111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education 

4 Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’. 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 

ACT OF 1990 

Sec. 1001. References. 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 

Sec. 1101. Purposes; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 1102. Definitions. 

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

Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 

Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions and Campuses of Service. 

Sec. 1203. Innovative programs and research. 

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

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

costs. 

Sec. 1302. Required and eligible national service programs. 

Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 

Sec. 1304. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 

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. Consideration of applications. 

Sec. 1311. Description of participants. 

Sec. 1312. Selection of national service participants. 

Sec. 1313. Terms of service. 

Sec. 1314. Adjustments to living allowance. 

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

of National Service Educational Awards) 

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

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

from the Trust. 

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

Sec. 1404. Disbursement of educational awards. 

Sec. 1405. Process of approval of national service positions. 
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Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) 

Sec. 1501. Purpose. 

Sec. 1502. Program components. 

Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 

Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 

Sec. 1505. Team leaders. 

Sec. 1506. Training. 

Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 

Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 

Sec. 1510. Contract and grant authority. 

Sec. 1511. Other departments. 

Sec. 1512. Advisory Board. 

Sec. 1513. Evaluation. 

Sec. 1514. Repeal of funding limitation. 

Sec. 1515. Definitions. 

Sec. 1516. Terminology. 

Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 

Sec. 1601. Family and Medical Leave and Reports. 

Sec. 1602. Additional prohibitions on use of funds. 

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

Sec. 1604. Resolution of displacement complaints. 

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

Sec. 1606. Evaluation and accountability. 

Sec. 1607. Technical amendment. 

Sec. 1608. Partnerships with schools. 

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

Sec. 1610. Additional administrative provisions. 

Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and 

Community Service) 

Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 

Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 

Sec. 1703. Chief executive officer compensation. 

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

Sec. 1705. Delegation to States. 

Sec. 1706. Chief financial officer. 

Sec. 1707. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 

Sec. 1708. Donated services. 

Sec. 1709. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced workers. 

Sec. 1710. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of a centralized electronic citizenship verification system. 

Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 

Sec. 1801. Technical amendments to subtitle H. 

Sec. 1802. Repeals. 

Sec. 1803. New Fellowships. 

Sec. 1804. Innovative and model program support and National service reserve 

corps. 

Sec. 1805. Social innovation fund. 

Sec. 1806. Clearinghouses. 
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Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 

Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 

Sec. 1822. Volunteer Generation Fund. 

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—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 

SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

Sec. 2001. References. 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I (National Volunteer Antipoverty 

Programs) 

Sec. 2101. Purpose. 

Sec. 2102. Purpose of the VISTA program. 

Sec. 2103. Applications. 

Sec. 2104. VISTA programs of national significance. 

Sec. 2105. Terms and periods of service. 

Sec. 2106. Support Service. 

Sec. 2107. Sections repealed. 

Sec. 2108. Conforming amendment. 

Sec. 2109. Financial assistance. 

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

Sec. 2201. Change in name. 

Sec. 2202. Purpose. 

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

Sec. 2204. Foster Grandparent Program grants. 

Sec. 2205. Senior Companion Program grants. 

Sec. 2206. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 

Sec. 2207. Technical amendments. 

Sec. 2208. Programs of national significance. 

Sec. 2209. Additional provisions. 

Sec. 2210. Authority of Director. 

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

Sec. 2301. Nondisplacement. 

Sec. 2302. Notice and hearing procedures. 

Sec. 2303. Definitions. 

Sec. 2304. Protection against improper use. 

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

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

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

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

Sec. 3101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 
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TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 

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

1990. 

Sec. 4102. Table of contents amendments for the Domestic Volunteer Service 

Act. 

TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 

Sec. 5101. Effective date. 

Sec. 5102. Service assignments and agreements. 

1 TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NA2 TIONAL AND COMMUNITY 

3 SERVICE ACT OF 1990 

4 SEC. 1001. REFERENCES. 

5 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

6 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

7 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the ref8 erence shall be considered to be made to a provision of 

9 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 

11 Subtitle A—Amendments to 

12 Subtitle A (General Provisions) 

13 SEC. 1101. PURPOSES; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘community 

17 throughout’’ and inserting ‘‘community and service 

18 throughout the varied and diverse communities of’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘in20 come,’’ the following: ‘‘geographic location,’’; 
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1 (3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘exist2 ing’’ the following: ‘‘national’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘programs and agencies’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘programs, agencies, and commu6 nities’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

8 (5) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 

9 inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(9) recognize and increase the impact of social 

12 entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community orga13 nizations in addressing national and local challenges; 

14 ‘‘(10) increase public and private investment in 

15 nonprofit community organizations that are effec16 tively addressing national and local challenges and 

17 to encourage such organizations to replicate and ex18 pand successful initiatives; 

19 ‘‘(11) leverage Federal investments to increase 

20 State, local, business, and philanthropic resources to 

21 address national and local challenges; 

22 ‘‘(12) expand and strengthen service-learning 

23 programs through year-round opportunities, includ24 ing during the summer months, to improve the edu25 cation of children and youth and to maximize the 
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1 benefits of national and community service, in order 

2 to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the 

3 spirit of community to children and youth through4 out the United States; 

5 ‘‘(13) assist in coordinating and strengthening 

6 Federal and other service opportunities, including 

7 opportunities for participation in emergency and dis8 aster preparedness, relief, and recovery; 

9 ‘‘(14) increase service opportunities for our Na10 tion’s retiring professionals, including such opportu11 nities for those retiring from the science, technical, 

12 engineering, and mathematics professions to improve 

13 the education of our Nation’s youth and keep Amer14 ica competitive in the global knowledge economy, 

15 and to further utilize the experience, knowledge, and 

16 skills of older Americans; 

17 ‘‘(15) encourage the continued service of the 

18 alumni of the national service programs, including 

19 service in times of national need; 

20 ‘‘(16) support institutions of higher education 

21 that engage students in community service activities, 

22 provide service-learning courses, and encourage or 

23 assist graduates to pursue careers in public service 

24 in the nonprofit or government sector; and 
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1 ‘‘(17) encourage members of the Baby Boom 

2 generation to partake in service opportunities.’’. 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Act is amended by 

4 inserting after section 2 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 ‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the number of par7 ticipants in approved national service positions, including 

8 the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the 

9 National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), should grow 

10 to reach 250,000 participants by 2014.’’. 

11 SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 

12 Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating— 

14 (A) paragraphs (21) through (29) as para15 graphs (28) through (36), respectively; 

16 (B) paragraphs (9) through (20) as para17 graphs (15) through (26), respectively; 

18 (C) paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 

19 (10) and (11), respectively; and 

20 (D) paragraphs (3) through (6) as para21 graphs (5) through (8), respectively; 

22 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(3) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSI25 TION.—The term ‘approved summer of service posi-
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1 tion’ means a position in a program described under 

2 section 120(c)(8) for which the Corporation has ap3 proved the provision of a summer of service edu4 cational award as one of the benefits to be provided 

5 for successful service in the position. 

6 ‘‘(4) BABY BOOM GENERATION.—The term 

7 ‘Baby Boom generation’ means the generation that 

8 consists of individuals born during the period begin9 ning with 1946 and ending with 1964.’’; 

10 (3) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by 

11 striking ‘‘described in section 122’’; 

12 (4) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated), by 

13 striking ‘‘church or other’’; 

14 (5) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so re15 designated) the following: 

16 ‘‘(9) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘dis17 advantaged youth’ includes those youth who are eco18 nomically disadvantaged and one or more of the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, includ21 ing out-of-school youth who are unemployed. 

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

23 care. 

24 ‘‘(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 
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1 ‘‘(D) Who are homeless or who have run 

2 away from home. 

3 ‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave school with4 out a diploma. 

5 ‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or 

6 at risk of delinquency. 

7 ‘‘(G) Who are individuals with a dis8 ability.’’; 

9 (6) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so re10 designated) the following: 

11 ‘‘(12) COMMUNITY-BASED ENTITY.—The term 

12 ‘community-based entity’ means a public or private 

13 nonprofit entity that— 

14 ‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet 

15 human, educational, environmental, or public 

16 safety needs; and 

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

18 Executive Officer may establish. 

19 ‘‘(13) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

20 term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 

21 given such term in section 502(a) of the Higher 

22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 

23 ‘‘(14) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI24 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or 

25 university’ means a part B institution, as defined in 
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1 section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

2 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).’’; 

3 (7) in paragraph (19) (as so redesignated), by 

4 striking ‘‘section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

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

6 102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’; 

7 (8) in paragraph (23)(B) (as so redesignated), 

8 by striking ‘‘program in which the participant is en9 rolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization receiving assist10 ance under the national service laws through which 

11 the participant is enrolled in an approved national 

12 service position’’; 

13 (9) by inserting after paragraph (26) (as so re14 designated) the following: 

15 ‘‘(27) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—The term 

16 ‘qualified organization’ means a public or private 

17 nonprofit organization with experience working with 

18 school-age youth that meets such criteria as the 

19 Chief Executive Officer may establish.’’; 

20 (10) in paragraph (28)(B) (as so redesig21 nated)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘602(3)’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘1401(3)’’; 
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1 (11) in paragraph (33) (as so redesignated), 

2 strike the last sentence; and 

3 (12) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(37) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— 

5 The term ‘predominantly black institution’ has the 

6 meaning given such term in section 318 of the High7 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e). 

8 ‘‘(38) SCIENTIFICALLY VALID RESEARCH.—The 

9 term ‘scientifically valid research’ includes applied 

10 research, basic research, and field-initiated research 

11 in which the rationale, design, and interpretation are 

12 soundly developed in accordance with principles of 

13 scientific research. 

14 ‘‘(39) PRINCIPLES IF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.— 

15 The term ‘principles of scientific research’ means 

16 principles of research that— 

17 ‘‘(A) applies rigorous, systematic, and ob18 jective methodology to obtain reliable and valid 

19 knowledge relevant to education activities and 

20 programs; 

21 ‘‘(B) presents findings and makes claims 

22 that are appropriate to and supported by meth23 ods that have been employed; and 

24 ‘‘(C) includes, as appropriate to the re25 search being conducted— 
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1 ‘‘(I) use of systematic, empirical 

2 methods that draw on observation or ex3 periment; 

4 ‘‘(ii) use of data analyses that are 

5 adequate to support the general findings; 

6 ‘‘(iii) reliance on measurements or ob7 servational methods that provide reliable 

8 and generalizable findings; 

9 ‘‘(iv) strong claims of causal relation10 ships, only with research designs that 

11 eliminate plausible competing explanations 

12 for observed results, such as, but not lim13 ited to, random assignment experiments; 

14 ‘‘(v) presentation of studies and meth15 ods in sufficient detail and clarity to allow 

16 for replication or, at a minimum, to offer 

17 the opportunity to build systematically on 

18 the findings of the research; 

19 ‘‘(vi) acceptance by a peer-reviewed 

20 journal or critique by a panel of inde21 pendent experts through a comparably rig22 orous, objective, and scientific review; and 

23 ‘‘(vii) consistency of findings across 

24 multiple studies or sites to support the 

25 generality of results and conclusions. 
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1 ‘‘(40) SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED

2 COMMUNITY.—The term ‘severely economically dis3 tressed community’ means an area that has a mort4 gage foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unem5 ployment rate greater than the national mortgage 

6 foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unemploy7 ment rate for the last 12 months for which satisfac8 tory data are available, or a residential area that 

9 lacks basic living necessities, such as water and 

10 sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and safe san11 itary housing. 

12 ‘‘(41) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR

13 UNIVERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college 

14 or university’ has the meaning given such term in 

15 section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or Uni16 versity Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 

17 ‘‘(42) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPU18 LATION.—The term ‘medically underserved popu19 lation’ has the meaning given that term in section 

20 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

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

22 ‘‘(43) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 

23 meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 

24 United States Code.’’. 
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1 Subtitle B—Amendments to Sub2 title B (Learn and Serve Amer3 ica) 

4 SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 

5 Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et 

6 seq.) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 

8 SECONDARY STUDENTS 

9 ‘‘SEC. 111. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN10 DIAN TRIBES. 

11 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—School-based service learning pro12 grams promote service-learning as a strategy to— 

13 ‘‘(1) support high-quality service-learning 

14 projects that engage students in meeting community 

15 needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing 

16 students’ academic and civic learning; and 

17 ‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capac18 ity, including the professional developement of edu19 cators, and to strengthen the service infrastructure 

20 to expand service opportunities. 

21 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND

22 INDIAN TRIBES.—The Corporation, in consultation with 

23 the Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State 

24 educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes to pay 

25 for the Federal share of— 
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1 ‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity within 

2 the State, Territory, or Indian tribe to implement 

3 service-learning programs that are based principally 

4 in elementary and secondary schools, including— 

5 ‘‘(A) providing professional developement 

6 for teachers, supervisors, personnel from com7 munity-based agencies (particularly with regard 

8 to the recruitment, utilization, and management 

9 of participants), and trainers, to be conducted 

10 by qualified individuals or organizations that 

11 have experience with service-learning; 

12 ‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula, 

13 consistent with State or local academic content 

14 standards, to be integrated into academic pro15 grams, including an age-appropriate learning 

16 component that provides participants an oppor17 tunity to analyze and apply their service experi18 ences; 

19 ‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described 

20 in paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based 

21 service-learning programs in accordance with 

22 this part; 

23 ‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for re24 search and evaluation of the educational value 
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1 of service-learning and the effect of service2 learning activities on communities; 

3 ‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and 

4 dissemination of information to ensure the 

5 broadest possible involvement of community6 based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness 

7 in working with school-age youth in their com8 munities; and 

9 ‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and 

10 dissemination of information to ensure the 

11 broadest possible participation of schools 

12 throughout the State, with particular attention 

13 to schools identified for school improvement 

14 under title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

16 seq.); 

17 ‘‘(2) implementing, operating, or expanding 

18 school-based service-learning programs, which may 

19 include paying for the cost of the recruitment, train20 ing, supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of 

21 service-learning coordinators, through distribution of 

22 Federal funds by State educational agencies, Terri23 tories, and Indian tribes made available under this 

24 part to projects operated by local partnerships 

25 among— 
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1 ‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and 

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

3 ‘‘(i) shall include a public or private 

4 nonprofit organization that— 

5 ‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise 

6 in the provision of services to meet 

7 unmet human, education, environ8 mental, or public safety needs; 

9 ‘‘(II) will make projects available 

10 for participants, who shall be stu11 dents; and 

12 ‘‘(III) was in existence at least 1 

13 year before the date on which the or14 ganization submitted an application 

15 under section 113; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit 

17 business, private elementary or secondary 

18 school, or Indian tribe (except that an In19 dian tribe distributing funds to a project 

20 under this paragraph is not eligible to be 

21 part of the partnership operating that 

22 project); 

23 ‘‘(3) planning of school-based service-learning 

24 programs, through distribution by State educational 

25 agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes of Federal 
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1 funds made available under this part to local edu2 cational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning 

3 may include paying for the cost of— 

4 ‘‘(A) the salaries and benefits of service5 learning coordinators; or 

6 ‘‘(B) the recruitment, professional 

7 developement, supervision, and placement of 

8 service-learning coordinators who may be par9 ticipants in a program under subtitle C or re10 ceive a national service educational award under 

11 subtitle D, who may be participants in a project 

12 under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer 

13 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001), or who 

14 may participate in a Youthbuild program under 

15 section 173A of the Workforce Investment Act 

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

17 who will identify the community partners described 

18 in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and im19 plementation of a program described in paragraph 

20 (2); 

21 ‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding 

22 school-based service-learning programs to utilize 

23 adult volunteers in service-learning to improve the 

24 education of students, through distribution by State 
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1 educational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes 

2 of Federal funds made available under this part to— 

3 ‘‘(A) local educational agencies; 

4 ‘‘(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian 

5 tribe distributing funds under this paragraph is 

6 not eligible to be a recipient of those funds); 

7 ‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organiza8 tions; or 

9 ‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local 

10 educational agencies and entities described in 

11 subparagraph (B) or (C); and 

12 ‘‘(5) developing civic engagement programs that 

13 promote a better understanding of— 

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

15 heroes of American history (including military 

16 heroes), and the meaning of the Oath of Alle17 giance; 

18 ‘‘(B) how the Nation’s government func19 tions; and 

20 ‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Na21 tion’s character. 

22 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF EDU23 CATION.—From the amounts appropriated under section 

24 501(a)(4), the Corporation is authorized to enter into 
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1 agreements with the Secretary of Education for initiatives 

2 that may include— 

3 ‘‘(1) Identification and dissemination of re4 search findings on service-learning and scientifically5 valid research based practices; and 

6 ‘‘(2) Provision of professional development op7 portunities that— 

8 ‘‘(A) improve the quality of service-learn9 ing instruction and delivery for teachers both 

10 pre-service and in-service, personnel from com11 munity-based agencies and youth workers; and 

12 ‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partner13 ships between local education agencies, commu14 nity-based organizations, businesses, and other 

15 stakeholders. 

16 ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDI17 NATOR.—A service-learning coordinator referred to in 

18 paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) shall provide serv19 ices that may include— 

20 ‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and informa21 tion to, and facilitating the professional 

22 developement of, teachers and assisting in the plan23 ning, development, execution, and evaluation of serv24 ice-learning in their classrooms; 
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1 ‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in 

2 subsection (b) in the planning, development, and 

3 execution of service-learning projects, including sum4 mer of service programs; 

5 ‘‘(3) carrying out such other duties as the re6 cipient of assistance under this part may determine 

7 to be appropriate; and 

8 ‘‘(4) assisting schools and school districts in de9 veloping school policies and practices that support 

10 the integration of service-learning into the cur11 riculum. 

12 ‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives 

13 financial assistance under this part may, in carrying out 

14 the activities described in subsection (b), use such assist15 ance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable costs re16 lated to the supervision of participants, program adminis17 tration, transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for 

18 other reasonable expenses related to the activities. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 112. ALLOTMENTS. 

20 ‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Of the 

21 amounts appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal 

22 year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not less 

23 than 2 percent and not more than 3 percent for payments 

24 to Indian tribes, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 

25 American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
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1 Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their 

2 respective needs. 

3 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—After reserv4 ing the amount under subsection (a), the Corporation shall 

5 use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out 

6 this part for any fiscal year as follows: 

7 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 50 per9 cent of such remainder, the Corporation shall 

10 allot to each State an amount that bears the 

11 same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as 

12 the number of school-age youth in the State 

13 bears to the total number of school-age youth of 

14 all States. 

15 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION UNDER ELEMENTARY

16 AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— 

17 From 50 percent of such remainder, the Cor18 poration shall allot to each State an amount 

19 that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such 

20 remainder as the allocation to the State for the 

21 previous fiscal year under title I of the Elemen22 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

23 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) or its successor authority 

24 bears to such allocations to all States. 
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1 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 

2 101, for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘State’ 

3 means each of the several States, the District of Co4 lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

5 ‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines 

6 that the allotment of a State, Territory, or Indian tribe 

7 under this section will not be required for a fiscal year 

8 because the State, Territory, or Indian tribe did not sub9 mit and receive approval of an application for the allot10 ment under section 113, the Corporation shall make the 

11 allotment for such State, Territory, or Indian tribe avail12 able for grants to community-based entity to carry out 

13 service-learning programs as described in section 111(b) 

14 in such State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After community15 based entities apply for the allotment with an application 

16 at such time and in such manner as the Corporation re17 quires and receive approval, the remainder of such allot18 ment shall be available for reallotment to such other 

19 States, Territories, or Indian tribes with approved applica20 tions submitted under section 113 as the Corporation may 

21 determine to be appropriate. 

22 ‘‘(d) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for 

23 which amounts appropriated for this subtitle exceed 

24 $50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State (as de-
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1 fined in subsection (b)(2)) under this section shall be 

2 $75,000. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allot5 ment under section 112, a State, acting through the State 

6 educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe shall pre7 pare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, 

8 an application at such time and in such manner as the 

9 Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

10 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment 

11 under this part shall include— 

12 ‘‘(1) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting 

13 service-learning, which shall contain such informa14 tion as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 

15 require, including how the applicant will integrate 

16 service-learning opportunities into the academic pro17 gram of the participants; 

18 ‘‘(2) information about the criteria the State 

19 educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe will 

20 use to evaluate and grant approval to applications 

21 submitted under subsection (c), including an assur22 ance that the State educational agency, Territory, or 

23 Indian tribe will comply with the requirement in sec24 tion 114(a); 
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1 ‘‘(3) assurances about the applicant’s efforts 

2 to— 

3 ‘‘(A) ensure that students of different 

4 ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, 

5 and economic backgrounds have opportunities 

6 to serve together; 

7 ‘‘(B) include any opportunities for students 

8 enrolled in schools or other programs of edu9 cation providing elementary or secondary edu10 cation to participate in service-learning pro11 grams and ensure that such service-learning 

12 programs include opportunities for such stu13 dents to serve together; 

14 ‘‘(C) involve participants in the design and 

15 operation of the program; 

16 ‘‘(D) promote service-learning in areas of 

17 greatest need, including low-income or rural 

18 areas; and 

19 ‘‘(E) otherwise integrate service opportuni20 ties into the academic program of the partici21 pants; and 

22 ‘‘(4) assurances that the applicant will comply 

23 with the nonduplication and nondisplacement re24 quirements of section 177 and the grievance proce25 dures required by section 176. 
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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR IN2 DIAN TRIBE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT

3 SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 

5 ‘‘(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, 

6 Territory, local educational agency, for-profit 

7 business, private elementary, middle, or sec8 ondary school, or institution of higher education 

9 that desires to receive financial assistance 

10 under this subpart from a State, Territory, or 

11 Indian tribe for an activity described in section 

12 111(b)(1); 

13 ‘‘(B) partnership described in section 

14 111(b)(2) that desires to receive such assistance 

15 from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe or com16 munity-based organization described in section 

17 111(b)(2); 

18 ‘‘(C) entity described in section 111(b)(3) 

19 that desires to receive such assistance from a 

20 State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 

21 described in such section; and 

22 ‘‘(D) partnership described in section 

23 111(b)(4) that desires to receive such assistance 

24 from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an 

25 activity described in such section, 
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1 shall prepare, submit to the State educational agen2 cy, Territory, community-based entity, or Indian 

3 tribe, and obtain approval of, an application for the 

4 program. 

5 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be 

6 submitted at such time and in such manner, and 

7 shall contain such information, as the agency, Terri8 tory, Indian tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

10 ‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In considering competitive applica11 tions under this part, the Corporation shall give priority 

12 to innovation, sustainability, capacity building, involve13 ment of disadvantaged youth, and quality of programs, as 

14 well as other criteria approved by the Chief Executive Offi15 cer. 

16 ‘‘(b) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corpora17 tion rejects an application submitted by a State, Territory, 

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

19 Corporation shall promptly notify the State, Territory, or 

20 Indian tribe of the reasons for the rejection of the applica21 tion. The Corporation shall provide the State, Territory, 

22 or Indian tribe with a reasonable opportunity to revise and 

23 resubmit the application and shall provide technical assist24 ance, if needed, to the State, Territory, or Indian tribe 
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1 as part of the re-submission process. The Corporation 

2 shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 

4 FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the 

6 number of students in the State, Territory, or Indian tribe 

7 or in the school district of the local educational agency 

8 involved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary 

9 and secondary schools, such State, Territory, Indian tribe, 

10 or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate pri11 vate school representatives) make provision— 

12 ‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrange13 ments for the benefit of such students so as to allow 

14 for the equitable participation of such students in 

15 the programs implemented to carry out the objec16 tives and provide the benefits described in this part; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(2) for the professional development of the 

19 teachers of such students so as to allow for the equi20 table participation of such teachers in the programs 

21 implemented to carry out the objectives and provide 

22 the benefits described in this part. 

23 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If a State, Territory, Indian tribe, or 

24 local educational agency is prohibited by law from pro25 viding for the participation of students or teachers from 
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1 private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or 

2 if the Corporation determines that a State, Territory, In3 dian tribe, or local educational agency substantially fails 

4 or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an equi5 table basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such 

6 requirements and shall arrange for the provision of serv7 ices to such students and teachers. Such waivers shall be 

8 subject to the requirements of sections 9503 and 9504 of 

9 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 7883 and 7884). 

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

12 ‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

14 cost of carrying out a program for which assistance 

15 is provided under this part— 

16 ‘‘(A) for new grants, may not exceed 80 

17 percent of the total cost for the first year of the 

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

19 percent for each remaining year; and 

20 ‘‘(B) for continuing grants, may not exceed 

21 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

22 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In pro23 viding for the remaining share of the cost of car24 rying out such a program, each recipient of assist25 ance under this part— 
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1 ‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through 

2 a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 

3 including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

4 ‘‘(B) may provide for such share through 

5 State sources or local sources, including private 

6 funds or donated services. 

7 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi9 cer may, with respect to any such program for any 

10 fiscal year, and upon determination that such action 

11 would be equitable due to lack of resources at the 

12 local level— 

13 ‘‘(A) waive the requirements of subsection 

14 (a) in whole or in part; or 

15 ‘‘(B) allow a recipient to provide the non16 Federal contribution required under subsection 

17 (a)(2) from funding available pursuant to title 

18 I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

19 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 

20 ‘‘(2) RULES.—The following rules apply to 

21 paragraph (1)(B): 

22 ‘‘(A) Paragraph (1)(B) applies only to re23 cipients that are schools receiving funding 

24 under title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
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1 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 

2 seq.). 

3 ‘‘(B) The non-Federal contribution pro4 vided under paragraph (1)(B) may only be used 

5 for activities authorized under section 1114 or 

6 1115 of title I of such Act (as applicable) sub7 ject to the approval of the local educational 

8 agency. 

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

10 ‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assist11 ance received by an applicant in a fiscal year may be used 

12 to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corpora13 tion may issue, for administrative costs, incurred by— 

14 ‘‘(1) the original recipient; or 

15 ‘‘(2) the entity carrying out the service-learning 

16 program supported with the assistance.’’. 

17 SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND CAM18 PUSES OF SERVICE. 

19 (a) PART HEADING.—The heading relating to part 

20 II of subtitle B of title I is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND 

22 CAMPUSES OF SERVICE’’. 

23 (b) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 

24 12561) is redesignated as section 118 and amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘com2 munity service programs’’ the following: ‘‘through 

3 service-learning’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

6 by striking ‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘con7 sortia’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 

12 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

13 (iii) by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(C) may coordinate with service-learning 

16 curricula being offered in the academic cur17 ricula at the institution of higher education or 

18 at one or more members of the consortia;’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (b)(3)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

21 (A), by striking ‘‘teachers at the elementary, 

22 secondary, and postsecondary levels’’ and in23 serting ‘‘institutions of higher education and 

24 their faculty’’; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘edu2 cation of the institution; and’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘curricula of the institution to strengthen the 

4 instructional capacity of service-learning at the 

5 elementary and secondary levels;’’; 

6 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

7 subparagraph (E); and 

8 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) including service-learning as a key 

11 component of the health professionals curricula, 

12 including nursing, pre-medicine, medicine, and 

13 dentistry curricula of the institution; 

14 ‘‘(C) including service-learning as a key 

15 component of the criminal justice professionals 

16 curricula of the institution; 

17 ‘‘(D) including service-learning as a key 

18 component of the public policy and public ad19 ministration curricula of the institution; and’’; 

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

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

22 (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent prac25 ticable, the Corporation shall give special consideration to 
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1 applications submitted by predominantly Black institu2 tions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, His3 panic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Univer4 sities, and community colleges serving predominantly mi5 nority populations. 

6 ‘‘(d) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBU7 TIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 

10 the cost of carrying out a program for which 

11 assistance is provided under this part may not 

12 exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the pro13 gram. 

14 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In 

15 providing for the remaining share of the cost of 

16 carrying out such a program, each recipient of 

17 a grant under this part— 

18 ‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 

19 through a payment in cash or in kind, fair20 ly evaluated, including facilities, equip21 ment, or services; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) may provide for such share 

23 through State sources or local sources, in24 cluding private funds or donated services. 
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1 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 

2 may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in 

3 whole or in part with respect to any such program 

4 for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines 

5 that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack 

6 of available financial resources at the local level. 

7 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 

8 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter 

9 into a contract under this part, an applicant shall 

10 prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain ap11 proval of, an application at such time, in such man12 ner, and containing such information and assurances 

13 as the Corporation may reasonably require. In re14 questing applications for assistance under this part, 

15 the Corporation shall specify such required informa16 tion and assurances. 

17 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 

18 under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 

19 ‘‘(A) assurances that— 

20 ‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a partic21 ipant, the applicant will consult with the 

22 appropriate local labor organization, if any, 

23 representing employees in the area who are 

24 engaged in the same or similar work as 

25 that proposed to be carried out by such 
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1 program, to prevent the displacement and 

2 protect the rights of such employees; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with 

4 the nonduplication and nondisplacement 

5 provisions of section 177 and the grievance 

6 procedures required by section 176; and 

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

8 Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

9 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In making grants and entering into 

10 contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give 

11 priority to applicants or institutions that submit applica12 tions containing proposals that— 

13 ‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the insti14 tution of higher education, other than by dem15 onstrating the commitment of the students, to sup16 porting the community service projects carried out 

17 under the program; 

18 ‘‘(2) specify the manner in which the institution 

19 will promote faculty, administration, and staff par20 ticipation in the community service projects; 

21 ‘‘(3) specify the manner in which the institution 

22 will provide service to the community through orga23 nized programs, including, where appropriate, clin24 ical programs for students in professional schools 

25 and colleges; 
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1 ‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will partici2 pate in the community service projects, such as a 

3 partnership comprised of— 

4 ‘‘(A) the institution; 

5 ‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 

6 ‘‘(ii) a local government agency; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) a non-profit entity that serves or in8 volves school-age youth, older adults, or low-in9 come communities; and 

10 ‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 

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

12 ‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of dif13 ferent departments, schools, or colleges at the 

14 institution; 

15 ‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the 

16 development of the proposal and the extent to which 

17 the proposal will contribute to the goals of its com18 munity partners; 

19 ‘‘(6) describe research on effective strategies 

20 and methods to improve service utilized in the design 

21 of the project; 

22 ‘‘(7) demonstrate a commitment to perform 

23 service projects in underserved urban and rural com24 munities; 
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1 ‘‘(8) specify that the institution will use such 

2 assistance to strengthen the service infrastructure in 

3 institutions of higher education; 

4 ‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery 

5 of services, specify projects that involve leadership 

6 development of school aged youth; or 

7 ‘‘(10) describe how service projects and activi8 ties are associated with such ideas as housing, eco9 nomic development, infrastructure, health care, job 

10 training, education, crime prevention, urban plan11 ning, transportation technology, and child welfare. 

12 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as 

13 used in this part, the term ‘student’ means an individual 

14 who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on 

15 a full- or part-time basis. 

