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Union Calendar No. 10 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 

[Report No. 111–37] 

To reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2009 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 

Mr. SESTAK, Mr. HARE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

MARCH 16, 2009 

Additional sponsors: Ms. CLARKE, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. 

KLEIN of Florida, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. HOLT, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 

RANGEL, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. DRIEHAUS, 

Ms. DELAURO, Mr. WU, Mr. PERRIELLO, Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. HEINRICH

MARCH 16, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 9, 2009] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and reform the national service laws. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education 

6 Act’’ or the ‘‘GIVE Act’’. 

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

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 

ACT OF 1990 

Sec. 1001. References. 

Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 

Sec. 1101. Purposes; sense of Congress. 

Sec. 1102. Definitions. 

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

Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 

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

Sec. 1203. Innovative programs and research. 

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

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

Sec. 1302. Required and eligible national service programs. 

Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 

Sec. 1304. 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. Consideration of applications. 

Sec. 1311. Description of participants. 

Sec. 1312. Selection of national service participants. 

Sec. 1313. Terms of service. 

Sec. 1314. Adjustments to living allowance. 

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

of National Service Educational Awards) 

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

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

from the Trust. 

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

Sec. 1404. Disbursement of educational awards. 

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

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

Sec. 1501. Purpose. 

Sec. 1502. Program components. 

Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 

Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 

Sec. 1505. Team leaders. 

Sec. 1506. Training. 

Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 

Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 

Sec. 1510. Contract and grant authority. 

Sec. 1511. Other departments. 

Sec. 1512. Advisory Board. 

Sec. 1513. Evaluation. 

Sec. 1514. Repeal of funding limitation. 

Sec. 1515. Definitions. 

Sec. 1516. Terminology. 

Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 

Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 

Sec. 1602. Additional prohibitions on use of funds. 

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

Sec. 1604. Resolution of displacement complaints. 

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

Sec. 1606. Evaluation and accountability. 

Sec. 1607. Technical amendment. 

Sec. 1608. Partnerships with schools. 

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

Sec. 1610. Additional administrative provisions. 

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

Community Service) 

Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 

Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 

Sec. 1703. Chief executive officer compensation. 

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

Sec. 1705. Delegation to States. 

Sec. 1706. Chief financial officer compensation. 

Sec. 1707. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 

Sec. 1708. Donated services. 

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

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

Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H 

Sec. 1801. Technical amendments to subtitle H. 

Sec. 1802. Repeals. 

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Sec. 1803. New Fellowships. 

Sec. 1804. Innovative and model program support. 

Sec. 1805. Clearinghouses. 

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. 

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

Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE 

ACT OF 1973 

Sec. 2001. References. 

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

Sec. 2101. Purpose. 

Sec. 2102. Purpose of the VISTA program. 

Sec. 2103. Applications. 

Sec. 2104. VISTA programs of national significance. 

Sec. 2105. Terms and periods of service. 

Sec. 2106. Support Service. 

Sec. 2107. Sections repealed. 

Sec. 2108. Conforming amendment. 

Sec. 2109. Financial assistance. 

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

Sec. 2201. Change in name. 

Sec. 2202. Purpose. 

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

Sec. 2204. Foster Grandparent Program grants. 

Sec. 2205. Senior Companion Program grants. 

Sec. 2206. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps. 

Sec. 2207. Technical amendments. 

Sec. 2208. Programs of national significance. 

Sec. 2209. Additional provisions. 

Sec. 2210. Authority of Director. 

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

Sec. 2301. Nondisplacement. 

Sec. 2302. Notice and hearing procedures. 

Sec. 2303. Definitions. 

Sec. 2304. Protection against improper use. 

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

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

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

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TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 

Sec. 3101. Inspector General Act of 1978. 

TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 

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

1990. 

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

TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 

Sec. 5101. Effective date. 

Sec. 5102. Service assignments and agreements. 

TITLE VI—CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON CIVIC SERVICE 

Sec. 6101. Short title. 

Sec. 6102. Findings. 

Sec. 6103. Establishment. 

Sec. 6104. Duties. 

Sec. 6105. Membership. 

Sec. 6106. Director and Staff of Commission; Experts and Consultants. 

Sec. 6107. Powers of Commission. 

Sec. 6108. Reports. 

Sec. 6109. Termination. 

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 reference 

8 shall be considered to be made to a provision of the National 

9 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et 

10 seq.). 

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1 Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle 

2 A (General Provisions) 

3 SEC. 1101. PURPOSES; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

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

5 amended— 

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

7 throughout’’ and inserting ‘‘community and service 

8 throughout the varied and diverse communities of’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘in10 come,’’ the following: ‘‘geographic location,’’; 

11 (3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘exist12 ing’’ the following: ‘‘national’’; 

13 (4) in paragraph (7)— 

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

15 and inserting ‘‘programs, agencies, and commu16 nities’’; and 

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

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

19 inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

22 entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organi23 zations in addressing national and local challenges; 

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

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1 tively addressing national and local challenges and to 

2 encourage such organizations to replicate and expand 

3 successful initiatives; 

4 ‘‘(11) leverage Federal investments to increase 

5 State, local, business, and philanthropic resources to 

6 address national and local challenges; 

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

8 programs through year-round opportunities, includ9 ing during the summer months, to improve the edu10 cation of children and youth and to maximize the 

11 benefits of national and community service, in order 

12 to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spir13 it of community to children and youth throughout the 

14 United States; 

15 ‘‘(13) assist in coordinating and strengthening 

16 Federal and other service opportunities, including op17 portunities for participation in emergency and dis18 aster preparedness, relief, and recovery; 

19 ‘‘(14) increase service opportunities for our Na20 tion’s retiring professionals, including such opportu21 nities for those retiring from the science, technical, 

22 engineering, and mathematics professions to improve 

23 the education of our Nation’s youth and keep America 

24 competitive in the global knowledge economy, and to 

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1 further utilize the experience, knowledge, and skills of 

2 older Americans; 

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

4 alumni of the national service programs, including 

5 service in times of national need; 

6 ‘‘(16) support institutions of higher education 

7 that engage students in community service activities, 

8 provide service-learning courses, and encourage or as9 sist graduates to pursue careers in public service in 

10 the nonprofit or government sector; and 

11 ‘‘(17) encourage members of the Baby Boom gen12 eration to partake in service opportunities.’’. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—The Act is amended by in14 serting after section 2 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

16 ‘‘It is the sense of Congress that the number of partici17 pants in the programs authorized under subtitle C, includ18 ing the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and the 

19 National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), should grow 

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

21 SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 

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

23 (1) by redesignating— 

24 (A) paragraphs (21) through (29) as para25 graphs (28) through (36), respectively; 

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1 (B) paragraphs (9) through (20) as para2 graphs (15) through (26), respectively; 

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

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

5 (D) paragraphs (3) through (6) as para6 graphs (5) through (8), respectively; 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(3) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSI10 TION.—The term ‘approved summer of service posi11 tion’ means a position in a program described under 

12 section 120(c)(8) for which the Corporation has ap13 proved the provision of a summer of service edu14 cational award as one of the benefits to be provided 

15 for successful service in the position. 

