) FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS

REGARDING CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK.—The Attorney General 

of the United States shall conduct a study that shall examine, 

to the extent discernible and as of the date of the study, 

the following: 

(A) The state of criminal history checks (including the 

use of fingerprint collection) at the State and local level, 

including— 

(i) the available infrastructure for conducting 

criminal history checks; 

(ii) the State system capacities to conduct such 

criminal history checks; and 

(iii) the time required for each State to process 

an individual’s fingerprints for a national criminal history background check through the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation, from the time of fingerprint collection 

to the submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

(B) The likelihood that each State would participate 

in a nationwide system of criminal history checks to provide 

information regarding participants to entities receiving 

assistance under the national service laws. 

(C) The number of participants that would require 

a fingerprint-based national criminal history background 

check under the national service laws. 

(D) The impact of the national service laws on the 

Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of 

the Federal Bureau of Investigation in terms of capacity 

and impact on other users of the system, including the 

effect on the work practices and staffing levels of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

(E) The fees charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, States, local agencies, and private companies to 

collect and process fingerprints and conduct criminal history checks. 

(F) The existence of model or best practice programs 

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(G) The extent to which private companies are currently performing criminal history checks, and the possibility of using private companies in the future to perform 

any of the criminal history check process, including the 

collection and transmission of fingerprints and fitness 

determinations. 

(H) The cost of development and operation of the technology and the infrastructure necessary to establish a 

nationwide fingerprint-based and other criminal background check system. 

(I) The extent of State participation in the procedures 

for background checks under the National Child Protection 

Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119 et seq.). 

(J) The extent to which States provide access to nationwide criminal history checks to organizations that serve 

children. 

(K) The extent to which States permit volunteers and 

other individuals to appeal adverse fitness determinations, 

and whether similar procedures are required at the Federal 

level. 

(L) Any privacy concerns that may arise from nationwide criminal background checks for participants. 

(M) Any other information determined relevant by the 

Attorney General. 

(2) INTERIM REPORT.—Based on the findings of the study 

under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall, not later 

than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an interim 

report, which may include recommendations regarding criminal 

history checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with 

organizations that work with children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities. 

(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit 

to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 

to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 

Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, a final 

report including recommendations regarding criminal history 

checks for participants under the national service laws, which 

may include— 

(A) a proposal for grants to States to develop or improve 

programs to collect fingerprints and perform criminal history checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with 

organizations that work with children, the elderly, or 

individuals with disabilities; and 

(B) recommendations for amendments to the National 

Child Protection Act of 1993 and the Volunteers for Children Act so that entities receiving assistance under the 

national service laws can promptly and affordably conduct 

nationwide criminal history background checks on their 

employees and volunteers. 

(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘authorizing committees’’, ‘‘participants’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ 

have the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the 

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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, subsection 

(b) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

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.’’; and 

(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 on the Board until the date on which the member’s successor 

takes office, which period shall not exceed 1 year.’’. 

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’’; 

(3) in paragraph (5)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 

semicolon; 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 (8), by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ each place 

it appears and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; 

(5) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(10) notwithstanding any other provision of law— 

‘‘(A) make grants to or contracts with Federal and 

other public departments or agencies, and private nonprofit 

organizations, for the assignment or referral of volunteers 

under the provisions of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) (except as 

provided in section 108 of such Act), which may provide 

that the agency or organization shall pay all or a part 

of the costs of the program; and 

‘‘(B) enter into agreements with other Federal agencies 

or private nonprofit organizations for the support of programs under the national service laws, which— 

‘‘(i) may provide that the agency or organization 

shall pay all or a part of the costs of the program, 

except as is provided in section 121(b); and 

‘‘(ii) shall provide that the program (including any 

program operated by another Federal agency) will 

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performance, and other goals applicable to similar programs under the national service laws, as determined 

by the Corporation,’’; and 

(6) in paragraph (11)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘section 193A(b)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 193A(b)(11)’’; and 

(C) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and inserting 

‘‘January 1, 2012’’. 

SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 

Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by striking 

the period and inserting ‘‘, plus 3 percent.’’. 

SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 

OFFICER. 

Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with the State 

Commissions, shall—’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a strategic 

plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a plan for having 50 percent of all approved national service positions be full-time 

positions by 2012,’’; 

(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, approved 

summer of service positions, and approved silver scholar 

positions’’ after ‘‘approved national service positions’’; 

(D) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as 

paragraphs (8) through (12), respectively; 

(E) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 

‘‘(7) prepare and submit to the authorizing committees 

and the Board an annual report on actions taken to achieve 

the goal of having 50 percent of all approved national service 

positions be full-time positions by 2012 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;’’; 

(F) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘appropriate 

committees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing 

committees’’; 

(G) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated)— 

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

striking ‘‘by June 30, 1995,’’ and inserting ‘‘periodically,’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

(I) by striking ‘‘described in section 122(c)(1)’’; 

and 

(II) by striking ‘‘national priorities designed 

to meet the’’ and inserting ‘‘national priorities, as 

described in section 122(f)(1), designed to meet’’; 

and 

(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

a semicolon; 

(H) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), by striking 

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(I) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(13) bolster the public awareness of and recruitment efforts 

for 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 organizations and 

trade associations, local educational agencies, institutions 

of higher education, agencies and organizations serving 

veterans and individuals with disabilities, and other 

institutions or organizations from which participants for 

programs receiving assistance from the national service 

laws can be recruited; 

‘‘(14) identify and implement methods of recruitment to— 

‘‘(A) increase the diversity of participants in the programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; 

and 

‘‘(B) increase the diversity of service sponsors of programs desiring to receive assistance under the national 

service laws; 

‘‘(15) 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; 

‘‘(16) collaborate with organizations with demonstrated 

expertise in supporting and accommodating individuals with 

disabilities, including institutions of higher education, to identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the 

number of participants who are individuals with disabilities 

in the programs receiving assistance under the national service 

laws; 

‘‘(17) 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; 

‘‘(18) collaborate with organizations that have established 

volunteer recruitment programs to increase the recruitment 

capacity of the Corporation; 

‘‘(19) where practicable, provide application materials in 

languages other than English for individuals with limited 

English proficiency who wish to participate in a national service 

program; 

‘‘(20) collaborate with the training and technical assistance 

programs described in subtitle J with respect to the activities 

described in section 199N(b)); 

‘‘(21) coordinate the clearinghouses described in section 

198O; 

‘‘(22) coordinate with entities receiving funds under subtitle 

C in establishing the National Service Reserve Corps under 

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programs and veterans can serve in disasters and emergencies 

(as such terms are defined in section 198H(a)); 

‘‘(23) identify and implement strategies to increase awareness among Indian tribes of the types and availability of assistance under the national service laws, increase Native American 

participation in programs under the national service laws, collect information on challenges facing Native American communities, and designate a Strategic Advisor for Native American 

Affairs to be responsible for the execution of those activities 

under the national service laws; 

‘‘(24) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion of economically disadvantaged individuals in national service programs 

and activities authorized under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(25) ensure that outreach, awareness, and recruitment 

efforts are consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act 

of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).’’; 

(2) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (9)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place the term 

occurs and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; and 

(ii) 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’’; 

(3) in subsection (f)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘date specified in 

subsection (b)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘the first date that a report 

is submitted under subsection (b)(11) after the effective date 

of the Serve America Act’’; and 

(4) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH BUSINESSES.—The Chief 

Executive Officer may, through contracts or cooperative agreements, 

carry out the marketing duties described in subsection (b)(13), 

with priority given to those entities that have established expertise 

in the recruitment of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian 

tribes, and older adults. 

‘‘(i) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Chief Executive Officer 

may conduct a campaign to solicit funds 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.’’. 

SEC. 1705. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STATUS. 

Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended— 

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

following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Corporation a 

Chief Financial Officer, who shall be appointed by the Chief 

Executive Officer pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 

195.’’; and 

(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

SEC. 1706. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS. 

Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)— 

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(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 ‘‘NONVOTING MEMBER’’; and 

(ii) by inserting ‘‘nonvoting’’ 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. 1707. 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 provides assistance, either individually or as a member 

of an organization, in accordance with subparagraph 

(A)’’; 

(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volunteer under 

this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 

(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volunteers under 

this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘such persons’’; 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. 1708. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 

Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 196B. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 

‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT.—In accordance with section 193A(c)(1), the 

Chief Executive Officer may assign to State Commissions specific 

programmatic functions upon a determination that such an assignment will increase efficiency in the operation or oversight of a 

program under the national service laws. In carrying out this section, and before executing any assignment of authority, the Corporation shall seek input from and consult Corporation employees, State 

Commissions, State educational agencies, and other interested 

stakeholders. 

‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the effective date 

of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall submit a report 

to the authorizing committees describing the consultation process 

described in subsection (a), including the stakeholders consulted, 

Consultation. 

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the recommendation of stakeholders, and any actions taken by 

the Corporation under this section.’’. 

SEC. 1709. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS. 

Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 196C. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS. 

‘‘(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—The Corporation shall conduct a 

study and submit a report to the authorizing committees, not later 

than 3 years after the effective date of the Serve America Act, 

on— 

‘‘(1) the number of veterans serving in national service 

programs historically by year; 

‘‘(2) strategies being undertaken to identify the specific 

areas of need of veterans, including any goals set by the Corporation for veterans participating in the service programs; 

‘‘(3) the impact of the strategies described in paragraph 

(2) and the Veterans Corps on enabling greater participation 

by veterans in the national service programs carried out under 

the national service laws; 

‘‘(4) how existing programs and activities carried out under 

the national service laws could be improved to serve veterans, 

veterans service organizations, families of active-duty military, 

including gaps in services to veterans; 

‘‘(5) the extent to which existing programs and activities 

carried out under the national service laws are coordinated 

and recommendations to improve such coordination including 

the methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization 

of services directed towards veterans; and 

‘‘(6) how to improve utilization of veterans as resources 

and volunteers. 

‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the studies and preparing 

the reports required under this subsection, the Corporation shall 

consult with veterans’ service organizations, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Secretary of Defense, 

as appropriate, and other individuals and entities the Corporation 

considers appropriate.’’. 

SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE PROGRAMS 

FOR DISPLACED WORKERS IN SERVICES CORPS AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TO DEVELOP PILOT PROGRAM 

PLANNING STUDY. 

(a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation shall conduct a study 

to identify— 

(1) specific areas of need for displaced workers; 

(2) how existing programs and activities (as of the time 

of the study) carried out under the national service laws could 

better serve displaced workers and communities that have been 

adversely affected by plant closings and job losses; 

(3) prospects for better utilization of displaced workers 

as resources and volunteers; and 

(4) methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization 

of services directed towards displaced workers. 

(b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, State labor agencies, and other 

individuals and entities the Corporation considers appropriate. 

42 USC 12651 

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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the effective date 

of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing committees 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 displaced workers. 

(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available to carry 

out this section, the Corporation shall develop and carry out a 

pilot program based on the findings and plan in the report submitted under subsection (c). 

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corporation’’, 

‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ have the 

meanings given the terms in section 101 of the National and 

Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 

(f) 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 2010 through 2014. 

SEC. 1711. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AGENCY 

COORDINATION. 

(a) STUDY.—In order to reduce administrative burdens and 

lower costs for national service programs carried out under the 

national service laws, the Corporation shall conduct a study to 

determine the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a data 

matching system under which the statements of an individual 

declaring that such individual is in compliance with the requirements of section 146(a)(3) of the National and Community Service 

Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602(a)(3)) shall be verified by the Corporation by comparing information provided by the individual with 

information relevant to such a declaration in the possession of 

other Federal agencies. Such study shall— 

(1) review the feasibility of— 

(A) expanding, and participating in, the data matching 

conducted by the Department of Education with the Social 

Security Administration and the Department of Homeland 

Security, pursuant to section 484(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(g)); or 

(B) establishing a comparable system of data matching 

with the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security; and 

(2) identify— 

(A) the costs, for both the Corporation and the other 

Federal agencies identified in paragraph (1), associated 

with expanding or establishing such a system of data 

matching; 

(B) the benefits or detriments of such an expanded 

or comparable system both for the Corporation and for 

the other Federal agencies so identified; 

(C) strategies for ensuring the privacy and security 

of participant information that is shared between Federal 

agencies and organizations receiving assistance under the 

national service laws; 

(D) the information that needs to be shared in order 

to fulfill the eligibility requirements of section 146(a)(3) 

of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

U.S.C. 12602(a)(3)); 

42 USC 12602 

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(E) an alternative system through which an individual’s compliance with section 146(a)(3) of such Act may 

be verified, should such an expanded or comparable system 

fail to verify the individual’s declaration of compliance; 

and 

(F) recommendations for implementation of such an 

expanded or comparable system. 

