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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1352

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to carry out

the Americorps program as a voucher program that assists charities

serving low-income individuals, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

AUGUST 3, 2001

Mr. SANTORUM introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990

to carry out the Americorps program as a voucher program that assists charities serving low-income individuals, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AmeriCorps Reform

5 and Charitable Expansion Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. NATIONAL SERVICE THROUGH QUALIFIED CHAR2 ITIES.

3 Subtitle C of title I of the National and Community

4 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended to read

5 as follows:

6 ‘‘SEC. 121. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA7 TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS TO STATE COM8 MISSIONS.

9 ‘‘(a) GRANTS TO STATE COMMISSIONS.—Subject to

10 the availability of appropriations, the Corporation shall

11 make grants to State Commissions to enable the State

12 Commissions to provide vouchers to participants to per13 form national service for qualified charities described in

14 section 122.

15 ‘‘(b) PROVISION TO STATE COMMISSIONS OF AP16 PROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—As part of the

17 provision of assistance under subsection (a), the Corpora18 tion shall—

19 ‘‘(1) allocate among the State Commissions ap20 proved national service positions for participants;

21 ‘‘(2) approve the provision of national service

22 educational awards described in subtitle D for par23 ticipants; and

24 ‘‘(3) deposit in the National Service Trust es25 tablished in section 145(a) an amount equal to the

26 product of—
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1 ‘‘(A) the value of a national service edu2 cational award under section 147; and

3 ‘‘(B) the total number of approved national

4 service positions to be provided through the

5 State Commissions.

6 ‘‘(c) OTHER PROGRAMS.—A State Commission that

7 receives approved national service positions under sub8 section (b) may reserve a portion of the positions, and re9 lated national service educational awards, for residents of

10 the State that participate in programs carried out under

11 section 119 or subtitle E.

12 ‘‘SEC. 122. PROVISION OF VOUCHERS TO QUALIFIED INDI13 VIDUALS.

14 ‘‘(a) LIST.—Each State Commission shall maintain

15 a list of charities that the commission has determined to

16 be qualified charities and seek participants to perform na17 tional service in the State. The State Commission shall

18 make the list available to qualified individuals who seek

19 to receive vouchers to perform national service for the

20 charities.

21 ‘‘(b) SELECTION OF VOUCHER RECIPIENTS.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The State Commission

23 shall select qualified individuals to receive the vouch24 ers. If the number of qualified individuals seeking

25 vouchers from the State Commission for a fiscal
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1 year exceeds the number of vouchers that the Com2 mission has available to provide for the fiscal year,

3 the Commission shall select qualified individuals to

4 receive the vouchers for the fiscal year through a lot5 tery operated in accordance with such standards as

6 the Corporation may issue.

7 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—To be qualified to re8 ceive a voucher, an individual shall be age 18 or

9 older.

10 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF CHARITIES.—A qualified indi11 vidual who receives a voucher shall select a qualified char12 ity from the list described in subsection (a), and perform

13 national service under this subtitle for that charity.

14 ‘‘(d) QUALIFIED CHARITY.—In this section:

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified charity’

16 means, subject to paragraph (6), any organization—

17 ‘‘(A) that is described in section 501(c)(3)

18 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex19 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such

20 Code;

21 ‘‘(B) that is certified by the State Commis22 sion as meeting the requirements of paragraphs

23 (3) and (4); and
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1 ‘‘(C) that annually reports the information

2 required to be furnished under paragraph (5) to

3 the State Commission.

4 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION ORGANIZATION TREATED AS

5 QUALIFIED CHARITY.—

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A collection organiza7 tion shall be treated as a qualified charity.

8 ‘‘(B) COLLECTION ORGANIZATION.—The

9 term ‘collection organization’ means an organi10 zation described in section 501(c)(3) of the In11 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from

12 tax under section 501(a) of such Code—

13 ‘‘(i) that solicits and collects gifts and

14 grants that, by agreement, are distributed

15 to qualified charities described in para16 graph (1);

17 ‘‘(ii) that distributes to qualified char18 ities described in paragraph (1) at least 90

19 percent of the gifts and grants received

20 that are designated for such qualified char21 ities; and

22 ‘‘(iii) that meets the requirements of

23 subparagraph (C).
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1 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The

2 requirements of this subparagraph are met if

3 the organization—

4 ‘‘(i) maintains separate accounting for

5 revenues and expenses; and

6 ‘‘(ii) makes available to the public in7 formation on administrative and fund8 raising costs and information regarding

9 any organization receiving funds from the

10 collection organization and the amount of

11 such funds.