16 ‘‘(4) BABY BOOM GENERATION.—The term ‘Baby 

17 Boom generation’ means the generation that consists 

18 of individuals born during the period beginning with 

19 1946 and ending with 1964.’’; 

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

21 striking ‘‘described in section 122’’; 

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

23 striking ‘‘church or other’’; 

24 (5) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as so redes25 ignated) the following: 

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1 ‘‘(9) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘dis2 advantaged youth’ includes those youth who are eco3 nomically disadvantaged and one or more of the fol4 lowing: 

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

6 out-of-school youth who are unemployed. 

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

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

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

10 away from home. 

11 ‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave school without 

12 a diploma. 

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

14 risk of delinquency. 

15 ‘‘(G) Who are individuals with a dis16 ability.’’; 

17 (6) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as so re18 designated) the following: 

19 ‘‘(12) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION.—The 

20 term ‘community-based organization’ means a public 

21 or private nonprofit organization that— 

22 ‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet 

23 human, educational, environmental, or public 

24 safety needs; and 

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

2 Executive Officer may establish. 

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

4 term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 

5 given such term in section 502(a) of the Higher Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 

7 ‘‘(14) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI8 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or uni9 versity’ means a part B institution, as defined in sec10 tion 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

11 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).’’; 

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

13 striking ‘‘section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 

14 of 1965’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 101(a) and 

15 102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’; 

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

17 by striking ‘‘program in which the participant is en18 rolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization receiving assist19 ance under the national service laws through which 

20 the participant is enrolled in an approved national 

21 service position’’; 

22 (9) by inserting after paragraph (26) (as so re23 designated) the following: 

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

25 ‘qualified organization’ means a public or private 

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1 nonprofit organization with experience working with 

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

3 Executive Officer may establish.’’; 

4 (10) in paragraph (28)(B) (as so redesig5 nated)— 

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

7 ‘‘602(3)’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘1401(3)’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(37) PREDOMINANTLY BLACK INSTITUTION.— 

12 The term ‘predominantly black institution’ has the 

13 meaning given such term in section 318 of the Higher 

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

15 ‘‘(38) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNI16 VERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college or 

17 university’ has the meaning given such term in sec18 tion 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or University 

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

20 ‘‘(39) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION.— 

21 The term ‘medically underserved population’ has the 

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

23 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)). 

24 ‘‘(40) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ means any 

25 individual who has engaged in the active duty in the 

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1 United States Army, Navy, Air Force, or Coast 

2 Guard and was released under a condition other than 

3 dishonorable.’’. 

4 Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle 

5 B (Learn and Serve America) 

6 SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 

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

8 is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 

10 SECONDARY STUDENTS 

11 ‘‘SEC. 111. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN12 DIAN TRIBES. 

13 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—School-based service learning pro14 grams promote service-learning as a strategy to— 

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

16 projects that engage students in meeting community 

17 needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing stu18 dents’ academic and civic learning; and 

19 ‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capac20 ity, including the training of educators, and to 

21 strengthen the service infrastructure to expand service 

22 opportunities. 

23 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN24 DIAN TRIBES.—The Corporation, in consultation with the 

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1 cational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes to pay for 

2 the Federal share of— 

3 ‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity within 

4 the State, Territory, or Indian tribe to implement 

5 service-learning programs that are based principally 

6 in elementary and secondary schools, including— 

7 ‘‘(A) providing training for teachers, super8 visors, personnel from community-based agencies 

9 (particularly with regard to the recruitment, uti10 lization, and management of participants), and 

11 trainers, to be conducted by qualified individuals 

12 or organizations that have experience with serv13 ice-learning; 

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

15 consistent with State or local academic content 

16 standards, to be integrated into academic pro17 grams, including an age-appropriate learning 

18 component that provides participants an oppor19 tunity to analyze and apply their service experi20 ences; 

21 ‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described in 

22 paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based 

23 service-learning programs in accordance with 

24 this part; 

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1 ‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for re2 search and evaluation of the educational value of 

3 service-learning and the effect of service-learning 

4 activities on communities; 

5 ‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and dis6 semination of information to ensure the broadest 

7 possible involvement of community-based agen8 cies with demonstrated effectiveness in working 

9 with school-age youth in their communities; and 

10 ‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and dis11 semination of information to ensure the broadest 

12 possible participation of schools throughout the 

13 State, with particular attention to schools identi14 fied for school improvement under title I of the 

15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

16 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 of 

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

24 part to projects operated by local partnerships 

25 among— 

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1 ‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and 

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

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

4 nonprofit organization that— 

5 ‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise 

6 in the provision of services to meet 

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

9 ‘‘(II) will make projects available 

10 for participants, who shall be students; 

11 and 

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

13 year before the date on which the orga14 nization submitted an application 

15 under section 113; and 

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

17 business, private elementary or secondary 

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

20 under this paragraph is not eligible to be 

21 part of the partnership operating that 

22 project); 

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

24 programs, through distribution by State educational 

25 agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes of Federal 

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

3 may include paying for the cost of— 

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

6 ‘‘(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, 

7 and placement of service-learning coordinators 

8 who may be participants in a program under 

9 subtitle C or receive a national service edu10 cational award under subtitle D, who may be 

11 participants in a project under section 201 of the 

12 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

13 U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a 

14 Youthbuild program under section 173A of the 

15 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

16 2918a), 

17 who will identify the community partners described 

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

20 (2); 

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

22 school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult 

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1 cational agencies, Territories, and Indian tribes of 

2 Federal funds made available under this part to— 

3 ‘‘(A) local educational agencies; 

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

5 tribe distributing funds under this paragraph is 

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

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

9 ‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local 

10 educational agencies and entities described in 

11 subparagraph (B) or (C); and 

12 ‘‘(5) developing civic engagement programs that 

13 promote a better understanding of— 

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

15 heroes of American history (including military 

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

18 ‘‘(B) promote a better understanding of how 

19 the Nation’s government functions; and 

20 ‘‘(C) promote a better understanding of the 

21 importance of service in the Nation’s character. 

22 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF EDU23 CATION.—The Corporation is authorized to enter into agree24 ments with the Secretary of Education for initiatives that 

25 may include— 

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1 ‘‘(1) Identification and dissemination of research 

2 findings on service-learning and scientifically-valid 

3 research based practices; and 

4 ‘‘(2) Provision of professional development op5 portunities that— 

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

7 instruction and delivery for teachers both pre8 service and in-service, personnel from commu9 nity-based agencies and youth workers; and 

10 ‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partner11 ships between local education agencies, commu12 nity-based organizations, businesses, and other 

13 stakeholders. 

