In the Senate of the United States, 

March 26, 2009. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1388) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize and reform 

the national service laws.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Serve America Act’’. 

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

5 Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 

ACT OF 1990 

Sec. 1001. References. 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 

Sec. 1101. Purposes. 

Sec. 1102. Definitions. 
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Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Learn and Serve America) 

Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 

Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions. 

Sec. 1203. Campuses of Service. 

Sec. 1204. Innovative programs and research. 

Sec. 1205. Service-learning impact study. 

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

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

Sec. 1302. Eligible national service programs. 

Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 

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

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

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

Sec. 1307. Additional authority. 

Sec. 1308. State selection of programs. 

Sec. 1309. National service program assistance requirements. 

Sec. 1310. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 

Sec. 1311. Consideration of applications. 

Sec. 1312. Description of participants. 

Sec. 1313. Selection of national service participants. 

Sec. 1314. Terms of service. 

Sec. 1315. Adjustments to living allowance. 

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

of National Service Educational Awards) 

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

Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust. 

Sec. 1403. Certifications. 

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

Sec. 1405. Disbursement of educational awards. 

Sec. 1406. Approval process for approved positions. 

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

Sec. 1501. Purpose. 

Sec. 1502. Program components. 

Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 

Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 

Sec. 1505. National Civilian Community Corps. 

Sec. 1506. Training. 

Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 

Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 

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

Sec. 1511. Contract and grant authority. 

Sec. 1512. Other departments. 

Sec. 1513. Advisory Board. 

Sec. 1514. Evaluations. 

Sec. 1515. Repeal of funding limitation. 

Sec. 1516. Definitions. 

Sec. 1517. Terminology. 
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Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 

Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 

Sec. 1602. Reports. 

Sec. 1603. Use of funds. 

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

Sec. 1605. Resolution of displacement complaints. 

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

Sec. 1607. Evaluation and accountability. 

Sec. 1608. Civic Health Assessment. 

Sec. 1609. Contingent extension. 

Sec. 1610. Partnerships with schools. 

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

Sec. 1612. Additional administrative provisions. 

Sec. 1613. Availability of assistance. 

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

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

Community Service) 

Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 

Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 

Sec. 1703. Chief Executive Officer compensation. 

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

Sec. 1705. Chief Financial Officer status. 

Sec. 1706. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 

Sec. 1707. Donated services. 

Sec. 1708. Assignment to State Commissions. 

Sec. 1709. Study of involvement of veterans. 

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

in services corps and community service and to develop pilot 

program planning study. 

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

Sec. 1712. Study of program effectiveness. 

Sec. 1713. Volunteer Management Corps study. 

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

Innovation) 

Sec. 1801. Technical amendment to subtitle H. 

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

Sec. 1803. Repeals. 

Sec. 1804. Presidential awards. 

Sec. 1805. New fellowships. 

Sec. 1806. National Service Reserve Corps. 

Sec. 1807. Social Innovation Funds pilot program. 

Sec. 1808. Clearinghouses. 

Sec. 1809. Nonprofit Capacity Building Program. 

Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 

Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 

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

Sec. 1831. Repeal. 
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Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 

Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

Sec. 2001. References. 

Sec. 2002. Volunteerism policy. 

Subtitle A—National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs 

CHAPTER 1—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

Sec. 2101. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 2102. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 

Sec. 2103. Support service. 

Sec. 2104. Repeal. 

Sec. 2105. Redesignation. 

CHAPTER 2—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 

Sec. 2121. University year for VISTA. 

CHAPTER 3—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

Sec. 2131. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 2132. Literacy challenge grants. 

Subtitle B—National Senior Service Corps 

Sec. 2141. Title. 

Sec. 2142. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 2143. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. 

Sec. 2144. Foster grandparent program. 

Sec. 2145. Senior companion program. 

Sec. 2146. General provisions. 

Subtitle C—Administration and Coordination 

Sec. 2151. Special limitations. 

Sec. 2152. Application of Federal law. 

Sec. 2153. Evaluation. 

Sec. 2154. Definitions. 

Sec. 2155. Protection against improper use. 

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

Subtitle D—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 2161. Authorizations of appropriations. 

TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 

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

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

TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

Sec. 4101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 
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TITLE V—VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAM 

Sec. 5101. Findings. 

Sec. 5102. Definitions. 

Sec. 5103. Office of Volunteers for Prosperity. 

Sec. 5104. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 

Sec. 6101. Effective date. 

Sec. 6102. Sense of the Senate. 

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 of 

7 an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amendment 

8 or repeal 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 Subtitle 

12 A (General Provisions) 

13 SEC. 1101. PURPOSES. 

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

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

16 throughout’’ and inserting ‘‘community and service 

17 throughout the varied and diverse communities of’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘in19 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) expand and strengthen service-learning pro12 grams through year-round opportunities, including 

13 opportunities during the summer months, to improve 

14 the education of children and youth and to maximize 

15 the benefits of national and community service, in 

16 order to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the 

17 spirit of community for children and youth through18 out the United States; 

19 ‘‘(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening 

20 Federal and other service opportunities, including op21 portunities for participation in emergency and dis22 aster preparedness, relief, and recovery; 

23 ‘‘(11) increase service opportunities for the Na24 tion’s retiring professionals, including such opportu25 nities for those retiring from the science, technical, 
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1 engineering, and mathematics professions, to improve 

2 the education of the Nation’s youth and keep America 

3 competitive in the global knowledge economy, and to 

4 further utilize the experience, knowledge, and skills of 

5 older individuals; 

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

7 alumni of the national service programs, including 

8 service in times of national need; 

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

10 partake of service opportunities; 

11 ‘‘(14) focus national service on the areas of na12 tional need such service has the capacity to address, 

13 such as improving education, increasing energy con14 servation, improving the health status of economically 

15 disadvantaged individuals, and improving economic 

16 opportunity for economically disadvantaged individ17 uals; 

18 ‘‘(15) recognize and increase the impact of social 

19 entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organi20 zations in addressing national and local challenges; 

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

22 nonprofit community organizations that are effec23 tively addressing national and local challenges and 

24 encourage such organizations to replicate and expand 

25 successful initiatives; 
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1 ‘‘(17) leverage Federal investments to increase 

2 State, local, business, and philanthropic resources to 

3 address national and local challenges; 

4 ‘‘(18) support institutions of higher education 

5 that engage students in community service activities 

6 and provide high-quality service-learning opportuni7 ties; and 

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

9 national service programs, expand the participation 

10 of the veterans in the national service programs, and 

11 assist the families of veterans and members of the 

12 Armed Forces on active duty.’’. 

13 SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 

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

15 amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘described in 

17 section 122’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘section 

19 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’ and in20 serting ‘‘sections 101(a) and 102(a)(1) of the Higher 

21 Education Act of 1965’’; 

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

23 in which the participant is enrolled’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘organization receiving assistance under the national 
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1 service laws through which the participant is engag2 ing in service’’; 

3 (4) in paragraph (19)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘section 111(a)’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘section 112(a)’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘117A(a),’’; 

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

8 inserting ‘‘118A, or 118(b)(1), or subsection (a), 

9 (b), or (c) of section 122,’’; 

10 (D) by inserting ‘‘section 198B, 198C, 

11 198G, 198H, or 198K,’’ after ‘‘section 152(b),’’; 

12 and 

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

14 inserting ‘‘179A, 198, 198O, 198P, or 199N’’; 

15 (5) in paragraph (21)(B)— 

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

17 ‘‘602(3)’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘1401(3)’’; 

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

21 and inserting ‘‘section 112’’; 

22 (7) in paragraph (26), by striking the second 

23 sentence; and 

24 (8) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(30) ALASKA NATIVE-SERVING INSTITUTION.— 

2 The term ‘Alaska Native-serving institution’ has the 

3 meaning given the term in section 317(b) of the High4 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 

5 ‘‘(31) APPROVED SILVER SCHOLAR POSITION.— 

6 The term ‘approved silver scholar position’ means a 

7 position, in a program described in section 198C(a), 

8 for which the Corporation has approved the provision 

9 of a silver scholarship educational award as one of 

10 the benefits to be provided for successful service in the 

11 position. 

12 ‘‘(32) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSI13 TION.—The term ‘approved summer of service posi14 tion’ means a position, in a program described in sec15 tion 119(c)(8), for which the Corporation has ap16 proved the provision of a summer of service edu17 cational award as one of the benefits to be provided 

18 for successful service in the position. 

19 ‘‘(33) ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN

20 PACIFIC ISLANDER-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term 

21 ‘Asian American and Native American Pacific Is22 lander-serving institution’ has the meaning given the 

23 term in section 320(b) of the Higher Education Act 

24 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)). 
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1 ‘‘(34) AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES.—The term 

2 ‘authorizing committees’ means the Committee on 

3 Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 

4 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

5 Pensions of the Senate. 

6 ‘‘(35) COMMUNITY-BASED ENTITY.—The term 

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

8 nonprofit organization that— 

9 ‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet 

10 human, educational, environmental, or public 

11 safety needs; and 

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

13 Executive Officer may establish. 

14 ‘‘(36) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘dis15 advantaged youth’ includes those youth who are eco16 nomically disadvantaged and 1 or more of the fol17 lowing: 

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

19 out-of-school youth who are unemployed. 

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

21 ‘‘(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 

22 ‘‘(D) Who are homeless or who have run 

23 away from home. 

24 ‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave secondary 

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1 ‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at 

2 risk of delinquency. 

3 ‘‘(G) Who are individuals with disabilities. 

4 ‘‘(37) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term 

5 ‘encore service program’ means a program, carried 

6 out by an eligible entity as described in subsection 

7 (a), (b), or (c) of section 122, that— 

8 ‘‘(A) involves a significant number of par9 ticipants age 55 or older in the program; and 

10 ‘‘(B) takes advantage of the skills and expe11 rience that such participants offer in the design 

12 and implementation of the program. 

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

14 term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 

15 given such term in section 502(a) of the Higher Edu16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 

17 ‘‘(39) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI18 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or uni19 versity’ means a part B institution, as defined in sec20 tion 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

21 U.S.C. 1061). 

22 ‘‘(40) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION.— 

23 The term ‘medically underserved population’ has the 

24 meaning given that term in section 330(b)(3) of the 

25 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)). 
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1 ‘‘(41) NATIVE AMERICAN-SERVING, NONTRIBAL

2 INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Native American-serving, 

3 nontribal institution’ has the meaning given the term 

4 in section 319(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

5 (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)). 

6 ‘‘(42) NATIVE HAWAIIAN-SERVING INSTITU7 TION.—The term ‘Native Hawaiian-serving institu8 tion’ has the meaning given the term in section 

9 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

11 ‘‘(43) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— 

12 The term ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the 

13 meaning given the term in section 318 of the Higher 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e). 

15 ‘‘(44) PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.— 

16 The term ‘principles of scientific research’ means 

17 principles of research that— 

18 ‘‘(A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objec19 tive methodology to obtain reliable and valid 

20 knowledge relevant to the subject matter involved; 

21 ‘‘(B) present findings and make claims that 

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

24 ‘‘(C) include, appropriate to the research 

25 being conducted— 
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1 ‘‘(i) use of systematic, empirical meth2 ods that draw on observation or experiment; 

3 ‘‘(ii) use of data analyses that are ade4 quate to support the general findings; 

5 ‘‘(iii) reliance on measurements or ob6 servational methods that provide reliable 

7 and generalizable findings; 

8 ‘‘(iv) strong claims of causal relation9 ships, only with research designs that elimi10 nate plausible competing explanations for 

11 observed results, such as, but not limited to, 

12 random-assignment experiments; 

13 ‘‘(v) presentation of studies and meth14 ods in sufficient detail and clarity to allow 

15 for replication or, at a minimum, to offer 

16 the opportunity to build systematically on 

17 the findings of the research; 

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

19 journal or critique by a panel of inde20 pendent experts through a comparably rig21 orous, objective, and scientific review; and 

22 ‘‘(vii) consistency of findings across 

23 multiple studies or sites to support the gen24 erality of results and conclusions. 
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1 ‘‘(45) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION.—The term 

2 ‘qualified organization’ means a public or private 

3 nonprofit organization with experience working with 

4 school-age youth that meets such criteria as the Chief 

5 Executive Officer may establish. 

6 ‘‘(46) SCIENTIFICALLY VALID RESEARCH.—The 

7 term ‘scientifically valid research’ includes applied 

8 research, basic research, and field-initiated research 

9 in which the rationale, design, and interpretation are 

10 soundly developed in accordance with principles of 

11 scientific research. 

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

13 the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

14 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar15 iana Islands. 

16 ‘‘(48) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNI17 VERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college or 

18 university’ has the meaning given such term in sec19 tion 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Univer20 sities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 

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

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

23 United States Code.’’. 

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

25 is amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (49) 

2 as paragraphs (1), (3), (8), (9), (10), (12), (14), (15), 

3 (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (26), (29), (30), (31), 

4 (34), (35), (37), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (45), 

5 (46), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), (16), (17), (18), 

6 (25), (27), (28), (32), (33), (36), (38), (47), (48), and 

7 (49); and 

8 (2) so that paragraphs (1) through (49), as so re9 designated in paragraph (1), appear in numerical 

10 order. 

11 Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle 

12 B (Learn and Serve America) 

13 SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 

14 Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) 

15 is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 

17 SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 

18 ‘‘SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 

19 ‘‘The purpose of this part is to promote service-learn20 ing as a strategy to— 

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

22 projects that engage students in meeting community 

23 needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing stu24 dents’ academic and civic learning; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capac2 ity, including the training of educators, and to 

3 strengthen the service infrastructure to expand service 

4 opportunities. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 111A. DEFINITIONS. 

6 ‘‘In this part: 

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

8 several States, the District of Columbia, and the Com9 monwealth of Puerto Rico. 

10 ‘‘(2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

11 ‘State educational agency’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) a State educational agency (as defined 

13 in section 101) of a State; or 

14 ‘‘(B) for a State in which a State edu15 cational agency described in subparagraph (A) 

16 has designated a statewide entity under section 

17 112(e), that designated statewide entity. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN19 DIAN TRIBES. 

20 ‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN21 DIAN TRIBES.—The Corporation, in consultation with the 

22 Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State edu23 cational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes to pay for 

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

2 the State, territory, or Indian tribe involved to imple3 ment service-learning programs that are based prin4 cipally in elementary schools and secondary schools, 

5 including— 

6 ‘‘(A) providing training and professional 

7 development for teachers, supervisors, personnel 

8 from community-based entities (particularly 

9 with regard to the recruitment, utilization, and 

10 management of participants), and trainers, to be 

11 conducted by qualified individuals or organiza12 tions that have experience with service-learning; 

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

14 consistent with State or local academic content 

15 standards, to be integrated into academic pro16 grams, including curricula for an age-appro17 priate learning component that provides partici18 pants an opportunity to analyze and apply their 

19 service experiences; 

20 ‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described in 

21 paragraph (2) or (4)(D) to develop school-based 

22 service-learning programs in accordance with 

23 this part; 

24 ‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for re25 search on and evaluation of the educational 
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1 value of service-learning and the effect of service2 learning activities on communities; 

3 ‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and dis4 semination of information to ensure the broadest 

5 possible involvement of community-based entities 

6 with demonstrated effectiveness in working with 

7 school-age youth in their communities; and 

8 ‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and dis9 semination of information to ensure the broadest 

10 possible participation of schools throughout the 

11 State, throughout the territory, or serving the In12 dian tribe involved with particular attention to 

13 schools not making adequate yearly progress for 

14 two or more consecutive years under section 1111 

15 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

16 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 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 by 

22 State educational agencies, territories, and Indian 

23 tribes of Federal funds made available under this part 

24 to projects operated by local partnerships among— 

25 ‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) 1 or more community partners that— 

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

3 nonprofit organization that— 

4 ‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise 

5 in the provision of services to meet 

6 unmet human, education, environ7 mental, or public safety needs; 

8 ‘‘(II) will make projects available 

9 for participants, who shall be students; 

10 and 

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

12 year before the date on which the orga13 nization submitted an application 

14 under section 113; and 

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

16 business, private elementary school or sec17 ondary school, or Indian tribe (except that 

18 an Indian tribe distributing funds to a 

19 project under this paragraph is not eligible 

20 to be part of the partnership operating that 

21 project); 

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

23 programs, through distribution by State educational 

24 agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of Federal 

25 funds made available under this part to local edu-
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1 cational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning 

2 may include paying for the cost of— 

3 ‘‘(A) the salaries and benefits of service4 learning coordinators; or 

5 ‘‘(B) the recruitment, training and profes6 sional development, supervision, and placement 

7 of service-learning coordinators who may be par8 ticipants in a program under subtitle C or re9 ceive a national service educational award under 

10 subtitle D, who may be participants in a project 

11 under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer 

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

13 may participate in a Youthbuild program under 

14 section 173A of the Workforce Investment Act of 

15 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a), 

16 who will identify the community partners described 

17 in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and im18 plementation of a program described in paragraph 

19 (2); 

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

21 school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult 

22 volunteers in service-learning to improve the edu23 cation of students, through distribution by State edu24 cational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of 

25 Federal funds made available under this part to— 
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1 ‘‘(A) local educational agencies; 

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

3 tribe distributing funds under this paragraph is 

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

5 ‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organiza6 tions; or 

7 ‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local 

8 educational agencies, and entities described in 

9 subparagraph (B) or (C); and 

10 ‘‘(5) developing, as service-learning programs, 

11 civic engagement programs that promote a better un12 derstanding of— 

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

14 heroes of United States history (including mili15 tary heroes), and the meaning of the Pledge of 

16 Allegiance; 

17 ‘‘(B) how the Nation’s government func18 tions; and 

19 ‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Na20 tion’s character. 

21 ‘‘(b) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.— 

22 A service-learning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) 

23 or (3) of subsection (a) shall provide services to a local part24 nership described in subsection (a)(2) or entity described 

25 in subsection (a)(3), respectively, that may include— 
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1 ‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and informa2 tion to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and 

3 assisting in the planning, development, execution, and 

4 evaluation of service-learning in their classrooms; 

5 ‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in 

6 subsection (a)(2) in the planning, development, and 

7 execution of service-learning projects, including sum8 mer of service programs; 

9 ‘‘(3) assisting schools and local educational agen10 cies in developing school policies and practices that 

11 support the integration of service-learning into the 

12 curriculum; and 

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

14 partnership or entity, respectively, may determine to 

15 be appropriate. 

16 ‘‘(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives fi17 nancial assistance under this part from a State, territory, 

18 or Indian tribe may, in carrying out the activities described 

19 in subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the Federal 

20 share of reasonable costs related to the supervision of par21 ticipants, program administration, transportation, insur22 ance, and evaluations and for other reasonable expenses re23 lated to the activities. 

24 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency de25 scribed in section 111A(2)(A) may designate a statewide 
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1 entity (which may be a community-based entity) with dem2 onstrated experience in supporting or implementing service3 learning programs, to receive the State educational agency’s 

4 allotment under this part, and carry out the functions of 

5 the agency under this part. 

6 ‘‘(e) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF EDU7 CATION.—The Corporation is authorized to enter into agree8 ments with the Secretary of Education for initiatives (and 

9 may use funds authorized under section 501(a)(6) to enter 

10 into the agreements if the additional costs of the initiatives 

11 are warranted) that may include— 

12 ‘‘(1) identification and dissemination of research 

13 findings on service-learning and scientifically valid 

14 research based practices for service-learning; and 

15 ‘‘(2) provision of professional development oppor16 tunities that— 

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

18 instruction and delivery for teachers both 

19 preservice and in-service, personnel from commu20 nity-based entities and youth workers; and 

21 ‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partner22 ships for service-learning programs between local 

23 educational agencies, community-based entities, 

24 businesses, and other stakeholders. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 112A. ALLOTMENTS. 

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

3 amounts appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal 

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

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

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

7 American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

8 Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their 

9 respective needs. 

10 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After reserving an amount 

12 under subsection (a), the Corporation shall use the re13 mainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this 

14 part for the fiscal year as follows: 

15 ‘‘(A) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON SCHOOL-AGE

16 YOUTH.—From 50 percent of such remainder, the 

17 Corporation shall allot to each State an amount 

18 that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such 

19 remainder as the number of school-age youth in 

20 the State bears to the total number of school-age 

21 youth in all States. 

22 ‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON ALLOCATIONS

23 UNDER ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDU24 CATION ACT OF 1965.—From 50 percent of such 

25 remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each 

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1 percent of such remainder as the allocation to the 

2 State for the previous fiscal year under title I of 

3 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) bears to the total 

5 of such allocations to all States. 

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

7 which amounts appropriated for this subtitle exceed 

8 $50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State 

9 under paragraph (1) shall be $75,000. 

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

11 that the allotment of a State, territory, or Indian tribe 

12 under this section will not be required for a fiscal year be13 cause the State, territory, or Indian tribe did not submit 

14 and receive approval of an application for the allotment 

15 under section 113, the Corporation shall make the allotment 

16 for such State, territory, or Indian tribe available for grants 

17 to community-based entities to carry out service-learning 

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

19 such territory, or for such Indian tribe. After community20 based entities apply for grants from the allotment, by sub21 mitting an application at such time and in such manner 

22 as the Corporation requires, and receive approval, the re23 mainder of such allotment shall be available for reallotment 

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1 proved applications submitted under section 113 as the Cor2 poration may determine to be appropriate. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 

4 ‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS TO CORPORATION FOR ALLOT5 MENTS.— 

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

7 allotment under section 112A, a State, acting through 

8 the State educational agency, territory, or Indian 

9 tribe shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an 

10 application at such time and in such manner as the 

11 Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, and 

12 obtain approval of the application. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application for an allot14 ment under section 112 shall include— 

15 ‘‘(A) a proposal for a 3-year plan pro16 moting service-learning, which shall contain such 

17 information as the Chief Executive Officer may 

18 reasonably require, including how the applicant 

19 will integrate service opportunities into the aca20 demic program of the participants; 

21 ‘‘(B) information about the criteria the 

22 State educational agency, territory, or Indian 

23 tribe will use to evaluate and grant approval to 

24 applications submitted under subsection (b), in25 cluding an assurance that the State educational 
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1 agency, territory, or Indian tribe will comply 

2 with the requirement in section 114(a); 

3 ‘‘(C) assurances about the applicant’s efforts 

4 to— 

5 ‘‘(i) ensure that students of different 

6 ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, 

7 and economic backgrounds have opportuni8 ties to serve together; 

9 ‘‘(ii) include any opportunities for stu10 dents, enrolled in schools or programs of 

11 education providing elementary or sec12 ondary education, to participate in service13 learning programs and ensure that such 

14 service-learning programs include opportu15 nities for such students to serve together; 

16 ‘‘(iii) involve participants in the de17 sign and operation of the programs; 

18 ‘‘(iv) promote service-learning in areas 

19 of greatest need, including low-income or 

20 rural areas; and 

21 ‘‘(v) otherwise integrate service oppor22 tunities into the academic program of the 

23 participants; and 

24 ‘‘(D) assurances that the applicant will 

25 comply with the nonduplication and non-
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1 displacement requirements of section 177 and the 

2 notice, hearing, and grievance procedures re3 quired by section 176. 

4 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN

5 TRIBE FOR ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED

6 SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 

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

9 territory, local educational agency, for-profit 

10 business, private elementary school or secondary 

11 school, or institution of higher education that de12 sires to receive financial assistance under this 

13 subpart from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 

14 for an activity described in section 112(a)(1); 

15 ‘‘(B) partnership described in section 

16 112(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance 

17 from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an 

18 activity described in section 112(a)(2); 

19 ‘‘(C) entity described in section 112(a)(3) 

20 that desires to receive such assistance from a 

21 State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 

22 described in such section; 

23 ‘‘(D) entity or partnership described in sec24 tion 112(a)(4) that desires to receive such assist-
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1 ance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for 

2 an activity described in such section; and 

3 ‘‘(E) entity that desires to receive such as4 sistance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 

5 for an activity described in section 111(a)(5), 

6 shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency 

7 for the State, territory, or Indian tribe, and obtain 

8 approval of, an application for the program. 

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

10 submitted at such time and in such manner, and 

11 shall contain such information, as the agency, terri12 tory, or Indian tribe may reasonably require. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

14 ‘‘(a) CRITERIA FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In pro15 viding assistance under this part, a State educational agen16 cy, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 

17 112A(c) applies) shall consider criteria with respect to sus18 tainability, replicability, innovation, and quality of pro19 grams. 

20 ‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In pro21 viding assistance under this part, a State educational agen22 cy, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 

23 112A(c) applies) shall give priority to entities that submit 

24 applications under section 113 with respect to service-learn25 ing programs described in section 111 that are in the great-
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1 est need of assistance, such as programs targeting low-in2 come areas or serving economically disadvantaged youth. 

3 ‘‘(c) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS TO CORPORA4 TION.—If the Corporation rejects an application submitted 

5 by a State, territory, or Indian tribe under section 113 for 

6 an allotment, the Corporation shall promptly notify the 

7 State, territory, or Indian tribe of the reasons for the rejec8 tion of the application. The Corporation shall provide the 

9 State, territory, or Indian tribe with a reasonable oppor10 tunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall pro11 vide technical assistance, if needed, to the State, territory, 

12 or Indian tribe as part of the resubmission process. The 

13 Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted ap14 plication. 

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

16 FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 

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

18 number of students in the State, in the territory, or served 

19 by the Indian tribe or in the school district of the local edu20 cational agency involved who are enrolled in private non21 profit elementary schools and secondary schools, such State, 

22 territory, or Indian tribe, or agency shall (after consulta23 tion with appropriate private school representatives) make 

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1 ‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrange2 ments for the benefit of such students so as to allow 

3 for the equitable participation of such students in the 

4 programs implemented to carry out the objectives and 

5 provide the benefits described in this part; and 

6 ‘‘(2) for the training of the teachers of such stu7 dents so as to allow for the equitable participation of 

8 such teachers in the programs implemented to carry 

9 out the objectives and provide the benefits described in 

10 this part. 

11 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If a State, territory, Indian tribe, or 

12 local educational agency is prohibited by law from pro13 viding for the participation of students or teachers from 

14 private nonprofit schools as required by subsection (a), or 

15 if the Corporation determines that a State, territory, In16 dian tribe, or local educational agency substantially fails 

17 or is unwilling to provide for such participation on an eq18 uitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such 

19 requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services 

20 to such students and teachers. 

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

22 ‘‘(a) CORPORATION SHARE.— 

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

24 cost of carrying out a program for which a grant is 

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1 ‘‘(A) for new grants may not exceed 80 per2 cent of the total cost of the program for the first 

3 year of the grant period, 65 percent for the sec4 ond year, and 50 percent for each remaining 

5 year; and 

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

7 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

8 ‘‘(2) NONCORPORATION CONTRIBUTION.—In pro9 viding for the remaining share of the cost of carrying 

10 out such a program, each recipient of such a grant 

11 under this part— 

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

13 payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, in14 cluding facilities, equipment, or services; 

15 ‘‘(B) except as provided in subparagraph 

16 (C), may provide for such share through Federal, 

17 State, or local sources, including private funds 

18 or donated services; and 

19 ‘‘(C) may not provide for such share 

20 through Federal funds made available under title 

21 I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

22 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) or the Indi23 viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

24 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 
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1 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive 

2 the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with 

3 respect to any such program for any fiscal year, on a deter4 mination that such a waiver would be equitable due to a 

5 lack of resources at the local level. 

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

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

8 received by a State, territory, or Indian tribe that is the 

9 original recipient of an allotment under this part for a fis10 cal year may be used to pay, in accordance with such stand11 ards as the Corporation may issue, for administrative costs, 

12 incurred by that recipient.’’. 

13 SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS. 

14 (a) REDESIGNATION.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) 

15 is redesignated as section 118. 

16 (b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.— 

17 Section 118 (as so redesignated) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘commu19 nity service programs’’ the following: ‘‘through serv20 ice-learning’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

23 by striking ‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘con24 sortium’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (1)— 
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1 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(C) the institution or partnership may co8 ordinate with service-learning curricula being of9 fered in the academic curricula at the institution 

10 of higher education or at 1 or more members of 

11 the partnership;’’; and 

12 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding subpara14 graph (A), by striking ‘‘teachers at the ele15 mentary, secondary, and postsecondary lev16 els’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions of higher 

17 education and their faculty’’; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

19 ‘‘education of the institution; and’’ and in20 serting ‘‘curricula of the institution to 

21 strengthen the instructional capacity of 

22 teachers to provide service-learning at the 

23 elementary and secondary levels;’’; 

24 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

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1 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

2 (A) the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) including service-learning as a compo4 nent of other curricula or academic programs 

5 (other than education curricula or programs), 

6 such as curricula or programs relating to nurs7 ing, medicine, criminal justice, or public policy; 

8 and’’; 

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

10 (4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

11 (i); and 

12 (5) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

17 the cost of carrying out a program for which as18 sistance is provided under this part may not ex19 ceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

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

21 providing for the remaining share of the cost of 

22 carrying out such a program, each recipient of 

23 a grant or contract under this part— 

24 ‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 

25 through a payment in cash or in kind, fair-
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1 ly evaluated, including facilities, equip2 ment, or services; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) may provide for such share 

4 through State sources or local sources, in5 cluding private funds or donated services. 

6 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 

7 waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or 

8 in part with respect to any such program for any fis9 cal year if the Corporation determines that such a 

10 waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available 

11 financial resources at the local level. 

12 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 

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

14 into a contract under this part, an institution or 

15 partnership shall prepare and submit to the Corpora16 tion, an application at such time, in such manner, 

17 and containing such information and assurances as 

18 the Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain 

19 approval of the application. In requesting applica20 tions for assistance under this part, the Corporation 

21 shall specify such required information and assur22 ances. 

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

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

25 ‘‘(A) assurances that— 
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1 ‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a partic2 ipant, the applicant will consult with the 

3 appropriate local labor organization, if 

4 any, representing employees in the area who 

5 are engaged in the same or similar work as 

6 that proposed to be carried out by such pro7 gram, to prevent the displacement and pro8 tect the rights of such employees; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with 

10 the nonduplication and nondisplacement 

11 provisions of section 177 and the notice, 

12 hearing, and grievance procedures required 

13 by section 176; and 

14 ‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Ex15 ecutive Officer may reasonably require. 

16 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent prac17 ticable, in making grants and entering into contracts under 

18 subsection (b), the Corporation shall give special consider19 ation to applications submitted by, or applications from 

20 partnerships including, institutions serving primarily low21 income populations, including— 

22 ‘‘(1) Alaska Native-serving institutions; 

23 ‘‘(2) Asian American and Native American Pa24 cific Islander-serving institutions; 

25 ‘‘(3) Hispanic-serving institutions; 
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1 ‘‘(4) historically black colleges and universities; 

2 ‘‘(5) Native American-serving, nontribal institu3 tions; 

4 ‘‘(6) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; 

5 ‘‘(7) Predominantly Black Institutions; 

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

7 and 

8 ‘‘(9) community colleges serving predominantly 

9 minority populations. 

10 ‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants and enter11 ing into contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation 

12 shall take into consideration whether the applicants submit 

13 applications containing proposals that— 

14 ‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institu15 tion of higher education involved, other than by dem16 onstrating the commitment of the students, to sup17 porting the community service projects carried out 

18 under the program; 

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

20 will promote faculty, administration, and staff par21 ticipation in the community service projects; 

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

23 will provide service to the community through orga24 nized programs, including, where appropriate, clin-
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1 ical programs for students in professional schools and 

2 colleges; 

3 ‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will partici4 pate in the community service projects, such as a 

5 partnership comprised of— 

6 ‘‘(A) the institution; 

7 ‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 

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

9 ‘‘(iii) a nonprofit entity that serves or in10 volves school-age youth, older adults, or low-in11 come communities; and 

12 ‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 

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

14 ‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of dif15 ferent departments, schools, or colleges at the in16 stitution; 

17 ‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the 

18 development of the proposal and the extent to which 

19 the proposal will contribute to the goals of the in20 volved community members; 

21 ‘‘(6) demonstrate a commitment to perform com22 munity service projects in underserved urban and 

23 rural communities; 
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1 ‘‘(7) describe research on effective strategies and 

2 methods to improve service utilized in the design of 

3 the projects; 

4 ‘‘(8) specify that the institution or partnership 

5 will use the assistance provided through the grant or 

6 contract to strengthen the service infrastructure in in7 stitutions of higher education; 

8 ‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery of 

9 services, specify projects that involve leadership devel10 opment of school-age youth; or 

11 ‘‘(10) describe the needs that the proposed 

12 projects are designed to address, such as housing, eco13 nomic development, infrastructure, health care, job 

14 training, education, crime prevention, urban plan15 ning, transportation, information technology, or child 

16 welfare. 

17 ‘‘(g) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for as18 sistance under this part, an institution of higher education 

19 shall demonstrate that it meets the minimum requirements 

20 under section 443(b)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 

21 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(A)) relating to the participa22 tion of students employed under part C of title IV of the 

23 Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) (re24 lating to Federal Work-Study programs) in community 
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1 service activities, or has received a waiver of those require2 ments from the Secretary of Education. 

3 ‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as 

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

5 who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on 

6 a full- or part-time basis.’’. 

7 SEC. 1203. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

8 Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amend9 ed by inserting after section 118 (as redesignated by section 

10 1202) the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 118A. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consulta13 tion with the Secretary of Education, may annually des14 ignate not more than 25 institutions of higher education 

15 as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nomi16 nated by State Commissions. 

17 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomina19 tion to receive designation under subsection (a), and 

20 have an opportunity to apply for funds under sub21 section (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of higher 

22 education in a State shall submit an application to 

23 the State Commission at such time, in such manner, 

24 and containing such information as the State Com25 mission may require. 
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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica2 tion shall include information specifying— 

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

4 applicable, graduate service-learning courses of5 fered at such institution for the most recent full 

6 academic year preceding the fiscal year for 

7 which designation is sought; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of under9 graduate students and, if applicable, the number 

10 and percentage of graduate students at such in11 stitution who were enrolled in the corresponding 

12 courses described in clause (i), for such preceding 

13 academic year; 

14 ‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate stu15 dents engaging in and, if applicable, the percent16 age of graduate students engaging in activities 

17 providing community services, as defined in sec18 tion 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

19 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such preceding aca20 demic year, the quality of such activities, and 

21 the average amount of time spent, per student, 

22 engaged in such activities; 

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

24 percentage of Federal work-study funds made 

25 available to the institution under part C of title 
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1 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 

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

3 students employed in providing community serv4 ices, as so defined, and a description of the ef5 forts the institution undertakes to make available 

6 to students opportunities to provide such commu7 nity services and be compensated through such 

8 work-study funds; 

9 ‘‘(D) at the discretion of the institution, in10 formation demonstrating the degree to which re11 cent graduates of the institution, and all grad12 uates of the institution, have obtained full-time 

13 public service employment in the nonprofit sector 

14 or government, with a private nonprofit organi15 zation or a Federal, State, or local public agen16 cy; and 

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

18 place to encourage or assist graduates of the in19 stitution to pursue careers in public service in 

20 the nonprofit sector or government. 

21 ‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 

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

24 that receives applications from institutions of 

25 higher education under subsection (b) may nomi-
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1 nate, for designation under subsection (a), not 

2 more than 3 such institutions of higher edu3 cation, consisting of— 

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

5 institution of higher education; 

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

7 institution of higher education; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year insti9 tution of higher education. 

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

11 shall submit to the Corporation the name and 

12 application of each institution nominated by the 

13 State Commission under subparagraph (A). 

14 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall des15 ignate, under subsection (a), not more than 25 insti16 tutions of higher education from among the institu17 tions nominated under paragraph (1). In making the 

18 designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible, des19 ignate various types of institutions, including institu20 tions from each of the categories of institutions de21 scribed in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph 

22 (1)(A). 

23 ‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 

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

25 section 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service, the Cor-
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1 poration shall provide an award of funds to institu2 tions designated under subsection (c), to be used by 

3 the institutions to develop or disseminate service4 learning models and information on best practices re5 garding service-learning to other institutions of higher 

6 education. 

7 ‘‘(2) PLAN.—To be eligible to receive funds under 

8 this subsection, an institution designated under sub9 section (c) shall submit a plan to the Corporation de10 scribing how the institution intends to use the funds 

11 to develop or disseminate service-learning models and 

12 information on best practices regarding service-learn13 ing to other institutions of higher education. 