16 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for as17 sistance under this part, an institution of higher education 

18 must demonstrate that it meets the minimum require19 ments under section 443(b)(2) of the Higher Education 

20 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)) relating to the partici21 pation of Federal Work-Study students in community 

22 service activities, or has received a waiver of those require23 ments from the Secretary of Education.’’. 

24 (c) CAMPUSES OF SERVICE.—Title I of the National 

25 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12521 
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1 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 118 (as redes2 ignated by subsection (a)) at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 119. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consulta5 tion with the Secretary of Education, may annually des6 ignate not more than 25 institutions of higher education 

7 as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nomi8 nated by State Commissions. 

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomi11 nation to receive designation under subsection (a), 

12 and have an opportunity to apply for funds under 

13 subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of 

14 higher education in a State shall submit an applica15 tion to the State Commission at such time, in such 

16 manner, and containing such information as the 

17 State Commission may require. 

18 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica19 tion shall include information specifying— 

20 ‘‘(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, 

21 if applicable, graduate service-learning courses 

22 offered at such institution for the most recent 

23 full academic year preceding the fiscal year for 

24 which designation is sought; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of under2 graduate students and, if applicable, the num3 ber and percentage of graduate students at 

4 such institution who were enrolled in the cor5 responding courses described in clause (i), for 

6 such preceding academic year; 

7 ‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate stu8 dents engaging in and, if applicable, the per9 centage of graduate students engaging in activi10 ties providing community services, as defined in 

11 section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 

12 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such pre13 ceding academic year, the quality of such activi14 ties, and the average amount of time spent, per 

15 student, engaged in such activities; 

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

17 percentage of Federal work-study funds made 

18 available to the institution under part C of title 

19 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 

20 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to compensate 

21 students employed in providing community serv22 ices, as so defined, and a description of the ef23 forts the institution undertakes to make avail24 able to students opportunities to provide such 
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1 community services and be compensated 

2 through such work-study funds; 

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

4 information demonstrating the degree to which 

5 recent graduates of the institution, and all 

6 graduates of the institution, have obtained full7 time public service employment in the nonprofit 

8 sector or government, with a private nonprofit 

9 organization or a Federal, State, or local public 

10 agency; and 

11 ‘‘(E) any programs the institution has in 

12 place to encourage or assist graduates of the in13 stitution to pursue careers in public service in 

14 the nonprofit sector or government. 

15 ‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State Commission 

18 that receives applications from institutions of 

19 higher education under subsection (b) may 

20 nominate, for designation under subsection (a), 

21 not more than 3 such institutions of higher 

22 education, consisting of— 

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

24 institution of higher education; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) not more than one 4-year private 

2 institution of higher education; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year insti4 tution of higher education. 

5 ‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—The State Commission 

6 shall submit to the Corporation the name and 

7 application of each institution nominated by the 

8 State Commission under subparagraph (A). 

9 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall 

10 designate, under subsection (a), not more than 25 

11 institutions of higher education from among the in12 stitutions nominated under paragraph (1). In mak13 ing the designations, the Corporation shall, if fea14 sible, designate various types of institutions, includ15 ing institutions from each of the categories of insti16 tutions described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of para17 graph (1)(A). 

18 ‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Using sums appropriated 

20 under section 501(a)(1)(C), the Corporation shall 

21 provide an award to institutions designated under 

22 subsection (c), to be used by the institutions to de23 velop or disseminate service-learning models and 

24 best practices regarding service-learning to other in25 stitutions of higher education. 
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1 ‘‘(2) PLANS.—To be eligible to receive funds 

2 under this subsection, an institution designated 

3 under subsection (c) shall submit a plan to the Cor4 poration describing how the institution intends to 

5 use the funds to encourage or assist those students 

6 to pursue public service careers in the nonprofit sec7 tor or government. 

8 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall de9 termine how the funds appropriated under section 

10 501(a)(1)(C) for a fiscal year will be allocated 

11 among the institutions submitting acceptable plans 

12 under paragraph (2). In determining the amount of 

13 funds to be allocated to such an institution, the Cor14 poration shall consider the number of students at 

15 the institution, and the quality and scope of the plan 

16 submitted by the institution under paragraph (2) 

17 and the institution’s current (as of the date of sub18 mission of the plan) strategies to encourage or assist 

19 students to pursue public service careers in the non20 profit sector or government.’’. 

21 SEC. 1203. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

22 Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is fur23 ther amended by adding after part II the following new 

24 part: 
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1 ‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION 

2 SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 

3 ‘‘SEC. 120. INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARN4 ING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

6 to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation 

7 may make grants and fixed-amount grants (in accordance 

8 with section 129(l)) with eligible entities for activities de9 scribed in subsection (c). 

10 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part, the 

11 following definitions apply: 

12 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘eligible 

13 entity’ means a State education agency, a State 

14 Commission, a Territory, an Indian tribe, an institu15 tion of higher education, or a public or private non16 profit organization (including community-based or17 ganizations), a public or private elementary or sec18 ondary school, a local educational agency, or a con19 sortia of such entities, where a consortia of two or 

20 more such entities may also include a for-profit or21 ganization. 

22 ‘‘(2) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE.—The term 

23 ‘youth engagement zone’ means the area in which a 

24 youth engagement zone program is carried out. 

25 ‘‘(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.— 

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1 a service learning program in which members of an 

2 eligible partnership described in paragraph (4) col3 laborate to provide coordinated school-based or com4 munity-based service learning opportunities, to ad5 dress a specific community challenge, for an increas6 ing percentage of out-of-school youth and secondary 

7 school students served by local educational agencies 

8 where— 

9 ‘‘(A) not less than 90 percent of the stu10 dents participate in service-learning activities as 

11 part of the program; or 

12 ‘‘(B) service-learning is a mandatory part 

13 of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools 

14 served by the local educational agency. 

15 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

17 partnership’ means— 

18 ‘‘(i) one or more community-based 

19 agencies that have demonstrated records of 

20 success in carrying out service-learning 

21 programs with disadvantaged students, 

22 and that meet such criteria as the Chief 

23 Executive Officer may establish; in com24 bination with; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) (I) one or more local educational 

2 agencies for which— 

3 ‘‘(aa) a high number or percent4 age of the students served by the 

5 agency, as determined by the Corpora6 tion, are disadvantaged students; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) the graduation rate for the 

8 secondary school students served by 

9 the agency is less than 70 percent; or 

10 ‘‘(II) a State Commission; or 

11 ‘‘(III) a State educational agency. 

12 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ENTITIES.—An eligible 

13 partnership may also include— 

14 ‘‘(i) a local government agency that is 

15 not described in subparagraph (A); 

16 ‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive 

17 officer of a unit of general local govern18 ment; or 

19 ‘‘(iii) an institution of higher edu20 cation. 

21 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this 

22 part may be used to— 

23 ‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into 

24 the science, technology, engineering, and mathe25 matics (STEM) curricula at the elementary, sec-
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1 ondary, or post-secondary, and post-baccalaureate 

2 levels in coordination with practicing or retired 

3 STEM professionals; 

4 ‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning pro5 grams focusing on energy conservation in their com6 munity, including conducting educational outreach 

7 on energy conservation and working to improve en8 ergy efficiency in low income housing and in public 

9 spaces; 

10 ‘‘(3) involve students in service-learning 

11 projects in emergency and disaster preparedness; 

12 ‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning 

13 projects aimed at improving access to and obtaining 

14 benefits from computers and other emerging tech15 nologies, including improving such access to individ16 uals with disabilities, in low income or rural commu17 nities, in senior centers and communities, in schools, 

18 in libraries, and in other public spaces; 

19 ‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the men20 toring of middle school youth while involving all par21 ticipants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet 

22 human, educational, environmental, public safety, or 

23 emergency disaster preparedness needs in their com24 munity; 
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1 ‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on serv2 ice-learning, including service-learning in middle 

3 schools, and disseminate such research and evalua4 tions widely; 

5 ‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities 

6 as described in section 111(b); 

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

8 programs (giving priority to programs that enroll 

9 youth in grades 6 through 9) during the summer 

10 months, including the cost of recruitment, training, 

11 and placement of service-learning coordinators— 

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

13 grade from grade 6 through grade 12 at the 

14 end of the summer concerned; 

15 ‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning 

16 projects that— 

17 ‘‘(i) shall— 

18 ‘‘(I) meet unmet human, edu19 cational, environmental (including en20 ergy conservation and stewardship), 

21 emergency and disaster preparedness, 

22 and public service needs; and 

23 ‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, su24 pervised, and designed to produce 
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1 identifiable improvements to the com2 munity; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) may include the extension of aca4 demic year service-learning programs into 

5 the summer months; 

6 ‘‘(C) under which any student who com7 pletes 100 hours of service in an approved sum8 mer of service position, as certified through a 

9 process determined by the Corporation through 

10 regulations consistent with section 138(f), shall 

11 be eligible for a summer of service educational 

12 award of not more than $500 (or, at the discre13 tion of the Chief Executive Officer, not more 

14 than $1,000 in the case of a participant who is 

15 economically disadvantaged) from funds depos16 ited in the National Service Trust and distrib17 uted by the Corporation as described in section 

18 148; and 

19 ‘‘(D) subject to the limitation that a stu20 dent may not receive more than 2 summer of 

21 service educational awards from funds deposited 

22 in the National Service Trust; 

23 ‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement 

24 zone service learning programs in youth engagement 

25 zones for students in secondary school served by 
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1 local educational agencies where a majority of such 

2 students do not participate in service learning activi3 ties carried out by eligible partnerships as defined in 

4 paragraph (4) that are designed to— 

5 ‘‘(A) involve all students in secondary 

6 school in the local educational agency in service7 learning to address a specific community chal8 lenge; 

9 ‘‘(B) improve student engagement, includ10 ing student attendance and student behavior, 

11 and student achievement, graduation rates, and 

12 college-going rates in secondary schools; 

13 ‘‘(C) involve an increasing percentage of 

14 students in secondary school and out-of-school 

15 youth in the community in school-based or com16 munity based service-learning activities each 

17 year, with the goal of involving all students in 

18 secondary schools served by the local edu19 cational agency and involving an increasing per20 centage of the out-of-school youth in service 

21 learning activities; and 

22 ‘‘(D) encourage participants to engage in 

23 service throughout their lives; and 
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1 ‘‘(10) carry out any other innovative service2 learning programs or research that the Corporation 

3 considers appropriate. 

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

5 that— 

6 ‘‘(1) involve students and community stake7 holders in the design and implementation of the 

8 service-learning program; 

9 ‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in 

10 low-income or rural communities; and 

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

12 the resource of retired and retiring adults, in the 

13 planning and implementation of the service-learning 

14 programs. 

15 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program fund17 ed under this part shall be carried out over a period 

18 of three years, including one planning year and two 

19 additional grant years, with a 1-year extension pos20 sible, if the program meets performance measures 

21 developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any 

22 other criteria determined by the Corporation. 

23 ‘‘(2) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each 

24 program funded under this part is encouraged to 

25 collaborate with other Learn and Serve programs, 
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1 AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Serv2 ice Corps. 

3 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the 

4 program, the Corporation shall conduct an inde5 pendent evaluation of the program and widely dis6 seminate the results to the service community 

7 through multiple channels, including the Corpora8 tion’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effec9 tive strategies and recommendations for improve10 ment. 

11 ‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

13 cost of carrying out a program for which a grant 

14 (that is not a fixed-amount grant as described in 

15 section 129(l)) is made under this part may not ex16 ceed 75 percent of the total cost of the program in 

17 the first year of the grant and 50 percent of the 

18 total cost of the program in the remaining years of 

19 the grant, including if the grant is extended for a 

20 fourth year. 

21 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In pro22 viding for the remaining share of the cost of car23 rying out such a program, each recipient of a grant 

24 under this part— 
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1 ‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through 

2 a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 

3 including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

4 ‘‘(B) may provide for such share through 

5 State sources or local sources, including private 

6 funds or donated services. 

7 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 

8 may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in 

9 whole or in part with respect to any such program 

10 for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines 

11 that such action would be equitable due to lack of 

12 resources at the local level. 

13 ‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a 

14 program under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit 

15 to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 

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

17 Officer may reasonably require.’’. 

18 Subtitle C—Amendments to Sub19 title C (National Service Trust 

20 Program) 

21 SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGEN22 CIES; LIMITS ON CORPORATION COSTS. 

23 Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

2 paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘subdivisions of 

3 States,’’ the following: ‘‘Territories,’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGREE6 MENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘RESTRICTIONS ON AGREEMENTS WITH

8 FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘a contract or coopera11 tive agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘an inter12 agency agreement other than a grant’’; 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or otherwise sup14 ported’’ after ‘‘program carried out’’; 

15 (iii) by striking ‘‘by the agency.’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘by the agency, and may approve 

17 national service positions for a program 

18 carried out or otherwise supported by the 

19 agency.’’; and 

20 (iv) by striking the second sentence; 

21 (C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert22 ing the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corpora24 tion may not provide a grant under this section to 

25 a Federal agency.’’; and 
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1 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘receiv2 ing assistance under this subsection’’ and in3 serting ‘‘operating a national service program’’; 

4 and 

5 (3) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be 

6 provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise 

7 approved’’; 

8 (4) in subsection (d)— 

9 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘FIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SIX’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 per12 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘6 percent’’; and 

13 (5) in subsection (e)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘section 140’’ and in16 serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘Federal share of the 

18 cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of 

19 the cost, including member living allow20 ances, employment-related taxes, health 

21 care coverage, and worker’s compensation 

22 and other necessary operation costs,’’; 

23 (iii) by striking ‘‘may not exceed 75 

24 percent of such cost.’’ and inserting ‘‘may 

25 not exceed—’’; and 
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1 (iv) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(A) for the first 3 years in which the re4 cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 

5 such cost; 

6 ‘‘(B) for the fourth through ninth years in 

7 which the recipient receives such assistance, a 

8 decreasing share of such cost between 76 per9 cent and 50 percent, as established by the Cor10 poration in regulation; and 

11 ‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 

12 thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 

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

14 (B) by striking paragraph (3); 

15 (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

16 paragraph (3); and 

17 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR

20 PROGRAMS IN RURAL OR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY

21 DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the 

22 Corporation, the Corporation share of the cost, in23 cluding member living allowances, employment-re24 lated taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s com25 pensation, of carrying out a national service pro-
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1 gram that receives assistance under subsection (a) 

2 and that is located in a rural or severely economi3 cally distressed community may not exceed— 

4 ‘‘(A) for the first 6 years in which the re5 cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 

6 such cost; 

7 ‘‘(B) for the seventh through ninth years 

8 in which the recipient receives such assistance, 

9 a decreasing share of such cost between 76 and 

10 65 percent as established by the Corporation in 

11 regulation; and 

12 ‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 

13 thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 

14 assistance, 65 percent of such cost.’’; and 

15 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of 

18 assistance under section 121 (other than a re19 cipient of assistance of a fixed-amount grant) 

20 shall report to the Corporation the amount and 

21 source of any Federal funds used to carry out 

22 the program other than those provided by the 

23 Corporation. 

24 ‘‘(B) CORPORATION REPORT.—The Cor25 poration shall report to the appropriate commit-
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1 tees of Congress on an annual basis information 

2 regarding each recipient under subparagraph 

3 (A) that uses Federal funds other than those 

4 provided by the Corporation to carry out the 

5 program, including amounts and sources of 

6 other Federal funds.’’. 

7 SEC. 1302. REQUIRED AND ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE 

8 PROGRAMS. 

9 Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 

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

11 PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 

12 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The 

13 recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each Federal 

14 agency operating or supporting a national service program 

15 under section 121(b) shall, directly or through grants or 

16 subgrants to other entities, carry out or support the fol17 lowing national service corps, as full- or part-time corps, 

18 including during the summer months, to address unmet 

19 educational, health, veteran, or environmental needs: 

20 ‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.—An Education Corps 

21 that identifies unmet educational needs within com22 munities through activities such as those described 

23 in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the per24 formance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
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1 ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps 

2 described in this paragraph may carry out ac3 tivities such as— 

4 ‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other aca5 demic support to students; 

6 ‘‘(ii) mentoring students, including 

7 adult or peer mentoring; 

8 ‘‘(iii) linking needed integrated serv9 ices and comprehensive supports with stu10 dents, their families, and their public 

11 schools; 

12 ‘‘(iv) improving school climate; 

13 ‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school 

14 in expanding the school day by strength15 ening the quality of staff and expanding 

16 the academic programming offered in an 

17 expanded learning time initiative, a pro18 gram of a 21st century community learn19 ing center (as defined in section 4201 of 

20 the Elementary and Secondary Education 

21 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171)), or a high22 quality after-school program, such as 

23 through recruiting, placing, training and 

24 supporting a full-time corps of Fellows who 

25 are graduates of 4-year institutions of 
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1 higher education or 2-year institutions of 

2 higher education with a certificate or de3 gree in youth development to administer 

4 the initiative or program at high-need 

5 school; 

6 ‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local edu7 cational agencies in improving and expand8 ing high-quality service-learning programs 

9 that keep students engaged in schools by 

10 providing service-learning coordinators; 

11 ‘‘(vii) assisting students in being pre12 pared for college-level work; 

13 ‘‘(viii) involving family members of 

14 students in supporting teachers and stu15 dents; 

16 ‘‘(ix) conducting a pre-professional 

17 training program in which students en18 rolled in an institution of higher edu19 cation— 

20 ‘‘(I) receive training in specified 

21 fields, which may include classes con22 taining service-learning, including 

23 early childhood education, elementary 

24 and secondary education and other 

25 professions such as those in health 
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1 care, criminal justice, environmental 

2 stewardship and conservation or pub3 lic safety; 

4 ‘‘(II) perform service related to 

5 such training outside the classroom 

6 during the school term and during 

7 summer or other vacation periods; and 

8 ‘‘(III) agree to provide service 

9 upon graduation to meet unmet 

10 human, educational, environmental, or 

11 public safety needs related to such 

12 training; 

13 ‘‘(x) A campus-based program that is 

14 designed to provide substantial service in a 

15 community during the school term and 

16 during summer or other vacation periods 

17 through the use of— 

18 ‘‘(I) students who are attending 

19 an institution of higher education, in20 cluding students participating in a 

21 work-study program assisted under 

22 part C of title IV of the Higher Edu23 cation Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 

24 et seq.); 
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1 ‘‘(II) teams composed of such 

2 students; 

3 ‘‘(III) teams composed of a com4 bination of such students and commu5 nity residents; or 

6 ‘‘(IV) students participating in 

7 service-learning programs at an insti8 tution of higher education; 

9 ‘‘(xi) a program that provides special10 ized training to individuals in service-learn11 ing and places the individuals after such 

12 training in positions, including positions as 

13 service-learning coordinators, to facilitate 

14 service-learning in programs eligible for 

15 funding under part I of subtitle B; 

16 ‘‘(xii) providing education or job 

17 training services that are designed to meet 

18 the needs of rural communities; and 

19 ‘‘(xiii) other activities addressing 

20 unmet educational needs as the Corpora21 tion may designate. 

22 ‘‘(B) EDUCATION CORPS INDICATORS.— 

23 The corps indicators for a corps described in 

24 this paragraph are— 
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1 ‘‘(i) student engagement, including 

2 student attendance and student behavior; 

3 ‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 

4 ‘‘(iii) high school graduation rates; 

5 ‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and 

6 continued college enrollment for recipients 

7 of a high school diploma; 

8 ‘‘(v) an additional indicator relating to 

9 improving education for students that the 

10 Corporation, in consultation with the Sec11 retary of Education, establishes for a given 

12 year; 

13 ‘‘(vi) a local indicator (applicable to a 

14 particular eligible entity and on which an 

15 improvement in performance is needed) re16 lating to improving education for students, 

17 proposed by that eligible entity in an appli18 cation submitted to, and approved by, a 

19 State Commission or the Corporation 

20 under this section; and 

21 ‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 

22 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

23 and on which an improvement in perform24 ance is needed) that is approved by the 

25 Corporation. 
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1 ‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.—A Healthy 

2 Futures Corps that identifies unmet health needs 

3 within communities through activities such as those 

4 described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 

5 the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 

6 ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Healthy Futures 

7 Corps described in this paragraph may carry 

8 out activities such as— 

9 ‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvan10 taged individuals in navigating the health 

11 care system; 

12 ‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 

13 access to health care for themselves or 

14 their children; 

15 ‘‘(iii) educating economically dis16 advantaged individuals and individuals who 

17 are members of medically underserved pop18 ulations about, and engaging individuals 

19 described in this clause in, initiatives re20 garding navigating the health care system 

21 and regarding disease prevention and 

22 health promotion, with a particular focus 

23 on common health conditions, chronic dis24 eases, and conditions, for which disease 

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1 exist and for which socioeconomic, geo2 graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis3 parities exist; 

4 ‘‘(iv) improving health literacy of pa5 tients; 

6 ‘‘(v) providing translation services at 

7 clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 

8 health care; 

9 ‘‘(vi) providing services designed to 

10 meet the needs of rural communities in11 cluding the recruitment of youth to work 

12 in health professions in such communities; 

13 ‘‘(vii) addressing childhood obesity by 

14 providing volunteers to organize and super15 vise physical education classes and after 

16 school physical activities at elementary and 

17 secondary schools and providing nutrition 

18 education to students; 

19 ‘‘(viii) addressing issues faced by 

20 homebound elderly citizens through food 

21 deliveries, legal and medical services pro22 vided in the home, and providing transpor23 tation; 

24 ‘‘(ix) assisting in health promotion 

25 interventions that improve health status, 
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1 and helping people adopt and maintain 

2 healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 

3 health status; and 

4 ‘‘(x) other activities addressing unmet 

5 health needs as the Corporation may des6 ignate. 

7 ‘‘(B) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS INDICA8 TORS.—The corps indicators for a corps de9 scribed in this paragraph are— 

10 ‘‘(i) access to health care among eco11 nomically disadvantaged individuals and 

12 individuals who are members of medically 

13 underserved populations; 

14 ‘‘(ii) access to health care for unin15 sured individuals, including such individ16 uals who are economically disadvantaged 

17 children; 

18 ‘‘(iii) participation, among economi19 cally disadvantaged individuals and individ20 uals who are members of medically under21 served populations, in disease prevention 

22 and health promotion initiatives, particu23 larly those with a focus on addressing com24 mon health conditions, addressing chronic 

25 diseases, and decreasing health disparities; 
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1 ‘‘(iv) health literacy of patients; 

2 ‘‘(v) an additional indicator, relating 

3 to improving or protecting the health of 

4 economically disadvantaged individuals and 

5 individuals who are members of medically 

6 underserved populations, that the Corpora7 tion, in consultation with the Secretary of 

8 Health and Human Services and the Di9 rector of the Centers for Disease Control 

10 and Prevention, establishes for a given 

11 year; 

12 ‘‘(vi) a local indicator (applicable to a 

13 particular eligible entity and on which an 

14 improvement in performance is needed) re15 lating to improving or protecting the 

16 health of economically disadvantaged indi17 viduals and individuals who are members 

18 of medically underserved populations, pro19 posed by that eligible entity in an applica20 tion submitted to, and approved by, a 

21 State Commission or the Corporation 

22 under this section; and 

23 ‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 

24 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

25 and on which an improvement in perform-
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1 ance is needed) that is approved by the 

2 Corporation. 

3 ‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY CORPS.—A Clean Energy 

4 Corps that identifies unmet environmental needs 

5 within communities through activities such as those 

6 described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 

7 the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 

8 ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Corps 

9 described in this paragraph may carry out ac10 tivities such as— 

11 ‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting 

12 housing units for low-income households to 

13 significantly improve the energy efficiency 

14 and reduce carbon emissions of such hous15 ing units; 

16 ‘‘(ii) building energy efficient housing 

17 units in low-income communities; 

18 ‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 

19 low-income households and recommending 

20 ways for the households to improve energy 

21 efficiency; 

22 ‘‘(iv) the enhancement of renewable 

23 energy production by facilitating the instal24 lation or repair of renewable energy tech25 nologies; 
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1 ‘‘(v) assisting in emergency oper2 ations, such as disaster prevention and re3 lief; 

4 ‘‘(vi) the repair, renovation, or reha5 bilitation of an existing infrastructure fa6 cility including, but not limited to, rail, 

7 mass transportation, ports, inland naviga8 tion, schools and hospitals; 

9 ‘‘(vii) working with schools and youth 

10 programs to educate students and youth 

11 about ways to reduce home energy use and 

12 improve the environment, including con13 ducting service-learning projects to provide 

14 such education; 

15 ‘‘(viii) assisting in the development of 

16 local recycling programs; 

17 ‘‘(ix) improving national and State 

18 parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre19 serves, and trails owned or maintained by 

20 the Federal Government or a State, includ21 ing planting trees, carrying out reforest22 ation, and making trail enhancements; 

23 ‘‘(x) cleaning and improving rivers 

24 maintained by the Federal Government or 

25 a State; 
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1 ‘‘(xi) providing clean-energy-related 

2 services designed to meet the needs of 

3 rural communities; 

4 ‘‘(xii) full-time, year-round youth 

5 corps program or full-time summer youth 

6 corps program, such as a conservation 

7 corps or youth service corps that— 

8 ‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful serv9 ice projects with visible public bene10 fits, including projects involving urban 

11 renewal, sustaining natural resources, 

12 or improving human services; 

13 ‘‘(II) includes as participants 

14 youths and young adults between the 

15 ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, including 

16 out-of-school youths and other dis17 advantaged youths (such as youths 

18 with limited basic skills, youths in fos19 ter care who are becoming too old for 

20 foster care, youths of limited-English 

21 proficiency, homeless youths, and 

22 youths who are individuals with dis23 abilities), who are between those ages; 

24 and 
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1 ‘‘(III) provides those participants 

2 who are youths and young adults 

3 with— 

4 ‘‘(aa) crew-based, highly 

5 structured, and adult-supervised 

6 work experience, life skills, edu7 cation, career guidance and coun8 seling, employment training, and 

9 support services including men10 toring; and 

11 ‘‘(bb) the opportunity to de12 velop citizenship values and skills 

13 through service to their commu14 nity and the United States; 

15 ‘‘(xiii) projects in partnership with the 

16 National Park Service designed to renew 

17 and rehabilitate National Park resources 

18 and enhance services and learning opportu19 nities for National Park visitors, commu20 nities, and schools; and 

21 ‘‘(xiv) other activities addressing 

22 unmet environmental needs as the Cor23 poration may designate. 
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1 ‘‘(B) CLEAN ENERGY CORPS INDICA2 TORS.—The corps indicators for a corps de3 scribed in this paragraph are— 

4 ‘‘(i) the number of housing units of 

5 low-income households weatherized or ret6 rofitted to significantly improve energy ef7 ficiency and reduce carbon emissions; 

8 ‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to deter9 mine savings in those costs) at facilities 

10 where participants have provided service; 

11 ‘‘(iii) the number of students and 

12 youth receiving education or training in en13 ergy-efficient and environmentally con14 scious practices; 

15 ‘‘(iv) the number of national parks, 

16 State parks, city parks, county parks, for17 est preserves, or trails or rivers owned or 

18 maintained by the Federal Government or 

19 a State, that are cleaned or improved; 

20 ‘‘(v) another indicator relating to 

21 clean energy that the Corporation, in con22 sultation with the Administrator of the En23 vironmental Protection Agency and the 

24 Secretary of Energy and the Department 
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1 of Interior, as appropriate, establishes for 

2 a given year; 

3 ‘‘(vi) another indicator relating to 

4 education or skill attainment for clean en5 ergy jobs that the Corporation, in consulta6 tion with the Secretary of Labor, estab7 lishes for a given year; 

8 ‘‘(vii) a local indicator (applicable to a 

9 particular eligible entity and on which an 

10 improvement in performance is needed) re11 lating to clean energy, or education or skill 

12 attainment for clean energy jobs, proposed 

13 by that eligible entity in an application 

14 submitted to, and approved by, a State 

15 Commission or the Corporation under this 

16 section; and 

17 ‘‘(viii) any additional local indicator 

18 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

19 and on which improvement in performance 

20 is needed) that is approved by the Cor21 poration. 

22 ‘‘(4) VETERANS’ CORPS.—A Veterans’ Corps 

23 that identifies unmet needs of veterans through ac24 tivities such as those described in subparagraph (A) 
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1 and meets or exceeds the performance indicators 

2 under subparagraph (B). 

3 ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans’ Corps de4 scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi5 ties such as— 

6 ‘‘(i) promoting community-based ef7 forts to meet the unique needs of military 

8 families while a family member is deployed 

9 and upon that family member’s return 

10 home; 

11 ‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly 

12 returning veterans, into service opportuni13 ties, including such opportunities that re14 flect their military experience; 

15 ‘‘(iii) working to assist veterans in de16 veloping their educational opportunities, 

17 including opportunities for professional 

18 certification, licensure, and credentials, in19 cluding coordinating with and assisting 

20 State and local agencies administering vet21 erans education benefits and programs for 

22 internships and fellowships that could lead 

23 to employment in the private and public 

24 sector; 
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1 ‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within the 

2 community to serve the needs of veterans 

3 and members of the Armed Forces serving 

4 on active duty, including such efforts to 

5 help veterans file benefits claims and assist 

6 Federal agencies in providing services to 

7 veterans; 

8 ‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing 

9 mentoring relationships with economically 

10 disadvantaged students; 

11 ‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist dis12 abled, rural, unemployed, and older vet13 erans, including such projects that assist 

14 such veterans with transportation; and 

15 ‘‘(vii) other activities addressing 

16 unmet veterans’ needs as the Corporation 

17 may designate. 

18 ‘‘(B) VETERANS’ CORPS INDICATORS.— 

19 The corps indicators for a corps described in 

20 this paragraph are— 

21 ‘‘(i) the number of housing units cre22 ated for veterans; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pur24 sue educational opportunities; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving 

2 professional certification; 

3 ‘‘(iv) outreach efforts to service orga4 nizations serving the needs to veterans; 

5 ‘‘(v) the number of veterans engaged 

6 in service opportunities; 

7 ‘‘(vi) the number of military families 

8 assisted by organizations while the family 

9 member is deployed and when the family 

10 member returns from deployment; 

11 ‘‘(vii) the number of economically dis12 advantaged students engaged in mentoring 

13 relationships with veterans; 

14 ‘‘(viii) projects designed to meet iden15 tifiable public needs with a specific empha16 sis on projects in support of veterans, espe17 cially disabled and older veterans; 

18 ‘‘(ix) another indicator relating to 

19 education or skill attainment that assists 

20 in providing veterans with the skills to ad21 dress identifiable public needs, that is ap22 proved by the Corporation; 

23 ‘‘(x) other additional indicators that 

24 improve the lives of veterans and families 

25 of individuals deployed in service, that the 
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1 Corporation, in consultation with the De2 partment of Veterans Affairs, establishes 

3 for a given year; and 

4 ‘‘(xi) any additional local indicator 

5 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

6 and on which an improvement in perform7 ance is needed) that is approved by the 

8 Corporation. 

9 ‘‘(5) PROGRAM MODELS FOR SERVICE CORPS.— 

10 In addition to any activities described in paragraphs 

11 (1) through (4), a recipient of a grant under section 

12 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or sup13 porting a national service program under section 

14 121(b) may directly or through grants or subgrants 

15 to other entities carry out a national service corps 

16 through the following program models: 

17 ‘‘(A) A community corps program that 

18 meets unmet human, educational, heath, vet19 eran, environmental, or public safety needs and 

20 promotes greater community unity through the 

21 use of organized teams of participants of varied 

22 social and economic backgrounds, skill levels, 

23 physical and developmental capabilities, ages, 

24 ethnic backgrounds, or genders. 