14 ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.— 

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

16 or (3) of subsection (b) shall provide services that may in17 clude— 

18 ‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and informa19 tion to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and 

20 assisting in the planning, development, execution, and 

21 evaluation of service-learning in their classrooms; 

22 ‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in 

23 subsection (b) in the planning, development, and exe24 cution of service-learning projects, including summer 

25 of service programs; and 

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1 ‘‘(3) carrying out such other duties as the recipi2 ent of assistance under this part may determine to be 

3 appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives fi5 nancial assistance under this part may, in carrying out 

6 the activities described in subsection (b), use such assistance 

7 to pay for the Federal share of reasonable costs related to 

8 the supervision of participants, program administration, 

9 transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for other 

10 reasonable expenses related to the activities. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 112. ALLOTMENTS. 

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

13 amounts appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal 

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

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

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

17 American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

18 Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their 

19 respective needs. 

20 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.—After reserv21 ing the amount under subsection (a), the Corporation shall 

22 use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out 

23 this part for any fiscal year as follows: 

24 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 50 per2 cent of such remainder, the Corporation shall 

3 allot to each State an amount that bears the 

4 same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as 

5 the number of school-age youth in the State bears 

6 to the total number of school-age youth of all 

7 States. 

8 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION UNDER ELEMENTARY AND

9 SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—From 50 

10 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall 

11 allot to each State an amount that bears the 

12 same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as 

13 the allocation to the State for the previous fiscal 

14 year under title I of the Elementary and Sec15 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 

16 et seq.) or its successor authority bears to such 

17 allocations to all States. 

18 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, 

19 for purposes of this subsection, the term ‘State’ means 

20 each of the several States, the District of Columbia, 

21 and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

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

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

24 under this section will not be required for a fiscal year be25 cause the State, Territory, or Indian tribe did not submit 

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1 and receive approval of an application for the allotment 

2 under section 113, the Corporation shall make the allotment 

3 for such State, Territory, or Indian tribe available for 

4 grants to community-based organization to carry out serv5 ice-learning programs as described in section 111(b) in such 

6 State, Territory, or Indian tribe. After community-based 

7 organizations apply for the allotment with an application 

8 at such time and in such manner as the Corporation re9 quires and receive approval, the remainder of such allot10 ment shall be available for reallotment to such other States, 

11 Territories, or Indian tribes with approved applications 

12 submitted under section 113 as the Corporation may deter13 mine to be appropriate. 

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

15 which amounts appropriated for this part exceed 

16 $50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State (as de17 fined in subsection (b)(2)) under this section shall be 

18 $65,000. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allot21 ment under section 112, a State, acting through the State 

22 educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe shall pre23 pare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, 

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

25 Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. 

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

2 under this part shall include— 

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

4 service-learning, which shall contain such information 

5 as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably re6 quire, including how the applicant will integrate 

7 service opportunities into the academic program of 

8 the participants; 

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

10 educational agency, Territory, or Indian tribe will 

11 use to evaluate and grant approval to applications 

12 submitted under subsection (c), including an assur13 ance that the State educational agency, Territory, or 

14 Indian tribe will comply with the requirement in sec15 tion 114(a); 

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

17 ‘‘(A) ensure that students of different ages, 

18 races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and eco19 nomic backgrounds have opportunities to serve 

20 together; 

21 ‘‘(B) include any opportunities for students 

22 enrolled in schools or other programs of edu23 cation providing elementary or secondary edu24 cation to participate in service-learning pro25 grams and ensure that such service-learning promstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 grams include opportunities for such students to 

2 serve together; 

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

4 operation of the program; 

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

6 greatest need, including low-income or rural 

7 areas; and 

8 ‘‘(E) otherwise integrate service opportuni9 ties into the academic program of the partici10 pants; and 

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

12 with the nonduplication and nondisplacement re13 quirements of section 177 and the grievance proce14 dures required by section 176. 

15 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN

16 TRIBE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL17 BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 

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

20 Territory, local educational agency, for-profit 

21 business, private elementary, middle, or sec22 ondary school, or institution of higher education 

23 that desires to receive financial assistance under 

24 this subpart from a State, Territory, or Indian 

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1 tribe for an activity described in section 

2 111(b)(1); 

3 ‘‘(B) partnership described in section 

4 111(b)(2) that desires to receive such assistance 

5 from a State, Territory, or Indian tribe or com6 munity-based organization described in section 

7 111(b)(2); 

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

9 that desires to receive such assistance from a 

10 State, Territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 

11 described in such section; 

12 ‘‘(D) partnership described in section 

13 111(b)(4) that desires to receive such assistance 

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

15 activity described in such section; and 

16 ‘‘(E) agency or partnership described in sec17 tion 120(c)(8) that desires to receive such assist18 ance, or approved summer of service positions, 

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

20 activity described in such section to be carried 

21 out through a service-learning program described 

22 in section 111, 

23 shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency, 

24 Territory, community-based organization, or Indian 

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

2 program. 

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

4 submitted at such time and in such manner, and 

5 shall contain such information, as the agency, Terri6 tory, Indian tribe, or entity may reasonably require. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

8 ‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In considering competitive applica9 tions under this part, the Corporation shall give priority 

10 to innovation, sustainability, capacity building, involve11 ment of disadvantaged youth, and quality of programs, as 

12 well as other criteria approved by the Chief Executive Offi13 cer. 

14 ‘‘(b) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS.—If the Corpora15 tion rejects an application submitted by a State, Territory, 

16 or Indian tribe under section 113 for an allotment, the Cor17 poration shall promptly notify the State, Territory, or In18 dian tribe of the reasons for the rejection of the application. 

19 The Corporation shall provide the State, Territory, or In20 dian tribe with a reasonable opportunity to revise and re21 submit the application and shall provide technical assist22 ance, if needed, to the State, Territory, or Indian tribe as 

23 part of the re-submission process. The Corporation shall 

24 promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 

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

2 FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 

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

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

5 or in the school district of the local educational agency in6 volved who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary 

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

8 or agency shall (after consultation with appropriate private 

9 school representatives) make provision— 

10 ‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrange11 ments for the benefit of such students so as to allow 

12 for the equitable participation of such students in the 

13 programs implemented to carry out the objectives and 

14 provide the benefits described in this part; and 

15 ‘‘(2) for the training of the teachers of such stu16 dents so as to allow for the equitable participation of 

17 such teachers in the programs implemented to carry 

18 out the objectives and provide the benefits described in 

19 this part. 