14 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall deter15 mine how the funds reserved under section 

16 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service for a fiscal year 

17 will be allocated among the institutions submitting 

18 acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In determining 

19 the amount of funds to be allocated to such an insti20 tution, the Corporation shall consider the number of 

21 students at the institution, the quality and scope of 

22 the plan submitted by the institution under para23 graph (2), and the institution’s current (as of the date 

24 of submission of the plan) strategies to encourage or 
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1 assist students to pursue public service careers in the 

2 nonprofit sector or government.’’. 

3 SEC. 1204. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

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

5 amended by section 1203, is further amended by adding at 

6 the end the following: 

7 ‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED 

8 SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 

9 ‘‘SEC. 119. INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE10 LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

11 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: 

12 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti13 ty’ means a State educational agency, a State Com14 mission, a territory, an Indian tribe, an institution 

15 of higher education, or a public or private nonprofit 

16 organization (including community-based entities), a 

17 public or private elementary school or secondary 

18 school, a local educational agency, a consortium of 

19 such entities, or a consortium of 2 or more such enti20 ties and a for-profit organization. 

21 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi22 ble partnership’ means a partnership that— 

23 ‘‘(A) shall include— 

24 ‘‘(i) 1 or more community-based enti25 ties that have demonstrated records of suc-
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1 cess in carrying out service-learning pro2 grams with economically disadvantaged stu3 dents, and that meet such criteria as the 

4 Chief Executive Officer may establish; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) a local educational agency for 

6 which— 

7 ‘‘(I) a high number or percentage, 

8 as determined by the Corporation, of 

9 the students served by the agency are 

10 economically disadvantaged students; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(II) the graduation rate (as de13 fined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of 

14 the Elementary and Secondary Edu15 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

16 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in 

17 applicable regulations promulgated by 

18 the Department of Education for the 

19 secondary school students served by the 

20 agency is less than 70 percent; and 

21 ‘‘(B) may also include— 

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

23 not described in subparagraph (A); 

24 ‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive of25 ficer of a unit of general local government; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) an institution of higher edu2 cation; 

3 ‘‘(iv) a State Commission or State edu4 cational agency; or 

5 ‘‘(v) more than 1 local educational 

6 agency described in subclause (I). 

7 ‘‘(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE.—The term 

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

9 youth engagement zone program is carried out. 

10 ‘‘(4) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.—The 

11 term ‘youth engagement zone program’ means a serv12 ice-learning program in which members of an eligible 

13 partnership collaborate to provide coordinated school14 based or community-based service-learning opportuni15 ties— 

16 ‘‘(A) in order to address a specific commu17 nity challenge; 

18 ‘‘(B) for an increasing percentage of out-of19 school youth and secondary school students 

20 served by a local educational agency; and 

21 ‘‘(C) in circumstances under which— 

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

23 students participate in service-learning ac24 tivities as part of the program; or 
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1 ‘‘(ii) service-learning is a part of the 

2 curriculum in all of the secondary schools 

3 served by the local educational agency. 

4 ‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the amounts ap5 propriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Cor6 poration may make grants (which may include approved 

7 summer of service positions in the case of a grant for a 

8 program described in subsection (c)(8)) and fixed-amount 

9 grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to eligible entities 

10 or eligible partnerships, as appropriate, for programs and 

11 activities described in subsection (c). 

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

13 part may be used to— 

14 ‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into the 

15 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (re16 ferred to in this part as ‘STEM’) curricula at the ele17 mentary, secondary, postsecondary, or 

18 postbaccalaureate levels in coordination with prac19 ticing or retired STEM professionals; 

20 ‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning pro21 grams focusing on energy conservation in their com22 munity, including conducting educational outreach 

23 on energy conservation and working to improve en24 ergy efficiency in low-income housing and in public 

25 spaces; 
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1 ‘‘(3) involve students in service-learning pro2 grams in emergency and disaster preparedness; 

3 ‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning pro4 grams aimed at improving access to and obtaining 

5 the benefits from computers and other emerging tech6 nologies, including improving such access for individ7 uals with disabilities, in low-income or rural commu8 nities, in senior centers and communities, in schools, 

9 in libraries, and in other public spaces; 

10 ‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the men11 toring of middle school youth while involving all par12 ticipants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet 

13 human, educational, environmental, public safety, or 

14 emergency and disaster preparedness needs in their 

15 community; 

16 ‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on service17 learning, including service-learning in middle schools, 

18 and disseminate such research and evaluations wide19 ly; 

20 ‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities 

21 as described in section 112(a); 

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

23 programs (giving priority to programs that enroll 

24 youth who will be enrolled in any of grades 6 through 

25 9 at the end of the summer concerned) during the 
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1 summer months (including recruiting, training, and 

2 placing service-learning coordinators)— 

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

4 of grades 6 through 12 at the end of the summer 

5 concerned; and 

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

7 projects— 

8 ‘‘(i) that shall— 

9 ‘‘(I) meet unmet human, edu10 cational, environmental (including en11 ergy conservation and stewardship), 

12 and emergency and disaster prepared13 ness and other public safety needs; and 

14 ‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, su15 pervised, and designed to produce iden16 tifiable improvements to the commu17 nity; 

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

19 academic year service-learning programs 

20 into the summer months; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) under which a student who com22 pletes 100 hours of service as described in 

23 section 146(b)(2), shall be eligible for a 

24 summer of service educational award of 
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1 $500 or $750 as described in sections 

2 146(a)(2)(C) and 147(d); 

3 ‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement 

4 zone programs in youth engagement zones, for stu5 dents in secondary schools served by local educational 

6 agencies for which a majority of such students do not 

7 participate in service-learning activities that are— 

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

9 and 

10 ‘‘(B) designed to— 

11 ‘‘(i) involve all students in secondary 

12 schools served by the local educational agen13 cy in service-learning to address a specific 

14 community challenge; 

15 ‘‘(ii) improve student engagement, in16 cluding student attendance and student be17 havior, and student achievement, gradua18 tion rates, and college-going rates at sec19 ondary schools; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) involve an increasing percentage 

21 of students in secondary school and out-of22 school youth in the community in school23 based or community-based service-learning 

24 activities each year, with the goal of involv25 ing all students in secondary schools served 
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1 by the local educational agency and involv2 ing an increasing percentage of the out-of3 school youth in service-learning activities; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(10) conduct semester of service programs 

6 that— 

7 ‘‘(A) provide opportunities for secondary 

8 school students to participate in a semester of co9 ordinated school-based or community-based serv10 ice-learning opportunities for a minimum of 70 

11 hours (of which at least a third will be spent 

12 participating in field-based activities) over a se13 mester, to address specific community challenges; 

14 ‘‘(B) engage as participants high percent15 ages or numbers of economically disadvantaged 

16 students; 

17 ‘‘(C) allow participants to receive academic 

18 credit, for the time spent in the classroom and 

19 in the field for the program, that is equivalent 

20 to the academic credit for any class of equivalent 

21 length and with an equivalent time commitment; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(D) ensure that the classroom-based in24 struction component of the program is integrated 
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1 into the academic program of the local edu2 cational agency involved; and 

3 ‘‘(11) carry out any other innovative service4 learning programs or research that the Corporation 

5 considers appropriate. 

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

7 to carry out a program or activity under this part, an enti8 ty or partnership, as appropriate, shall prepare and submit 

9 to the Corporation an application at such time and in such 

10 manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably re11 quire, and obtain approval of the application. 

12 ‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this part, the 

13 Corporation shall give priority to applicants proposing 

14 to— 

15 ‘‘(1) involve students and community stake16 holders in the design and implementation of service17 learning programs carried out using funds received 

18 under this part; 

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

20 low-income or rural communities; and 

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

22 the resources of retired and retiring adults, in the 

23 planning and implementation of service-learning pro24 grams. 

25 ‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) TERM.—Each program or activity funded 

2 under this part shall be carried out over a period of 

3 3 years, which may include 1 planning year. In the 

4 case of a program funded under this part, the 3-year 

5 period may be extended by 1 year, if the program 

6 meets performance levels established in accordance 

7 with section 179(k) and any other criteria determined 

8 by the Corporation. 

9 ‘‘(2) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each enti10 ty carrying out a program or activity funded under 

11 this part shall, to the extent practicable, collaborate 

12 with entities carrying out programs under this sub13 title, subtitle C, and titles I and II of the Domestic 

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

15 5001 et seq.). 

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

17 the effective date of the Serve America Act, the Cor18 poration shall conduct an independent evaluation of 

19 the programs and activities carried out using funds 

20 made available under this part, and determine best 

21 practices relating to service-learning and rec22 ommendations for improvement of those programs 

23 and activities. The Corporation shall widely dissemi24 nate the results of the evaluations, and information 

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1 service community through multiple channels, includ2 ing the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearing3 house of effective strategies.’’. 

4 SEC. 1205. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY. 

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

6 amended by section 1204, is further amended by adding at 

7 the end the following: 

8 ‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 

9 ‘‘SEC. 120. STUDY AND REPORT. 

10 ‘‘(a) STUDY.— 

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

12 under section 501(a)(1)(B) for this section, the Cor13 poration shall enter into a contract with an entity 

14 that is not otherwise a recipient of financial assist15 ance under this subtitle, to conduct a 10-year longitu16 dinal study on the impact of the activities carried out 

17 under this subtitle. 

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

19 entity shall consider the impact of service-learning ac20 tivities carried out under this subtitle on students 

21 participating in such activities, including in par22 ticular examining the degree to which the activities— 

23 ‘‘(A) improved student academic achieve24 ment; 

25 ‘‘(B) improved student engagement; 
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1 ‘‘(C) improved graduation rates, as defined 

2 in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary 

3 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

4 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in ap5 plicable regulations promulgated by the Depart6 ment of Education; and 

7 ‘‘(D) improved the degree to which the par8 ticipants in the activities engaged in subsequent 

9 national service, volunteering, or other service 

10 activities, or pursued careers in public service, 

11 in the nonprofit sector or government. 

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

13 entity shall examine the impact of the service-learn14 ing activities on the 4 factors described in subpara15 graphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2), analyzed in 

16 terms of how much time participants were engaged in 

17 service-learning activities. 

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

19 information on best practices concerning using serv20 ice-learning activities to improve the 4 factors. 

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

22 submit reports to the Corporation containing the interim 

23 results of the study and the information on best practices. 

24 The Corporation shall submit such reports to the author25 izing committees. 
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1 ‘‘(c) FINAL REPORT.—The entity shall submit a report 

2 to the Corporation containing the results of the study and 

3 the information on best practices. The Corporation shall 

4 submit such report to the authorizing committees, and shall 

5 make such report available to the public on the Corpora6 tion’s website. 

7 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION AND DISSEMINATION.—On receiv8 ing the report described in subsection (c), the Corporation 

9 shall consult with the Secretary of Education to review the 

10 results of the study, and to identify best practices con11 cerning using service-learning activities to improve the 4 

12 factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub13 section (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate informa14 tion on the identified best practices.’’. 

15 Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle 

16 C (National Service Trust Program) 

17 SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGEN18 CIES; LIMITS ON CORPORATION COSTS. 

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

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

22 by inserting after ‘‘subdivisions of States,’’ the 

23 following: ‘‘territories,’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 

2 ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), 

3 (b), or (c) of section 122’’; 

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) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora12 tion may enter into an interagency agreement (other 

13 than a grant agreement) with another Federal agency 

14 to support a national service program carried out or 

15 otherwise supported by the agency. The Corporation, 

16 in entering into the interagency agreement may ap17 prove positions as approved national service positions 

18 for a program carried out or otherwise supported by 

19 the agency.’’; 

20 (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corpora23 tion may not provide a grant under this section to a 

24 Federal agency.’’; 

25 (D) in paragraph (3)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance 

2 under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘car3 rying out or supporting a national service 

4 program’’; and 

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

6 and inserting ‘‘through that program’’; 

7 (E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a con8 tract or cooperative agreement’’ the first place it 

9 appears and inserting ‘‘an interagency agree10 ment’’; and 

11 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—A re13 quirement under this Act that applies to an entity re14 ceiving assistance under section 121 (other than a re15 quirement limited to an entity receiving assistance 

16 under section 121(a)) shall be considered to apply to 

17 a Federal agency that enters into an interagency 

18 agreement under this subsection, even though no Fed19 eral agency may receive financial assistance under 

20 such an agreement.’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (c)— 

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

23 by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b),’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘subsection (a), and in providing approved 
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1 national service positions under subsection (b),’’; 

2 and 

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

4 provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be provided or oth5 erwise approved’’; 

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

7 by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; 

8 (5) in subsection (e)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Federal 

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

11 share of the cost (including the costs of member 

12 living allowances, employment-related taxes, 

13 health care coverage, and workers’ compensation 

14 and other necessary operation costs)’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

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

18 assistance under this section (other than a re19 cipient of assistance through a fixed-amount 

20 grant in accordance with section 129(l)) shall re21 port to the Corporation the amount and source 

22 of any Federal funds used to carry out the pro23 gram for which the assistance is made available 

24 other than those provided by the Corporation. 
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1 ‘‘(B) CORPORATION REPORT.—The Corpora2 tion shall report to the authorizing committees 

3 on an annual basis information regarding each 

4 recipient of such assistance that uses Federal 

5 funds other than those provided by the Corpora6 tion to carry out such a program, including the 

7 amounts and sources of the other Federal 

8 funds.’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(f) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSI11 TIONS.—The Corporation shall— 

12 ‘‘(1) develop a plan to— 

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

14 national service positions as 88,000 for fiscal 

15 year 2010; 

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

17 positions to— 

18 ‘‘(i) 115,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

19 ‘‘(ii) 140,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

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

21 ‘‘(iv) 200,000 for fiscal year 2014; 

22 ‘‘(v) 210,000 for fiscal year 2015; 

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

24 ‘‘(vii) 250,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
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1 ‘‘(C) ensure that the increases described in 

2 subparagraph (B) are achieved through an ap3 propriate balance of full- and part-time service 

4 positions; 

5 ‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enact6 ment of the Serve America Act, submit a report to the 

7 authorizing committees on the status of the plan de8 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

9 ‘‘(3) subject to the availability of appropriations 

10 and quality service opportunities, implement the plan 

11 described in paragraph (1).’’. 

12 SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. 

13 Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 

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

15 PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 

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

17 grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating 

18 or supporting a national service program under section 

19 121(b) shall use a portion of the financial assistance or po20 sitions involved, directly or through subgrants to other enti21 ties, to support or carry out the following national service 

22 corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or programs, 

23 to address unmet needs: 

24 ‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may 

2 carry out national service programs through an 

3 Education Corps that identifies and meets unmet 

4 educational needs within communities through 

5 activities such as those described in subpara6 graph (B) and improves performance on the in7 dicators described in subparagraph (C). 

8 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps de9 scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi10 ties such as— 

11 ‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other aca12 demic support to elementary school and sec13 ondary school students; 

14 ‘‘(ii) improving school climate; 

15 ‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including 

16 adult or peer mentoring; 

17 ‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated services 

18 and comprehensive supports with students, 

19 their families, and their public schools; 

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

21 expanding the school day by strengthening 

22 the quality of staff and expanding the aca23 demic programming offered in an expanded 

24 learning time initiative, a program of a 

25 21st century community learning center (as 
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1 defined in section 4201 of the Elementary 

2 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

3 U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality after-school 

4 program; 

5 ‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local edu6 cational agencies in improving and expand7 ing high-quality service-learning programs 

8 that keep students engaged in schools by 

9 carrying out programs that provide special10 ized training to individuals in service11 learning, and place the individuals (after 

12 such training) in positions as service-learn13 ing coordinators, to facilitate service-learn14 ing in programs eligible for funding under 

15 part I of subtitle B; 

16 ‘‘(vii) assisting students in being pre17 pared for college-level work; 

18 ‘‘(viii) involving family members of 

19 students in supporting teachers and stu20 dents; 

21 ‘‘(ix) conducting a preprofessional 

22 training program in which students en23 rolled in an institution of higher edu24 cation— 
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1 ‘‘(I) receive training (which may 

2 include classes containing service3 learning) in specified fields including 

4 early childhood education and care, el5 ementary and secondary education, 

6 and other fields such as those relating 

7 to health services, criminal justice, en8 vironmental stewardship and conserva9 tion, or public safety; 

10 ‘‘(II) perform service related to 

11 such training outside the classroom 

12 during the school term and during 

13 summer or other vacation periods; and 

14 ‘‘(III) agree to provide service 

15 upon graduation to meet unmet 

16 human, educational, environmental, or 

17 public safety needs related to such 

18 training; 

19 ‘‘(x) assisting economically disadvan20 taged students in navigating the college ad21 missions process; 

22 ‘‘(xi) providing other activities, ad23 dressing unmet educational needs, that the 

24 Corporation may designate; or 
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1 ‘‘(xii) providing skilled musicians and 

2 artists to promote greater community unity 

3 through the use of music and arts education 

4 and engagement through work in low-in5 come communities, and education, health 

6 care, and therapeutic settings, and other 

7 work in the public domain with citizens of 

8 all ages. 

9 ‘‘(C) EDUCATION CORPS INDICATORS.—The 

10 indicators for a corps program described in this 

11 paragraph are— 

12 ‘‘(i) student engagement, including stu13 dent attendance and student behavior; 

14 ‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 

15 ‘‘(iii) secondary school graduation 

16 rates as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) 

17 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu18 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

19 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in ap20 plicable regulations promulgated by the De21 partment of Education; 

22 ‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and 

23 continued college enrollment for recipients 

24 of a high school diploma; 
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1 ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating 

2 to improving education for students that the 

3 Corporation, in consultation (as appro4 priate) with the Secretary of Education, es5 tablishes; or 

6 ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 

7 (applicable to a particular recipient and on 

8 which an improvement in performance is 

9 needed) relating to improving education for 

10 students, that is approved by the Corpora11 tion or a State Commission. 

12 ‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may 

14 carry out national service programs through a 

15 Healthy Futures Corps that identifies and meets 

16 unmet health needs within communities through 

17 activities such as those described in subpara18 graph (B) and improves performance on the in19 dicators described in subparagraph (C). 

20 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Healthy Futures 

21 Corps described in this paragraph may carry 

22 out activities such as— 

23 ‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvan24 taged individuals in navigating the health 

25 services system; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 

2 access to health services, including oral 

3 health services, for themselves or their chil4 dren; 

5 ‘‘(iii) educating economically dis6 advantaged individuals and individuals 

7 who are members of medically underserved 

8 populations about, and engaging individ9 uals described in this clause in, initiatives 

10 regarding navigating the health services sys11 tem and regarding disease prevention and 

12 health promotion, with a particular focus 

13 on common health conditions, chronic dis14 eases, and conditions, for which disease pre15 vention and health promotion measures 

16 exist and for which socioeconomic, geo17 graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis18 parities exist; 

19 ‘‘(iv) improving the literacy of patients 

20 regarding health, including oral health; 

21 ‘‘(v) providing translation services at 

22 clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 

23 health services; 

24 ‘‘(vi) providing services designed to 

25 meet the health needs of rural communities, 
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1 including the recruitment of youth to work 

2 in health professions in such communities; 

3 ‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion 

4 interventions that improve health status, 

5 and helping people adopt and maintain 

6 healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 

7 health status; 

8 ‘‘(viii) addressing childhood obesity 

9 through in-school and after-school physical 

10 activities, and providing nutrition edu11 cation to students, in elementary schools 

12 and secondary schools; or 

13 ‘‘(ix) providing activities, addressing 

14 unmet health needs, that the Corporation 

15 may designate. 

16 ‘‘(C) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS INDICA17 TORS.—The indicators for a corps program de18 scribed in this paragraph are— 

19 ‘‘(i) access to health services among 

20 economically disadvantaged individuals and 

21 individuals who are members of medically 

22 underserved populations; 

23 ‘‘(ii) access to health services for unin24 sured individuals, including such individ-
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1 uals who are economically disadvantaged 

2 children; 

3 ‘‘(iii) participation, among economi4 cally disadvantaged individuals and indi5 viduals who are members of medically un6 derserved populations, in disease prevention 

7 and health promotion initiatives, particu8 larly those with a focus on addressing com9 mon health conditions, addressing chronic 

10 diseases, and decreasing health disparities; 

11 ‘‘(iv) literacy of patients regarding 

12 health; 

13 ‘‘(v) any additional indicator, relating 

14 to improving or protecting the health of eco15 nomically disadvantaged individuals and 

16 individuals who are members of medically 

17 underserved populations, that the Corpora18 tion, in consultation (as appropriate) with 

19 the Secretary of Health and Human Serv20 ices and the Director of the Centers for Dis21 ease Control and Prevention, establishes; or 

22 ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 

23 (applicable to a particular recipient and on 

24 which an improvement in performance is 

25 needed) relating to improving or protecting 
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1 the health of economically disadvantaged in2 dividuals and individuals who are members 

3 of medically underserved populations, that 

4 is approved by the Corporation or a State 

5 Commission. 

6 ‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may 

8 carry out national service projects through a 

9 Clean Energy Service Corps that identifies and 

10 meets unmet environmental needs within com11 munities through activities such as those de12 scribed in subparagraph (B) and improves per13 formance on the indicators described in subpara14 graph (C). 

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

16 Corps described in this paragraph may carry 

17 out activities such as— 

18 ‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting hous19 ing units for low-income households to sig20 nificantly improve the energy efficiency and 

21 reduce carbon emissions of such housing 

22 units; 

23 ‘‘(ii) building energy-efficient housing 

24 units in low-income communities; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 

2 low-income households and recommending 

3 ways for the households to improve energy 

4 efficiency; 

5 ‘‘(iv) providing clean energy-related 

6 services designed to meet the needs of rural 

7 communities; 

8 ‘‘(v) working with schools and youth 

9 programs to educate students and youth 

10 about ways to reduce home energy use and 

11 improve the environment, including con12 ducting service-learning projects to provide 

13 such education; 

14 ‘‘(vi) assisting in the development of 

15 local recycling programs; 

16 ‘‘(vii) renewing and rehabilitating na17 tional and State parks and forests, city 

18 parks, county parks and other public lands, 

19 and trails owned or maintained by the Fed20 eral Government or a State, including 

21 planting trees, carrying out reforestation, 

22 carrying out forest health restoration meas23 ures, carrying out erosion control measures, 

24 fire hazard reduction measures, and reha25 bilitation and maintenance of historic sites 
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1 and structures throughout the national park 

2 system, and providing trail enhancements, 

3 rehabilitation, and repairs; 

4 ‘‘(viii) cleaning and improving rivers 

5 maintained by the Federal Government or a 

6 State; 

7 ‘‘(ix) carrying out projects in partner8 ship with the National Park Service, de9 signed to renew and rehabilitate national 

10 park resources and enhance services and 

11 learning opportunities for national park 

12 visitors, and nearby communities and 

13 schools; 

14 ‘‘(x) providing service through a full15 time, year-round youth corps program or 

16 full-time summer youth corps program, 

17 such as a conservation corps or youth serv18 ice corps program that— 

19 ‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful serv20 ice projects with visible public benefits, 

21 including projects involving urban re22 newal, sustaining natural resources, or 

23 improving human services; 

24 ‘‘(II) includes as participants 

25 youths and young adults who are age 
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1 16 through 25, including out-of-school 

2 youth and other disadvantaged youth 

3 (such as youth who are aging out of 

4 foster care, youth who have limited 

5 English proficiency, homeless youth, 

6 and youth who are individuals with 

7 disabilities), who are age 16 through 

8 25; and 

9 ‘‘(III) provides those participants 

10 who are youth and young adults 

11 with— 

12 ‘‘(aa) team-based, highly 

13 structured, and adult-supervised 

14 work experience, life skills, edu15 cation, career guidance and coun16 seling, employment training, and 

17 support services including men18 toring; and 

19 ‘‘(bb) the opportunity to de20 velop citizenship values and skills 

21 through service to their commu22 nity and the United States; 

23 ‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, ad24 dressing unmet environmental and work-
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1 force needs, that the Corporation may des2 ignate. 

3 ‘‘(C) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS INDI4 CATORS.—The indicators for a corps program 

5 described in this paragraph are— 

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

7 low-income households weatherized or retro8 fitted to significantly improve energy effi9 ciency and reduce carbon emissions; 

10 ‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to determine 

11 savings in those costs) at facilities where 

12 participants have provided service; 

13 ‘‘(iii) the number of students and 

14 youth receiving education or training in en15 ergy-efficient and environmentally conscious 

16 practices; 

17 ‘‘(iv)(I) the number of acres of na18 tional parks, State parks, city parks, coun19 ty parks, or other public lands, that are 

20 cleaned or improved; and 

21 ‘‘(II) the number of acres of forest pre22 serves, or miles of trails or rivers, owned or 

23 maintained by the Federal Government or a 

24 State, that are cleaned or improved; 
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1 ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating 

2 to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse 

3 gas emissions, or education and skill attain4 ment for clean energy jobs, that the Cor5 poration, in consultation (as appropriate) 

6 with the Administrator of the Environ7 mental Protection Agency, the Secretary of 

8 Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the 

9 Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, estab10 lishes; or 

11 ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 

12 (applicable to a particular recipient and on 

13 which an improvement in performance is 

14 needed) relating to clean energy, the reduc15 tion of greenhouse gas emissions, or edu16 cation or skill attainment for clean energy 

17 jobs, that is approved by the Corporation or 

18 a State Commission. 

19 ‘‘(4) VETERANS CORPS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may 

21 carry out national service programs through a 

22 Veterans Corps that identifies and meets unmet 

23 needs of veterans and members of the Armed 

24 Forces who are on active duty through activities 

25 such as those described in subparagraph (B) and 
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1 improves performance on the indicators described 

2 in subparagraph (C). 

3 ‘‘(B) 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 opportunities that utilize 

14 their military experience; 

15 ‘‘(iii) assisting veterans in developing 

16 their educational opportunities (including 

17 opportunities for professional certification, 

18 licensure, or credentials), coordinating ac19 tivities with and assisting State and local 

20 agencies administering veterans education 

21 benefits, and coordinating activities with 

22 and assisting entities administering vet23 erans programs with internships and fel24 lowships that could lead to employment in 

25 the private and public sectors; 
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1 ‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within a com2 munity to serve the needs of veterans and 

3 members of the Armed Forces who are on 

4 active duty, including helping veterans file 

5 benefits claims and assisting Federal agen6 cies in providing services to veterans, and 

7 sending care packages to Members of the 

8 Armed Forces who are deployed; 

9 ‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing 

10 mentoring relationships with economically 

11 disadvantaged students; 

12 ‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist vet13 erans with disabilities, veterans who are 

14 unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in 

15 rural communities, including assisting vet16 erans described in this clause with trans17 portation; or 

18 ‘‘(vii) other activities, addressing 

19 unmet needs of veterans, that the Corpora20 tion may designate. 

21 ‘‘(C) VETERANS’ CORPS INDICATORS.—The 

22 indicators for a corps program described in this 

23 paragraph are— 

24 ‘‘(i) the number of housing units cre25 ated for veterans; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pur2 sue educational opportunities; 

3 ‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving 

4 professional certification, licensure, or cre5 dentials; 

6 ‘‘(iv) the number of veterans engaged 

7 in service opportunities; 

8 ‘‘(v) the number of military families 

9 assisted by organizations while a family 

10 member is deployed and upon that family 

11 member’s return home; 

12 ‘‘(vi) the number of economically dis13 advantaged students engaged in mentoring 

14 relationships with veterans; 

15 ‘‘(vii) the number of projects designed 

16 to meet identifiable public needs of veterans, 

17 especially veterans with disabilities, vet18 erans who are unemployed, older veterans, 

19 and veterans in rural communities; 

20 ‘‘(viii) any additional indicator that 

21 relates to education or skill attainment that 

22 assists in providing veterans with the skills 

23 to address identifiable public needs, or that 

24 relates to improving the lives of veterans, of 

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1 duty, and of families of the veterans and the 

2 members on active duty, and that the Cor3 poration, in consultation (as appropriate) 

4 with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, es5 tablishes; or 

6 ‘‘(ix) any additional local indicator 

7 (applicable to a particular recipient and on 

8 which an improvement in performance is 

9 needed) relating to the education or skill at10 tainment, or the improvement, described in 

11 clause (viii), that is approved by the Cor12 poration or a State Commission. 

13 ‘‘(5) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may 

15 carry out national service programs through an 

16 Opportunity Corps that identifies and meets 

17 unmet needs relating to economic opportunity 

18 for economically disadvantaged individuals with19 in communities, through activities such as those 

20 described in subparagraph (B) and improves 

21 performance on the indicators described in sub22 paragraph (C). 

23 ‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Opportunity Corps 

24 described in this paragraph may carry out ac25 tivities such as— 
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1 ‘‘(i) providing financial literacy edu2 cation to economically disadvantaged indi3 viduals, including financial literacy edu4 cation with regard to credit management, 

5 financial institutions including banks and 

6 credit unions, and utilization of savings 

7 plans; 

8 ‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction, re9 habilitation, or preservation of housing 

10 units, including energy efficient homes, for 

11 economically disadvantaged individuals; 

12 ‘‘(iii) assisting economically disadvan13 taged individuals, including homeless indi14 viduals, in finding placement in and main15 taining housing; 

16 ‘‘(iv) assisting economically disadvan17 taged individuals in obtaining access to 

18 health services for themselves or their chil19 dren; 

20 ‘‘(v) assisting individuals in obtaining 

21 information about Federal, State, local, or 

22 private programs or benefits focused on as23 sisting economically disadvantaged individ24 uals, economically disadvantaged children, 

25 or low-income families; 
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1 ‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and 

2 completion of job training for economically 

3 disadvantaged individuals; 

4 ‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvan5 taged individuals in obtaining access to job 

6 placement assistance; 

7 ‘‘(viii) carrying out a program that 

8 seeks to eliminate hunger in low-income 

9 communities and rural areas through serv10 ice in projects— 

11 ‘‘(I) involving food banks, food 

12 pantries, and nonprofit organizations 

13 that provide food during emergencies; 

14 ‘‘(II) seeking to address the long15 term causes of hunger through edu16 cation and the delivery of appropriate 

17 services; 

18 ‘‘(III) providing training in basic 

19 health, nutrition, and life skills nec20 essary to alleviate hunger in commu21 nities and rural areas; or 

22 ‘‘(IV) assisting individuals in ob23 taining information about federally 

24 supported nutrition programs; 
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1 ‘‘(ix) addressing issues faced by home2 bound citizens, such as needs for food deliv3 eries, legal and medical services, nutrition 

4 information, and transportation; 

5 ‘‘(x) implementing an E–Corps pro6 gram that involves participants who pro7 vide services in a community by developing 

8 and assisting in carrying out technology 

9 programs that seek to increase access to 

10 technology and the benefits of technology in 

11 such community; and 

12 ‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, ad13 dressing unmet needs relating to economic 

14 opportunity for economically disadvantaged 

15 individuals, that the Corporation may des16 ignate. 

17 ‘‘(C) OPPORTUNITY CORPS INDICATORS.— 

18 The indicators for a corps program described in 

19 this paragraph are— 

20 ‘‘(i) the degree of financial literacy 

21 among economically disadvantaged individ22 uals; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the number of housing units built 

24 or improved for economically disadvantaged 

25 individuals or low-income families; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) the number of economically dis2 advantaged individuals with access to job 

3 training and other skill enhancement; 

4 ‘‘(iv) the number of economically dis5 advantaged individuals with access to infor6 mation about job placement services; 

7 ‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating 

8 to improving economic opportunity for eco9 nomically disadvantaged individuals that 

10 the Corporation, in consultation (as appro11 priate) with the Secretary of Health and 

12 Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, 

13 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel14 opment, and the Secretary of the Treasury, 

15 establishes; or 

16 ‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 

17 (applicable to a particular recipient and on 

18 which an improvement in performance is 

19 needed) that is approved by the Corporation 

20 or a State Commission. 

21 ‘‘(b) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 

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

23 under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating 

24 or supporting a national service program under sec25 tion 121(b) may use the financial assistance or posi-
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1 tions involved, directly or through subgrants to other 

2 entities, to carry out national service programs and 

3 model programs under this subsection that are focused 

4 on meeting community needs and improve perform5 ance on the indicators described in paragraph (3). 

6 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The programs may include 

7 the following types of national service programs: 

8 ‘‘(A) A community service program de9 signed to meet the needs of rural communities, 

10 using teams or individual placements to address 

11 the development needs of rural communities, in12 cluding addressing rural poverty, or the need for 

13 health services, education, or job training. 

14 ‘‘(B) A program— 

15 ‘‘(i) that engages participants in pub16 lic health, emergency and disaster prepared17 ness, and other public safety activities; 

18 ‘‘(ii) that may include the recruitment 

19 of qualified participants for, and placement 

20 of the participants in, positions to be train21 ees as law enforcement officers, firefighters, 

22 search and rescue personnel, and emergency 

23 medical service workers; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) that may engage Federal, State, 

25 and local stakeholders, in collaboration, to 
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1 organize more effective responses to issues of 

2 public health, emergencies and disasters, 

3 and other public safety issues. 

4 ‘‘(C) A program that seeks to expand the 

5 number of mentors for disadvantaged youths and 

6 other youths (including by recruiting high 

7 school-, and college-age individuals to enter into 

8 mentoring relationships), either through— 

9 ‘‘(i) provision of direct mentoring serv10 ices; 

11 ‘‘(ii) provision of supportive services to 

12 direct mentoring service organizations (in 

13 the case of a partnership); 

14 ‘‘(iii) the creative utilization of current 

15 and emerging technologies to connect youth 

16 with mentors; or 

17 ‘‘(iv) supporting mentoring partner18 ships (including statewide and local men19 toring partnerships that strengthen direct 

20 service mentoring programs) by— 

21 ‘‘(I) increasing State resources 

22 dedicated to mentoring; 

23 ‘‘(II) supporting the creation of 

24 statewide and local mentoring partner25 ships and programs of national scope 
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1 through collaborative efforts between 

2 entities such as local or direct service 

3 mentoring partnerships, or units of 

4 State or local government; and 

5 ‘‘(III) assisting direct service 

6 mentoring programs. 

7 ‘‘(D) A program— 

8 ‘‘(i) in which not less than 75 percent 

9 of the participants are disadvantaged 

10 youth; 

11 ‘‘(ii) that may provide life skills train12 ing, employment training, educational 

13 counseling, assistance to complete a sec14 ondary school diploma or its recognized 

15 equivalent, counseling, or a mentoring rela16 tionship with an adult volunteer; and 

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

18 assistance and approved national service 

19 positions, the Corporation shall give pri20 ority to programs that engage retirees to 

21 serve as mentors. 

22 ‘‘(E) A program— 

23 ‘‘(i) that reengages court-involved 

24 youth and adults with the goal of reducing 

25 recidivism; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) that may create support systems 

2 beginning in correctional facilities; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) that may have life skills train4 ing, employment training, an education 

5 program (including a program to complete 

6 a secondary school diploma or its recognized 

7 equivalent), educational and career coun8 seling, and postprogram placement services. 

9 ‘‘(F) A demonstration program— 

10 ‘‘(i) that has as 1 of its primary pur11 poses the recruitment and acceptance of 

12 court-involved youth and adults as partici13 pants, volunteers, or members; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) that may serve any purpose oth15 erwise permitted under this Act. 

16 ‘‘(G) A program that provides education or 

17 job training services that are designed to meet 

18 the needs of rural communities. 

19 ‘‘(H) A program that seeks to expand the 

20 number of mentors for youth in foster care 

21 through— 

22 ‘‘(i) the provision of direct academic 

23 mentoring services for youth in foster care; 

24 ‘‘(ii) the provision of supportive serv25 ices to mentoring service organizations that 
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1 directly provide mentoring to youth in fos2 ter care, including providing training of 

3 mentors in child development, domestic vio4 lence, foster care, confidentiality require5 ments, and other matters related to working 

6 with youth in foster care; or 

7 ‘‘(iii) supporting foster care mentoring 

8 partnerships, including statewide and local 

9 mentoring partnerships that strengthen di10 rect service mentoring programs. 

11 ‘‘(I) Such other national service programs 

12 addressing unmet human, educational, environ13 mental, or public safety needs as the Corporation 

14 may designate. 