25 ‘‘(B) A service program that— 
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1 ‘‘(i) recruits individuals with special 

2 skills or provides specialized preservice 

3 training to enable participants to be placed 

4 individually or in teams in positions in 

5 which the participants can meet such 

6 unmet needs; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) if consistent with the purposes of 

8 the program, brings participants together 

9 for additional training and other activities 

10 designed to foster civic responsibility, in11 crease the skills of participants, and im12 prove the quality of the service provided. 

13 ‘‘(C) A campus based program that is de14 signed to provide substantial service in a com15 munity during the school term and during sum16 mer or other vacation periods through the use 

17 of— 

18 ‘‘(i) students who are attending an in19 stitution of higher education, including 

20 students participating in a work study pro21 gram assisted under part C of title IV of 

22 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 

23 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); 

24 ‘‘(ii) teams composed of such stu25 dents; or 
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1 ‘‘(iii) teams composed of a combina2 tion of such students and community resi3 dents. 

4 ‘‘(D) A professional corps program that re5 cruits and places qualified participants in posi6 tions— 

7 ‘‘(i) as teachers, nurses and other 

8 health care providers, police officers, early 

9 childhood development staff, engineers, or 

10 other professionals providing service to 

11 meet educational, human, environmental, 

12 or public safety needs in communities with 

13 an inadequate number of such profes14 sionals; 

15 ‘‘(ii) that may include a salary in ex16 cess of the maximum living allowance au17 thorized in subsection (a)(3) of section 

18 140, as provided in subsection (c) of such 

19 section; and 

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

21 private employers who agree to pay 100 

22 percent of the salaries and benefits (other 

23 than any national service educational 

24 award under subtitle D) of the partici25 pants. 
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1 ‘‘(E) Such other program models as ap2 proved by the Corporation or a State commis3 sion, as appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY CORPS PROGRAMS.— 

5 The recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each 

6 Federal agency operating or supporting a national service 

7 program under section 121(b) shall, directly or through 

8 grants or subgrants to other entities, carry out or support 

9 full-or part-time national service programs, including sum10 mer programs, to address unmet community needs. 

11 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS.—National service 

12 programs under this subsection shall be known as 

13 ‘Opportunity Corps’ and may include the following 

14 types of national service programs: 

15 ‘‘(A) A community corps program that 

16 meets unmet human, educational, environ17 mental, or public safety needs and promotes 

18 greater community unity through the use of or19 ganized teams of participants of varied social 

20 and economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical 

21 and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic 

22 backgrounds, or genders. 

23 ‘‘(B) A professional corps program that re24 cruits and places qualified participants in posi25 tions— 
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1 ‘‘(i) such as teachers, nurses and 

2 other health care providers, police officers, 

3 early childhood development staff, engi4 neers, or other professionals providing 

5 service to meet educational, human, envi6 ronmental, or public safety needs in com7 munities with an inadequate number of 

8 such professionals; 

9 ‘‘(ii) that may include a salary in ex10 cess of the maximum living allowance au11 thorized in subsection (a)(3) of section 

12 140, as provided in subsection (c) of such 

13 section; and 

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

15 private employers who agree to pay 100 

16 percent of the salaries and benefits (other 

17 than any national service educational 

18 award under subtitle D) of the partici19 pants. 

20 ‘‘(C) A community service program de21 signed to meet the needs of rural communities, 

22 using teams or individual placements to address 

23 the development needs of rural communities, in24 cluding the issues of rural poverty, health care, 

25 education, and job training. 
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1 ‘‘(D) A program that seeks to eliminate 

2 hunger and improve nutrition in communities 

3 and rural areas through service in projects— 

4 ‘‘(i) involving food banks, food pan5 tries, faith-based entities, and nonprofit or6 ganizations that provide food during emer7 gencies; 

8 ‘‘(ii) involving the gleaning of pre9 pared and unprepared food that would oth10 erwise be discarded as unusable so that the 

11 usable portion of such food may be do12 nated to food banks, food pantries, faith13 based entities, and other nonprofit organi14 zations; 

15 ‘‘(iii) increasing access to and partici16 pation in federally supported nutrition pro17 grams; 

18 ‘‘(iv) involving the preparation and 

19 delivery of nutritious food and the dissemi20 nation of nutrition education to critically 

21 and chronically ill individuals; 

22 ‘‘(v) seeking to address the long-term 

23 causes of hunger through education and 

24 the delivery of appropriate services; or 
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1 ‘‘(vi) providing training in basic 

2 health, nutrition, and life skills necessary 

3 to alleviate hunger in communities and 

4 rural areas. 

5 ‘‘(E) An E-Corps program that involves 

6 participants who provide services in a commu7 nity by developing and assisting in carrying out 

8 technology programs which seek to increase ac9 cess to technology and the benefits thereof in 

10 such community. 

11 ‘‘(F) A program that engages citizens in 

12 public safety, public health, and emergency and 

13 disaster preparedness, and may include the re14 cruitment and placing of qualified participants 

15 in positions to be trainees as law enforcement 

16 officers, firefighters, search and rescue per17 sonnel, and emergency medical service workers, 

18 and may engage Federal, State, and local stake19 holders in collaboration to organize more effec20 tive responses to issues of public safety and 

21 public health, emergencies, and disasters. 

22 ‘‘(G) A program, initiative, or partnership 

23 that seeks to expand the number of mentors for 

24 youths (including by recruiting high-school and 

25 college-aged individuals to enter into mentoring 
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1 relationships), including mentors for disadvan2 taged youths, either through provision of direct 

3 mentoring services, provision of supportive serv4 ices to direct mentoring service organizations 

5 (in the case of a partnership), or through the 

6 creative utilization of current and emerging 

7 technologies to connect youth with mentors. 

8 ‘‘(H) A program that has the primary pur9 pose of re-engaging court-involved youth and 

10 adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. 

11 ‘‘(I) Programs to support the needs of vet12 erans or active duty service members and their 

13 families, including providing opportunities to 

14 participate in service projects, such as sending 

15 care packages to members of the Armed Forces 

16 deployed in combat zones overseas. 

17 ‘‘(J) Providing financial literacy education 

18 to economically disadvantaged individuals, in19 cluding financial literacy education with regard 

20 to credit management, financial institutions in21 cluding banks and credit unions, and utilization 

22 of savings plans. 

23 ‘‘(K) Assisting in building, improving, and 

24 preserving affordable housing and in the con25 struction and rehabilitation of housing units, in-
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1 cluding energy efficient homes, for economically 

2 disadvantaged individuals. 

3 ‘‘(L) Assisting individuals in obtaining ac4 cess to health care for themselves or their chil5 dren. 

6 ‘‘(M) Assisting individuals in obtaining in7 formation about Federal, State, local, or private 

8 programs or benefits focused on assisting eco9 nomically disadvantaged individuals, economi10 cally disadvantaged children, or low-income 

11 families. 

12 ‘‘(N) Facilitating enrollment in and com13 pletion of job training for economically dis14 advantaged individuals. 

15 ‘‘(O) Assisting economically disadvantaged 

16 individuals in obtaining access to job placement 

17 assistance. 

18 ‘‘(P) Promoting community-based efforts 

19 to reduce crime and recruiting public safety of20 ficers into service opportunities to work with 

21 disadvantaged youth. 

22 ‘‘(Q) A musician and artist corps program 

23 that trains and deploys skilled musicians and 

24 artists to promote greater community unity 

25 through the use of music and arts education 
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1 and engagement through work in low income 

2 communities, education, healthcare and thera3 peutic settings, and other work in the public do4 main with citizens of all ages. 

5 ‘‘(R) Such other national service programs 

6 addressing unmet human, educational, environ7 mental, or public safety needs as the Corpora8 tion may designate. 

9 ‘‘(2) OPPORTUNITY CORPS INDICATORS.—The 

10 corps indicators for programs under this subsection 

11 are— 

12 ‘‘(A) financial literacy among economically 

13 disadvantaged individuals; 

14 ‘‘(B) housing units built or improved for 

15 economically disadvantaged individuals or low16 income families; 

17 ‘‘(C) economically disadvantaged individ18 uals with access to job training and other skill 

19 enhancement; 

20 ‘‘(D) economically disadvantaged individ21 uals with access to information about job place22 ment services; 

23 ‘‘(E) a reduced crime rate in the commu24 nity where service is provided; 
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1 ‘‘(F) established or improved access to 

2 technology in the community where service is 

3 provided; 

4 ‘‘(G) mentor relationships among disadvan5 taged youth; 

6 ‘‘(H) food security among economically dis7 advantaged individuals; 

8 ‘‘(I) service opportunities through the pro9 grams described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

10 (F) for economically disadvantaged individuals; 

11 ‘‘(J) an additional indicator relating to im12 proving economic opportunity for economically 

13 disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, 

14 in consultation with the Secretary of Health 

15 and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, 

16 and the Attorney General, establishes for a 

17 given year; 

18 ‘‘(K) a local indicator (applicable to a par19 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve20 ment in performance is needed) relating to im21 proving economic opportunity for economically 

22 disadvantaged individuals, proposed by that eli23 gible entity in an application submitted to, and 

24 approved by, a State Commission or the Cor25 poration under this section; 
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1 ‘‘(L) increase capacity of local nonprofit 

2 organizations to meet the needs of disadvan3 taged people and communities; 

4 ‘‘(M) any additional indicator proposed by 

5 a Governor or State Commission that is ap6 proved by the Corporation; and 

7 ‘‘(N) any additional local indicator (appli8 cable to a particular eligible entity and on 

9 which an improvement in performance is need10 ed) that is approved by the Corporation. 

11 ‘‘(c) PRIORITIES FOR CERTAIN REQUIRED CORPS.— 

12 In awarding financial assistance and approved national 

13 service positions to eligible entities proposed to carry out 

14 the required corps described in subsection (a)— 

15 ‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in sub16 section (a)(2)— 

17 ‘‘(A) the Corporation may give priority to 

18 such eligible entities that propose to develop 

19 policies to provide, and provide, support for 

20 participants who, after completing service under 

21 this section, will undertake careers to improve 

22 performance on health indicators; and 

23 ‘‘(B) the Corporation shall give priority to 

24 such eligible entities that propose to carry out 

25 national service programs in medically under-
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1 served areas (as designated by the Secretary of 

2 Health and Human Services as an area with a 

3 shortage of personal health services); and 

4 ‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in sub5 section (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to 

6 such eligible entities that propose to recruit individ7 uals for the Clean Energy Corps so that significant 

8 percentages of participants in the Corps are eco9 nomically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to 

10 such individuals support services and education and 

11 training to develop skills needed for clean energy 

12 jobs for which there is current demand or projected 

13 future demand. 

14 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION ON PERFORMANCE INDICA15 TORS.—The Corporation shall consult with the Secretaries 

16 of Education, Health and Human Services, Energy, Vet17 erans Affairs, Department of Interior, the Administrator 

18 of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Attorney 

19 General, as appropriate, in developing additional perform20 ance indicators for the corps and programs described in 

21 subsections (a) and (b). 

22 ‘‘(e) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELI23 GIBILITY.— 

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

25 Corporation shall establish qualification criteria for 
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1 different types of national service programs for the 

2 purpose of determining whether a particular national 

3 service program should be considered to be a na4 tional service program eligible to receive assistance 

5 or approved national service positions under this 

6 subtitle. 

7 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualifica8 tion criteria under paragraph (1), the Corporation 

9 shall consult with organizations and individuals with 

10 extensive experience in developing and administering 

11 effective national service programs or regarding the 

12 delivery of human, educational, environmental, or 

13 public safety services to communities or persons. 

14 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The quali15 fication criteria established by the Corporation under 

16 paragraph (1) shall also be used by each recipient of 

17 assistance under section 121(a) that uses any por18 tion of the assistance to conduct a grant program to 

19 support other national service programs. 

20 ‘‘(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF

21 INTERGENERATIONAL COMPONENTS OF PRO22 GRAMS.—The Corporation shall encourage national 

23 service programs eligible to receive assistance or ap24 proved national service positions under this subtitle 

25 to establish, if consistent with the purposes of the 
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1 program, an intergenerational component of the pro2 gram that combines students, out-of-school youths, 

3 disadvantaged youth, and older adults as partici4 pants to provide services to address unmet human, 

5 educational, environmental, or public safety needs. 

6 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

8 ‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to con9 centrate national efforts on meeting certain 

10 human, educational, environmental, or veterans’ 

11 needs and to achieve the other purposes of this 

12 Act, the Corporation, consistent with the stra13 tegic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1), 

14 shall establish (and may periodically alter) pri15 orities regarding the types of national service 

16 programs and corps to be assisted under section 

17 129 and the purposes for which such assistance 

18 may be used. In establishing such priorities, the 

19 Corporation— 

20 ‘‘(i) shall select 2 or more of the corps 

21 described in subsection (a) to receive as22 sistance under section 129(d); and 

23 ‘‘(ii) may select other programs de24 scribed in subsection (b) to receive assist25 ance under such section. 
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1 ‘‘(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with para2 graph (4), States shall establish, and through 

3 the national service plan process described in 

4 section 178(e)(1), periodically alter priorities as 

5 appropriate regarding the national service pro6 grams to be assisted under section 129(d) and 

7 129(e). The State priorities shall be subject to 

8 Corporation review as part of the application 

9 process under section 130. 

10 ‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corpora11 tion shall provide advance notice to potential appli12 cants of any national service priorities to be in effect 

13 under this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice 

14 shall specifically include— 

15 ‘‘(A) a description of any alteration made 

16 in the priorities since the previous notice; and 

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

18 programs that are designated by the Corpora19 tion under section 133(d)(2) as eligible for pri20 ority consideration in the next competitive dis21 tribution of assistance under section 121(a). 

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

23 regulation establish procedures to ensure the equi24 table treatment of national service programs that— 
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1 ‘‘(A) receive funding under this subtitle for 

2 multiple years; and 

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

4 revisions in such national service priorities. 

5 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—Any na6 tional service priorities established by the Corpora7 tion under this subsection shall also be used by each 

8 recipient of funds under section 121(a) that uses 

9 any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant pro10 gram to support other national service programs. 

11 ‘‘(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para13 graph (2), the Corporation shall require that each 

14 recipient of assistance under the national service 

15 laws that operates a tutoring program involving ele16 mentary or secondary school students certifies that 

17 individuals serving in approved national service posi18 tions as tutors in such program have— 

19 ‘‘(A) either— 

20 ‘‘(i) obtained their high school di21 ploma; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) passed a proficiency test dem23 onstrating that such individuals have the 

24 skills necessary to achieve program goals; 

25 and 
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1 ‘‘(B) have successfully completed pre- and 

2 in-service training for tutors. 

3 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in para4 graph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in 

5 an approved national service position who is enrolled 

6 in an elementary or secondary school and is pro7 viding tutoring services through a structured, school8 managed cross-grade tutoring program. 

9 ‘‘(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.— 

10 Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the 

11 national service laws shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, re13 search-based, and consistent with the State aca14 demic content standards required by section 1111 of 

15 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

16 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional pro17 gram of the local educational agency; and 

18 ‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and 

19 in-service training for tutors. 

20 ‘‘(i) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall 

21 establish requirements for recipients of assistance under 

22 the national service laws relating to the promotion of citi23 zenship and civic engagement, that are consistent with the 

24 principles on which citizenship programs administered by 

25 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based and 
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1 are appropriate to the age, education, and experience of 

2 the participants enrolled in approved national service posi3 tions and approved summer of service positions. 

4 ‘‘(j) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end 

5 of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants 

6 under section 121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and 

7 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

8 containing— 

9 ‘‘(1) information describing how the Corpora10 tion allocated financial assistance and approved na11 tional service positions among eligible entities pro12 posed to carry out national service corps described 

13 in that subsection (a) for that fiscal year; and 

14 ‘‘(2) information describing the amount of fi15 nancial assistance and the number of approved na16 tional service positions the Corporation provided to 

17 each national service corps described in subsection 

18 (a) for that fiscal year; 

19 ‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the na20 tional service corps improved performance on the 

21 corresponding indicators; and 

22 ‘‘(4) information describing how the Corpora23 tion is coordinating— 

24 ‘‘(A) the national service corps funded 

25 under subsection (a); with 
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1 ‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined 

2 by the Corporation, carried out under subtitles 

3 B of this title, and part A of title I and parts 

4 A and B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer 

5 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 

6 5001, 5011) that improve performance on those 

7 indicators or otherwise address identified com8 munity needs.’’. 

9 SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 

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

11 (1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘sub12 division of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘a Territory,’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) in paragraph (5)— 

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil16 ian Community Corps’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting before the period ‘‘the 

18 Summer of Service program under section 

19 120(c)(8), the ServeAmerica Fellowship under 

20 198B or the Silver Scholarship under section 

21 198C(a)’’. 

22 SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGA23 NIZATIONS. 

24 Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read 

25 as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGA2 NIZATIONS. 

3 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—A participant in an 

4 approved national service position under this subtitle may 

5 not engage in the following activities: 

6 ‘‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation. 

7 ‘‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, peti8 tions, boycotts, or strikes. 

9 ‘‘(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union 

10 organizing. 

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

12 collective bargaining agreements. 

13 ‘‘(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or 

14 other activities designed to influence the outcome of 

15 an election to any public office. 

16 ‘‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or 

17 activities that are likely to include advocacy for or 

18 against political parties, political platforms, political 

19 candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials. 

20 ‘‘(7) Engaging in religious instruction, con21 ducting worship services, providing instruction as 

22 part of a program that includes mandatory religious 

23 instruction or worship, constructing or operating fa24 cilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, 

25 maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted 
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1 to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in 

2 any form of religious proselytization. 

3 ‘‘(8) Providing a direct benefit to— 

4 ‘‘(A) a business organized for profit; 

5 ‘‘(B) a labor organization; 

6 ‘‘(C) a partisan political organization; 

7 ‘‘(D) a nonprofit organization that fails to 

8 comply with the restrictions contained in sec9 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

10 1986 except that nothing in this section shall 

11 be construed to prevent participants from en12 gaging in advocacy activities undertaken at 

13 their own initiative; and 

14 ‘‘(E) an organization engaged in the reli15 gious activities described in paragraph (7), un16 less Corporation assistance is not used to sup17 port those religious activities. 

18 ‘‘(9) Conducting a voter registration drive or 

19 using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registra20 tion drive. 

21 ‘‘(10) Such other activities as the Corporation 

22 may prohibit. 

23 ‘‘(b) INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—No assistance 

24 provided under this subtitle may be provided to the fol25 lowing types of organizations (including the participation 
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1 of a participant in an approved national service position 

2 under this subtitle in activities conducted by such organi3 zations) or to organizations that are co-located on the 

4 same premises as the following organizations: 

5 ‘‘(1) Organizations that provide or promote 

6 abortion services, including referral for such serv7 ices. 

8 ‘‘(2) For-profit organizations, political parties, 

9 labor organizations, or organizations engaged in po10 litical or legislative advocacy. 

11 ‘‘(3) Organizations that have been indicted for 

12 voter fraud. 

13 ‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYED WORKERS

14 OR OTHER VOLUNTEERS.—A participant in an approved 

15 national service position under this subtitle may not per16 form any services or duties or engage in activities which— 

17 ‘‘(1) would otherwise be performed by an em18 ployed worker as part of his or her assigned duties 

19 as an employee or by another volunteer who is not 

20 a participant in an approved national service posi21 tion; or 

22 ‘‘(2) will supplant the hiring of employed work23 ers or work of such other volunteers.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHAL2 LENGE GRANTS. 

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

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 

6 ‘‘$125,000 and $750,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$250,000 and $1,000,000’’; and 

8 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—In making 

11 grants to a State under this subsection, the Cor12 poration shall require the State to provide matching 

13 funds of $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 

14 provided by the Corporation. 

15 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding para16 graph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a 

17 State that demonstrates hardship or a new State 

18 Commission to use an alternative match as follows: 

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

20 $100,000 of grant amounts provided by the 

21 Corporation, a State shall not be required to 

22 provide matching funds. 

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

24 For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and 

25 not exceeding $250,000 provided by the Cor26 poration, a State shall provide $1 from non- 
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1 Federal sources for every $2 provided by the 

2 Corporation in excess of $100,000. 

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

4 For grant amounts of more than $250,000 pro5 vided by the Corporation, a State shall provide 

6 $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 pro7 vided by the Corporation in excess of $250,000. 

8 ‘‘(4) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From the 

9 amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection 

10 each fiscal year, the corporation shall ensure that it 

11 reserves funds for assistance provided under this 

12 subsection at an aggregate amount equal to that of 

13 at least 150 percent allocated in fiscal year 2004 for 

14 the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment 

15 of the GIVE Act. Each subsequent year the corpora16 tion shall increase the amount reserved proportion17 ately including minimum and maximum amounts de18 scribed in paragraph (1) to the amount of program 

19 funding allocated in subtitle C.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by striking the period and 

21 inserting ‘‘and to support, including through mis22 sion-assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Dis23 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 5147), nonprofit organizations and public 
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1 agencies responding to the needs of communities in 

2 disasters.’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (c)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to na5 tional service programs that receive assistance 

6 under section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘to programs 

7 supported under the national service laws’’; and 

8 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge 

11 grant under this subsection may provide, for an ini12 tial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assist13 ance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised 

14 from private sources by the program supported 

15 under the national service laws in excess of amounts 

16 required to be provided by the program to satisfy 

17 matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year 

18 grant period, grants under this subsection may pro19 vide not more than $1 of assistance for each $2 in 

20 cash raised from private sources by the program in 

21 excess of amounts required to be provided by the 

22 program to satisfy matching funds requirements. 

23 The Corporation may permit the use of local or 

24 State funds as matching funds if the Corporation 

25 determines that such use would be equitable due to 
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1 a lack of available private funds at the local level. 

2 The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the 

3 amount of assistance that may be provided to a na4 tional service program under this subsection.’’. 

5 SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND 

6 OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

7 Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA10 TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) 1-PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRI12 TORIES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 

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

14 year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants 

15 to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

16 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

17 Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an applica18 tion submitted under section 130. The amount allotted as 

19 a grant to each such Territory under this subsection for 

20 a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the 

21 same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for that 

22 fiscal year as the population of the Territory bears to the 

23 total population of such Territories. 

24 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the 

25 funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assist-
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1 ance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corpora2 tion shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian 

3 tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive 

4 basis. 

5 ‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The 

6 Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected dur7 ing a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer 

8 under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

9 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the 

10 Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program under 

11 subtitle E shall receive the national service educational 

12 award described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the 

13 eligibility requirements for the award. Funds for approved 

14 national service positions required by this paragraph for 

15 a fiscal year shall be deducted from the total funding for 

16 approved national service positions to be available for dis17 tribution under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Of 

19 the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of as20 sistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year and subject 

21 to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve up to 

22 62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis 

23 to States for national service programs and to nonprofit 

24 organizations seeking to operate a national service pro25 gram in 2 or more States. 
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1 ‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA

2 BASIS.— 

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

4 Corporation for provision of assistance under sub5 section (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Cor6 poration shall make a grant to each of the several 

7 States, the District of Columbia, and the Common8 wealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application 

9 under section 130 that is approved by the Corpora10 tion. 

11 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The amount allotted as a 

12 grant to each such State under this subsection for 

13 a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears 

14 the same ratio to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds 

15 for that fiscal year as the population of the State 

16 bears to the total population of the several States, 

17 the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

18 Puerto Rico, in compliance with paragraph (3). 

19 ‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding 

20 paragraph (2), the minimum grant made available to 

21 each State approved by the Corporation under para22 graph (1) for each fiscal year must be at least 

23 $600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for 

24 the State formula under this section, whichever is 

25 greater. 
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1 ‘‘(f) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or 

2 Territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the 

3 Corporation of its intent to apply for an allotment under 

4 this section, or the Corporation does not approve the appli5 cation consistent with section 133, the Corporation may 

6 use the amount that would have been allotted under this 

7 section to the State or Territory to— 

8 ‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved na9 tional service positions in connection with such 

10 grants) to other community-based entities under sec11 tion 121 that propose to carry out national service 

12 programs in such State or Territory; and 

13 ‘‘(2) make a reallotment to other States or Ter14 ritories with approved applications submitted under 

15 section 130, to the extent community-based organi16 zations do not apply as described in paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as18 sistance and approved national service positions to a re19 cipient under this section shall be made by the Corpora20 tion only pursuant to an application submitted by a State 

21 or other applicant under section 130. 

22 ‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAIL23 ABLE FUNDS.—The Corporation may not approve posi24 tions as approved national service positions under this 

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1 positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available 

2 funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, 

3 taking into consideration funding needs for national serv4 ice educational awards under subtitle D based on com5 pleted service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide 

6 the maximum allowable national service educational 

7 awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the 

8 Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reason9 able adjustments to program rules. 

10 ‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERV11 ICE POSITIONS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The Cor13 poration may enter into agreements with persons or 

14 entities who offer to sponsor national service posi15 tions for which the person or entity will be respon16 sible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a 

17 national service educational award. The distribution 

18 of these approved national service positions shall be 

19 made pursuant to the agreement, and the creation 

20 of these positions shall not be taken into consider21 ation in determining the number of approved na22 tional service positions to be available for distribu23 tion under this section. 

24 ‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds pro25 vided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph 
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1 (1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust 

2 established in section 145 until such time as the 

3 funds are needed. 

4 ‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSIST5 ANCE.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pur6 suant to the authorization of appropriations in section 

7 501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, 

8 the Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corpora9 tion considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making 

10 assistance available under subsections (b) and (c) of sec11 tion 126. 

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

13 PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—To make grants to public 

15 or private nonprofit organizations to increase the 

16 participation of individuals with disabilities in na17 tional service and for demonstration activities in fur18 therance of this purpose, and subject to the limita19 tion in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer 

20 shall reserve not less than 1 percent from the 

21 amount allocated to carry out program grants under 

22 the national service laws. 

23 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved in 

24 paragraph (1) may not exceed $10,000,000. 
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1 ‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—After making grants under 

2 subsection (k), excess funds may be used by the 

3 Chief Executive Officer for other activities under 

4 section 501(a)(2). 

5 ‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

7 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appro8 priated for a fiscal year to provide financial as9 sistance under the national service laws, the 

10 Corporation, subject to the limitation in sub11 paragraph (B) may provide assistance in the 

12 form of fixed-amount grants in an amount de13 termined by the Corporation under paragraph 

14 (2) rather than on the basis of actual costs in15 curred by a program. 

16 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Other than fixed17 amount grants to support programs described 

18 in section 129A, for the 1-year period beginning 

19 on the date of enactment of the GIVE Act, the 

20 Corporation may provide assistance in the form 

21 of fixed-amount grants only to support full-time 

22 positions. 

23 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED24 AMOUNT GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized 
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1 by this subsection shall be in an amount determined 

2 by the Corporation that is— 

3 ‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable 

4 and necessary costs of administering the pro5 gram receiving the grant; and 

6 ‘‘(B) based on the amount per individual 

7 enrolled in the program receiving the grant, 

8 taking into account— 

9 ‘‘(i) the program’s capacity to manage 

10 funds and achieve programmatic results; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the number of national service 

12 positions approved for the program; 

13 ‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the pro14 gram; 

15 ‘‘(iv) whether the program provides 

16 service to or involves the participation of 

17 disadvantaged youth or otherwise would 

18 reasonably incur a relatively higher level of 

19 costs; and 

20 ‘‘(v) such other factors as the Cor21 poration may consider under section 133 in 

22 considering applications for assistance. 

23 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPI24 ENTS.—In awarding a fixed-amount grant under 

25 this subsection, the Corporation— 
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1 ‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 

2 ‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of 

3 the grant funds based upon the difference 

4 between the number of hours served by a 

5 participant and the minimum number of 

6 hours for completion of a term of service 

7 (as established by the Corporation); 

8 ‘‘(ii) to report on standardized and 

9 other performance measures established by 

10 the Corporation; 

11 ‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation 

12 activities undertaken by the Corporation; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that addi15 tional funds shall be raised in support of 

16 the proposed program, in addition to those 

17 received under the national service laws; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and condi20 tions as it considers necessary or appropriate 

21 based on the relative risks (as determined by 

22 the Corporation) associated with any applica23 tion for a fixed-amount grant. 

24 ‘‘(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICA25 BLE.—Limitations on administrative costs and 
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1 matching fund documentation requirements shall not 

2 apply to fixed-amount grants provided in accordance 

3 with this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

5 this subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the 

6 responsibility to comply with the requirements of the 

7 Single Audit Act (31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) or other 

8 requirements of Office of Management and Budget 

9 Circular A–133. 

10 ‘‘(m) NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR SE11 VERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.— 

12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a severely eco13 nomically distressed community that receives assistance 

14 from the Corporation for any program under the national 

15 service laws shall not be subject to any requirement to pro16 vide matching funds for any such program, and the Fed17 eral share of such assistance for such a community may 

18 be 100 percent.’’. 

19 SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 

20 Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting 

21 after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: 

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

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for 

24 a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this sub25 title and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), 
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1 the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in ac2 cordance with section 129(l)), provide operational assist3 ance to programs that receive approved national service 

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

5 ‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.— 

6 Operational support under this section may not exceed 

7 $800 per individual enrolled in an approved national serv8 ice position and may reach $1000 per individual if the pro9 gram supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. 

10 ‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—For each year 

11 after 2009, the amounts specified in subsection (b) shall 

12 be adjusted for inflation as measured by the Consumer 

13 Price Index for all Urban Consumers published by the 

14 Secretary of Labor. 

15 ‘‘(d) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The provisions 

16 under section 129(l)(4) and the living allowances and 

17 other benefits under sections 131(e) and section 140 

18 (other than individualized support services for disabled 

19 members under section 140(f)) shall not apply to pro20 grams that receive assistance under this section.’’. 