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

21 local educational agency is prohibited by law from pro22 viding for the participation of students or teachers from 

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

24 if the Corporation determines that a State, Territory, In25 dian tribe, or local educational agency substantially fails 

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1 uitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such 

2 requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services 

3 to such students and teachers. Such waivers shall be subject 

4 to the requirements of sections 9503 and 9504 of the Ele5 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6 7883 and 7884). 

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

8 ‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

10 of carrying out a program for which assistance is 

11 provided under this part— 

12 ‘‘(A) for new grants, may not exceed 80 per13 cent of the total cost for the first year of the 

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

15 percent for each remaining year; and 

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

17 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

18 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In pro19 viding for the remaining share of the cost of carrying 

20 out such a program, each recipient of assistance 

21 under this part— 

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

23 payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, in24 cluding facilities, equipment, or services; and 

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

2 State sources or local sources, including private 

3 funds or donated services. 

4 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer 

6 may, with respect to any such program for any fiscal 

7 year, and upon determination that such action would 

8 be equitable due to lack of resources at the local 

9 level— 

10 ‘‘(A) waive the requirements of subsection 

11 (a) in whole or in part; or 

12 ‘‘(B) allow a recipient to provide the non13 Federal contribution required under subsection 

14 (a)(2) from funding available pursuant to title I 

15 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

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

17 ‘‘(2) RULES.—The following rules apply to para18 graph (1)(B): 

19 ‘‘(A) Paragraph (1)(B) applies only to re20 cipients that are schools receiving funding under 

21 title I of the Elementary and Secondary Edu22 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 

23 ‘‘(B) The non-Federal contribution provided 

24 under paragraph (1)(B) may only be used for 

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1 purposes consistent with title I of such Act (20 

2 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.). 

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

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

5 received by an applicant in a fiscal year may be used to 

6 pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation 

7 may issue, for administrative costs, incurred by— 

8 ‘‘(1) the original recipient; or 

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

10 program supported with the assistance.’’. 

11 SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND CAM12 PUSES OF SERVICE. 

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

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

15 ‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND 

16 CAMPUSES OF SERVICE’’. 

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

18 12561) is redesignated as section 118 and amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘commu20 nity service programs’’ the following: ‘‘through serv21 ice-learning’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

24 by striking ‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘con25 sortia’’; 

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1 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

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

3 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

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

9 curricula being offered in the academic curricula 

10 at the institution of higher education or at one 

11 or more members of the consortia;’’; 

12 (3) in subsection (b)(3)— 

13 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

14 (A), by striking ‘‘teachers at the elementary, sec15 ondary, and postsecondary levels’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘institutions of higher education and their fac17 ulty’’; 

18 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘edu19 cation of the institution; and’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘curricula of the institution to strengthen the in21 structional capacity of service-learning at the el22 ementary and secondary levels;’’; 

23 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

24 subparagraph (E); and 

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1 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 

2 following: 

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

4 component of the health professionals curricula, 

5 including nursing, pre-medicine, medicine, and 

6 dentistry curricula of the institution; 

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

8 component of the criminal justice professionals 

9 curricula of the institution; 

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

11 component of the public policy and public ad12 ministration curricula of the institution; and’’; 

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

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

15 (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent prac18 ticable, the Corporation shall give special consideration to 

19 applications submitted by predominantly Black institu20 tions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, His21 panic-serving institutions, Tribal Colleges and Universities, 

22 and community colleges serving predominantly minority 

23 populations. 

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

25 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

2 the cost of carrying out a program for which as3 sistance is provided under this part may not ex4 ceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 

5 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In 

6 providing for the remaining share of the cost of 

7 carrying out such a program, each recipient of 

8 a grant under this part— 

9 ‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 

10 through a payment in cash or in kind, fair11 ly evaluated, including facilities, equip12 ment, or services; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) may provide for such share 

14 through State sources or local sources, in15 cluding private funds or donated services. 

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

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

18 in part with respect to any such program for any fis19 cal year if the Corporation determines that such a 

20 waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available 

21 financial resources at the local level. 

22 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 

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

24 into a contract under this part, an applicant shall 

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1 proval of, an application at such time, in such man2 ner, and containing such information and assurances 

3 as the Corporation may reasonably require. In re4 questing applications for assistance under this part, 

5 the Corporation shall specify such required informa6 tion and assurances. 

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

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

9 ‘‘(A) assurances that— 

10 ‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a partic11 ipant, the applicant will consult with the 

12 appropriate local labor organization, if 

13 any, representing employees in the area who 

14 are engaged in the same or similar work as 

15 that proposed to be carried out by such pro16 gram, to prevent the displacement and pro17 tect the rights of such employees; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with 

19 the nonduplication and nondisplacement 

20 provisions of section 177 and the grievance 

21 procedures required by section 176; and 

22 ‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Ex23 ecutive Officer may reasonably require. 

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

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

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1 priority to applicants or institutions that submit applica2 tions containing proposals that— 

3 ‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institu4 tion of higher education, other than by demonstrating 

5 the commitment of the students, to supporting the 

6 community service projects carried out under the pro7 gram; 

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

9 will promote faculty, administration, and staff par10 ticipation in the community service projects; 

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

12 will provide service to the community through orga13 nized programs, including, where appropriate, clin14 ical programs for students in professional schools and 

15 colleges; 

16 ‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will partici17 pate in the community service projects, such as a 

18 partnership comprised of— 

19 ‘‘(A) the institution; 

20 ‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 

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

22 ‘‘(iii) a non-profit entity that serves or in23 volves school-age youth, older adults, or low-in24 come communities; and 

25 ‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 

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

2 ‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of dif3 ferent departments, schools, or colleges at the in4 stitution; 

5 ‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the 

6 development of the proposal and the extent to which 

7 the proposal will contribute to the goals of its commu8 nity partners; 

9 ‘‘(6) describe research on effective strategies and 

10 methods to improve service utilized in the design of 

11 the project; 

12 ‘‘(7) demonstrate a commitment to perform serv13 ice projects in underserved urban and rural commu14 nities; 

15 ‘‘(8) specify that the institution will use such as16 sistance to strengthen the service infrastructure in in17 stitutions of higher education; 

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

19 services, specify projects that involve leadership devel20 opment of school aged youth; or 

21 ‘‘(10) describe how service projects and activities 

22 are associated with such ideas as housing, economic 

23 development, infrastructure, health care, job training, 

24 education, crime prevention, urban planning, trans25 portation technology, and child welfare. 

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

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

3 who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on 

4 a full- or part-time basis. 

5 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for as6 sistance under this part, an institution of higher education 

7 must demonstrate that it meets the minimum requirements 

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

9 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)) relating to the participation 

10 of Federal Work-Study students in community service ac11 tivities, or has received a waiver of those requirements from 

12 the Secretary of Education.’’. 

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

14 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12521 et 

15 seq.) is amended by adding after section 118 (as redesig16 nated by subsection (a)) at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 119. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consulta19 tion with the Secretary of Education, may annually des20 ignate not more than 25 institutions of higher education 

21 as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nomi22 nated by State Commissions. 