(b) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation shall carry out the study 

in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Commissioner 

of the Social Security Administration, the Secretary of Homeland 

Security, and other Federal agencies, entities, and individuals that 

the Corporation considers appropriate. 

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the effective date 

of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing committees a report on the results of the study required by subsection 

(a) and a plan for implementation of a pilot data matching program 

using promising strategies and approaches identified in such study, 

if the Corporation determines such program to be feasible. 

(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available to carry 

out this section, the Corporation may develop and carry out a 

pilot data matching program based on the report submitted under 

subsection (c). 

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corporation’’, 

‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ have the 

meanings given the terms in section 101 of the National and 

Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 

SEC. 1712. STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

States shall develop performance measures for each program 

receiving Federal assistance under the national service laws. 

(b) CONTENTS.—The performance measures developed under 

subsection (a) shall— 

(1) to the maximum extent practicable draw on researchbased, quantitative data; 

(2) take into account program purpose and program design; 

(3) include criteria to evaluate the cost effectiveness of 

programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; 

(4) include criteria to evaluate the administration and 

management of programs receiving Federal assistance under 

the national service laws; and 

(5) include criteria to evaluate oversight and accountability 

of recipients of assistance through such programs under the 

national service laws. 

(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the development 

of the performance measures under subsection (a), and every 5 

years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 

shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the 

Corporation’s Board of Directors a report containing an assessment 

of each such program with respect to the performance measures 

developed under subsection (a). 

(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘authorizing committees’’, 

‘‘Corporation’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ have the meanings 

given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community 

Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 

Deadline. 

Performance 

measures. 

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(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means an entire program carried out by the Corporation under the national service 

laws, such as the entire AmeriCorps program carried out under 

subtitle C. 

SEC. 1713. VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CORPS STUDY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) Many managers seek opportunities to give back to their 

communities and address the Nation’s challenges. 

(2) Managers possess business and technical skills that 

make them especially suited to help nonprofit organizations 

and State and local governments create efficiencies and cost 

savings and develop programs to serve communities in need. 

(3) There are currently a large number of businesses and 

firms who are seeking to identify savings through sabbatical 

opportunities for senior employees. 

(b) STUDY AND PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after the date 

of enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall— 

(1) conduct a study on how best to establish and implement 

a Volunteer Management Corps program; and 

(2) submit a plan regarding the establishment of such 

program to Congress and to the President. 

(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study described in subsection (b)(1), the Corporation may consult with experts in the 

private and nonprofit sectors. 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 

Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 

(Investment for Quality and Innovation) 

SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO SUBTITLE H. 

Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended 

by inserting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 the 

following: 

‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION 

ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 

SEC. 1802. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT 

NATIONAL SERVICE. 

(a) 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 the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection 

(b), by striking ‘‘to improve the quality’’ and all that follows 

through ‘‘including—’’ and inserting ‘‘to address emergent needs 

through summer programs and other activities, and to support 

service-learning programs and national service programs, 

including—’’; 

(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (l), 

(m), and (p) and redesignating subsections (g), (k), (n), (o), 

(q), (r), and (s) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and 

(i), respectively. 

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(b) GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAYS.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 

12653), as amended in subsection (a), is further amended— 

(1) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(3))— 

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘NATIONAL’’ 

and inserting ‘‘GLOBAL’’; 

(B) by striking ‘‘National Youth’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘Global Youth’’; 

(C) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) by striking the first sentence and inserting 

‘‘April 24, 2009, and April 23, 2010, are each designated 

as ‘Global Youth Service Days’.’’; and 

(ii) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘appropriate 

ceremonies and activities’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate 

youth-led community improvement and servicelearning activities’’; 

(D) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) by inserting ‘‘and other Federal departments 

and agencies’’ after ‘‘Corporation’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘ceremonies and activities’’ and 

inserting ‘‘youth-led community improvement and 

service-learning activities’’; and 

(E) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and other Federal 

departments and agencies’’ after ‘‘Corporation’’. 

(c) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN AND SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY

OF SERVICE.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(j) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not later than 180 days 

after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to 

encourage all people of the United States, regardless of age, race, 

ethnicity, religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or parttime national service, long- or short-term public service in the 

nonprofit sector or government, or volunteering. In conducting the 

campaign, the Corporation may collaborate with other Federal agencies and entities, State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and 

faith-based organizations, businesses, institutions of higher education, elementary schools, and secondary schools. 

‘‘(k) SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.— 

‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may organize 

and carry out appropriate ceremonies and activities, which 

may include activities that are part of the broader Call to 

Service Campaign under subsection (j), in order to observe 

the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance 

at the Federal level. 

‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make grants and 

provide other support to community-based organizations to 

assist in planning and carrying out appropriate service, charity, 

and remembrance opportunities in conjunction with the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. 

‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation may consult with 

and make grants or provide other forms of support to nonprofit 

organizations with expertise in representing families of victims 

of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted 

constituencies, and in promoting the establishment of September 11 as an annually recognized National Day of Service 

and Remembrance.’’. 

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SEC. 1803. REPEALS. 

(a) 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). 

(b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 198B (42 U.S.C. 12653b) is 

redesignated as section 198A. 

SEC. 1804. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS. 

Section 198A(a)(2) (as redesignated by section 1803(b)) (42 

U.S.C. 12653b(a)(2)) is further amended by striking ‘‘section 

101(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 

SEC. 1805. NEW FELLOWSHIPS. 

Part I of subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is 

further amended by adding at the end the following new sections: 

‘‘SEC. 198B. SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term ‘area of national 

need’ means an area involved in efforts to— 

‘‘(A) improve education in schools for economically disadvantaged students; 

‘‘(B) expand and improve access to health care; 

‘‘(C) improve energy efficiency and conserve natural 

resources; 

‘‘(D) improve economic opportunities for economically 

disadvantaged individuals; or 

‘‘(E) improve disaster preparedness and response. 

‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.—The term ‘eligible 

fellowship recipient’ means an individual who is selected by 

a State Commission under subsection (c) and, as a result of 

such selection, is eligible for a ServeAmerica Fellowship. 

‘‘(3) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means an eligible fellowship recipient who is awarded a ServeAmerica Fellowship and 

is designated a fellow under subsection (e)(2). 

‘‘(4) SMALL SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION.—The term 

‘small service sponsor organization’ means a service sponsor 

organization described in subsection (d)(1) that has not more 

than 10 full-time employees and 10 part-time employees. 

‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated under 

section 501(a)(4)(B) and allotted under paragraph (2)(A), the 

Corporation shall make grants (including financial assistance 

and a corresponding allotment of approved national service 

positions), to the State Commission of each of the several States, 

the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico with an application approved under this section, to enable 

such State Commissions to award ServeAmerica Fellowships 

under subsection (e). 

‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allotted to a State 

Commission for a fiscal year shall be equal to an amount 

that bears the same ratio to the amount appropriated under 

section 501(a)(4)(B), as the population of the State bears 

42 USC 12653b. 

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to the total population of the several States, the District 

of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

‘‘(B) REALLOTMENT.—If a State Commission does not 

apply for an allotment under this subsection for any fiscal 

year, or if the State Commission’s application is not 

approved, the Corporation shall reallot the amount of the 

State Commission’s allotment to the remaining State 

Commissions in accordance with subparagraph (A). 

‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the amount allotted 

to a State Commission under subparagraph (A), not more 

than 1.5 percent of such amount may be used for administrative costs. 

‘‘(3) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation shall— 

‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of approved 

national service positions under this subsection during each 

of fiscal years 2010 through 2014; 

‘‘(B) establish the number of approved positions at 

500 for fiscal year 2010; and 

‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved positions 

to— 

‘‘(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011; 

‘‘(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

‘‘(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and 

‘‘(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014. 

‘‘(4) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

‘‘(A) REQUIRED USES.—A grant awarded under this subsection shall be used to enable fellows to carry out service 

projects in areas of national need. 

‘‘(B) PERMITTED USES.—A grant awarded under this 

subsection may be used for— 

‘‘(i) oversight activities and mechanisms for the 

service sites of the fellows, as determined necessary 

by the State Commission or the Corporation, which 

may include site visits; 

‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experience of fellows, 

including activities to engage the fellows in networking 

opportunities with other national service participants; 

and 

‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activities for fellows. 

‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under 

this subsection, a State Commission shall submit an application 

to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing 

such information as the Corporation may require, including 

information on the criteria and procedures that the State 

Commission will use for overseeing ServeAmerica Fellowship 

placements for service projects, under subsection (e). 

‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 

‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An applicant desiring to become 

an eligible fellowship recipient shall submit an application 

to a State Commission that has elected to participate in 

the program authorized under this section, at such time 

and in such manner as the Commission may require, and 

containing the information described in subparagraph (B) 

and such additional information as the Commission may 

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‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall specify 

information to be provided in an application submitted 

under this subsection, which— 

‘‘(i) shall include— 

‘‘(I) a description of the area of national need 

that the applicant intends to address in the service 

project; 

‘‘(II) a description of the skills and experience 

the applicant has to address the area of national 

need; 

‘‘(III) a description of the type of service the 

applicant plans to provide as a fellow; and 

‘‘(IV) information identifying the local area 

within the State served by the Commission in 

which the applicant plans to serve for the service 

project; and 

‘‘(ii) may include, if the applicant chooses, the size 

of the registered service sponsor organization with 

which the applicant hopes to serve. 

‘‘(2) SELECTION.—Each State Commission shall— 

‘‘(A) select, from the applications received by the State 

Commission for a fiscal year, the number of eligible fellowship recipients that may be supported for that fiscal year 

based on the amount of the grant received by the State 

Commission under subsection (b); and 

‘‘(B) make an effort to award one-third of the fellowships available to the State Commission for a fiscal year, 

based on the amount of the grant received under subsection 

(b), to applicants who propose to serve the fellowship with 

small service sponsor organizations registered under subsection (d). 

‘‘(d) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor organization 

shall— 

‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; 

‘‘(B) satisfy qualification criteria established by the 

Corporation or the State Commission, including standards 

relating to organizational capacity, financial management, 

and programmatic oversight; 

‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other assistance, approved 

national service positions, or approved summer of service 

positions under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(D) at the time of registration with a State Commission, enter into an agreement providing that the service 

sponsor organization shall— 

‘‘(i) abide by all program requirements; 

‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in subsection 

(e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving with the organization 

through the ServeAmerica Fellowship; 

‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying whether each 

fellow serving with the organization successfully completed the ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and 

certify in a manner specified by the Corporation the 

number of hours served by a fellow for purposes of 

determining the fellow’s eligibility for benefits; and 

‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records relating to 

the ServeAmerica Fellowship to the State Commission, 

Records. 

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the Corporation, and the Inspector General of the Corporation. 

‘‘(2) REGISTRATION.— 

‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—No service sponsor organization 

may receive a fellow under this section until the organization registers with the State Commission. 

‘‘(B) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The State Commission shall 

maintain a list of registered service sponsor organizations 

on a public website. 

‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—If a State Commission determines 

that a service sponsor organization is in violation of any 

of the applicable provisions of this section— 

‘‘(i) the State Commission shall revoke the registration of the organization; 

‘‘(ii) the organization shall not be eligible to receive 

assistance, approved national service positions, or 

approved summer of service positions under this title 

for not less than 5 years; and 

‘‘(iii) the State Commission shall have the right 

to remove a fellow from the organization and relocate 

the fellow to another site. 

‘‘(e) FELLOWS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate in a service 

project as a fellow and receive a ServeAmerica Fellowship, 

an eligible fellowship recipient shall— 

‘‘(A) within 3 months after being selected as an eligible 

fellowship recipient by a State Commission, select a registered service sponsor organization described in subsection 

(d)— 

‘‘(i) with which the recipient is interested in 

serving under this section; and 

‘‘(ii) that is located in the State served by the 

State Commission; 

‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with the organization— 

‘‘(i) that specifies the service the recipient will 

provide if the placement is approved; and 

‘‘(ii) in which the recipient agrees to serve for 

1 year on a full-time or part-time basis (as determined 

by the Corporation); and 

‘‘(C) submit such agreement to the State Commission. 