21 SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 

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

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

24 (A) by inserting after ‘‘State,’’ the fol25 lowing: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu2 cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in3 stitution of higher education’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 

6 122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘mu8 nicipalities and county governments in the areas 

9 being served,’’ after ‘‘services,’’. 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all 

15 that follows through the period at the end 

16 and inserting a period; 

17 (B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘pro18 posed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization op21 erating programs in 2 or more States, a description 

22 of the manner and extent to which the State Com23 missions of each State in which the nonprofit organi24 zation intends to operate were consulted and the na25 ture of the consultation.’’; 
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1 (4) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 

2 as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and in3 serting after subsection (c) the following: 

4 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFOR5 MATION.—An application submitted under subsection (a) 

6 for programs described in 122(a) shall also contain— 

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

8 measurements of the program on 1 or more of the 

9 corresponding performance indicators; 

10 ‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant 

11 proposes to utilize funds to improve performance on 

12 the corresponding performance indicators utilizing 

13 participants, including the activities in which such 

14 participants will engage to improve performance on 

15 those indicators; 

16 ‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical 

17 area in which the eligible entity proposed to carry 

18 out the program proposes to use funds to improve 

19 performance on the corresponding performance indi20 cators including demographic information on the 

21 students or individuals, as appropriate, in such area, 

22 and statistics demonstrating the need to improve 

23 such indicators in such area; and 

24 ‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligi25 ble entity will work with other community-based 
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1 agencies to carry out activities to improve perform2 ance on the corresponding performance indicators 

3 using such funds.’’; 

4 (5) in subsection (f)(2) (as so redesignated) by 

5 striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will 

6 be selected’’; 

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

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a pro9 gram applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRO13 GRAM APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLI14 CANT’’; 

15 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A), by striking ‘‘program appli17 cant’’ and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 

18 (iii) in subparagraph (A)— 

19 (I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 

20 of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri21 tory,’’; and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘institution of 

23 higher education, or Federal agency’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 

25 education’’; and 
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1 (iv) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 

3 of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri4 tory,’’; and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘institution of 

6 higher education, or Federal agency’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 

8 education’’; and 

9 (7) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesig10 nated) to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT RECEIVING

12 MULTIPLE GRANTS.—Unless specifically authorized by 

13 law, the Corporation may not provide more than 1 grant 

14 under the national service laws to support the same 

15 project.’’. 

16 SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE RE17 QUIREMENTS. 

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

19 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

21 as follows: 

22 ‘‘(A) the community served, including, if 

23 appropriate, municipal and county governments 

24 in the area served, and potential participants in 

25 the program;’’; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘program;’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(C) municipalities and county govern5 ments in the areas being served;’’; and 

6 (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(3) in the case of a program that is not fund9 ed through a State, including programs operated by 

10 nonprofit organizations seeking to operate a national 

11 service program in 2 or more States— 

12 ‘‘(A) consult with and coordinate with the 

13 State Commission for the State in which the 

14 program operates; and 

15 ‘‘(B) obtain confirmation from the State 

16 Commission that the applicant seeking assist17 ance under this Act has consulted with and co18 ordinated with the State Commission when 

19 seeking to operate a program in that State.’’. 

20 SEC. 1310. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

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

22 (1) in subsection (c)(6), insert after subpara23 graph (E) the following: 

24 ‘‘(F) Areas that have a mortgage fore25 closure rate or home price decline greater than 
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1 the national average mortgage foreclosure rate 

2 or home price decline for the most recent 12 

3 months for which satisfactory data are avail4 able.’’; 

5 (2) in paragraph (5)— 

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘National before’’ ‘‘Civil7 ian Community Corps’’; and 

8 (B) by inserting before the period ‘‘the 

9 Summer of Service program under section 

10 120(c)(8), the ServeAmerica Fellowship under 

11 198B or the Silver Scholarship under section 

12 198C(a)’’; and 

13 (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(5) DIVERSITY IN PROGRAM SIZE.—The Cor16 poration shall ensure that recipients of assistance 

17 provided under section 121 are diverse in terms of 

18 program size, as reflected in the number of partici19 pants.’’. 

20 SEC. 1311. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 

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

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

2 and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec3 tively; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para6 graph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘between 

8 the ages of 16 and 25’’ and inserting ‘‘a 16- 

9 year-old out of school youth or an individual be10 tween the ages of 17 and 25’’; and 

11 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘(a)(4)’’. 

13 SEC. 1312. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI14 PANTS. 

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

16 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘conducted by 

17 the State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or other en18 tity’’ and inserting ‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (e)(2)(C) by inserting before 

20 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, particu21 larly those who were considered at the time of their 

22 service disadvantaged youth’’. 

23 SEC. 1313. TERMS OF SERVICE. 

24 Section 139 (42 U.S.C. 12593) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘not less 

2 than 9 months and’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘during a 

4 period of—’’ and all that follows through the period 

5 at the end and inserting ‘‘during a period of not 

6 more than 2 years.’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (b) by inserting at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PUR10 POSES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) An individual in an approved national 

12 service position performing service directly re13 lated to disaster relief efforts may continue in 

14 a term of service for a period of 90 days beyond 

15 the period otherwise specified in sections 139(b) 

16 and 153 (e) or in section 104 of the Domestic 

17 Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 

18 ‘‘(B) Service performed by an individual in 

19 an originally-agreed to term of service and serv20 ice performed under this paragraph shall con21 stitute a single term of service for purposes of 

22 sections 146(b) and (c) but may not receive an 

23 additional education award under section 141.’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘as 

2 demonstrated by the participant’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘as determined by the organization responsible 

4 for granting a release, if the participant has 

5 otherwise performed satisfactorily and has com6 pleted at least 15 percent of the original term 

7 of service’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘pro9 vide to the participant that portion of the na10 tional service educational award’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘certify the participant’s eligibility for that por12 tion of the national service educational award’’; 

13 and 

14 (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to 

15 allow return to the program with which the in16 dividual was serving in order’’. 

17 SEC. 1314. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 

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

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para21 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 

22 (3)’’; 

23 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

24 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (2); 
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1 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so 

2 redesignated) the following: 

3 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The 

4 living allowance that may be provided to an indi5 vidual whose term of service includes hours for 

6 which the individual receives Federal work study 

7 wages shall be reduced by the amount of the individ8 ual’s Federal work study award.’’; and 

9 (E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a re10 duced term of service under section 139(b)(3)’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘a term of service that is less 

12 than 12 months’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include 

14 an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of such 

15 taxes’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

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

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

19 the end; 

20 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

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

22 (4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking the second 

23 sentence; and 

24 (5) by striking subsections (g) and (h). 
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1 Subtitle D—Amendments to Sub2 title D (National Service Trust 

3 and Provision of National Serv4 ice Educational Awards) 

5 SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL 

6 SERVICE TRUST. 

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

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘sec10 tion 148(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 148(f)’’; 

11 and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pursu13 ant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursu14 ant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such 

15 donations direct that they be deposited in the 

16 National Service Trust’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments 

18 of national service educational awards in accordance 

19 with section 148.’’ and inserting ‘‘for— 

20 ‘‘(1) payments of summer of service educational 

21 awards and national service educational awards in 

22 accordance with section 148; and 

23 ‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with 

24 section 148(f).’’. 
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1 SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NA2 TIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD 

3 FROM THE TRUST. 

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

5 (1) in subsection (a)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

7 by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and inserting ‘‘if 

8 the organization responsible for an individual’s 

9 supervision certifies that the individual’’; 

10 (B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 

11 (3) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements 

13 for the position, including in the Summer of Service 

14 program under section 120(c)(8), the ServeAmerica 

15 program under section 198B, or the Silver Scholar16 ship program under section 198E; and 

17 ‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time educational 

18 award, successfully completed the required term of 

19 service described in subsection (b) in an approved 

20 national service position; or 

21 ‘‘(B) for a partial educational award— 

22 ‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being 

23 granted a release for compelling personal cir24 cumstances under section 139(c); and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) served at least 15 percent of the re2 quired term of service described in subsection 

3 (b); and’’; and 

4 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

5 paragraph (3); 

6 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERV9 ICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—An individual may not re10 ceive, in national service educational awards, more than 

11 an amount equal to the aggregate value of 2 such awards 

12 for full-time service. The aggregate value of summer of 

13 service educational awards that an individual receives shall 

14 have no effect on the aggregate value of national service 

15 educational awards the individual may receive.’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR RE19 QUIREMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GEN20 ERAL’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

25 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

2 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

3 and 

4 (iii) by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(C) is an individual eligible to receive a 

7 summer of service educational award, in which 

8 case the individual shall have a 10-year period 

9 to use such educational award beginning on the 

10 date that the individual completes the term of 

11 service that is the basis of such educational 

12 award.’’; and 

13 (4) in subsection (e)(1)— 

14 (A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under 

15 this section’’ the following: ‘‘or under section 

16 120(c)(8)’’; and 

17 (B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a na18 tional service educational award’’ the following: 

19 ‘‘or a summer of service educational award’’. 

20 SEC. 1403. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL 

21 SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

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

23 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol24 lows: 
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1 ‘‘(a) AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERV2 ICE.—Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual 

3 described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a 

4 required term of full-time national service in an approved 

5 national service position shall receive a national service 

6 educational award having a value equal to the maximum 

7 amount of a Federal Pell Grant that a student eligible 

8 under section 401(b)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act 

9 of 1965 may receive for the award year for which the na10 tional service position is approved by the Corporation.’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘for 

13 each of not more than 2 of such terms of service’’ 

14 the following: ‘‘in the period of one year’’. 

15 SEC. 1404. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

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

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘cost of 

19 attendance’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of attendance 

20 or other educational expenses’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

22 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

23 paragraph (5); and 

24 (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an 

2 educational institution or training establishment that 

3 meets the requirements of chapter 36 of title 38, 

4 United States Code (38 U.S.C. 3451 et seq.); and’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting after ‘‘the 

6 national service educational award of the individual’’ 

7 the following: ‘‘, or an eligible individual under sec8 tion 120(c)(8) who received a summer of service 

9 educational award’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting after ‘‘the 

11 national service educational award’’ the following: 

12 ‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap13 plicable,’’; 

14 (4) in subsection (b)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the 

15 national service educational award’’ the following: 

16 ‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap17 plicable’’; 

18 (5) in subsection (b)(7)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 

20 other than a loan to a parent of a student pur21 suant to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 

22 1078–2); and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

24 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

25 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described 

2 in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an 

3 institution of higher education to be necessary 

4 to cover a student’s educational expenses and 

5 made, insured, or guaranteed by— 

6 ‘‘(i) an eligible lender, as defined in 

7 section 435 of the Higher Education Act 

8 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 

9 ‘‘(ii) the direct student loan program 

10 under part D of title IV of such Act; 

11 ‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 

12 ‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by 

13 the Corporation to be eligible to receive 

14 disbursements from the National Service 

15 Trust.’’; 

16 (6) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘na17 tional service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or 

18 an eligible individual under section 120(c)(8) who 

19 desires to apply the individual’s summer of service 

20 educational award,’’; 

21 (7) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting after 

22 ‘‘national service educational award’’ the following: 

23 ‘‘or summer of service educational award, as applica24 ble,’’; 
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1 (8) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting 

2 after ‘‘national service educational awards received 

3 under this subtitle’’ the following: ‘‘or summer of 

4 service educational awards received under section 

5 120(c)(8)’’; 

6 (9) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting after ‘‘na7 tional service educational awards’’ the following: 

8 ‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 

9 (10) in subsection (c)(5)— 

10 (A) by inserting after ‘‘national service 

11 educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or summer 

12 of service educational award, as applicable,’’; 

13 and 

14 (B) by inserting after ‘‘additional’’ the fol15 lowing: ‘‘summer of service educational awards 

16 and additional’’; 

17 (11) in section (c)(6)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

19 (A), by inserting after ‘‘national service edu20 cational award’’ the following: ‘‘and summer of 

21 service educational award’’; and 

22 (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 

23 as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(B) the student’s estimated financial as2 sistance for such period under part A of title IV 

3 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).’’; 

4 (12) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘na5 tional service educational awards’’ the following: 

6 ‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 

7 (13) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 

8 (b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; and 

9 (14) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’. 

11 SEC. 1405. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE 

12 POSITIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 

14 12601 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end 

15 the following new section: 

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

17 POSITIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles 

20 C, D, and H, and any other provision of law, in ap21 proving a position as an approved national service 

22 position, the Corporation— 

23 ‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time 

24 the Corporation— 
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1 ‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agree2 ment with an individual participant to 

3 serve in a program carried out under sub4 title E of title I of this Act or under title 

5 I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

6 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), or a sum7 mer of service educational award; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 

9 awards a grant to (or enters into a con10 tract or cooperative agreement with) an 

11 entity to carry out a program for which 

12 such a position is approved under section 

13 123; and 

14 ‘‘(B) shall record as an obligation an esti15 mate of the net present value of the national 

16 service educational award associated with the 

17 position, based on a formula that takes into 

18 consideration historical rates of enrollment in 

19 such a program, and of earning and using na20 tional service educational awards for such a 

21 program and remain available. 

22 ‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula 

23 described in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall 

24 consult with the Director of the Congressional Budg25 et Office. 
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1 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Ex2 ecutive Officer of the Corporation shall annually pre3 pare and submit to the appropriate committees of 

4 Congress a report that contains a certification that 

5 the Corporation is in compliance with the require6 ments of paragraph (1). 

7 ‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this 

8 subsection shall apply to each approved national 

9 service position that the Corporation approves— 

10 ‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2010; and 

11 ‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding 

15 subtitles C, D, and H, and any other provision 

16 of law, within the National Service Trust estab17 lished under section 145, the Corporation shall 

18 establish a reserve account. 

19 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the avail20 ability of adequate funds to support the awards 

21 of approved national service positions for each 

22 fiscal year, the Corporation shall place in the 

23 account— 

24 ‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2010, a portion 

25 of the funds that were appropriated for fis-
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1 cal year 2010 or a previous fiscal year 

2 under section 501(a)(2), were made avail3 able to carry out subtitle C, D, E, or H of 

4 this title, subtitle A of title I of the Do5 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 

6 summer of service under section 120(c)(8), 

7 Silver Scholarship under section 198C, or 

8 ServeAmerica Fellowship under section 

9 198B and remain available; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2010 or a sub11 sequent fiscal year, a portion of the funds 

12 that were appropriated for that fiscal year 

13 under section 501(a)(2) and were made 

14 available to carry out subtitle C, D, E, or 

15 H of this title, subtitle A of title I of the 

16 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 

17 summer of service under section 111(a)(5), 

18 Silver Scholarship under section 198C, or 

19 ServeAmerica Fellowship under section 

20 198B and remain available. 

21 ‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not 

22 obligate the funds in the reserve account until the 

23 Corporation— 

24 ‘‘(A) determines that the funds will not be 

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1 cational awards associated with previously ap2 proved national service positions and summer of 

3 service educational awards; or 

4 ‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment 

5 of national service educational awards for such 

6 previously approved national service positions or 

7 summer of service educational awards, as appli8 cable. 

9 ‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation re10 lating to the appropriated funds for approved national 

11 service positions, and the records demonstrating the man12 ner in which the Corporation has recorded estimates de13 scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obligations, shall be au14 dited annually by independent certified public accountants 

15 or independent licensed public accountants certified or li16 censed by a regulatory authority of a State or other polit17 ical subdivision of the United States in accordance with 

18 generally accepted auditing standards. A report containing 

19 the results of each such independent audit shall be in20 cluded in the annual report required by subsection (a)(3). 

21 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as pro22 vided in subsection (b), all amounts included in the Na23 tional Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 

24 of section 145(a) shall be available for payments of na-
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1 tional service educational awards or summer of service 

2 educational awards under section 148.’’. 

3 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2 of the 

4 Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act (Public Law 108– 

5 145; 117 Stat. 844; 42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 

6 Subtitle E—Amendments to Sub7 title E (National Civilian Com8 munity Corps) 

9 SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 

10 Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to read 

11 as follows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 

13 ‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the 

14 operation of, and support for, residential and other service 

15 programs that combine the best practices of civilian serv16 ice with the best aspects of military service, including lead17 ership and team building, to meet national and community 

18 needs. Such needs to be met under such programs include 

19 those related to— 

20 ‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 

21 ‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 

22 ‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conserva23 tion; 

24 ‘‘(4) energy conservation; 

25 ‘‘(5) urban and rural development; and 
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1 ‘‘(6) other unmet needs consistent with the pur2 pose as described in this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

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

5 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COM8 MUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’’. 

9 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Com10 munity Corps Demonstration Program’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

14 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na15 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community 

18 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘a National Civilian Com19 munity Corps’’; 

20 (4) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking 

21 ‘‘PROGRAMS’’ and inserting ‘‘COMPONENTS’’; and 

22 (5) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘program 

23 components are residential programs’’ and all that 

24 follows and inserting ‘‘programs referred to in sub25 section (b) may include a residential component.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 

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

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

5 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na6 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 

9 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 

10 Community Corps’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘if the per12 son’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

13 end and inserting ‘‘if the person will be at least 18 

14 years of age on or before December 31 in the cal15 endar year in which the individual enrolls in the pro16 gram.’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and in19 serting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; and 

20 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘The Director shall take appropriate steps, in22 cluding through outreach and recruitment ac23 tivities carried out by the chief executive officer, 

24 to increase the percentage of participants in the 

25 program who are disadvantaged youth toward 

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1 Director shall report to the appropriate commit2 tees of Congress biennially on such efforts, any 

3 challenges faced, and the annual participation 

4 rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’’; 

5 and 

6 (4) by striking subsection (d). 

7 SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 

8 Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

11 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na12 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

13 and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 

15 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 

16 Community Corps’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and 

18 all that follows through the period at the end and 

19 inserting ‘‘shall be from economically and ethnically 

20 diverse backgrounds, including youth who are in fos21 ter care.’’. 

22 SEC. 1505. TEAM LEADERS. 

23 Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended— 

24 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

25 follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.’’; 

2 (2) in subsection (a)— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

4 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na5 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

6 and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community 

8 Corps shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Civil9 ian Community Corps shall’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by amending the subsection heading to 

12 read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMU14 NITY CORPS.—’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Na16 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘campus’’; and 

22 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(4) TEAM LEADERS.—The Director may select 

24 individuals with prior supervisory or service experi25 ence to be team leaders within units in the National 

26 Civilian Community Corps to perform service that 
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1 includes leading and supervising teams of Corps 

2 members. Team leaders shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) be selected without regard to the age 

4 limitation under section 153(b); 

5 ‘‘(B) be members of the National Civilian 

6 Community Corps; and 

7 ‘‘(C) be provided the rights and benefits 

8 applicable to Corps members, except that the 

9 Director may establish a separate living allow10 ance amount consistent with the limitation in 

11 section 158(b).’’; 

12 (4) in subsection (d)— 

13 (A) by amending the subsection heading to 

14 read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(d) CAMPUSES.—’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by amending the paragraph head18 ing to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.— 

20 ’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘in campuses’’; 

23 (iii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘campus’’; and 
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1 (iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘in the campuses’’; 

3 (C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—There shall be a 

6 campus director for each campus. The campus direc7 tor is the head of the campus.’’; 

8 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

9 (i) by amending the paragraph head10 ing to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—’’; 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘A camp may be lo13 cated’’ and inserting ‘‘A campus must be 

14 cost-effective and may, upon the comple15 tion of a feasibility study, be located’’; 

16 (5) in subsection (e)— 

17 (A) by amending the paragraph heading to 

18 read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘campuses are cost-effective and 

22 are distributed’’; and 

23 (C) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and all that 

24 follows through the period at the end and in25 serting ‘‘rural areas such that each Corps unit 
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1 in a region can be easily deployed for disaster 

2 and emergency response to such region.’’; and 

3 (6) in subsection (f)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

8 such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam9 pus’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (i) in the matter preceding subpara12 graph (A), by striking ‘‘superintendent of 

13 a camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director of 

14 a campus’’; 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘superintend19 ent’s’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc20 tor’s’’; and 

21 (III) by striking ‘‘camp’’ each 

22 place such term appears and inserting 

23 ‘‘campus’’; and 
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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus 

3 director’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp 

5 superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc6 tor’’. 

7 SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 

8 Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil11 ian Community Corps’’; and 

12 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘The Director shall ensure that to the extent 

14 practicable, each member of the Corps is 

15 trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills re16 lated to disaster preparedness and response.’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 

18 period at the end the following: ‘‘, including a focus 

19 on energy conservation, environmental stewardship 

20 or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban 

21 and rural development, or disaster preparedness 

22 needs’’; and 

23 (3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as 

24 follows: 
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1 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.— 

2 Members of the cadre may provide, either directly or 

3 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree4 ments, the advanced service training referred to in 

5 subsection (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or 

6 technical schools, other employment and training 

7 providers, existing youth service programs, other 

8 qualified individuals, or organizations with expertise 

9 in training youth, including disadvantaged youth, in 

10 the skill areas described in such subsection.’’. 

11 SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS. 

12 Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

15 by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com16 munity Corps’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

18 the semicolon the following: ‘‘with specific em19 phasis on projects in support of infrastructure 

20 improvement, disaster relief and recovery, the 

21 environment, energy conservation, and urban 

22 and rural development’’; and 

23 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘service 

24 learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

2 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop3 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Housing 

4 and Urban Development, the Administrator of 

5 the Environmental Protection Agency, the Ad6 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Manage7 ment Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec8 retary of Transportation, and the Chief of the 

9 United States Forest Service’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘community-based or12 ganizations and’’ before ‘‘representatives of 

13 local communities’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

15 such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam16 pus’’; and 

17 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State 

18 Commissions,’’ before ‘‘and persons involved in 

19 other youth service programs.’’; and 

20 (3) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both 

23 places such term appears and inserting 

24 ‘‘campus director’’; and 
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

2 such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam3 pus’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘camp 

5 superintendents’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc6 tors’’. 

7 SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 

8 Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘National’’ 

10 before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

13 (1)— 

14 (i) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 

15 ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

16 (ii) by inserting before the colon the 

17 following: ‘‘, as the Director determines 

18 appropriate’’; 

19 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Cloth20 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Uniforms’’; and 

21 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Rec22 reational services and supplies’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘Supplies’’. 

24 SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE. 

25 Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

3 by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Dem4 onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

5 Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ be8 fore ‘‘recommended’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 

10 ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘Na12 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting 

15 ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

19 (I) by striking ‘‘The Director 

20 shall establish a permanent cadre of’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive 

22 Officer shall establish a permanent 

23 cadre that includes the Director and 

24 other appointed’’; and 
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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be2 fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

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

4 ‘‘The Director shall appoint the members’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 

6 shall consider the recommendations of the 

7 Director in appointing the other mem8 bers’’; 

9 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

10 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

11 (i), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in12 serting ‘‘the Chief Executive Officer’’; 

13 (II) in clause (iii) by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (III) by redesignating clause (iv) 

16 as (v); and 

17 (IV) by inserting after clause (iii) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and 

20 other former law enforcement, fire, rescue, 

21 and emergency personnel, and other indi22 viduals with backgrounds in disaster pre23 paredness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 

24 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
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1 (I) by inserting after ‘‘tech2 niques’’ the following: ‘‘, including 

3 techniques for working with and en4 hancing the development of disadvan5 taged youth,’’; and 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘service learn7 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 

8 and 

9 (C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), 

10 by striking ‘‘the members’’ and inserting ‘‘other 

11 members’’. 

12 SEC. 1510. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY. 

13 Section 161 (42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘perform any 

15 program function under this subtitle’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘carry out the National Civilian Community Corps 

17 program’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘Na19 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 

20 SEC. 1511. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 

21 Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)— 
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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

3 Corps’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik5 ing ‘‘the registry established by’’ and all 

6 that follows through the semicolon and in7 serting ‘‘the registry established by section 

8 1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘to be 

10 recommended for appointment’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘from which individuals may be selected for ap12 pointment by the Director’’; and 

13 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Na14 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) by striking subsection (b). 

17 SEC. 1512. ADVISORY BOARD. 

18 Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of 

21 the Program, there shall also be’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘There shall be’’; 

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil24 ian Community Corps Advisory Board’’; and 
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that fol2 lows through the period at the end and insert3 ing ‘‘to assist the Corps in responding rapidly 

4 and efficiently in times of natural and other 

5 disasters. Consistent with the needs outlined in 

6 section 151, the Advisory Board members shall 

7 help coordinate activities with the Corps as ap8 propriate, including the mobilization of volun9 teers and coordination of volunteer centers to 

10 help local communities recover from the effects 

11 of natural and other disasters.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 

14 (9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; 

15 (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emer18 gency Management Agency. 

19 ‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 

20 ‘‘(10) The Chief of the United States Forest 

21 Service. 

22 ‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental 

23 Protection Agency. 

24 ‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and 
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1 (C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 

2 by striking ‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public 

3 and private organizations,’’. 

4 SEC. 1513. EVALUATION. 

5 Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended— 

6 (1) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 

7 Community Corps’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon 

9 completing each such evaluation, the Corporation 

10 shall transmit to the appropriate committees of Con11 gress a report on the evaluation.’’. 

12 SEC. 1514. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 

13 Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 

14 SEC. 1515. DEFINITIONS. 

15 Section 166 (42 U.S.C. 12626) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9); 

17 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

18 (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 

19 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus 

22 director’, with respect to a Corps campus, means the 

23 head of the campus under section 155(d). 

24 ‘‘(3) CORPS.—The term ‘Corps’ means the Na25 tional Civilian Community Corps required under sec-
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1 tion 155 as part of the Civilian Community Corps 

2 Program. 

3 ‘‘(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Corps cam4 pus’ means the facility or central location estab5 lished as the operational headquarters and boarding 

6 place for particular Corps units.’’; 

7 (4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by 

8 striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 

9 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Commu10 nity Corps Program’’; 

11 (5) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by 

12 inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

13 Corps’’; 

14 (6) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by 

15 striking ‘‘The terms’’ and all that follows through 

16 ‘‘Demonstration Program’’ the first place such term 

17 appears and inserting ‘‘The term ‘Program’ means 

18 the National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

19 and 

20 (7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 

21 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘SERVICE

22 LEARNING’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE-LEARN23 ING’’; and 
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1 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘service-learning’’. 

4 SEC. 1516. TERMINOLOGY. 

5 Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by striking the subtitle heading and insert8 ing the following: 

9 ‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian 

10 Community Corps’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) in section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) by 

13 inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

14 Corps’’. 

15 Subtitle F—Amendments to Sub16 title F (Administrative Provi17 sions) 

18 SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE AND REPORTS. 

19 (a) FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.—Section 

20 171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘with respect to a project’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect 

22 to a project authorized under the national service laws’’. 

23 (b) REPORTS.—Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(d) EVALUATION USING PROGRAM ASSESSMENT

2 RATING TOOL.— 

3 ‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Director of the Office of 

4 Management and Budget shall conduct a study to 

5 evaluate the programs authorized by this Act, in6 cluding the amendments made by this Act, under 

7 the Program Assessment Rating Tool or a successor 

8 performance assessment tool that is developed by the 

9 Office of Management and Budget. 

10 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Director shall transmit to 

11 Congress a report on the results of the study con12 ducted under paragraph (1) within 1 year of the 

13 date of enactment of this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(e) GAO STUDY.— 

15 ‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall 

16 conduct a study of the National Civilian Community 

17 Corps program authorized under subtitle E of title 

18 I. 

19 ‘‘(2) COMPONENTS OF STUDY.—The study con20 ducted under paragraph (1) shall consist of— 

21 ‘‘(A) a comprehensive examination of the 

22 program; 

23 ‘‘(B) an examination of the programs cost24 effectiveness, particularly in relation to other 

25 comparable AmeriCorps service programs; 
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1 ‘‘(C) whether the program has data and 

2 quantifiable measures to adequately assess the 

3 program’s progress toward achieving its stra4 tegic goals; 

5 ‘‘(D) a review of the Office of Management 

6 and Budget’s 2005 Program Assessment Rat7 ing Tool assessment of the program; and 

8 ‘‘(E) recommendations for future Congres9 sional treatment of the program, particularly 

10 assessing whether the program is duplicative or 

11 could be more efficiently managed. 

12 ‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—The results of the study 

13 conducted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 

14 within 6 months of the date of enactment of this 

15 subsection.’’. 

16 SEC. 1602. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 

17 Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding 

18 at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(d) REFERRALS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A 

20 program may not receive assistance under the national 

21 service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals 

22 to Federal assistance programs or State assistance pro23 grams funded in part by the Federal Government.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1603. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCE2 DURES. 

3 Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 

5 days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days 

6 not to exceed 90 days in total’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (f)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State 

9 or local applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’; 

14 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

15 (D) as subparagraph (E); and 

16 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

17 (C) the following: 

18 ‘‘(D) in a grievance filed by an individual 

19 applicant or participant— 

20 ‘‘(i) the applicant’s selection or the 

21 participant’s reinstatement, as the case 

22 may be; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) other changes in the terms and 

24 conditions of service; and’’. 

25 SEC. 1604. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS. 

26 Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 

2 ‘‘under this title’’ each place it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘under the national service laws’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘employee 

5 or position’’ and inserting ‘‘employee, position, or 

6 volunteer (other than a participant under the na7 tional service laws)’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive as11 sistance under the national service laws shall consult 

12 with the parents or legal guardians of children in de13 veloping and operating programs that include and 

14 serve children. 

15 ‘‘(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that 

16 receive assistance under the national service laws 

17 shall, consistent with State law, before transporting 

18 minor children, provide the reason for and obtain 

19 written permission of the children’s parents.’’. 