23 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomina25 tion to receive designation under subsection (a), and 

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1 have an opportunity to apply for funds under sub2 section (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of higher 

3 education in a State shall submit an application to 

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

5 and containing such information as the State Com6 mission may require. 

7 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica8 tion shall include information specifying— 

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

10 applicable, graduate service-learning courses of11 fered at such institution for the most recent full 

12 academic year preceding the fiscal year for 

13 which designation is sought; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of under15 graduate students and, if applicable, the number 

16 and percentage of graduate students at such in17 stitution who were enrolled in the corresponding 

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

19 academic year; 

20 ‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate stu21 dents engaging in and, if applicable, the percent22 age of graduate students engaging in activities 

23 providing community services, as defined in sec24 tion 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

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1 demic year, the quality of such activities, and 

2 the average amount of time spent, per student, 

3 engaged in such activities; 

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

5 percentage of Federal work-study funds made 

6 available to the institution under part C of title 

7 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 

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

9 students employed in providing community serv10 ices, as so defined, and a description of the ef11 forts the institution undertakes to make available 

12 to students opportunities to provide such commu13 nity services and be compensated through such 

14 work-study funds; 

15 ‘‘(D) at the discretion of the institution, in16 formation demonstrating the degree to which re17 cent graduates of the institution, and all grad18 uates of the institution, have obtained full-time 

19 public service employment in the nonprofit sector 

20 or government, with a private nonprofit organi21 zation or a Federal, State, or local public agen22 cy; and 

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1 stitution to pursue careers in public service in 

2 the nonprofit sector or government. 

3 ‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 

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

6 that receives applications from institutions of 

7 higher education under subsection (b) may nomi8 nate, for designation under subsection (a), not 

9 more than 3 such institutions of higher edu10 cation, consisting of— 

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

12 institution of higher education; 

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

14 institution of higher education; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year insti16 tution of higher education. 

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

18 shall submit to the Corporation the name and 

19 application of each institution nominated by the 

20 State Commission under subparagraph (A). 

21 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall des22 ignate, under subsection (a), not more than 25 insti23 tutions of higher education from among the institu24 tions nominated under paragraph (1). In making the 

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1 ignate various types of institutions, including institu2 tions from each of the categories of institutions de3 scribed in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph 

4 (1)(A). 

5 ‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 

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

7 under section 501(a)(1)(C), the Corporation shall pro8 vide an award to institutions designated under sub9 section (c), to be used by the institutions to develop 

10 or disseminate service-learning models and best prac11 tices regarding service-learning to other institutions 

12 of higher education. 

13 ‘‘(2) PLANS.—To be eligible to receive funds 

14 under this subsection, an institution designated under 

15 subsection (c) shall submit a plan to the Corporation 

16 describing how the institution intends to use the funds 

17 to encourage or assist those students to pursue public 

18 service careers in the nonprofit sector or government. 

19 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall deter20 mine how the funds appropriated under section 

21 501(a)(1)(C) for a fiscal year will be allocated among 

22 the institutions submitting acceptable plans under 

23 paragraph (2). In determining the amount of funds 

24 to be allocated to such an institution, the Corporation 

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1 tion, and the quality and scope of the plan submitted 

2 by the institution under paragraph (2) and the insti3 tution’s current (as of the date of submission of the 

4 plan) strategies to encourage or assist students to pur5 sue public service careers in the nonprofit sector or 

6 government.’’. 

7 SEC. 1203. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

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

9 amended by adding after part II the following new part: 

10 ‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION 

11 SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 

12 ‘‘SEC. 120. INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARN13 ING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 

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

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

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

17 with section 129(l)) with eligible entities for activities de18 scribed in subsection (c). 

19 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this part, the fol20 lowing definitions apply: 

21 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘eligible en22 tity’ means a State education agency, a State Com23 mission, a Territory, an Indian tribe, an institution 

24 of higher education, or a public or private nonprofit 

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1 tions), a public or private elementary or secondary 

2 school, a local educational agency, or a consortia of 

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

4 entities may also include a for-profit organization. 

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

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

7 youth engagement zone program is carried out. 

8 ‘‘(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.—The 

9 term ‘youth engagement zone program’ means a serv10 ice learning program in which members of an eligible 

11 partnership described in paragraph (4) collaborate to 

12 provide coordinated school-based or community-based 

13 service learning opportunities, to address a specific 

14 community challenge, for an increasing percentage of 

15 out-of-school youth and secondary school students 

16 served by local educational agencies where— 

17 ‘‘(A) not less than 90 percent of the students 

18 participate in service-learning activities as part 

19 of the program; or 

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

21 of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools 

22 served by the local educational agency. 

23 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible part25 nership’ means— 

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1 ‘‘(i) one or more community-based 

2 agencies that have demonstrated records of 

3 success in carrying out service-learning pro4 grams with disadvantaged students, and 

5 that meet such criteria as the Chief Execu6 tive Officer may establish; in combination 

7 with; 

8 ‘‘(ii) (I) one or more local educational 

9 agencies for which— 

10 ‘‘(aa) a high number or percent11 age of the students served by the agen12 cy, as determined by the Corporation, 

13 are disadvantaged students; and 

14 ‘‘(bb) the graduation rate for the 

15 secondary school students served by the 

16 agency is less than 70 percent; or 

17 ‘‘(II) a State Commission; or 

18 ‘‘(III) a State educational agency. 

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

20 partnership may also include— 

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

22 not described in subparagraph (A); 

23 ‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive of24 ficer of a unit of general local government; 

25 or 

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1 ‘‘(iii) an institution of higher edu2 cation. 

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

4 part may be used to— 

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

6 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 

7 (STEM) curricula at the elementary, secondary, or 

8 post-secondary, and post-baccalaureate levels in co9 ordination with practicing or retired STEM profes10 sionals; 

11 ‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning pro12 grams focusing on energy conservation in their com13 munity, including conducting educational outreach 

14 on energy conservation and working to improve en15 ergy efficiency in low income housing and in public 

16 spaces; 

17 ‘‘(3) involve students in service-learning projects 

18 in emergency and disaster preparedness; 

19 ‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning projects 

20 aimed at improving access to and obtaining benefits 

21 from computers and other emerging technologies, in22 cluding improving such access to individuals with 

23 disabilities, in low income or rural communities, in 

24 senior centers and communities, in schools, in librar25 ies, and in other public spaces; 

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1 ‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the men2 toring of middle school youth while involving all par3 ticipants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet 

4 human, educational, environmental, public safety, or 

5 emergency disaster preparedness needs in their com6 munity; 

7 ‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on service8 learning, including service-learning in middle schools, 