12 ‘‘(3) CHARITY SHALL PRIMARILY ASSIST POOR

13 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES.—

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An organization meets

15 the requirements of this paragraph only if the

16 State Commission involved reasonably expects

17 that the predominant activity of such organiza18 tion will be the provision of direct services with19 in the United States to individuals from fami20 lies, and families, whose annual incomes gen21 erally do not exceed 185 percent of the poverty

22 line in order to prevent or alleviate poverty

23 among such individuals and families.

24 ‘‘(B) NO RECORDKEEPING IN CERTAIN

25 CASES.—An organization shall not be required
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1 to establish or maintain records with respect to

2 the incomes of individuals and families for pur3 poses of subparagraph (A) if such individuals or

4 families are members of groups that are gen5 erally recognized as including substantially only

6 individuals and families described in subpara7 graph (A).

8 ‘‘(C) FOOD AID AND HOMELESS SHEL9 TERS.—Except as otherwise provided by the

10 State Commission, for purposes of subpara11 graph (A), services to individuals and families

12 in the form of—

13 ‘‘(i) provision of food or meals; or

14 ‘‘(ii) provision of temporary shelter to

15 homeless individuals,

16 shall be treated as provided to individuals and

17 families described in subparagraph (A) if the lo18 cation and operation of such services are such

19 that the service provider may reasonably con20 clude that the beneficiaries of such services are

21 predominantly individuals and families de22 scribed in subparagraph (A).

23 ‘‘(D) DEFINITION.—The term ‘poverty

24 line’ means the income official poverty line (as

25 defined by the Office of Management and
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1 Budget, and revised annually in accordance

2 with section 673(2) of the Community Services

3 Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applica4 ble to a family of the size involved.

5 ‘‘(4) MINIMUM EXPENSE REQUIREMENT.—

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An organization meets

7 the requirements of this paragraph only if the

8 State Commission reasonably expects that the

9 annual poverty program expense of such organi10 zation will not be less than 75 percent of the

11 annual aggregate expenses of such organization.

12 ‘‘(B) POVERTY PROGRAM EXPENSE.—In

13 subparagraph (A):

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘poverty

15 program expense’ means any expense paid

16 or incurred in providing program services

17 described in paragraph (3).

18 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Such term shall

19 not include—

20 ‘‘(I) any management or general

21 expense;

22 ‘‘(II) any expense for the purpose

23 of influencing legislation (as defined

24 in section 4911(d) of the Internal

25 Revenue Code of 1986;
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1 ‘‘(III) any expense for the pur2 pose of fundraising;

3 ‘‘(IV) any expense for a legal

4 service provided on behalf of any indi5 vidual or family described in para6 graph (3); and

7 ‘‘(V) any expense that consists of

8 a payment to an affiliate of the orga9 nization.

10 ‘‘(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The infor11 mation required to be furnished under this para12 graph is—

13 ‘‘(A) each category of services (including

14 food, shelter, education, substance abuse pre15 vention or treatment, job training, or other

16 services) that constitute the predominant activi17 ties of the organization; and

18 ‘‘(B) the percentages determined by divid19 ing the organization’s expenses for the year for

20 each such category of services by the total ex21 penses of the organization for the year,

22 including—

23 ‘‘(i) expenses for program services;

24 ‘‘(ii) management expenses;

25 ‘‘(iii) general expenses;
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1 ‘‘(iv) fundraising expenses; and

2 ‘‘(v) expenses for payments to affili3 ates.

4 ‘‘(6) STATE LAW.—The definition of ‘qualified

5 charity’ may be further limited, for purposes of ap6 plication of this subtitle in a State, under State law

7 to an organization—

8 ‘‘(A) that has been operating for at least

9 1 year or is controlled by, or operated under the

10 auspices of, an organization that has been oper11 ating for at least 1 year; and

12 ‘‘(B) with expenses for the purpose of in13 fluencing legislation (as defined in section

14 4911(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986),

15 litigation on behalf of any individual or family

16 described in paragraph (3), voter registration,

17 political organizing, public policy advocacy, or

18 public policy research in an amount not in ex19 cess of 5 percent of the total expenses of the or20 ganization.

21 ‘‘SEC. 123. VOUCHERS.

22 ‘‘An eligible individual who is selected to receive a

23 voucher from a State Commission under section 122 shall

24 receive from the State Commission—
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1 ‘‘(1) through the voucher, the benefits described

2 in section 124, including a national service edu3 cational award; and

4 ‘‘(2) the aids and services described in section

5 124(d).