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

16 described in this subsection are the indicators de17 scribed in subparagraph (C) of paragraphs (1), (2), 

18 (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) or any additional 

19 local indicator (applicable to a participant or recipi20 ent and on which an improvement in performance is 

21 needed) relating to meeting unmet community needs, 

22 that is approved by the Corporation or a State Com23 mission. 

24 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM MODELS FOR SERVICE CORPS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any activities 

2 described in subparagraph (B) of paragraphs (1) 

3 through (5) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), a 

4 recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and a Fed5 eral agency operating or supporting a national serv6 ice program under section 121(b) may directly or 

7 through grants or subgrants to other entities carry out 

8 a national service corps program through the fol9 lowing program models: 

10 ‘‘(A) A community corps program that 

11 meets unmet health, veteran, and other human, 

12 educational, environmental, or public safety 

13 needs and promotes greater community unity 

14 through the use of organized teams of partici15 pants of varied social and economic backgrounds, 

16 skill levels, physical and developmental capabili17 ties, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders. 

18 ‘‘(B) A service program that— 

19 ‘‘(i) recruits individuals with special 

20 skills or provides specialized preservice 

21 training to enable participants to be placed 

22 individually or in teams in positions in 

23 which the participants can meet such unmet 

24 needs; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) if consistent with the purposes of 

2 the program, brings participants together 

3 for additional training and other activities 

4 designed to foster civic responsibility, in5 crease the skills of participants, and im6 prove the quality of the service provided. 

7 ‘‘(C) A campus-based program that is de8 signed to provide substantial service in a com9 munity during the school term and during sum10 mer or other vacation periods through the use 

11 of— 

12 ‘‘(i) students who are attending an in13 stitution of higher education, including stu14 dents participating in a work-study pro15 gram assisted under part C of title IV of the 

16 Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

17 2751 et seq.); 

18 ‘‘(ii) teams composed of students de19 scribed in clause (i); or 

20 ‘‘(iii) teams composed of a combination 

21 of such students and community residents. 

22 ‘‘(D) A professional corps program that re23 cruits and places qualified participants in posi24 tions— 
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1 ‘‘(i) as teachers, nurses and other 

2 health care providers, police officers, early 

3 childhood development staff, engineers, or 

4 other professionals providing service to meet 

5 human, educational, environmental, or pub6 lic safety needs in communities with an in7 adequate number of such professionals; 

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

9 the maximum living allowance authorized 

10 in subsection (a)(2) of section 140, as pro11 vided in subsection (c) of such section; and 

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

13 private employers who agree to pay 100 

14 percent of the salaries and benefits (other 

15 than any national service educational 

16 award under subtitle D) of the participants. 

17 ‘‘(E) A program that provides opportunities 

18 for veterans to participate in service projects. 

19 ‘‘(F) A program carried out by an inter20 mediary that builds the capacity of local non21 profit and faith-based organizations to expand 

22 and enhance services to meet local or national 

23 needs. 
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1 ‘‘(G) Such other program models as may be 

2 approved by the Corporation or a State Commis3 sion, as appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM MODELS WITHIN CORPS.—A re5 cipient of financial assistance or approved national 

6 service positions for a corps program described in 

7 subsection (a) may use the assistance or positions to 

8 carry out the corps program, in whole or in part, 

9 using a program model described in this subsection. 

10 The corps program shall meet the applicable require11 ments of subsection (a) and this subsection. 

12 ‘‘(d) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGI13 BILITY.— 

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

15 Corporation shall establish qualification criteria for 

16 different types of national service programs for the 

17 purpose of determining whether a particular national 

18 service program should be considered to be a national 

19 service program eligible to receive assistance or ap20 proved national service positions under this subtitle. 

21 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualifica22 tion criteria under paragraph (1), the Corporation 

23 shall consult with organizations and individuals with 

24 extensive experience in developing and administering 

25 effective national service programs or regarding the 
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1 delivery of veteran services, and other human, edu2 cational, environmental, or public safety services, to 

3 communities or persons. 

4 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The quali5 fication criteria established by the Corporation under 

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

7 assistance under section 121(a) that uses any portion 

8 of the assistance to conduct a grant program to sup9 port other national service programs. 

10 ‘‘(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL

11 COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall 

12 encourage national service programs eligible to receive 

13 assistance or approved national service positions 

14 under this subtitle to establish, if consistent with the 

15 purposes of the program, an intergenerational compo16 nent of the program that combines students, out-of17 school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults 

18 as participants to provide services to address unmet 

19 human, educational, environmental, or public safety 

20 needs. 

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

22 financial assistance and approved national service posi23 tions to eligible entities proposed to carry out the corps de24 scribed in subsection (a)— 
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1 ‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in sub2 section (a)(2)— 

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

4 eligible entities that propose to provide support 

5 for participants who, after completing service 

6 under this section, will undertake careers to im7 prove performance on health indicators described 

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

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

10 eligible entities that propose to carry out na11 tional service programs in medically underserved 

12 areas (as designated individually, by the Sec13 retary of Health and Human Services as an 

14 area with a shortage of personal health services); 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in sub17 section (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to 

18 eligible entities that propose to recruit individuals for 

19 the Clean Energy Service Corps so that significant 

20 percentages of participants in the Corps are economi21 cally disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such 

22 individuals support services and education and train23 ing to develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for 

24 which there is current demand or projected future de25 mand. 
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1 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 

2 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

3 ‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to con4 centrate national efforts on meeting human, edu5 cational, environmental, or public safety needs 

6 and to achieve the other purposes of this Act, the 

7 Corporation, after reviewing the strategic plan 

8 approved under section 192A(g)(1,) shall estab9 lish, and may periodically alter, priorities re10 garding the types of national service programs 

11 and corps to be assisted under section 129 and 

12 the purposes for which such assistance may be 

13 used. 

14 ‘‘(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with para15 graph (4), States shall establish, and through the 

16 national service plan process described in section 

17 178(e)(1), periodically alter priorities as appro18 priate regarding the national service programs 

19 to be assisted under section 129(e). The State 

20 priorities shall be subject to Corporation review 

21 as part of the application process under section 

22 130. 

23 ‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corporation 

24 shall provide advance notice to potential applicants of 

25 any national service priorities to be in effect under 
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1 this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice shall spe2 cifically include— 

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

4 in the priorities since the previous notice; and 

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

6 programs that are designated by the Corporation 

7 under section 133(d)(2) as eligible for priority 

8 consideration in the next competitive distribu9 tion of assistance under section 121(a). 

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

11 regulation establish procedures to ensure the equitable 

12 treatment of national service programs that— 

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

14 multiple years; and 

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

16 revisions in such national service priorities. 

17 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—Any na18 tional service priorities established by the Corporation 

19 under this subsection shall also be used by each re20 cipient of funds under section 121(a) that uses any 

21 portion of the assistance to conduct a grant program 

22 to support other national service programs. 

23 ‘‘(g) CONSULTATION ON INDICATORS.—The Corpora24 tion shall consult with the Secretary of Education, the Sec25 retary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the 
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1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Secretary 

2 of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary 

3 of the Interior, the Administrator of the Environmental 

4 Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 

5 Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of the 

6 Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indica7 tors for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) 

8 and (b). 

9 ‘‘(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), the Corporation shall require that each re12 cipient of assistance under the national service laws 

13 that operates a tutoring program involving elemen14 tary school or secondary school students certifies that 

15 individuals serving in approved national service posi16 tions as tutors in such program have— 

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

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) successfully completed pre- and in20 service training for tutors. 

21 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in para22 graph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in 

23 an approved national service position who is enrolled 

24 in an elementary school or secondary school and is 
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1 providing tutoring services through a structured, 

2 school-managed cross-grade tutoring program. 

3 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.— 

4 Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the 

5 national service laws shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, re7 search-based, and consistent with the State academic 

8 content standards required by section 1111 of the Ele9 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the 

11 local educational agency; and 

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

13 in-service training for tutors. 

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

15 establish guidelines for recipients of assistance under the 

16 national service laws, that are consistent with the principles 

17 on which citizenship programs administered by U.S. Citi18 zenship and Immigration Services are based, relating to the 

19 promotion of citizenship and civic engagement among par20 ticipants in approved national service positions and ap21 proved summer of service positions, and appropriate to the 

22 age, education, and experience of the participants. 

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

24 of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants 
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1 under section 121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and 

2 submit to the authorizing committees a report containing— 

3 ‘‘(1) information describing how the Corporation 

4 allocated financial assistance and approved national 

5 service positions among eligible entities proposed to 

6 carry out corps and national service programs de7 scribed in this section for that fiscal year; 

8 ‘‘(2) information describing the amount of finan9 cial assistance and the number of approved national 

10 service positions the Corporation provided to each 

11 corps and national service program described in this 

12 section for that fiscal year; 

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

14 and national service programs improved performance 

15 on the corresponding indicators; and 

16 ‘‘(4) information describing how the Corporation 

17 is coordinating— 

18 ‘‘(A) the national service programs funded 

19 under this section; with 

20 ‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined by 

21 the Corporation, carried out under subtitle B of 

22 this title, and part A of title I and parts A and 

23 B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

24 Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001, 5011) 
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1 that improve performance on those indicators or 

2 otherwise address identified community needs.’’. 

3 SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 

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

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; 

8 and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; 

10 (2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

11 (A) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a 

12 State,’’ the following: ‘‘a territory,’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘Federal agency’’ and in14 serting ‘‘Federal agency (under an interagency 

15 agreement described in section 121(b))’’; 

16 (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 

17 122(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi)’’; 

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

19 before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

20 (5) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para21 graph (8); and 

22 (6) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol23 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(7) A position involving service in the 

2 ServeAmerica Fellowship program carried out under 

3 section 198B.’’. 

4 SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING 

5 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

6 Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is repealed. 

7 SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHAL8 LENGE GRANTS. 

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

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘$125,000 and 

13 $750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000 and 

14 $1,000,000’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘501(a)(4)’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘501(a)(5)’’; and 

17 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—In making a 

20 grant to a State under this subsection, the Corpora21 tion shall require the State to agree to provide match22 ing funds from non-Federal sources of not less than 

23 $1 for every $1 provided by the Corporation through 

24 the grant. 
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1 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding para2 graph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a 

3 State that demonstrates hardship or a new State 

4 Commission to meet alternative matching require5 ments for such a grant as follows: 

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

7 of grant funds provided by the Corporation, the 

8 State involved shall not be required to provide 

9 matching funds. 

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

11 For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and 

12 not more than $250,000 provided by the Cor13 poration, the State shall agree to provide match14 ing funds from non-Federal sources of not less 

15 than $1 for every $2 provided by the Corpora16 tion, in excess of $100,000. 

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

18 For grant amounts of more than $250,000 pro19 vided by the Corporation, the State shall agree to 

20 provide matching funds from non-Federal 

21 sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided 

22 by the Corporation, in excess of $250,000.’’; 

23 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

24 following: 
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1 ‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may un2 dertake activities, including activities carried out through 

3 part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

4 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), to involve programs that re5 ceive assistance under the national service laws in disaster 

6 relief efforts, and to support, including through mission as7 signments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

8 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), non9 profit organizations and public agencies responding to the 

10 needs of communities experiencing disasters.’’; and 

11 (3) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to na13 tional service programs that receive assistance 

14 under section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘to programs 

15 supported under the national service laws’’; and 

16 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 

17 the following: 

18 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge 

19 grant under this subsection may provide, for an ini20 tial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assist21 ance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised 

22 from private sources by the program supported under 

23 the national service laws in excess of amounts re24 quired to be provided by the program to satisfy 

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1 grant period, a grant under this subsection may pro2 vide not more than $1 of assistance under this sub3 section for each $2 in cash raised from private sources 

4 by the program in excess of amounts required to be 

5 provided by the program to satisfy matching funds 

6 requirements. The Corporation may permit the use of 

7 local or State funds under this paragraph in lieu of 

8 cash raised from private sources if the Corporation 

9 determines that such use would be equitable due to a 

10 lack of available private funds at the local level. The 

11 Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of 

12 assistance that may be provided to a national service 

13 program under this subsection.’’. 

14 SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND 

15 OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

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

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA19 TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

20 ‘‘(a) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRI21 TORIES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for pro22 vision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, 

23 the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the 

24 United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

25 and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
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1 upon approval by the Corporation of an application sub2 mitted under section 130. The Corporation shall allot for 

3 a grant to each such territory under this subsection for a 

4 fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent 

5 of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population 

6 of the territory bears to the total population of all such ter7 ritories. 

8 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the funds 

9 allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance 

10 under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall 

11 reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian tribes to be 

12 allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis. 

13 ‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The 

14 Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected dur15 ing a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer 

16 under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

17 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the National 

18 Civilian Community Corps Program under subtitle E shall 

19 receive the national service educational award described in 

20 subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility require21 ments for the award. Funds for approved national service 

22 positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall 

23 be deducted from the total funding for approved national 

24 service positions to be available for distribution under sub25 sections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year. 
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1 ‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 

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

3 Corporation for provision of assistance under section 

4 121(a) for a fiscal year and subject to section 

5 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve not more 

6 than 62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competi7 tive basis to States specified in subsection (e)(1) for 

8 national service programs, to nonprofit organizations 

9 seeking to operate a national service program in 2 or 

10 more of those States, and to Indian tribes. 

11 ‘‘(2) EQUITABLE TREATMENT.—In the consider12 ation of applications for such grants, the Corporation 

13 shall ensure the equitable treatment of applicants 

14 from urban areas, applicants from rural areas, appli15 cants of diverse sizes (as measured by the number of 

16 participants served), applicants from States, and ap17 plicants from national nonprofit organizations. 

18 ‘‘(3) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAMS.—In making 

19 grants under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Cor20 poration shall make an effort to allocate not less than 

21 10 percent of the financial assistance and approved 

22 national service positions provided through the grants 

23 for that fiscal year to eligible entities proposing to 

24 carry out encore service programs, unless the Cor25 poration does not receive a sufficient number of ap-
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1 plications of adequate quality to justify making that 

2 percentage available to those eligible entities. 

3 ‘‘(4) CORPS PROGRAMS.—In making grants 

4 under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Corpora5 tion— 

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

7 service corps described in section 122(a) to re8 ceive grants under this subsection; and 

9 ‘‘(B) may select national service programs 

10 described in section 122(b) to receive such grants. 

11 ‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA

12 BASIS.— 

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

14 Corporation for provision of assistance under section 

15 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make 

16 a grant to each of the several States, the District of 

17 Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

18 that submits an application under section 130 that is 

19 approved by the Corporation. 

20 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Corporation shall allot 

21 for a grant to each such State under this subsection 

22 for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio 

23 to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal 

24 year as the population of the State bears to the total 

25 population of the several States, the District of Co-
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1 lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in 

2 compliance with paragraph (3). 

3 ‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding para4 graph (2), the minimum grant made available to each 

5 State approved by the Corporation under paragraph 

6 (1) for each fiscal year shall be at least $600,000, or 

7 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for the State for8 mula under this subsection for the fiscal year, which9 ever is greater. 

10 ‘‘(f) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or 

11 territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the 

12 Corporation of its intent to apply for, an allotment under 

13 this section, or the Corporation does not approve the appli14 cation consistent with section 133, the Corporation may use 

15 the amount that would have been allotted under this section 

16 to the State or territory to— 

17 ‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved na18 tional service positions in connection with such 

19 grants) to other community-based entities under sec20 tion 121 that propose to carry out national service 

21 programs in such State or territory; and 

22 ‘‘(2) make reallotments to other States or terri23 tories with approved applications submitted under 

24 section 130, from the allotment funds not used to 

25 make grants as described in paragraph (1). 
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1 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The Corporation shall 

2 make an allotment of assistance (including the provision 

3 of approved national service positions) to a recipient under 

4 this section only pursuant to an application submitted by 

5 a State or other applicant under section 130. 

6 ‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE

7 FUNDS.—The Corporation may not approve positions as 

8 approved national service positions under this subtitle for 

9 a fiscal year in excess of the number of such positions for 

10 which the Corporation has sufficient available funds in the 

11 National Service Trust for that fiscal year, taking into con12 sideration funding needs for national service educational 

13 awards under subtitle D based on completed service. If ap14 propriations are insufficient to provide the maximum al15 lowable national service educational awards under subtitle 

16 D for all eligible participants, the Corporation is authorized 

17 to make necessary and reasonable adjustments to program 

18 rules. 

19 ‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE

20 POSITIONS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora22 tion may enter into agreements with persons or enti23 ties who offer to sponsor national service positions for 

24 which the person or entity will be responsible for sup25 plying the funds necessary to provide a national serv-
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1 ice educational award. The distribution of those ap2 proved national service positions shall be made pur3 suant to the agreement, and the creation of those posi4 tions shall not be taken into consideration in deter5 mining the number of approved national service posi6 tions to be available for distribution under this sec7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds pro9 vided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph (1) 

10 shall be deposited in the National Service Trust estab11 lished in section 145 until such time as the funds are 

12 needed. 

13 ‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSIST14 ANCE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—From amounts appro16 priated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authoriza17 tion of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and allo18 cated to carry out subtitle C and subject to the limita19 tion in such section, the Corporation may reserve 

20 such amount as the Corporation considers to be ap21 propriate for the purpose of making assistance avail22 able under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126. 

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

24 paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed 

25 $10,000,000. 
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1 ‘‘(3) TIMING.—The Corporation shall reserve 

2 such amount, and any amount reserved under sub3 section (k) from funds appropriated and allocated to 

4 carry out subtitle C, before allocating funds for the 

5 provision of assistance under any other provision of 

6 this subtitle. 

7 ‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PAR8 TICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—To make grants to public 

10 or private nonprofit organizations to increase the 

11 participation of individuals with disabilities in na12 tional service and for demonstration activities in fur13 therance of this purpose, and subject to the limitation 

14 in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer shall re15 serve not less than 2 percent from the amounts, ap16 propriated to carry out subtitles C, D, E, and H for 

17 each fiscal year. 

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

19 paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed 

20 $20,000,000. 

21 ‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The Chief Executive Officer 

22 may use the funds reserved under paragraph (1), and 

23 not distributed to make grants under this subsection 

24 for other activities described in section 501(a)(2). 

25 ‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

2 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appro3 priated for a fiscal year to provide financial as4 sistance under the national service laws, the Cor5 poration may provide assistance in the form of 

6 fixed-amount grants in an amount determined 

7 by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather 

8 than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a 

9 program. 

10 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Other than fixed11 amount grants to support programs described in 

12 section 129A, for the 1-year period beginning on 

13 the effective date of the Serve America Act, the 

14 Corporation may provide assistance in the form 

15 of fixed-amount grants to programs that only 

16 offer full-time positions. 

17 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED18 AMOUNT GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized 

19 by this subsection shall be in an amount determined 

20 by the Corporation that is— 

21 ‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable 

22 and necessary costs of administering the pro23 gram supported by the grant; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) based on an amount per individual 

2 enrolled in the program receiving the grant, tak3 ing into account— 

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

5 out the program to manage funds and 

6 achieve programmatic results; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the number of approved national 

8 service positions, approved silver scholar po9 sitions, or approved summer of service posi10 tions for the program, if applicable; 

11 ‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the pro12 gram; 

13 ‘‘(iv) whether the program provides 

14 service to, or involves the participation of, 

15 disadvantaged youth or otherwise would 

16 reasonably incur a relatively higher level of 

17 costs; and 

18 ‘‘(v) such other factors as the Corpora19 tion may consider under section 133 in con20 sidering applications for assistance. 

21 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

22 In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this sub23 section, the Corporation— 

24 ‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 
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1 ‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of the 

2 grant funds based upon the difference be3 tween the number of hours served by a par4 ticipant and the minimum number of hours 

5 for completion of a term of service (as estab6 lished by the Corporation); 

7 ‘‘(ii) to report on the program’s per8 formance on standardized measures and 

9 performance levels established by the Cor10 poration; 

11 ‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation 

12 activities undertaken by the Corporation; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that addi15 tional funds will be raised in support of the 

16 program, in addition to those received 

17 under the national service laws; and 

18 ‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and conditions 

19 that the Corporation considers necessary or ap20 propriate based on the relative risks (as deter21 mined by the Corporation) associated with any 

22 application for a fixed-amount grant. 

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

24 Limitations on administrative costs and matching 

25 fund documentation requirements shall not apply to 
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1 fixed-amount grants provided in accordance with this 

2 subsection. 

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

4 subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the re5 sponsibility to comply with the requirements of chap6 ter 75 of title 31, United States Code, or other re7 quirements of Office of Management and Budget Cir8 cular A–133.’’. 

9 SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 

10 Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting 

11 after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 129A. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for 

14 a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this sub15 title and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), 

16 the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in ac17 cordance with section 129(l)), provide operational support 

18 to programs that receive approved national service posi19 tions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 

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

21 Corporation may provide the operational support under 

22 this section for a program in an amount that is not more 

23 than $800 per individual enrolled in an approved national 

24 service position, or not more than $1,000 per such indi-
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1 vidual if at least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the 

2 program are disadvantaged youth. 

3 ‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following pro4 visions shall not apply to programs funded under this sec5 tion: 

6 ‘‘(1) The limitation on administrative costs 

7 under section 121(d). 

8 ‘‘(2) The matching funds requirements under sec9 tion 121(e). 

10 ‘‘(3) The living allowance and other benefits 

11 under sections 131(e) and 140 (other than individual12 ized support services for participants with disabilities 

13 under section 140(f)).’’. 

14 SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 

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

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

18 ‘‘section 121(a)’’; 

19 (B) by inserting after ‘‘assistance, a State,’’ 

20 the following: ‘‘territory,’’; and 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu22 cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in23 stitution of higher education’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 

2 122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘mu4 nicipalities and governments of counties in 

5 which such a community is located,’’ after ‘‘pro6 viding services,’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all 

12 that follows through the period at the end 

13 and inserting a period; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘pro15 posed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; and 

16 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization in18 tending to operate programs in 2 or more States, a 

19 description of the manner in which and extent to 

20 which the organization consulted with the State Com21 missions of each State in which the organization in22 tends to operate and the nature of the consultation.’’; 

23 (4) in subsection (d)(1)— 
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1 (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by strik2 ing ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section 121’’ and in3 serting ‘‘section 121(a)’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec5 tion 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), 

6 or (c) of section 122’’; 

7 (5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 

8 as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and insert9 ing after subsection (c) the following: 

10 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMA11 TION.—An application submitted under subsection (a) for 

12 programs described in 122(a) shall also contain— 

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

14 measurements of the program’s performance on 1 or 

15 more of the corresponding indicators described in sec16 tion 122; 

17 ‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant 

18 proposes to utilize funds to improve performance on 

19 the corresponding indicators utilizing participants, 

20 including describing the activities in which such par21 ticipants will engage to improve performance on those 

22 indicators; 

23 ‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical 

24 area in which the eligible entity proposing to carry 

25 out the program proposes to use funds to improve per-
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1 formance on the corresponding indicators, and demo2 graphic information on the students or individuals, 

3 as appropriate, in such area, and statistics dem4 onstrating the need to improve such indicators in 

5 such area; and 

6 ‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligi7 ble entity will work with other community-based enti8 ties to carry out activities to improve performance on 

9 the corresponding indicators using such funds.’’; 

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

11 redesignated), by striking ‘‘were selected’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘were or will be selected’’; 

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

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a pro15 gram applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; 

16 and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRO19 GRAM APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLI20 CANT’’; 

21 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A), by striking ‘‘program applicant’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 

24 (iii) in subparagraph (A)— 
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1 (I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 

2 of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘territory,’’; 

3 and 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘institution of 

5 higher education, or Federal agency’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 

7 education’’; and 

8 (iv) in subparagraph (B)— 

9 (I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 

10 of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘territory,’’; 

11 and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘institution of 

13 higher education, or Federal agency’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 

15 education’’; and 

16 (8) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesig17 nated) to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT RECEIVING MUL19 TIPLE GRANTS.—Unless specifically authorized by law, the 

20 Corporation may not provide more than 1 grant under the 

21 national service laws for a fiscal year to support the same 

22 project under the national service laws.’’. 

23 SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE RE24 QUIREMENTS. 

25 Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 

2 (A) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) the community served, the munici4 pality and government of the county (if appro5 priate) in which the community is located, and 

6 potential participants in the program; and’’; 

7 and 

8 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 

9 following: 

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

11 through a State (including a national service pro12 gram that a nonprofit organization seeks to operate 

13 in 2 or more States), consult with and coordinate ac14 tivities with the State Commission for each State in 

15 which the program will operate, and the Corporation 

16 shall obtain confirmation from the State Commission 

17 that the applicant seeking assistance under this Act 

18 has consulted with and coordinated with the State 

19 Commission when seeking to operate the program in 

20 that State.’’. 

21 SEC. 1310. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGA22 NIZATIONS. 

23 Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amend24 ed by inserting after section 132 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE OR2 GANIZATIONS. 

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

4 service position under this subtitle may not be used for the 

5 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 or10 ganizing. 

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 Federal office or the outcome of an elec16 tion to a State or local public office. 

17 ‘‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or ac18 tivities that are likely to include advocacy for or 

19 against political parties, political platforms, political 

20 candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials. 

21 ‘‘(7) Engaging in religious instruction, con22 ducting worship services, providing instruction as 

23 part of a program that includes mandatory religious 

24 instruction or worship, constructing or operating fa25 cilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, 

26 maintaining facilities primarily or inherently de-
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1 voted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging 

2 in any form of proselytization, consistent with section 

3 132. 

4 ‘‘(8) Consistent with section 132, providing a di5 rect benefit to any— 

6 ‘‘(A) business organized for profit; 

7 ‘‘(B) labor union; 

8 ‘‘(C) partisan political organization; 

9 ‘‘(D) nonprofit organization that fails to 

10 comply with the restrictions contained in section 

11 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, ex12 cept that nothing in this paragraph shall be con13 strued to prevent participants from engaging in 

14 advocacy activities undertaken at their own ini15 tiative; and 

16 ‘‘(E) organization engaged in the religious 

17 activities described in paragraph (7), unless the 

18 position is not used to support those religious ac19 tivities. 

20 ‘‘(9) Providing abortion services or referrals for 

21 receipt of such services. 

22 ‘‘(10) Conducting a voter registration drive or 

23 using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registra24 tion drive. 
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1 ‘‘(11) Carrying out such other activities as the 

2 Corporation may prohibit. 

3 ‘‘(b) INELIGIBILITY.—No assistance provided under 

4 this subtitle may be provided to any organization that has 

5 violated a Federal criminal statute. 

6 ‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYED WORKERS OR

7 OTHER VOLUNTEERS.—A participant in an approved na8 tional service position under this subtitle may not be di9 rected to perform any services or duties, or to engage in 

10 any activities, prohibited under the nonduplication, non11 displacement, or nonsupplantation requirements relating to 

12 employees and volunteers in section 177.’’. 

13 SEC. 1311. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

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

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

16 (2) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

18 (i) in the matter preceding subpara19 graph (A)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or 

22 (c) of section 122’’; and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘section 

24 129(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

25 129(d)’’; 
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1 (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) 

2 through (G) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) national service programs that— 

4 ‘‘(i) conform to the national service 

5 priorities in effect under section 122(f); 

6 ‘‘(ii) are innovative; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) are well established in 1 or more 

8 States at the time of the application and 

9 are proposed to be expanded to additional 

10 States using assistance provided under sec11 tion 121; 

12 ‘‘(B) grant programs in support of other 

13 national service programs if the grant programs 

14 are to be conducted by nonprofit organizations 

15 with demonstrated and extensive expertise in the 

16 provision of services to meet human, educational, 

17 environmental, or public safety needs; and 

18 ‘‘(C) professional corps programs described 

19 in section 122(c)(1)(D).’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 

21 129(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 129(d)’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsections (a) 

23 and (d)(1) of section 129’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections 

24 (d) and (e) of section 129’’; 

25 (4) in subsection (f)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 

2 129(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 129(e)’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘section 129(a)’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘section 129(e)’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3) of such 

7 subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘section 129(f)’’; 

8 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

9 (g); and 

10 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

11 ‘‘(f) VIEWS OF STATE COMMISSION.—In making com12 petitive awards under section 129(d), the Corporation shall 

13 solicit and consider the views of a State Commission re14 garding any application for assistance to carry out a na15 tional service program within the State.’’. 

16 SEC. 1312. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 

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

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

20 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

21 and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec22 tively; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

25 by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(2) or a program de-
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1 scribed in section 122(a)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec2 tion 122(a)(3)(B)(x)’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para4 graph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

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

6 inserting ‘‘(a)(4)’’. 

7 SEC. 1313. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI8 PANTS. 

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

10 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘conducted by 

11 the State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or other enti12 ty’’ and inserting ‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by inserting before 

14 the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, particularly 

15 those who were considered, at the time of their service, 

16 disadvantaged youth’’. 

17 SEC. 1314. TERMS OF SERVICE. 

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

19 (1) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less 

21 than 9 months and’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘during 

23 a period of—’’ and all that follows through the 

24 period at the end and inserting ‘‘during a period 

25 of not more than 2 years.’’; and 
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1 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PUR3 POSES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) EXTENSION.—An individual in an ap5 proved national service position performing serv6 ice directly related to disaster relief efforts may 

7 continue in a term of service for a period of 90 

8 days beyond the period otherwise specified in, as 

9 appropriate, this subsection or section 153(d) or 

10 in section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

11 Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4954). 

12 ‘‘(B) SINGLE TERM OF SERVICE.—A period 

13 of service performed by an individual in an 

14 originally-agreed to term of service and service 

15 performed under this paragraph shall constitute 

16 a single term of service for purposes of sub17 sections (b)(1) and (c) of section 146. 

18 ‘‘(C) BENEFITS.—An individual performing 

19 service under this paragraph may continue to re20 ceive a living allowance and other benefits under 

21 section 140 but may not receive an additional 

22 national service educational award under section 

23 141.’’; and 

24 (2) 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 the release, if the participant has 

5 otherwise performed satisfactorily and has com6 pleted at least 15 percent of the term of service’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

10 ‘‘provide to the participant that portion of 

11 the national service educational award’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘certify the participant’s eli13 gibility for that portion of the national 

14 service educational award’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘to allow return to the program with which 

17 the individual was serving in order’’. 

18 SEC. 1315. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 

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

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para22 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 

23 (3)’’; 

24 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 
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1 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

2 paragraph (2); 

3 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so 

4 redesignated) the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The 

6 living allowance that may be provided under para7 graph (1) to an individual whose term of service in8 cludes hours for which the individual receives a Fed9 eral work-study award under part C of title IV of the 

10 Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et 

11 seq.) shall be reduced by the amount of the individ12 ual’s Federal work study award.’’; and 

13 (E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a re14 duced term of service under section 139(b)(3)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘a term of service that is less than 

16 12 months’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include 

18 an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of such 

19 taxes’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

20 end and inserting ‘‘may be used to pay the taxes de21 scribed in this subsection.’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

24 (1)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(8)’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘section 122(c)(1)(D)’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

6 the end; 

7 (C) by striking paragraph (2); and 

8 (D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

9 paragraph (2); 

10 (4) in subsection (d)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and in13 serting ‘‘shall provide or make available’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) by striking the second sentence; 

16 and 

17 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘provide 

18 from its own funds’’ and inserting ‘‘provide from 

19 its own funds or make available’’; and 

20 (5) by striking subsections (g) and (h). 
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1 Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle 

2 D (National Service Trust and 

3 Provision of National Service 

4 Educational Awards) 

5 SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL 

6 SERVICE TRUST. 

7 (a) SUBTITLE HEADING.—The subtitle heading for 

8 subtitle D of title I is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust 

10 and Provision of Educational 

11 Awards’’. 

12 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST.—Section 145 (42 

13 U.S.C. 12601) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by striking ‘‘pursuant to section 

18 501(a)(2)’’; and 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

20 after ‘‘national service educational awards’’ 

21 the following: ‘‘, summer of service edu22 cational awards, and silver scholar edu23 cational awards’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (2)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘pursuant to section 

2 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to sec3 tion 196(a)(2), if the terms of such dona4 tions direct that the donated amounts be de5 posited in the National Service Trust’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

8 paragraph (4); and 

9 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(3) any amounts recovered by the Corporation 

12 pursuant to section 146A; and’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments 

14 of national service educational awards in accordance 

15 with section 148.’’ and inserting ‘‘for— 

16 ‘‘(1) payments of national service educational 

17 awards, summer of service educational awards, and 

18 silver scholar educational awards in accordance with 

19 section 148; and 

20 ‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with sec21 tion 148(e).’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (d)— 

23 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

24 ‘‘CONGRESS’’ and inserting ‘‘THE AUTHORIZING

25 COMMITTEES’’; 
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1 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

3 authorizing committees’’; 

4 (C) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by in5 serting ‘‘, summer of service educational awards, 

6 or silver scholar awards’’ after ‘‘national service 

7 educational awards’’ each place the term ap8 pears; and 

9 (D) in paragraph (4)— 

10 (i) by inserting ‘‘, additional approved 

11 summer of service positions, and additional 

12 approved silver scholar positions’’ after ‘‘ad13 ditional approved national service posi14 tions’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘under subtitle C’’. 

16 SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDU17 CATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST. 

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

19 (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDU22 CATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST.’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (a)— 

24 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

25 (1)— 
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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service 

2 educational award, or silver scholar edu3 cational award’’ after ‘‘national service edu4 cational award’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘if the organization responsible 

7 for the individual’s supervision in a na8 tional service program certifies that the in9 dividual’’; 

10 (B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements 

13 for the approved national service position, approved 

14 silver scholar position, or approved summer of service 

15 position, as appropriate, in which the individual 

16 served; 

17 ‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time national 

18 service educational award, successfully completed the 

19 required term of service described in subsection (b)(1) 

20 in the approved national service position; 

21 ‘‘(B) for a partial educational award in accord22 ance with section 139(c)— 

23 ‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being 

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1 ‘‘(ii) completed at least 15 percent of the re2 quired term of service described in subsection (b) 

3 for the approved national service position; 

4 ‘‘(C) for a summer of service educational award, 

5 successfully completed the required term of service de6 scribed in subsection (b)(2) in an approved summer 

7 of service position, as certified through a process de8 termined by the Corporation through regulations con9 sistent with section 138(f); or 

10 ‘‘(D) for a silver scholar educational award, suc11 cessfully completed the required term of service de12 scribed in subsection (b)(3) in an approved silver 

13 scholar position, as certified through a process deter14 mined by the Corporation through regulations con15 sistent with section 138(f); and’’. 

16 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

17 paragraph (3); 

18 (3) in subsection (b)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITION.— 

22 The term’’; and 

23 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(2) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSI25 TION.—The term of service for an approved summer 
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1 of service position shall not be less than 100 hours of 

2 service during the summer months. 

3 ‘‘(3) APPROVED SILVER SCHOLAR POSITION.— 

4 The term of service for an approved silver scholar po5 sition shall be not less than 350 hours during a 1- 

6 year period.’’; 

7 (4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERVICE

10 EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—An individual may not receive, 

11 through national service educational awards and silver 

12 scholar educational awards, more than an amount equal 

13 to the aggregate value of 2 such awards for full-time service. 

14 The value of summer of service educational awards that an 

15 individual receives shall have no effect on the aggregate 

16 value of the national service educational awards the indi17 vidual may receive.’’; 

18 (5) in subsection (d)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR REQUIRE21 MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL’’; 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an’’; 
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1 (iii) by inserting ‘‘or a silver scholar 

2 educational award’’ after ‘‘national service 

3 educational award’’; 

4 (iv) by inserting ‘‘or an approved sil5 ver scholar position, as applicable,’’ after 

6 ‘‘approved national service position’’; and 

7 (v) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an individual el9 igible to receive a summer of service edu10 cational award under this section may not 

11 use such award after the end of the 10-year 

12 period beginning on the date the individual 

13 completes the term of service in an ap14 proved summer of service position that is 

15 the basis of the award.’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in the matter preceding subpara18 graph (A) and in subparagraph (A), by in19 serting ‘‘, summer of service educational 

20 award, or silver scholar educational award’’ 

21 after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

23 ‘‘, or 10-year period, as appropriate’’ after 

24 ‘‘7-year period’’; and 
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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘, approved summer of service position, or 

3 approved silver scholar position’’ after ‘‘ap4 proved national service position’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL

7 AWARDS.—For purposes of applying paragraphs (1) 

8 and (2)(A) to an individual who is eligible to receive 

9 an educational award as a designated individual (as 

10 defined in section 148(f)(8)), references to a seven11 year period shall be considered to be references to a 

12 10-year period that begins on the date the individual 

13 who transferred the educational award to the des14 ignated individual completed the term of service in 

15 the approved national service position or approved 

16 silver scholar position that is the basis of the award.’’; 

17 and 

18 (6) in subsection (e)(1)— 

19 (A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under 

20 this section’’ the following: ‘‘or under section 

21 119(c)(8)’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a national 

23 service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, a 

24 summer of service educational award, or a silver 

25 scholar educational award’’. 
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1 SEC. 1403. CERTIFICATIONS. 