20 SEC. 1605. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COM21 MUNITY SERVICE. 

22 Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 

24 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sec2 tor.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘, unless 

4 the State permits the representative to serve as a 

5 voting member of the State Commission or alter6 native administrative entity’’; 

7 (3) by striking subsection (e)(1) and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) Preparation of a national service plan for 

10 the State that— 

11 ‘‘(A) is developed through an open and 

12 public process (such as through regional fo13 rums, hearings, and other means) that provides 

14 for maximum participation and input from com15 panies, organizations, and public agencies using 

16 service and volunteerism as a strategy to meet 

17 critical community needs, including programs 

18 funded under the national service laws; 

19 ‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning 

20 of which may be set by the State; 

21 ‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief ex22 ecutive officer of the State; 

23 ‘‘(D) includes measurable goals and out24 comes for the State consistent with those for 
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1 national service programs as described in sec2 tion 179(a)(1)(A); 

3 ‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse commu4 nity-based agencies that serve under-rep5 resented populations, by using established net6 works and registries at the State level, or estab7 lishing such networks and registries; 

8 ‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of 

9 funding applications submitted by the State and 

10 others within the State under the national serv11 ice laws; 

12 ‘‘(G) is updated annually, reflecting 

13 changes in practices and policies that will im14 prove the coordination and effectiveness of Fed15 eral, State, and local resources for service and 

16 volunteerism within the State; 

17 ‘‘(H) contains such information as the 

18 State Commission considers to be appropriate 

19 or as the Corporation may require; and 

20 ‘‘(I) ensures outreach to and coordination 

21 with municipalities and county governments, in22 cluding large cities.’’; 

23 (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) 

24 as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; 
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1 (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(f) RELIEF FROM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIRE4 MENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan submitted under 

5 subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive, 

6 or specify alternatives to, administrative requirements 

7 (other than statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to 

8 grants made to States under the national service laws, in9 cluding those requirements identified by a State as imped10 ing the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, 

11 and local resources for service and volunteerism within a 

12 State. 

13 ‘‘(g) STATE PLAN FOR BABY BOOMER AND OLDER

14 ADULT VOLUNTEER AND PAID SERVICE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

16 provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a 

17 grant or allotment under subtitle C or to receive a 

18 distribution of approved national service positions 

19 under subtitle C, a State must work with appro20 priate State agencies and private entities to develop 

21 a comprehensive State plan for volunteer and paid 

22 service by members of the Baby Boom generation 

23 and older adults. 

24 ‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The State plan 

25 shall include— 
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1 ‘‘(A) recommendations for public policy ini2 tiatives, including how to best tap the popu3 lation of members of the Baby Boom generation 

4 and older adults as sources of social capital and 

5 as ways to address community needs; 

6 ‘‘(B) recommendations to the State unit on 

7 aging on— 

8 ‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to 

9 businesses; 

10 ‘‘(ii) outreach to— 

11 ‘‘(I) non-profit organizations; 

12 ‘‘(II) the State’s Department of 

13 Education; 

14 ‘‘(III) institutions of higher edu15 cation; and 

16 ‘‘(IV) other State agencies; and 

17 ‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engage18 ment and multigenerational activities, such 

19 as— 

20 ‘‘(i) early childhood education, family 

21 literacy, and after school programs; 

22 ‘‘(ii) respite services for older adults 

23 and caregivers; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) transitions for members of the 

2 Baby Boom generation and older adults to 

3 purposeful work in their post career lives. 

4 ‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATED.—The State 

5 plan shall incorporate the current knowledge base 

6 regarding— 

7 ‘‘(A) the economic impact of older workers’ 

8 roles in the economy; 

9 ‘‘(B) the social impact of older workers’ 

10 roles in the community; and 

11 ‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of ac12 tive engagement for members of the Baby 

13 Boom generation and older adults. 

14 ‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State plan must be 

15 made public and be transmitted to the Chief Execu16 tive Officer.’’; and 

17 (6) in subsection (k)(1) (as redesignated by this 

18 section), by striking the period at the end and in19 serting ‘‘, consistent with section 174(d).’’. 

20 SEC. 1606. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

21 Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 

22 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol23 lows: 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, 

25 directly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing 
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1 evaluation of programs that receive assistance under the 

2 national service laws, including evaluations that measure 

3 the impact of such programs, to determine— 

4 ‘‘(1) the effectiveness of programs receiving as5 sistance under the national service laws in achieving 

6 stated goals and the costs associated with such, in7 cluding— 

8 ‘‘(A) an evaluation of performance meas9 ures, as established by the Corporation in con10 sultation with each grantee receiving assistance 

11 under the national service laws, which may in12 clude— 

13 ‘‘(i) number of participants enrolled 

14 and completing terms of service compared 

15 to the stated goals of the program; 

16 ‘‘(ii) number of volunteers recruited 

17 from the community in which the program 

18 was implemented; 

19 ‘‘(iii) if applicable based on the pro20 gram design, the number of individuals re21 ceiving or benefitting from the service con22 ducted; 

23 ‘‘(iv) number of disadvantaged and 

24 under-represented youth participants; 
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1 ‘‘(v) sustainability of project or pro2 gram, including measures to ascertain the 

3 level of community support for the project 

4 or program; 

5 ‘‘(vi) measures to ascertain the 

6 change in attitude toward civic engagement 

7 among the participants and the bene8 ficiaries of the service; and 

9 ‘‘(vii) other quantitative and quali10 tative measures as determined to be appro11 priate by the recipient of assistance; and 

12 ‘‘(B) review of the implementation plan for 

13 reaching such measures described in subpara14 graph (A); and 

15 ‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and 

16 mechanisms for delivery of services, such as the ef17 fective utilization of the participants’ time, the man18 agement of the participants, and the ease with which 

19 recipients were able to receive services, to maximize 

20 the cost-effectiveness and the impact of such pro21 grams.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (g)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Na24 tional Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘National Senior Service Corps’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to pub2 lic service’’ and all that follows through the pe3 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘to engage in 

4 service that benefits the community.’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNT7 ABILITY.—In addition to amounts appropriated to carry 

8 out this section, the Corporation may reserve up to 1 per9 cent of total program funds appropriated for a fiscal year 

10 under the national service laws to support program ac11 countability activities under this section. 

12 ‘‘(k) CORRECTIVE PLANS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee that fails to 

14 reach the performance measures in subsection 

15 (a)(1)(A) as determined by the Corporation, shall 

16 reach an agreement with the Corporation on a cor17 rective action plan to achieve the agreed upon per18 formance measures. 

19 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 

20 ‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that 

21 has received assistance for less than 3 years 

22 and is failing to achieve the performance meas23 ures agreed upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), 

24 the Corporation shall— 
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1 ‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the 

2 grantee to address targeted performance 

3 problems relating to the performance 

4 measures in subsection (a)(1)(A); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) require quarterly reports from 

6 the grantee on the program’s progress to7 ward achieving the performance measures 

8 in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate 

9 State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 

10 Corporation. 

11 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a 

12 program that has received assistance for 3 

13 years or more and is failing to achieve the per14 formance measures agreed upon under sub15 section (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall require 

16 quarterly reports from the grantee on the pro17 gram’s progress towards achieving performance 

18 measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appro19 priate State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 

20 Corporation. 

21 ‘‘(l) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.— 

22 If, after a period for correction as approved by the Cor23 poration, a grantee or subgrantee fails to achieve the es24 tablished levels of performance, the Corporation shall— 
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1 ‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the grant 

2 award attributable to the underperforming grantee 

3 or subgrantee by at least 25 percent; or 

4 ‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underper5 forming grantee or subgrantee, consistent with sec6 tion 176(a). 

7 ‘‘(m) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to 

8 the appropriate committees of Congress not later than two 

9 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

10 and annually thereafter, a report containing information 

11 on the number of— 

12 ‘‘(1) grantees implementing corrective action 

13 plans; 

14 ‘‘(2) grantees for which the Corporation offers 

15 technical assistance under subsection (k); 

16 ‘‘(3) grantees for which the Corporation termi17 nates assistance for a program under subsection (l); 

18 ‘‘(4) entities whose application was rejected; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(5) grantees meeting or exceeding their per21 formance measures in subsection (a).’’. 

22 SEC. 1607. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

23 Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘Section 414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’. 
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1 SEC. 1608. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 

2 Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to 

3 read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

5 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCY SUBMISSION.—The 

6 head of each Federal agency shall prepare and sub7 mit to Corporation for Community and National 

8 Service a report concerning the implementation of 

9 this section, including an evaluation of the perform10 ance goals and benchmarks of the partnership pro11 grams. 

12 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corporation 

13 for National and Community Service shall prepare 

14 and submit to the appropriate committees of Con15 gress a compilation of the information received 

16 under paragraph (1).’’. 

17 SEC. 1609. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPY18 ING. 

19 Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

22 by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 

23 with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

25 ‘‘local government,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 

26 (2) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 

3 with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

5 ‘‘local government,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 

6 and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Consistent with other9 wise applicable law, the Inspector General of the Corpora10 tion shall have access to, and the right to examine and 

11 copy, any books, documents, papers, records, and other 

12 recorded information in any form— 

13 ‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Cor14 poration or any State or local government, Territory, 

15 Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organiza16 tion receiving assistance directly or indirectly under 

17 this Act that relates to the assistance received, di18 rectly or indirectly, under this Act; and 

19 ‘‘(2) that relates to the duties of the Inspector 

20 General under the Inspector General Act of 1978.’’. 

21 SEC. 1610. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

22 Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 185. SUSTAINABILITY. 

2 ‘‘(a) GOALS.—To ensure that recipients of assistance 

3 under the national service laws are carrying out sustain4 able projects or programs, the Corporation, after collabo5 ration with State Commissions and consultation with re6 cipients of assistance under the national service laws, may 

7 set sustainability goals supported by policies and proce8 dures to— 

9 ‘‘(1) build the capacity of the projects that re10 ceive assistance under the national service laws to 

11 meet community needs and lessen the dependence on 

12 Federal dollars to do so, taking into consideration 

13 challenges that programs in underserved rural or 

14 urban areas may face; 

15 ‘‘(2) provide technical assistance to aid the re16 cipients of assistance under the national service laws 

17 in acquiring and leveraging non-Federal funds for 

18 the projects; and 

19 ‘‘(3) implement measures to ascertain whether 

20 the projects are generating sufficient community 

21 support. 

22 ‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If a recipient does not meet 

23 the sustainability goals in subsection (a) for a project, the 

24 Corporation may take action as described in sections 176 

25 and 179. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 186. GRANT PERIODS. 

2 ‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corpora3 tion has authority to make a grant under the national 

4 service laws for a period of 3 years. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 187. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 

6 ‘‘In making decisions on applications for assistance 

7 or approved national service positions under the national 

8 service laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration 

9 the extent to which the applicant’s proposal will increase 

10 the involvement of volunteers in meeting community 

11 needs. In reviewing the application for this purpose, the 

12 Corporation may take into account the mission of the ap13 plicant. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 188. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 

15 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as 

16 otherwise provided by this section, the amount of funds 

17 approved by the Corporation in a grant to operate a pro18 gram authorized under the national service laws sup19 porting individuals serving in approved national service 

20 positions may not exceed $17,000 per full-time equivalent 

21 position. 

22 ‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limita23 tion in subsection (a) applies to the Corporation’s share 

24 of member support costs, staff costs, and other costs borne 

25 by the grantee or subgrantee to operate a program. 
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1 ‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The 

2 limitation in subsection (a) and (e)(1) shall not apply to 

3 expenses that are not included in the program operating 

4 grant award. 

5 ‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amount 

6 specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted 

7 each year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Con8 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by 

9 the Secretary of Labor. 

10 ‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE11 MENT.— 

12 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 

13 may waive the requirements of this section, up to a 

14 maximum of $19,500, if necessary to meet the com15 pelling needs of a particular program, such as excep16 tional training needs for a program serving dis17 advantaged youth, increased costs relating to the 

18 participation of individuals with disabilities, tribal 

19 programs or programs located in the Territories and 

20 start-up costs associated with a first-time grantee, 

21 and up to a maximum of $22,000 for Tribal residen22 tial programs. 

23 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer 

24 shall report to the appropriate committees of Con25 gress annually on all waivers granted under this sec-
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1 tion, with an explanation of the compelling needs 

2 justifying such waivers. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 189. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

4 ‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit 

5 and reporting requirements as provided in the Chief Fi6 nancial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and 

7 the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 (31 

8 U.S.C. 9101 et seq.). The Corporation shall report to the 

9 appropriate committees of Congress any failure to comply 

10 with the requirements of such audits. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 189A. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 

12 AND USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 

13 ‘‘(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this Act 

14 shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of 

15 the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a 

16 State, local educational agency, or school’s curriculum, 

17 program of instruction, specific instructional content, aca18 demic achievement standards, assessments, or allocation 

19 of State or local resources, or mandate a State or any sub20 division thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not 

21 paid for under this Act. 

22 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON ENDORSEMENT OF CUR23 RICULUM.—No funds provided to the Chief Executive Of24 ficer under this Act may be used by the Corporation to 
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1 endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to 

2 be used in an elementary school or secondary school. 

3 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING FEDERAL AP4 PROVAL OR CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.—No State shall 

5 be required to have academic content or student academic 

6 achievement standards approved or certified by the Fed7 eral Government, in order to receive assistance under this 

8 Act. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 190. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Entities selecting individuals to 

11 serve in a position in which the individual receives a Cor12 poration grant-funded living allowance, stipend, education 

13 award, salary, or other remuneration in a program receiv14 ing assistance under the national service laws, shall, sub15 ject to regulations and requirements established by the 

16 Corporation, conduct criminal history checks for such indi17 viduals. 

18 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check 

19 shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Cor20 poration, include a name-based search of the National Sex 

21 Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 

22 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

23 16901 et seq.) and— 

24 ‘‘(1) a search of the State criminal registry or 

25 repository in the State in which the program is oper-
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1 ating and the State in which the individual resides 

2 at the time of application; or 

3 ‘‘(2) a Federal Bureau of Investigation finger4 print check. 

5 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall 

6 be ineligible to serve in a position described under sub7 section (a) if such individual— 

8 ‘‘(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history 

9 check described in subsection (b); 

10 ‘‘(2) makes a false statement in connection with 

11 such criminal history check; 

12 ‘‘(3) is registered, or is required to be reg13 istered, on a State sex offender registry or the Na14 tional Sex Offender Registry established under the 

15 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

16 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or 

17 ‘‘(4) has been convicted of murder, as described 

18 in section 1111 of title 18, United States Code. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 190A. REPORT ON PARTICIPANT INFORMATION. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall annually 

21 collect and report to the appropriate committees of Con22 gress any demographic and socioeconomic information on 

23 the participants of all programs or projects receiving as24 sistance under the national service laws. 

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1 ‘‘(1) PARTICIPANTS AGES 18 AND OLDER.—The 

2 information collected and reported under this section 

3 for participants ages 18 and older shall include age, 

4 gender, race, ethnicity, annual income, employment 

5 status, disability status, veteran status, marital sta6 tus, educational attainment, and household size, 

7 type, and income. 

8 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS UNDER AGE 18.—The infor9 mation collected and reported under this section for 

10 participants under age 18 shall only include age, 

11 gender, race, ethnicity, and eligibility for free or re12 duced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell Na13 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 

14 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The information col15 lected and reported under this section shall be available 

16 to the public. 

17 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The information collected 

18 and reported under this section shall not contain any per19 sonally identifiable information of any participant.’’. 

20 Subtitle G—Amendments to Sub21 title G (Corporation for Na22 tional and Community Service) 

23 SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 

24 Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each ap4 pointed member shall serve for a term of 5 years.’’; 

5 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) SERVICE UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF SUC7 CESSOR.—A voting member of the Board whose term has 

8 expired may continue to serve for one year beyond expira9 tion of the term if no successor is appointed or until the 

10 date on which a successor has taken office.’’. 

11 SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DU12 TIES. 

13 Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 

16 striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall have respon17 sibility for setting overall policy for the Corporation 

18 and shall—’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 

20 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and review the 

21 budget proposal in advance of submission to the Of22 fice of Management and Budget and to Congress’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

25 at the end; 
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1 (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(C) review the performance of the Chief 

5 Executive Officer annually and forward a report 

6 on that review to the President;’’; 

7 (4) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(10) notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law— 

11 ‘‘(A) make grants to or contracts with 

12 Federal and other public departments or agen13 cies, and private nonprofit organizations for the 

14 assignment or referral of volunteers under the 

15 provisions of Title I of the Domestic Volunteer 

16 Service Act of 1973 (except as provided in sec17 tion 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

18 of 1973) which may provide that the agency or 

19 organization shall pay all or a part of the costs 

20 of the program; and 

21 ‘‘(B) enter into agreements with other 

22 Federal agencies for the support of programs 

23 under the national service laws which— 
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1 ‘‘(i) may provide that the agency or 

2 organization shall pay all or a part of the 

3 costs of the program; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) shall provide that the program 

5 (including any program operated by an6 other Federal agency) will comply with all 

7 requirements related to evaluation, per8 formance, and other goals applicable to 

9 similar programs under the national serv10 ice laws, as determined by the Corporation; 

11 and’’; and 

12 (5) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘September 

13 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2012’’. 

14 SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 

15 Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by 

16 striking the period and inserting ‘‘, plus 3 percent.’’. 

17 SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXEC18 UTIVE OFFICER. 

19 Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

22 by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘, in col23 laboration with State Commissions, shall—’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a 

25 strategic plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a 
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1 plan for achieving 50 percent full-time approved 

2 national service positions by 2012,’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (10)— 

4 (i) in the matter preceding subpara5 graph (A), by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘June 30 of each even-num7 bered year,’’; and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by strik9 ing ‘‘section 122(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec10 tion 122(c)’’; and 

11 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(12) bolster the public awareness of and re13 cruitment efforts for the wide range of service op14 portunities for citizens of all ages, regardless of so15 cioeconomic status or geographic location, through a 

16 variety of methods, including— 

17 ‘‘(A) print media; 

18 ‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging 

19 technologies; 

20 ‘‘(C) television; 

21 ‘‘(D) radio; 

22 ‘‘(E) presentations at public or private fo23 rums; 

24 ‘‘(F) other innovative methods of commu25 nication; and 
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1 ‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic devel2 opment, State employment security agencies, 

3 labor unions and trade associations, local edu4 cation agencies, institutions of higher education, 

5 agencies and organizations serving veterans and 

6 people with disabilities, cultural institutions, 

7 and other institutions or organizations from 

8 which participants for programs receiving as9 sistance from the national service laws can be 

10 recruited; 

11 ‘‘(13) identify and implement methods of re12 cruitment to— 

13 ‘‘(A) increase the diversity of participants 

14 in the programs receiving assistance under the 

15 national service laws; and 

16 ‘‘(B) increase the diversity of service spon17 sors of programs desiring to receive assistance 

18 under the national service laws; 

19 ‘‘(14) coordinate with organizations of former 

20 participants of national service programs for service 

21 opportunities that may include capacity building, 

22 outreach, and recruitment for programs receiving as23 sistance under the national service laws; 

24 ‘‘(15) collaborate with organizations with dem25 onstrated expertise in supporting and accommo-
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1 dating individuals with disabilities, including institu2 tions of higher education, to identify and implement 

3 methods of recruitment to increase the number of 

4 participants with disabilities in the programs receiv5 ing assistance under the national service laws; 

6 ‘‘(16) identify and implement recruitment strat7 egies and training programs for bilingual volunteers 

8 in the National Senior Service Corps under title II 

9 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; 

10 ‘‘(17) collaborate with organizations which have 

11 established volunteer recruitment programs, includ12 ing those on the Internet, to increase the recruit13 ment capacity of the Corporation; 

14 ‘‘(18) where practicable, provide application 

15 materials in languages other than English for those 

16 with limited English proficiency who wish to partici17 pate in a national service program; 

18 ‘‘(19) collaborate with the training and tech19 nical assistance programs described in subtitle J and 

20 in appropriate paragraphs of section 199N(b); 

21 ‘‘(20) coordinate the clearinghouses described in 

22 section 198G; 

23 ‘‘(21) identify and implement strategies to in24 crease awareness among Indian tribes of the types 

25 and availability of assistance under the national 
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1 service laws, increase Native American participation 

2 in national service, and collect information on chal3 lenges facing Native American communities; 

4 ‘‘(22) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion 

5 of low-income persons in national service programs 

6 and activities authorized under the National Senior 

7 Service Corps; and 

8 ‘‘(23) ensure that outreach, awareness, and re9 cruitment efforts are consistent with the Americans 

10 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 

11 seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

12 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

15 the end; 

16 (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 

17 paragraph (11); and 

18 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in 

21 evaluating applications to the Corporation for assist22 ance under this title; and’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (f)— 

24 (A) by inserting ‘‘AND STUDIES’’ after 

25 ‘‘EVALUATIONS’’ in the subsection heading; and 
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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION ON REACHING 50 PERCENT

4 GOAL.—The Corporation shall submit a report to the 

5 appropriate committees of Congress, not later than 

6 18 months after the enactment of this section on ac7 tions taken to achieve the goal of 50 percent full8 time approved national service positions as described 

9 in 193A(b)(1), including an assessment of the 

10 progress made toward achieving that goal and the 

11 actions to be taken in the coming year toward 

12 achieving that goal. 

13 ‘‘(4) CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION.—To pro14 mote efficiency and eliminate duplicative require15 ments, the Corporation shall consolidate or modify 

16 application procedures and reporting requirements 

17 for programs and activities funded under the na18 tional service laws. 

19 ‘‘(5) EVALUATION ON APPLICATIONS.—The 

20 Corporation shall submit a report to the appropriate 

21 committees of Congress, not later than 18 months 

22 after the enactment of this section a report on the 

23 actions taken to modify the application procedures 

24 and reporting requirements for programs and activi25 ties funded under then national service laws, includ-
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1 ing a description of the consultation procedures with 

2 grantees. 

3 ‘‘(6) STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS.— 

4 The Corporation shall submit to the appropriate 

5 committees of Congress, not later than 3 years after 

6 the enactment of this section, on— 

7 ‘‘(A) the number of veterans serving in na8 tional service programs historically by year; 

9 ‘‘(B) strategies being undertaken to iden10 tify the specific areas of need of veterans, in11 cluding any goals set by the Corporation for 

12 veterans participating in the service programs; 

13 ‘‘(C) the impact of the strategies described 

14 in paragraph (2) and the Veterans Corps on en15 abling greater participation by veterans in the 

16 national service programs carried out under the 

17 national service laws; 

18 ‘‘(D) how existing programs and activities 

19 carried out under the national service laws 

20 could be improved to serve veterans, veterans 

21 service organizations, families of active-duty 

22 military, including gaps in services to veterans; 

23 ‘‘(E) the extent to which existing programs 

24 and activities carried out under the national 

25 service laws are coordinated and recommenda-
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1 tions to improve such coordination including the 

2 methods for ensuring the efficient financial or3 ganization of services directed towards veterans; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(F) how to improve utilization of veterans 

6 as resources and volunteers. 

7 ‘‘(7) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the stud8 ies and preparing the reports required under this 

9 subsection, the Corporation shall consult with vet10 erans’ service organizations, the Department of Vet11 erans Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Depart12 ment of Defense, as appropriate, and other individ13 uals and entities the Corporation considers appro14 priate.’’; 

15 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH A BUSI17 NESS.—The Chief Executive Officer may, through con18 tracts or cooperative agreements, carry out the marketing 

19 duties described in subsection (b)(13), with priority given 

20 to those entities who have established expertise in the re21 cruitment of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian 

22 tribes, and members of the Baby Boom generation. 

23 ‘‘(i) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Chief Ex24 ecutive Officer may conduct a campaign to solicit non25 Federal funds to support outreach and recruitment of a 
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1 diverse population of service sponsors of and participants 

2 in programs and projects receiving assistance under the 

3 national service laws.’’. 

4 SEC. 1705. DELEGATION TO STATES. 

5 Consistent with section 193A(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 

6 12651d(c)(1)), the Chief Executive Officer may delegate 

7 to States specific programmatic authority upon a deter8 mination that such a delegation will increase efficiency in 

9 the operation or oversight of a program under the national 

10 service laws. In carrying out this section and before exe11 cuting any delegation of authority, the Chief Executive Of12 ficer shall seek input from and consult with Corporation 

13 employees, State commissions on national and community 

14 service, State educational agencies, and other interested 

15 stakeholders. 

16 SEC. 1706. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 

17 Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in19 serting: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall have 

21 a chief financial officer appointed pursuant to sec22 tions 195(a) and 195(b) of this Act.’’; and 

23 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para24 graph (2). 
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1 SEC. 1707. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES 

2 CONTRACTS. 

3 Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (c)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 

6 ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri7 tory,’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

9 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEM10 BER’’ and inserting ‘‘NON-VOTING MEM11 BER’’; and 

12 (ii) by inserting ‘‘non-voting’’ before 

13 ‘‘member’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Cor17 poration may enter into personal services contracts to 

18 carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness re19 lated to the national service laws.’’. 

20 SEC. 1708. DONATED SERVICES. 

21 Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in24 serting the following: 

25 ‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.— 

26 Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, 
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1 United States Code, the Corporation may solicit 

2 and accept the services of organizations and in3 dividuals (other than participants) to assist the 

4 Corporation in carrying out the duties of the 

5 Corporation under the national service laws, 

6 and may provide to such individuals the travel 

7 expenses described in section 192A(d).’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

10 by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘A person who is a member of an or12 ganization or is an individual covered by 

13 subparagraph (A)’’; 

14 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volun15 teer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 

16 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volun17 teers’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; and 

18 (iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘such a 

19 volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 

20 and 

21 (C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 

22 ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a per23 son’’; and 

24 (2) by striking paragraph (3). 
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1 SEC. 1709. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE 

2 PROGRAMS FOR DISPLACED WORKERS. 

3 (a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation for Na4 tional and Community Service shall conduct a study to 

5 identify— 

6 (1) specific areas of need for displaced workers; 

7 (2) how existing programs and activities carried 

8 out under the national service laws could better 

9 serve displaced workers and communities that have 

10 been adversely affected by plant closings and job 

11 losses; 

12 (3) prospects for better utilization of skilled 

13 workers as resources and volunteers; and 

14 (4) methods for ensuring the efficient financial 

15 organization of services directed towards displaced 

16 workers. 

17 (b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out 

18 in consultation with the Department of Labor, State labor 

19 agencies, and other individuals and entities the Corpora20 tion considers appropriate. 

21 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall submit 

23 to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 

24 results of the planning study required by subsection (a), 

25 together with a plan for implementation of a pilot program 
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1 using promising strategies and approaches for better tar2 geting and serving displaced workers. 

3 (d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 

4 to carry out this section, the Corporation shall develop and 

5 carry out a pilot program based on the findings in the 

6 report submitted under subsection (c). 

7 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

10 2010 through 2014. 

11 SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A 

12 CENTRALIZED ELECTRONIC CITIZENSHIP 

13 VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 

14 (a) STUDY.—The Corporation for National and Com15 munity Service shall conduct a study to determine the ef16 fectiveness of a centralized electronic citizenship 

17 verification system which would allow the Corporation to 

18 share employment eligibility information with the Depart19 ment of Education in order to reduce administrative bur20 den and lower costs for member programs. This study 

21 shall identify— 

22 (1) the costs associated with establishing this 

23 program both for the Corporation and for the De24 partment of Education; 
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1 (2) the benefits or detriments of such a system 

2 both for the Corporation and for the Department of 

3 Education; 

4 (3) strategies for ensuring the privacy and secu5 rity of member information that is shared between 

6 agencies and member organizations; 

7 (4) the information that needs to be shared in 

8 order to fulfill employment eligibility requirements; 

9 and 

10 (5) recommendations for implementation of 

11 such a program. 

12 (b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out 

13 in consultation with the Department of Education and 

14 other individuals and entities the Corporation considers 

15 appropriate. 

16 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall 

18 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

19 on the results of the study required by subsection (a), to20 gether with a plan for implementation of a pilot program 

21 using promising strategies and approaches identified in 

22 such study, if the Corporation determines such program 

23 to be feasible. 

24 (d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 

25 to carry out this section, the Corporation may develop and 
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1 carry out a pilot program based on the findings in the 

2 report submitted under subsection (c). 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

5 such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

6 2010 through 2014. 

7 Subtitle H—Amendments to 

8 Subtitle H 

9 SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE H. 

10 (a) ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUP11 PORT NATIONAL SERVICE.—Subtitle H is amended by in12 serting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION 

15 ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 198 (42 

17 U.S.C. 12653) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 

19 (r)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘to improve 

21 the quality’’ and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ 

22 the first place such term appears and inserting ‘‘to 

23 address emergent needs through summer programs 

24 and other activities, and to support service-learning 
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1 programs and national service programs, including’’; 

2 and 

3 (3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), 

4 (i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating sub5 sections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as sub6 sections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respec7 tively. 

8 (c) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN AND SEPTEMBER

9 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.—Section 198 (as amended by 

10 subsection (b) (42 U.S.C. 12653) is further amended by 

11 adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(j) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not less than 

13 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation 

14 shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to 

15 encourage all people of the United States, regardless of 

16 age, race, ethnicity, religion, or economic status, to engage 

17 in full- or part-time national service, long- or short-term 

18 public service in the nonprofit sector or government, or 

19 volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the Corporation 

20 may collaborate with other Federal agencies and entities, 

21 State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and faith-based 

22 organizations, businesses, institutions of higher education, 

23 elementary schools, and secondary schools. 

24 ‘‘(k) SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation 

2 may organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies 

3 and activities, which may include activities that are 

4 part of the broader Call to Service Campaign, in 

5 order to observe September 11th National Day of 

6 Service and Remembrance at the Federal level. 

7 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make 

8 grants and provide other support to community9 based organizations to assist in planning and car10 rying out appropriate service, charity, and remem11 brance opportunities in conjunction with the Sep12 tember 11th National Day of Service and Remem13 brance. 

14 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation may 

15 consult with and make grants or provide other forms 

16 of support to nonprofit organizations with expertise 

17 in representing September 11th families and other 

18 impacted constituencies, in promoting the establish19 ment of September 11th as an annually recognized 

20 National Day of Service and Remembrance.’’. 

21 SEC. 1802. REPEALS. 

22 (a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

23 (1) CLEARINGHOUSES.—Section 198A (42 

24 U.S.C. 12653a). 
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1 (2) MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEM2 ONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 

3 12653c). 

4 (3) SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Sec5 tion 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d). 

6 (b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 198B is redesignated 

7 as section 198A. 

8 SEC. 1803. NEW FELLOWSHIPS. 

9 Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 

10 the following new sections: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 198B. SERVE AMERICA FELLOWSHIPS. 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term 

14 ‘area of national need’ means an area involved in ef15 forts to— 

16 ‘‘(A) improve education in schools for eco17 nomically disadvantaged students; 

18 ‘‘(B) expand and improve access to health 

19 care; 

20 ‘‘(C) improve energy efficiency and con21 serve natural resources; 

22 ‘‘(D) improve economic opportunities for 

23 economically disadvantaged individuals; or 

24 ‘‘(E) improve disaster preparedness and 

25 response. 
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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.—The 

2 term ‘eligible fellowship recipient’ means an indi3 vidual who is selected by a State Commission under 

4 subsection (c), as a result of such selection, is eligi5 ble for a ServeAmerica Fellowship. 

6 ‘‘(3) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means an eli7 gible fellowship recipient who is awarded a 

8 ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a fellow 

9 under subsection (e). 

10 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro12 priated under section 501(a)(2) and allotted under 

13 paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation shall make grants 

14 (including financial assistance and a corresponding 

15 allotment of approved national service positions), to 

16 the State Commission of each of the several States, 

17 the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of 

18 Puerto Rico with an application approved under this 

19 section, to enable such State Commission to award 

20 ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e). 