6 ‘‘SEC. 124. LIVING ALLOWANCES AND EDUCATIONAL

7 AWARDS.

8 ‘‘(a) PROVISION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—

9 ‘‘(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—Subject

10 to paragraph (3), the State Commission shall pro11 vide to each participant who participates on a full12 time basis in the program carried out under this

13 subtitle an annual living allowance in an amount

14 equal to or greater than the average annual subsist15 ence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under

16 section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act

17 of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).

18 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL SHARE.—The

19 amount of the annual living allowance provided

20 under paragraph (1) that may be paid using assist21 ance provided under section 121 and using any other

22 Federal funds shall not exceed 85 percent of the av23 erage annual subsistence allowance described in

24 paragraph (1). The State Commission shall provide

25 the non-Federal share of the cost of such allowance
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1 for a participant from State and private sources,

2 which may include contributions made by the quali3 fied charity for the participant.

4 ‘‘(3) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The total

5 amount of an annual living allowance that may be

6 provided to a participant under paragraph (1) in a

7 national service program shall not exceed 200 per8 cent of the average annual subsistence allowance de9 scribed in paragraph (1).

10 ‘‘(4) PRORATION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The

11 amount provided as a living allowance under this

12 subsection shall be prorated in the case of a partici13 pant who is authorized to serve a reduced term of

14 service under section 125(b)(3).

15 ‘‘(5) WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF LIVING AL16 LOWANCE.—The Corporation may waive or reduce

17 the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to

18 participants providing service to assist in the activi19 ties of a qualified charity if—

20 ‘‘(A) such requirement is inconsistent with

21 the objectives of the activities; and

22 ‘‘(B) the amount of the living allowance

23 that will be provided to each full-time partici24 pant is sufficient to meet the necessary costs of

25 living (including food, housing, and transpor-
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1 tation) in the area in which the activities are lo2 cated.

3 ‘‘(6) EXEMPTION.—The requirement of para4 graph (1) shall not apply to any program that was

5 in existence, and eligible for assistance under the na6 tional service laws, on the date of enactment of the

7 National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.

8 ‘‘(b) HEALTH INSURANCE.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

10 ‘‘(A) POLICY.—The State Commission

11 shall provide a basic health care policy for each

12 full-time participant in the program carried out

13 under this subtitle, if the participant is not oth14 erwise covered by a health care policy.

15 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The amount

16 of the cost of a premium for such a policy pro17 vided under this paragraph that may be paid

18 using assistance provided under section 121

19 and using any other Federal funds shall not ex20 ceed 85 percent of the cost. The State Commis21 sion shall provide the non-Federal share of the

22 cost of the premium for such a policy for a par23 ticipant from State and private sources, which

24 may include contributions made by the qualified

25 charity for the participant.
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1 ‘‘(C) STANDARDS.—The Corporation shall

2 establish minimum standards that all health

3 care plans shall meet in order to qualify for

4 payment under this subtitle, any circumstances

5 in which an alternative health care policy may

6 be substituted for the basic health care policy,

7 and mechanisms to prohibit a participant from

8 dropping existing coverage (existing as of the

9 date the participant was selected to participate

10 in the program carried out under this subtitle).

11 ‘‘(2) OPTION.—The State Commission may pro12 vide a health care policy for participants that does

13 not meet all of the minimum standards established

14 by the Corporation if the fair market value of such

15 policy is equal to or greater than the fair market

16 value of a plan that meets the minimum standards

17 established by the Corporation, and is consistent

18 with other applicable laws.

19 ‘‘(c) CHILD CARE.—

20 ‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.—The State Commission

21 shall provide a child care allowance to each full-time

22 participant who needs such assistance in order to

23 serve as a participant.
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1 ‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—The Corporation shall es2 tablish guidelines regarding the value of any child

3 care allowance to be provided.

4 ‘‘(d) INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT SERVICES.—The

5 State Commission shall provide reasonable accommoda6 tion, including auxiliary aids and services (as defined in

7 section 3(1) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of

8 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102(1))), based on the individualized

9 need of a participant who is a qualified individual with

10 a disability (as defined in section 101(8) of such Act (42

11 U.S.C. 12111(8))).

12 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERV13 ICE FOR FEDERALLY SUBSIDIZED LIVING ALLOWANCE.—

14 The State Commission may not use assistance provided

15 under section 121, or any other Federal funds, to provide

16 a living allowance under subsection (a), a health care pol17 icy under subsection (b), or a child care allowance under

18 subsection (c), to an individual for a third, or subsequent,

19 term of service described in section 125(b) by the indi20 vidual in the program carried out under this subtitle.