9 and disseminate such research and evaluations wide10 ly; 

11 ‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities 

12 as described in section 111(b); 

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

14 programs (giving priority to programs that enroll 

15 youth in grades 6 through 9) during the summer 

16 months, including the cost of recruitment, training, 

17 and placement of service-learning coordinators— 

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

19 grade from grade 6 through grade 12 at the end 

20 of the summer concerned; 

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

22 projects that— 

23 ‘‘(i) shall— 

24 ‘‘(I) meet unmet human, edu25 cational, environmental (including enmstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 ergy conservation and stewardship), 

2 emergency and disaster preparedness, 

3 and public service needs; and 

4 ‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, su5 pervised, and designed to produce iden6 tifiable improvements to the commu7 nity; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) may include the extension of aca9 demic year service-learning programs into 

10 the summer months; 

11 ‘‘(C) under which any student who com12 pletes 100 hours of service in an approved sum13 mer of service position, as certified through a 

14 process determined by the Corporation through 

15 regulations consistent with section 138(f), shall 

16 be eligible for a summer of service educational 

17 award of not more than $500 (or, at the discre18 tion of the Chief Executive Officer, not more 

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

20 economically disadvantaged) from funds depos21 ited in the National Service Trust and distrib22 uted by the Corporation as described in section 

23 148; and 

24 ‘‘(D) subject to the limitation that a student 

25 may not receive more than 2 summer of service 

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1 educational awards from funds deposited in the 

2 National Service Trust; 

3 ‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement 

4 zone service learning programs in youth engagement 

5 zones for students in secondary school served by local 

6 educational agencies where a majority of such stu7 dents do not participate in service learning activities 

8 carried out by eligible partnerships as defined in 

9 paragraph (4) that are designed to— 

10 ‘‘(A) involve all students in secondary 

11 school in the local educational agency in service12 learning to address a specific community chal13 lenge; 

14 ‘‘(B) improve student engagement, includ15 ing student attendance and student behavior, 

16 and student achievement, graduation rates, and 

17 college-going rates in secondary schools; 

18 ‘‘(C) involve an increasing percentage of 

19 students in secondary school and out-of-school 

20 youth in the community in school-based or com21 munity based service-learning activities each 

22 year, with the goal of involving all students in 

23 secondary schools served by the local educational 

24 agency and involving an increasing percentage 

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1 of the out-of-school youth in service learning ac2 tivities; and 

3 ‘‘(D) encourage participants to engage in 

4 service throughout their lives; and 

5 ‘‘(10) carry out any other innovative service6 learning programs or research that the Corporation 

7 considers appropriate. 

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

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(1) involve students and community stake11 holders in the design and implementation of the serv12 ice-learning program; 

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

14 low-income or rural communities; and 

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

16 the resource of retired and retiring adults, in the 

17 planning and implementation of the service-learning 

18 programs. 

19 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program funded 

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

22 three years, including one planning year and two ad23 ditional grant years, with a 1-year extension possible, 

24 if the program meets performance measures developed 

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1 in accordance with section 179(a) and any other cri2 teria determined by the Corporation. 

3 ‘‘(2) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each pro4 gram funded under this part is encouraged to collabo5 rate with other Learn and Serve programs, 

6 AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Service 

7 Corps. 

8 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the pro9 gram, the Corporation shall conduct an independent 

10 evaluation of the program and widely disseminate the 

11 results to the service community through multiple 

12 channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center 

13 or a clearinghouse of effective strategies and rec14 ommendations for improvement. 

15 ‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

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

17 of carrying out a program for which a grant (that is 

18 not a fixed-amount grant as described in section 

19 129(l)) is made under this part may not exceed 75 

20 percent of the total cost of the program in the first 

21 year of the grant and 50 percent of the total cost of 

22 the program in the remaining years of the grant, in23 cluding if the grant is extended for a fourth year. 

24 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In pro25 viding for the remaining share of the cost of carrying 

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1 out such a program, each recipient of a grant under 

2 this part— 

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

4 payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, in5 cluding facilities, equipment, or services; and 

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

7 State sources or local sources, including private 

8 funds or donated services. 

9 ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 

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

11 in part with respect to any such program for any fis12 cal year if the Corporation determines that such ac13 tion would be equitable due to lack of resources at the 

14 local level. 

15 ‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a pro16 gram under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit to 

17 the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at 

18 such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Offi19 cer may reasonably require.’’. 

20 Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle 

21 C (National Service Trust Program) 

22 SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGEN23 CIES; LIMITS ON CORPORATION COSTS. 

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

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1 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

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

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

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

8 FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

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

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

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

16 inserting ‘‘by the agency, including pro17 grams under the Public Lands Corps and 

18 Urban Youth Corps as described in section 

19 122(a)(2).’’; and 

20 (iv) by striking the second sentence; 

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

22 the following: 

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

25 Federal agency.’’; and 

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1 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘receiv2 ing assistance under this subsection’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘operating a national service program’’; and 

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

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

6 approved’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (d)— 

8 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

9 ‘‘FIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SIX’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 per11 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘6 percent’’; and 

12 (5) in subsection (e)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘section 140’’ and in15 serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 

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

17 cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of 

18 the cost, including member living allow19 ances, employment-related taxes, health care 

20 coverage, and worker’s compensation and 

21 other necessary operation costs,’’; 

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

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

24 not exceed—’’; and 

25 (iv) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) for the first 3 years in which the re2 cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 

3 such cost; 

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

5 which the recipient receives such assistance, a de6 creasing share of such cost between 76 percent 

7 and 50 percent, as established by the Corpora8 tion in regulation; and 

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

10 thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 

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

12 (B) by striking paragraph (3); 

13 (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

14 paragraph (3); and 

15 (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR

18 PROGRAMS IN RURAL OR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY

19 DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the 

20 Corporation, the Corporation share of the cost, includ21 ing member living allowances, employment-related 

22 taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s compensa23 tion, of carrying out a national service program that 

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1 cated in a rural or severely economically distressed 

2 community may not exceed— 

3 ‘‘(A) for the first 6 years in which the re4 cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 

5 such cost; 

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

7 which the recipient receives such assistance, a de8 creasing share of such cost between 76 and 65 

9 percent as established by the Corporation in reg10 ulation; and 

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

12 thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 

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

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

15 ‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

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

17 assistance under section 121 (other than a re18 cipient of assistance of a fixed-amount grant) 

19 shall report to the Corporation the amount and 

20 source of any Federal funds used to carry out the 

21 program other than those provided by the Cor22 poration. 

23 ‘‘(B) CORPORATION REPORT.—The Corpora24 tion shall report to the appropriate committees 

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1 garding each recipient under subparagraph (A) 

2 that uses Federal funds other than those provided 

3 by the Corporation to carry out the program, in4 cluding amounts and sources of other Federal 

5 funds.’’. 