21 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT; RULES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allotted 

23 to a State Commission for a fiscal year shall be 

24 equal to an amount that bears the same ratio 

25 to the amount appropriated under section 
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1 501(a)(2), as the population of the State bears 

2 to the total population of the several States, the 

3 District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

4 Puerto Rico. 

5 ‘‘(B) RULES.—Of the amount allotted to a 

6 State Commission under subparagraph (A)— 

‘‘(i) 1 7 ⁄3 of such amount shall be 

8 awarded to Fellows serving in organiza9 tions that maintain not more than 10 full10 time staff and not more than 10 part-time 

11 staff; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) not more than 1.5 percent of 

13 such amount may be used for administra14 tive costs. 

15 ‘‘(C) REALLOTMENT.—If a State Commis16 sion does not apply for an allotment under this 

17 subsection, or if a State Commission’s applica18 tion is not approved, the Corporation shall 

19 reallot the amount of the State Commission’s 

20 allotment to the remaining State Commissions 

21 in accordance with subparagraph (A). 

22 ‘‘(3) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation 

23 shall— 

24 ‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of 

25 approved national service positions under this 
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1 subsection during each of fiscal years 2010 

2 through 2014; 

3 ‘‘(B) establish the number of approved po4 sitions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and 

5 ‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved 

6 positions to— 

7 ‘‘(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011; 

8 ‘‘(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

9 ‘‘(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and 

10 ‘‘(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014. 

11 ‘‘(4) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) REQUIRED USES.—A grant awarded 

13 under this subsection shall be used to enable 

14 fellows to carry out service projects in areas of 

15 national need. 

16 ‘‘(B) PERMITTED USES.—A grant awarded 

17 under this subsection may be used for— 

18 ‘‘(i) oversight activities and mecha19 nisms for the service sites as determined 

20 by the State Commission or the Corpora21 tion, which may include site visits; 

22 ‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experi23 ence of participants in approved national 

24 service positions under this section, includ25 ing activities to engage such participants 
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1 in networking opportunities with other na2 tional service participants; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activities 

4 for participants in approved national serv5 ice positions under this section. 

6 ‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

7 grant under this subsection, a State Commission 

8 shall submit an application to the Corporation at 

9 such time, in such manner, and containing such in10 formation as the Corporation may require, including 

11 information on the criteria and procedures that the 

12 State Commission will use for overseeing 

13 ServeAmerica Fellowship placements for service 

14 projects, under subsection (e). 

15 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An applicant desiring 

18 to become an eligible fellowship recipient shall 

19 submit an application to a State Commission, 

20 at such time and in such manner as the Com21 mission may require, and containing the infor22 mation described in subparagraph (B) and such 

23 additional information as the Commission may 

24 require. An applicant may submit such applica-
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1 tion to only one State Commission for a fiscal 

2 year. 

3 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall 

4 specify information to be provided in an appli5 cation submitted under this subsection, which 

6 shall include— 

7 ‘‘(i) a description of the area of na8 tional need that the applicant intends to 

9 address in the service project; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex11 perience the applicant has to address the 

12 area of national need; 

13 ‘‘(iii) a description of the type of serv14 ice the applicant plans to provide as a fel15 low; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) information identifying the local 

17 area in which the applicant plans to serve, 

18 for the service project. 

19 ‘‘(2) SELECTION.—Each State Commission 

20 shall select the applicants received by the State 

21 Commission for a fiscal year, the number of eligible 

22 fellowship recipients that may be supported for that 

23 fiscal year based on the grant received by the State 

24 Commission under subsection (b). 

25 ‘‘(d) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor orga2 nization shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; 

4 ‘‘(B) satisfy qualification criteria estab5 lished by the Corporation or the State Commis6 sion, including standards relating to organiza7 tional capacity, financial management, and pro8 grammatic oversight; 

9 ‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other national 

10 service awards; and 

11 ‘‘(D) at the time of registration with a 

12 State Commission, enter into an agreement pro13 viding that the service sponsor organization 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) abide by all program require16 ments; 

17 ‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in 

18 subsection (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving 

19 with the organization through the 

20 ServeAmerica Fellowship; 

21 ‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying 

22 whether each fellow serving with the orga23 nization successfully completed the 

24 ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and 

25 certify in a manner specified by the Cor-
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1 poration the number of hours served by a 

2 fellow for purposes of determining the fel3 low’s eligibility for benefits; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records 

5 relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to 

6 the State Commission, the Corporation, 

7 and the Corporation’s Inspector General. 

8 ‘‘(2) REGISTRATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—No service sponsor 

10 organization may receive a fellow under this 

11 subsection until the organization registers with 

12 the State Commission; 

13 ‘‘(B) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The State Com14 mission shall maintain a list of registered serv15 ice sponsor organizations on a public website; 

16 ‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—If a State Commis17 sion determines that a service sponsor organiza18 tion is in violation of any of the applicable pro19 visions of this section— 

20 ‘‘(i) the State Commission shall re21 voke the registration of the organization; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the organization shall not be eli23 gible to receive a national service award 

24 under this title, for not less than 5 years; 

25 and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) the State Commission shall have 

2 the right to remove a fellow from the orga3 nization and relocate the fellow to another 

4 site. 

5 ‘‘(e) FELLOWS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate 

7 in a service project as a fellow and receive a 

8 ServeAmerica Fellowship, an eligible fellowship re9 cipient shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) within 3 months after being selected 

11 as an eligible fellowship recipient, select a reg12 istered service sponsor organization described in 

13 subsection (d) with which the recipient is inter14 ested in serving under this section; and 

15 ‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with the or16 ganization— 

17 ‘‘(i) that specifies the service the re18 cipient will provide if the placement is ap19 proved; 

20 ‘‘(ii) in which the recipient agrees to 

21 serve for 1 year on a full-time or part-time 

22 basis (as determined by the Corporation); 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(iii) submit such agreement to the 

25 State Commission. 
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1 ‘‘(2) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible fel2 lowship recipient’s agreement under paragraph (1), 

3 the State Commission shall award a ServeAmerica 

4 Fellowship to the recipient and designate the recipi5 ent as a fellow. 

6 ‘‘(3) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts re8 ceived under subsection (b), each State Com9 mission shall award each of the State’s fellows 

10 a ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that is 

11 equal to 50 percent of the amount of the total 

12 average annual subsistence allowance provided 

13 to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the 

14 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

15 U.S.C. 4955). 

16 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPONSOR

17 ORGANIZATION.—Except as provided in sub18 section (C), the service sponsor organization 

19 shall award to the fellow serving such organiza20 tion an amount that will ensure that the total 

21 award received by the fellow for service in the 

22 service project (consisting of such amount and 

23 the ServeAmerica Fellowship amount the fellow 

24 receives under subparagraph (A)) is equal to or 

25 greater than 70 percent of the average annual 
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1 subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volun2 teers under section 105 of the Domestic Volun3 teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

4 ‘‘(C) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The total amount 

6 that may be provided to a fellow under this 

7 subparagraph shall not exceed 100 percent 

8 of the average annual subsistence allow9 ance provided to VISTA volunteers under 

10 section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer 

11 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

12 ‘‘(ii) SMALL ORGANIZATIONS.—A 

13 service sponsor organization meeting the 

14 requirements of subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) 

15 shall award to the fellow serving such or16 ganization an amount that will ensure that 

17 the total award received by the fellow for 

18 service in the service project (consisting of 

19 that amount and the ServeAmerica Fellow20 ship amount that fellows receive under 

21 clause (i) is equal to or greater than 60 

22 percent of the average annual subsistence 

23 allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 

24 under section 105 of the Domestic Volun25 teers Service Act of 1973. 
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1 ‘‘(D) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In the 

2 case of a fellow who is authorized to serve a 

3 part-time term of service under the agreement 

4 described in subparagraph (1)(B)(ii), the 

5 amount provided to a fellow under this subpara6 graph shall be prorated accordingly. 

7 ‘‘(E) WAIVER.—The Corporation may 

8 allow a State Commission to waive the amount 

9 required under subparagraph (B) from the serv10 ice sponsor organization for a fellow serving the 

11 organization if— 

12 ‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent 

13 with the objectives of the ServeAmerica 

14 Fellowship program; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fel16 low under subparagraph (A) is sufficient to 

17 meet the necessary costs of living (includ18 ing food, housing, and transportation) in 

19 the area in which the ServeAmerica Fel20 lowship program is located. 

21 ‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CAT22 EGORIES.—Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall 

23 comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that 

24 section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall 
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1 be considered to be a reference to assistance provided 

2 under this section. 

3 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization 

4 that receives a fellow under this subsection shall, on a bi5 weekly basis, report to the State Commission on the num6 ber of hours served and the services provided by that fel7 low. The Corporation shall establish a web portal for the 

8 organizations to use in reporting the information. 

9 ‘‘(h) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves 

10 in a service project under this section shall be considered 

11 to have served in an approved national service position 

12 and, upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for 

13 full-time or part-time national service, shall be eligible for 

14 a national service educational award described in such sec15 tion. The Corporation shall transfer an appropriate 

16 amount of funds to the National Service Trust to provide 

17 for the national service educational awards for such fellow. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOW19 SHIPS. 

20 ‘‘(a) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 

22 award grants, including fixed-amount grants (in ac23 cordance with section 129(l)) to community-based 

24 entityto carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant Pro25 gram for individuals age 55 and older to complete 
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1 not less than 500 hours of service in a year carrying 

2 out projects of national need and to receive a Silver 

3 Scholarship in the form of a $1,000 education 

4 award. Under such a program— 

5 ‘‘(A) the Corporation shall establish cri6 teria for the types of the service required to be 

7 performed to receive such award; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the individual receiving the award 

9 shall use such award in accordance with sec10 tions 146(c), 146(d), and 148(c). 

11 ‘‘(2) TERM.—Each program funded under this 

12 subsection shall be carried out over a period of 3 

13 years, which may include 1 planning year and 2 ad14 ditional grant years, with a 1-year extension pos15 sible, if the program meets performance measures 

16 developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any 

17 other criteria determined by the Corporation. 

18 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry 

19 out a program under this subsection, a community20 based entity shall submit to the Corporation an ap21 plication at such time and in such manner as the 

22 Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. A 

23 community-based entity approved by the Corporation 

24 shall be a listed organization as described in sub25 section (b)(2)(D). 
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1 ‘‘(4) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—A com2 munity-based entity awarded a grant under this sub3 section is encouraged to collaborate with programs 

4 funded under title II of the Domestic Volunteer 

5 Service Act in carrying out this program. 

6 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP.—An indi7 vidual is eligible to receive a Silver Scholarship if the 

8 community-based entity certifies to the Corporation 

9 that the individual has completed not less than 500 

10 hours of service under this section. 

11 ‘‘(6) SUPPORT SERVICES.—A community-based 

12 entity receiving a grant under this subsection may 

13 use a portion of the grant to provide transportation 

14 services to an eligible individual to allow such indi15 vidual to participate in a service project. 

16 ‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 

18 award 1-year Encore Fellowships to enable individ19 uals age 55 or older to— 

20 ‘‘(A) carry out service projects in areas of 

21 national need; and 

22 ‘‘(B) to receive training and development 

23 in order to transition to full- or part-time public 

24 service in the nonprofit sector or government. 
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1 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the program, 

2 the Corporation shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) maintain a list of eligible organiza4 tions for which Encore Fellows may be placed 

5 to carry out service projects through the pro6 gram and shall provide the list to all Fellowship 

7 recipients; and 

8 ‘‘(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipi9 ent— 

10 ‘‘(i) determine whether the requesting 

11 recipient is able to meet the service needs 

12 of a listed organization, or another organi13 zation that the recipient requests in ac14 cordance with subparagraph (E), for a 

15 service project; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) upon making a favorable deter17 mination under clause (i), award the re18 cipient with an Encore Fellowship, and 

19 place the recipient with the organization as 

20 an Encore Fellow under subparagraph (E). 

21 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An individual de23 siring to be selected as a Fellowship recipi24 ent shall— 

25 ‘‘(I) be an individual who— 
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1 ‘‘(aa) is at least 55 years of 

2 age as of the time the individual 

3 applies for the program; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) is not engaged in, but 

5 who wishes to engage in, full- or 

6 part-time public service in the 

7 nonprofit sector or government; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) submit an application to 

10 the Corporation, at such time, in such 

11 manner, and containing such informa12 tion as the Corporation may require, 

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(aa) a description of the 

15 area of national need that the ap16 plicant hopes to address through 

17 the service project; 

18 ‘‘(bb) a description of the 

19 skills and experience the appli20 cant has to address an area of 

21 national need; and 

22 ‘‘(cc) information identifying 

23 the region of the United States 

24 in which the applicant wishes to 

25 serve. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) SELECTION BASIS.—In deter2 mining which individuals to select as Fel3 lowship recipients, the Corporation shall— 

4 ‘‘(I) select not more than 10 indi5 viduals from each State; and 

6 ‘‘(II) give priority to individuals 

7 with skills and experience for which 

8 there is an ongoing high demand in 

9 the nonprofit sector and government. 

10 ‘‘(D) LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be list11 ed under subparagraph (A), an organization 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) be a nonprofit organization; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Cor15 poration at such time, in such manner, and 

16 containing such information as the Cor17 poration may require, including— 

18 ‘‘(I) a description of— 

19 ‘‘(aa) the services and activi20 ties the organization carries out 

21 generally; 

22 ‘‘(bb) the area of national 

23 need that the organization seeks 

24 to address through a service 

25 project; and 
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1 ‘‘(cc) the services and activi2 ties the organization seeks to 

3 carry out through the proposed 

4 service project; 

5 ‘‘(II) a description of the skills 

6 and experience that an eligible Encore 

7 Fellowship recipient needs to be 

8 placed with the organization as an 

9 Encore Fellow for the service project; 

10 ‘‘(III) a description of the train11 ing and leadership development the 

12 organization shall provide an Encore 

13 Fellow placed with the organization to 

14 assist the Encore Fellow in obtaining 

15 a public service job in the nonprofit 

16 sector or government after the period 

17 of the Encore Fellowship; and 

18 ‘‘(IV) evidence of the organiza19 tion’s financial stability. 

20 ‘‘(E) PLACEMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(i) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH

22 LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be placed 

23 with a listed organization in accordance 

24 with subparagraph (B)(ii) for a service 

25 project, an eligible Encore Fellowship re-
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1 cipient shall submit an application for such 

2 placement to the Corporation at such time, 

3 in such manner, and containing such infor4 mation as the Corporation may require. 

5 ‘‘(ii) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH

6 OTHER ORGANIZATION.—An eligible En7 core Fellowship recipient may apply to the 

8 Corporation to serve the recipient’s Encore 

9 Fellowship year with a nonprofit organiza10 tion that is not a listed organization. Such 

11 application shall be submitted to the Cor12 poration at such time, in such manner, and 

13 containing such information as the Cor14 poration shall require, and shall include— 

15 ‘‘(I) an identification and de16 scription of— 

17 ‘‘(aa) the organization; 

18 ‘‘(bb) the area of national 

19 need the organization seeks to 

20 address; and 

21 ‘‘(cc) the services or activi22 ties the organization carries out 

23 to address such area of national 

24 need; 
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1 ‘‘(II) a description of the services 

2 the eligible Encore Fellowship recipi3 ent shall provide for the organization 

4 as an Encore Fellow; and 

5 ‘‘(III) a letter of support from 

6 the leader of the organization, includ7 ing— 

8 ‘‘(aa) a description of the 

9 organization’s need for the eligi10 ble Encore Fellowship recipient’s 

11 services; 

12 ‘‘(bb) evidence that the or13 ganization is financially sound; 

14 ‘‘(cc) an assurance that the 

15 organization will provide training 

16 and leadership development to 

17 the eligible Encore Fellowship re18 cipient if placed with the organi19 zation as an Encore Fellow, to 

20 assist the Encore Fellow in ob21 taining a public service job in the 

22 nonprofit sector or government 

23 after the period of the Encore 

24 Fellowship; and 
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1 ‘‘(dd) a description of the 

2 training and leadership develop3 ment to be provided to the En4 core Fellowship recipient if so 

5 placed. 

6 ‘‘(iii) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF

7 FELLOWSHIP.—If the Corporation deter8 mines that the eligible Encore Fellowship 

9 recipient is able to meet the service needs 

10 (including skills and experience to address 

11 an area of national need) of the organiza12 tion that the eligible fellowship recipient 

13 requests under clause (ii) or (iii), the Cor14 poration shall— 

15 ‘‘(I) approve the placement of the 

16 eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 

17 with the organization; 

18 ‘‘(II) award the eligible Encore 

19 Fellowship recipient an Encore Fel20 lowship for a period of 1 year and 

21 designate the eligible Encore Fellow22 ship recipient as an Encore Fellow; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(III) in awarding the Encore 

25 Fellowship, make a payment, in the 
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1 amount of $11,000, to the organiza2 tion to enable the organization to pro3 vide living expenses to the Encore 

4 Fellow for the year in which the En5 core Fellow agrees to serve. 

6 ‘‘(F) MATCHING FUNDS.—An organization 

7 that receives an Encore Fellow under this sub8 section shall agree to provide, for the living ex9 penses of the Encore Fellow during the year of 

10 service, non-Federal contributions in an amount 

11 equal to not less than $1 for every $1 of Fed12 eral funds provided to the organization for the 

13 Encore Fellow through the fellowship. 

14 ‘‘(G) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—Each 

15 organization that receives an Encore Fellow 

16 under this subsection shall provide training, 

17 leadership development, and assistance to the 

18 Encore Fellow, and conduct oversight of the 

19 service provided by the Encore Fellow. 

20 ‘‘(H) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each 

21 year, the Corporation shall convene current and 

22 former Encore Fellows to discuss the Encore 

23 Fellows’ experiences related to service under 

24 this subsection and discuss strategies for in-
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1 creasing leadership and careers in public service 

2 in the nonprofit sector or government. 

3 ‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—The Corporation shall conduct 

4 an independent evaluation of the programs authorized 

5 under subsections (a) and (b) and widely disseminate the 

6 results, including recommendations for improvement, to 

7 the service community through multiple channels, includ8 ing the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse 

9 of effective strategies.’’. 

10 SEC. 1804. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT 

11 AND NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

12 Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM 

15 SUPPORT AND NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE 

16 CORPS 

17 ‘‘SEC. 198D. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT. 

18 ‘‘(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The 

19 Corporation may, through grants and fixed-amount grants 

20 (in accordance with section 129(l)), carry out the following 

21 programs: 

22 ‘‘(1) PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED

23 YOUTH.—A program selected from among those list24 ed in 122(a) where no less than 75 percent of the 

25 participants are disadvantaged youth. 
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1 ‘‘(A) COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—Such 

2 programs may include life skills training, em3 ployment training, educational counseling, pro4 gram to complete a high-school diploma or 

5 GED, counseling, or a mentoring relationship 

6 with an adult volunteer. 

7 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to 

8 programs that engage retirees to serve as men9 tors. 

10 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE YOUTH UNDER

11 THE AGE OF 17.—Programs that engage youth 

12 under the age of 17 in service to the community to 

13 meet unmet human, educational, environmental, 

14 emergency and disaster preparedness, or public safe15 ty needs and may be a summer program or a year16 round program. Priority shall be given to programs 

17 that collaborate with the RSVP Program and the 

18 AmeriCorps programs. 

19 ‘‘(3) PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM.— 

20 Programs that re-engage court-involved youth and 

21 adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. Priority 

22 shall be given to such programs that create support 

23 systems beginning in corrections facilities, and pro24 grams that have life skills training, employment 

25 training, an education program, including a program 
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1 to complete a high-school diploma or GED, edu2 cational and career counseling, post program place3 ment, and support services, which could begin in 

4 corrections facilities. The program may include 

5 health and wellness programs, including but not lim6 ited to drug and alcohol treatment, mental health 

7 counseling, and smoking cessation. 

8 ‘‘(4) PROGRAMS THAT RECRUIT CERTAIN INDI9 VIDUALS.—Demonstration projects for programs 

10 that have as one of their primary purposes the re11 cruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth 

12 and adults as participants, volunteers, or members. 

13 Such a program may serve any purpose otherwise 

14 permitted under this Act. 

15 ‘‘(5) PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT MENTORING.— 

16 Programs to support mentoring partnerships, includ17 ing statewide and local partnerships that strengthen 

18 direct-service youth mentoring programs by increas19 ing State resources dedicated to mentoring, assisting 

20 direct-service mentoring programs through sub21 grants, promoting quality standards for mentoring 

22 programs, expanding mentoring opportunities tai23 lored to the needs and circumstances of youth, and 

24 increasing the number of at-risk youth in the State 

25 receiving mentoring from screened and trained adult 
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1 mentors, as well as programs to support the creation 

2 of statewide mentoring partnerships and programs 

3 of national scope through collaborative efforts be4 tween entities such as local mentoring partnerships, 

5 units of State or local government, or direct service 

6 mentoring programs. 

7 ‘‘(6) OTHER INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PRO8 GRAMS.—Any other innovative and model programs 

9 that the Corporation considers appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program fund12 ed under this part shall be carried out over a period 

13 of three years, which may include one planning year 

14 and two additional grant years, with a 1-year exten15 sion possible, if the program meets performance 

16 measures developed in accordance with section 

17 179(a) and any other criteria determined by the 

18 Corporation. 

19 ‘‘(2) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 

21 the cost of carrying out a program for which a 

22 grant is made under this part may not exceed 

23 76 percent of the total cost of the program in 

24 the first year and may not exceed 50 percent of 

25 the total cost of the program for the remaining 
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1 years of the grant, including if the grant is ex2 tended for 1 year. 

3 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In 

4 providing for the remaining share of the cost of 

5 carrying out such a program, each recipient of 

6 a grant under this part— 

7 ‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 

8 through a payment in cash or in kind, fair9 ly evaluated, including facilities, equip10 ment, or services; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) may provide for such share 

12 through State sources or local sources, in13 cluding private funds or donated services. 

14 ‘‘(3) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each 

15 program funded under this part is encouraged to 

16 collaborate with Learn and Serve, AmeriCorps, 

17 VISTA, and the National Senior Service Corps. 

18 ‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the 

19 program, the Corporation shall conduct an inde20 pendent evaluation of the program and widely dis21 seminate the results, including recommendations for 

22 improvement, to the service community through mul23 tiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource 

24 Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies. 
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1 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a 

2 program under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit 

3 to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 

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

5 Officer may reasonably require. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 198E. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

7 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.— In this section— 

8 ‘‘(1) the term ‘term of national service’ means 

9 a term or period of service— 

10 ‘‘(A) under subtitle C, E, or G or sections 

11 198B or 198F of this Act, or under part A of 

12 title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

13 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.); or 

14 ‘‘(B) under an annual service requirement, 

15 which may include an annual training session 

16 under subsection (b), as determined by the Cor17 poration of not less than 10 hours. 

18 ‘‘(2) the term ‘National Service Reserve Corps 

19 member’ means an individual who— 

20 ‘‘(A) has completed a term of national 

21 service; 

22 ‘‘(B) has successfully completed training 

23 described in subsection (b) within the previous 

24 2 years; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) has indicated interest to the Corpora2 tion in responding to national disasters and 

3 other emergencies in a timely manner through 

4 the National Service Reserve Corps. 

5 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE

6 RESERVE CORPS.—The Corporation shall establish a 

7 National Service Reserve Corps to prepare and de8 ploy National Service Reserve Corps. In carrying out 

9 this section, the Corporation may work with organi10 zations representing individuals who have completed 

11 a term of national service, as well as directly with 

12 such individuals. 

13 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall, in 

14 consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emer15 gency Management Agency, conduct or coordinate annual 

16 training sessions for individuals who have completed a 

17 term of national service, and who wish to join the National 

18 Service Reserve Corps. 

19 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) On a biannual basis, the Corporation shall 

21 certify organizations with demonstrated experience 

22 in responding to disasters, including through using 

23 volunteers, for participation in the program under 

24 this section. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The Corporation shall ensure that every 

2 certified organization is— 

3 ‘‘(A) prepared to respond to major disas4 ters or emergencies; 

5 ‘‘(B) prepared and able to utilize National 

6 Service Reserve Members in responding; and 

7 ‘‘(C) willing to respond in a timely manner 

8 when notified by the Corporation of a disaster 

9 or emergency. 

10 ‘‘(d) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or 

11 contract with an outside organization to develop— 

12 ‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve 

13 Corps members; and 

14 ‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations 

15 that have been certified by the Corporation under 

16 subsection (c). 

17 ‘‘(e) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE

18 CORPS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a major disaster or 

20 emergency designated by the President under the 

21 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

22 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurs and 

23 the Corporation, in consultation with the Adminis24 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen25 cy, determines is an incident for which National 
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1 Service Reserve Corps members are prepared to as2 sist, the Corporation shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) deploy interested National Service 

4 Reserve Corps members on 30-day assignments 

5 to assist with local needs related to preparing 

6 or recovering from the incident in the affected 

7 area, through organizations certified under sub8 section (c); 

9 ‘‘(B) make travel arrangements for the de10 ployed National Service Reserve Corps members 

11 to the site of the incident; and 

12 ‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations 

13 that are responding to the incident with de14 ployed National Service Reserve Corps mem15 bers, to enable the organizations to coordinate 

16 and provide housing, living stipends, and insur17 ance for those deployed members. 

18 ‘‘(2) ALLOWANCE.—Any amounts that are uti19 lized by the Corporation from funds appropriated 

20 under section 501(a)(2)(F) to carry out paragraph 

21 (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept in a separate fund. 

22 Any amounts in such fund that are not used during 

23 a fiscal year shall remain available to use to help or24 ganizations pay Reserve Corps Members an allow-
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1 ance, determined by the Corporation, for out-of2 pocket expenses. 

3 ‘‘(3) INFORMATION.—The Corporation, the 

4 State Commissions, and entities receiving financial 

5 assistance for programs under subtitle C, E, or G or 

6 section 198F of this Act, or under part A of title I 

7 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

8 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform participants of 

9 those programs of the National Service Reserve 

10 Corps upon the participants’ completion of their 

11 term of national service. 

12 ‘‘(4) COORDINATION.— In deploying National 

13 Service Reserve Corps members under this sub14 section, the Corporation may consult and, as appro15 priate, partner with Citizen Corps programs in the 

16 affected area.’’. 

17 SEC. 1805. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND. 

18 Subtitle H is further amended by adding after Part 

19 II (as added by section 1804) the following new part: 

20 ‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND 

21 ‘‘SEC. 198F. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND. 

22 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 

24 community organizations are developing innovative 
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1 and effective solutions to national and local chal2 lenges. 

3 ‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in 

4 replicating and expanding proven effective solutions 

5 developed by social entrepreneurs and other non6 profit community organizations, could allow those 

7 entrepreneurs and organizations to replicate and ex8 pand proven initiatives in communities. 

9 ‘‘(3) Increased public and private investment to 

10 seed new solutions to our nation’s most serious chal11 lenges will create a pipeline of new social innova12 tions. 

13 ‘‘(4) A Social Innovation Fund could leverage 

14 Federal investments to increase State, local, busi15 ness, and philanthropic resources to replicate and 

16 expand proven solutions, and invest in seeding new 

17 innovations, to tackle specific identified community 

18 challenges. 

19 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

20 ‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of so21 cial entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community 

22 organizations in tackling national and local chal23 lenges; 

24 ‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a Social 

25 Innovation Fund that will increase private and pub-
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1 lic investment in nonprofit community organizations 

2 that are effectively addressing national and local 

3 challenges to allow such organizations to replicate 

4 and expand successful initiatives; 

5 ‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of— 

6 ‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to in7 crease State, local, business, and philanthropic 

8 resources to address national and local chal9 lenges; 

10 ‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and 

11 expand effective initiatives; and 

12 ‘‘(C) seeding experimental initiatives; and 

13 ‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to iden14 tify, invest in, and replicate and expand, initiatives 

15 with effective solutions to national and local chal16 lenges. 

17 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM.—The Corporation shall establish a 

18 Social Innovation Fund grant program to make grants on 

19 a competitive basis to eligible entities. 

20 ‘‘(d) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) For covered entities described in sub22 section (c)(2)(A) and (B), the Corporation shall 

23 make such grants for periods of 5 years, and may 

24 renew the grants for additional periods of 5 years, 
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1 in amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and not 

2 more than $10,000,000 per year. 

3 ‘‘(2) For covered entities described in sub4 section (c)(2)(C), the Corporation shall make grants 

5 for up to 3 years, and may renew the grants for ad6 ditional periods of 3 years, in amounts up to 

7 $500,000 per year. 

8 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

9 under this section, an entity shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 

11 ‘‘(2) be focused on— 

12 ‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical 

13 area; or 

14 ‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area, in 

15 geographical areas that have the highest need 

16 in that issue area, as demonstrated by statistics 

17 concerning that need. 

18 ‘‘(3) be focused on improving measurable out19 comes relating to— 

20 ‘‘(A) education for economically disadvan21 taged students; 

22 ‘‘(B) child and youth development; 

23 ‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in 

24 economic opportunity for economically dis25 advantaged individuals; 
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1 ‘‘(D) health, including access to health 

2 care and health education; 

3 ‘‘(E) resource conservation and local envi4 ronmental quality; 

5 ‘‘(F) individual or community energy effi6 ciency; 

7 ‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 

8 ‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 

9 ‘‘(4) For covered entities described in sub10 section (c)(2)(A) and (B), have an evidence-based 

11 decision-making strategy including, but not limited 

12 to— 

13 ‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig14 orous evaluations of program effectiveness in15 cluding, where available, well-implemented ran16 domized controlled trials; and 

17 ‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 

18 ‘‘(i) replicate and expand research19 proven initiatives that have been shown to 

20 produce sizeable, sustained benefits to par21 ticipants or society; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza23 tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to 

24 assess the effectiveness of approaches. 
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1 ‘‘(5) For covered entities described in sub2 section (c)(2)(C), have an evidence-based decision3 making strategy including, but not limited to— 

4 ‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig5 orous evaluations of program effectiveness in6 cluding, where available, well-implemented ran7 domized controlled trials; or 

8 ‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 

9 ‘‘(i) conduct rigorous evaluations to 

10 assess the effectiveness of approaches; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza12 tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to 

13 assess the effectiveness of approaches to 

14 addressing national or local challenges. 

15 ‘‘(6) For covered entities described in sub16 section (c)(2)(A) and (B), have a well-articulated 

17 process for assessing community organizations for 

18 subgrants; and 

19 ‘‘(7) have appropriate policies, as determined by 

20 the Corporation, that protect against conflict of in21 terest, self-dealing, and other improper practices. 