2 The Act is amended by adding after section 146 (42 

3 U.S.C. 12602) the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 146A. CERTIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION 

5 OF TERMS OF SERVICE. 

6 ‘‘(a) CERTIFICATIONS.—In making any authorized 

7 disbursement from the National Service Trust in regard to 

8 an eligible individual (including disbursement for a des9 ignated individual, as defined in section 148(f)(8), due to 

10 the service of an eligible individual) under section 146 who 

11 served in an approved national service position, an ap12 proved summer of service position, or an approved silver 

13 scholar position, the Corporation shall rely on a certifi14 cation. The certification shall be made by the entity that 

15 selected the individual for and supervised the individual in 

16 the approved national service position in which such indi17 vidual successfully completed a required term of service, in 

18 a national service program. 

19 ‘‘(b) EFFECT OF ERRONEOUS CERTIFICATIONS.—If the 

20 Corporation determines that the certification under sub21 section (a) is erroneous or incorrect, the Corporation shall 

22 assess against the national service program a charge for the 

23 amount of any associated payment or potential payment 

24 from the National Service Trust. In assessing the amount 

25 of the charge, the Corporation shall consider the full facts 
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1 and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect 

2 certification.’’. 

3 SEC. 1404. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDU4 CATIONAL AWARD. 

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

6 (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDU9 CATIONAL AWARD.’’; and 

10 (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(a) AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICE.— 

13 Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual de14 scribed in section 146(a) who successfully completes a re15 quired term of full-time national service in an approved 

16 national service position shall receive a national service 

17 educational award having a value equal to the maximum 

18 amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the 

19 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a 

20 student eligible for such Grant may receive in the aggregate 

21 (without regard to whether the funds are provided through 

22 discretionary or mandatory appropriations), for the award 

23 year for which the national service position is approved by 

24 the Corporation.’’; 
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1 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, for each of 

2 not more than 2 of such terms of service,’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(d) AMOUNT FOR SUMMER OF SERVICE.—An indi5 vidual described in section 146(a) who successfully com6 pletes a required summer of service term shall receive a 

7 summer of service educational award having a value, for 

8 each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 

9 $500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, 

10 equal to $750 in the case of a participant who is economi11 cally disadvantaged). 

12 ‘‘(e) AMOUNT FOR SILVER SCHOLARS.—An individual 

13 described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a re14 quired silver scholar term shall receive a silver scholar edu15 cational award having a value of $1,000.’’. 

16 SEC. 1405. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

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

18 (1) by striking the section heading and inserting 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘cost of 

23 attendance’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of attendance or 

24 other educational expenses’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
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1 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

2 paragraph (5); and 

3 (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an 

6 educational institution or training establishment that 

7 is approved under chapter 36 of title 38, United 

8 States Code, or other applicable provisions of law, for 

9 offering programs of education, apprenticeship, or on10 job training for which educational assistance may be 

11 provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

14 ‘‘the national service educational award of the 

15 individual’’ the following: ‘‘, an eligible indi16 vidual under section 146(a) who served in a 

17 summer of service program and desires to apply 

18 that individual’s summer of service educational 

19 award, or an eligible individual under section 

20 146(a) who served in a silver scholar program 

21 and desires to apply that individual’s silver 

22 scholar educational award,’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 

24 ‘‘the national service educational award’’ the fol25 lowing: ‘‘, the summer of service educational 
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1 award, or the silver scholar educational award, 

2 as applicable,’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting after 

4 ‘‘the national service educational award’’ the fol5 lowing: ‘‘, the summer of service educational 

6 award, or the silver scholar educational award, 

7 as applicable’’; and 

8 (D) in paragraph (7)— 

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

10 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

12 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

15 ‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described 

16 in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an 

17 institution of higher education to be necessary to 

18 cover a student’s educational expenses and made, 

19 insured, or guaranteed by— 

20 ‘‘(i) an eligible lender, as defined in 

21 section 435 of the Higher Education Act of 

22 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 

23 ‘‘(ii) the direct student loan program 

24 under part D of title IV of such Act (20 

25 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); 
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1 ‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 

2 ‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by 

3 the Corporation to be eligible to receive dis4 bursements from the National Service 

5 Trust.’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (c)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

8 ‘‘national service educational award’’ the fol9 lowing: ‘‘, an eligible individual under section 

10 146(a) who desires to apply the individual’s 

11 summer of service educational award, or an eli12 gible individual under section 146(a) who served 

13 in a silver scholar program and desires to apply 

14 that individual’s silver scholar educational 

15 award,’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

18 after ‘‘national service educational award’’ 

19 the following: ‘‘, summer of service edu20 cational award, or silver scholar edu21 cational award, as applicable,’’; and 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by in23 serting after ‘‘national service educational 

24 awards’’ the following: ‘‘, summer of service 
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1 educational awards, or silver scholar edu2 cational awards, as applicable,’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 

4 ‘‘national service educational awards’’ the fol5 lowing: ‘‘summer of service educational awards, 

6 or silver scholar educational awards’’; 

7 (D) in paragraph (5)— 

8 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

9 after ‘‘national service educational award’’ 

10 the following: ‘‘, summer of service edu11 cational award, or silver scholar edu12 cational award, as applicable,’’; and 

13 (ii) in the third sentence, by inserting 

14 before the period the following: ‘‘, additional 

15 approved summer of service positions, and 

16 additional approved silver scholar posi17 tions’’; and 

18 (E) in paragraph (6)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A), by inserting after ‘‘national 

21 service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, 

22 summer of service educational award, or sil23 ver scholar educational award’’; 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

2 ‘‘and other educational expenses’’ after ‘‘cost 

3 of attendance’’; and 

4 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 

5 inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) the student’s estimated financial as7 sistance for such period under part A of title IV 

8 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).’’; 

9 (5) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘na10 tional service educational awards’’ the following: ‘‘, 

11 summer of service educational awards, and silver 

12 scholar educational awards’’; 

13 (6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 

14 (b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; 

15 (7) in subsection (f)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’; and 

18 (B) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service edu19 cational award, or silver scholar educational 

20 award, as appropriate,’’ after ‘‘national service 

21 educational award’’; 

22 (8) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

23 subsections (g) and (h) respectively; and 

24 (9) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is eligible 

2 to receive a national service educational award or sil3 ver scholar educational award due to service in a pro4 gram described in paragraph (2) may elect to receive 

5 the award (in the amount described in the cor6 responding provision of section 147) and transfer the 

7 award to a designated individual. Subsections (b), 

8 (c), and (d) shall apply to the designated individual 

9 in lieu of the individual who is eligible to receive the 

10 national service educational award or silver scholar 

11 educational award, except that amounts refunded to 

12 the account under subsection (c)(5) on behalf of a des13 ignated individual may be used by the Corporation to 

14 fund additional placements in the national service 

15 program in which the eligible individual who trans16 ferred the national service educational award or silver 

17 scholar educational award participated for such 

18 award. 

19 ‘‘(2) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER.—An edu20 cational award may be transferred under this sub21 section if— 

22 ‘‘(A)(i) the award is a national service edu23 cational award for service in a national service 

24 program that receives a grant under subtitle C; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) before beginning the term of service in2 volved, the eligible individual is age 55 or older; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(B) the award is a silver scholarship edu5 cational award under section 198C(a). 

6 ‘‘(3) MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual transfer8 ring an educational award under this subsection 

9 may, on any date on which a portion of the edu10 cational award remains unused, modify or re11 voke the transfer of the educational award with 

12 respect to that portion. 

13 ‘‘(B) NOTICE.—A modification or revoca14 tion of the transfer of an educational award 

15 under this paragraph shall be made by the sub16 mission of written notice to the Corporation. 

17 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON TREATMENT OF TRANS18 FERRED AWARD AS MARITAL PROPERTY.—An edu19 cational award transferred under this subsection may 

20 not be treated as marital property, or the asset of a 

21 marital estate, subject to division in a divorce or 

22 other civil proceeding. 

23 ‘‘(5) DEATH OF TRANSFEROR.—The death of an 

24 individual transferring an educational award under 

25 this subsection shall not affect the use of the edu-
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1 cational award by the child, foster child, or grand2 child to whom the educational award is transferred if 

3 such educational award is transferred prior to the 

4 death of the individual. 

5 ‘‘(6) PROCEDURES TO PREVENT WASTE, FRAUD, 

6 OR ABUSE.—The Corporation shall establish require7 ments to prevent waste, fraud, or abuse in connection 

8 with the transfer of an educational award and to pro9 tect the integrity of the educational award under this 

10 subsection. 

11 ‘‘(7) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation 

12 may, as appropriate, provide technical assistance, to 

13 individuals and eligible entities carrying out national 

14 service programs, concerning carrying out this sub15 section. 

16 ‘‘(8) DEFINITION OF A DESIGNATED INDI17 VIDUAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘designated in18 dividual’ is an individual— 

19 ‘‘(A) whom an individual who is eligible to 

20 receive a national service educational award or 

21 silver scholar educational award due to service 

22 in a program described in paragraph (2) des23 ignates to receive the educational award; 

24 ‘‘(B) who meets the eligibility requirements 

25 of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 146(a); and 
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1 ‘‘(C) who is a child, foster child, or grand2 child of the individual described in subpara3 graph (A).’’. 

4 SEC. 1406. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 

6 12601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 149. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 

9 ‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C, 

11 D, and H, and any other provision of law, in approv12 ing a position as an approved national service posi13 tion, an approved summer of service position, or an 

14 approved silver scholar position, the Corporation— 

15 ‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time 

16 the Corporation— 

17 ‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agree18 ment with an individual participant to 

19 serve in a program carried out under sub20 title E of title I of this Act, section 198B or 

21 198C(a), or under title I of the Domestic 

22 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

23 4951 et seq.), a summer of service program 

24 described in section 119(c)(8), or a silver 
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1 scholarship program described in section 

2 198C(a); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 

4 awards a grant to (or enters into a contract 

5 or cooperative agreement with) an entity to 

6 carry out a program for which such a posi7 tion is approved under section 123; and 

8 ‘‘(B) shall record as an obligation an esti9 mate of the net present value of the national 

10 service educational award, summer of service 

11 educational award, or silver scholar educational 

12 award associated with the position, based on a 

13 formula that takes into consideration historical 

14 rates of enrollment in such a program, and of 

15 earning and using national service educational 

16 awards, summer of service educational awards, 

17 or silver scholar educational awards, as appro18 priate, for such a program and remain avail19 able. 

20 ‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula de21 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall 

22 consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget 

23 Office. 

24 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Execu25 tive Officer of the Corporation shall annually prepare 
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1 and submit to the authorizing committees a report 

2 that contains a certification that the Corporation is 

3 in compliance with the requirements of paragraph 

4 (1). 

5 ‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this sub6 section shall apply to each approved national service 

7 position, approved summer of service position, or ap8 proved silver scholarship position that the Corpora9 tion 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, approved 

22 summer of service positions, and approved silver 

23 scholar positions, for each fiscal year, the Cor24 poration shall place in the account— 
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1 ‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2010, a portion 

2 of the funds that were appropriated for fis3 cal year 2010 or a previous fiscal year 

4 under section 501 of this Act or section 501 

5 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

6 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available 

7 to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, 

8 section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A of title 

9 I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

10 1973, or summer of service programs de11 scribed in section 119(c)(8), and remain 

12 available; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2011 or a sub14 sequent fiscal year, a portion of the funds 

15 that were appropriated for that fiscal year 

16 under section 501 of this Act or section 501 

17 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

18 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available 

19 to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, 

20 section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A of title 

21 I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

22 1973, or summer of service programs de23 scribed in section 119(c)(8), and remain 

24 available. 
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1 ‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not 

2 obligate the funds in the reserve account until the 

3 Corporation— 

4 ‘‘(A) determines that the funds will not be 

5 needed for the payment of national service edu6 cational awards associated with previously ap7 proved national service positions, summer of 

8 service educational awards associated with pre9 viously approved summer of service positions, 

10 and silver scholar educational awards associated 

11 with previously approved silver scholar posi12 tions; or 

13 ‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment of 

14 national service educational awards for such pre15 viously approved national service positions, sum16 mer of service educational awards for such pre17 viously approved summer of service positions, or 

18 silver scholar educational awards for such pre19 viously approved silver scholar positions, as ap20 plicable. 

21 ‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation relat22 ing to the appropriated funds for approved national service 

23 positions, approved summer of service positions, and ap24 proved silver scholar positions, and the records dem25 onstrating the manner in which the Corporation has re-
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1 corded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obliga2 tions, shall be audited annually by independent certified 

3 public accountants or independent licensed public account4 ants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a 

5 State or other political subdivision of the United States in 

6 accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. A 

7 report containing the results of each such independent audit 

8 shall be included in the annual report required by sub9 section (a)(3). 

10 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as provided 

11 in subsection (b), all amounts included in the National 

12 Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 

13 145(a) shall be available for payments of national service 

14 educational awards, summer of service educational awards, 

15 or silver scholar educational awards under section 148.’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—The Strengthen 

17 AmeriCorps Program Act (42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 

18 Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle 

19 E (National Civilian Community 

20 Corps) 

21 SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 

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

23 follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 

2 ‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the oper3 ation of, and support for, residential and other service pro4 grams that combine the best practices of civilian service 

5 with the best aspects of military service, including leader6 ship and team building, to meet national and community 

7 needs. The needs to be met under such programs include 

8 those needs related to— 

9 ‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 

10 ‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 

11 ‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conserva12 tion; 

13 ‘‘(4) energy conservation; and 

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

15 SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

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

17 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COM20 MUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Com22 munity Corps Demonstration Program’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

24 (3) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 

25 subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

2 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na3 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

4 and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community 

6 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘a National Civilian Com7 munity Corps’’; and 

8 (4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(c) RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS.—Both programs re11 ferred to in subsection (b) may include a residential compo12 nent.’’. 

13 SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 

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

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

17 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na18 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 

21 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 

22 Community Corps’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) 

24 and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(1) is, or will be, at least 18 years of age on 

2 or before December 31 of the calendar year in which 

3 the individual enrolls in the program, but is not more 

4 than 24 years of age as of the date the individual be5 gins participating in the program; and’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (c)— 

7 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

8 ‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; 

9 and 

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

11 ‘‘The Director shall take appropriate steps, in12 cluding through outreach and recruitment activi13 ties, to increase the percentage of participants in 

14 the program who are disadvantaged youth to 50 

15 percent of all participants by year 2012. The Di16 rector shall report to the authorizing committees 

17 biennially on such steps, any challenges faced, 

18 and the annual participation rates of disadvan19 taged youth in the program.’’; 

20 (4) by striking subsection (d); and 

21 (5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

22 (d). 

23 SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 

24 Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

2 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na3 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

4 and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 

6 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 

7 Community Corps’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and 

9 all that follows through the period at the end and in10 serting ‘‘shall be from economically and ethnically di11 verse backgrounds, including youth who are in foster 

12 care.’’. 

13 SEC. 1505. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS. 

14 Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended— 

15 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

20 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na21 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

22 and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community 

24 Corps shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Civil25 ian Community Corps shall’’; 
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1 (3) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) by amending the subsection heading to 

3 read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY

5 CORPS.—’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Na7 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘campus’’; and 

13 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) TEAM LEADERS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may select 

16 individuals with prior supervisory or service ex17 perience to be team leaders within units in the 

18 National Civilian Community Corps, to perform 

19 service that includes leading and supervising 

20 teams of Corps members. Each team leader shall 

21 be selected without regard to the age limitation 

22 under section 153(b). 

23 ‘‘(B) RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—A team lead24 er shall be provided the same rights and benefits 

25 applicable to other Corps members, except that 
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1 the Director may increase the limitation on the 

2 amount of the living allowance under section 

3 158(b) by not more than 10 percent for a team 

4 leader.’’; 

5 (4) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) by amending the subsection heading to 

7 read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(d) CAMPUSES.—’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) by amending the paragraph head11 ing to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.—’’; 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘in campuses’’; 

15 (iii) by striking ‘‘Corps camp’’ and in16 serting ‘‘Corps campus’’; and 

17 (iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘in the campuses’’; 

19 (C) by amending paragraphs (2) and (3) to 

20 read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—There shall be a cam22 pus director for each campus. The campus director is 

23 the head of the campus. 

24 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—A campus 

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1 of a feasibility study, be located in a facility referred 

2 to in section 162(c).’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) by amending the subsection heading to 

5 read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘campuses are cost effective and 

9 are distributed’’; and 

10 (C) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and all that 

11 follows through the period at the end and insert12 ing ‘‘rural areas such that each Corps unit in a 

13 region can be easily deployed for disaster and 

14 emergency response to such region.’’; and 

15 (6) in subsection (f)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

20 such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding subpara23 graph (A), by striking ‘‘superintendent of a 

24 camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director of a 

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1 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

2 (I) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘superintend5 ent’s’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc6 tor’s’’; and 

7 (III) by striking ‘‘camp’’ each 

8 place such term appears and inserting 

9 ‘‘campus’’; and 

10 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

11 ‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus 

12 director’’; and 

13 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp 

14 superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc15 tor’’. 

16 SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 

17 Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil20 ian Community Corps’’; and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘The Director shall ensure that, to the extent 

23 practicable, each member of the Corps is trained 

24 in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to dis25 aster preparedness and response.’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 

2 period at the end the following: ‘‘, including a focus 

3 on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or 

4 conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban and 

5 rural development, or disaster preparedness needs, as 

6 appropriate’’; 

7 (3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.— 

10 Members of the cadre may provide, either directly or 

11 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, 

12 the advanced service training referred to in subsection 

13 (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or technical 

14 schools, other employment and training providers, ex15 isting youth service programs, other qualified individ16 uals, or organizations with expertise in training 

17 youth, including disadvantaged youth, in the skills 

18 described in such subsection.’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 

20 162(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’. 

21 SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS. 

22 Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com3 munity Corps’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

5 the semicolon the following: ‘‘, with specific em6 phasis on projects in support of infrastructure 

7 improvement, energy conservation, and urban 

8 and rural development’’; and 

9 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘service 

10 learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

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

14 ‘‘and the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

15 Development’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 

16 of Housing and Urban Development, the 

17 Administrator of the Environmental Protec18 tion Agency, the Administrator of the Fed19 eral Emergency Management Agency, the 

20 Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 

21 Transportation, and the Chief of the Forest 

22 Service’’; and 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
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1 (I) by inserting ‘‘community2 based entities and’’ before ‘‘representa3 tives of local communities’’; and 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both 

5 places such term appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘campus’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State 

8 Commissions,’’ before ‘‘and persons involved in 

9 other youth service programs.’’; and 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both 

13 places such term appears and inserting 

14 ‘‘campus director’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

16 such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

17 and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘camp 

19 superintendents’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc20 tors’’. 

21 SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 

22 Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘National’’ be24 fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

25 (2) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1)— 

3 (i) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Ci4 vilian Community Corps’’; and 

5 (ii) by inserting before the colon the 

6 following: ‘‘, as the Director determines ap7 propriate’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Cloth9 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Uniforms’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Rec11 reational services and supplies’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘Supplies’’. 

13 SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE. 

14 Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

17 by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Dem18 onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

19 Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ be22 fore ‘‘recommended’’; and 

23 (ii) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 

24 ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 

2 before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (c)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting 

5 ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

6 and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘The Director shall 

10 establish a permanent cadre of’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 

12 shall establish a permanent cadre that 

13 includes the Director and other ap14 pointed’’; and 

15 (II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be16 fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

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

18 ‘‘The Director shall appoint the members’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 

20 shall consider the recommendations of the 

21 Director in appointing the other members’’; 

22 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

23 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

24 (i), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in25 serting ‘‘the Chief Executive Officer’’; 
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1 (II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 162(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

3 162(b)’’; 

4 (III) in clause (iii), by striking 

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (IV) by redesignating clause (iv) 

7 as clause (v); and 

8 (V) by inserting after clause (iii) 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and 

11 other former law enforcement, fire, rescue, 

12 and emergency personnel, and other indi13 viduals with backgrounds in disaster pre14 paredness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 

15 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘to members’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘to other members’’; 

18 (II) by inserting after ‘‘tech19 niques’’ the following: ‘‘, including 

20 techniques for working with and en21 hancing the development of disadvan22 taged youth,’’; and 

23 (III) by striking ‘‘service learn24 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 

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1 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

3 ‘‘the members’’ and inserting ‘‘other mem4 bers’’; and 

5 (ii) in the third sentence, by striking 

6 ‘‘section 162(a)(2)(A)’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘162(b)(1)’’. 

8 SEC. 1510. STATUS OF CORPS MEMBERS AND CORPS PER9 SONNEL UNDER FEDERAL LAW. 

10 Section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) is amended by 

11 inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 

12 SEC. 1511. 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)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘sec20 tion 162(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Na23 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
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1 SEC. 1512. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

7 ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

8 Corps’’; and 

9 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik10 ing ‘‘the registry established by’’ and all 

11 that follows through the semicolon and in12 serting ‘‘the registry established by section 

13 1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘to be 

15 recommended for appointment’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘from which individuals may be selected for ap17 pointment by the Director’’; and 

18 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Na19 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

20 (2) by striking subsection (b). 

21 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 162 (42 

22 U.S.C. 12622), as amended by subsection (a), is further 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OTHER

25 DEPARTMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 

2 of subsection (a) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), re3 spectively, and aligning the margins of such sub4 sections with the margins of section 161(a) of the Act; 

5 (3) by striking ‘‘(a) SECRETARY’’ and all that 

6 follows through ‘‘OFFICE.—’’ and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(a) LIAISON OFFICE.—’’; 

9 (4) in subsection (a) (as amended by paragraph 

10 (3))— 

11 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

12 and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 

13 and aligning the margins of such paragraphs 

14 with the margins of section 161(b)(1) of the Act; 

15 and 

16 (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of 

17 paragraph (2) (as redesignated by subparagraph 

18 (A)) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 

19 and aligning the margins of such subparagraphs 

20 with the margins of section 161(b)(1)(A) of the 

21 Act; 

22 (5) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by para23 graph (2))— 

24 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 

25 (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), re-
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1 spectively, and aligning the margins of such 

2 paragraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1) 

3 of the Act; 

4 (B) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by 

5 subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

8 subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘subsection’’; and 

10 (6) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para11 graph (2))— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and in13 serting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

16 SEC. 1513. ADVISORY BOARD. 

17 Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of 

20 the Program, there shall also be’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘There shall be’’; 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil23 ian Community Corps Advisory Board’’; and 

24 (C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that fol25 lows through the period at the end and inserting 
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1 ‘‘to assist the Corps in responding rapidly and 

2 efficiently in times of natural and other disas3 ters. The Advisory Board members shall help co4 ordinate activities with the Corps as appro5 priate, including the mobilization of volunteers 

6 and coordination of volunteer centers to help 

7 local communities recover from the effects of nat8 ural and other disasters.’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 

11 (9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; 

12 (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emer15 gency Management Agency. 

16 ‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 

17 ‘‘(10) The Chief of the Forest Service. 

18 ‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental 

19 Protection Agency. 

20 ‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and 

21 (C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 

22 by striking ‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public 

23 and private organizations,’’. 

24 SEC. 1514. EVALUATIONS. 

25 Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended— 
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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL

2 EVALUATION’’ and inserting ‘‘EVALUATIONS’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘an annual evaluation’’ and in4 serting ‘‘periodic evaluations’’; 

5 (3) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps pro6 grams’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community 

7 Corps Program’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon 

9 completing each such evaluation, the Corporation 

10 shall transmit to the authorizing committees a report 

11 on the evaluation.’’. 

12 SEC. 1515. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 

13 Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 

14 SEC. 1516. DEFINITIONS. 

15 Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), as 

16 amended by this subtitle, is further amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating section 166 as 165; and 

18 (2) in section 165 (as redesignated by paragraph 

19 (1))— 

20 (A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and 

21 (9); 

22 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

23 through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), re24 spectively; 
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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus di4 rector’, with respect to a Corps campus, means the 

5 head of the campus under section 155(d). 

6 ‘‘(3) CORPS.—The term ‘Corps’ means the Na7 tional Civilian Community Corps required under sec8 tion 155 as part of the National Civilian Community 

9 Corps Program. 

10 ‘‘(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Corps campus’ 

11 means the facility or central location established as 

12 the operational headquarters and boarding place for 

13 particular Corps units.’’; 

14 (D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 

15 by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Dem16 onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

17 Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

18 (E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), 

19 by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com20 munity Corps’’; 

21 (F) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), 

22 by striking ‘‘The terms’’ and all that follows 

23 through ‘‘Demonstration Program’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘The term ‘Program’ means the National Civil25 ian Community Corps Program’’; and 
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1 (G) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 

2 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik3 ing ‘‘SERVICE LEARNING’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘SERVICE-LEARNING’’; and 

5 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by striking ‘‘service learning’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’. 

8 SEC. 1517. TERMINOLOGY. 

9 Subtitle E of title I (as so amended) (42 U.S.C. 12611 

10 et seq.) is further amended by striking the subtitle heading 

11 and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian 

13 Community Corps’’. 

14 Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle 

15 F (Administrative Provisions) 

16 SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 

17 Section 171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended 

18 by striking ‘‘with respect to a project’’ and inserting ‘‘with 

19 respect to a project authorized under the national service 

20 laws’’. 

21 SEC. 1602. REPORTS. 

22 Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘appropriate 

24 authorizing and appropriations Committees of Con25 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees, the 
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1 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of 

3 the Senate’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘the appro5 priate committees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the au6 thorizing committees, the Committee on Armed Serv7 ices of the House of Representatives, and the Com8 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate’’. 

9 SEC. 1603. USE OF FUNDS. 

10 Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(d) REFERRALS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A pro13 gram may not receive assistance under the national service 

14 laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal 

15 assistance programs or State assistance programs funded 

16 in part by the Federal Government.’’. 

17 SEC. 1604. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCE18 DURES. 

19 Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 

21 days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days 

22 not to exceed a total of 90 days’’; and 

23 (2) in subsection (f)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State 

2 or local applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

6 ‘‘and’’; 

7 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 

8 as subparagraph (E); and 

9 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

10 (C) the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) in a case in which the grievance is 

12 filed by an individual applicant or partici13 pant— 

14 ‘‘(i) the applicant’s selection or the 

15 participant’s reinstatement, as the case may 

16 be; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) other changes in the terms and 

18 conditions of service applicable to the indi19 vidual; and’’. 

20 SEC. 1605. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS. 

21 Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 

23 ‘‘under this title’’ each place it appears and inserting 

24 ‘‘under the national service laws’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘employee or 

2 position’’ and inserting ‘‘employee, position, or volun3 teer (other than a participant under the national 

4 service laws)’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive assist8 ance under the national service laws shall consult 

9 with the parents or legal guardians of children in de10 veloping and operating programs that include and 

11 serve children. 

12 ‘‘(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that re13 ceive assistance under the national service laws shall, 

14 before transporting minor children, provide the chil15 dren’s parents with the reason for the transportation 

16 and obtain the parents’ written permission for such 

17 transportation, consistent with State law.’’. 

18 SEC. 1606. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COM19 MUNITY SERVICE. 

20 Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘sections 

22 117B and 130’’ and inserting ‘‘section 130’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (c)(1)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘sec25 tion 122(a)’’ and all that follows through the pe-
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1 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), 

2 (b), or (c) of section 122.’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sec5 tor.’’; 

6 (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘, unless the 

7 State permits the representative to serve as a voting 

8 member of the State Commission or alternative ad9 ministrative entity’’; 

10 (4) in subsection (d)(6)(B), by striking ‘‘section 

11 193A(b)(11)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 193A(b)(12)’’; 

12 (5) in subsection (e)— 

13 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) Preparation of a national service plan for 

16 the State that— 

17 ‘‘(A) is developed, through an open and 

18 public process (such as through regional forums, 

19 hearings, and other means) that provides for 

20 maximum participation and input from the pri21 vate sector, organizations, and public agencies, 

22 using service and volunteerism as strategies to 

23 meet critical community needs, including service 

24 through programs funded under the national 

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1 ‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning 

2 of which may be set by the State; 

3 ‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief exec4 utive officer of the State; 

5 ‘‘(D) includes measurable goals and out6 comes for the State national service programs in 

7 the State consistent with the performance levels 

8 for national service programs as described in sec9 tion 179(k); 

10 ‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse commu11 nity-based agencies that serve underrepresented 

12 populations, through established networks and 

13 registries at the State level, or through the devel14 opment of such networks and registries; 

15 ‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of 

16 funding applications submitted by the State and 

17 other organizations within the State under the 

18 national service laws; 

19 ‘‘(G) is updated annually, reflecting changes 

20 in practices and policies that will improve the 

21 coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, 

22 and local resources for service and volunteerism 

23 within the State; 

24 ‘‘(H) ensures outreach to, and coordination 

25 with, municipalities (including large cities) and 
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1 county governments regarding the national serv2 ice laws; and 

3 ‘‘(I) contains such information as the State 

4 Commission considers to be appropriate or as the 

5 Corporation may require.’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sections 

7 117B and 130’’ and inserting ‘‘section 130’’; 

8 (6) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) 

9 as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; and 

10 (7) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

11 ‘‘(f) RELIEF FROM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIRE12 MENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan submitted under 

13 subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive for 

14 the State, or specify alternatives for the State to, adminis15 trative requirements (other than statutory provisions) oth16 erwise applicable to grants made to States under the na17 tional service laws, including those requirements identified 

18 by the State as impeding the coordination and effectiveness 

19 of Federal, State, and local resources for service and vol20 unteerism within the State. 

21 ‘‘(g) STATE SERVICE PLAN FOR ADULTS AGE 55 OR

22 OLDER.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

24 provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a 

25 grant or allotment under subtitle B or C or to receive 
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1 a distribution of approved national service positions 

2 under subtitle C, a State shall work with appropriate 

3 State agencies and private entities to develop a com4 prehensive State service plan for service by adults age 

5 55 or older. 

6 ‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The State service 

7 plan shall include— 

8 ‘‘(A) recommendations for policies to in9 crease service for adults age 55 or older, includ10 ing how to best use such adults as sources of so11 cial capital, and how to utilize their skills and 

12 experience to address community needs; 

13 ‘‘(B) recommendations to the State agency 

14 (as defined in section 102 of the Older Ameri15 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002)) on— 

16 ‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to busi17 nesses; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) outreach to— 

19 ‘‘(I) nonprofit organizations; 

20 ‘‘(II) the State educational agen21 cy; 

22 ‘‘(III) institutions of higher edu23 cation; and 

24 ‘‘(IV) other State agencies; 
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1 ‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engagement 

2 and multigenerational activities, such as— 

3 ‘‘(i) early childhood education and 

4 care, family literacy, and after school pro5 grams; 

6 ‘‘(ii) respite services for adults age 55 

7 or older and caregivers; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) transitions for older adults age 

9 55 or older to purposeful work in their post10 career lives; and 

11 ‘‘(D) recommendations for encouraging the 

12 development of Encore service programs in the 

13 State. 

14 ‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE BASE.—The State service plan 

15 shall incorporate the current knowledge base (as of the 

16 time of the plan) regarding— 

17 ‘‘(A) the economic impact of the roles of 

18 workers age 55 or older in the economy; 

19 ‘‘(B) the social impact of the roles of such 

20 workers in the community; and 

21 ‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of active 

22 engagement for adults age 55 or older. 

23 ‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State service plan shall 

24 be made available to the public and be transmitted to 

25 the Chief Executive Officer.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1607. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

2 Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 

3 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, di6 rectly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing 

7 evaluation of programs that receive assistance under the na8 tional service laws, including evaluations that measure the 

9 impact of such programs, to determine— 

10 ‘‘(1) the effectiveness of programs receiving as11 sistance under the national service laws in achieving 

12 stated goals and the costs associated with such pro13 grams, including an evaluation of each such pro14 gram’s performance based on the performance levels 

15 established under subsection (k); and 

16 ‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and mecha17 nisms for delivery of services, such as the effective uti18 lization of the participants’ time, the management of 

19 the participants, and the ease with which recipients 

20 were able to receive services, to maximize the cost ef21 fectiveness and the impact of such programs.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (g)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘National 

24 Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

25 Senior Service Corps’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to public 

2 service’’ and all that follows through the period 

3 at the end and inserting ‘‘to engage in service 

4 that benefits the community.’’; 

5 (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 

6 subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNT10 ABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 

11 addition to amounts appropriated to carry out this section, 

12 the Corporation may reserve not more than 1 percent of 

13 the total funds appropriated for a fiscal year under section 

14 501 of this Act and sections 501 and 502 of the Domestic 

15 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to support program account16 ability activities under this section. 

17 ‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—The Corporation shall, 

18 in consultation with each recipient of assistance under the 

19 national service laws, establish performance levels for such 

20 recipient to meet during the term of the assistance. The per21 formance levels may include, for each national service pro22 gram carried out by the recipient, performance levels based 

23 on the following performance measures: 

24 ‘‘(1) Number of participants enrolled in the pro25 gram and completing terms of service, as compared to 
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1 the stated participation and retention goals of the 

2 program. 

3 ‘‘(2) Number of volunteers recruited from the 

4 community in which the program was implemented. 

5 ‘‘(3) If applicable based on the program design, 

6 the number of individuals receiving or benefitting 

7 from the service conducted. 

8 ‘‘(4) Number of disadvantaged and underrep9 resented youth participants. 

10 ‘‘(5) Measures of the sustainability of the pro11 gram and the projects supported by the program, in12 cluding measures to ascertain the level of community 

13 support for the program or projects. 

14 ‘‘(6) Measures to ascertain the change in attitude 

15 toward civic engagement among the participants and 

16 the beneficiaries of the service. 

17 ‘‘(7) Other quantitative and qualitative measures 

18 as determined to be appropriate by the recipient of 

19 assistance and the Corporation. 

20 ‘‘(l) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient of assistance 

22 under the national service laws that fails, as deter23 mined by the Corporation, to meet or exceed the per24 formance levels agreed upon under subsection (k) for 

25 a national service program, shall reach an agreement 
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1 with the Corporation on a corrective action plan to 

2 meet such performance levels. 

3 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 

4 ‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that 

5 has received assistance under the national service 

6 laws for less than 3 years and for which the re7 cipient is failing to meet or exceed the perform8 ance levels agreed upon under subsection (k), the 

9 Corporation shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the 

11 recipient to address targeted performance 

12 problems relating to the performance levels 

13 for the program; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) require the recipient to submit 

15 quarterly reports on the program’s progress 

16 toward meeting the performance levels for 

17 the program to the— 

18 ‘‘(I) appropriate State, territory, 

19 or Indian tribe; and 

20 ‘‘(II) the Corporation. 

21 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a pro22 gram that has received assistance under the na23 tional service laws for 3 years or more and for 

24 which the recipient is failing to meet or exceed 

25 the performance levels agreed upon under sub-
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1 section (k), the Corporation shall require the re2 cipient to submit quarterly reports on the pro3 gram’s progress toward the performance levels for 

4 the program to— 

5 ‘‘(i) the appropriate State, territory, or 

6 Indian tribe; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Corporation. 

8 ‘‘(m) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—If, 

9 after a period for correction as approved by the Corporation 

10 in accordance with subsection (l), a recipient of assistance 

11 under the national service laws fails to meet or exceed the 

12 performance levels for a national service program, the Cor13 poration shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the assistance 

15 received by the underperforming recipient by at least 

16 25 percent, for each remaining year of the grant pe17 riod for that program; or 

18 ‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming 

19 recipient for that program, in accordance with section 

20 176(a). 