‘‘(2) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible fellowship recipient’s agreement under paragraph (1), the State Commission 

shall award a ServeAmerica Fellowship to the recipient and 

designate the recipient as a fellow. 

‘‘(3) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts received under subsection (b), each State Commission shall award each of 

the State’s fellows a ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that 

is equal to 50 percent of the amount of the average annual 

VISTA subsistence allowance. 

‘‘(B) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 

(ii) and subparagraph (E), the service sponsor organization shall award to the fellow serving such organization 

an amount that will ensure that the total award 

received by the fellow for service in the service project 

(consisting of such amount and the ServeAmerica 

Contracts. 

Deadline. 

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Fellowship amount the fellow receives under subparagraph (A)) is equal to or greater than 70 percent of 

the average annual VISTA subsistence allowance. 

‘‘(ii) SMALL SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.—In 

the case of a small service sponsor organization, the 

small service sponsor organization may decrease the 

amount of the service sponsor organization award 

required under clause (i) to not less than an amount 

that will ensure that the total award received by the 

fellow for service in the service project (as calculated 

in clause (i)) is equal to or greater than 60 percent 

of the average annual VISTA subsistence allowance. 

‘‘(C) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The total amount 

that may be provided to a fellow under this subparagraph 

shall not exceed 100 percent of the average annual VISTA 

subsistence allowance. 

‘‘(D) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In the case of a fellow 

who is authorized to serve a part-time term of service 

under the agreement described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the 

amount provided to a fellow under this paragraph shall 

be prorated accordingly. 

‘‘(E) WAIVER.—The Corporation may allow a State 

Commission to waive the amount required under subparagraph (B) from the service sponsor organization for a fellow 

serving the organization if— 

‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent with the objectives of the ServeAmerica Fellowship program; and 

‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fellow under 

subparagraph (A) is sufficient to meet the necessary 

costs of living (including food, housing, and transportation) in the area in which the ServeAmerica Fellowship program is located. 

‘‘(F) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘average 

annual VISTA subsistence allowance’ means 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). 

‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.— 

Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall comply with section 

132(a). For purposes of applying that section to this subsection, 

a reference to assistance shall be considered to be a reference 

to assistance provided under this section. 

‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization that receives 

a fellow under this section shall, on a biweekly basis, report to 

the Corporation on the number of hours served and the services 

provided by that fellow. The Corporation shall establish a web 

portal for the organizations to use in reporting the information. 

‘‘(h) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves in a service 

project under this section shall be considered to have served in 

an approved national service position and, upon meeting the 

requirements of section 147 for full-time or part-time national 

service, shall be eligible for a national service educational award 

described in such section. The Corporation shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds to the National Service Trust to provide 

for the national service educational award for such fellow. 

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‘‘SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS. 

‘‘(a) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may award fixedamount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to communitybased entities to carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant Program 

for individuals age 55 or older, in which such individuals complete not less than 350 hours of service in a year carrying 

out projects of national need and receive a Silver Scholarship 

in the form of a $1,000 national service educational award. 

Under such a program, the Corporation shall establish criteria 

for the types of the service required to be performed to receive 

such award. 

‘‘(2) TERM.—Each program funded under this subsection 

shall be carried out over a period of 3 years (which may include 

1 planning year), with a 1-year extension possible, if the program meets performance levels developed in accordance with 

section 179(k) and any other criteria determined by the Corporation. 

‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under this 

subsection, a community-based entity shall— 

‘‘(A) submit to the Corporation an application at such 

time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer 

may reasonably require; and 

‘‘(B) be a listed organization as described in subsection 

(b)(4). 

‘‘(4) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—A community-based 

entity awarded a grant under this subsection is encouraged 

to collaborate with programs funded under title II of the 

Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 in carrying out this 

program. 

‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY FOR FELLOWSHIP.—An individual is eligible 

to receive a Silver Scholarship if the community-based entity 

certifies to the Corporation that the individual has completed 

not less than 350 hours of service under this section in a 

1-year period. 

‘‘(6) TRANSFER TO TRUST.—The Corporation shall transfer 

an appropriate amount of funds to the National Service Trust 

to provide for the national service educational award for each 

silver scholar under this subsection. 

‘‘(7) SUPPORT SERVICES.—A community-based entity 

receiving a fixed-amount grant under this subsection may use 

a portion of the grant to provide transportation services to 

an eligible individual to allow such individual to participate 

in a service project. 

‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 

‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may award 1-year 

Encore Fellowships to enable individuals age 55 or older to— 

‘‘(A) carry out service projects in areas of national 

need; and 

‘‘(B) receive training and development in order to 

transition to full- or part-time public service in the nonprofit sector or government. 

‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the program, the Corporation shall— 

‘‘(A) maintain a list of eligible organizations for which 

Encore Fellows may be placed to carry out service projects 

Records. 

Criteria. 

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through the program and shall provide the list to all Fellowship recipients; and 

‘‘(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipient— 

‘‘(i) determine whether the requesting recipient is 

able to meet the service needs of a listed organization, 

or another organization that the recipient requests in 

accordance with paragraph (5)(B), for a service project; 

and 

‘‘(ii) upon making a favorable determination under 

clause (i), award the recipient with an Encore Fellowship, and place the recipient with the organization 

as an Encore Fellow under paragraph (5)(C). 

‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual desiring to be selected 

as a Fellowship recipient shall— 

‘‘(i) be an individual who— 

‘‘(I) is age 55 or older as of the time the individual applies for the program; and 

‘‘(II) is not engaged in, but who wishes to 

engage in, full- or part-time public service in the 

nonprofit sector or government; and 

‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Corporation, at 

such time, in such manner, and containing such 

information as the Corporation may require, 

including— 

‘‘(I) a description of the area of national need 

that the applicant hopes to address through the 

service project; 

‘‘(II) a description of the skills and experience 

the applicant has to address an area of national 

need; and 

‘‘(III) information identifying the region of the 

United States in which the applicant wishes to 

serve. 

‘‘(B) SELECTION BASIS.—In determining which individuals to select as Fellowship recipients, the Corporation 

shall— 

‘‘(i) select not more than 10 individuals from each 

State; and 

‘‘(ii) give priority to individuals with skills and 

experience for which there is an ongoing high demand 

in the nonprofit sector and government. 

‘‘(4) LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be listed under paragraph 

(2)(A), an organization shall— 

‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; and 

‘‘(B) submit an application to the Corporation at such 

time, in such manner, and containing such information 

as the Corporation may require, including— 

‘‘(i) a description of— 

‘‘(I) the services and activities the organization 

carries out generally; 

‘‘(II) the area of national need that the 

organization seeks to address through a service 

project; and 

‘‘(III) the services and activities the organization seeks to carry out through the proposed 

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‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and experience that 

an eligible Encore Fellowship recipient needs to be 

placed with the organization as an Encore Fellow for 

the service project; 

‘‘(iii) a description of the training and leadership 

development the organization shall provide an Encore 

Fellow placed with the organization to assist the 

Encore Fellow in obtaining a public service job in the 

nonprofit sector or government after the period of the 

Encore Fellowship; and 

‘‘(iv) evidence of the organization’s financial stability. 

‘‘(5) PLACEMENT.— ‘‘(A) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH LISTED ORGANIZA- TIONS.—To be placed with a listed organization in accordance with paragraph (2)(B) for a service project, an eligible 

Encore Fellowship recipient shall submit an application 

for such placement to the Corporation at such time, in 

such manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may require. 

‘‘(B) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATION.—An eligible Encore Fellowship recipient may apply 

to the Corporation to serve the recipient’s Encore Fellowship year with a nonprofit organization that is not a listed 

organization. Such application shall be submitted to the 

Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing 

such information as the Corporation shall require, and 

shall include— 

‘‘(i) an identification and description of— 

‘‘(I) the organization; 

‘‘(II) the area of national need the organization 

seeks to address; and 

‘‘(III) the services or activities the organization 

carries out to address such area of national need; 

‘‘(ii) a description of the services the eligible Encore 

Fellowship recipient shall provide for the organization 

as an Encore Fellow; and 

‘‘(iii) a letter of support from the leader of the 

organization, including— 

‘‘(I) a description of the organization’s need 

for the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient’s services; 

‘‘(II) evidence that the organization is financially sound; 

‘‘(III) an assurance that the organization will 

provide training and leadership development to 

the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient if placed 

with the organization as an Encore Fellow, to 

assist the Encore Fellow in obtaining a public 

service job in the nonprofit sector or government 

after the period of the Encore Fellowship; and 

‘‘(IV) a description of the training and leadership development to be provided to the Encore 

Fellowship recipient if so placed. 

‘‘(C) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF FELLOWSHIP.—If the 

Corporation determines that the eligible Encore Fellowship 

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and experience to address an area of national need) of 

the organization that the eligible fellowship recipient 

requests under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Corporation 

shall— 

‘‘(i) approve the placement of the eligible Encore 

Fellowship recipient with the organization; 

‘‘(ii) award the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 

an Encore Fellowship for a period of 1 year and designate the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient as an 

Encore Fellow; and 

‘‘(iii) in awarding the Encore Fellowship, make a payment, in the amount of $11,000, to the organization to enable the organization to provide living 

expenses to the Encore Fellow for the year in which 

the Encore Fellow agrees to serve. 

‘‘(6) MATCHING FUNDS.—An organization that receives an 

Encore Fellow under this subsection shall agree to provide, 

for the living expenses of the Encore Fellow during the year 

of service, non-Federal contributions in an amount equal to 

not less than $1 for every $1 of Federal funds provided to 

the organization for the Encore Fellow through the Encore 

Fellowship. 

‘‘(7) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—Each organization that 

receives an Encore Fellow under this subsection shall provide 

training, leadership development, and assistance to the Encore 

Fellow, and conduct oversight of the service provided by the 

Encore Fellow. 

‘‘(8) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each year, the Corporation shall convene current and former Encore Fellows to discuss 

the Encore Fellows’ experiences related to service under this 

subsection and discuss strategies for increasing leadership and 

careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or government. 

‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—The Corporation shall conduct an independent evaluation of the programs authorized under subsections 

(a) and (b) and widely disseminate the results, including recommendations for improvement, to the service community through 

multiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or 

a clearinghouse of effective strategies.’’. 

SEC. 1806. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE 

CORPS 

‘‘SEC. 198H. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

‘‘(1) the term ‘National Service Reserve Corps member’ 

means an individual who— 

‘‘(A) has completed a term of national service or is 

a veteran; 

‘‘(B) has successfully completed training described in 

subsection (c) within the previous 2 years; 

‘‘(C) completes not less than 10 hours of volunteering 

each year (which may include the training session described 

in subparagraph (B)); and 

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‘‘(D) has indicated interest to the Corporation in 

responding to disasters and emergencies in a timely 

manner through the National Service Reserve Corps; and 

‘‘(2) the term ‘term of national service’ means a term or 

period of service under section 123. 

‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Corporation shall establish a 

National Service Reserve Corps to prepare and deploy National 

Service Reserve Corps members to respond to disasters and 

emergencies in support of national service programs and other 

requesting programs and agencies. 

‘‘(2) GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.—In carrying out this section, 

the Corporation may enter into a grant or contract with an 

organization experienced in responding to disasters or in coordinating individuals who have completed a term of national 

service or are veterans, or may directly deploy National Service 

Reserve Corps members, as the Corporation determines necessary. 

‘‘(c) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall conduct or 

coordinate annual training sessions, consistent with the training 

requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for 

individuals who have completed a term of national service or are 

veterans, and who wish to join the National Service Reserve Corps. 

‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall designate 

organizations with demonstrated experience in responding to 

disasters or emergencies, including through using volunteers, 

for participation in the program under this section. 

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Corporation shall ensure that 

every designated organization is— 

‘‘(A) prepared to respond to disasters or emergencies; 

‘‘(B) prepared and able to utilize National Service 

Reserve Corps members in responding to disasters or emergencies; and 

‘‘(C) willing to respond in a timely manner when notified by the Corporation of a disaster or emergency. 