21 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—

22 A participant in the program carried under this subtitle

23 shall be eligible for the national service educational award

24 described in subtitle D if the participant satisfies the eligi-
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1 bility requirements specified in section 146 with respect

2 to service in an approved national service position.

3 ‘‘(g) TRANSFERS.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A participant in the pro5 gram carried out under this subtitle who receives a

6 national service educational award under section 148

7 may elect to transfer the award to another individual

8 (referred to in this subsection as the ‘receiving indi9 vidual’).

10 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In a case in which a partic11 ipant elects to transfer a national service educational

12 award to a receiving individual—

13 ‘‘(A) the receiving individual, in order to

14 be eligible to receive and use the award, shall

15 meet the requirements of section 146(a)(3),

16 shall not be prohibited from receiving or using

17 the award under subsection (d) or (e) of section

18 146, and shall submit the applications described

19 in or otherwise meet the requirements applica20 ble to individuals under subsection (b), (c), (d),

21 or (e), as appropriate, of section 148; and

22 ‘‘(B) references to an individual receiving

23 or using such an award in the sections and sub24 sections described in subparagraph (A) shall be

25 considered to refer to the receiving individual.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 125. TERMS OF SERVICE.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving a

3 voucher under this subtitle, a participant shall be required

4 to perform full- or part-time national service for at least

5 1 term of service specified in subsection (b).

6 ‘‘(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—

7 ‘‘(1) FULL-TIME SERVICE.—An individual per8 forming full-time national service shall agree to par9 ticipate in the activities of a qualified charity for not

10 less than 1,700 hours during a period of not less

11 than 9 months and not more than 1 year.

12 ‘‘(2) PART-TIME SERVICE.—Except as provided

13 in paragraph (3), an individual performing part-time

14 national service shall agree to participate in the ac15 tivities of a qualified charity for not less than 900

16 hours during a period of—

17 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 years; or

18 ‘‘(B) not more than 3 years if the indi19 vidual is enrolled in an institution of higher

20 education while performing all or a portion of

21 the service.

22 ‘‘(3) REDUCTION IN HOURS OF PART-TIME

23 SERVICE.—The State Commission may reduce the

24 number of hours required to be served to success25 fully complete part-time national service to a level

26 determined by the State Commission, except that
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1 any reduction in the required term of service shall

2 include a corresponding reduction in the amount of

3 any national service educational award that may be

4 available under subtitle D with regard to that serv5 ice.

6 ‘‘(c) RELEASE FROM COMPLETING TERM OF SERV7 ICE.—

8 ‘‘(1) RELEASE AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation

9 may release a participant from completing a term of

10 service—

11 ‘‘(A) for compelling personal circumstances

12 as demonstrated by the participant; or

13 ‘‘(B) for cause.

14 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF RELEASE FOR COMPELLING

15 CIRCUMSTANCES.—In the case of a participant eligi16 ble for release under paragraph (1)(A), the Corpora17 tion may elect—

18 ‘‘(A) to grant such release and provide to

19 the participant that portion of the national

20 service educational award corresponding to the

21 portion of the term of service actually com22 pleted, as provided in section 147(c); or

23 ‘‘(B) to permit the participant to tempo24 rarily suspend performance of the term of serv25 ice for a period of up to 2 years (and such addi-
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1 tional period as the Corporation may allow for

2 extenuating circumstances) and, upon comple3 tion of such period, to allow return to the quali4 fied charity with which the individual was serv5 ing in order to complete the remainder of the

6 term of service and obtain the entire national

7 service educational award.

8 ‘‘(3) EFFECT OF RELEASE FOR CAUSE.—A par9 ticipant released for cause may not receive any por10 tion of the national service educational award.

11 ‘‘SEC. 126. SUPERVISORY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

12 ‘‘Charitable organizations and participants partici13 pating in programs carried out under this subtitle shall

14 comply with supervisory and reporting requirements

15 issued by the Corporation.’’.

16 SEC. 3. STATE COMMISSIONS.

17 Section 178 of the National and Community Service

18 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended by adding at

19 the end the following:

20 ‘‘(k) CONSOLIDATED OFFICES.—A State that oper21 ates a State Commission to carry out programs under this

22 title and a separate State office to carry out programs

23 under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of

24 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) may operate a single con25 solidated State office to carry out the programs.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

2 (a) INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS.—

3 (1) Section 1 of the National and Community

4 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. prec. 12501) is

5 amended by striking subsection (b).