21 ‘‘(n) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to the 

22 authorizing committees not later than 2 years after the date 

23 of enactment of the Serve America Act, and annually there24 after, a report containing information on the number of— 
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1 ‘‘(1) recipients of assistance under the national 

2 service laws implementing corrective action plans 

3 under subsection (l)(1); 

4 ‘‘(2) recipients for which the Corporation pro5 vides technical assistance for a program under sub6 section (l)(2)(A)(i); 

7 ‘‘(3) recipients for which the Corporation termi8 nates assistance for a program under subsection (m); 

9 ‘‘(4) entities whose application for assistance 

10 under a national service law was rejected; and 

11 ‘‘(5) recipients meeting or exceeding their per12 formance levels under subsection (k).’’. 

13 SEC. 1608. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 

15 12631 et seq.), as amended by this subtitle, is further 

16 amended by inserting after section 179 the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 179A. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND VOLUN18 TEERING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION. 

19 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF PARTNERSHIP.—In this section, 

20 the term ‘partnership’ means the Corporation, acting in 

21 conjunction with (consistent with the terms of an agreement 

22 entered into between the Corporation and the National Con23 ference) the National Conference on Citizenship referred to 

24 in section 150701 of title 36, United States Code, to carry 

25 out this section. 
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1 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall facilitate 

2 the establishment of a Civic Health Assessment by— 

3 ‘‘(1) after identifying public and private sources 

4 of civic health data, selecting a set of civic health in5 dicators, in accordance with subsection (c), that shall 

6 comprise the Civic Health Assessment; 

7 ‘‘(2) obtaining civic health data relating to the 

8 Civic Health Assessment, in accordance with sub9 section (d); and 

10 ‘‘(3) conducting related analyses, and reporting 

11 the data and analyses, as described in paragraphs (4) 

12 and (5) of subsection (d) and subsections (e) and (f). 

13 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF INDICATORS FOR CIVIC HEALTH

14 ASSESSMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFYING SOURCES.—The partnership 

16 shall select a set of civic health indicators that shall 

17 comprise the Civic Health Assessment. In making 

18 such selection, the partnership— 

19 ‘‘(A) shall identify public and private 

20 sources of civic health data; 

21 ‘‘(B) shall explore collaborating with other 

22 similar efforts to develop national indicators in 

23 the civic health domain; and 

24 ‘‘(C) may sponsor a panel of experts, such 

25 as one convened by the National Academy of 
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1 Sciences, to recommend civic health indicators 

2 and data sources for the Civic Health Assess3 ment. 

4 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ADVICE.—At the request of the 

5 partnership, the Director of the Bureau of the Census 

6 and the Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall pro7 vide technical advice to the partnership on the selec8 tion of the indicators for the Civic Health Assessment. 

9 ‘‘(3) UPDATES.—The partnership shall periodi10 cally evaluate and update the Civic Health Assess11 ment, and may expand or modify the indicators de12 scribed in subsection (d)(1) as necessary to carry out 

13 the purposes of this section. 

14 ‘‘(d) DATA ON THE INDICATORS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) SPONSORED DATA COLLECTION.—In identi16 fying the civic health indicators for the Civic Health 

17 Assessment, and obtaining data for the Assessment, 

18 the partnership may sponsor the collection of data for 

19 the Assessment or for the various civic health indica20 tors being considered for inclusion in the Assessment, 

21 including indicators related to— 

22 ‘‘(A) volunteering and community service; 

23 ‘‘(B) voting and other forms of political and 

24 civic engagement; 

25 ‘‘(C) charitable giving; 
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1 ‘‘(D) connecting to civic groups and faith2 based organizations; 

3 ‘‘(E) interest in employment, and careers, 

4 in public service in the nonprofit sector or gov5 ernment; 

6 ‘‘(F) understanding and obtaining knowl7 edge of United States history and government; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(G) social enterprise and innovation. 

10 ‘‘(2) DATA FROM STATISTICAL AGENCIES.—The 

11 Director of the Bureau of the Census and the Commis12 sioner of Labor Statistics shall collect annually, to the 

13 extent practicable, data to inform the Civic Health 

14 Assessment, and shall report data from such collection 

15 to the partnership. In determining the data to be col16 lected, the Director and the Commissioner shall exam17 ine privacy issues, response rates, and other relevant 

18 issues. 

19 ‘‘(3) SOURCES OF DATA.—To obtain data for the 

20 Civic Health Assessment, the partnership shall con21 sider— 

22 ‘‘(A) data collected through public and pri23 vate sources; and 

24 ‘‘(B) data collected by the Bureau of the 

25 Census, through the Current Population Survey, 
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1 or by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accord2 ance with paragraph (2). 

3 ‘‘(4) DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.—The 

4 partnership shall seek to obtain data for the Civic 

5 Health Assessment that will permit the partnership to 

6 analyze the data by age group, race and ethnicity, 

7 education level, and other demographic characteristics 

8 of the individuals involved. 

9 ‘‘(5) OTHER ISSUES.—In obtaining data for the 

10 Civic Health Assessment, the partnership may also 

11 obtain such information as may be necessary to ana12 lyze— 

13 ‘‘(A) the role of Internet technology in 

14 strengthening and inhibiting civic activities; 

15 ‘‘(B) the role of specific programs in 

16 strengthening civic activities; 

17 ‘‘(C) the civic attitudes and activities of 

18 new citizens and immigrants; and 

19 ‘‘(D) other areas related to civic activities. 

20 ‘‘(e) REPORTING OF DATA.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall, not 

22 less often than once each year, prepare a report con23 taining— 
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1 ‘‘(A) detailed data obtained under sub2 section (d), including data on the indicators 

3 comprising the Civic Health Assessment; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the analyses described in paragraphs 

5 (4) and (5) of subsection (d), to the extent prac6 ticable based on the data the partnership is able 

7 to obtain. 

8 ‘‘(2) AGGREGATION AND PRESENTATION.—The 

9 partnership shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate 

10 the data on the civic health indicators comprising the 

11 Civic Health Assessment by community, by State, 

12 and nationally. The report described in paragraph 

13 (1) shall present the aggregated data in a form that 

14 enables communities and States to assess their civic 

15 health, as measured on each of the indicators com16 prising the Civic Health Assessment, and compare 

17 those measures with comparable measures of other 

18 communities and States. 

19 ‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—The partnership shall submit 

20 the report to the authorizing committees, and make 

21 the report available to the general public on the Cor22 poration’s website. 

23 ‘‘(f) PUBLIC INPUT.—The partnership shall— 

24 ‘‘(1) identify opportunities for public dialogue 

25 and input on the Civic Health Assessment; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) hold conferences and forums to discuss the 

2 implications of the data and analyses reported under 

3 subsection (e). 

4 ‘‘(g) VOLUNTEERING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) RESEARCH.—The partnership shall provide 

6 for baseline research and tracking of domestic and 

7 international volunteering, and baseline research and 

8 tracking related to relevant data on the indicators de9 scribed in subsection (d). In providing for the re10 search and tracking under this subsection, the part11 nership shall consider data from the Supplements to 

12 the Current Populations Surveys conducted by the 

13 Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statis14 tics, and data from other public and private sources, 

15 including other data collected by the Bureau of the 

16 Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

17 ‘‘(2) IMPACT RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—The 

18 partnership shall sponsor an independent evaluation 

19 of the impact of domestic and international volun20 teering, including an assessment of best practices for 

21 such volunteering, and methods of improving such 

22 volunteering through enhanced collaboration among— 

23 ‘‘(A) entities that recruit, manage, support, 

24 and utilize volunteers; 

25 ‘‘(B) institutions of higher education; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) research institutions. 

2 ‘‘(h) DATABASE PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this Act 

3 shall be construed to authorize the development, implemen4 tation, or maintenance of a Federal database of personally 

5 identifiable information on individuals participating in 

6 data collection for sources of information under this sec7 tion.’’. 

8 SEC. 1609. CONTINGENT EXTENSION. 

9 Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘Section 414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’. 

11 SEC. 1610. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 

12 Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to 

13 read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCY SUBMISSION.—The head 

16 of each Federal agency and department shall prepare 

17 and submit to the Corporation a report concerning 

18 the implementation of this section, including an eval19 uation of the agency or department’s performance on 

20 performance goals and benchmarks for each partner21 ship program of the agency or department. 

22 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corporation 

23 shall prepare and submit to the authorizing commit24 tees a compilation of the information received under 

25 paragraph (1).’’. 
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1 SEC. 1611. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPY2 ING. 

3 Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

6 by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 

7 with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘terri9 tory,’’ after ‘‘local government,’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

12 by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 

13 with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 

14 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘terri15 tory’’ after ‘‘local government,’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Consistent with otherwise 

18 applicable law, the Inspector General of the Corporation 

19 shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, 

20 any books, documents, papers, records, and other recorded 

21 information in any form— 

22 ‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Cor23 poration or any State or local government, territory, 

24 Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organiza25 tion receiving assistance directly or indirectly under 

26 the national service laws; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) that relates to— 

2 ‘‘(A) such assistance; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the duties of the Inspector General 

4 under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

5 U.S.C. App.).’’. 

6 SEC. 1612. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

7 Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amend8 ed by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 185. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION AND REPORTING 

10 REQUIREMENTS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To promote efficiency and elimi12 nate duplicative requirements, the Corporation shall con13 solidate or modify application procedures and reporting re14 quirements for programs, projects, and activities funded 

15 under the national service laws. 

16 ‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 

17 months after the effective date of the Serve America Act, 

18 the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing committees 

19 a report containing information on the actions taken to 

20 consolidate or modify the application procedures and re21 porting requirements for programs, projects, and activities 

22 funded under the national service laws, including a descrip23 tion of the procedures for consultation with recipients of 

24 the funding. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 186. SUSTAINABILITY. 

2 ‘‘The Corporation, after consultation with State Com3 missions and recipients of assistance, may set sustain4 ability goals for projects or programs under the national 

5 service laws, so that recipients of assistance under the na6 tional service laws are carrying out sustainable projects or 

7 programs. Such sustainability goals shall be in writing and 

8 shall be used— 

9 ‘‘(1) to build the capacity of the projects or pro10 grams that receive assistance under the national serv11 ice laws to meet community needs; 

12 ‘‘(2) in providing technical assistance to recipi13 ents of assistance under the national service laws re14 garding acquiring and leveraging non-Federal funds 

15 for support of the projects or programs that receive 

16 such assistance; and 

17 ‘‘(3) to determine whether the projects or pro18 grams, receiving such assistance, are generating suffi19 cient community support. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 187. GRANT PERIODS. 

21 ‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corpora22 tion has authority to award a grant or contract, or enter 

23 into a cooperative agreement, under the national service 

24 laws for a period of 3 years. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 188. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 

2 ‘‘In making decisions on applications for assistance or 

3 approved national service positions under the national serv4 ice laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration the 

5 extent to which the applicant’s proposal will increase the 

6 involvement of volunteers in meeting community needs. In 

7 reviewing the application for this purpose, the Corporation 

8 may take into account the mission of the applicant. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 189. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 

10 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as 

11 otherwise provided by this section, the amount of funds ap12 proved by the Corporation for a grant to operate a program 

13 authorized under the national service laws, for supporting 

14 individuals serving in approved national service positions, 

15 may not exceed $18,000 per full-time equivalent position. 

16 ‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation 

17 under subsection (a), and the increased limitation under 

18 subsection (e)(1), shall apply to the Corporation’s share of 

19 the member support costs, staff costs, and other costs to op20 erate a program authorized under the national service laws 

21 incurred, by the recipient of the grant. 

22 ‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limi23 tation under subsection (a), and the increased limitation 

24 under subsection (e)(1), shall not apply to expenses under 

25 a grant authorized under the national service laws to oper-
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1 ate a program that are not included in the grant award 

2 for operating the program. 

3 ‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amounts 

4 specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted each 

5 year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Consumer 

6 Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Sec7 retary of Labor. 

8 ‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE9 MENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 

11 increase the limitation under subsection (a) to not 

12 more than $19,500 per full-time equivalent position if 

13 necessary to meet the compelling needs of a particular 

14 program, such as— 

15 ‘‘(A) exceptional training needs for a pro16 gram serving disadvantaged youth; 

17 ‘‘(B) the need to pay for increased costs re18 lating to the participation of individuals with 

19 disabilities; 

20 ‘‘(C) the needs of tribal programs or pro21 grams located in the territories; and 

22 ‘‘(D) the need to pay for start-up costs asso23 ciated with a first-time recipient of assistance 

24 under a program of the national service laws. 
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1 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer 

2 shall report to the authorizing committees annually 

3 on all limitations increased under this subsection, 

4 with an explanation of the compelling needs justi5 fying such increases. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 189A. MATCHING FUNDS FOR SEVERELY ECONOMI7 CALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, a severely economically distressed community 

10 that receives assistance from the Corporation for any pro11 gram under the national service laws shall not be subject 

12 to any requirements to provide matching funds for any such 

13 program, and the Federal share of such assistance for such 

14 a community may be 100 percent. 

15 ‘‘(b) SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMU16 NITY.—For the purposes of this section, the term ‘severely 

17 economically distressed community’ means— 

18 ‘‘(1) an area that has a mortgage foreclosure 

19 rate, home price decline, and unemployment rate all 

20 of which are above the national average for such rates 

21 or level, for the most recent 12 months for which satis22 factory data are available; or 

23 ‘‘(2) a residential area that lacks basic living ne24 cessities, such as water and sewer systems, electricity, 

25 paved roads, and safe, sanitary housing. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 189B. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

2 ‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit 

3 and reporting requirements as provided in the Chief Finan4 cial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 901 note; Public Law 

5 101–576) and chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code 

6 (commonly known as the ‘Government Corporation Control 

7 Act’). The Corporation shall report to the authorizing com8 mittees any failure to comply with such requirements. 

9 ‘‘SEC. 189C. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 

10 AND USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 

11 ‘‘(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—Nothing in the na12 tional service laws shall be construed to authorize an officer 

13 or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, 

14 or control a State, local educational agency, or school’s cur15 riculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State or 

16 local resources, or mandate a State or any subdivision 

17 thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for 

18 under this Act. 

19 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION ON ENDORSEMENT OF CUR20 RICULUM.—Notwithstanding any other prohibition of Fed21 eral law, no funds provided to the Corporation under this 

22 Act may be used by the Corporation to endorse, approve, 

23 or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an ele24 mentary school or secondary school. 

25 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING FEDERAL APPROVAL

26 OR CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any 
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1 other provision of Federal law, not State shall be required 

2 to have academic content or student academic achievement 

3 standards approved or certified by the Federal Government, 

4 in order to receive assistance under this Act. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 189D. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each entity selecting individuals 

7 to serve in a position in which the individuals receive a 

8 living allowance, stipend, national service educational 

9 award, or salary through a program receiving assistance 

10 under the national service laws, shall, subject to regulations 

11 and requirements established by the Corporation, conduct 

12 criminal history checks for such individuals. 

13 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check under 

14 subsection (a) shall, except in cases approved for good cause 

15 by the Corporation, include— 

16 ‘‘(1) a name-based search of the National Sex Of17 fender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 

18 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

19 16901 et seq.); and 

20 ‘‘(2)(A) a search of the State criminal registry or 

21 repository in the State in which the program is oper22 ating and the State in which the individual resides 

23 at the time of application; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bu2 reau of Investigation for a national criminal history 

3 background check. 

4 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall 

5 be ineligible to serve in a position described under sub6 section (a) if such individual— 

7 ‘‘(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history 

8 check described in subsection (b); 

9 ‘‘(2) makes a false statement in connection with 

10 such criminal history check; 

11 ‘‘(3) is registered, or is required to be registered, 

12 on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex 

13 Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 

14 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

15 16901 et seq.); or 

16 ‘‘(4) has been convicted of murder, as described 

17 in section 1111 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 

18 SEC. 1613. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 

19 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle F of title I is further 

20 amended by inserting after section 184 the following: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 184A. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 

22 ‘‘A reference in subtitle C, D, E, or H of title I regard23 ing an entity eligible to receive direct or indirect assistance 

24 to carry out a national service program shall include a non25 profit organization promoting competitive and non-com-
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1 petitive sporting events involving individuals with disabil2 ities (including the Special Olympics), which enhance the 

3 quality of life for individuals with disabilities.’’. 

4 SEC. 1614. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS 

5 WORKING WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 

6 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 189D, as added by section 

7 1612, is further amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH

10 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 

12 (b), on and after the date that is 2 years after the 

13 date of enactment of the Serve America Act, a crimi14 nal history check under subsection (a) for each indi15 vidual described in paragraph (2) shall, except for an 

16 entity described in paragraph (3), include— 

17 ‘‘(A) a name-based search of the National 

18 Sex Offender Registry established under the 

19 Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

20 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); 

21 ‘‘(B) a search of the State criminal registry 

22 or repository in the State in which the program 

23 is operating and the State in which the indi24 vidual resides at the time of application; and 
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1 ‘‘(C) submitting fingerprints to the Federal 

2 Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal 

3 history background check. 

4 ‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS WITH ACCESS TO VULNERABLE

5 POPULATIONS.—An individual described in this para6 graph is an individual age 18 or older who— 

7 ‘‘(A) serves in a position in which the indi8 vidual receives a living allowance, stipend, na9 tional service educational award, or salary 

10 through a program receiving assistance under 

11 the national service laws; and 

12 ‘‘(B) as a result of such individual’s service 

13 in such position, has or will have access, on a 

14 recurring basis, to— 

15 ‘‘(i) children age 17 years or younger; 

16 ‘‘(ii) individuals age 60 years or older; 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(iii) individuals with disabilities. 

19 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this sub20 section shall not apply to an entity— 

21 ‘‘(A) where the service provided by individ22 uals serving with the entity to a vulnerable pop23 ulation described in paragraph (2)(B) is episodic 

24 in nature or for a 1-day period; 
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1 ‘‘(B) where the cost to the entity of com2 plying with this subsection is prohibitive; 

3 ‘‘(C) where the entity is not authorized, or 

4 is otherwise unable, under State law, to access 

5 the national criminal history background check 

6 system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

7 ‘‘(D) where the entity is not authorized, or 

8 is otherwise unable, under Federal law, to access 

9 the national criminal history background check 

10 system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or 

11 ‘‘(E) to which the Corporation otherwise 

12 provides an exemption from this subsection for 

13 good cause.’’. 

14 (b) FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL

15 HISTORY CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS.— 

16 (1) FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EFFICIENCY AND EF17 FECTIVENESS REGARDING CRIMINAL HISTORY

18 CHECK.—The Attorney General of the United States 

19 shall conduct a study that shall examine, to the extent 

20 discernible and as of the date of the study, the fol21 lowing: 

22 (A) The state of criminal history checks (in23 cluding the use of fingerprint collection) at the 

24 State and local level, including— 
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1 (i) the available infrastructure for con2 ducting criminal history checks; 

3 (ii) the State system capacities to con4 duct such criminal history checks; and 

5 (iii) the time required for each State to 

6 process an individual’s fingerprints for a 

7 national criminal history background check 

8 through the Federal Bureau of Investiga9 tion, from the time of fingerprint collection 

10 to the submission to the Federal Bureau of 

11 Investigation. 

12 (B) The likelihood that each State would 

13 participate in a nationwide system of criminal 

14 history checks to provide information regarding 

15 participants to entities receiving assistance 

16 under the national service laws. 

17 (C) The number of participants that would 

18 require a fingerprint-based national criminal 

19 history background check under the national 

20 service laws. 

21 (D) The impact of the national service laws 

22 on the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identi23 fication System of the Federal Bureau of Inves24 tigation in terms of capacity and impact on 

25 other users of the system, including the effect on 
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1 the work practices and staffing levels of the Fed2 eral Bureau of Investigation. 

3 (E) The fees charged by the Federal Bureau 

4 of Investigation, States, local agencies, and pri5 vate companies to collect and process finger6 prints and conduct criminal history checks. 

7 (F) The existence of model or best practice 

8 programs regarding conducting criminal history 

9 checks that could easily be expanded and dupli10 cated in other States. 

11 (G) The extent to which private companies 

12 are currently performing criminal history 

13 checks, and the possibility of using private com14 panies in the future to perform any of the crimi15 nal history check process, including the collection 

16 and transmission of fingerprints and fitness de17 terminations. 

18 (H) The cost of development and operation 

19 of the technology and the infrastructure nec20 essary to establish a nationwide fingerprint21 based and other criminal background check sys22 tem. 

23 (I) The extent of State participation in the 

24 procedures for background checks under the Na-
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1 tional Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 

2 5119 et seq.). 

3 (J) The extent to which States provide ac4 cess to nationwide criminal history checks to or5 ganizations that serve children. 

6 (K) The extent to which States permit vol7 unteers and other individuals to appeal adverse 

8 fitness determinations, and whether similar pro9 cedures are required at the Federal level. 

10 (L) Any privacy concerns that may arise 

11 from nationwide criminal background checks for 

12 participants. 

13 (M) Any other information determined rel14 evant by the Attorney General. 

15 (2) INTERIM REPORT.—Based on the findings of 

16 the study under paragraph (1), the Attorney General 

17 shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the en18 actment of this Act, submit to the appropriate com19 mittees of Congress an interim report, which may in20 clude recommendations regarding criminal history 

21 checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with or22 ganizations that work with children, the elderly, or 

23 individuals with disabilities. 

24 (3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

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1 eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 

2 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

3 Pensions of the Senate and to the Committee on the 

4 Judiciary and the Committee on Education and 

5 Labor of the House of Representatives, a final report 

6 including recommendations regarding criminal his7 tory checks for participants under the national service 

8 laws, which may include— 

9 (A) a proposal for grants to States to de10 velop or improve programs to collect fingerprints 

11 and perform criminal history checks for individ12 uals that seek to volunteer with organizations 

13 that work with children, the elderly, or individ14 uals with disabilities; and 

15 (B) recommendations for amendments to the 

16 National Child Protection Act of 1993 and the 

17 Volunteers for Children Act so that entities re18 ceiving assistance under the national service 

19 laws can promptly and affordably conduct na20 tionwide criminal history background checks on 

21 their employees and volunteers. 

22 (4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 

23 ‘‘authorizing committees’’, ‘‘participants’’, and ‘‘na24 tional service laws’’ have the meanings given such 
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1 terms in section 101 of the National and Community 

2 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, 

4 subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of enactment of 

5 this Act. 

6 Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle 

7 G (Corporation for National and 

8 Community Service) 

9 SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 

10 Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each appointed 

14 member shall serve for a term of 5 years.’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(e) SERVICE UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.— 

17 A voting member of the Board whose term has expired may 

18 continue to serve on the Board until the date on which the 

19 member’s successor takes office, which period shall not ex20 ceed 1 year.’’. 

21 SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DU22 TIES. 

23 Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amended— 

24 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

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1 bility for setting overall policy for the Corporation 

2 and shall—’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 

4 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and review the 

5 budget proposal in advance of submission to the Of6 fice of Management and Budget’’; 

7 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 at the end; 

10 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

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

13 ‘‘(C) review the performance of the Chief Execu14 tive Officer annually and forward a report on that re15 view to the President;’’; 

16 (4) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ 

17 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the authorizing 

18 committees’’; 

19 (5) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(10) notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law— 

23 ‘‘(A) make grants to or contracts with Fed24 eral and other public departments or agencies, 

25 and private nonprofit organizations, for the as-
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1 signment or referral of volunteers under the pro2 visions of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Serv3 ice Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) (except 

4 as provided in section 108 of such Act), which 

5 may provide that the agency or organization 

6 shall pay all or a part of the costs of the pro7 gram; and 

8 ‘‘(B) enter into agreements with other Fed9 eral agencies or private nonprofit organizations 

10 for the support of programs under the national 

11 service laws, which— 

12 ‘‘(i) may provide that the agency or 

13 organization shall pay all or a part of the 

14 costs of the program, except as is provided 

15 in section 121(b); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) shall provide that the program 

17 (including any program operated by an18 other Federal agency) will comply with all 

19 requirements related to evaluation, perform20 ance, and other goals applicable to similar 

21 programs under the national service laws, 

22 as determined by the Corporation,’’; and 

23 (6) in paragraph (11)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place it ap25 pears and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’; 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘section 193A(b)(10)’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘section 193A(b)(11)’’; and 

3 (C) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘January 1, 2012’’. 

5 SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 

6 Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by 

7 striking the period and inserting ‘‘, plus 3 percent.’’. 

8 SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXEC9 UTIVE OFFICER. 

10 Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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

13 by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘, in collabo14 ration with the State Commissions, shall—’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a 

16 strategic plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a plan 

17 for having 50 percent of all approved national 

18 service positions be full-time positions by 2012,’’; 

19 (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 

20 approved summer of service positions, and ap21 proved silver scholar positions’’ after ‘‘approved 

22 national service positions’’; 

23 (D) by redesignating paragraphs (7) 

24 through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12), re25 spectively; 
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1 (E) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(7) prepare and submit to the authorizing com4 mittees and the Board an annual report on actions 

5 taken to achieve the goal of having 50 percent of all 

6 approved national service positions be full-time posi7 tions by 2012 as described in paragraph (1), includ8 ing an assessment of the progress made toward 

9 achieving that goal and the actions to be taken in the 

10 coming year toward achieving that goal;’’; 

11 (F) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

12 (A) of paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), by 

13 striking ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’; 

15 (G) in paragraph (11) (as so redesig16 nated)— 

17 (i) in the matter preceding subpara18 graph (A), by striking ‘‘by June 30, 1995,’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘periodically,’’; 

20 (ii) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

21 (I) by striking ‘‘described in sec22 tion 122(c)(1)’’; and 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘national prior24 ities designed to meet the’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘national priorities, as described 
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1 in section 122(f)(1), designed to meet’’; 

2 and 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ after a semicolon; 

5 (H) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), 

6 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

7 a semicolon; and 

8 (I) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(13) bolster the public awareness of and recruit10 ment efforts for the wide range of service opportuni11 ties for citizens of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic 

12 status or geographic location, through a variety of 

13 methods, including— 

14 ‘‘(A) print media; 

15 ‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging tech16 nologies; 

17 ‘‘(C) television; 

18 ‘‘(D) radio; 

19 ‘‘(E) presentations at public or private fo20 rums; 

21 ‘‘(F) other innovative methods of commu22 nication; and 

23 ‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic develop24 ment, State employment security agencies, labor 

25 organizations and trade associations, local edu-
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1 cational agencies, institutions of higher edu2 cation, agencies and organizations serving vet3 erans and individuals with disabilities, and 

4 other institutions or organizations from which 

5 participants for programs receiving assistance 

6 from the national service laws can be recruited; 

7 ‘‘(14) identify and implement methods of recruit8 ment to— 

9 ‘‘(A) increase the diversity of participants 

10 in the programs receiving assistance under the 

11 national service laws; and 

12 ‘‘(B) increase the diversity of service spon13 sors of programs desiring to receive assistance 

14 under the national service laws; 

15 ‘‘(15) coordinate with organizations of former 

16 participants of national service programs for service 

17 opportunities that may include capacity building, 

18 outreach, and recruitment for programs receiving as19 sistance under the national service laws; 

20 ‘‘(16) collaborate with organizations with dem21 onstrated expertise in supporting and accommodating 

22 individuals with disabilities, including institutions of 

23 higher education, to identify and implement methods 

24 of recruitment to increase the number of participants 
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1 who are individuals with disabilities in the programs 

2 receiving assistance under the national service laws; 

3 ‘‘(17) identify and implement recruitment strate4 gies and training programs for bilingual volunteers 

5 in the National Senior Service Corps under title II 

6 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; 

7 ‘‘(18) collaborate with organizations that have 

8 established volunteer recruitment programs to in9 crease the recruitment capacity of the Corporation; 

10 ‘‘(19) where practicable, provide application ma11 terials in languages other than English for individ12 uals with limited English proficiency who wish to 

13 participate in a national service program; 

14 ‘‘(20) collaborate with the training and technical 

15 assistance programs described in subtitle J with re16 spect to the activities described in section 199N(b)); 

17 ‘‘(21) coordinate the clearinghouses described in 

18 section 198O; 

19 ‘‘(22) coordinate with entities receiving funds 

20 under subtitle C in establishing the National Service 

21 Reserve Corps under section 198H, through which 

22 alumni of the national service programs and veterans 

23 can serve in disasters and emergencies (as such terms 

24 are defined in section 198H(a)); 
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1 ‘‘(23) identify and implement strategies to in2 crease awareness among Indian tribes of the types 

3 and availability of assistance under the national serv4 ice laws, increase Native American participation in 

5 programs under the national service laws, collect in6 formation on challenges facing Native American com7 munities, and designate a Strategic Advisor for Na8 tive American Affairs to be responsible for the execu9 tion of those activities under the national service 

10 laws; 

11 ‘‘(24) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion of 

12 economically disadvantaged individuals in national 

13 service programs and activities authorized under the 

14 national service laws; and 

15 ‘‘(25) ensure that outreach, awareness, and re16 cruitment efforts are consistent with the Americans 

17 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 

18 seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

19 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (9)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place 

23 the term occurs and inserting ‘‘the author24 izing committees’’; and 

25 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 

2 paragraph (11); and 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in 

6 evaluating applications to the Corporation for assist7 ance under this title; and’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (f)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘date 

9 specified in subsection (b)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

10 first date that a report is submitted under subsection 

11 (b)(11) after the effective date of the Serve America 

12 Act’’; and 

13 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH BUSINESSES.— 

15 The Chief Executive Officer may, through contracts or coop16 erative agreements, carry out the marketing duties described 

17 in subsection (b)(13), with priority given to those entities 

18 that have established expertise in the recruitment of dis19 advantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and older 

20 adults. 

21 ‘‘(i) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Chief Execu22 tive Officer may conduct a campaign to solicit funds to con23 duct outreach and recruitment campaigns to recruit a di24 verse population of service sponsors of, and participants in, 
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1 programs and projects receiving assistance under the na2 tional service laws.’’. 

3 SEC. 1705. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STATUS. 

4 Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in6 serting the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Cor8 poration a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be ap9 pointed by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 

10 subsections (a) and (b) of section 195.’’; and 

11 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para12 graph (2). 

13 SEC. 1706. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES 

14 CONTRACTS. 

15 Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 

18 ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘terri19 tory,’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEM22 BER’’ and inserting ‘‘NONVOTING MEMBER’’; 

23 and 

24 (ii) by inserting ‘‘nonvoting’’ before 

25 ‘‘member’’; and 
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Corpora4 tion may enter into personal services contracts to carry out 

5 research, evaluation, and public awareness related to the 

6 national service laws.’’. 

7 SEC. 1707. DONATED SERVICES. 

8 Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in11 serting the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.— 

13 Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 

14 States Code, the Corporation may solicit and ac15 cept the services of organizations and individuals 

16 (other than participants) to assist the Corpora17 tion in carrying out the duties of the Corpora18 tion under the national service laws, and may 

19 provide to such individuals the travel expenses 

20 described in section 192A(d).’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

22 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

23 by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘A person who provides assistance, ei25 ther individually or as a member of an or-
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1 ganization, in accordance with subpara2 graph (A)’’; 

3 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volun4 teer under this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘such 

5 a person’’; 

6 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volun7 teers under this subtitle’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘such persons’’; and 

9 (iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘such a 

10 volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 

11 and 

12 (C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 

13 ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a per14 son’’; and 

15 (2) by striking paragraph (3). 

16 SEC. 1708. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 

17 Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further 

18 amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 196B. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 

20 ‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT.—In accordance with section 

21 193A(c)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may assign to State 

22 Commissions specific programmatic functions upon a deter23 mination that such an assignment will increase efficiency 

24 in the operation or oversight of a program under the na25 tional service laws. In carrying out this section, and before 
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1 executing any assignment of authority, the Corporation 

2 shall seek input from and consult Corporation employees, 

3 State Commissions, State educational agencies, and other 

4 interested stakeholders. 

5 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the effec6 tive date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall 

7 submit a report to the authorizing committees describing 

8 the consultation process described in subsection (a), includ9 ing the stakeholders consulted, the recommendation of stake10 holders, and any actions taken by the Corporation under 

11 this section.’’. 

12 SEC. 1709. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS. 

13 Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further 

14 amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 196C. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS. 

16 ‘‘(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—The Corporation shall 

17 conduct a study and submit a report to the authorizing 

18 committees, not later than 3 years after the effective date 

19 of the Serve America Act, on— 

20 ‘‘(1) the number of veterans serving in national 

21 service programs historically by year; 

22 ‘‘(2) strategies being undertaken to identify the 

23 specific areas of need of veterans, including any goals 

24 set by the Corporation for veterans participating in 

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1 ‘‘(3) the impact of the strategies described in 

2 paragraph (2) and the Veterans Corps on enabling 

3 greater participation by veterans in the national serv4 ice programs carried out under the national service 

5 laws; 

6 ‘‘(4) how existing programs and activities car7 ried out under the national service laws could be im8 proved to serve veterans, veterans service organiza9 tions, families of active-duty military, including gaps 

10 in services to veterans; 

11 ‘‘(5) the extent to which existing programs and 

12 activities carried out under the national service laws 

13 are coordinated and recommendations to improve 

14 such coordination including the methods for ensuring 

15 the efficient financial organization of services directed 

16 towards veterans; and 

17 ‘‘(6) how to improve utilization of veterans as re18 sources and volunteers. 

19 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the studies and 

20 preparing the reports required under this subsection, the 

21 Corporation shall consult with veterans’ service organiza22 tions, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, State veterans agen23 cies, the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, and other in24 dividuals and entities the Corporation considers appro25 priate.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE 

2 PROGRAMS FOR DISPLACED WORKERS IN 

3 SERVICES CORPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 

4 AND TO DEVELOP PILOT PROGRAM PLAN5 NING STUDY. 

6 (a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation shall conduct 

7 a study to identify— 

8 (1) specific areas of need for displaced workers; 

9 (2) how existing programs and activities (as of 

10 the time of the study) carried out under the national 

11 service laws could better serve displaced workers and 

12 communities that have been adversely affected by 

13 plant closings and job losses; 

14 (3) prospects for better utilization of displaced 

15 workers as resources and volunteers; and 

16 (4) methods for ensuring the efficient financial 

17 organization of services directed towards displaced 

18 workers. 

19 (b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out in 

20 consultation with the Secretary of Labor, State labor agen21 cies, and other individuals and entities the Corporation 

22 considers appropriate. 

23 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the effective 

24 date of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the author25 izing committees a report on the results of the planning 

26 study required by subsection (a), together with a plan for 
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1 implementation of a pilot program using promising strate2 gies and approaches for better targeting and serving dis3 placed workers. 

4 (d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 

5 to carry out this section, the Corporation shall develop and 

6 carry out a pilot program based on the findings and plan 

7 in the report submitted under subsection (c). 

8 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corpora9 tion’’, ‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service 

10 laws’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of 

11 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

12 U.S.C. 12511). 

13 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

14 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 

15 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 

16 through 2014. 

17 SEC. 1711. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 

18 AGENCY COORDINATION. 

19 (a) STUDY.—In order to reduce administrative bur20 dens and lower costs for national service programs carried 

21 out under the national service laws, the Corporation shall 

22 conduct a study to determine the feasibility and effective23 ness of implementing a data matching system under which 

24 the statements of an individual declaring that such indi25 vidual is in compliance with the requirements of section 
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1 146(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 

2 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602(a)(3)) shall be verified by the Cor3 poration by comparing information provided by the indi4 vidual with information relevant to such a declaration in 

5 the possession of other Federal agencies. Such study shall— 

6 (1) review the feasibility of— 

7 (A) expanding, and participating in, the 

8 data matching conducted by the Department of 

9 Education with the Social Security Administra10 tion and the Department of Homeland Security, 

11 pursuant to section 484(g) of the Higher Edu12 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(g)); or 

13 (B) establishing a comparable system of 

14 data matching with the Social Security Admin15 istration and the Department of Homeland Secu16 rity; and 

17 (2) identify— 

18 (A) the costs, for both the Corporation and 

19 the other Federal agencies identified in para20 graph (1), associated with expanding or estab21 lishing such a system of data matching; 

22 (B) the benefits or detriments of such an ex23 panded or comparable system both for the Cor24 poration and for the other Federal agencies so 

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1 (C) strategies for ensuring the privacy and 

2 security of participant information that is 

3 shared between Federal agencies and organiza4 tions receiving assistance under the national 

5 service laws; 

6 (D) the information that needs to be shared 

7 in order to fulfill the eligibility requirements of 

8 section 146(a)(3) of the National and Commu9 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

10 12602(a)(3)); 

11 (E) an alternative system through which an 

12 individual’s compliance with section 146(a)(3) of 

13 such Act may be verified, should such an ex14 panded or comparable system fail to verify the 

15 individual’s declaration of compliance; and 

16 (F) recommendations for implementation of 

17 such an expanded or comparable system. 