6 SEC. 1302. REQUIRED AND ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE 

7 PROGRAMS. 

8 Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 

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

10 PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 

11 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The re12 cipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each Federal 

13 agency operating or supporting a national service program 

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

15 subgrants to other entities, carry out or support the fol16 lowing national service corps, as full- or part-time corps, 

17 including during the summer months, to address unmet 

18 educational, health, veteran, or environmental needs: 

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

20 that identifies unmet educational needs within com21 munities through activities such as those described in 

22 subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the perform23 ance indicators under subparagraph (B). 

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1 ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps de2 scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi3 ties such as— 

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

6 ‘‘(ii) full-time classroom instruction; 

7 ‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including 

8 adult or peer mentoring; 

9 ‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated services 

10 and comprehensive supports with students, 

11 their families, and their public schools; 

12 ‘‘(v) improving school climate; 

13 ‘‘(vi) providing assistance to a school 

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

16 academic programming offered in an ex17 panded learning time initiative, a program 

18 of a 21st century community learning cen19 ter (as defined in section 4201 of the Ele20 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 

21 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality 

22 after-school program, such as through re23 cruiting, placing, training and supporting 

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1 cation or 2-year institutions of higher edu2 cation with a certificate or degree in youth 

3 development to administer the initiative or 

4 program at high-need school; 

5 ‘‘(vii) 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 providing service-learning coordinators; 

10 ‘‘(viii) assisting students in being pre11 pared for college-level work; 

12 ‘‘(ix) involving family members of stu13 dents in supporting teachers and students; 

14 ‘‘(x) conducting a pre-professional 

15 training program in which students en16 rolled in an institution of higher edu17 cation— 

18 ‘‘(I) receive training in specified 

19 fields, which may include classes con20 taining service-learning, including 

21 early childhood education, elementary 

22 and secondary education and other 

23 professions such as those in health care, 

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1 ardship and conservation or public 

2 safety; 

3 ‘‘(II) perform service related to 

4 such training outside the classroom 

5 during the school term and during 

6 summer or other vacation periods; and 

7 ‘‘(III) agree to provide service 

8 upon graduation to meet unmet 

9 human, educational, environmental, or 

10 public safety needs related to such 

11 training; 

12 ‘‘(xi) A campus-based program that is 

13 designed to provide substantial service in a 

14 community during the school term and dur15 ing summer or other vacation periods 

16 through the use of— 

17 ‘‘(I) students who are attending 

18 an institution of higher education, in19 cluding students participating in a 

20 work-study program assisted under 

21 part C of title IV of the Higher Edu22 cation Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et 

23 seq.); 

24 ‘‘(II) teams composed of such stu25 dents; 

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1 ‘‘(III) teams composed of a com2 bination of such students and commu3 nity residents; or 

4 ‘‘(IV) students participating in 

5 service-learning programs at an insti6 tution of higher education; 

7 ‘‘(xii) a program that provides special8 ized training to individuals in service9 learning and places the individuals after 

10 such training in positions, including posi11 tions as service-learning coordinators, to fa12 cilitate service-learning in programs eligible 

13 for funding under part I of subtitle B; 

14 ‘‘(xiii) providing education or job 

15 training services that are designed to meet 

16 the needs of rural communities; and 

17 ‘‘(xiv) other activities addressing 

18 unmet educational needs as the Corporation 

19 may designate. 

20 ‘‘(B) EDUCATION CORPS INDICATORS.—The 

21 corps indicators for a corps described in this 

22 paragraph are— 

23 ‘‘(i) student engagement, including stu24 dent attendance and student behavior; 

25 ‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) high school graduation rates; 

2 ‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and 

3 continued college enrollment for recipients 

4 of a high school diploma; 

5 ‘‘(v) an additional indicator relating 

6 to improving education for students that the 

7 Corporation, in consultation with the Sec8 retary of Education, establishes for a given 

9 year; 

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

11 particular eligible entity and on which an 

12 improvement in performance is needed) re13 lating to improving education for students, 

14 proposed by that eligible entity in an appli15 cation submitted to, and approved by, a 

16 State Commission or the Corporation under 

17 this section; and 

18 ‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 

19 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

20 and on which an improvement in perform21 ance is needed) that is approved by the Cor22 poration. 

23 ‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.—A Healthy 

24 Futures Corps that identifies unmet health needs 

25 within communities through activities such as those 

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1 described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 

2 the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 

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

4 Corps described in this paragraph may carry 

5 out activities such as— 

6 ‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvan7 taged individuals in navigating the health 

8 care system; 

9 ‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 

10 access to health care for themselves or their 

11 children; 

12 ‘‘(iii) educating economically dis13 advantaged individuals and individuals 

14 who are members of medically underserved 

15 populations about, and engaging individ16 uals described in this clause in, initiatives 

17 regarding navigating the health care system 

18 and regarding disease prevention and 

19 health promotion, with a particular focus 

20 on common health conditions, chronic dis21 eases, and conditions, for which disease pre22 vention and health promotion measures 

23 exist and for which socioeconomic, geo24 graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis25 parities exist; 

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1 ‘‘(iv) improving health literacy of pa2 tients; 

3 ‘‘(v) providing translation services at 

4 clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 

5 health care; 

6 ‘‘(vi) providing services designed to 

7 meet the needs of rural communities; 

8 ‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion 

9 interventions that improve health status, 

10 and helping people adopt and maintain 

11 healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 

12 health status; and 

13 ‘‘(viii) other activities addressing 

14 unmet health needs as the Corporation may 

15 designate. 

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

19 ‘‘(i) access to health care among eco20 nomically disadvantaged individuals and 

21 individuals who are members of medically 

22 underserved populations; 

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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) health literacy of patients; 

12 ‘‘(v) an additional indicator, relating 

13 to improving or protecting the health of eco14 nomically disadvantaged individuals and 

15 individuals who are members of medically 

16 underserved populations, that the Corpora17 tion, in consultation with the Secretary of 

18 Health and Human Services and the Direc19 tor of the Centers for Disease Control and 

20 Prevention, establishes for a given year; 

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

22 particular eligible entity and on which an 

23 improvement in performance is needed) re24 lating to improving or protecting the health 

25 of economically disadvantaged individuals 

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1 and individuals who are members of medi2 cally underserved populations, proposed by 

3 that eligible entity in an application sub4 mitted to, and approved by, a State Com5 mission or the Corporation under this sec6 tion; and 

7 ‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 

8 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

9 and on which an improvement in perform10 ance is needed) that is approved by the Cor11 poration. 