‘‘(e) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or contract 

with an outside organization to develop— 

‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve Corps members; and 

‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations that have 

been designated by the Corporation under subsection (d). 

‘‘(f) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS.— 

‘‘(1) MAJOR DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—If a major disaster or emergency is declared by the President pursuant to 

section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Administrator of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Corporation, may task the National Service Reserve Corps to assist 

in response. 

‘‘(2) OTHER DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—For a disaster 

or emergency that is not declared a major disaster or emergency 

under section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Corporation may 

directly, or through a grant or contract, deploy the National 

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‘‘(3) DEPLOYMENT.—Under paragraph (1) or (2), the Corporation may— 

‘‘(A) deploy interested National Service Reserve Corps 

members on assignments of not more than 30 days to 

assist with local needs related to preparing or recovering 

from the incident in the affected area, either directly or 

through organizations designated under subsection (d); 

‘‘(B) make travel arrangements for the deployed 

National Service Reserve Corps members to the site of 

the incident; and 

‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations that are 

responding to the incident with deployed National Service 

Reserve Corps members, to enable the organizations to 

coordinate and provide housing, living stipends, and insurance for those deployed members. 

‘‘(4) ALLOWANCE.—Any amounts that are utilized by the 

Corporation from funds appropriated under section 501(a)(4)(D) 

to carry out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept 

in a separate fund. Any amounts in such fund that are not 

used during a fiscal year shall remain available to use to 

pay National Service Reserve Corps members an allowance, 

determined by the Corporation, for out-of-pocket expenses. 

‘‘(5) INFORMATION.— ‘‘(A) NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.—The Corporation, the State Commissions, and entities receiving financial assistance for programs under subtitle C of this Act, 

or under part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform participants about the National Service Reserve Corps upon the 

participants’ completion of their term of national service. 

‘‘(B) VETERANS.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 

consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall inform 

veterans who are recently discharged, released, or separated from the Armed Forces about the National Service 

Reserve Corps. 

‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—In deploying National Service Reserve 

Corps members under this subsection, the Corporation shall— 

‘‘(A) avoid duplication of activities directed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and 

‘‘(B) consult and, as appropriate, partner with Citizen 

Corps programs and other local disaster agencies, including 

State and local emergency management agencies, voluntary 

organizations active in disaster, State Commissions, and 

similar organizations, in the affected area.’’. 

SEC. 1807. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM. 

Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT 

PROGRAM 

‘‘SEC. 198K. FUNDS. 

‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community 

organizations are developing innovative and effective solutions 

to national and local challenges. 

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‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in replicating 

and expanding proven effective solutions, and supporting new 

solutions, developed by social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 

community organizations could allow those entrepreneurs and 

organizations to replicate and expand proven initiatives, and 

support new initiatives, in communities. 

‘‘(3) A network of Social Innovation Funds could leverage 

Federal investments to increase State, local, business, and 

philanthropic resources to replicate and expand proven solutions and invest in supporting new innovations to tackle specific 

identified community challenges. 

‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in tackling national and local challenges; 

‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a network of Social 

Innovation Funds that will increase private and public investment in nonprofit community organizations that are effectively 

addressing national and local challenges to allow such organizations to replicate and expand proven initiatives or support 

new initiatives; 

‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of such Funds in— 

‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to increase State, 

local, business, and philanthropic resources to address 

national and local challenges; 

‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and expand effective initiatives; and 

‘‘(C) seeding experimental initiatives focused on 

improving outcomes in the areas described in subsection 

(f)(3); and 

‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to identify, invest 

in, replicate, and expand initiatives with effective solutions 

to national and local challenges. 

‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘community 

organization’ means a nonprofit organization that carries out 

innovative, effective initiatives to address community challenges. 

‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered entity’ means— 

‘‘(A) an existing grantmaking institution (existing as 

of the date on which the institution applies for a grant 

under this section); or 

‘‘(B) a partnership between— 

‘‘(i) such an existing grantmaking institution; and 

‘‘(ii) an additional grantmaking institution, a State 

Commission, or a chief executive officer of a unit of 

general local government. 

‘‘(3) ISSUE AREA.—The term ‘issue area’ means an area 

described in subsection (f)(3). 

‘‘(d) PROGRAM.—From the amounts appropriated to carry out 

this section that are not reserved under subsections (l) and (m), 

the Corporation shall establish a Social Innovation Funds grant 

program to make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities 

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‘‘(e) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The Corporation shall make such 

grants for periods of 5 years, and may renew the grants for additional periods of 5 years, in amounts of not less than $1,000,000 

and not more than $10,000,000 per year. 

‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (d), an entity shall— 

‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 

‘‘(2) propose to focus on— 

‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical area; or 

‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area; 

‘‘(3) propose to focus on improving measurable outcomes 

relating to— 

‘‘(A) education for economically disadvantaged 

elementary or secondary school students; 

‘‘(B) child and youth development; 

‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in economic 

opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals; 

‘‘(D) health, including access to health services and 

health education; 

‘‘(E) resource conservation and local environmental 

quality; 

‘‘(F) individual or community energy efficiency; 

‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 

‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 

‘‘(4) have an evidence-based decisionmaking strategy, 

including— 

‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rigorous evaluations of program effectiveness including, where available, 

well-implemented randomized controlled trials; and 

‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 

‘‘(i)(I) replicate and expand research-proven initiatives that have been shown to produce sizeable, sustained benefits to participants or society; or 

‘‘(II) support new initiatives with a substantial 

likelihood of significant impact; or 

‘‘(ii) partner with a research organization to carry 

out rigorous evaluations to assess the effectiveness 

of such initiatives; and 

‘‘(5) have appropriate policies, as determined by the Corporation, that protect against conflict of interest, self-dealing, 

and other improper practices. 

‘‘(g) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eligible entity shall 

submit an application to the Corporation at such time, in such 

manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may 

specify, including, at a minimum— 

‘‘(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will— 

‘‘(A) use the funds received through that capital in 

order to make subgrants to community organizations that 

will use the funds to replicate or expand proven initiatives, 

or support new initiatives, in low-income communities; 

‘‘(B) in making decisions about subgrants for communities, consult with a diverse cross section of community 

representatives in the decisions, including individuals from 

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‘‘(C) make subgrants of a sufficient size and scope 

to enable the community organizations to build their 

capacity to manage initiatives, and sustain replication or 

expansion of the initiatives; 

‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will not make 

any subgrants to the parent organizations of the eligible entity, 

a subsidiary organization of the parent organization, or, if 

the eligible entity applied for funds under this section as a 

partnership, any member of the partnership; 

‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 

‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area referred to 

in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eligible entity is proposing 

to serve; or 

‘‘(B) the issue area referred to in subsection (f)(2)(B) 

that the eligible entity will address, and the geographical 

areas that the eligible entity is likely to serve in addressing 

such issue area; 

‘‘(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas in which 

the eligible entity will work to improve measurable outcomes; 

‘‘(B) statistics on the needs related to those issue areas 

in, as appropriate— 

‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area described in 

paragraph (3)(A); or 

‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in paragraph 

(3)(B), including statistics demonstrating that those geographical areas have high need in the specific issue area 

that the eligible entity is proposing to address; and 

‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable outcomes 

related to the issue areas involved that the eligible entity 

will seek to improve; 

‘‘(5) information describing the process by which the eligible 

entity selected, or will select, community organizations to 

receive the subgrants, to ensure that the community organizations— 

‘‘(A) are institutions— 

‘‘(i) with proven initiatives and a demonstrated 

track record of achieving specific outcomes related to 

the measurable outcomes for the eligible entity; or 

‘‘(ii) that articulate a new solution with a significant likelihood for substantial impact; 

‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for the use of 

the subgrant funds that are connected to the measurable 

outcomes for the eligible entity; 

‘‘(C) will use the funds to replicate, expand, or support 

their initiatives; 

‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for replicating, 

expanding, or supporting the initiatives funded; 

‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the subgrant 

period concludes through reliable public revenues, earned 

income, or private sector funding; 

‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial and management systems; 

‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data collection and 

evaluation for improvement of the initiatives; 

‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innovative initiatives, to be important contributors to knowledge in their 

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‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for providing matching 

funds specified in subsection (k); 

‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, including its 

experience managing collaborative initiatives, or assessing 

applicants for grants and evaluating the performance of grant 

recipients for outcome-focused initiatives, and any other relevant information; 

‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of subsection 

(i) and a plan for meeting the requirements, including information on any funding that the eligible entity has secured to 

provide the matching funds required under that subsection; 

‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan for providing 

technical assistance and support, other than financial support, 

to the community organizations that will increase the ability 

of the community organizations to achieve their measurable 

outcomes; 

‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institutional capacity, 

and expertise of the eligible entity concerning— 

‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other purposes; 

‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 

‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Corporation, 

including information on the initiatives of the community 

organizations, and the replication or expansion of such 

initiatives; 

‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evaluations to improve 

the eligible entity’s own model and to improve the initiatives 

funded by the eligible entity; and 

‘‘(11) a commitment to cooperate with any evaluation activities undertaken by the Corporation. 

‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible entities to 

receive grants under subsection (d), the Corporation shall— 

‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive basis; 

‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the quality of 

their selection process, as described in subsection (g)(5), the 

capacity of the eligible entities to manage Social Innovation 

Funds, and the potential of the eligible entities to sustain 

the Funds after the conclusion of the grant period; 

‘‘(3) include among the grant recipients eligible entities 

that propose to provide subgrants to serve communities (such 

as rural low-income communities) that the eligible entities can 

demonstrate are significantly philanthropically underserved; 

‘‘(4) select a geographically diverse set of eligible entities; 

and 

‘‘(5) take into account broad community perspectives and 

support. 

‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not make a grant 

to an eligible entity under subsection (d) for a Social Innovation 

Fund unless the entity agrees that, with respect to the cost 

described in subsection (d) for that Fund, the entity will make 

available matching funds in an amount equal to not less than 

$1 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant. 

‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

‘‘(A) TYPE AND SOURCES.—The eligible entity shall provide the matching funds in cash. The eligible entity shall 

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sources, which may include State or local agencies, 

businesses, private philanthropic organizations, or individuals. 

‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES INCLUDING STATE COMMISSIONS

OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which a State 

Commission, a local government office, or both entities 

are a part of the eligible entity, the State involved, 

the local government involved, or both entities, respectively, shall contribute not less than 30 percent and 

not more than 50 percent of the matching funds. 

‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—In this subparagraph, the term ‘local government office’ means the 

office of the chief executive officer of a unit of general 

local government. 

‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—The Corporation may reduce by 50 percent the matching funds required by paragraph (1) for an 

eligible entity serving a community (such as a rural low-income 

community) that the eligible entity can demonstrate is significantly philanthropically underserved. 

‘‘(j) SUBGRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—An eligible entity receiving 

a grant under subsection (d) is authorized to use the funds 

made available through the grant to award, on a competitive 

basis, subgrants to expand or replicate proven initiatives, or 

support new initiatives with a substantial likelihood of success, 

to— 

‘‘(A) community organizations serving low-income 

communities within the specific local geographical area 

described in the eligible entity’s application in accordance 

with subsection (g)(3)(A); or 

‘‘(B) community organizations addressing a specific 

issue area described in the eligible entity’s application in 

accordance with subsection (g)(3)(B), in low-income communities in the geographical areas described in the application. 

‘‘(2) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The eligible entity shall make 

such subgrants for periods of not less than 3 and not more 

than 5 years, and may renew the subgrants for such periods, 

in amounts of not less than $100,000 per year. 

‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a subgrant 

from an eligible entity under this section, including receiving 

a payment for that subgrant each year, a community organization shall submit an application to an eligible entity that serves 

the specific local geographical area, or geographical areas, that 

the community organization proposes to serve, at such time, 

in such manner, and containing such information as the eligible 

entity may require, including— 

‘‘(A) a description of the initiative the community 

organization carries out and plans to replicate or expand, 

or of the new initiative the community organization intends 

to support, using funds received from the eligible entity, 

and how the initiative relates to the issue areas in which 

the eligible entity has committed to work in the eligible 

entity’s application, in accordance with subsection (g)(4)(A); 

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‘‘(B) data on the measurable outcomes the community 

organization has improved, and information on the measurable outcomes the community organization seeks to 

improve by replicating or expanding a proven initiative 

or supporting a new initiative, which shall be among the 

measurable outcomes that the eligible entity identified in 

the eligible entity’s application, in accordance with subsection (g)(4)(C); 

‘‘(C) an identification of the community in which the 

community organization proposes to carry out an initiative, 

which shall be within a local geographical area described 

in the eligible entity’s application in accordance with 

subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (g)(3), as applicable; 

‘‘(D) a description of the evidence-based decisionmaking 

strategies the community organization uses to improve the 

measurable outcomes, including— 

‘‘(i) use of evidence produced by prior rigorous 

evaluations of program effectiveness including, where 

available, well-implemented randomized controlled 

trials; or 

‘‘(ii) a well-articulated plan to conduct, or partner 

with a research organization to conduct, rigorous 

evaluations to assess the effectiveness of initiatives 

addressing national or local challenges; 

‘‘(E) a description of how the community organization 

uses data to analyze and improve its initiatives; 

‘‘(F) specific evidence of how the community organization will meet the requirements for providing matching 

funds specified in subsection (k); 

‘‘(G) a description of how the community organization 

will sustain the replicated or expanded initiative after the 

conclusion of the subgrant period; and 

‘‘(H) any other information the eligible entity may 

require, including information necessary for the eligible 

entity to fulfill the requirements of subsection (g)(5). 

‘‘(k) MATCHING FUNDS FOR SUBGRANTS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may not make a 

subgrant to a community organization under this section for 

an initiative described in subsection (j)(3)(A) unless the 

organization agrees that, with respect to the cost of carrying 

out that initiative, the organization will make available, on 

an annual basis, matching funds in an amount equal to not 

less than $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the subgrant. 

If the community organization fails to make such matching 

funds available for a fiscal year, the eligible entity shall not 

make payments for the remaining fiscal years of the subgrant 

period, notwithstanding any other provision of this part. 

‘‘(2) TYPES AND SOURCES.—The community organization 

shall provide the matching funds in cash. The community 

organization shall provide the matching funds from State, local, 

or private sources, which may include funds from State or 

local agencies or private sector funding. 

‘‘(l) DIRECT SUPPORT.— 

‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may use not 

more than 10 percent of the funds appropriated for this section 

to award grants to community organizations serving low-income 

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areas that have the highest need in that issue area, to enable 

such community organizations to replicate or expand proven 

initiatives or support new initiatives. 

‘‘(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A grant awarded under this 

subsection shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 

as a subgrant awarded under subsection (j). 

‘‘(3) APPLICATION; MATCHING FUNDS.—Paragraphs (2) and 

(3) of subsection (j) and subsection (k) shall apply to a community organization receiving or applying for a grant under this 

subsection in the same manner as such subsections apply to 

a community organization receiving or applying for a subgrant 

under subsection (j), except that references to a subgrant shall 

mean a grant and references to an eligible entity shall mean 

the Corporation. 

‘‘(m) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may reserve not more 

than 5 percent of the funds appropriated for this section for 

a fiscal year to support, directly or through contract with an 

independent entity, research and evaluation activities to 

evaluate the eligible entities and community organizations 

receiving grants under subsections (d) and (l) and the initiatives 

supported by the grants. 

‘‘(2) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.— 

‘‘(A) RESEARCH AND REPORTS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The entity carrying out this subsection shall collect data and conduct or support 

research with respect to the eligible entities and 

community organizations receiving grants under subsections (d) and (l), and the initiatives supported by 

such eligible entities and community organizations, to 

determine the success of the program carried out under 

this section in replicating, expanding, and supporting 

initiatives, including— 

‘‘(I) the success of the initiatives in improving 

measurable outcomes; and 

‘‘(II) the success of the program in increasing 

philanthropic investments in philanthropically 

underserved communities. 

‘‘(ii) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit periodic reports to the authorizing committees including— 

‘‘(I) the data collected and the results of the 

research under this subsection; 

‘‘(II) information on lessons learned about best 

practices from the activities carried out under this 

section, to improve those activities; and 

‘‘(III) a list of all eligible entities and community organizations receiving funds under this section. 

‘‘(iii) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The Corporation shall 

annually post the list described in clause (ii)(III) on 

the Corporation’s website. 

‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation shall, 

directly or through contract, provide technical assistance 

to the eligible entities and community organizations that 

receive grants under subsections (d) and (l). 

Contracts. 

Web posting. 

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‘‘(C) KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT.—The Corporation 

shall, directly or through contract, maintain a clearinghouse for information on best practices resulting from initiatives supported by the eligible entities and community 

organizations. 

‘‘(D) RESERVATION.—Of the funds appropriated under 

section 501(a)(4)(E) for a fiscal year, not more than 5 percent may be used to carry out this subsection.’’. 

SEC. 1808. CLEARINGHOUSES. 

Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 

CLEARINGHOUSES; VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND 

‘‘SEC. 198O. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide assistance, 

by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to entities with expertise in the dissemination of information through clearinghouses 

to establish 1 or more clearinghouses for information regarding 

the national service laws, which shall include information on 

service-learning and on service through other programs receiving 

assistance under the national service laws. 

‘‘(b) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—Such a clearinghouse 

may— 

‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local servicelearning 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, except that such clearinghouse may not conduct 

such research and evaluations if the recipient of the grant, 

contract, or cooperative agreement establishing the clearinghouse under this section is receiving funds for such purpose 

under part III of subtitle B or under this subtitle (not including 

this section); 

‘‘(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— 

‘‘(A) entities carrying out service-learning programs 

and programs offered under the national service laws; and 

‘‘(B) 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; 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

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‘‘(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 servicelearning 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) disseminate effective strategies for working with disadvantaged youth in national service programs, as determined 

by organizations with an established expertise in working with 

such youth; and 

‘‘(12) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive 

Officer determines to be appropriate. 

‘‘SEC. 198P. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 

‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the availability of appropriations for this section, the Corporation may make grants to 

State Commissions and nonprofit organizations for the purpose 

of assisting the State Commissions and nonprofit organizations 

to— 

‘‘(1) develop and carry out volunteer programs described 

in subsection (c); and 

‘‘(2) make subgrants to support and create new local 

community-based entities that recruit, manage, or support volunteers as described in such subsection. 

‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State Commission or nonprofit 

organization desiring a grant under this section shall submit 

an application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, 

and accompanied by such information as the Corporation may 

reasonably require. 

‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted pursuant to 

paragraph (1) shall contain— 

‘‘(A)(i) a description of the program that the applicant 

will provide; 

‘‘(B) an assurance that the applicant will annually 

collect information on— 

‘‘(i) the number of volunteers recruited for activities carried out under this section, using funds received 

under this section, and the type and amount of activities carried out by such volunteers; and 

‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers managed or supported using funds received under this section, and 

the type and amount of activities carried out by such 

volunteers; 

‘‘(C) a description of the outcomes the applicant will 

use to annually measure and track performance with 

regard to— 

‘‘(i) activities carried out by volunteers; and 

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‘‘(ii) volunteers recruited, managed, or supported; 

and 

‘‘(D) such additional assurances as the Corporation 

determines to be essential to ensure compliance with the 

requirements of this section. 

‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—A State Commission or 

nonprofit organization receiving a grant under this section shall 

use the assistance— 

‘‘(1) directly to carry out volunteer programs or to develop 

and support community-based entities that recruit, manage, 

or support volunteers, by carrying out activities consistent with 

the goals of the subgrants described in paragraph (2); or 

‘‘(2) through subgrants to community-based entities to carry 

out volunteer programs or develop and support such entities 

that recruit, manage, or support volunteers, through 1 or more 

of the following types of subgrants: 

‘‘(A) A subgrant to a community-based entity for activities that are consistent with the priorities set by the State’s 

national service plan as described in section 178(e), or 

by the Corporation. 

‘‘(B) A subgrant to recruit, manage, or support volunteers to a community-based entity such as a volunteer 

coordinating agency, a nonprofit resource center, a volunteer training clearinghouse, an institution of higher education, or a collaborative partnership of faith-based and 

community-based organizations. 

‘‘(C) A subgrant to a community-based entity that provides technical assistance and support to— 

‘‘(i) strengthen the capacity of local volunteer infrastructure organizations; 

‘‘(ii) address areas of national need (as defined 

in section 198B(a)); and 

‘‘(iii) expand the number of volunteers nationally. 

‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 

for provision of assistance under this section for a fiscal year— 

‘‘(A) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of such funds 

to award grants, on a competitive basis, to State Commissions and nonprofit organizations for such fiscal year; and 

‘‘(B) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of such funds 

make an allotment to the State Commissions of each of 

the several States, the District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico based on the formula 

described in subsections (e) and (f) of section 129, subject 

to paragraph (2). 

‘‘(2) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—In order to ensure that 

each State Commission is able to improve efforts to recruit, 

manage, or support volunteers, the Corporation may determine 

a minimum grant amount for allotments under paragraph 

(1)(B). 

‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 

5 percent of the amount of any grant provided under this section 

for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative costs incurred 

by either the recipient of the grant or any community-based entity 

receiving assistance or a subgrant under such grant. 

‘‘(f) MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENTS.—The Corporation share 

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under this section, whether the assistance is provided directly or 

as a subgrant from the original recipient of the assistance, may 

not exceed— 

‘‘(1) 80 percent of such cost for the first year in which 

the recipient receives such assistance; 

‘‘(2) 70 percent of such cost for the second year in which 

the recipient receives such assistance; 

‘‘(3) 60 percent of such cost for the third year in which 

the recipient receives such assistance; and 

‘‘(4) 50 percent of such cost for the fourth year in which 

the recipient receives such assistance and each year thereafter.’’. 

SEC. 1809. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM. 

Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING 

PROGRAM 

‘‘SEC. 198S. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) INTERMEDIARY NONPROFIT GRANTEE.—The term ‘intermediary nonprofit grantee’ means an intermediary nonprofit 

organization that receives a grant under subsection (b). 

‘‘(2) INTERMEDIARY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

‘intermediary nonprofit organization’ means an experienced and 

capable nonprofit entity with meaningful prior experience in 

providing organizational development assistance, or capacity 

building assistance, focused on small and midsize nonprofit 

organizations. 

‘‘(3) NONPROFIT.—The term ‘nonprofit’, used with respect 

to an entity or organization, means— 

‘‘(A) an entity or organization described in section 

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt 

from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and 

‘‘(B) an entity or organization described in paragraph 

(1) or (2) of section 170(c) of such Code. 

‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the several 

States, and the District of Columbia. 

‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Corporation shall establish a Nonprofit 

Capacity Building Program to make grants to intermediary nonprofit organizations to serve as intermediary nonprofit grantees. 

The Corporation shall make the grants to enable the intermediary 

nonprofit grantees to pay for the Federal share of the cost of 

delivering organizational development assistance, including training 

on best practices, financial planning, grantwriting, and compliance 

with the applicable tax laws, for small and midsize nonprofit 

organizations, especially those nonprofit organizations facing 

resource hardship challenges. Each of the grantees shall match 

the grant funds by providing a non-Federal share as described 

in subsection (f). 

‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall 

make such a grant to an intermediary nonprofit organization in 

each State, and shall make such grant in an amount of not less 

than $200,000. 

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‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this 

section, an intermediary nonprofit organization shall submit an 

application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and 

containing such information as the Corporation may require. The 

intermediary nonprofit organization shall submit in the application 

information demonstrating that the organization has secured sufficient resources to meet the requirements of subsection (f). 

‘‘(e) PREFERENCE AND CONSIDERATIONS.— ‘‘(1) PREFERENCE.—In making such grants, the Corporation 

shall give preference to intermediary nonprofit organizations 

seeking to become intermediary nonprofit grantees in areas 

where nonprofit organizations face significant resource hardship challenges. 

‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether to make 

a grant the Corporation shall consider— 

‘‘(A) the number of small and midsize nonprofit 

organizations that will be served by the grant; 

‘‘(B) the degree to which the activities proposed to 

be provided through the grant will assist a wide number 

of nonprofit organizations within a State, relative to the 

proposed amount of the grant; and 

‘‘(C) the quality of the organizational development 

assistance to be delivered by the intermediary nonprofit 

grantee, including the qualifications of its administrators 

and representatives, and its record in providing services 

to small and midsize nonprofit organizations. 

‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost as referenced in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent. 

‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of the cost 

as referenced in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent and 

shall be provided in cash. 

‘‘(B) THIRD PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 

(ii), an intermediary nonprofit grantee shall provide 

the non-Federal share of the cost through contributions 

from third parties. The third parties may include charitable grantmaking entities and grantmaking vehicles 

within existing organizations, entities of corporate 

philanthropy, corporations, individual donors, and 

regional, State, or local government agencies, or other 

non-Federal sources. 

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If the intermediary nonprofit 

grantee is a private foundation (as defined in section 

509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), a donor 

advised fund (as defined in section 4966(d)(2) of such 

Code), an organization which is described in section 

4966(d)(4)(A)(i) of such Code, or an organization which 

is described in section 4966(d)(4)(B) of such Code, the 

grantee shall provide the non-Federal share from 

within that grantee’s own funds. 

‘‘(iii) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, PRIOR YEAR THIRDPARTY FUNDING LEVELS.—For purposes of maintaining 

private sector support levels for the activities specified 

by this program, a non-Federal share that includes 

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that does not decrease prior levels of funding from 

the same third parties granted to the nonprofit intermediary grantee in the preceding year. 

‘‘(g) RESERVATION.—Of the amount authorized to provide financial assistance under this subtitle, there shall be made available 

to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 

through 2014.’’. 

Subtitle I—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, directly or through 

grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements (including through 

State Commissions), conduct appropriate training for and provide 

technical assistance to— 

‘‘(1) programs receiving assistance under the national 

service laws; and 

‘‘(2) entities (particularly entities in rural areas and underserved communities) that desire to— 

‘‘(A) carry out or establish national service programs; 

or 

‘‘(B) apply for assistance (including subgrants) under 

the national service laws. 

‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—Such training and technical assistance activities may include— 

‘‘(1) providing technical assistance to entities applying to 

carry out national service programs or entities 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 

individuals operating or overseeing national service programs, 

including developing skills 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 individuals participating 

in national service programs in risk management procedures, 

including the training of participants in appropriate risk 

management practices; 

‘‘(7) training individuals operating or overseeing national 

service programs— 

‘‘(A) in volunteer recruitment, management, and retention to improve the abilities of such individuals to use 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

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participants and other volunteers in an effective manner, 

which training results in high-quality service and the desire 

of participants and volunteers to continue to serve in other 

capacities after the program is completed; 

‘‘(B) in program evaluation and performance measures 

to inform practices to augment the capacity and sustainability of the national service programs; or 

‘‘(C) to effectively accommodate individuals with 

disabilities to increase the participation of individuals with 

disabilities in national service programs, which training 

may utilize funding from the reservation of funds under 

section 129(k) to increase the participation of individuals 

with disabilities; 

‘‘(8) establishing networks and collaboration among 

employers, educators, and other key stakeholders in the community to further leverage resources to increase local participation 

in national service programs, and to coordinate communitywide planning and service with respect to national service 

programs; 

‘‘(9) providing training and technical assistance for the 

National Senior Service Corps, including providing such 

training and technical assistance to programs receiving assistance under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001); and 

‘‘(10) carrying out such other activities as the Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate. 

‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out this section, the Corporation 

shall give priority to programs under the national service laws 

and entities eligible to establish such programs that seek training 

or technical assistance and that— 

‘‘(1) seek to carry out high-quality programs where the 

services are needed most; 

‘‘(2) seek to carry out high-quality programs where national 

service programs do not exist or where the programs are too 

limited to meet community needs; 

‘‘(3) seek to carry out high-quality programs that focus 

on and provide service opportunities for underserved rural and 

urban areas and populations; and 

‘‘(4) seek to 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 J—Repeal of Title III (Points of 

Light Foundation) 

SEC. 1831. REPEAL. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is repealed. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 12671) 

is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘term’’ and all that follows 

through the period and inserting the following: ‘‘term ‘administrative organization’ means a nonprofit private organization 

that enters into an agreement with the Corporation to carry 

out this section.’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘Foundation’’ each place it appears and 

inserting ‘‘administrative organization’’. 

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Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V 

(Authorization of Appropriations) 

SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(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) $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary for each of 

fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

‘‘(B) PART IV RESERVATION.—Of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, the Corporation may reserve such sums as may be necessary to 

carry out part IV of subtitle B of title I. 

‘‘(C) SECTION 118A.—Of the amount appropriated under 

subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subparagraph 

(B) for a fiscal year, not more than $7,000,000 shall be 

made available for awards to Campuses of Service under 

section 118A. 

‘‘(D) SECTION 119(C)(8).—Of the amount appropriated 

under subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, not more than $10,000,000 

shall be made available for summer of service program 

grants under section 119(c)(8), and not more than 

$10,000,000 shall be deposited in the National Service 

Trust to support summer of service educational awards, 

consistent with section 119(c)(8). 

‘‘(E) SECTION 119(C)(9).—Of the amount appropriated 

under subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, not more than $20,000,000 

shall be made available for youth engagement zone programs under section 119(c)(9). 

‘‘(F) GENERAL PROGRAMS.—Of the amount remaining 

after the application of subparagraphs (A) through (E) for 

a fiscal year— 

‘‘(i) not more than 60 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 15 percent shall be available 

to provide financial assistance under part III of such 

subtitle. 

‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C AND D.—There are authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014, such sums 

as may be necessary to provide financial assistance under subtitle C of title I and to provide national service educational 

awards under subtitle D of title I for the number of participants 

described in section 121(f)(1) for each such fiscal year. 

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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to operate the National Civilian Community Corps 

and provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title 

I, such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

2010 through 2014. 

‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

of this Act, in obligating the amounts made available pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in this paragraph, priority shall be given to programs carrying out 

activities in areas for which the President has declared 

the existence of a major disaster, in accordance with section 

401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), including a major disaster 

as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina or Rita. 

‘‘(4) SUBTITLE H.— 

‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be 

appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of 

fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide financial assistance under subtitle H of title I. 

‘‘(B) SECTION 198B.—Of the amount authorized under 

subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, such sums as may 

be necessary shall be made available to provide financial 

assistance under section 198B and to provide national 

service educational awards under subtitle D of title I to 

the number of participants in national service positions 

established or increased as provided in section 198B(b)(3) 

for such year. 

‘‘(C) SECTION 198C.—Of the amount authorized under 

subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, $12,000,000 shall be 

made available to provide financial assistance under section 

198C. 

‘‘(D) SECTION 198H.—Of the amount authorized under 

subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, such sums as may 

be necessary shall be made available to provide financial 

assistance under section 198H. 

‘‘(E) SECTION 198K.—Of the amount authorized under 

subparagraph (A), there shall be made available to carry 

out section 198K— 

‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 

‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

‘‘(F) SECTION 198P.—Of the amount authorized under 

subparagraph (A), there shall be made available to carry 

out section 198P— 

‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 

‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this Act, including financial assistance under section 126(a), such sums as may 

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‘‘(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amounts appropriated 

under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, a portion shall 

be made available to provide financial assistance under 

section 126(a). 

‘‘(6) EVALUATION, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) and any other 

provision of law, 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 not more than 2.5 percent to 

carry out sections 112(e) and 179A and subtitle J, of which 

$1,000,000 shall be used by the Corporation to carry out section 

179A. Notwithstanding subsection (b), amounts so reserved 

shall be available only for the fiscal year for which the amounts 

are reserved.’’; 

(2) by striking subsections (b) and (d); and 

(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b). 

TITLE II—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 

SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

SEC. 2001. REFERENCES. 

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title 

an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment 

to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall 

be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 

Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 

SEC. 2002. VOLUNTEERISM POLICY. 

Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘both young’’ and all that 

follows through the period and inserting ‘‘individuals of all 

ages and backgrounds.’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘State, and local 

agencies’’ the following: ‘‘, expand relationships with, and support for, the efforts of civic, community, and educational 

organizations,’’. 

Subtitle A—National Volunteer 

Antipoverty Programs 

CHAPTER 1—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 

SEC. 2101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended— 

(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘exploit’’ and all 

that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘increase 

opportunities for self-advancement by persons affected by such 

problems.’’; and 

(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘at the local level’’ 

and all that follows through the period and inserting ‘‘at the 

local level, to support efforts by local agencies and community 

organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of projects, 

and to strengthen local agencies and community organizations 

to carry out the objectives of this part.’’. 


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SEC. 2102. SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VOLUNTEERS. 

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,’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘handicapped individuals’’ and all that follows through the semicolon and 

inserting ‘‘individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with severe disabilities;’’; 

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the jobless, the 

hungry,’’ and inserting ‘‘unemployed individuals,’’; 

(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘prevention, education,’’ and inserting ‘‘through prevention, education, 

rehabilitation, treatment,’’; 

(E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘chronic and lifethreatening illnesses’’ and inserting ‘‘mental illness, chronic 

and life-threatening illnesses,’’; 

(F) in paragraph (6)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘Headstart act’’ and inserting ‘‘Head 

Start Act’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the 

end; 

(G) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting a semicolon; and 

(H) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(8) in assisting with the reentry and reintegration of formerly incarcerated youth and adults into society, including 

providing training and counseling in education, employment, 

and life skills; 

‘‘(9) in developing and carrying out financial literacy, financial planning, budgeting, saving, and reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income communities, including those 

programs that educate individuals about financing home ownership and higher education; 

‘‘(10) in initiating and supporting before-school and afterschool programs, serving children in low-income communities, 

that may engage participants in mentoring, tutoring, life skills 

and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, 

and health education programs, and other activities addressing 

the needs of the children; 

‘‘(11) in establishing and supporting community economic 

development initiatives, with a priority on work on such initiatives in rural areas and the other areas where such initiatives 

are needed most; 

‘‘(12) in assisting veterans and their family members 

through establishing or augmenting programs that assist such 

persons with access to legal assistance, health care (including 

mental health care), employment counseling or training, education counseling or training, affordable housing, and other 

support services; and 

‘‘(13) in addressing the health and wellness of individuals 

in low-income communities and individuals in underserved 

communities, including programs to increase access to preventive services, insurance, and health services.’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 


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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘recruitment and 

placement procedures’’ and inserting ‘‘placement procedures 

that involve sponsoring organizations and’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Community 

Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and all that follows through 

the period at the end of the fourth sentence and 

inserting ‘‘Community Service Act of 1990.’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘central 

information system that shall, on request, promptly 

provide’’ and inserting ‘‘database that provides’’; and 

(iii) in subparagraph (C), in the second sentence, 

by inserting ‘‘and management’’ after ‘‘the recruitment’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘information 

system’’ and inserting ‘‘database’’; 

(3) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘the Internet 

and related technologies,’’ before ‘‘radio,’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘Internet 

and related technologies,’’ before ‘‘print media,’’; 

(iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘State or 

local offices of economic development, State employment security agencies, employment offices,’’ before 

‘‘and other institutions’’; and 

(iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘Community 

Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘Community 

Service Act of 1990’’; and 

(B) by striking paragraph (4); 

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

‘‘private industry council established under the Job Training 

Partnership Act or’’; 

(5) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by striking 

‘‘, and such’’ and all that follows through the period 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 part.’’. 

SEC. 2103. SUPPORT SERVICE. 

Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 

(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Such stipend shall be set at a rate that is not less 

than a minimum of $125 per month and not more than a 

maximum of $150 per month, subject to the availability of 

funds to provide such a maximum rate.’’; and 

(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘stipend of a max- imum of $200 per month’’ and inserting ‘‘stipend set at a 

rate that is not more than a maximum of $250 per month’’. 

SEC. 2104. REPEAL. 

Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is repealed. 

SEC. 2105. REDESIGNATION. 

Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is redesignated as section 109. 


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CHAPTER 2—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 

SEC. 2121. UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA. 

Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is repealed. 

CHAPTER 3—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 

SEC. 2131. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the second sentence 

by striking ‘‘situations’’ and inserting ‘‘organizations’’. 

SEC. 2132. LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS. 

Section 124 (42 U.S.C. 4995) is repealed. 

Subtitle B—National Senior Service Corps 

SEC. 2141. TITLE. 

Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by striking the 

title heading and inserting the following: 

‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 

SEC. 2142. STATEMENT OF 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 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; and 

‘‘(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age 

or older, through the Senior Companion Program, to provide 

support services and companionship to other older individuals 

through volunteer service.’’. 