18 (b) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation shall carry out 

19 the study in consultation with the Secretary of Education, 

20 the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, 

21 the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other Federal 

22 agencies, entities, and individuals that the Corporation con23 siders appropriate. 

24 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the effec25 tive date of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the 
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1 authorizing committees a report on the results of the study 

2 required by subsection (a) and a plan for implementation 

3 of a pilot data matching program using promising strate4 gies and approaches identified in such study, if the Cor5 poration determines such program to be feasible. 

6 (d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 

7 to carry out this section, the Corporation may develop and 

8 carry out a pilot data matching program based on the re9 port submitted under subsection (c). 

10 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corpora11 tion’’, ‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service 

12 laws’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of 

13 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

14 U.S.C. 12511). 

15 SEC. 1712. STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 

18 the United States shall develop performance measures for 

19 each program receiving Federal assistance under the na20 tional service laws. 

21 (b) CONTENTS.—The performance measures developed 

22 under subsection (a) shall— 

23 (1) to the maximum extent practicable draw on 

24 research-based, quantitative data; 
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1 (2) take into account program purpose and pro2 gram design; 

3 (3) include criteria to evaluate the cost effective4 ness of programs receiving assistance under the na5 tional service laws; 

6 (4) include criteria to evaluate the administra7 tion and management of programs receiving Federal 

8 assistance under the national service laws; and 

9 (5) include criteria to evaluate oversight and ac10 countability of recipients of assistance through such 

11 programs under the national service laws. 

12 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the develop13 ment of the performance measures under subsection (a), and 

14 every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the 

15 United States shall prepare and submit to the authorizing 

16 committees and the Corporation’s Board of Directors a re17 port containing an assessment of each such program with 

18 respect to the performance measures developed under sub19 section (a). 

20 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘authorizing com22 mittees’’, ‘‘Corporation’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ 

23 have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of 

24 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

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1 (2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means an 

2 entire program carried out by the Corporation under 

3 the national service laws, such as the entire 

4 AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C. 

5 SEC. 1713. VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CORPS STUDY. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Many managers seek opportunities to give 

8 back to their communities and address the Nation’s 

9 challenges. 

10 (2) Managers possess business and technical 

11 skills that make them especially suited to help non12 profit organizations and State and local governments 

13 create efficiencies and cost savings and develop pro14 grams to serve communities in need. 

15 (3) There are currently a large number of busi16 nesses and firms who are seeking to identify savings 

17 through sabbatical opportunities for senior employees. 

18 (b) STUDY AND PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall— 

20 (1) conduct a study on how best to establish and 

21 implement a Volunteer Management Corps program; 

22 and 

23 (2) submit a plan regarding the establishment of 

24 such program to Congress and to the President. 
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1 (c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study de2 scribed in subsection (b)(1), the Corporation may consult 

3 with experts in the private and nonprofit sectors. 

4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, 

5 this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle 

8 H (Investment for Quality and 

9 Innovation) 

10 SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO SUBTITLE H. 

11 Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is 

12 amended by inserting after the subtitle heading and before 

13 section 198 the following: 

14 ‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES 

15 TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 

16 SEC. 1802. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUP17 PORT NATIONAL SERVICE. 

18 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 198 (42 

19 U.S.C. 12653) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection (r)’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

22 (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 

23 subsection (b), by striking ‘‘to improve the quality’’ 

24 and all that follows through ‘‘including—’’ and in25 serting ‘‘to address emergent needs through summer 
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1 programs and other activities, and to support service2 learning programs and national service programs, in3 cluding—’’; 

4 (3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), 

5 (i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating sub6 sections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as sub7 sections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively. 

8 (b) GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAYS.—Section 198 (42 

9 U.S.C. 12653), as amended in subsection (a), is further 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by sub12 section (a)(3))— 

13 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

14 ‘‘NATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘GLOBAL’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘National Youth’’ each 

16 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Global Youth’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking the first sentence and 

19 inserting ‘‘April 24, 2009, and April 23, 

20 2010, are each designated as ‘Global Youth 

21 Service Days’.’’; and 

22 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

23 ‘‘appropriate ceremonies and activities’’ 

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1 munity improvement and service-learning 

2 activities’’; 

3 (D) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘and other Federal de5 partments and agencies’’ after ‘‘Corpora6 tion’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘ceremonies and activi8 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘youth-led community 

9 improvement and service-learning activi10 ties’’; and 

11 (E) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and 

12 other Federal departments and agencies’’ after 

13 ‘‘Corporation’’. 

14 (c) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN AND SEPTEMBER

15 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), 

16 as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding 

17 at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(j) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not later than 180 

19 days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, 

20 the Corporation shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call To Serv21 ice’ campaign, to encourage all people of the United States, 

22 regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion, or economic sta23 tus, to engage in full- or part-time national service, long24 or short-term public service in the nonprofit sector or gov25 ernment, or volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the 
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1 Corporation may collaborate with other Federal agencies 

2 and entities, State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and 

3 faith-based organizations, businesses, institutions of higher 

4 education, elementary schools, and secondary schools. 

5 ‘‘(k) SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation 

7 may organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies 

8 and activities, which may include activities that are 

9 part of the broader Call to Service Campaign under 

10 subsection (j), in order to observe the September 11th 

11 National Day of Service and Remembrance at the 

12 Federal level. 

13 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make 

14 grants and provide other support to community-based 

15 organizations to assist in planning and carrying out 

16 appropriate service, charity, and remembrance oppor17 tunities in conjunction with the September 11th Na18 tional Day of Service and Remembrance. 

19 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation may 

20 consult with and make grants or provide other forms 

21 of support to nonprofit organizations with expertise 

22 in representing families of victims of the September 

23 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted con24 stituencies, and in promoting the establishment of 
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1 September 11 as an annually recognized National 

2 Day of Service and Remembrance.’’. 

3 SEC. 1803. REPEALS. 

4 (a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

5 (1) CLEARINGHOUSES.—Section 198A (42 

6 U.S.C. 12653a). 

7 (2) MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEM8 ONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 

9 12653c). 

10 (3) SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Sec11 tion 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d). 

12 (b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 198B (42 U.S.C. 

13 12653b) is redesignated as section 198A. 

14 SEC. 1804. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS. 

15 Section 198A(a)(2) (as redesignated by section 

16 1803(b)) (42 U.S.C. 12653b(a)(2)) is further amended by 

17 striking ‘‘section 101(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 

18 SEC. 1805. NEW FELLOWSHIPS. 

19 Part I of subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) 

20 is further amended by adding at the end the following new 

21 sections: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 198B. SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS. 

23 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 ‘‘(1) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term ‘area 

2 of national need’ means an area involved in efforts 

3 to— 

4 ‘‘(A) improve education in schools for eco5 nomically disadvantaged students; 

6 ‘‘(B) expand and improve access to health 

7 care; 

8 ‘‘(C) improve energy efficiency and conserve 

9 natural resources; 

10 ‘‘(D) improve economic opportunities for 

11 economically disadvantaged individuals; or 

12 ‘‘(E) improve disaster preparedness and re13 sponse. 

14 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.—The 

15 term ‘eligible fellowship recipient’ means an indi16 vidual who is selected by a State Commission under 

17 subsection (c) and, as a result of such selection, is eli18 gible for a ServeAmerica Fellowship. 

19 ‘‘(3) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means an eligi20 ble fellowship recipient who is awarded a 

21 ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a fellow 

22 under subsection (e)(2). 

23 ‘‘(4) SMALL SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION.— 

24 The term ‘small service sponsor organization’ means 

25 a service sponsor organization described in subsection 
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1 (d)(1) that has not more than 10 full-time employees 

2 and 10 part-time employees. 

3 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro5 priated under section 501(a)(4)(B) and allotted under 

6 paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation shall make grants 

7 (including financial assistance and a corresponding 

8 allotment of approved national service positions), to 

9 the State Commission of each of the several States, the 

10 District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puer11 to Rico with an application approved under this sec12 tion, to enable such State Commissions to award 

13 ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e). 

14 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allotted to 

16 a State Commission for a fiscal year shall be 

17 equal to an amount that bears the same ratio to 

18 the amount appropriated under section 

19 501(a)(4)(B), as the population of the State 

20 bears to the total population of the several 

21 States, the District of Columbia, and the Com22 monwealth of Puerto Rico. 

23 ‘‘(B) REALLOTMENT.—If a State Commis24 sion does not apply for an allotment under this 

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1 Commission’s application is not approved, the 

2 Corporation shall reallot the amount of the State 

3 Commission’s allotment to the remaining State 

4 Commissions in accordance with subparagraph 

5 (A). 

6 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of the 

7 amount allotted to a State Commission under 

8 subparagraph (A), not more than 1.5 percent of 

9 such amount may be used for administrative 

10 costs. 

11 ‘‘(3) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of ap14 proved national service positions under this sub15 section during each of fiscal years 2010 through 

16 2014; 

17 ‘‘(B) establish the number of approved posi18 tions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and 

19 ‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved 

20 positions to— 

21 ‘‘(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011; 

22 ‘‘(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

23 ‘‘(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and 

24 ‘‘(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014. 

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1 ‘‘(A) REQUIRED USES.—A grant awarded 

2 under this subsection shall be used to enable fel3 lows to carry out service projects in areas of na4 tional need. 

5 ‘‘(B) PERMITTED USES.—A grant awarded 

6 under this subsection may be used for— 

7 ‘‘(i) oversight activities and mecha8 nisms for the service sites of the fellows, as 

9 determined necessary by the State Commis10 sion or the Corporation, which may include 

11 site visits; 

12 ‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experi13 ence of fellows, including activities to en14 gage the fellows in networking opportunities 

15 with other national service participants; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activi18 ties for fellows. 

19 ‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

20 grant under this subsection, a State Commission shall 

21 submit an application to the Corporation at such 

22 time, in such manner, and containing such informa23 tion as the Corporation may require, including infor24 mation on the criteria and procedures that the State 

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1 lowship placements for service projects, under sub2 section (e). 

3 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An applicant desiring 

6 to become an eligible fellowship recipient shall 

7 submit an application to a State Commission 

8 that has elected to participate in the program 

9 authorized under this section, at such time and 

10 in such manner as the Commission may require, 

11 and containing the information described in sub12 paragraph (B) and such additional information 

13 as the Commission may require. An applicant 

14 may submit such application to only 1 State 

15 Commission for a fiscal year. 

16 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall 

17 specify information to be provided in an appli18 cation submitted under this subsection, which— 

19 ‘‘(i) shall include— 

20 ‘‘(I) a description of the area of 

21 national need that the applicant in22 tends to address in the service project; 

23 ‘‘(II) a description of the skills 

24 and experience the applicant has to 

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1 ‘‘(III) a description of the type of 

2 service the applicant plans to provide 

3 as a fellow; and 

4 ‘‘(IV) information identifying the 

5 local area within the State served by 

6 the Commission in which the applicant 

7 plans to serve for the service project; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(ii) may include, if the applicant 

10 chooses, the size of the registered service 

11 sponsor organization with which the appli12 cant hopes to serve. 

13 ‘‘(2) SELECTION.—Each State Commission 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) select, from the applications received 

16 by the State Commission for a fiscal year, the 

17 number of eligible fellowship recipients that may 

18 be supported for that fiscal year based on the 

19 amount of the grant received by the State Com20 mission under subsection (b); and 

21 ‘‘(B) make an effort to award one-third of 

22 the fellowships available to the State Commission 

23 for a fiscal year, based on the amount of the 

24 grant received under subsection (b), to applicants 

25 who propose to serve the fellowship with small 
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1 service sponsor organizations registered under 

2 subsection (d). 

3 ‘‘(d) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor organi5 zation shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; 

7 ‘‘(B) satisfy qualification criteria estab8 lished by the Corporation or the State Commis9 sion, including standards relating to organiza10 tional capacity, financial management, and pro11 grammatic oversight; 

12 ‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other assistance, 

13 approved national service positions, or approved 

14 summer of service positions under the national 

15 service laws; and 

16 ‘‘(D) at the time of registration with a 

17 State Commission, enter into an agreement pro18 viding that the service sponsor organization 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) abide by all program require21 ments; 

22 ‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in 

23 subsection (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving 

24 with the organization through the 

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1 ‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying 

2 whether each fellow serving with the organi3 zation successfully completed the 

4 ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and 

5 certify in a manner specified by the Cor6 poration the number of hours served by a 

7 fellow for purposes of determining the fel8 low’s eligibility for benefits; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records 

10 relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to 

11 the State Commission, the Corporation, and 

12 the Inspector General of the Corporation. 

13 ‘‘(2) REGISTRATION.— 

14 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—No service sponsor 

15 organization may receive a fellow under this sec16 tion until the organization registers with the 

17 State Commission. 

18 ‘‘(B) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The State Com19 mission shall maintain a list of registered service 

20 sponsor organizations on a public website. 

21 ‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—If a State Commission 

22 determines that a service sponsor organization is 

23 in violation of any of the applicable provisions 

24 of this section— 
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1 ‘‘(i) the State Commission shall revoke 

2 the registration of the organization; 

3 ‘‘(ii) the organization shall not be eli4 gible to receive assistance, approved na5 tional service positions, or approved sum6 mer of service positions under this title for 

7 not less than 5 years; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) the State Commission shall have 

9 the right to remove a fellow from the orga10 nization and relocate the fellow to another 

11 site. 

12 ‘‘(e) FELLOWS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate 

14 in a service project as a fellow and receive a 

15 ServeAmerica Fellowship, an eligible fellowship re16 cipient shall— 

17 ‘‘(A) within 3 months after being selected as 

18 an eligible fellowship recipient by a State Com19 mission, select a registered service sponsor orga20 nization described in subsection (d)— 

21 ‘‘(i) with which the recipient is inter22 ested in serving under this section; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) that is located in the State served 

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1 ‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with the orga2 nization— 

3 ‘‘(i) that specifies the service the recipi4 ent will provide if the placement is ap5 proved; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) in which the recipient agrees to 

7 serve for 1 year on a full-time or part-time 

8 basis (as determined by the Corporation); 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(C) submit such agreement to the State 

11 Commission. 

12 ‘‘(2) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible fellow13 ship recipient’s agreement under paragraph (1), the 

14 State Commission shall award a ServeAmerica Fel15 lowship to the recipient and designate the recipient as 

16 a fellow. 

17 ‘‘(3) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts received 

19 under subsection (b), each State Commission 

20 shall award each of the State’s fellows a 

21 ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that is equal 

22 to 50 percent of the amount of the average an23 nual VISTA subsistence allowance. 

24 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPONSOR OR25 GANIZATION.— 
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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

2 in clause (ii) and subparagraph (E), the 

3 service sponsor organization shall award to 

4 the fellow serving such organization an 

5 amount that will ensure that the total 

6 award received by the fellow for service in 

7 the service project (consisting of such 

8 amount and the ServeAmerica Fellowship 

9 amount the fellow receives under subpara10 graph (A)) is equal to or greater than 70 

11 percent of the average annual VISTA sub12 sistence allowance. 

13 ‘‘(ii) SMALL SERVICE SPONSOR ORGA14 NIZATIONS.—In the case of a small service 

15 sponsor organization, the small service 

16 sponsor organization may decrease the 

17 amount of the service sponsor organization 

18 award required under clause (i) to not less 

19 than an amount that will ensure that the 

20 total award received by the fellow for service 

21 in the service project (as calculated in 

22 clause (i)) is equal to or greater than 60 

23 percent of the average annual VISTA sub24 sistence allowance. 
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1 ‘‘(C) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The 

2 total amount that may be provided to a fellow 

3 under this subparagraph shall not exceed 100 

4 percent of the average annual VISTA subsistence 

5 allowance. 

6 ‘‘(D) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In the case 

7 of a fellow who is authorized to serve a part-time 

8 term of service under the agreement described in 

9 paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the amount provided to a 

10 fellow under this paragraph shall be prorated ac11 cordingly. 

12 ‘‘(E) WAIVER.—The Corporation may allow 

13 a State Commission to waive the amount re14 quired under subparagraph (B) from the service 

15 sponsor organization for a fellow serving the or16 ganization if— 

17 ‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent 

18 with the objectives of the ServeAmerica Fel19 lowship program; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fellow 

21 under subparagraph (A) is sufficient to 

22 meet the necessary costs of living (including 

23 food, housing, and transportation) in the 

24 area in which the ServeAmerica Fellowship 

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1 ‘‘(F) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

2 term ‘average annual VISTA subsistence allow3 ance’ means the total average annual subsistence 

4 allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under 

5 section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

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

7 ‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CAT8 EGORIES.—Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall 

9 comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that 

10 section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall be 

11 considered to be a reference to assistance provided under 

12 this section. 

13 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization 

14 that receives a fellow under this section shall, on a biweekly 

15 basis, report to the Corporation on the number of hours 

16 served and the services provided by that fellow. The Cor17 poration shall establish a web portal for the organizations 

18 to use in reporting the information. 

19 ‘‘(h) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves in 

20 a service project under this section shall be considered to 

21 have served in an approved national service position and, 

22 upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for full-time 

23 or part-time national service, shall be eligible for a national 

24 service educational award described in such section. The 

25 Corporation shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds 
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1 to the National Service Trust to provide for the national 

2 service educational award for such fellow. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOW4 SHIPS. 

5 ‘‘(a) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.— 

6 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 

7 award fixed-amount grants (in accordance with sec8 tion 129(l)) to community-based entities to carry out 

9 a Silver Scholarship Grant Program for individuals 

10 age 55 or older, in which such individuals complete 

11 not less than 350 hours of service in a year carrying 

12 out projects of national need and receive a Silver 

13 Scholarship in the form of a $1,000 national service 

14 educational award. Under such a program, the Cor15 poration shall establish criteria for the types of the 

16 service required to be performed to receive such 

17 award. 

18 ‘‘(2) TERM.—Each program funded under this 

19 subsection shall be carried out over a period of 3 

20 years (which may include 1 planning year), with a 

21 1-year extension possible, if the program meets per22 formance levels developed in accordance with section 

23 179(k) and any other criteria determined by the Cor24 poration. 
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1 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant 

2 under this subsection, a community-based entity 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) submit to the Corporation an applica5 tion at such time and in such manner as the 

6 Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) be a listed organization as described in 

9 subsection (b)(4). 

10 ‘‘(4) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—A commu11 nity-based entity awarded a grant under this sub12 section is encouraged to collaborate with programs 

13 funded under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Serv14 ice Act of 1973 in carrying out this program. 

15 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY FOR FELLOWSHIP.—An indi16 vidual is eligible to receive a Silver Scholarship if the 

17 community-based entity certifies to the Corporation 

18 that the individual has completed not less than 350 

19 hours of service under this section in a 1-year period. 

20 ‘‘(6) TRANSFER TO TRUST.—The Corporation 

21 shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds to the 

22 National Service Trust to provide for the national 

23 service educational award for each silver scholar 

24 under this subsection. 
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1 ‘‘(7) SUPPORT SERVICES.—A community-based 

2 entity receiving a fixed-amount grant under this sub3 section may use a portion of the grant to provide 

4 transportation services to an eligible individual to 

5 allow such individual to participate in a service 

6 project. 

7 ‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 

9 award 1-year Encore Fellowships to enable individ10 uals age 55 or older to— 

11 ‘‘(A) carry out service projects in areas of 

12 national need; and 

13 ‘‘(B) receive training and development in 

14 order to transition to full- or part-time public 

15 service in the nonprofit sector or government. 

16 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the program, 

17 the Corporation shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) maintain a list of eligible organiza19 tions for which Encore Fellows may be placed to 

20 carry out service projects through the program 

21 and shall provide the list to all Fellowship re22 cipients; and 

23 ‘‘(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipi24 ent— 
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1 ‘‘(i) determine whether the requesting 

2 recipient is able to meet the service needs of 

3 a listed organization, or another organiza4 tion that the recipient requests in accord5 ance with paragraph (5)(B), for a service 

6 project; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) upon making a favorable deter8 mination under clause (i), award the re9 cipient with an Encore Fellowship, and 

10 place the recipient with the organization as 

11 an Encore Fellow under paragraph (5)(C). 

12 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual desiring 

14 to be selected as a Fellowship recipient shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) be an individual who— 

16 ‘‘(I) is age 55 or older as of the 

17 time the individual applies for the pro18 gram; and 

19 ‘‘(II) is not engaged in, but who 

20 wishes to engage in, full- or part-time 

21 public service in the nonprofit sector or 

22 government; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Cor24 poration, at such time, in such manner, 
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1 and containing such information as the 

2 Corporation may require, including— 

3 ‘‘(I) a description of the area of 

4 national need that the applicant hopes 

5 to address through the service project; 

6 ‘‘(II) a description of the skills 

7 and experience the applicant has to 

8 address an area of national need; and 

9 ‘‘(III) information identifying the 

10 region of the United States in which 

11 the applicant wishes to serve. 

12 ‘‘(B) SELECTION BASIS.—In determining 

13 which individuals to select as Fellowship recipi14 ents, the Corporation shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) select not more than 10 individ16 uals from each State; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) give priority to individuals with 

18 skills and experience for which there is an 

19 ongoing high demand in the nonprofit sec20 tor and government. 

21 ‘‘(4) LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be listed 

22 under paragraph (2)(A), an organization shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; and 

24 ‘‘(B) submit an application to the Corpora25 tion at such time, in such manner, and con-
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1 taining such information as the Corporation 

2 may require, including— 

3 ‘‘(i) a description of— 

4 ‘‘(I) the services and activities the 

5 organization carries out generally; 

6 ‘‘(II) the area of national need 

7 that the organization seeks to address 

8 through a service project; and 

9 ‘‘(III) the services and activities 

10 the organization seeks to carry out 

11 through the proposed service project; 

12 ‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex13 perience that an eligible Encore Fellowship 

14 recipient needs to be placed with the organi15 zation as an Encore Fellow for the service 

16 project; 

17 ‘‘(iii) a description of the training and 

18 leadership development the organization 

19 shall provide an Encore Fellow placed with 

20 the organization to assist the Encore Fellow 

21 in obtaining a public service job in the non22 profit sector or government after the period 

23 of the Encore Fellowship; and 

24 ‘‘(iv) evidence of the organization’s fi25 nancial stability. 
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1 ‘‘(5) PLACEMENT.— 

2 ‘‘(A) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH LIST3 ED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be placed with a listed 

4 organization in accordance with paragraph 

5 (2)(B) for a service project, an eligible Encore 

6 Fellowship recipient shall submit an application 

7 for such placement to the Corporation at such 

8 time, in such manner, and containing such in9 formation as the Corporation may require. 

10 ‘‘(B) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH

11 OTHER ORGANIZATION.—An eligible Encore Fel12 lowship recipient may apply to the Corporation 

13 to serve the recipient’s Encore Fellowship year 

14 with a nonprofit organization that is not a listed 

15 organization. Such application shall be sub16 mitted to the Corporation at such time, in such 

17 manner, and containing such information as the 

18 Corporation shall require, and shall include— 

19 ‘‘(i) an identification and description 

20 of— 

21 ‘‘(I) the organization; 

22 ‘‘(II) the area of national need the 

23 organization seeks to address; and 
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1 ‘‘(III) the services or activities the 

2 organization carries out to address 

3 such area of national need; 

4 ‘‘(ii) a description of the services the 

5 eligible Encore Fellowship recipient shall 

6 provide for the organization as an Encore 

7 Fellow; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) a letter of support from the lead9 er of the organization, including— 

10 ‘‘(I) a description of the organiza11 tion’s need for the eligible Encore Fel12 lowship recipient’s services; 

13 ‘‘(II) evidence that the organiza14 tion is financially sound; 

15 ‘‘(III) an assurance that the orga16 nization will provide training and 

17 leadership development to the eligible 

18 Encore Fellowship recipient if placed 

19 with the organization as an Encore 

20 Fellow, to assist the Encore Fellow in 

21 obtaining a public service job in the 

22 nonprofit sector or government after 

23 the period of the Encore Fellowship; 

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1 ‘‘(IV) a description of the training 

2 and leadership development to be pro3 vided to the Encore Fellowship recipi4 ent if so placed. 

5 ‘‘(C) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF FELLOW6 SHIP.—If the Corporation determines that the el7 igible Encore Fellowship recipient is able to meet 

8 the service needs (including skills and experience 

9 to address an area of national need) of the orga10 nization that the eligible fellowship recipient re11 quests under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Cor12 poration shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) approve the placement of the eligi14 ble Encore Fellowship recipient with the or15 ganization; 

16 ‘‘(ii) award the eligible Encore Fellow17 ship recipient an Encore Fellowship for a 

18 period of 1 year and designate the eligible 

19 Encore Fellowship recipient as an Encore 

20 Fellow; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) in awarding the Encore Fellow22 ship, make a payment, in the amount of 

23 $11,000, to the organization to enable the 

24 organization to provide living expenses to 
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1 the Encore Fellow for the year in which the 

2 Encore Fellow agrees to serve. 

3 ‘‘(6) MATCHING FUNDS.—An organization that 

4 receives an Encore Fellow under this subsection shall 

5 agree to provide, for the living expenses of the Encore 

6 Fellow during the year of service, non-Federal con7 tributions in an amount equal to not less than $1 for 

8 every $1 of Federal funds provided to the organiza9 tion for the Encore Fellow through the Encore Fellow10 ship. 

11 ‘‘(7) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—Each organi12 zation that receives an Encore Fellow under this sub13 section shall provide training, leadership develop14 ment, and assistance to the Encore Fellow, and con15 duct oversight of the service provided by the Encore 

16 Fellow. 

17 ‘‘(8) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each year, 

18 the Corporation shall convene current and former En19 core Fellows to discuss the Encore Fellows’ experiences 

20 related to service under this subsection and discuss 

21 strategies for increasing leadership and careers in 

22 public service in the nonprofit sector or government. 

23 ‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—The Corporation shall conduct 

24 an independent evaluation of the programs authorized 

25 under subsections (a) and (b) and widely disseminate the 
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1 results, including recommendations for improvement, to the 

2 service community through multiple channels, including the 

3 Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective 

4 strategies.’’. 

5 SEC. 1806. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

6 Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS 

9 ‘‘SEC. 198H. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

11 ‘‘(1) the term ‘National Service Reserve Corps 

12 member’ means an individual who— 

13 ‘‘(A) has completed a term of national serv14 ice or is a veteran; 

15 ‘‘(B) has successfully completed training de16 scribed in subsection (c) within the previous 2 

17 years; 

18 ‘‘(C) completes not less than 10 hours of vol19 unteering each year (which may include the 

20 training session described in subparagraph (B)); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(D) has indicated interest to the Corpora23 tion in responding to disasters and emergencies 

24 in a timely manner through the National Service 

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1 ‘‘(2) the term ‘term of national service’ means a 

2 term or period of service under section 123. 

3 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RE4 SERVE CORPS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In consultation with the 

6 Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Cor7 poration shall establish a National Service Reserve 

8 Corps to prepare and deploy National Service Reserve 

9 Corps members to respond to disasters and emer10 gencies in support of national service programs and 

11 other requesting programs and agencies. 

12 ‘‘(2) GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.—In carrying out 

13 this section, the Corporation may enter into a grant 

14 or contract with an organization experienced in re15 sponding to disasters or in coordinating individuals 

16 who have completed a term of national service or are 

17 veterans, or may directly deploy National Service Re18 serve Corps members, as the Corporation determines 

19 necessary. 

20 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall con21 duct or coordinate annual training sessions, consistent with 

22 the training requirements of the Federal Emergency Man23 agement Agency, for individuals who have completed a term 

24 of national service or are veterans, and who wish to join 

25 the National Service Reserve Corps. 
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1 ‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall des3 ignate organizations with demonstrated experience in 

4 responding to disasters or emergencies, including 

5 through using volunteers, for participation in the pro6 gram under this section. 

7 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Corporation shall 

8 ensure that every designated organization is— 

9 ‘‘(A) prepared to respond to disasters or 

10 emergencies; 

11 ‘‘(B) prepared and able to utilize National 

12 Service Reserve Corps members in responding to 

13 disasters or emergencies; and 

14 ‘‘(C) willing to respond in a timely manner 

15 when notified by the Corporation of a disaster or 

16 emergency. 

17 ‘‘(e) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or 

18 contract with an outside organization to develop— 

19 ‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve 

20 Corps members; and 

21 ‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations 

22 that have been designated by the Corporation under 

23 subsection (d). 

24 ‘‘(f) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE

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1 ‘‘(1) MAJOR DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—If a 

2 major disaster or emergency is declared by the Presi3 dent pursuant to section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford 

4 Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), 

5 the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage6 ment Agency, in consultation with the Corporation, 

7 may task the National Service Reserve Corps to assist 

8 in response. 

9 ‘‘(2) OTHER DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—For 

10 a disaster or emergency that is not declared a major 

11 disaster or emergency under section 102 of the Robert 

12 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 5122), the Corporation may directly, or 

14 through a grant or contract, deploy the National 

15 Service Reserve Corps. 

16 ‘‘(3) DEPLOYMENT.—Under paragraph (1) or 

17 (2), the Corporation may— 

18 ‘‘(A) deploy interested National Service Re19 serve Corps members on assignments of not more 

20 than 30 days to assist with local needs related to 

21 preparing or recovering from the incident in the 

22 affected area, either directly or through organiza23 tions designated under subsection (d); 
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1 ‘‘(B) make travel arrangements for the de2 ployed National Service Reserve Corps members 

3 to the site of the incident; and 

4 ‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations 

5 that are responding to the incident with de6 ployed National Service Reserve Corps members, 

7 to enable the organizations to coordinate and 

8 provide housing, living stipends, and insurance 

9 for those deployed members. 

10 ‘‘(4) ALLOWANCE.—Any amounts that are uti11 lized by the Corporation from funds appropriated 

12 under section 501(a)(4)(D) to carry out paragraph 

13 (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept in a separate fund. 

14 Any amounts in such fund that are not used during 

15 a fiscal year shall remain available to use to pay Na16 tional Service Reserve Corps members an allowance, 

17 determined by the Corporation, for out-of-pocket ex18 penses. 

19 ‘‘(5) INFORMATION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.— 

21 The Corporation, the State Commissions, and 

22 entities receiving financial assistance for pro23 grams under subtitle C of this Act, or under part 

24 A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

25 of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform 
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1 participants about the National Service Reserve 

2 Corps upon the participants’ completion of their 

3 term of national service. 

4 ‘‘(B) VETERANS.—The Secretary of Vet5 erans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary 

6 of Defense, shall inform veterans who are re7 cently discharged, released, or separated from the 

8 Armed Forces about the National Service Reserve 

9 Corps. 

10 ‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—In deploying National 

11 Service Reserve Corps members under this subsection, 

12 the Corporation shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) avoid duplication of activities directed 

14 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(B) consult and, as appropriate, partner 

17 with Citizen Corps programs and other local dis18 aster agencies, including State and local emer19 gency management agencies, voluntary organiza20 tions active in disaster, State Commissions, and 

21 similar organizations, in the affected area.’’. 

22 SEC. 1807. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM. 

23 Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT 

2 PROGRAM 

3 ‘‘SEC. 198K. FUNDS. 

4 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 

6 community organizations are developing innovative 

7 and effective solutions to national and local chal8 lenges. 

9 ‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in 

10 replicating and expanding proven effective solutions, 

11 and supporting new solutions, developed by social en12 trepreneurs and other nonprofit community organiza13 tions could allow those entrepreneurs and organiza14 tions to replicate and expand proven initiatives, and 

15 support new initiatives, in communities. 

16 ‘‘(3) A network of Social Innovation Funds could 

17 leverage Federal investments to increase State, local, 

18 business, and philanthropic resources to replicate and 

19 expand proven solutions and invest in supporting 

20 new innovations to tackle specific identified commu21 nity challenges. 

22 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

23 ‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of so24 cial entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community or25 ganizations in tackling national and local challenges; 
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1 ‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a network 

2 of Social Innovation Funds that will increase private 

3 and public investment in nonprofit community orga4 nizations that are effectively addressing national and 

5 local challenges to allow such organizations to rep6 licate and expand proven initiatives or support new 

7 initiatives; 

8 ‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of such Funds 

9 in— 

10 ‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to in11 crease State, local, business, and philanthropic 

12 resources to address national and local chal13 lenges; 

14 ‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and 

15 expand effective initiatives; and 

16 ‘‘(C) seeding experimental initiatives fo17 cused on improving outcomes in the areas de18 scribed in subsection (f)(3); and 

19 ‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to identify, 

20 invest in, replicate, and expand initiatives with effec21 tive solutions to national and local challenges. 

22 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.—The term 

24 ‘community organization’ means a nonprofit organi-
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1 zation that carries out innovative, effective initiatives 

2 to address community challenges. 

3 ‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered enti4 ty’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) an existing grantmaking institution 

6 (existing as of the date on which the institution 

7 applies for a grant under this section); or 

8 ‘‘(B) a partnership between— 

9 ‘‘(i) such an existing grantmaking in10 stitution; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) an additional grantmaking insti12 tution, a State Commission, or a chief exec13 utive officer of a unit of general local gov14 ernment. 

15 ‘‘(3) ISSUE AREA.—The term ‘issue area’ means 

16 an area described in subsection (f)(3). 

17 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM.—From the amounts appropriated to 

18 carry out this section that are not reserved under sub19 sections (l) and (m), the Corporation shall establish a Social 

20 Innovation Funds grant program to make grants on a com21 petitive basis to eligible entities for Social Innovation 

22 Funds. 

23 ‘‘(e) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The Corporation shall 

24 make such grants for periods of 5 years, and may renew 

25 the grants for additional periods of 5 years, in amounts 
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1 of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than $10,000,000 

2 per year. 

3 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

4 under subsection (d), an entity shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 

6 ‘‘(2) propose to focus on— 

7 ‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical 

8 area; or 

9 ‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area; 

10 ‘‘(3) propose to focus on improving measurable 

11 outcomes relating to— 

12 ‘‘(A) education for economically disadvan13 taged elementary or secondary school students; 

14 ‘‘(B) child and youth development; 

15 ‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in 

16 economic opportunity for economically disadvan17 taged individuals; 

18 ‘‘(D) health, including access to health serv19 ices and health education; 

20 ‘‘(E) resource conservation and local envi21 ronmental quality; 

22 ‘‘(F) individual or community energy effi23 ciency; 

24 ‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 

25 ‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 
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1 ‘‘(4) have an evidence-based decisionmaking 

2 strategy, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig4 orous evaluations of program effectiveness in5 cluding, where available, well-implemented ran6 domized controlled trials; and 

7 ‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 

8 ‘‘(i)(I) replicate and expand research9 proven initiatives that have been shown to 

10 produce sizeable, sustained benefits to par11 ticipants or society; or 

12 ‘‘(II) support new initiatives with a 

13 substantial likelihood of significant impact; 

14 or 

15 ‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza16 tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to as17 sess the effectiveness of such initiatives; and 

18 ‘‘(5) have appropriate policies, as determined by 

19 the Corporation, that protect against conflict of inter20 est, self-dealing, and other improper practices. 