6 (2) Section 101 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12511)

7 is amended—

8 (A) by striking paragraph (3); and

9 (B) in paragraph (19)—

10 (i) by striking ‘‘119(b)(1), or 122(a),’’

11 and inserting ‘‘or 119(b)(1),’’; and

12 (ii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: ‘‘The term includes a program that

14 receives funds under subtitle C.’’.

15 (b) SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.—Section 117D

16 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12545) is amended by striking

17 subsection (b).

18 (c) NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.—

19 (1) Section 146 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12602)

20 is amended—

21 (A) in subsection (a)—

22 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘po23 sition or’’ and all that follows and insert24 ing ‘‘position;’’; and

25 (ii) in paragraph (3)—
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1 (I) in subparagraph (A), by add2 ing ‘‘or’’ at the end;

3 (II) in subparagraph (B), by

4 striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

5 and

6 (III) by striking subparagraph

7 (C); and

8 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘139(b)’’

9 and inserting ‘‘125(b)’’.

10 (2) Section 147(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

11 12603(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘139(c)(1)(A)’’

12 and inserting ‘‘125(c)(1)(A)’’.

13 (3) Section 148(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

14 12604(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘With’’ and all

15 that follows through ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘A quali16 fied charity carrying out a program that receives

17 funds under subtitle C may’’.

18 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—

19 (1) Section 171(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

20 12631(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘139’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘125’’.

22 (2) Section 178 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12638)

23 is amended—
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1 (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘sec2 tions 117B and 130’’ and inserting ‘‘section

3 117B and subtitle C’’;

4 (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking sub5 paragraph (I) and inserting the following:

6 ‘‘(I) A representative of a national service

7 program carried out by a qualified charity

8 under subtitle C.’’;

9 (C) in subsection (e)—

10 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec11 tions 117B and 130’’ and inserting ‘‘sec12 tion 117B and subtitle C’’;

13 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking

14 ‘‘under section 130 for’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘under subtitle C for assistance, includ16 ing’’;

17 (iii) by striking paragraph (6);

18 (iv) in paragraph (7), by striking

19 ‘‘section 140’’ and all that follows and in20 serting ‘‘section 124.’’;

21 (v) by striking paragraph (8) and in22 serting the following:

23 ‘‘(8) Development of a State system for dis24 semination of information concerning qualified char-
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1 ities that carry out national service programs under

2 subtitle C.’’;

3 (vi) by striking paragraph (9) and in4 serting the following:

5 ‘‘(9) Administration of the voucher program

6 that is conducted by the State using assistance pro7 vided to the State under section 121.’’; and

8 (vii) by striking paragraph (10); and

9 (D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘section

10 121’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle C’’.

11 (3) Section 179 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12639)

12 is amended—

13 (A) in subsection (a)—

14 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

16 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and

17 (iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as

18 paragraph (2); and

19 (B) by striking subsections (g) and (i).

20 (4) Section 193A of such Act (42 U.S.C.

21 12651d) is amended—

22 (A) in subsection (b)(10)—

23 (i) in subparagraph (A)—

24 (I) by striking clause (i); and
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1 (II) by redesignating clauses (ii)

2 through (vii) as clauses (i) through

3 (vi), respectively; and

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking

5 ‘‘service corps assisted under subtitle C

6 and other’’; and

7 (B) in subsection (f)—

8 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub9 titles C and I’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle I’’;

10 and

11 (ii) by striking paragraph (2).

12 (5) Section 195(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

13 12651f(c)(2)) is amended—

14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

16 (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and

17 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as

18 subparagraph (B).

19 (e) INVESTMENT FOR QUALITY AND INNOVATION.—

20 Section 198(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12653(b)(1))

21 is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle B or C’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘subtitle B’’.

23 (f) AMERICAN CONSERVATION AND YOUTH SERVICE

24 CORPS.—
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1 (1) Section 199A of such Act (42 U.S.C.

2 12655) is amended by striking the second sentence.

3 (2) Section 199K(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

4 12655l(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 121,’’

5 and inserting ‘‘subtitle C,’’.

6 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

7 501(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)) is amended—

8 (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘under

9 section 125, under subsections (b) and (c) of section

10 126, and’’; and

11 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph

12 (B).

13 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

14 The amendments made by this Act take effect 1 year

15 after the date of enactment of this Act.

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