SEC. 2143. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 

Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘avail’’ and all that follows through ‘‘community,’’ and 

inserting ‘‘share their experiences, abilities, and skills to 

42 USC 

4971–4973. 


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improve their communities and themselves through service 

in their communities,’’; 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, and individuals 

60 years of age or older will be given priority for enrollment,’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (4)— 

(i) by striking ‘‘established and will be carried 

out’’ and inserting ‘‘designed and implemented’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘field of service’’ and all that follows 

through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘field 

of service to be provided, as well as persons who have 

expertise in the management of volunteers and the 

needs of older individuals.’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e)(1) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each fiscal 

year thereafter, each grant or contract awarded under this section, 

for such a year, shall be— 

‘‘(A) awarded for a period of 3 years, with an option for 

a grant renewal of 3 years if the grantee meets the performances measures established under subsection (g); and 

‘‘(B) awarded through a competitive process described in 

paragraph (2). 

‘‘(2)(A) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations establishing the competitive process required under paragraph (1)(B), 

and make such regulations available to the public, not later than 

18 months after the date of the enactment of the Serve America 

Act. The Corporation shall consult with the directors of programs 

receiving grants under this section during the development and 

implementation of the competitive process. 

‘‘(B) The competitive process required by subparagraph (A) 

shall— 

‘‘(i) include the use of a peer review panel, including members with expertise in senior service and aging, to review 

applications; 

‘‘(ii) include site inspections of programs assisted under 

this section, as appropriate; 

‘‘(iii) in the case of an applicant who has previously received 

a grant or contract for a program under this section, include 

an evaluation of the program conducted by a review team, 

as described in subsection (f); 

‘‘(iv) ensure that— 

‘‘(I) the grants or contracts awarded under this section 

through the competitive process for a grant or contract 

cycle support an aggregate number of volunteer service 

years for a given geographic service area that is not less 

than the aggregate number of volunteer service years supported under this section for such service area for the 

previous grant or contract cycle; 

‘‘(II) the grants or contracts awarded under this section 

through the competitive process for a grant or contract 

cycle maintain a similar program distribution, as compared 

to the program distribution for the previous grant or contract cycle; and 

‘‘(III) every effort is made to minimize the disruption 

to volunteers; and 

‘‘(v) include the use of performance measures, outcomes, 

and other criteria established under subsection (g). 

Consultation. 

Regulations. 

Public 

information. 

Deadline. 

Effective date. 

Grants. 

Contracts. 


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‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding section 412, and effective beginning 180 

days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, each 

grant or contract under this section that expires in fiscal year 

2011, 2012, or 2013 shall be subject to an evaluation process conducted by a review team described in paragraph (4). The evaluation 

process shall be carried out, to the maximum extent practicable, 

in fiscal year 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively. 

‘‘(2) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations establishing 

the evaluation process required under paragraph (1), and make 

such regulations available to the public, not later than 18 months 

after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act. The Corporation shall consult with the directors of programs receiving grants 

under this section during the development and implementation 

of the evaluation process. 

‘‘(3) The evaluation process required under paragraph (1) 

shall— 

‘‘(A) include performance measures, outcomes, and other 

criteria established under subsection (g); and 

‘‘(B) evaluate the extent to which the recipient of the grant 

or contract meets or exceeds such performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria through a review of the recipient. 

‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall 

provide that each evaluation required by this subsection is conducted by a review team that— 

‘‘(A) includes individuals who are knowledgeable about programs assisted under this section; 

‘‘(B) includes current or former employees of the Corporation who are knowledgeable about programs assisted under 

this section; 

‘‘(C) includes representatives of communities served by volunteers of programs assisted under this section; and 

‘‘(D) shall receive periodic training to ensure quality and 

consistency across evaluations. 

‘‘(5) The findings of an evaluation described in this subsection 

of a program described in paragraph (1) shall— 

‘‘(A) be presented to the recipient of the grant or contract 

for such program in a timely, transparent, and uniform manner 

that conveys information of program strengths and weaknesses 

and assists with program improvement; and 

‘‘(B) be used as the basis for program improvement, and 

for the provision of training and technical assistance. 

‘‘(g)(1) The Corporation shall, with particular attention to the 

different needs of rural and urban programs assisted under this 

section, develop performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria 

for programs assisted under this section that— 

‘‘(A) include an assessment of the strengths and areas 

in need of improvement of a program assisted under this section; 

‘‘(B) include an assessment of whether such program has 

adequately addressed population and community-wide needs; 

‘‘(C) include an assessment of the efforts of such program 

to collaborate with other community-based organizations, units 

of government, and entities providing services to seniors, taking 

into account barriers to such collaboration that such program 

may encounter; 

Performance 

measures. 

Criteria. 

Regulations. 

Public 

information. 

Deadline. 

Consultation. 

Effective date. 

Grants. 

Contracts. 

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‘‘(D) include a protocol for fiscal management that shall 

be used to assess such program’s compliance with the program 

requirements for the appropriate use of Federal funds; 

‘‘(E) include an assessment of whether the program is in 

conformity with the eligibility, outreach, enrollment, and other 

requirements for programs assisted under this section; and 

‘‘(F) contain other measures of performance developed by 

the Corporation, in consultation with the review teams 

described in subsection (f)(4). 

‘‘(2)(A) The performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria 

established under this subsection may be updated or modified as 

necessary, in consultation with directors of programs under this 

section, but not earlier than fiscal year 2014. 

‘‘(B) For each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2014, the Corporation may, after consulting with directors of the programs under 

this section, determine that a performance measure, outcome, or 

criterion established under this subsection is operationally problematic, and may, in consultation with such directors and after notifying 

the authorizing committees— 

‘‘(i) eliminate the use of that performance measure, outcome 

or criterion; or 

‘‘(ii) modify that performance measure, outcome, or criterion 

as necessary to render it no longer operationally problematic. 

‘‘(3) In the event that a program does not meet one or more 

of the performance measures, outcome, or criteria established under 

this subsection, the Corporation shall initiate procedures to terminate the program in accordance with section 412. 

‘‘(h) The Chief Executive Officer shall develop procedures by 

which programs assisted under this section may receive training 

and technical assistance, which may include regular monitoring 

visits to assist programs in meeting the performance measures, 

outcomes, and criteria. 

‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (g)(3) or section 412, the 

Corporation shall continue to fund a program assisted under this 

section that has failed to meet or exceed the performance measures, 

outcomes, and other criteria established under this subsection for 

not more than 12 months if the competitive process established 

under subsection (e) does not result in a successor grant or contract 

for such program, in order to minimize the disruption to volunteers 

and the disruption of services. 

‘‘(2) In the case where a program is continued under paragraph 

(1), the Corporation shall conduct outreach regarding the availability of a grant under this section for the area served by such 

program and establish a new competition for awarding the successor 

program to the continued program. The recipient operating the 

continued program shall remain eligible for the new competition. 

‘‘(3) The Corporation may monitor the recipient of a grant 

or contract supporting a program continued under paragraph (1) 

during this period and may provide training and technical assistance to assist such recipient in meeting the performance measures 

for such program. 

‘‘(j) The Corporation shall develop and disseminate an online 

resource guide for programs under this section not later than 180 

days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, which 

shall include— 

‘‘(1) examples of high-performing programs assisted under 

this section; 

Web posting. 

Deadline. 

Procedures. 

Notification. 


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‘‘(2) corrective actions for underperforming programs; and 

‘‘(3) examples of meaningful outcome-based performance 

measures, outcomes, and criteria that capture a program’s mission and priorities.’’. 

SEC. 2144. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. 

Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in the first sentence— 

(i) by striking ‘‘aged sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55’’; 

and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘children having exceptional needs’’ 

and inserting ‘‘children having special or exceptional 

needs or circumstances identified as limiting their academic, social, or emotional development’’; and 

(B) in the second sentence— 

(i) by striking ‘‘any of a variety of’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘children with special or exceptional 

needs’’ and inserting ‘‘children having special or exceptional needs or circumstances identified as limiting 

their academic, social, or emotional development’’; 

(2) in subsection (b)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

striking ‘‘shall have’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(2) 

of the subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘may determine’’; 

(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

the semicolon at the end; 

(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(iv) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(C) whether it is in the best interest of the child receiving, 

and the particular foster grandparent providing, services in 

such a project, to continue the relationship between the child 

and the grandparent under this part after the child reaches 

the age of 21, if such child is an individual with a disability 

who was receiving such services prior to attaining the age 

of 21.’’; and 

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

‘‘(2) If an assignment of a foster grandparent under this part 

is suspended or discontinued, the replacement of that foster grandparent shall be determined in a manner consistent with paragraph 

(3).’’; 

(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$2.45 per hour’’ and 

all that follows through ‘‘five cents, except’’ and inserting ‘‘$3.00 

per hour, except’’; 

(4) in subsection (e)— 

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘125 per centum’’ 

and inserting ‘‘200 percent’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘per centum’’ and 

inserting ‘‘percent’’; and 

(5) in subsection (f)(1)— 

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subparagraphs 

(B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; and 

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SEC. 2145. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM. 

Section 213(a) (42 U.S.C. 5013(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘aged 

60 or over’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55 or older’’. 

SEC. 2146. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

(a) 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 striking ‘‘participation of volunteers’’ and inserting ‘‘participation of volunteers of all ages 

and backgrounds, living in urban or rural communities’’. 

(b) MINORITY POPULATION PARTICIPATION.—Section 223 (42 

U.S.C. 5023) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘GROUP’’ and 

inserting ‘‘POPULATION’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘sixty years and older from minority groups’’ 

and inserting ‘‘age 55 years or older from minority populations’’. 

(c) USE OF LOCALLY GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS IN NATIONAL

SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended— 

(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUNTEER’’ and 

inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Service 

Corps’’. 

(d) NATIONAL PROBLEMS OF LOCAL CONCERN.—Section 225 (42 

U.S.C. 5025) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (1)— 

(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘(10), (12), 

(15), and (16)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9), (11), and (14)’’; and 

(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(10)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘(9)’’; 

(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows: 

‘‘(2) An applicant for a grant under paragraph (1) shall determine whether the program to be supported by the grant is a 

program under part A, B, or C, and shall submit an application 

as required for such program.’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall 

ensure that not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 

under this section are used to award grants— 

‘‘(A) to applicants for grants under this section that are 

not receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of 

such grant award; or 

‘‘(B) to applicants from locations where no programs supported under part A, B, or C are in effect at the time of 

such grant award. 

‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), if, for a fiscal year, less 

than 25 percent of the applicants for grants under this section 

are applicants described in paragraph (4), the Director may use 

an amount that is greater than 75 percent of the funds appropriated 

under this subsection to award grants to applicants that are already 

receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant 

award.’’; 

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(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘through education, 

prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation’’ before the period 

at the end; 

(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(4) Programs that establish and support mentoring programs for low-income youth, including mentoring programs that 

match such youth with mentors and match such youth with 

employment and training programs, including apprenticeship 

programs.’’; 

(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, including literacy 

programs that serve youth, and adults, with limited English 

proficiency’’ before the period at the end; 

(D) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care 

for elderly individuals and for children and individuals with 

disabilities or chronic illnesses who are living at home. 

‘‘(7) Programs that provide before-school and after-school 

activities, serving children in low-income communities, that 

may engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, 

life skills, and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, 

nutrition, and health education programs, and other activities 

addressing the needs of the children in the communities, 

including children of working parents.’’; 

(E) by striking paragraph (8); 

(F) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as 

paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively; 

(G) in paragraph (10) (as redesignated by subparagraph (F))— 

(i) by striking ‘‘educationally disadvantaged children’’ and inserting ‘‘students’’; and 

(ii) by striking ‘‘the basic skills of such children’’ 

and inserting ‘‘the academic achievement of such students’’; 

(H) by striking paragraph (11) (as redesignated by 

subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(11) Programs that engage older individuals with children 

and youth to complete service in energy conservation, environmental stewardship, or other environmental needs of a community, including service relating to conducting energy audits, 

insulating homes, or conducting other activities to promote 

energy efficiency.’’; 

(I) by striking paragraph (14) (as redesignated by 

subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(14) Programs in which the grant recipients involved 

collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations 

in order to provide prevention programs that serve low-income 

youth or youth reentering society after incarceration and their 

families, which prevention programs may include mentoring, 

counseling, or employment counseling.’’; 

(J) by striking paragraph (16); and 

(K) by redesignating paragraphs (17) and (18) as paragraphs (15) and (16), respectively; 

(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and that such 

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program for which the applicant is requesting the grant’’ before 

the period at the end; and 

(4) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘widely’’ after ‘‘shall’’. 