22 ‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

23 under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eli24 gible entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 

25 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
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1 mation as the Corporation may specify, including, at a 

2 minimum— 

3 ‘‘(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will— 

4 ‘‘(A) use the funds received through that 

5 capital in order to make subgrants to commu6 nity organizations that will use the funds to 

7 test new initiatives, or replicate or expand prov8 en initiatives in low-income communities; 

9 ‘‘(B) use the funds for growth capital or to 

10 test new initiatives; 

11 ‘‘(C) in making decisions about subgrants 

12 for communities, consult with a diverse cross 

13 section of community representatives in the de14 cisions, including individuals from the public, 

15 nonprofit, and for-profit private sectors; and 

16 ‘‘(D) make subgrants of a sufficient size 

17 and scope to enable the community organiza18 tions to build their capacity to test or manage 

19 initiatives, and sustain replication or expansion 

20 of the initiatives; 

21 ‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will 

22 not make any subgrants to the parent organizations 

23 of the eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the 

24 parent organization, or, if the eligible entity applied 
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1 for funds under this section as a partnership, any 

2 member of the partnership; 

3 ‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 

4 ‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area 

5 referred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eli6 gible entity is proposing to serve; or 

7 ‘‘(B) geographical areas referred to in sub8 section (f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity is likely 

9 to serve; 

10 ‘‘(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas 

11 in which the eligible entity will work to improve 

12 measurable outcomes; 

13 ‘‘(B) statistics on the needs related to those 

14 issue areas in, as appropriate— 

15 ‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area de16 scribed in paragraph (3)(A); or 

17 ‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in 

18 paragraph (3)(B), including statistics dem19 onstrating that those geographical areas have 

20 the highest need in the specific issue area that 

21 the eligible entity is proposing to address; and 

22 ‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable 

23 outcomes related to the issue areas involved that the 

24 eligible entity will seek to improve; 
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1 ‘‘(5) information describing the process by 

2 which the eligible entity selected, or will select, com3 munity organizations to receive the subgrants, to en4 sure that the community organizations— 

5 ‘‘(A) are institutions with proven initia6 tives, with track records of achieving specific 

7 outcomes related to the measurable outcomes 

8 for the eligible entity, or are institutions that 

9 articulate a new solution with potential for sub10 stantial impact; 

11 ‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for 

12 the use of the subgrant funds that are con13 nected to the measurable outcomes for the eligi14 ble entity; 

15 ‘‘(C) will use the funds to test, replicate or 

16 expand their initiatives; 

17 ‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for test18 ing, replicating or expanding the initiatives 

19 funded; 

20 ‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the 

21 subgrant period concludes through reliable pub22 lic revenues, earned income, or private sector 

23 funding; 

24 ‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial 

25 and management systems; 
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1 ‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data col2 lection and evaluation for improvement of the 

3 initiatives; 

4 ‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innova5 tive initiatives, to be important contributors to 

6 knowledge in their fields; and 

7 ‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for pro8 viding matching funds specified in subsection 

9 (k); 

10 ‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, in11 cluding its experience managing collaborative initia12 tives, or assessing applicants for grants and evalu13 ating the performance of grant recipients for out14 come-focused initiatives, and any other relevant in15 formation; 

16 ‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of 

17 subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the require18 ments, including information on any funding that 

19 the eligible entity has secured to provide the match20 ing funds required under that subsection; 

21 ‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan 

22 for providing technical assistance and support, other 

23 than financial support, to the community organiza24 tions that will increase the ability of the community 

25 organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes; 
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1 ‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institu2 tional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity 

3 concerning— 

4 ‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required 

5 for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other 

6 purposes; 

7 ‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 

8 ‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Cor9 poration, including information on the initia10 tives of the community organizations, and the 

11 replication or expansion of such initiatives; and 

12 ‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evalua13 tions to improve their model and be more trans14 parent about its challenges; and 

15 ‘‘(11) a commitment to cooperate with any eval16 uation activities undertaken by the Corporation. 

17 ‘‘(g) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible en18 tities to receive grants under this section, the Corporation 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive 

21 basis; 

22 ‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the 

23 quality of their selection process, as described in 

24 subsection (g)(5), the capacity of the eligible entities 

25 to manage Social Innovation Funds, and the poten-
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1 tial of the eligible entities to sustain the Funds after 

2 the conclusion of the grant period; 

3 ‘‘(3) solicit broad community perspectives that 

4 inform grant-making decisions; 

5 ‘‘(4) include among the grant recipients eligible 

6 entities that propose to provide subgrants to serve 

7 communities (such as rural low-income communities) 

8 that the eligible entities can demonstrate are signifi9 cantly philanthropically underserved; and 

10 ‘‘(5) select a geographically diverse set of eligi11 ble entities. 

12 ‘‘(h) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not 

14 make a grant to an eligible entity under this section 

15 for a Community Solutions Fund unless the entity 

16 agrees that, with respect to the cost described in 

17 subsection (d) for that Fund, the entity will make 

18 available matching funds in an amount not less than 

19 $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant. 

20 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The eligible entity 

21 shall provide the matching funds in cash. 

22 ‘‘(i) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR RESEARCH

23 AND EVALUATION.—The Corporation may reserve up to 

24 5 percent of total program funds appropriated to carry 
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1 out this section for a fiscal year to support research and 

2 evaluation related to this section. 

3 ‘‘(j) ADVISORY PANEL.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under authority of section 

5 195 (f) of the National and Community Service Act 

6 of 1990, the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation 

7 with the Board, shall establish an Advisory Panel to 

8 provide advice and input about carrying out this sec9 tion. The Advisory Panel may collectively have expe10 rience in— 

11 ‘‘(A) social entrepreneurship and social en12 terprise; 

13 ‘‘(B) the management and operation of 

14 small nonprofit organizations and large non15 profit organizations; 

16 ‘‘(C) business, including a business with 

17 experience working with a startup enterprises, 

18 experience growing businesses, experience with 

19 corporate social responsibility or a business 

20 with experience working with the nonprofit sec21 tor; 

22 ‘‘(D) philanthropy, including an under23 standing of philanthropic challenges in urban 

24 and rural areas and in areas that are philan25 thropically underserved; 
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1 ‘‘(E) qualitative and quantitative social 

2 science research, including scientifically-rig3 orous evaluations of program effectiveness; data 

4 driven decision making and evidence-based pol5 icymaking; 

6 ‘‘(F) volunteering, including effective vol7 unteer management; and 

8 ‘‘(G) government, including the manage9 ment of government agencies and the role of 

10 government programs in providing services. 

11 ‘‘(2) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—The Advisory 

12 Panel shall include a diverse range of individuals, in13 cluding young people, and individuals from diverse 

14 economic, racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, 

15 and individuals from diverse geographic areas. 

16 ‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec18 essary to carry out this section.’’. 

19 SEC. 1806. CLEARINGHOUSES. 

20 Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 

21 the following: 
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1 ‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 

2 CLEARINGHOUSE 

3 ‘‘SEC. 198G. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARING4 HOUSE. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide 

6 assistance, either by grant, contract, or cooperative agree7 ment, to entities with expertise in the dissemination of in8 formation through clearinghouses to establish one or more 

9 clearinghouses for the national service laws. 

10 ‘‘(b) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—Such a clear11 inghouse may— 

12 ‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local 

13 service-learning and national service programs with 

14 needs assessments and planning; 

15 ‘‘(2) conduct research and evaluations con16 cerning service-learning or programs receiving assist17 ance under the national service laws unless the re18 cipient is receiving funds for such purpose under 

19 part III of subtitle B and under subtitle H; 

20 ‘‘(3)(A) provide leadership development and 

21 training to State and local service-learning program 

22 administrators, supervisors, service sponsors, and 

23 participants; and 

24 ‘‘(B) provide training to persons who can pro25 vide the leadership development and training de26 scribed in subparagraph (A); 
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1 ‘‘(4) facilitate communication among entities 

2 carrying out service-learning programs and pro3 grams offered under the national service laws and 

4 participants in such programs; 

5 ‘‘(5) provide and disseminate information and 

6 curriculum materials relating to planning and oper7 ating service-learning programs and programs of8 fered under the national service laws, to States, Ter9 ritories, Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to 

10 receive financial assistance under the national serv11 ice laws; 

12 ‘‘(6) provide and disseminate information re13 garding methods to make service-learning programs 

14 and programs offered under the national service 

15 laws accessible to individuals with disabilities; 

16 ‘‘(7) disseminate applications in languages 

17 other than English; 

18 ‘‘(8)(A) gather and disseminate information on 

19 successful service-learning programs and programs 

20 offered under the national service laws, components 

21 of such successful programs, innovative curricula re22 lated to service-learning, and service-learning 

23 projects; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearing2 house with appropriate entities to avoid duplication 

3 of effort; 

4 ‘‘(9) make recommendations to State and local 

5 entities on quality controls to improve the quality of 

6 service-learning programs and programs offered 

7 under the national service laws; 

8 ‘‘(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screen9 ing, and placing a diverse population of service10 learning coordinators and program sponsors; 

11 ‘‘(11) disseminate effective strategies for work12 ing with disadvantaged youth in national service pro13 grams as determined by organizations with an estab14 lished expertise working with such youth; 

15 ‘‘(12) collaborate with State and local Men16 toring Partnerships and directly with youth men17 toring organizations to disseminate effective strate18 gies for the recruiting, training, and screening of re19 sponsible adult mentors and best practices for build20 ing quality relationships between adult mentors and 

21 youth mentees; and 

22 ‘‘(13) carry out such other activities as the 

23 Chief Executive Officer determines to be appro24 priate.’’. 
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1 Subtitle I—Training and Technical 

2 Assistance 

3 SEC. 1821. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

4 Title I is further amended by adding at the end the 

5 following new subtitle: 

6 ‘‘Subtitle J—Training and 

7 Technical Assistance 

8 ‘‘SEC. 199N. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall conduct, 

10 either directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative 

11 agreements, including through State Commissions on Na12 tional and Community Service, appropriate training and 

13 technical assistance to— 

14 ‘‘(1) programs receiving assistance under the 

15 national service laws; and 

16 ‘‘(2) entities (particularly those in rural areas 

17 and underserved communities)— 

18 ‘‘(A) that desire to carry out or establish 

19 national service programs; 

20 ‘‘(B) that desire to apply for assistance 

21 under the national service laws; or 

22 ‘‘(C) that desire to apply for a subgrant 

23 under the national service laws. 

24 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—Such training and 

25 technical assistance activities may include— 
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1 ‘‘(1) providing technical assistance to those ap2 plying to carry out national service programs or 

3 those carrying out national service programs; 

4 ‘‘(2) promoting leadership development in na5 tional service programs; 

6 ‘‘(3) improving the instructional and pro7 grammatic quality of national service programs; 

8 ‘‘(4) developing the management and budgetary 

9 skills of those operating or overseeing national serv10 ice programs, including to increase the cost effective11 ness of the programs under the national service 

12 laws; 

13 ‘‘(5) providing for or improving the training 

14 provided to the participants in programs under the 

15 national service laws; 

16 ‘‘(6) facilitating the education of national serv17 ice programs in risk management procedures, includ18 ing the training of participants in appropriate risk 

19 management practices; 

20 ‘‘(7) training of those operating or overseeing 

21 national service programs in volunteer recruitment, 

22 management, and retention to improve the abilities 

23 of such individuals to use participants and other vol24 unteers in an effective manner which results in high 

25 quality service and the desire of participants or vol-
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1 unteers to continue to serve in other capacities after 

2 the program is completed; 

3 ‘‘(8) training of those operating or overseeing 

4 national service programs in program evaluation and 

5 performance measures to inform practices to aug6 ment the capacity and sustainability of the program; 

7 ‘‘(9) training of those operating or overseeing 

8 national service programs to effectively accommodate 

9 people with disabilities to increase the participation 

10 of people with disabilities in national service pro11 grams. Such activities may utilize funding from the 

12 reservation of funds to increase the participation of 

13 individuals with disabilities as described in section 

14 129(j); 

15 ‘‘(10) establishing networks and collaboration 

16 among employers, educators, and other key stake17 holders in the community to further leverage re18 sources to increase local participation and to coordi19 nate community-wide planning and service; 

20 ‘‘(11) providing training and technical assist21 ance for the National Senior Service Corps, includ22 ing providing such training and technical assistance 

23 to programs receiving assistance under section 201 

24 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; and 
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1 ‘‘(12) carrying out such other activities as the 

2 Chief Executive Officer determines to be appro3 priate. 

4 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—The Corporation shall give priority 

5 to programs under the national service laws and those en6 tities eligible to establish programs under the national 

7 service laws seeking training or technical assistance that— 

8 ‘‘(1) seek to carry out high quality programs 

9 where the services are needed most; 

10 ‘‘(2) seek to carry out high quality programs 

11 where national service programs do not currently 

12 exist or where the programs are too limited to meet 

13 community needs; 

14 ‘‘(3) seek to carry out high quality programs 

15 that focus on and provide service opportunities for 

16 underserved rural and urban areas and populations; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(4) assist programs in developing a service 

19 component that combines students, out-of-school 

20 youths, and older adults as participants to provide 

21 needed community services.’’. 

22 SEC. 1822. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 

23 Title I is further amended by adding at the end the 

24 following new subtitle: 
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1 ‘‘Subtitle K—Volunteer Generation 

2 Fund 

3 ‘‘SEC. 199P. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 

4 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to— 

5 ‘‘(1) assist nonprofit, faith-based, and other 

6 civic organizations in the United States and State 

7 Commissions in expanding the supply of volunteers 

8 and improving the capacity of such organizations 

9 and State Commissions to utilize new volunteers; 

10 ‘‘(2) spur innovation in volunteer recruitment 

11 and management practices, with a goal of increasing 

12 the number of volunteers in the United States; and 

13 ‘‘(3) enable the people of the United States to 

14 effect change throughout the United States by par15 ticipating in active volunteer and citizen service. 

16 ‘‘(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the avail17 ability of appropriations for this purpose, the Corporation 

18 may make grants to State commissions and nonprofit or19 ganizations for the purpose of assisting the recipients of 

20 the grants to— 

21 ‘‘(1) develop and carry out volunteer programs 

22 described in this section; 

23 ‘‘(2) make subgrants to support and create new 

24 local organizations that generate volunteers as de25 scribed in this section. 
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1 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.— The re2 cipient of a grant under this section shall use the assist3 ance, directly or through subgrants to other entities, to 

4 carry out volunteer programs and develop and support or5 ganizations that generate volunteers through the following 

6 types of grants: 

7 ‘‘(1) Grants to community based organizations 

8 for activities that are consistent with the priorities 

9 set by the State’s national service plan as described 

10 in section 178(e). 

11 ‘‘(2) Grants to nonprofit organizations that re12 cruit, manage, and support volunteers, such as a vol13 unteer coordinating agency, a nonprofit resource 

14 center, a volunteer training clearinghouse, an insti15 tution of higher learning, or collaborative partner16 ships of faith-based and community organizations. 

17 ‘‘(3) Grants to develop strong volunteer infra18 structure organizations in communities without such 

19 a resource or to strengthen struggling volunteer in20 frastructure organizations. 

21 ‘‘(4) Grants to nonprofit organizations whose 

22 activities are consistent with national volunteer gen23 erating priorities set by the President and the Cor24 poration. 
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1 ‘‘(5) Grants to nonprofit organizations that pro2 vide technical assistance and support to— 

3 ‘‘(A) strengthen the capacity of local vol4 unteer infrastructure organizations; 

5 ‘‘(B) address areas of national need; and 

6 ‘‘(C) expand the number of volunteers na7 tionally. 

8 ‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds allo9 cated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under 

10 this section for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 

11 50 percent to be allotted on a competitive basis. Of the 

12 remaining 50 percent of funds, the Corporation shall make 

13 a grant to each of the several States, the District of Co14 lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in accord15 ance with the formula in section 129(e) and (f). The cor16 poration may designate a minimum amount to ensure that 

17 each State is able to improve efforts to generate volun18 teers. 

19 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not 

20 more than 6 percent of the amount of any grant provided 

21 under this section for a fiscal year may be used to pay 

22 for administrative costs incurred by either the recipient 

23 of the grant or any community based organization receiv24 ing assistance from such grant. 
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1 ‘‘(f) MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENTS.—The Cor2 poration share of the cost of carrying out a program that 

3 receives assistance under this section, whether the assist4 ance is provided directly or as a subgrant from the original 

5 recipient of the assistance, may not exceed— 

6 ‘‘(1) 80 percent of such cost for the first year 

7 in which the recipient receives such assistance; 

8 ‘‘(2) 70 percent of such cost for the second year 

9 in which the recipient receives such assistance; 

10 ‘‘(3) 60 percent of such cost for the third year 

11 in which the recipient receives such assistance; and 

12 ‘‘(4) 50 percent of such cost for the fourth year 

13 in which the recipient receives such assistance and 

14 each year thereafter. 

15 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 

17 ‘‘(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

18 ‘‘(2) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

19 ‘‘(3) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

20 ‘‘(4) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and 

21 ‘‘(5) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.’’. 

22 Subtitle J—Repeal of Title III 

23 (Points of Light Foundation) 

24 SEC. 1831. REPEAL. 

25 Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is repealed. 
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1 Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V 

2 (Authorization of Appropriations) 

3 SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read 

5 as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘(a) TITLE I.— 

8 ‘‘(1) SUBTITLE B.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 

10 to be appropriated to provide financial assist11 ance under subtitle B of title I— 

12 ‘‘(i) $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary 

15 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 

16 2014. 

17 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appro18 priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 

19 year— 

20 ‘‘(i) not more than 60 percent shall be 

21 available to provide financial assistance 

22 under part I of subtitle B of title I; 

23 ‘‘(ii) not more than 25 percent shall 

24 be available to provide financial assistance 

25 under part II of such subtitle; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) not less than 15 percent shall be 

2 available to provide financial assistance 

3 under part III of such subtitle. 

4 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS.—Of the 

5 amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 

6 for a fiscal year, up to $10,000,000 shall be for 

7 summer of service grants, $20,000,000 for 

8 youth engagement zones, $7,000,000 for Cam9 puses of Service, and up to $10,000,000 shall 

10 be deposited in the National Service Trust to 

11 support summer of service educational awards, 

12 consistent with section 120(c)(8). 

13 ‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AND H.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 

15 to be appropriated to provide financial assist16 ance under subtitles C and H of title I, to ad17 minister the National Service Trust and dis18 burse national service educational awards and 

19 scholarships under subtitle D of title I, and to 

20 carry out such audits and evaluations as the 

21 Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation may 

22 determine to be necessary, such sums as may 

23 be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 

24 through 2014. 
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1 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of this Act, in obligating the 

3 amounts made available pursuant to the author4 ization of appropriations in subparagraph (A), 

5 priority shall be given to programs carried out 

6 in areas for which the President has declared 

7 the existence of a major disaster, in accordance 

8 with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis9 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 5170), as a consequence of Hurricanes 

11 Katrina and Rita, and disasters of similar mag12 nitude. 

13 ‘‘(3) SUBTITLE E.—There are authorized to be 

14 appropriated to operate the National Civilian Com15 munity Corps and provide financial assistance under 

16 subtitle E of title I, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 

17 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for each 

18 of fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

19 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) CORPORATION.—There are author21 ized to be appropriated for the Corporation’s 

22 administration of the national service laws such 

23 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

24 years 2010 through 2014. 
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1 ‘‘(B) STATE COMMISSIONS.—There are au2 thorized to be appropriated for assistance to 

3 State Commissions under section 126(a), such 

4 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

5 years 2010 through 2014. 

6 ‘‘(5) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

7 Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year under 

8 subtitles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under 

9 titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

10 of 1973, the Corporation shall reserve up to 2.5 per11 cent to carry out subtitle J of this Act. Notwith12 standing subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall 

13 be available only for the fiscal year for which they 

14 are reserved. 

15 ‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

16 appropriated under this section shall remain available 

17 until expended.’’. 

18 TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 

19 DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERV20 ICE ACT OF 1973 

21 SEC. 2001. REFERENCES. 

22 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

23 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

24 of an amendment to, or repeal of a provision, the reference 

25 shall be considered to be made to a provision of the Do-
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1 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et 

2 seq.). 

3 Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I 

4 (National Volunteer Antipoverty 

5 Programs) 

6 SEC. 2101. PURPOSE. 

7 Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘both young 

9 and older citizens’’ and inserting ‘‘citizens of all ages 

10 and backgrounds’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘local agen12 cies’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

13 end and inserting ‘‘local agencies, expand relation14 ships with, and support for, the efforts of civic, com15 munity, and educational organizations, and utilize 

16 the energy, innovative spirit, experience, and skills of 

17 all Americans.’’. 

18 SEC. 2102. PURPOSE OF THE VISTA PROGRAM. 

19 Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended— 

20 (1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘af21 flicted with’’ and inserting ‘‘affected by’’; and 

22 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘local 

23 level’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

24 end and inserting ‘‘local level, to support efforts by 

25 local agencies and organizations to achieve long-term 
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1 sustainability of projects, consistent with section 185 

2 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, 

3 initiated or expanded under the VISTA program ac4 tivities, and to strengthen local agencies and commu5 nity organizations to carry out the purpose of this 

6 part.’’. 

7 SEC. 2103. APPLICATIONS. 

8 Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 

11 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is12 lands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa,’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and in15 serting ‘‘disabled’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘handicaps’’ and in17 serting ‘‘disabilities’’; 

18 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘jobless, 

19 the hungry, and low-income’’ and inserting ‘‘un20 employed, the hungry, and low-income’’; 

21 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘preven22 tion, education,’’ and inserting ‘‘through pre23 vention, education, rehabilitation, and treat24 ment,’’; 
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1 (E) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, men2 tal illness,’’ after ‘‘including’’; 

3 (F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

4 and inserting a semicolon; 

5 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe6 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (H) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(8) in the re-entry and re-integration of for10 merly incarcerated youth and adults into society, in11 cluding life skills training, employment training, 

12 counseling, educational training, and educational 

13 counseling; 

14 ‘‘(9) in developing and carrying out financial 

15 literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and 

16 reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 

17 communities, including those programs which edu18 cate on financing home ownership and higher edu19 cation; 

20 ‘‘(10) in initiating and supporting before-school 

21 and after-school programs servicing children in low22 income communities that may engage participants in 

23 mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills, or study 

24 skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, 

25 and health education programs, including programs 
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1 aimed at fighting childhood obesity, and other activi2 ties addressing the needs of the community’s chil3 dren; 

4 ‘‘(11) in establishing and supporting community 

5 economic development initiatives, including micro-en6 terprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 

7 areas and other areas where such programs are 

8 needed most; 

9 ‘‘(12) in assisting veterans and their families 

10 through establishing or augmenting programs which 

11 assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 

12 health care (including mental health), employment 

13 counseling or training, education counseling or train14 ing, affordable housing, and other support services; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(13) in addressing the health and wellness of 

17 low-income and underserved communities, including 

18 programs to increase access to preventive services, 

19 insurance, and health care.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘recruit22 ment and placement procedures’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘placement procedures that involve sponsoring 

24 organizations and’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (2)— 
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1 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘related to the re3 cruitment and’’ and inserting ‘‘related 

4 to the’’; 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘in conjunction 

6 with recruitment and’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘in conjunction with the’’; and 

8 (III) by striking ‘‘1993. Upon’’ 

9 and all that follows through the period 

10 at the end and inserting ‘‘1993.’’; 

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

12 ‘‘central information system that shall, on 

13 request, promptly provide’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘database that provides’’; and 

15 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘timely and effec17 tive’’ and inserting ‘‘timely and cost18 effective’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘the recruitment 

20 of volunteers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit21 ment and management of volunteers’’; 

22 and 

23 (C) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 

24 the following: ‘‘The Director shall give priority 

25 to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 

2 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 

3 1990) and low-income adults; and 

4 ‘‘(B) retired adults of any profession, but with 

5 an emphasis on those professions whose services and 

6 training are most needed in a community, such as 

7 the health care professions, teaching, counseling, 

8 and engineering and other professions requiring a 

9 high level of technical and project management 

10 skills, to utilize their experience, including profes11 sional skills, in the VISTA program.’’; 

12 (D) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘in13 formation system’’ and inserting ‘‘database’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (c)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by striking ‘‘personnel de18 scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C)’’ and in19 serting ‘‘personnel described in subsection 

20 (b)(2)(C) and sponsoring organizations’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

22 ‘‘the Internet and related technologies,’’ 

23 after ‘‘television,’’; 
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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘Internet and related technologies,’’ after 

3 ‘‘through the’’; 

4 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

5 after ‘‘senior citizens organizations,’’ the 

6 following: ‘‘offices of economic develop7 ment, State employment security agencies, 

8 employment offices,’’; 

9 (v) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

10 ‘‘National and Community Service Trust 

11 Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘National and 

12 Community Service Act of 1990’’; and 

13 (vi) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

14 ‘‘, on request,’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘this 

16 subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection and 

17 related public awareness and recruitment activi18 ties under the national service laws’’; 

19 (4) by amending the second sentence of sub20 section (d) to read as follows: ‘‘Whenever feasible, 

21 such efforts shall be coordinated with an appropriate 

22 local workforce investment board established under 

23 section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 

24 1998.’’; 
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1 (5) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘and has been 

2 submitted to the Governor’’ and all that follows and 

3 inserting a period; and 

4 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(i) The Director may enter into agreements under 

6 which public and private nonprofit organizations, with suf7 ficient financial capacity and size, pay for all or a portion 

8 of the costs of supporting the service of volunteers under 

9 this title, consistent with the provisions of section 186 of 

10 the National and Community Service Act of 1990.’’. 

11 SEC. 2104. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

12 Part A of title I is amended by inserting after section 

13 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 103A. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With not less than one-third of 

16 the funds made available under subsection (d) in each fis17 cal year, the Director shall make grants for VISTA posi18 tions to support programs of national significance. Each 

19 program for which a grant is received under this sub20 section shall be carried out in accordance with the require21 ments applicable to that program. 

22 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Director shall 

23 make grants under subsection (a) to support one or more 

24 of the following programs to address problems that con25 cern low-income and rural communities in the Nation: 
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1 ‘‘(1) In the re-entry and re-integration of for2 merly incarcerated youth and adults into society, in3 cluding life skills training, employment training, 

4 counseling, educational training, and educational 

5 counseling. 

6 ‘‘(2) In developing and carrying-out financial 

7 literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and 

8 reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 

9 communities, including those programs which edu10 cate on financing home ownership and higher edu11 cation. 

12 ‘‘(3) In initiating and supporting before-school 

13 and after-school programs in low-income commu14 nities that may include such activities as establishing 

15 mentoring relationships, physical education, tutor16 ing, instruction in 21st century thinking skills, life 

17 skills, and study skills, community service, service18 learning, nutrition and health education, and other 

19 activities aimed at keeping children, safe, educated, 

20 and healthy, which serve the children in such com21 munity. 

22 ‘‘(4) In establishing and supporting community 

23 economic development initiatives, including micro-en24 terprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 
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1 areas and areas where such programs are needed 

2 most. 

3 ‘‘(5) In assisting veterans and their families 

4 through establishing or augmenting programs which 

5 assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 

6 health care (including mental health), employment 

7 counseling or training, education counseling or train8 ing, affordable housing, and other support services. 

9 ‘‘(6) In addressing the health and wellness of 

10 low-income and underserved communities across our 

11 Nation, including programs to fight childhood obe12 sity through nutrition, physical fitness, and other as13 sociated life skills education programs and programs 

14 to increase access to preventive services, insurance, 

15 and health care. 

16 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive a grant 

18 under subsection (a), an applicant shall submit an 

19 application to the Director at such time and in such 

20 manner as the Director requires and receive ap21 proval of the application. Such application shall, at 

22 a minimum, demonstrate to the Director a level of 

23 expertise in carrying out such a program. 

24 ‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds 

25 made available under subsection (d) shall be used to 
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1 supplement and not supplant the number of VISTA 

2 volunteers engaged in programs addressing the prob3 lem for which such funds are awarded unless such 

4 sums are an extension of funds previously provided 

5 under this title. 

6 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro8 priate under section 501 for each fiscal year there 

9 shall be available to the Director such sums as may 

10 be necessary to make grants under subsection (a). 

11 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No funds shall be made 

12 available to the Director to make grants under sub13 section (a) unless the amounts appropriated under 

14 section 501 available for such fiscal year to carry 

15 out part A are sufficient to maintain the number of 

16 projects and volunteers funded under part A in the 

17 preceding fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The Director shall widely dis19 seminate information on grants that may be made under 

20 this section, including through volunteer recruitment pro21 grams being carried out by public or private non-profit 

22 organizations.’’. 

23 SEC. 2105. TERMS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE. 

24 Section 104(d) (42 U.S.C. 4954(d)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘with the 

2 terms and conditions of their service.’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘with the terms and conditions of their service or 

4 any adverse action, such as termination, proposed by 

5 the sponsoring organization. The procedure shall 

6 provide for an appeal to the Director of any pro7 posed termination.’’; and 

8 (2) in the third sentence (as amended by this 

9 section), by striking ‘‘and the terms and conditions 

10 of their service’’. 

11 SEC. 2106. SUPPORT SERVICE. 

12 Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘Such stipend’’ and all that follows 

14 through ‘‘in the case of persons’’ and inserting ‘‘Such sti15 pend shall be set at a minimum of $125 per month and 

16 a maximum of $150 per month, subject to the availability 

17 of funds to accomplish such a maximum. The Director 

18 may provide a stipend of $250 per month in the case of 

19 persons’’. 

20 SEC. 2107. SECTIONS REPEALED. 

21 The following provisions are repealed: 

22 (1) VISTA LITERACY CORPS.—Section 109 (42 

23 U.S.C. 4959). 

24 (2) UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA.—Part B of 

25 title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.). 
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1 (3) LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS.—Section 

2 124 (42 U.S.C. 4995). 

3 SEC. 2108. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

4 Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the sec5 ond sentence by striking ‘‘situations’’ and inserting ‘‘orga6 nizations’’. 

7 SEC. 2109. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 

8 Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended— 

9 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘TECH10 NICAL AND’’; and 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘technical and’’. 

12 Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II 

13 (National Senior Volunteer Corps) 

14 SEC. 2201. CHANGE IN NAME. 

15 Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended in the 

16 title heading by striking ‘‘NATIONAL SENIOR 

17 VOLUNTEER CORPS’’ and inserting ‘‘NA18 TIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 

19 SEC. 2202. PURPOSE. 

20 Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to read as 

21 follows: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

23 ‘‘It is the purpose of this title to provide— 

24 ‘‘(1) opportunities for senior service to meet 

25 unmet local, State, and national needs in the areas 
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1 of education, public safety, emergency and disaster 

2 preparedness, relief, and recovery, health and human 

3 needs, and the environment; 

4 ‘‘(2) for the National Senior Service Corps, 

5 comprised of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro6 gram, the Foster Grandparent Program, and the 

7 Senior Companion Program, and demonstration and 

8 other programs to empower people 55 years of age 

9 or older to contribute to their communities through 

10 service, enhance the lives of those who serve and 

11 those whom they serve, and provide communities 

12 with valuable services; 

13 ‘‘(3) opportunities for people 55 years of age or 

14 older, through the Retired and Senior Volunteer 

15 Program, to share their knowledge, experiences, 

16 abilities, and skills for the betterment of their com17 munities and themselves; 

18 ‘‘(4) opportunities for low-income people 55 

19 years of age or older, through the Foster Grand20 parents Program, to have a positive impact on the 

21 lives of children in need; 

22 ‘‘(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 

23 years of age or older, through the Senior Companion 

24 Program, to provide critical support services and 

25 companionship to adults at risk of institutionaliza-
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1 tion and who are struggling to maintain a dignified 

2 independent life; and 

3 ‘‘(6) for research, training, demonstration, and 

4 other program activities to increase and improve op5 portunities for people 55 years of age or older to 

6 meet unmet needs, including those related to public 

7 safety, public health, and emergency and disaster 

8 preparedness, relief, and recovery, in their commu9 nities.’’. 

10 SEC. 2203. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR VOLUNTEER 

11 SERVICE PROJECTS. 

12 Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

15 by striking ‘‘avail themselves of opportunities 

16 for volunteer service in their community’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘share their experiences, abilities, and 

18 skills for the betterment of their communities 

19 and themselves through service’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, and 

21 individuals 60 years of age or older will be 

22 given priority for enrollment,’’; 

23 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘either 

24 prior to or during the volunteer service’’ after 

25 ‘‘may be necessary’’; and 
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1 (D) by striking paragraph (4) and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(4) the project is being designed and imple4 mented with the advice of experts in the field of 

5 service to be delivered as well as with those who 

6 have expertise in the recruitment and management 

7 of volunteers, particularly those of the Baby Boom 

8 generation.’’; 

9 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol10 lows: 

11 ‘‘(c) The Director shall give priority to projects— 

12 ‘‘(1) utilizing retired scientists, technicians, en13 gineers, and mathematicians (the STEM profes14 sionals) to improve Science, Technology, Engineer15 ing, and Mathematics (STEM) education through 

16 activities such as assisting teachers in classroom 

17 demonstrations or laboratory experiences, running 

18 after-school, weekend, or summer programs designed 

19 to engage disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 

20 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 

21 1990) or low-income, minority youth in the STEM 

22 fields and to improve mastery of the STEM content, 

23 providing field trips to businesses, institutions of 

24 higher education, museums, and other locations 
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1 where the STEM professions are practiced or illumi2 nated; 

3 ‘‘(2) utilizing retired health care professionals 

4 to improve the health and wellness of low income or 

5 rural communities; 

6 ‘‘(3) utilizing retired criminal justice profes7 sionals for programs designed to prevent disadvan8 taged youth (as defined in section 101 of the Na9 tional and Community Service Act of 1990) from 

10 joining gangs or committing crimes; 

11 ‘‘(4) utilizing retired military and emergency 

12 professionals for programs to improve public safety, 

13 emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and re14 covery, search and rescue, and homeland security ef15 forts; and 

16 ‘‘(5) utilizing retired computer science profes17 sionals, technicians of related technologies, business 

18 professionals, and others with relevant knowledge to 

19 increase, for low income individuals and families, ac20 cess to and obtaining the benefits from computers 

21 and other existing and emerging technologies.’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE GRANT AWARDS REQUIRED.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective for fiscal year 

25 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter, each grant or 
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1 contract awarded under this section in such a year 

2 shall be— 

3 ‘‘(A) awarded for a period of 3 years; and 

4 ‘‘(B) awarded through a competitive proc5 ess. 

6 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF COMPETITIVE PROCESS.— 

7 The competitive process required by paragraph 

8 (1)(B)— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall include the use of a peer review 

10 panel, including members with expertise in sen11 ior service and aging; 

12 ‘‘(B) shall ensure that— 

13 ‘‘(i) the resulting grants (or contracts) 

14 support no less than the volunteer service 

15 years of the previous grant (or contract) 

16 cycle in a given geographic service area; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the resulting grants (or con18 tracts) maintain a similar program dis19 tribution; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) every effort is made to minimize 

21 the disruption to volunteers; and 

22 ‘‘(C) shall include the performance meas23 ures, outcomes, and other criteria established 

24 under subsection (f). 
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1 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPETITIVE PROC2 ESS.—The Corporation shall establish and make 

3 available the competitive process required by para4 graph (1)(B) no later than 18 months after the date 

5 of the enactment of this subsection. The Corporation 

6 shall consult with the program directors of the Re7 tired Senior Volunteer Program during development 

8 and implementation of the competitive process. 

9 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION PROCESS REQUIRED.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

11 412, and effective beginning 180 days after the date 

12 of the enactment of this subsection, each grant or 

13 contract under this section that expires in fiscal year 

14 2011, 2012, and 2013 shall be subject to an evalua15 tion process. The evaluation process shall be carried 

16 out, to the maximum extent practicable, in fiscal 

17 year 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively. 

18 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF EVALUATION PROCESS.— 

19 The evaluation process required by paragraph (1)— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall include performance measures, 

21 outcomes, and other criteria; and 

22 ‘‘(B) shall evaluate the extent to which the 

23 recipient of the grant or contract meets or ex24 ceeds such performance measures, outcomes, 

25 and other criteria. 
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1 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF EVALUATION PROC2 ESS.—The Corporation shall, in collaboration and 

3 consultation with program directors of the Retired 

4 Senior Volunteer Program, establish and make avail5 able the evaluation process required by paragraph 

6 (1), including the performance measures, outcomes, 

7 and other criteria required by paragraph (2)(A), 

8 with particular attention to the different needs of 

9 rural and urban programs. The processes shall be 

10 established and made available, including notifica11 tion of the available training and technical assist12 ance, no later than 180 days after the date of the 

13 enactment of this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(4) EFFECT OF FAILING TO MEET PERFORM15 ANCE MEASURES.—If the evaluation process deter16 mines that the recipient has failed to meet or exceed 

17 the performance measures, outcomes, and other cri18 teria established under this subsection, the grant or 

19 contract shall not be renewed. Any successor grant 

20 or contract shall be awarded through the competitive 

21 process described in subsection (e)(1). 

22 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE.—The Corporation may 

23 continue to fund a program which has failed to meet 

24 or exceed the performance measures, outcomes, and 

25 other criteria established under this subsection for 
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1 up to 12 months if competition does not result in a 

2 successor grant or contract for such program, in 

3 order to minimize the disruption to volunteers and 

4 disruption of services. In such a case, outreach shall 

5 be conducted and a new competition shall be estab6 lished. The previous recipient shall remain eligible 

7 for the new competition. 

8 ‘‘(6) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The performance 

10 measures, outcomes, and other criteria estab11 lished under this subsection may be updated or 

12 modified as necessary, in consultation with pro13 gram directors for the Retired Senior Volunteer 

14 Program, but no earlier than fiscal year 2014. 

15 ‘‘(B) OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS.—Effective 

16 for fiscal years before fiscal year 2014, the Cor17 poration may, after consulting with program di18 rectors of the Retired Senior Volunteer Pro19 gram, determine that a performance measure, 

20 outcome, or criterion established under this 

21 subsection is operationally problematic, and 

22 may, in consultation with program directors of 

23 the Retired Senior Volunteer Program and 

24 after notifying the appropriate committees of 

25 Congress— 
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1 ‘‘(i) eliminate the use of that perform2 ance measure, outcome, or criterion; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) modify that performance meas4 ure, outcome, or criterion as necessary to 

5 render it no longer operationally problem6 atic. 

7 ‘‘(g) ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE.—The Corporation 

8 shall develop and disseminate an online resource guide for 

9 the Retired Senior Volunteer Program within 180 days 

10 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, which 

11 shall include, but not be limited to— 

12 ‘‘(1) examples of high performing programs; 

13 ‘‘(2) corrective actions for underperforming pro14 grams; and 

15 ‘‘(3) examples of meaningful outcome-based 

16 performance measures that capture a program’s mis17 sion and priorities. 

18 ‘‘(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Sep19 tember 30, 2013, the Corporation shall submit to the ap20 propriate committees of Congress a report on— 

21 ‘‘(1) the number of programs that did not meet 

22 or exceed the established performance measures, 

23 outcomes, and other criteria established under sub24 section (f); 

25 ‘‘(2) the number of new grants awarded; 
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1 ‘‘(3) the challenges to the implementation of 

2 evaluation and competition, including but not limited 

3 to geographic distribution and the minimization of 

4 disruption to volunteers; and 

5 ‘‘(4) how the current program geographic dis6 tribution affects recruitment for the Retired Senior 

7 Volunteer Program.’’. 

8 SEC. 2204. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM GRANTS. 

9 Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘low-income persons aged 

12 sixty or over’’ and inserting ‘‘low-income and 

13 other persons aged 55 or over’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘children having excep15 tional needs’’ and inserting ‘‘children having 

16 special or exceptional needs or with conditions 

17 or circumstances identified as limiting their 

18 academic, social, or emotional development’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A), by striking ‘‘shall have the ex23 clusive authority to determine, pursuant to 

24 the provisions of paragraph (2) of this sub-
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1 section—’’ and inserting ‘‘may deter2 mine—’’; 

3 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

6 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (iv) by adding after subparagraph (B) 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) whether it is in the best interests of a 

10 child receiving, and of a particular foster grand11 parent providing, services in such a project, to con12 tinue such relationship after the child reaches the 

13 age of 21, if such child was receiving such services 

14 prior to attaining the age of 21.’’; 

15 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

16 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

17 paragraph (2); 

18 (D) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

19 this section), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and 

20 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 

21 (E) by adding after paragraph (2) (as re22 designated by this section) the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) If an assignment of a foster grandparent is sus24 pended or discontinued, the replacement of that foster 

25 grandparent shall be determined through the mutual 
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1 agreement of all parties involved in the provision of serv2 ices to the child.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by 

4 striking ‘‘Any stipend’’ and all that follows through 

5 ‘‘inflation,’’ and inserting ‘‘Any stipend or allowance 

6 provided under this part shall not exceed 75 percent 

7 of the minimum wage under section 6 the Fair 

8 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), and 

9 the Federal share shall not be less than $2.65 per 

10 hour, provided that the Director shall adjust the 

11 Federal share once prior to December 31, 2012, to 

12 account for inflation,’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (e)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘125’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘200’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, as so 

17 adjusted’’ and all that follows through ‘‘local 

18 situations’’; 

19 (5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting: 

20 ‘‘(f)(1) Subject to the restrictions in paragraph (3), 

21 individuals who are not low-income persons may serve as 

22 volunteers under this part. The regulations issued by the 

23 Director to carry out this part (other than regulations re24 lating to stipends or allowances to individuals authorized 

25 by subsection (d)) shall apply to all volunteers under this 
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1 part, without regard to whether such volunteers are eligi2 ble to receive a stipend or allowance under subsection (d). 

3 ‘‘(2) Except as provided under paragraph (1), each 

4 recipient of a grant or contract to carry out a project 

5 under this part shall give equal treatment to all volunteers 

6 who participate in such project, without regard to whether 

7 such volunteers are eligible to receive a stipend or allow8 ance under subsection (d). 

9 ‘‘(3) An individual who is not a low-income person 

10 may not become a volunteer under this part if allowing 

11 that individual to become a volunteer under this part 

12 would prevent a low-income person from becoming a vol13 unteer under this part or would displace a low-income per14 son from being a volunteer under this part.’’; and 

15 (6) by adding at the end the following new sub16 sections: 

17 ‘‘(g) The Director may also provide a stipend or al18 lowance in an amount not to exceed 10 percent more than 

19 the amount established under subsection (d) to leaders 

20 who, on the basis of past experience as volunteers, special 

21 skills, and demonstrated leadership abilities, may coordi22 nate activities, including training, and otherwise support 

23 the service of volunteers under this part. 

24 ‘‘(h) The program may accept up to 15 percent of 

25 volunteers serving in a project under this part for a fiscal 
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1 year who do not meet the definition of ‘low-income’ under 

2 subsection (e), upon certification by the recipient of a 

3 grant or contract that it is unable to effectively recruit 

4 and place low-income volunteers in the number of place5 ments approved for the project.’’. 

6 SEC. 2205. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM GRANTS. 

7 Section 213 (42 U.S.C. 5013) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘low-income 

9 persons aged 60 or over’’ and inserting ‘‘low-income 

10 and other persons aged 55 or over’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Subsections 

12 (d), (e), and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (d) 

13 through (h)’’; and 

14 (3) by striking subsection (c)(2)(B) and insert15 ing the following: 

16 ‘‘(B) Senior companion volunteer trainers and leaders 

17 may receive a stipend or allowance consistent with sub18 section (g) authorized under subsection (d) of section 211, 

19 as approved by the Director.’’. 

20 SEC. 2206. PROMOTION OF NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE 

21 CORPS. 

22 Section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended— 

23 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUN24 TEER’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘of all 

2 ages and backgrounds living in rural, suburban, and 

3 urban localities’’ after ‘‘greater participation of vol4 unteers’’. 

5 SEC. 2207. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

6 (a) CHANGE IN AGE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 223 (42 

7 U.S.C. 5023) is amended by striking ‘‘sixty years and 

8 older from minority groups’’ and inserting ‘‘55 years and 

9 older from minority and underserved populations’’. 

10 (b) NAME CHANGE.—Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) 

11 is amended in the heading by striking ‘‘VOLUNTEER’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’. 

13 SEC. 2208. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

14 Section 225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(2) Applicants for grants under paragraph (1) shall 

19 determine which program under part A, B, or C the pro20 gram shall be carried out and submit an application as 

21 required for programs under part A, B, or C.’’; and 

22 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Direc24 tor shall ensure that at least 25 percent of the funds under 

25 this subsection are made to applicants not receiving assist-
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1 ance from the Corporation at the time of such grant and, 

2 when possible, from locations where no programs under 

3 part A, B, or C are in effect at the time of such grant. 

4 In a fiscal year where less than 25 percent of the appli5 cants are applicants not receiving such assistance, the Di6 rector may make more than 75 percent of such funds 

7 available to applicants receiving such assistance.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

10 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or Alz11 heimer’s disease, with an intent of allowing 

12 those served to age in place’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 

14 the period at the end the following: ‘‘through 

15 education, prevention, treatment, and rehabili16 tation’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 

18 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 

19 programs that teach parenting skills, life skills, 

20 and family management skills’’; 

21 (D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(4) Programs that establish and support men24 toring programs for disadvantaged youth (as defined 

25 in section 101 of the National and Community Serv-
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1 ice Act of 1990), including those mentoring pro2 grams that match youth with volunteer mentors 

3 leading to apprenticeship programs and employment 

4 training.’’; 

5 (E) in paragraph (5), by inserting before 

6 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 

7 those programs that serve youth and adults 

8 with limited English proficiency’’; 

9 (F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

10 and all that follows through the period and in11 sert ‘‘and for individuals and children with dis12 abilities or chronic illnesses living at home.’’; 

13 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘after14 school activities’’ and all that follows through 

15 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘after16 school programs serving children in low-income 

17 communities that may engage participants in 

18 mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills or 

19 study skills programs, service-learning, physical, 

20 nutrition, and health education programs, in21 cluding programs aimed at fighting childhood 

22 obesity, and other activities addressing the 

23 needs of the community’s children, including 

24 those of working parents.’’; 
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1 (H) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), (12), 

2 (13), (14), (15), (16), and (18); 

3 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 

4 (11) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 

5 (J) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so 

6 redesignated) the following: 

7 ‘‘(10) Programs that engage older adults with 

8 children and youth to complete service in energy 

9 conservation, environmental stewardship, or other 

10 environmental needs of a community, including con11 ducting energy audits, insulating homes, or con12 ducting other activities to promote energy efficiency. 

13 ‘‘(11) Programs that collaborate with criminal 

14 justice professionals and organizations in prevention 

15 programs aimed at disadvantaged youth (as defined 

16 in section 101 of the National and Community Serv17 ice Act of 1990) or youth re-entering society after 

18 incarceration and their families, which may include 

19 mentoring and counseling, which many include em20 ployment counseling.’’; 

21 (K) by redesignating paragraph (17) as 

22 paragraph (12); and 

23 (L) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(13) Programs that strengthen community ef25 forts in support of homeland security.’’; 
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1 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘shall dem2 onstrate to the Director’’ and all that follows 

3 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘shall 

4 demonstrate to the Director a level of expertise in 

5 carrying out such a program.’’; and 

6 (4) in subsection (e)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘widely’’ before ‘‘dissemi8 nate’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘to field personnel’’ and all 

10 that follows through the period at the end and 

11 inserting ‘‘, including through volunteer recruit12 ment programs being carried out by public or 

13 private non-profit organizations.’’. 

14 SEC. 2209. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 

15 Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended 

16 by adding after section 227 the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 228. CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. 

18 ‘‘To ensure the continued service of individuals in 

19 communities served by the Retired and Senior Volunteer 

20 Program prior to enactment of this section, in making 

21 grants under this title the Corporation shall take actions 

22 it considers necessary to maintain service assignments for 

23 such seniors and to ensure continuity of service for com24 munities. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 229. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

3 (b), a program receiving assistance under this title may 

4 accept donations, including donations in cash or in kind. 

5 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a 

6 program receiving assistance under this title shall not ac7 cept donations from the beneficiaries of the program.’’. 

8 SEC. 2210. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR. 

9 Section 231 (42 U.S.C. 5028) is amended— 

10 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—The Director 

14 is authorized to— 

15 ‘‘(A) make grants to or enter into con16 tracts with public or nonprofit organizations, 

17 including organizations funded under part A, B, 

18 or C, for the purposes of demonstrating innova19 tive activities involving older Americans as vol20 unteers; and 

21 ‘‘(B) make incentive grants under sub22 section (d). 

23 ‘‘(2) SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEERS.—The Director 

24 may support under this part both volunteers receiv25 ing stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.’’; 

26 (2) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub3 section (a)(1)(A)’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘activi5 ties;’’ and inserting ‘‘activities described in sec6 tion 225(b) and carried out through programs 

7 described in parts A, B, and C;’’; and 

8 (C) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) programs that support older Americans in 

11 aging in place while augmenting the capacity of 

12 members of a community to serve each other 

13 through reciprocal service centers, service credit 

14 banking, community economic scripts, barter serv15 ices, timebanking, and other similar programs where 

16 services are exchanged and not paid for; or 

17 ‘‘(3) grants to non-profit organizations to estab18 lish sites or programs to— 

19 ‘‘(A) assist retiring or retired individuals 

20 in locating opportunities for— 

21 ‘‘(i) public service roles, including 

22 through paid or volunteer service; 

23 ‘‘(ii) participating in life-planning pro24 grams, including financial planning and 
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1 issues revolving around health and 

2 wellness; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) continuing education, including 

4 leadership development, health and 

5 wellness, and technological literacy; and 

6 ‘‘(B) connect retiring or retired individuals 

7 with members of the community to serve as 

8 leaders and mentors in life planning, relation9 ships, employment counseling, education coun10 seling, and other areas of expertise as developed 

11 by the retiring or retired adults.’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—For purposes of subsection (b)(2), 

14 priority shall be given to— 

15 ‘‘(1) programs with established experience in 

16 carrying out such a program and engaging the en17 tire community in service exchange; 

18 ‘‘(2) programs with the capacity to connect to 

19 similar programs throughout a city or region to aug20 ment the available services to older Americans and 

21 for members of the community to serve each other; 

22 ‘‘(3) programs seeking to establish in an area 

23 where needs of older Americans are left unmet and 

24 older Americans are unable to consider aging in 

25 place without such service exchange in place; and 
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1 ‘‘(4) programs that integrate participants in or 

2 collaborate with service-learning programs, 

3 AmeriCorps State and National programs, the 

4 VISTA program, the Retired and Senior Volunteer 

5 Program, Foster Grandparents program, and the 

6 Senior Companion programs, and programs de7 scribed in section 411 of the Older Americans Act 

8 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032). 

9 ‘‘(d) INCENTIVE GRANTS.—The incentive grants re10 ferred to in subsection (a)(1)(B) are incentive grants to 

11 programs receiving assistance under this title, subject to 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) Such grants (which may be fixed-amount 

14 grants) shall be grants in an amount equal to $300 

15 per volunteer enrolled in the program, except that 

16 such amount shall be reduced as necessary to meet 

17 the goals of this section. 

18 ‘‘(2) Such a grant shall be awarded to a pro19 gram only if the program— 

20 ‘‘(A) exceeds performance measures estab21 lished under section 179 of the National and 

22 Community Service Act of 1990; 

23 ‘‘(B) provides non-Federal matching funds 

24 in an amount that is not less than 50 percent 
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1 of the amount received by the program under 

2 this title; 

3 ‘‘(C) enrolls more than 50 percent of the 

4 volunteers in outcome-based service programs 

5 with measurable objectives meeting community 

6 needs, as determined by the Corporation; and 

7 ‘‘(D) enrolls more volunteers from among 

8 members of the Baby Boom generation, as de9 fined in section 101 of the National and Com10 munity Service Act of 1990, than were enrolled 

11 in the program during the previous fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(3) For each such grant, the Corporation shall 

13 require the recipient to provide matching funds of 

14 70 cents from non-Federal sources for every $1 pro15 vided under the grant. 

16 ‘‘(4) Such a grant shall be awarded to a pro17 gram only if the program submits, at such time and 

18 in such manner as the Corporation may reasonably 

19 require, an application that contains— 

20 ‘‘(A) a demonstration that the program 

21 has met the requirements of paragraph (2); 

22 ‘‘(B) if applicable, a plan for innovative 

23 programs as described in paragraph (6)(B)(ii); 

24 ‘‘(C) a sustainability plan that describes 

25 how the program will maintain the activities de-
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1 scribed in paragraph (6) when the grant termi2 nates; and 

3 ‘‘(D) other information that the Corpora4 tion may require. 

5 ‘‘(5) Such grants shall be awarded for a period 

6 of 3 years, except that the grant shall be reviewed 

7 by the Corporation at the end of the first and second 

8 fiscal years and revoked if the Corporation finds 

9 that the program has failed to continue to meet the 

10 requirements of paragraph (2) for those fiscal years. 

11 ‘‘(6) Such grants— 

12 ‘‘(A) shall be used to increase the number 

13 of volunteers in outcome-based service with 

14 measurable objectives meeting community needs 

15 as determined by the Corporation; and 

16 ‘‘(B) may be used— 

17 ‘‘(i) for activities for which the pro18 gram is authorized to receive assistance 

19 under this title; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) for innovative programs focused 

21 on the Baby Boom generation, as defined 

22 in section 101 of the National and Com23 munity Service Act of 1990, that have 

24 been accepted by the Corporation through 

25 the application process in paragraph (4) 
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1 and are outcome-based programs with 

2 measurable objectives meeting community 

3 needs as determined by the Corporation. 

4 ‘‘(7) The Director shall, in making such grants, 

5 give high priority to programs receiving assistance 

6 under section 201.’’. 

7 Subtitle C—Amendments to Title 

8 IV (Administration and Coordi9 nation) 

10 SEC. 2301. NONDISPLACEMENT. 

11 Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by 

12 striking ‘‘displacement of employed workers’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘displacement of employed workers or volunteers 

14 (other than participants under the national service laws)’’. 

15 SEC. 2302. NOTICE AND HEARING PROCEDURES. 

16 Section 412(a) (42 U.S.C. 5052(a)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘60’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

21 (2) by striking paragraph (3); and 

22 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para23 graph (3). 

24 SEC. 2303. DEFINITIONS. 

25 Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, the Com2 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’’ after 

3 ‘‘American Samoa’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘National 

5 Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

6 Senior Service Corps’’; and 

7 (3) in paragraph (14)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘National Senior Volunteer 

9 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National Senior Service 

10 Corps’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘parts A, B, C, and E of’’. 

12 SEC. 2304. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 

13 Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘National Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Na15 tional Senior Service Corps’’. 

16 Subtitle D—Amendments to Title V 

17 (Authorization of Appropriations) 

18 SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

19 VISTA AND OTHER PURPOSES. 

20 Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, exclud23 ing section 109’’ and all that follows and insert24 ing ‘‘$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 
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1 such sums as may be necessary for each of fis2 cal years 2011 through 2014.’’; 

3 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4) and 

4 redesignating paragraphs (3) and (5) as para5 graphs (2) and (3); and 

6 (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

7 this section), by striking ‘‘, excluding section 

8 125’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘such 

9 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

10 years 2010 through 2014.’’; and 

11 (2) by striking subsection (e). 

12 SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA13 TIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

14 Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as 

15 follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

17 ‘‘(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PRO18 GRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

19 out part A of title II, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 

20 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

21 2011 through 2014. 

22 ‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B of title 

24 II, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as 
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1 may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 

2 2014. 

3 ‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are au4 thorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of title 

5 II, $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as 

6 may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 

7 2014. 

8 ‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are au9 thorized to be appropriated to carry out part E of title 

10 II such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

11 2011 through 2014.’’. 

12 TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 

13 OTHER LAWS 

14 SEC. 3101. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978. 

15 Section 8F(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 

16 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ‘‘National 

17 and Community Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘National and Community Service Act of 1990’’. 
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1 TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMEND2 MENTS TO TABLES OF CON3 TENTS 

4 SEC. 4101. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE NATIONAL AND 

5 COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

6 Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service 

7 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 note) is amended to read 

8 as follows: 

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

10 for this Act is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. 

‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT 

PROGRAM 

‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants. 

‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 

‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS

‘‘Sec. 111. Assistance to States, Territories, and Indian tribes. 

‘‘Sec. 112. Allotments. 

‘‘Sec. 113. Applications. 

‘‘Sec. 114. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 

‘‘Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

‘‘Sec. 117. Limitation on uses of funds. 

‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND CAMPUSES OF SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 

‘‘Sec. 119. Campuses of Service. 

‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS

AND RESEARCH

‘‘Sec. 120. Innovative demonstration service-learning programs and research. 

‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program 
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‘‘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. 125. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 

‘‘Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 

‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

‘‘Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 129A. Education awards only program. 

‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 

‘‘Sec. 133. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

‘‘Sec. 137. Description of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants. 

‘‘Sec. 139. Terms of service. 

‘‘Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants. 

‘‘Sec. 141. National service educational awards. 

‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of National Service 

Educational Awards 

‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award 

from the Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service educational 

award. 

‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 149. Process of approval of national service positions. 

‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps 

‘‘Sec. 151. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps program. 

‘‘Sec. 153. National service program. 

‘‘Sec. 154. Summer national service program. 

‘‘Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 156. Training. 

‘‘Sec. 157. Service projects. 

‘‘Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

‘‘Sec. 159. Administrative provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 

‘‘Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority. 

‘‘Sec. 162. Responsibilities of other departments. 

‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board. 

‘‘Sec. 164. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 165. [Repealed] 

‘‘Sec. 166. Definitions. 
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‘‘Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 171. Family and medical leave. 

‘‘Sec. 172. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 173. Supplementation. 

‘‘Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 

‘‘Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

‘‘Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 

‘‘Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

‘‘Sec. 179. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 180. Engagement of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 181. Contingent extension. 

‘‘Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 

‘‘Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

‘‘Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 185. Sustainability. 

‘‘Sec. 186. Grant periods. 

‘‘Sec. 187. Generation of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 188. Limitation on program grant costs. 

‘‘Sec. 189. Audits and reports. 

‘‘Sec. 189A. Restrictions on Federal Government and use of Federal funds. 

‘‘Sec. 190. Criminal history checks. 

‘‘Sec. 190A. Report on participant information. 

‘‘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. 

‘‘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—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT AND NATIONAL

SERVICE RESERVE CORPS

‘‘Sec. 198D. Innovative and model program support. 

‘‘Sec. 198E. National Service Reserve Corps. 

‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND

‘‘Sec. 198F. Social innovation fund. 

‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSE
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‘‘Sec. 198G. National service programs clearinghouse. 

‘‘Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 

‘‘Sec. 199. Short title. 

‘‘Sec. 199A. General authority. 

‘‘Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 

‘‘Sec. 199C. State application. 

‘‘Sec. 199D. Focus of programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199E. Related programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 

‘‘Sec. 199G. Training and education services. 

‘‘Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 

‘‘Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 

‘‘Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 199K. Living allowance. 

‘‘Sec. 199L. Joint programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status. 

‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

‘‘Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance. 

‘‘SUBTITLE K—VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND

‘‘Sec. 199P. Volunteer generation fund. 

‘‘TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 

‘‘Subtitle A—Publication 

‘‘Sec. 201. Information for students. 

‘‘Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 

‘‘Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 

‘‘Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations. 

‘‘Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 

‘‘Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 

‘‘Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 

‘‘TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST 

ATTACKS 

‘‘Sec. 401. Projects. 

‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

‘‘Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

‘‘Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 

‘‘Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism 

to Democracy.’’. 
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1 SEC. 4102. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS FOR THE 

2 DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT. 

3 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Domestic 

4 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 is amended as follows: 

5 (1) By inserting after the item relating to sec6 tion 103 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 103A. VISTA programs of national significance.’’. 

7 (2) By striking the item relating to section 123 

8 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 123. Financial assistance.’’. 

9 (3) By amending the item relating to title II to 

10 read as follows: 

‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 

11 (4) By striking the item relating to section 224 

12 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service 

Corps.’’. 

13 (5) By inserting after the item relating to sec14 tion 227 the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 228. Continuity of service. 

‘‘Sec. 229. Acceptance of donations.’’. 

15 (6) By striking the item relating to section 502 

16 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps.’’. 
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1 TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 

2 SEC. 5101. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

3 Unless specifically provided otherwise, the amend4 ments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 

5 the enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 5102. SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS AND AGREEMENTS. 

7 (a) SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS.—Changes pursuant to 

8 this Act in the terms and conditions of terms of service 

9 and other service assignments under the national service 

10 laws (including the amount of the education award) shall 

11 apply only to individuals who enroll or otherwise begin 

12 service assignments after 90 days after the date of enact13 ment of this Act, except when agreed upon by all inter14 ested parties. 

15 (b) AGREEMENTS.—Changes pursuant to this Act in 

16 the terms and conditions of grants, contracts, or other 

17 agreements under the national service laws shall apply 

18 only to such agreements entered into after 90 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, except when agreed 

20 upon by the parties to such agreements. 

21 (c) EXCEPTION.—Subsections (a) and (b) do not 

22 apply to the amendments made by this Act to section 201 

23 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
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1 5001). Any changes pursuant to those amendments apply 

2 as specified in those amendments. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 18, 

2009. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize and reform the national service 

laws.