21 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

22 under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eli23 gible entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 

24 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 rep7 licate or expand proven initiatives, or support 

8 new initiatives, in low-income communities; 

9 ‘‘(B) in making decisions about subgrants 

10 for communities, consult with a diverse cross sec11 tion of community representatives in the deci12 sions, including individuals from the public, 

13 nonprofit private, and for-profit private sectors; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(C) make subgrants of a sufficient size and 

16 scope to enable the community organizations to 

17 build their capacity to manage initiatives, and 

18 sustain replication or expansion of the initia19 tives; 

20 ‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will not 

21 make any subgrants to the parent organizations of the 

22 eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the par23 ent organization, or, if the eligible entity applied for 

24 funds under this section as a partnership, any mem25 ber of the partnership; 
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1 ‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 

2 ‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area re3 ferred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eligible 

4 entity is proposing to serve; or 

5 ‘‘(B) the issue area referred to in subsection 

6 (f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity will address, 

7 and the geographical areas that the eligible enti8 ty is likely to serve in addressing such issue 

9 area; 

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 issue 

14 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 high need in the specific issue area that the eligi21 ble entity is proposing to address; and 

22 ‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable out23 comes related to the issue areas involved that the eli24 gible entity will seek to improve; 
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1 ‘‘(5) information describing the process by which 

2 the eligible entity selected, or will select, community 

3 organizations to receive the subgrants, to ensure that 

4 the community organizations— 

5 ‘‘(A) are institutions— 

6 ‘‘(i) with proven initiatives and a 

7 demonstrated track record of achieving spe8 cific outcomes related to the measurable out9 comes for the eligible entity; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) that articulate a new solution 

11 with a significant likelihood for substantial 

12 impact; 

13 ‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for the 

14 use of the subgrant funds that are connected to 

15 the measurable outcomes for the eligible entity; 

16 ‘‘(C) will use the funds to replicate, expand, 

17 or support their initiatives; 

18 ‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for repli19 cating, expanding, or supporting the initiatives 

20 funded; 

21 ‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the 

22 subgrant period concludes through reliable public 

23 revenues, earned income, or private sector fund24 ing; 
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1 ‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial 

2 and management systems; 

3 ‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data collec4 tion and evaluation for improvement of the ini5 tiatives; 

6 ‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innova7 tive initiatives, to be important contributors to 

8 knowledge in their fields; and 

9 ‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for pro10 viding matching funds specified in subsection 

11 (k); 

12 ‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, in13 cluding its experience managing collaborative initia14 tives, or assessing applicants for grants and evalu15 ating the performance of grant recipients for outcome16 focused initiatives, and any other relevant informa17 tion; 

18 ‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of 

19 subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the require20 ments, including information on any funding that the 

21 eligible entity has secured to provide the matching 

22 funds required under that subsection; 

23 ‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan for 

24 providing technical assistance and support, other 

25 than financial support, to the community organiza-
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1 tions that will increase the ability of the community 

2 organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes; 

3 ‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institu4 tional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity 

5 concerning— 

6 ‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required 

7 for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other 

8 purposes; 

9 ‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 

10 ‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Cor11 poration, including information on the initia12 tives of the community organizations, and the 

13 replication or expansion of such initiatives; 

14 ‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evaluations 

15 to improve the eligible entity’s own model and to im16 prove the initiatives funded by the eligible entity; and 

17 ‘‘(11) a commitment to cooperate with any eval18 uation activities undertaken by the Corporation. 

19 ‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible enti20 ties to receive grants under subsection (d), the Corporation 

21 shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive basis; 

23 ‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the 

24 quality of their selection process, as described in sub25 section (g)(5), the capacity of the eligible entities to 
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1 manage Social Innovation Funds, and the potential 

2 of the eligible entities to sustain the Funds after the 

3 conclusion of the grant period; 

4 ‘‘(3) include among the grant recipients eligible 

5 entities that propose to provide subgrants to serve 

6 communities (such as rural low-income communities) 

7 that the eligible entities can demonstrate are signifi8 cantly philanthropically underserved; 

9 ‘‘(4) select a geographically diverse set of eligible 

10 entities; and 

11 ‘‘(5) take into account broad community perspec12 tives and support. 

13 ‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not 

15 make a grant to an eligible entity under subsection 

16 (d) for a Social Innovation Fund unless the entity 

17 agrees that, with respect to the cost described in sub18 section (d) for that Fund, the entity will make avail19 able matching funds in an amount equal to not less 

20 than $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the 

21 grant. 

22 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) TYPE AND SOURCES.—The eligible en24 tity shall provide the matching funds in cash. 

25 The eligible entity shall provide the matching 
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1 funds from State, local, or private sources, which 

2 may include State or local agencies, businesses, 

3 private philanthropic organizations, or individ4 uals. 

5 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES INCLUDING STATE

6 COMMISSIONS OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF7 FICES.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which 

9 a State Commission, a local government of10 fice, or both entities are a part of the eligi11 ble entity, the State involved, the local gov12 ernment involved, or both entities, respec13 tively, shall contribute not less than 30 per14 cent and not more than 50 percent of the 

15 matching funds. 

16 ‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—In 

17 this subparagraph, the term ‘local govern18 ment office’ means the office of the chief ex19 ecutive officer of a unit of general local gov20 ernment. 

21 ‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—The Corporation may reduce 

22 by 50 percent the matching funds required by para23 graph (1) for an eligible entity serving a community 

24 (such as a rural low-income community) that the eli-
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1 gible entity can demonstrate is significantly philan2 thropically underserved. 

3 ‘‘(j) SUBGRANTS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—An eligible en5 tity receiving a grant under subsection (d) is author6 ized to use the funds made available through the 

7 grant to award, on a competitive basis, subgrants to 

8 expand or replicate proven initiatives, or support new 

9 initiatives with a substantial likelihood of success, 

10 to— 

11 ‘‘(A) community organizations serving low12 income communities within the specific local 

13 geographical area described in the eligible enti14 ty’s application in accordance with subsection 

15 (g)(3)(A); or 

16 ‘‘(B) community organizations addressing a 

17 specific issue area described in the eligible enti18 ty’s application in accordance with subsection 

19 (g)(3)(B), in low-income communities in the geo20 graphical areas described in the application. 

21 ‘‘(2) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The eligible entity 

22 shall make such subgrants for periods of not less than 

23 3 and not more than 5 years, and may renew the sub24 grants for such periods, in amounts of not less than 

25 $100,000 per year. 
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1 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

2 subgrant from an eligible entity under this section, 

3 including receiving a payment for that subgrant each 

4 year, a community organization shall submit an ap5 plication to an eligible entity that serves the specific 

6 local geographical area, or geographical areas, that 

7 the community organization proposes to serve, at such 

8 time, in such manner, and containing such informa9 tion as the eligible entity may require, including— 

10 ‘‘(A) a description of the initiative the com11 munity organization carries out and plans to 

12 replicate or expand, or of the new initiative the 

13 community organization intends to support, 

14 using funds received from the eligible entity, and 

15 how the initiative relates to the issue areas in 

16 which the eligible entity has committed to work 

17 in the eligible entity’s application, in accordance 

18 with subsection (g)(4)(A); 

19 ‘‘(B) data on the measurable outcomes the 

20 community organization has improved, and in21 formation on the measurable outcomes the com22 munity organization seeks to improve by repli23 cating or expanding a proven initiative or sup24 porting a new initiative, which shall be among 

25 the measurable outcomes that the eligible entity 
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1 identified in the eligible entity’s application, in 

2 accordance with subsection (g)(4)(C); 

3 ‘‘(C) an identification of the community in 

4 which the community organization proposes to 

5 carry out an initiative, which shall be within a 

6 local geographical area described in the eligible 

7 entity’s application in accordance with subpara8 graph (A) or (B) of subsection (g)(3), as applica9 ble; 

10 ‘‘(D) a description of the evidence-based de11 cisionmaking strategies the community organiza12 tion uses to improve the measurable outcomes, 

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(i) use of evidence produced by prior 

15 rigorous evaluations of program effective16 ness including, where available, well-imple17 mented randomized controlled trials; or 

18 ‘‘(ii) a well-articulated plan to con19 duct, or partner with a research organiza20 tion to conduct, rigorous evaluations to as21 sess the effectiveness of initiatives address22 ing national or local challenges; 

23 ‘‘(E) a description of how the community 

24 organization uses data to analyze and improve 

25 its initiatives; 
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1 ‘‘(F) specific evidence of how the community 

2 organization will meet the requirements for pro3 viding matching funds specified in subsection 

4 (k); 

5 ‘‘(G) a description of how the community 

6 organization will sustain the replicated or ex7 panded initiative after the conclusion of the 

8 subgrant period; and 

9 ‘‘(H) any other information the eligible en10 tity may require, including information nec11 essary for the eligible entity to fulfill the require12 ments of subsection (g)(5). 

13 ‘‘(k) MATCHING FUNDS FOR SUBGRANTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may not 

15 make a subgrant to a community organization under 

16 this section for an initiative described in subsection 

17 (j)(3)(A) unless the organization agrees that, with re18 spect to the cost of carrying out that initiative, the 

19 organization will make available, on an annual basis, 

20 matching funds in an amount equal to not less than 

21 $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the subgrant. 

22 If the community organization fails to make such 

23 matching funds available for a fiscal year, the eligible 

24 entity shall not make payments for the remaining fis-
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1 cal years of the subgrant period, notwithstanding any 

2 other provision of this part. 

3 ‘‘(2) TYPES AND SOURCES.—The community or4 ganization shall provide the matching funds in cash. 

5 The community organization shall provide the match6 ing funds from State, local, or private sources, which 

7 may include funds from State or local agencies or 

8 private sector funding. 

9 ‘‘(l) DIRECT SUPPORT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation 

11 may use not more than 10 percent of the funds appro12 priated for this section to award grants to community 

13 organizations serving low-income communities or ad14 dressing a specific issue area in geographical areas 

15 that have the highest need in that issue area, to en16 able such community organizations to replicate or ex17 pand proven initiatives or support new initiatives. 

18 ‘‘(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A grant awarded 

19 under this subsection shall be subject to the same 

20 terms and conditions as a subgrant awarded under 

21 subsection (j). 

22 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION; MATCHING FUNDS.—Para23 graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (j) and subsection (k) 

24 shall apply to a community organization receiving or 

25 applying for a grant under this subsection in the 
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1 same manner as such subsections apply to a commu2 nity organization receiving or applying for a 

3 subgrant under subsection (j), except that references to 

4 a subgrant shall mean a grant and references to an 

5 eligible entity shall mean the Corporation. 

6 ‘‘(m) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may reserve 

8 not more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated for 

9 this section for a fiscal year to support, directly or 

10 through contract with an independent entity, research 

11 and evaluation activities to evaluate the eligible enti12 ties and community organizations receiving grants 

13 under subsections (d) and (l) and the initiatives sup14 ported by the grants. 

15 ‘‘(2) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES.— 

16 ‘‘(A) RESEARCH AND REPORTS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The entity carrying 

18 out this subsection shall collect data and 

19 conduct or support research with respect to 

20 the eligible entities and community organi21 zations receiving grants under subsections 

22 (d) and (l), and the initiatives supported by 

23 such eligible entities and community orga24 nizations, to determine the success of the 

25 program carried out under this section in 
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1 replicating, expanding, and supporting ini2 tiatives, including— 

3 ‘‘(I) the success of the initiatives 

4 in improving measurable outcomes; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(II) the success of the program in 

7 increasing philanthropic investments 

8 in philanthropically underserved com9 munities. 

10 ‘‘(ii) REPORTS.—The Corporation 

11 shall submit periodic reports to the author12 izing committees including— 

13 ‘‘(I) the data collected and the re14 sults of the research under this sub15 section; 

16 ‘‘(II) information on lessons 

17 learned about best practices from the 

18 activities carried out under this sec19 tion, to improve those activities; and 

20 ‘‘(III) a list of all eligible entities 

21 and community organizations receiv22 ing funds under this section. 

23 ‘‘(iii) PUBLIC INFORMATION.—The 

24 Corporation shall annually post the list de-
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1 scribed in clause (ii)(III) on the Corpora2 tion’s website. 

3 ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Cor4 poration shall, directly or through contract, pro5 vide technical assistance to the eligible entities 

6 and community organizations that receive grants 

7 under subsections (d) and (l). 

8 ‘‘(C) KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT.—The Cor9 poration shall, directly or through contract, 

10 maintain a clearinghouse for information on best 

11 practices resulting from initiatives supported by 

12 the eligible entities and community organiza13 tions. 

14 ‘‘(D) RESERVATION.—Of the funds appro15 priated under section 501(a)(4)(E) for a fiscal 

16 year, not more than 5 percent may be used to 

17 carry out this subsection.’’. 

18 SEC. 1808. CLEARINGHOUSES. 

19 Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 

2 CLEARINGHOUSES; VOLUNTEER GENERA3 TION FUND 

4 ‘‘SEC. 198O. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARING5 HOUSES. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide as7 sistance, by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to 

8 entities with expertise in the dissemination of information 

9 through clearinghouses to establish 1 or more clearinghouses 

10 for information regarding the national service laws, which 

11 shall include information on service-learning and on service 

12 through other programs receiving assistance under the na13 tional service laws. 

14 ‘‘(b) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—Such a clear15 inghouse may— 

16 ‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local 

17 service-learning and national service programs with 

18 needs assessments and planning; 

19 ‘‘(2) conduct research and evaluations con20 cerning service-learning or programs receiving assist21 ance under the national service laws, except that such 

22 clearinghouse may not conduct such research and 

23 evaluations if the recipient of the grant, contract, or 

24 cooperative agreement establishing the clearinghouse 

25 under this section is receiving funds for such purpose 
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1 under part III of subtitle B or under this subtitle (not 

2 including this section); 

3 ‘‘(3)(A) provide leadership development and 

4 training to State and local service-learning program 

5 administrators, supervisors, service sponsors, and 

6 participants; and 

7 ‘‘(B) provide training to persons who can pro8 vide the leadership development and training de9 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

10 ‘‘(4) facilitate communication among— 

11 ‘‘(A) entities carrying out service-learning 

12 programs and programs offered under the na13 tional service laws; and 

14 ‘‘(B) participants in such programs; 

15 ‘‘(5) provide and disseminate information and 

16 curriculum materials relating to planning and oper17 ating service-learning programs and programs offered 

18 under the national service laws, to States, territories, 

19 Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to receive fi20 nancial assistance under the national service laws; 

21 ‘‘(6) provide and disseminate information re22 garding methods to make service-learning programs 

23 and programs offered under the national service laws 

24 accessible to individuals with disabilities; 
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1 ‘‘(7) disseminate applications in languages other 

2 than English; 

3 ‘‘(8)(A) gather and disseminate information on 

4 successful service-learning programs and programs of5 fered under the national service laws, components of 

6 such successful programs, innovative curricula related 

7 to service-learning, and service-learning projects; and 

8 ‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the clearing9 house with appropriate entities to avoid duplication 

10 of effort; 

11 ‘‘(9) make recommendations to State and local 

12 entities on quality controls to improve the quality of 

13 service-learning programs and programs offered 

14 under the national service laws; 

15 ‘‘(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screen16 ing, and placing a diverse population of service-learn17 ing coordinators and program sponsors; 

18 ‘‘(11) disseminate effective strategies for working 

19 with disadvantaged youth in national service pro20 grams, as determined by organizations with an estab21 lished expertise in working with such youth; and 

22 ‘‘(12) carry out such other activities as the Chief 

23 Executive Officer determines to be appropriate. 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 198P. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 

2 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Subject to the avail3 ability of appropriations for this section, the Corporation 

4 may make grants to State Commissions and nonprofit orga5 nizations for the purpose of assisting the State Commissions 

6 and nonprofit organizations to— 

7 ‘‘(1) develop and carry out volunteer programs 

8 described in subsection (c); and 

9 ‘‘(2) make subgrants to support and create new 

10 local community-based entities that recruit, manage, 

11 or support volunteers as described in such subsection. 

12 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State Commission or 

14 nonprofit organization desiring a grant under this 

15 section shall submit an application to the Corpora16 tion at such time, in such manner, and accompanied 

17 by such information as the Corporation may reason18 ably require. 

19 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

20 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall contain— 

21 ‘‘(A)(i) a description of the program that 

22 the applicant will provide; 

23 ‘‘(B) an assurance that the applicant will 

24 annually collect information on— 

25 ‘‘(i) the number of volunteers recruited 

26 for activities carried out under this section, 
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1 using funds received under this section, and 

2 the type and amount of activities carried 

3 out by such volunteers; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the number of volunteers managed 

5 or supported using funds received under 

6 this section, and the type and amount of ac7 tivities carried out by such volunteers; 

8 ‘‘(C) a description of the outcomes the ap9 plicant will use to annually measure and track 

10 performance with regard to— 

11 ‘‘(i) activities carried out by volun12 teers; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) volunteers recruited, managed, or 

14 supported; and 

15 ‘‘(D) such additional assurances as the Cor16 poration determines to be essential to ensure 

17 compliance with the requirements of this section. 

18 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—A State 

19 Commission or nonprofit organization receiving a grant 

20 under this section shall use the assistance— 

21 ‘‘(1) directly to carry out volunteer programs or 

22 to develop and support community-based entities that 

23 recruit, manage, or support volunteers, by carrying 

24 out activities consistent with the goals of the sub25 grants described in paragraph (2); or 
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1 ‘‘(2) through subgrants to community-based enti2 ties to carry out volunteer programs or develop and 

3 support such entities that recruit, manage, or support 

4 volunteers, through 1 or more of the following types 

5 of subgrants: 

6 ‘‘(A) A subgrant to a community-based en7 tity for activities that are consistent with the 

8 priorities set by the State’s national service plan 

9 as described in section 178(e), or by the Corpora10 tion. 

11 ‘‘(B) A subgrant to recruit, manage, or sup12 port volunteers to a community-based entity such 

13 as a volunteer coordinating agency, a nonprofit 

14 resource center, a volunteer training clearing15 house, an institution of higher education, or a 

16 collaborative partnership of faith-based and com17 munity-based organizations. 

18 ‘‘(C) A subgrant to a community-based enti19 ty that provides technical assistance and support 

20 to— 

21 ‘‘(i) strengthen the capacity of local 

22 volunteer infrastructure organizations; 

23 ‘‘(ii) address areas of national need (as 

24 defined in section 198B(a)); and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) expand the number of volunteers 

2 nationally. 

3 ‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

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

5 Corporation for provision of assistance under this sec6 tion for a fiscal year— 

7 ‘‘(A) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of 

8 such funds to award grants, on a competitive 

9 basis, to State Commissions and nonprofit orga10 nizations for such fiscal year; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of 

12 such funds make an allotment to the State Com13 missions of each of the several States, the Dis14 trict of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

15 Puerto Rico based on the formula described in 

16 subsections (e) and (f) of section 129, subject to 

17 paragraph (2). 

18 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—In order to en19 sure that each State Commission is able to improve 

20 efforts to recruit, manage, or support volunteers, the 

21 Corporation may determine a minimum grant 

22 amount for allotments under paragraph (1)(B). 

23 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not 

24 more than 5 percent of the amount of any grant provided 

25 under this section for a fiscal year may be used to pay for 
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1 administrative costs incurred by either the recipient of the 

2 grant or any community-based entity receiving assistance 

3 or a subgrant under such grant. 

4 ‘‘(f) MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora5 tion share of the cost of carrying out a program that re6 ceives assistance under this section, whether the assistance 

7 is provided directly or as a subgrant from the original re8 cipient of the assistance, may not exceed— 

9 ‘‘(1) 80 percent of such cost for the first year in 

10 which the recipient receives such assistance; 

11 ‘‘(2) 70 percent of such cost for the second year 

12 in which the recipient receives such assistance; 

13 ‘‘(3) 60 percent of such cost for the third year in 

14 which the recipient receives such assistance; and 

15 ‘‘(4) 50 percent of such cost for the fourth year 

16 in which the recipient receives such assistance and 

17 each year thereafter.’’. 

18 SEC. 1809. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM. 

19 Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING 

22 PROGRAM 

23 ‘‘SEC. 198S. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING. 

24 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 ‘‘(1) INTERMEDIARY NONPROFIT GRANTEE.—The 

2 term ‘intermediary nonprofit grantee’ means an 

3 intermediary nonprofit organization that receives a 

4 grant under subsection (b). 

5 ‘‘(2) INTERMEDIARY NONPROFIT ORGANIZA6 TION.—The term ‘intermediary nonprofit organiza7 tion’ means an experienced and capable nonprofit en8 tity with meaningful prior experience in providing 

9 organizational development assistance, or capacity 

10 building assistance, focused on small and midsize 

11 nonprofit organizations. 

12 ‘‘(3) NONPROFIT.—The term ‘nonprofit’, used 

13 with respect to an entity or organization, means— 

14 ‘‘(A) an entity or organization described in 

15 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

16 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 

17 501(a) of such Code; and 

18 ‘‘(B) an entity or organization described in 

19 paragraph (1) or (2) of section 170(c) of such 

20 Code. 

21 ‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the 

22 several States, and the District of Columbia. 

23 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Corporation shall establish a Non24 profit Capacity Building Program to make grants to inter25 mediary nonprofit organizations to serve as intermediary 
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1 nonprofit grantees. The Corporation shall make the grants 

2 to enable the intermediary nonprofit grantees to pay for 

3 the Federal share of the cost of delivering organizational 

4 development assistance, including training on best prac5 tices, financial planning, grantwriting, and compliance 

6 with the applicable tax laws, for small and midsize non7 profit organizations, especially those nonprofit organiza8 tions facing resource hardship challenges. Each of the grant9 ees shall match the grant funds by providing a non-Federal 

10 share as described in subsection (f). 

11 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—To the extent practicable, the Corpora12 tion shall make such a grant to an intermediary nonprofit 

13 organization in each State, and shall make such grant in 

14 an amount of not less than $200,000. 

15 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

16 under this section, an intermediary nonprofit organization 

17 shall submit an application to the Corporation at such 

18 time, in such manner, and containing such information as 

19 the Corporation may require. The intermediary nonprofit 

20 organization shall submit in the application information 

21 demonstrating that the organization has secured sufficient 

22 resources to meet the requirements of subsection (f). 

23 ‘‘(e) PREFERENCE AND CONSIDERATIONS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) PREFERENCE.—In making such grants, the 

25 Corporation shall give preference to intermediary 
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1 nonprofit organizations seeking to become inter2 mediary nonprofit grantees in areas where nonprofit 

3 organizations face significant resource hardship chal4 lenges. 

5 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether 

6 to make a grant the Corporation shall consider— 

7 ‘‘(A) the number of small and midsize non8 profit organizations that will be served by the 

9 grant; 

10 ‘‘(B) the degree to which the activities pro11 posed to be provided through the grant will assist 

12 a wide number of nonprofit organizations within 

13 a State, relative to the proposed amount of the 

14 grant; and 

15 ‘‘(C) the quality of the organizational devel16 opment assistance to be delivered by the inter17 mediary nonprofit grantee, including the quali18 fications of its administrators and representa19 tives, and its record in providing services to 

20 small and midsize nonprofit organizations. 

21 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

23 as referenced in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent. 

24 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share 

2 of the cost as referenced in subsection (b) shall be 

3 50 percent and shall be provided in cash. 

4 ‘‘(B) THIRD PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

6 in clause (ii), an intermediary nonprofit 

7 grantee shall provide the non-Federal share 

8 of the cost through contributions from third 

9 parties. The third parties may include char10 itable grantmaking entities and 

11 grantmaking vehicles within existing orga12 nizations, entities of corporate philan13 thropy, corporations, individual donors, 

14 and regional, State, or local government 

15 agencies, or other non-Federal sources. 

16 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If the intermediary 

17 nonprofit grantee is a private foundation 

18 (as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal 

19 Revenue Code of 1986), a donor advised 

20 fund (as defined in section 4966(d)(2) of 

21 such Code), an organization which is de22 scribed in section 4966(d)(4)(A)(i) of such 

23 Code, or an organization which is described 

24 in section 4966(d)(4)(B) of such Code, the 
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1 grantee shall provide the non-Federal share 

2 from within that grantee’s own funds. 

3 ‘‘(iii) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT, 

4 PRIOR YEAR THIRD-PARTY FUNDING LEV5 ELS.—For purposes of maintaining private 

6 sector support levels for the activities speci7 fied by this program, a non-Federal share 

8 that includes donations by third parties 

9 shall be composed in a way that does not 

10 decrease prior levels of funding from the 

11 same third parties granted to the nonprofit 

12 intermediary grantee in the preceding year. 

13 ‘‘(g) RESERVATION.—Of the amount authorized to pro14 vide financial assistance under this subtitle, there shall be 

15 made available to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each 

16 of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 

17 Subtitle I—Training and Technical 

18 Assistance 

19 SEC. 1821. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

20 Title I is further amended by adding at the end the 

21 following new subtitle: 
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1 ‘‘Subtitle J—Training and 

2 Technical Assistance 

3 ‘‘SEC. 199N. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall, directly or 

5 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements (in6 cluding through State Commissions), conduct appropriate 

7 training for and provide technical assistance to— 

8 ‘‘(1) programs receiving assistance under the na9 tional service laws; and 

10 ‘‘(2) entities (particularly entities in rural areas 

11 and underserved communities) that desire to— 

12 ‘‘(A) carry out or establish national service 

13 programs; or 

14 ‘‘(B) apply for assistance (including sub15 grants) under the national service laws. 

16 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—Such training and tech17 nical assistance activities may include— 

18 ‘‘(1) providing technical assistance to entities 

19 applying to carry out national service programs or 

20 entities carrying out national service programs; 

21 ‘‘(2) promoting leadership development in na22 tional service programs; 

23 ‘‘(3) improving the instructional and pro24 grammatic quality of national service programs; 
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1 ‘‘(4) developing the management and budgetary 

2 skills of individuals operating or overseeing national 

3 service programs, including developing skills to in4 crease the cost effectiveness of the programs under the 

5 national service laws; 

6 ‘‘(5) providing for or improving the training 

7 provided to the participants in programs under the 

8 national service laws; 

9 ‘‘(6) facilitating the education of individuals 

10 participating in national service programs in risk 

11 management procedures, including the training of 

12 participants in appropriate risk management prac13 tices; 

14 ‘‘(7) training individuals operating or overseeing 

15 national service programs— 

16 ‘‘(A) in volunteer recruitment, management, 

17 and retention to improve the abilities of such in18 dividuals to use participants and other volun19 teers in an effective manner, which training re20 sults in high-quality service and the desire of 

21 participants and volunteers to continue to serve 

22 in other capacities after the program is com23 pleted; 

24 ‘‘(B) in program evaluation and perform25 ance measures to inform practices to augment 
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1 the capacity and sustainability of the national 

2 service programs; or 

3 ‘‘(C) to effectively accommodate individuals 

4 with disabilities to increase the participation of 

5 individuals with disabilities in national service 

6 programs, which training may utilize funding 

7 from the reservation of funds under section 

8 129(k) to increase the participation of individ9 uals with disabilities; 

10 ‘‘(8) establishing networks and collaboration 

11 among employers, educators, and other key stake12 holders in the community to further leverage resources 

13 to increase local participation in national service 

14 programs, and to coordinate community-wide plan15 ning and service with respect to national service pro16 grams; 

17 ‘‘(9) providing training and technical assistance 

18 for the National Senior Service Corps, including pro19 viding such training and technical assistance to pro20 grams receiving assistance under section 201 of the 

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

22 5001); and 

23 ‘‘(10) carrying out such other activities as the 

24 Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate. 
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1 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In carrying out this section, the Cor2 poration shall give priority to programs under the national 

3 service laws and entities eligible to establish such programs 

4 that seek training or technical assistance and that— 

5 ‘‘(1) seek to carry out high-quality programs 

6 where the services are needed most; 

7 ‘‘(2) seek to carry out high-quality programs 

8 where national service programs do not exist or where 

9 the programs are too limited to meet community 

10 needs; 

11 ‘‘(3) seek to carry out high-quality programs 

12 that focus on and provide service opportunities for 

13 underserved rural and urban areas and populations; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(4) seek to assist programs in developing a serv16 ice component that combines students, out-of-school 

17 youths, and older adults as participants to provide 

18 needed community services.’’. 

19 Subtitle J—Repeal of Title III 

20 (Points of Light Foundation) 

21 SEC. 1831. REPEAL. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) 

23 is repealed. 

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 401 (42 

25 U.S.C. 12671) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘term’’ and all 

2 that follows through the period and inserting the fol3 lowing: ‘‘term ‘administrative organization’ means a 

4 nonprofit private organization that enters into an 

5 agreement with the Corporation to carry out this sec6 tion.’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘Foundation’’ each place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘administrative organization’’. 

9 Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V 

10 (Authorization of Appropriations) 

11 SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(a) TITLE I.— 

16 ‘‘(1) SUBTITLE B.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

18 be appropriated to provide financial assistance 

19 under subtitle B of title I— 

20 ‘‘(i) $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary 

23 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

24 ‘‘(B) PART IV RESERVATION.—Of the 

25 amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 
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1 for a fiscal year, the Corporation may reserve 

2 such sums as may be necessary to carry out part 

3 IV of subtitle B of title I. 

4 ‘‘(C) SECTION 118A.—Of the amount appro5 priated under subparagraph (A) and not re6 served under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, 

7 not more than $7,000,000 shall be made avail8 able for awards to Campuses of Service under 

9 section 118A. 

10 ‘‘(D) SECTION 119(C)(8).—Of the amount ap11 propriated under subparagraph (A) and not re12 served under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, 

13 not more than $10,000,000 shall be made avail14 able for summer of service program grants under 

15 section 119(c)(8), and not more than 

16 $10,000,000 shall be deposited in the National 

17 Service Trust to support summer of service edu18 cational awards, consistent with section 

19 119(c)(8). 

20 ‘‘(E) SECTION 119(C)(9).—Of the amount ap21 propriated under subparagraph (A) and not re22 served under subparagraph (B) for a fiscal year, 

23 not more than $20,000,000 shall be made avail24 able for youth engagement zone programs under 

25 section 119(c)(9). 
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1 ‘‘(F) GENERAL PROGRAMS.—Of the amount 

2 remaining after the application of subpara3 graphs (A) through (E) for a fiscal year— 

4 ‘‘(i) not more than 60 percent shall be 

5 available to provide financial assistance 

6 under part I of subtitle B of title I; 

7 ‘‘(ii) not more than 25 percent shall be 

8 available to provide financial assistance 

9 under part II of such subtitle; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) not less than 15 percent shall be 

11 available to provide financial assistance 

12 under part III of such subtitle. 

13 ‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C AND D.—There are authorized 

14 to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2010 

15 through 2014, such sums as may be necessary to pro16 vide financial assistance under subtitle C of title I 

17 and to provide national service educational awards 

18 under subtitle D of title I for the number of partici19 pants described in section 121(f)(1) for each such fis20 cal year. 

21 ‘‘(3) SUBTITLE E.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

23 be appropriated to operate the National Civilian 

24 Community Corps and provide financial assist25 ance under subtitle E of title I, such sums as 
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1 may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 

2 through 2014. 

3 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of this Act, in obligating the 

5 amounts made available pursuant to the author6 ization of appropriations in this paragraph, pri7 ority shall be given to programs carrying out ac8 tivities in areas for which the President has de9 clared the existence of a major disaster, in ac10 cordance with section 401 of the Robert T. Staf11 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), including a major disaster 

13 as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina or Rita. 

14 ‘‘(4) SUBTITLE H.— 

15 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—There are author16 ized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

17 necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 

18 2014 to provide financial assistance under sub19 title H of title I. 

20 ‘‘(B) SECTION 198B.—Of the amount au21 thorized under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 

22 year, such sums as may be necessary shall be 

23 made available to provide financial assistance 

24 under section 198B and to provide national serv25 ice educational awards under subtitle D of title 
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1 I to the number of participants in national serv2 ice positions established or increased as provided 

3 in section 198B(b)(3) for such year. 

4 ‘‘(C) SECTION 198C.—Of the amount author5 ized under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, 

6 $12,000,000 shall be made available to provide 

7 financial assistance under section 198C. 

8 ‘‘(D) SECTION 198H.—Of the amount au9 thorized under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 

10 year, such sums as may be necessary shall be 

11 made available to provide financial assistance 

12 under section 198H. 

13 ‘‘(E) SECTION 198K.—Of the amount au14 thorized under subparagraph (A), there shall be 

15 made available to carry out section 198K— 

16 ‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

17 ‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

18 ‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

19 ‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

22 ‘‘(F) SECTION 198P.—Of the amount author23 ized under subparagraph (A), there shall be 

24 made available to carry out section 198P— 

25 ‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

2 ‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

3 ‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

6 ‘‘(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

8 be appropriated for the administration of this 

9 Act, including financial assistance under section 

10 126(a), such sums as may be necessary for each 

11 of fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 

12 ‘‘(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amounts ap13 propriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 

14 year, a portion shall be made available to pro15 vide financial assistance under section 126(a). 

16 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL

17 ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), 

18 and (4) and any other provision of law, of the 

19 amounts appropriated for a fiscal year under sub20 titles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under 

21 titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

22 of 1973, the Corporation shall reserve not more than 

23 2.5 percent to carry out sections 112(e) and 179A and 

24 subtitle J, of which $1,000,000 shall be used by the 

25 Corporation to carry out section 179A. Notwith-
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1 standing subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall be 

2 available only for the fiscal year for which the 

3 amounts are reserved.’’; 

4 (2) by striking subsections (b) and (d); and 

5 (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

6 (b). 

7 TITLE II—DOMESTIC VOLUN8 TEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 

9 SEC. 2001. REFERENCES. 

10 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 

11 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 

12 an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 

13 the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 

14 other provision of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

15 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 

16 SEC. 2002. VOLUNTEERISM POLICY. 

17 Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘both young’’ 

19 and all that follows through the period and inserting 

20 ‘‘individuals of all ages and backgrounds.’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘State, 

22 and local agencies’’ the following: ‘‘, expand relation23 ships with, and support for, the efforts of civic, com24 munity, and educational organizations,’’. 
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1 Subtitle A—National Volunteer 

2 Antipoverty Programs 

3 CHAPTER 1—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO 

4 AMERICA 

5 SEC. 2101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

6 Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended— 

7 (1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘exploit’’ 

8 and all that follows through the period and inserting 

9 ‘‘increase opportunities for self-advancement by per10 sons affected by such problems.’’; and 

11 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘at the 

12 local level’’ and all that follows through the period 

13 and inserting ‘‘at the local level, to support efforts by 

14 local agencies and community organizations to 

15 achieve long-term sustainability of projects, and to 

16 strengthen local agencies and community organiza17 tions to carry out the objectives of this part.’’. 

18 SEC. 2102. SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VOLUNTEERS. 

19 Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 

22 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is23 lands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa,’’; 

24 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘handi25 capped individuals’’ and all that follows through 
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1 the semicolon and inserting ‘‘individuals with 

2 disabilities, especially individuals with severe 

3 disabilities;’’; 

4 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the job5 less, the hungry,’’ and inserting ‘‘unemployed in6 dividuals,’’; 

7 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘preven8 tion, education,’’ and inserting ‘‘through preven9 tion, education, rehabilitation, treatment,’’; 

10 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘chronic 

11 and life-threatening illnesses’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘mental illness, chronic and life-threatening ill13 nesses,’’; 

14 (F) in paragraph (6)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘Headstart act’’ and in16 serting ‘‘Head Start Act’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi18 colon at the end; 

19 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking the period 

20 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

21 (H) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(8) in assisting with the reentry and reintegra23 tion of formerly incarcerated youth and adults into 

24 society, including providing training and counseling 

25 in education, employment, and life skills; 
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1 ‘‘(9) in developing and carrying out financial 

2 literacy, financial planning, budgeting, saving, and 

3 reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 

4 communities, including those programs that educate 

5 individuals about financing home ownership and 

6 higher education; 

7 ‘‘(10) in initiating and supporting before-school 

8 and after-school programs, serving children in low-in9 come communities, that may engage participants in 

10 mentoring, tutoring, life skills and study skills pro11 grams, service-learning, physical, nutrition, and 

12 health education programs, and other activities ad13 dressing the needs of the children; 

14 ‘‘(11) in establishing and supporting community 

15 economic development initiatives, with a priority on 

16 work on such initiatives in rural areas and the other 

17 areas where such initiatives are needed most; 

18 ‘‘(12) in assisting veterans and their family 

19 members through establishing or augmenting pro20 grams that assist such persons with access to legal as21 sistance, health care (including mental health care), 

22 employment counseling or training, education coun23 seling or training, affordable housing, and other sup24 port services; and 
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1 ‘‘(13) in addressing the health and wellness of 

2 individuals in low-income communities and individ3 uals in underserved communities, including programs 

4 to increase access to preventive services, insurance, 

5 and health services.’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘recruit8 ment and placement procedures’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘placement procedures that involve sponsoring 

10 organizations and’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

13 ‘‘Community Service Trust Act of 1993’’ 

14 and all that follows through the period at 

15 the end of the fourth sentence and inserting 

16 ‘‘Community Service Act of 1990.’’; 

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

18 ‘‘central information system that shall, on 

19 request, promptly provide’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘database that provides’’; and 

21 (iii) in subparagraph (C), in the sec22 ond sentence, by inserting ‘‘and manage23 ment’’ after ‘‘the recruitment’’; and 

24 (C) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘infor25 mation system’’ and inserting ‘‘database’’; 
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1 (3) in subsection (c)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

3 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

4 ‘‘the Internet and related technologies,’’ be5 fore ‘‘radio,’’; 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

7 ‘‘Internet and related technologies,’’ before 

8 ‘‘print media,’’; 

9 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

10 ‘‘State or local offices of economic develop11 ment, State employment security agencies, 

12 employment offices,’’ before ‘‘and other in13 stitutions’’; and 

14 (iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

15 ‘‘Community Service Trust Act of 1993’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘Community Service Act of 

17 1990’’; and 

18 (B) by striking paragraph (4); 

19 (4) in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by 

20 striking ‘‘private industry council established under 

21 the Job Training Partnership Act or’’; 

22 (5) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by 

23 striking ‘‘, and such’’ and all that follows through the 

24 period and inserting a period; and 

25 (6) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(i) The Director may enter into agreements under 

2 which public and private nonprofit organizations, with suf3 ficient financial capacity and size, pay for all or a portion 

4 of the costs of supporting the service of volunteers under 

5 this part.’’. 