(e) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 

5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 228. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 

‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), an 

entity receiving assistance under this title may accept donations, 

including donations in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including 

plant, equipment, or services. 

‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—An entity receiving assistance under this title 

to carry out an activity shall not accept donations from the beneficiaries of the activity.’’. 

Subtitle C—Administration and 

Coordination 

SEC. 2151. SPECIAL LIMITATIONS. 

Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by inserting 

‘‘or other volunteers (not including participants under this Act 

and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

12501 et seq.)),’’ after ‘‘employed workers’’ both places such term 

appears. 

SEC. 2152. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW. 

Section 415 (42 U.S.C. 5055) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘(as such part was in 

effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve 

America Act)’’ after ‘‘part B’’; and 

(2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘(as such part was in 

effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve 

America Act)’’ after ‘‘A, B’’. 

SEC. 2153. EVALUATION. 

Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 5056) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking 

‘‘(including’’ and all that follows through ‘‘3 years)’’; and 

(2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘Committee on Education 

and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’ and inserting 

‘‘authorizing committees’’. 

SEC. 2154. 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) by striking paragraph (7); 

(3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 

(4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and 

inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 

(5) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (20) as paragraphs (7) through (19), respectively; 

(6) in paragraph (18) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 

by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

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(7) in paragraph (19) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 

by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(8) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(20) the term ‘authorizing committees’ means the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 

and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

of the Senate.’’. 

SEC. 2155. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 

Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended, in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting 

‘‘Service Corps’’. 

SEC. 2156. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 

SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5043 et seq.) is amended by adding at 

the end the following: 

‘‘SEC. 426. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 

SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

‘‘The Corporation shall carry out this Act in accordance with 

the provisions of this Act and the relevant provisions of the National 

and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 

particularly the provisions of section 122 and subtitle F of title 

I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

12572, 12631 et seq.) relating to the national service laws.’’. 

Subtitle D—Authorization of 

Appropriations 

SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS.—Section 

501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(1) VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA.—There are 

authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title I 

$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be 

necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

‘‘(2) SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out part C of title I such sums 

as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 

2014.’’; and 

(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3); 

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘part B or C’’ and inserting 

‘‘part C’’; and 

(3) by striking subsection (e). 

(b) 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, 

$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary 

for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

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‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $115,000,000 

for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to 

be appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $55,000,000 for 

fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

‘‘(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 2010 through 2014.’’. 

(c) ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION.—Section 504 (42 

U.S.C. 5084) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1994 through 

1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’; and 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1994 through 

1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’. 

TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 

TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 

SEC. 3101. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 

SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 

1990 is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 

is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 

‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM 

‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants. 

‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 

‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

‘‘Sec. 111. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 111A. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 112. Assistance to States, territories, and Indian tribes. 

‘‘Sec. 112A. 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. 117. Limitations on uses of funds. 

‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 

‘‘Sec. 118A. Campuses of Service. 

‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND

RESEARCH

‘‘Sec. 119. Innovative and community-based service-learning programs and research. 

‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY

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‘‘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. 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. Educational awards only program. 

‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 

‘‘Sec. 132A. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 

‘‘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. 

‘‘Sec. 141. National service educational awards. 

‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards 

‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 146A. Certifications of successful completion of terms of service. 

‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the educational award. 

‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 149. Approval process for approved 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 Department of Defense. 

‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board. 

‘‘Sec. 164. Evaluations. 

‘‘Sec. 165. 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. 179A. Civic Health Assessment and volunteering research and 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. 184A. Availability of assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 186. Sustainability. 


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‘‘Sec. 187. Grant periods. 

‘‘Sec. 188. Generation of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 189. Limitation on program grant costs. 

‘‘Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely economically distressed communities. 

‘‘Sec. 189B. Audits and reports. 

‘‘Sec. 189C. Restrictions on Federal Government and uses of Federal funds. 

‘‘Sec. 189D. Criminal history checks. 

‘‘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. Assignment to State Commissions. 

‘‘Sec. 196C. Study of involvement of veterans. 

‘‘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. 198A. Presidential awards for service. 

‘‘Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica Fellowships. 

‘‘Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships. 

‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS

‘‘Sec. 198H. National Service Reserve Corps. 

‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 198K. Funds. 

‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES; VOLUNTEER

GENERATION FUND

‘‘Sec. 198O. National service programs clearinghouses. 

‘‘Sec. 198P. Volunteer generation fund. 

‘‘ ‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM

‘‘ ‘‘Sec. 198S. Nonprofit capacity building. 

‘‘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. 

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‘‘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. 3102. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 

SERVICE ACT OF 1973. 

Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 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. 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. 109. 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. Technical and 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 population 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. 

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‘‘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. 412. Notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination of financial assistance. 

‘‘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. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 

‘‘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 IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER 

LAWS 

SEC. 4101. 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 V—VOLUNTEERS FOR 

PROSPERITY PROGRAM 

SEC. 5101. FINDINGS. 

Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) Americans engaged in international volunteer service, 

and the organizations deploying them— 

(A) play critical roles in responding to the needs of 

people living throughout the developing world; and 

(B) advance the international public diplomacy of the 

United States. 

(2) The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has successfully 

promoted international volunteer service by skilled American 

professionals. 

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(3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped to mobilize 

74,000 skilled Americans, including doctors, nurses, engineers, 

businesspeople, and teachers, through a network of 250 nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States, to 

carry out development and humanitarian efforts for those 

affected by great global challenges in health, the environment, 

poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, disaster relief, and other 

challenges. 

(4) The VfP Program has undertaken activities, including— 

(A) direct outreach to leading nonprofit organizations 

and companies in the United States; 

(B) promotion of the work of skilled Americans and 

nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States 

as it relates to international volunteer service; 

(C) public recognition of skilled American volunteers; 

(D) support for organizations that utilize skilled Americans as volunteers; 

(E) participation in the development of special initiatives to further opportunities for skilled Americans; and 

(F) leadership of an innovative public-private partnership to provide eligible skilled with financial assistance 

for volunteer assignments. 

SEC. 5102. DEFINITIONS. 

In this title: 

(1) VFP OFFICE.—The term ‘‘VfP Office’’ means the Office 

of Volunteers for Prosperity of the United States Agency for 

International Development. 

(2) VFP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘VfP Program’’ means the 

Volunteers for Prosperity Program established through Executive Order 13317. 

(3) VFPSERVE.—The term ‘‘VfPServe’’ means a program 

established by the VfP Office, in cooperation with the USA 

Freedom Corps, to provide eligible skilled professionals with 

fixed amount stipends to offset the travel and living costs 

of volunteering abroad. 

SEC. 5103. OFFICE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY. 

(a) FUNCTIONS.—The VfP Office shall pursue the objectives 

of the VfP Program described in subsection (b) by— 

(1) implementing the VfPServe Program to provide eligible 

skilled professionals with matching grants to offset the travel 

and living expenses of volunteering abroad with nonprofit 

organizations; 

(2) otherwise promoting short- and long-term international 

volunteer service by skilled American professionals, including 

connecting such professionals with nonprofit organizations, to 

achieve such objectives; 

(3) helping nonprofit organizations in the United States 

recruit and effectively manage additional skilled American 

professionals for volunteer assignments throughout the developing world; 

(4) providing recognition for skilled American volunteers 

and the organizations deploying them; 

(5) helping nonprofit organizations and corporations in the 

United States to identify resources and opportunities in international volunteer service utilizing skilled Americans; 

42 USC 8303. 

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(6) encouraging the establishment of international volunteer programs for employees of United States corporations; 

and 

(7) encouraging international voluntary service by highly 

skilled Americans to promote health and prosperity throughout 

the world. 

(b) VFP PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the VfP Program should include— 

(1) eliminating extreme poverty; 

(2) reducing world hunger and malnutrition; 

(3) increasing access to safe potable water; 

(4) enacting universal education; 

(5) reducing child mortality and childhood diseases; 

(6) combating the spread of preventable diseases, including 

HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; 

(7) providing educational and work skill support for girls 

and empowering women to achieve independence; 

(8) creating sustainable business and entrepreneurial 

opportunities; and 

(9) increasing access to information technology. 

(c) VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY SERVICE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The VfP Office may provide matching 

grants to offset the travel and living costs of volunteering 

abroad to any eligible organization that— 

(A) has members who possess skills relevant to 

addressing any objective described in subsection (b); and 

(B) provides a dollar-for-dollar match for such grant— 

(i) through the organization with which the individual is serving; or 

(ii) by raising private funds. 

(2) NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT.—The VfP Office 

may not provide a stipend to an individual under paragraph 

(1) unless the nonprofit organization to which the individual 

is assigned has certified to the VfP Office that it does not 

discriminate with respect to any project or activity receiving 

Federal financial assistance, including a stipend under this 

title, because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs. 

(3) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.— 

Service carried out by a volunteer receiving funds under this 

section may not provide a direct benefit to any— 

(A) business organized for profit; 

(B) labor union; 

(C) partisan political organization; or 

(D) religious or faith-based organization for the purpose 

of proselytization, worship or any other explicitly religious 

activity. 

(d) FUNDING.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United States 

Agency for International Development shall make available 

the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 5104 to the VfP 

Office to pursue the objectives described in subsection (b) by 

carrying out the functions described in subsection (a). 

(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available under paragraph (1) may be used by the VfP Office to provide personnel 

and other resources to develop, manage, and expand the VfP 

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Program, under the supervision of the United States Agency 

for International Development. 

(e) COORDINATION.—The VfP Office shall coordinate its efforts 

with other public and private efforts that aim to send skilled professionals to serve in developing nations. 

(f) REPORT.—The VfP Office shall submit an annual report 

to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office. 

SEC. 5104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such 

sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 

2014. 

(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more than 10 percent of the 

amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended 

for the administrative costs of the United States Agency for International Development to manage the VfP Program. 

TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 

SEC. 6101. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act, and the amendments made by 

this Act, take effect on October 1, 2009. 

(b) REGULATIONS.—Effective on the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National 

and Community Service may issue such regulations as may be 

necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by 

this Act. 

SEC. 6102. SENSE OF THE SENATE. 

(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 

(1) President John F. Kennedy said, ‘‘The raising of extraordinarily large sums of money, given voluntarily and freely 

by millions of our fellow Americans, is a unique American 

tradition . . . Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and 

freely . . . call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of 

an American tradition’’. 

(2) Americans gave more than $300,000,000,000 to charitable causes in 2007, an amount equal to roughly 2 percent 

of the gross domestic product. 

(3) The vast majority of those donations, roughly 75 percent 

or $229,000,000,000, came from individuals. 

(4) Studies have shown that Americans give far more to 

charity than the people of any other industrialized nation— 

more than twice as much, measured as a share of gross domestic 

product, than the citizens of Great Britain, and 10 times more 

than the citizens of France. 

(5) 7 out of 10 American households donate to charities 

to support a wide range of religious, educational, cultural, 

health care, and environmental goals. 

(6) These charities provide innumerable valuable public 

services to society’s most vulnerable citizens during difficult 

economic times. 

(7) Congress has provided incentives through the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable giving by 

allowing individuals to deduct contributions made to tax-exempt 

charities. 

42 USC 12651c 

note. 

42 USC 4950 

note. 

42 USC 8304. 


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PUBLIC LAW 111–13—APR. 21, 2009 123 STAT. 1601 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1388 (S. 277): 

HOUSE REPORTS: No. 111–37 (Comm. on Education and Labor). 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 155 (2009): 

Mar. 18, considered and passed House. 

Mar. 24–26, considered and passed Senate, amended. 

Mar. 31, House concurred in Senate amendments. 

DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2009): 

Apr. 21, Presidential remarks. 

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(8) 41,000,000 American households, constituting 86 percent of taxpayers who itemize deductions, took advantage of 

this deduction to give to the charities of their choice. 

(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that 

Congress should preserve the income tax deduction for charitable 

contributions through the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and look 

for additional ways to encourage charitable giving. 

Approved April 21, 2009. 


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