6 SEC. 2103. SUPPORT SERVICE. 

7 Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 

10 the following: ‘‘Such stipend shall be set at a rate that 

11 is not less than a minimum of $125 per month and 

12 not more than a maximum of $150 per month, subject 

13 to the availability of funds to provide such a max14 imum rate.’’; and 

15 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘stipend 

16 of a maximum of $200 per month’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘stipend set at a rate that is not more than a max18 imum of $250 per month’’. 

19 SEC. 2104. REPEAL. 

20 Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is repealed. 

21 SEC. 2105. REDESIGNATION. 

22 Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is redesignated as section 

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1 CHAPTER 2—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 

2 SEC. 2121. UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA. 

3 Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is repealed. 

4 CHAPTER 3—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER 

5 PROGRAMS 

6 SEC. 2131. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

7 Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the second 

8 sentence by striking ‘‘situations’’ and inserting ‘‘organiza9 tions’’. 

10 SEC. 2132. LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS. 

11 Section 124 (42 U.S.C. 4995) is repealed. 

12 Subtitle B—National Senior Service 

13 Corps 

14 SEC. 2141. TITLE. 

15 Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by strik16 ing the title heading and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 

18 SEC. 2142. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

19 Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to read as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

22 ‘‘It is the purpose of this title to provide— 

23 ‘‘(1) opportunities for senior service to meet 

24 unmet local, State, and national needs in the areas 

25 of education, public safety, emergency and disaster 
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1 preparedness, relief, and recovery, health and human 

2 needs, and the environment; 

3 ‘‘(2) for the National Senior Service Corps, com4 prised of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, 

5 the Foster Grandparent Program, and the Senior 

6 Companion Program, and demonstration and other 

7 programs, to empower people 55 years of age or older 

8 to contribute to their communities through service, en9 hance the lives of those who serve and those whom 

10 they serve, and provide communities with valuable 

11 services; 

12 ‘‘(3) opportunities for people 55 years of age or 

13 older, through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro14 gram, to share their knowledge, experiences, abilities, 

15 and skills for the betterment of their communities and 

16 themselves; 

17 ‘‘(4) opportunities for low-income people 55 

18 years of age or older, through the Foster Grand19 parents Program, to have a positive impact on the 

20 lives of children in need; and 

21 ‘‘(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 

22 years of age or older, through the Senior Companion 

23 Program, to provide support services and companion24 ship to other older individuals through volunteer serv25 ice.’’. 
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1 SEC. 2143. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. 

2 Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

5 by striking ‘‘avail’’ and all that follows through 

6 ‘‘community,’’ and inserting ‘‘share their experi7 ences, abilities, and skills to improve their com8 munities and themselves through service in their 

9 communities,’’; 

10 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, and 

11 individuals 60 years of age or older will be given 

12 priority for enrollment,’’; and 

13 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘established and will be 

15 carried out’’ and inserting ‘‘designed and 

16 implemented’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘field of service’’ and 

18 all that follows through the period at the 

19 end and inserting ‘‘field of service to be pro20 vided, as well as persons who have expertise 

21 in the management of volunteers and the 

22 needs of older individuals.’’; and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(e)(1) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each 

25 fiscal year thereafter, each grant or contract awarded under 

26 this section, for such a year, shall be— 
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1 ‘‘(A) awarded for a period of 3 years, with an 

2 option for a grant renewal of 3 years if the grantee 

3 meets the performances measures established under 

4 subsection (g); and 

5 ‘‘(B) awarded through a competitive process de6 scribed in paragraph (2). 

7 ‘‘(2)(A) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations 

8 establishing the competitive process required under para9 graph (1)(B), and make such regulations available to the 

10 public, not later than 18 months after the date of the enact11 ment of the Serve America Act. The Corporation shall con12 sult with the directors of programs receiving grants under 

13 this section during the development and implementation of 

14 the competitive process. 

15 ‘‘(B) The competitive process required by subpara16 graph (A) shall— 

17 ‘‘(i) include the use of a peer review panel, in18 cluding members with expertise in senior service and 

19 aging, to review applications; 

20 ‘‘(ii) include site inspections of programs as21 sisted under this section, as appropriate; 

22 ‘‘(iii) in the case of an applicant who has pre23 viously received a grant or contract for a program 

24 under this section, include an evaluation of the pro-
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1 gram conducted by a review team, as described in 

2 subsection (f); 

3 ‘‘(iv) ensure that— 

4 ‘‘(I) the grants or contracts awarded under 

5 this section through the competitive process for a 

6 grant or contract cycle support an aggregate 

7 number of volunteer service years for a given ge8 ographic service area that is not less than the ag9 gregate number of volunteer service years sup10 ported under this section for such service area for 

11 the previous grant or contract cycle; 

12 ‘‘(II) the grants or contracts awarded under 

13 this section through the competitive process for a 

14 grant or contract cycle maintain a similar pro15 gram distribution, as compared to the program 

16 distribution for the previous grant or contract 

17 cycle; and 

18 ‘‘(III) every effort is made to minimize the 

19 disruption to volunteers; and 

20 ‘‘(v) include the use of performance measures, 

21 outcomes, and other criteria established under sub22 section (g). 

23 ‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding section 412, and effective be24 ginning 180 days after the date of enactment of the Serve 

25 America Act, each grant or contract under this section that 
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1 expires in fiscal year 2011, 2012, or 2013 shall be subject 

2 to an evaluation process conducted by a review team de3 scribed in paragraph (4). The evaluation process shall be 

4 carried out, to the maximum extent practicable, in fiscal 

5 year 2010, 2011, and 2012, respectively. 

6 ‘‘(2) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations es7 tablishing the evaluation process required under paragraph 

8 (1), and make such regulations available to the public, not 

9 later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the 

10 Serve America Act. The Corporation shall consult with the 

11 directors of programs receiving grants under this section 

12 during the development and implementation of the evalua13 tion process. 

14 ‘‘(3) The evaluation process required under paragraph 

15 (1) shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) include performance measures, outcomes, 

17 and other criteria established under subsection (g); 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) evaluate the extent to which the recipient of 

20 the grant or contract meets or exceeds such perform21 ance measures, outcomes, and other criteria through a 

22 review of the recipient. 

23 ‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Corpora24 tion shall provide that each evaluation required by this sub25 section is conducted by a review team that— 
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1 ‘‘(A) includes individuals who are knowledgeable 

2 about programs assisted under this section; 

3 ‘‘(B) includes current or former employees of the 

4 Corporation who are knowledgeable about programs 

5 assisted under this section; 

6 ‘‘(C) includes representatives of communities 

7 served by volunteers of programs assisted under this 

8 section; and 

9 ‘‘(D) shall receive periodic training to ensure 

10 quality and consistency across evaluations. 

11 ‘‘(5) The findings of an evaluation described in this 

12 subsection of a program described in paragraph (1) shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) be presented to the recipient of the grant or 

14 contract for such program in a timely, transparent, 

15 and uniform manner that conveys information of pro16 gram strengths and weaknesses and assists with pro17 gram improvement; and 

18 ‘‘(B) be used as the basis for program improve19 ment, and for the provision of training and technical 

20 assistance. 

21 ‘‘(g)(1) The Corporation shall, with particular atten22 tion to the different needs of rural and urban programs as23 sisted under this section, develop performance measures, 

24 outcomes, and other criteria for programs assisted under 

25 this section that— 
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1 ‘‘(A) include an assessment of the strengths and 

2 areas in need of improvement of a program assisted 

3 under this section; 

4 ‘‘(B) include an assessment of whether such pro5 gram has adequately addressed population and com6 munity-wide needs; 

7 ‘‘(C) include an assessment of the efforts of such 

8 program to collaborate with other community-based 

9 organizations, units of government, and entities pro10 viding services to seniors, taking into account barriers 

11 to such collaboration that such program may encoun12 ter; 

13 ‘‘(D) include a protocol for fiscal management 

14 that shall be used to assess such program’s compliance 

15 with the program requirements for the appropriate 

16 use of Federal funds; 

17 ‘‘(E) include an assessment of whether the pro18 gram is in conformity with the eligibility, outreach, 

19 enrollment, and other requirements for programs as20 sisted under this section; and 

21 ‘‘(F) contain other measures of performance de22 veloped by the Corporation, in consultation with the 

23 review teams described in subsection (f)(4). 

24 ‘‘(2)(A) The performance measures, outcomes, and 

25 other criteria established under this subsection may be up-
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1 dated or modified as necessary, in consultation with direc2 tors of programs under this section, but not earlier than 

3 fiscal year 2014. 

4 ‘‘(B) For each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2014, 

5 the Corporation may, after consulting with directors of the 

6 programs under this section, determine that a performance 

7 measure, outcome, or criterion established under this sub8 section is operationally problematic, and may, in consulta9 tion with such directors and after notifying the authorizing 

10 committees— 

11 ‘‘(i) eliminate the use of that performance meas12 ure, outcome or criterion; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) modify that performance measure, outcome, 

14 or criterion as necessary to render it no longer oper15 ationally problematic. 

16 ‘‘(3) In the event that a program does not meet one 

17 or more of the performance measures, outcome, or criteria 

18 established under this subsection, the Corporation shall ini19 tiate procedures to terminate the program in accordance 

20 with section 412. 

21 ‘‘(h) The Chief Executive Officer shall develop proce22 dures by which programs assisted under this section may 

23 receive training and technical assistance, which may in24 clude regular monitoring visits to assist programs in meet25 ing the performance measures, outcomes, and criteria. 
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1 ‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (g)(3) or section 

2 412, the Corporation shall continue to fund a program as3 sisted under this section that has failed to meet or exceed 

4 the performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria es5 tablished under this subsection for not more than 12 months 

6 if the competitive process established under subsection (e) 

7 does not result in a successor grant or contract for such 

8 program, in order to minimize the disruption to volunteers 

9 and the disruption of services. 

10 ‘‘(2) In the case where a program is continued under 

11 paragraph (1), the Corporation shall conduct outreach re12 garding the availability of a grant under this section for 

13 the area served by such program and establish a new com14 petition for awarding the successor program to the contin15 ued program. The recipient operating the continued pro16 gram shall remain eligible for the new competition. 

17 ‘‘(3) The Corporation may monitor the recipient of a 

18 grant or contract supporting a program continued under 

19 paragraph (1) during this period and may provide training 

20 and technical assistance to assist such recipient in meeting 

21 the performance measures for such program. 

22 ‘‘(j) The Corporation shall develop and disseminate an 

23 online resource guide for programs under this section not 

24 later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Serve 

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1 ‘‘(1) examples of high-performing programs as2 sisted under this section; 

3 ‘‘(2) corrective actions for underperforming pro4 grams; and 

5 ‘‘(3) examples of meaningful outcome-based per6 formance measures, outcomes, and criteria that cap7 ture a program’s mission and priorities.’’. 

8 SEC. 2144. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. 

9 Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in the first sentence— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘aged sixty’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘age 55’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘children having excep15 tional needs’’ and inserting ‘‘children hav16 ing special or exceptional needs or cir17 cumstances identified as limiting their aca18 demic, social, or emotional development’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in the second sentence— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘any of a variety of’’; 

22 and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘children with special 

24 or exceptional needs’’ and inserting ‘‘chil25 dren having special or exceptional needs or 
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1 circumstances identified as limiting their 

2 academic, social, or emotional develop3 ment’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (i) in the matter preceding subpara7 graph (A), by striking ‘‘shall have’’ and all 

8 that follows through ‘‘(2) of the subsection’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘may determine’’; 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

11 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; 

12 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

13 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

14 and 

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

16 ‘‘(C) whether it is in the best interest of the child 

17 receiving, and the particular foster grandparent pro18 viding, services in such a project, to continue the rela19 tionship between the child and the grandparent under 

20 this part after the child reaches the age of 21, if such 

21 child is an individual with a disability who was re22 ceiving such services prior to attaining the age of 

23 21.’’; and 

24 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

25 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) If an assignment of a foster grandparent under 

2 this part is suspended or discontinued, the replacement of 

3 that foster grandparent shall be determined in a manner 

4 consistent with paragraph (3).’’; 

5 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$2.45 per 

6 hour’’ and all that follows through ‘‘five cents, except’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘$3.00 per hour, except’’; 

8 (4) in subsection (e)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘125 per 

10 centum’’ and inserting ‘‘200 percent’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘per cen12 tum’’ and inserting ‘‘percent’’; and 

13 (5) in subsection (f)(1)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub15 paragraphs (B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub16 paragraph (B)’’; and 

17 (B) by striking subparagraph (C). 

18 SEC. 2145. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM. 

19 Section 213(a) (42 U.S.C. 5013(a)) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘aged 60 or over’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55 or older’’. 

21 SEC. 2146. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

22 (a) PROMOTION OF NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE

23 CORPS.—Section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended— 

24 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUN25 TEER’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘participa2 tion of volunteers’’ and inserting ‘‘participation of 

3 volunteers of all ages and backgrounds, living in 

4 urban or rural communities’’. 

5 (b) MINORITY POPULATION PARTICIPATION.—Section 

6 223 (42 U.S.C. 5023) is amended— 

7 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘GROUP’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘POPULATION’’; and 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘sixty years and older from mi10 nority groups’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55 years or older 

11 from minority populations’’. 

12 (c) USE OF LOCALLY GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS IN

13 NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Section 224 (42 

14 U.S.C. 5024) is amended— 

15 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUN16 TEER’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Service Corps’’. 

19 (d) NATIONAL PROBLEMS OF LOCAL CONCERN.—Sec20 tion 225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

24 ‘‘(10), (12), (15), and (16)’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘(9), (11), and (14)’’; and 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

2 ‘‘(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(9)’’; 

3 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(2) An applicant for a grant under paragraph (1) 

6 shall determine whether the program to be supported by the 

7 grant is a program under part A, B, or C, and shall submit 

8 an application as required for such program.’’; and 

9 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director 

11 shall ensure that not less than 25 percent of the funds ap12 propriated under this section are used to award grants— 

13 ‘‘(A) to applicants for grants under this section 

14 that are not receiving assistance from the Corporation 

15 at the time of such grant award; or 

16 ‘‘(B) to applicants from locations where no pro17 grams supported under part A, B, or C are in effect 

18 at the time of such grant award. 

19 ‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), if, for a fiscal 

20 year, less than 25 percent of the applicants for grants under 

21 this section are applicants described in paragraph (4), the 

22 Director may use an amount that is greater than 75 percent 

23 of the funds appropriated under this subsection to award 

24 grants to applicants that are already receiving assistance 

25 from the Corporation at the time of such grant award.’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘through 

3 education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilita4 tion’’ before the period at the end; 

5 (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(4) Programs that establish and support men8 toring programs for low-income youth, including 

9 mentoring programs that match such youth with 

10 mentors and match such youth with employment and 

11 training programs, including apprenticeship pro12 grams.’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, in14 cluding literacy programs that serve youth, and 

15 adults, with limited English proficiency’’ before 

16 the period at the end; 

17 (D) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and 

18 inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(6) Programs that provide respite care, includ20 ing care for elderly individuals and for children and 

21 individuals with disabilities or chronic illnesses who 

22 are living at home. 

23 ‘‘(7) Programs that provide before-school and 

24 after-school activities, serving children in low-income 

25 communities, that may engage participants in men-
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1 toring relationships, tutoring, life skills, and study 

2 skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, 

3 and health education programs, and other activities 

4 addressing the needs of the children in the commu5 nities, including children of working parents.’’; 

6 (E) by striking paragraph (8); 

7 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (9) 

8 through (15) as paragraphs (8) through (14), re9 spectively; 

10 (G) in paragraph (10) (as redesignated by 

11 subparagraph (F))— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘educationally dis13 advantaged children’’ and inserting ‘‘stu14 dents’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘the basic skills of such 

16 children’’ and inserting ‘‘the academic 

17 achievement of such students’’; 

18 (H) by striking paragraph (11) (as redesig19 nated by subparagraph (F)) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(11) Programs that engage older individuals 

22 with children and youth to complete service in energy 

23 conservation, environmental stewardship, or other en24 vironmental needs of a community, including service 

25 relating to conducting energy audits, insulating 
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1 homes, or conducting other activities to promote en2 ergy efficiency.’’; 

3 (I) by striking paragraph (14) (as redesig4 nated by subparagraph (F)) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(14) Programs in which the grant recipients in7 volved collaborate with criminal justice professionals 

8 and organizations in order to provide prevention pro9 grams that serve low-income youth or youth reen10 tering society after incarceration and their families, 

11 which prevention programs may include mentoring, 

12 counseling, or employment counseling.’’; 

13 (J) by striking paragraph (16); and 

14 (K) by redesignating paragraphs (17) and 

15 (18) as paragraphs (15) and (16), respectively; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and that 

17 such applicant has expertise applicable to imple18 menting the proposed program for which the appli19 cant is requesting the grant’’ before the period at the 

20 end; and 

21 (4) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘widely’’ after 

22 ‘‘shall’’. 

23 (e) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—Part D of title II 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

25 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 228. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

3 (b), an entity receiving assistance under this title may ac4 cept donations, including donations in cash or in kind fair5 ly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. 

6 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—An entity receiving assistance 

7 under this title to carry out an activity shall not accept 

8 donations from the beneficiaries of the activity.’’. 

9 Subtitle C—Administration and 

10 Coordination 

11 SEC. 2151. SPECIAL LIMITATIONS. 

12 Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by in13 serting ‘‘or other volunteers (not including participants 

14 under this Act and the National and Community Service 

15 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.)),’’ after ‘‘employed 

16 workers’’ both places such term appears. 

17 SEC. 2152. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW. 

18 Section 415 (42 U.S.C. 5055) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘(as such part 

20 was in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

21 of the Serve America Act)’’ after ‘‘part B’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘(as such part 

23 was in effect on the day before the date of enactment 

24 of the Serve America Act)’’ after ‘‘A, B’’. 

25 SEC. 2153. EVALUATION. 

26 Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 5056) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by 

2 striking ‘‘(including’’ and all that follows through ‘‘3 

3 years)’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘Committee 

5 on Education and Labor of the House of Representa6 tives and the Committee on Labor and Human Re7 sources of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing 

8 committees’’. 

9 SEC. 2154. DEFINITIONS. 

10 Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, the Com12 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after 

13 ‘‘American Samoa’’; 

14 (2) by striking paragraph (7); 

15 (3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘Volunteer 

16 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 

17 (4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘Volunteer 

18 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 

19 (5) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (20) 

20 as paragraphs (7) through (19), respectively; 

21 (6) in paragraph (18) (as redesignated by para22 graph (5)), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at 

23 the end; 
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1 (7) in paragraph (19) (as redesignated by para2 graph (5)), by striking the period at the end and in3 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

4 (8) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(20) the term ‘authorizing committees’ means 

6 the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 

8 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 

9 SEC. 2155. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 

10 Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended, in the mat11 ter following paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’. 

13 SEC. 2156. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COM14 MUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

15 Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5043 et seq.) is amended by adding 

16 at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 426. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COM18 MUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

19 ‘‘The Corporation shall carry out this Act in accord20 ance with the provisions of this Act and the relevant provi21 sions of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

22 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), particularly the provisions of sec23 tion 122 and subtitle F of title I of the National and Com24 munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572, 12631 et seq.) 

25 relating to the national service laws.’’. 
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1 Subtitle D—Authorization of 

2 Appropriations 

3 SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 (a) NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PRO5 GRAMS.—Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA.— 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 part A of title I $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 

12 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 

13 fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

14 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part 

16 C of title I such sums as may be necessary for each 

17 of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’; and 

18 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

19 paragraph (3); 

20 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘part B or C’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘part C’’; and 

22 (3) by striking subsection (e). 

23 (b) NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Section 502 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

2 ‘‘(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.— 

3 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part 

4 A of title II, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such 

5 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 

6 through 2014. 

7 ‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are 

8 authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B of title 

9 II, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as 

10 may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 

11 2014. 

12 ‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are au13 thorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of title II, 

14 $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may 

15 be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are author17 ized to be appropriated to carry out part E of title II, such 

18 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 

19 through 2014.’’. 

20 (c) ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION.—Section 

21 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

23 1994 through 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 

24 through 2014’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

2 1994 through 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 

3 through 2014’’. 

4 TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMEND5 MENTS TO TABLES OF CON6 TENTS 

7 SEC. 3101. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE NATIONAL AND 

8 COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

9 Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service 

10 Act of 1990 is amended to read as follows: 

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

12 this Act is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 

‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT 

PROGRAM 

‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants. 

‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 

‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

‘‘Sec. 111. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 111A. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 112. Assistance to States, territories, and Indian tribes. 

‘‘Sec. 112A. Allotments. 

‘‘Sec. 113. Applications. 

‘‘Sec. 114. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 

‘‘Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

‘‘Sec. 117. Limitations on uses of funds. 

‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY

SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 

‘‘Sec. 118A. Campuses of Service. 
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‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING

PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH

‘‘Sec. 119. Innovative and community-based service-learning programs and research. 

‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY

‘‘Sec. 120. Study and report. 

‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program 

‘‘PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 122. National service programs eligible for program assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national 

service educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 124. Types of program assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 

‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

‘‘Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 129A. Educational awards only program. 

‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 

‘‘Sec. 132A. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 

‘‘Sec. 133. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

‘‘Sec. 137. Description of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants. 

‘‘Sec. 139. Terms of service. 

‘‘Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants. 

‘‘Sec. 141. National service educational awards. 

‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards 

‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 146A. Certifications of successful completion of terms of service. 

‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the educational award. 

‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 149. Approval process for approved positions. 

‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps 

‘‘Sec. 151. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program. 

‘‘Sec. 153. National service program. 

‘‘Sec. 154. Summer national service program. 

‘‘Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 156. Training. 

‘‘Sec. 157. Service projects. 
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‘‘Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

‘‘Sec. 159. Administrative provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 

‘‘Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority. 

‘‘Sec. 162. Responsibilities of Department of Defense. 

‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board. 

‘‘Sec. 164. Evaluations. 

‘‘Sec. 165. Definitions. 

‘‘Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 171. Family and medical leave. 

‘‘Sec. 172. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 173. Supplementation. 

‘‘Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 

‘‘Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

‘‘Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 

‘‘Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

‘‘Sec. 179. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 179A. Civic Health Assessment and volunteering research and evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 180. Engagement of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 181. Contingent extension. 

‘‘Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 

‘‘Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

‘‘Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 184A. Availability of assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 186. Sustainability. 

‘‘Sec. 187. Grant periods. 

‘‘Sec. 188. Generation of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 189. Limitation on program grant costs. 

‘‘Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely economically distressed communities. 

‘‘Sec. 189B. Audits and reports. 

‘‘Sec. 189C. Restrictions on Federal Government and uses of Federal funds. 

‘‘Sec. 189D. Criminal history checks. 

‘‘Subtitle G—Corporation for National and Community Service 

‘‘Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service. 

‘‘Sec. 192. Board of Directors. 

‘‘Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors. 

‘‘Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer. 

‘‘Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 

‘‘Sec. 194. Officers. 

‘‘Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel. 

‘‘Sec. 196. Administration. 

‘‘Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices. 

‘‘Sec. 196B. Assignment to State Commissions. 

‘‘Sec. 196C. Study of involvement of veterans. 
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‘‘Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 

‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL

SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 

‘‘Sec. 198A. Presidential awards for service. 

‘‘Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica Fellowships. 

‘‘Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships. 

‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS

‘‘Sec. 198H. National Service Reserve Corps. 

‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 198K. Funds. 

‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES; VOLUNTEER

GENERATION FUND

‘‘Sec. 198O. National service programs clearinghouses. 

‘‘Sec. 198P. Volunteer generation fund. 

‘‘ ‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM

‘‘ ‘‘Sec. 198S. Nonprofit capacity building. 

‘‘Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 

‘‘Sec. 199. Short title. 

‘‘Sec. 199A. General authority. 

‘‘Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 

‘‘Sec. 199C. State application. 

‘‘Sec. 199D. Focus of programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199E. Related programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 

‘‘Sec. 199G. Training and education services. 

‘‘Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 

‘‘Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 

‘‘Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 199K. Living allowance. 

‘‘Sec. 199L. Joint programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status. 

‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

‘‘Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance. 

‘‘TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 

‘‘Subtitle A—Publication 

‘‘Sec. 201. Information for students. 

‘‘Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 

‘‘Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 

‘‘Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations. 
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‘‘Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 

‘‘Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 

‘‘Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 

‘‘TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 

‘‘Sec. 401. Projects. 

‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

‘‘Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

‘‘Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 

‘‘Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism 

to democracy.’’. 

1 SEC. 3102. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DOMESTIC VOLUN2 TEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973. 

3 Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

4 1973 is amended to read as follows: 

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

6 this Act is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Volunteerism policy. 

‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS 

‘‘PART A—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

‘‘Sec. 101. Statement of purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program. 

‘‘Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service. 

‘‘Sec. 105. Support service. 

‘‘Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries. 

‘‘Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons. 

‘‘Sec. 108. Limitation. 

‘‘Sec. 109. Applications for assistance. 

‘‘PART C—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

‘‘Sec. 121. Statement of purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstration 

programs. 

‘‘Sec. 123. Technical and financial assistance. 
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‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS 

‘‘Sec. 200. Statement of purpose. 

‘‘PART A—RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

‘‘PART B—FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

‘‘PART C—SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects. 

‘‘PART D—GENERAL PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 222. Payments. 

‘‘Sec. 223. Minority population participation. 

‘‘Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service 

Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 225. Programs of national significance. 

‘‘Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts. 

‘‘Sec. 228. Acceptance of donations. 

‘‘PART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS

‘‘Sec. 231. Authority of Director. 

‘‘TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION 

‘‘Sec. 403. Political activities. 

‘‘Sec. 404. Special limitations. 

‘‘Sec. 406. Labor standards. 

‘‘Sec. 408. Joint funding. 

‘‘Sec. 409. Prohibition of Federal control. 

‘‘Sec. 410. Coordination with other programs. 

‘‘Sec. 411. Prohibition. 

‘‘Sec. 412. Notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination of financial assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 414. Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas. 

‘‘Sec. 415. Application of Federal law. 

‘‘Sec. 416. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 417. Nondiscrimination provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 418. Eligibility for other benefits. 

‘‘Sec. 419. Legal expenses. 

‘‘Sec. 421. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 422. Audit. 

‘‘Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork. 

‘‘Sec. 424. Review of project renewals. 

‘‘Sec. 425. Protection against improper use. 

‘‘Sec. 426. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 

‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

‘‘Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs. 
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‘‘Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 504. Administration and coordination. 

‘‘Sec. 505. Availability of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE VI—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND REPEALERS 

‘‘Sec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of July 1, 1971. 

‘‘Sec. 602. Creditable service for civil service retirement. 

‘‘Sec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act. 

‘‘Sec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older Americans Act.’’. 

1 TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO 

2 OTHER LAWS 

3 SEC. 4101. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978. 

4 Section 8F(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

5 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ‘‘National and 

6 Community Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘Na7 tional and Community Service Act of 1990’’. 

8 TITLE V—VOLUNTEERS FOR 

9 PROSPERITY PROGRAM 

10 SEC. 5101. FINDINGS. 

11 Congress makes the following findings: 

12 (1) Americans engaged in international volun13 teer service, and the organizations deploying them— 

14 (A) play critical roles in responding to the 

15 needs of people living throughout the developing 

16 world; and 

17 (B) advance the international public diplo18 macy of the United States. 

19 (2) The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has 

20 successfully promoted international volunteer service 

21 by skilled American professionals. 
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1 (3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped 

2 to mobilize 74,000 skilled Americans, including doc3 tors, nurses, engineers, businesspeople, and teachers, 

4 through a network of 250 nonprofit organizations and 

5 companies in the United States, to carry out develop6 ment and humanitarian efforts for those affected by 

7 great global challenges in health, the environment, 

8 poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, disaster relief, 

9 and other challenges. 

10 (4) The VfP Program has undertaken activities, 

11 including— 

12 (A) direct outreach to leading nonprofit or13 ganizations and companies in the United States; 

14 (B) promotion of the work of skilled Ameri15 cans and nonprofit organizations and companies 

16 in the United States as it relates to inter17 national volunteer service; 

18 (C) public recognition of skilled American 

19 volunteers; 

20 (D) support for organizations that utilize 

21 skilled Americans as volunteers; 

22 (E) participation in the development of spe23 cial initiatives to further opportunities for 

24 skilled Americans; and 
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1 (F) leadership of an innovative public-pri2 vate partnership to provide eligible skilled with 

3 financial assistance for volunteer assignments. 

4 SEC. 5102. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this title: 

6 (1) VFP OFFICE.—The term ‘‘VfP Office’’ means 

7 the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity of the United 

8 States Agency for International Development. 

9 (2) VFP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘VfP Program’’ 

10 means the Volunteers for Prosperity Program estab11 lished through Executive Order 13317. 

12 (3) VFPSERVE.—The term ‘‘VfPServe’’ means a 

13 program established by the VfP Office, in cooperation 

14 with the USA Freedom Corps, to provide eligible 

15 skilled professionals with fixed amount stipends to off16 set the travel and living costs of volunteering abroad. 

17 SEC. 5103. OFFICE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY. 

18 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The VfP Office shall pursue the ob19 jectives of the VfP Program described in subsection (b) by— 

20 (1) implementing the VfPServe Program to pro21 vide eligible skilled professionals with matching 

22 grants to offset the travel and living expenses of vol23 unteering abroad with nonprofit organizations; 

24 (2) otherwise promoting short- and long-term 

25 international volunteer service by skilled American 
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1 professionals, including connecting such professionals 

2 with nonprofit organizations, to achieve such objec3 tives; 

4 (3) helping nonprofit organizations in the 

5 United States recruit and effectively manage addi6 tional skilled American professionals for volunteer as7 signments throughout the developing world; 

8 (4) providing recognition for skilled American 

9 volunteers and the organizations deploying them; 

10 (5) helping nonprofit organizations and corpora11 tions in the United States to identify resources and 

12 opportunities in international volunteer service uti13 lizing skilled Americans; 

14 (6) encouraging the establishment of inter15 national volunteer programs for employees of United 

16 States corporations; and 

17 (7) encouraging international voluntary service 

18 by highly skilled Americans to promote health and 

19 prosperity throughout the world. 

20 (b) VFP PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the 

21 VfP Program should include— 

22 (1) eliminating extreme poverty; 

23 (2) reducing world hunger and malnutrition; 

24 (3) increasing access to safe potable water; 

25 (4) enacting universal education; 
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1 (5) reducing child mortality and childhood dis2 eases; 

3 (6) combating the spread of preventable diseases, 

4 including HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; 

5 (7) providing educational and work skill support 

6 for girls and empowering women to achieve independ7 ence; 

8 (8) creating sustainable business and entrepre9 neurial opportunities; and 

10 (9) increasing access to information technology. 

11 (c) VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY SERVICE INCEN12 TIVE PROGRAM.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The VfP Office may provide 

14 matching grants to offset the travel and living costs 

15 of volunteering abroad to any eligible organization 

16 that— 

17 (A) has members who possess skills relevant 

18 to addressing any objective described in sub19 section (b); and 

20 (B) provides a dollar-for-dollar match for 

21 such grant— 

22 (i) through the organization with 

23 which the individual is serving; or 

24 (ii) by raising private funds. 
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1 (2) NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT.—The 

2 VfP Office may not provide a stipend to an indi3 vidual under paragraph (1) unless the nonprofit or4 ganization to which the individual is assigned has 

5 certified to the VfP Office that it does not discrimi6 nate with respect to any project or activity receiving 

7 Federal financial assistance, including a stipend 

8 under this title, because of race, religion, color, na9 tional origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs. 

10 (3) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CAT11 EGORIES.—Service carried out by a volunteer receiv12 ing funds under this section may not provide a direct 

13 benefit to any— 

14 (A) business organized for profit; 

15 (B) labor union; 

16 (C) partisan political organization; or 

17 (D) religious or faith-based organization for 

18 the purpose of proselytization, worship or any 

19 other explicitly religious activity. 

20 (d) FUNDING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 

22 United States Agency for International Development 

23 shall make available the amounts appropriated pur24 suant to section 5104 to the VfP Office to pursue the 
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1 objectives described in subsection (b) by carrying out 

2 the functions described in subsection (a). 

3 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available 

4 under paragraph (1) may be used by the VfP Office 

5 to provide personnel and other resources to develop, 

6 manage, and expand the VfP Program, under the su7 pervision of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development. 

9 (e) COORDINATION.—The VfP Office shall coordinate 

10 its efforts with other public and private efforts that aim 

11 to send skilled professionals to serve in developing nations. 

12 (f) REPORT.—The VfP Office shall submit an annual 

13 report to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office. 

14 SEC. 5104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro16 priated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

17 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 

18 fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

19 (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more than 10 per20 cent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection 

21 (a) may be expended for the administrative costs of the 

22 United States Agency for International Development to 

23 manage the VfP Program. 
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1 TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 

2 SEC. 6101. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act, and the amendments 

4 made by this Act, take effect on October 1, 2009. 

5 (b) REGULATIONS.—Effective on the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation 

7 for National and Community Service may issue such regu8 lations as may be necessary to carry out this Act and the 

9 amendments made by this Act. 

10 SEC. 6102. SENSE OF THE SENATE. 

11 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 

12 (1) President John F. Kennedy said, ‘‘The rais13 ing of extraordinarily large sums of money, given vol14 untarily and freely by millions of our fellow Ameri15 cans, is a unique American tradition . . . Philan16 thropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely . . . call 

17 it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an Amer18 ican tradition’’. 

19 (2) Americans gave more than $300,000,000,000 

20 to charitable causes in 2007, an amount equal to 

21 roughly 2 percent of the gross domestic product. 

22 (3) The vast majority of those donations, roughly 

23 75 percent or $229,000,000,000, came from individ24 uals. 
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1 (4) Studies have shown that Americans give far 

2 more to charity than the people of any other industri3 alized nation—more than twice as much, measured as 

4 a share of gross domestic product, than the citizens of 

5 Great Britain, and 10 times more than the citizens 

6 of France. 

7 (5) 7 out of 10 American households donate to 

8 charities to support a wide range of religious, edu9 cational, cultural, health care, and environmental 

10 goals. 

11 (6) These charities provide innumerable valuable 

12 public services to society’s most vulnerable citizens 

13 during difficult economic times. 

14 (7) Congress has provided incentives through the 

15 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage chari16 table giving by allowing individuals to deduct con17 tributions made to tax-exempt charities. 

18 (8) 41,000,000 American households, constituting 

19 86 percent of taxpayers who itemize deductions, took 

20 advantage of this deduction to give to the charities of 

21 their choice. 

22 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen23 ate that Congress should preserve the income tax deduction 

24 for charitable contributions through the Internal Revenue 
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1 Code of 1986 and look for additional ways to encourage 

2 charitable giving. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 1388 

AMENDMENTS