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

13 Corps that identifies unmet environmental needs 

14 within communities through activities such as those 

15 described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 

16 the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 

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

18 described in this paragraph may carry out ac19 tivities such as— 

20 ‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting hous21 ing units for low-income households to sig22 nificantly improve the energy efficiency and 

23 reduce carbon emissions of such housing 

24 units; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) building energy efficient housing 

2 units in low-income communities; 

3 ‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 

4 low-income households and recommending 

5 ways for the households to improve energy 

6 efficiency; 

7 ‘‘(iv) the enhancement of renewable en8 ergy production by facilitating the installa9 tion or repair of renewable energy tech10 nologies; 

11 ‘‘(v) assisting in emergency operations, 

12 such as disaster prevention and relief; 

13 ‘‘(vi) the repair, renovation, or reha14 bilitation of an existing infrastructure facil15 ity including, but not limited to, rail, mass 

16 transportation, ports, inland navigation, 

17 schools and hospitals; 

18 ‘‘(vii) working with schools and youth 

19 programs to educate students and youth 

20 about ways to reduce home energy use and 

21 improve the environment, including con22 ducting service-learning projects to provide 

23 such education; 

24 ‘‘(viii) assisting in the development of 

25 local recycling programs; 

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1 ‘‘(ix) improving national and State 

2 parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre3 serves, and trails owned or maintained by 

4 the Federal Government or a State, includ5 ing planting trees, carrying out reforest6 ation, and making trail enhancements; 

7 ‘‘(x) cleaning and improving rivers 

8 maintained by the Federal Government or a 

9 State; 

10 ‘‘(xi) full-time, year-round youth corps 

11 program or full-time summer youth corps 

12 program, such as a conservation corps or 

13 youth service corps (including youth corps 

14 programs under subtitle I, the Public Lands 

15 Corps established under the Public Lands 

16 Corps Act of 1993, the Urban Youth Corps 

17 established under section 106 of the Na18 tional and Community Service Trust Act of 

19 1993, and other conservation corps or youth 

20 service corps that performs service on Fed21 eral or other public lands or on Indian 

22 lands or Hawaiian home lands), that— 

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1 newal, sustaining natural resources, or 

2 improving human services; 

3 ‘‘(II) includes as participants 

4 youths and young adults between the 

5 ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, and at 

6 least 50 percent of whom are out-of7 school youths and other disadvantaged 

8 youths (such as youths with limited 

9 basic skills, youths in foster care who 

10 are becoming too old for foster care, 

11 youths of limited-English proficiency, 

12 homeless youths, youths who are indi13 viduals with disabilities), and youths 

14 who are economically disadvantaged 

15 who are between those ages; and 

16 ‘‘(III) provides those participants 

17 who are youths and young adults 

18 with— 

19 ‘‘(aa) crew-based, highly 

20 structured, and adult-supervised 

21 work experience, life skills, edu22 cation, career guidance and coun23 seling, employment training, and 

24 support services including men25 toring; and 

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1 ‘‘(bb) the opportunity to de2 velop citizenship values and skills 

3 through service to their commu4 nity and the United States; 

5 ‘‘(xii) projects designed to renew and 

6 rehabilitate National Park resources and 

7 enhance services and learning opportunities 

8 for National Park visitors, communities, 

9 and schools; and 

10 ‘‘(xiii) other activities addressing 

11 unmet environmental needs as the Corpora12 tion may designate. 

13 ‘‘(B) CLEAN ENERGY CORPS INDICATORS.— 

14 The corps indicators for a corps described in this 

15 paragraph are— 

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

17 low-income households weatherized or retro18 fitted to significantly improve energy effi19 ciency and reduce carbon emissions; 

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

21 savings in those costs) at facilities where 

22 participants have provided service; 

23 ‘‘(iii) the number of students and 

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1 ergy-efficient and environmentally conscious 

2 practices; 

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

4 State parks, city parks, county parks, forest 

5 preserves, or trails or rivers owned or main6 tained by the Federal Government or a 

7 State, that are cleaned or improved; 

8 ‘‘(v) another indicator relating to clean 

9 energy that the Corporation, in consultation 

10 with the Administrator of the Environ11 mental Protection Agency and the Secretary 

12 of Energy and the Department of Interior, 

13 as appropriate, establishes for a given year; 

14 ‘‘(vi) another indicator relating to edu15 cation or skill attainment for clean energy 

16 jobs that the Corporation, in consultation 

17 with the Secretary of Labor, establishes for 

18 a given year; 

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

20 particular eligible entity and on which an 

21 improvement in performance is needed) re22 lating to clean energy, or education or skill 

23 attainment for clean energy jobs, proposed 

24 by that eligible entity in an application 

25 submitted to, and approved by, a State 

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1 Commission or the Corporation under this 

2 section; and 

3 ‘‘(viii) any additional local indicator 

4 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

5 and on which improvement in performance 

6 is needed) that is approved by the Corpora7 tion. 

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

9 identifies unmet needs of veterans through activities 

10 such as those described in subparagraph (A) and 

11 meets or exceeds the performance indicators under 

12 subparagraph (B). 

13 ‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans’ Corps de14 scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi15 ties such as— 

16 ‘‘(i) promoting community-based ef17 forts to meet the unique needs of military 

18 families while a family member is deployed 

19 and upon that family member’s return 

20 home; 

21 ‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly 

22 returning veterans, into service opportuni23 ties; 

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1 cluding opportunities for professional cer2 tification; 

3 ‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within the com4 munity to serve the needs of veterans and 

5 active duty military members; 

6 ‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing 

7 mentoring relationships with economically 

8 disadvantaged students; 

9 ‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist dis10 abled, unemployed, and older veterans; and 

11 ‘‘(vii) other activities addressing unmet 

12 veterans’ needs as the Corporation may des13 ignate. 

14 ‘‘(B) VETERANS’ CORPS INDICATORS.—The 

15 corps indicators for a corps described in this 

16 paragraph are— 

17 ‘‘(i) the number of housing units cre18 ated for veterans; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pur20 sue educational opportunities; 

21 ‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving 

22 professional certification; 

23 ‘‘(iv) outreach efforts to service organi24 zations serving the needs to veterans; 

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1 ‘‘(v) the number of veterans engaged in 

2 service opportunities; 

3 ‘‘(vi) the number of military families 

4 assisted by organizations while the family 

5 member is deployed and when the family 

6 member returns from deployment; 

7 ‘‘(vii) the number of economically dis8 advantaged students engaged in mentoring 

9 relationships with veterans; 

10 ‘‘(viii) projects designed to meet identi11 fiable public needs with a specific emphasis 

12 on projects in support of veterans, especially 

13 disabled and older veterans; 

14 ‘‘(ix) another indicator relating to edu15 cation or skill attainment that assists in 

16 providing veterans with the skills to address 

17 identifiable public needs, that is approved 

18 by the Corporation; 

19 ‘‘(x) other additional indicators that 

20 improve the lives of veterans and families of 

21 individuals deployed in service, that the 

22 Corporation, in consultation with the De23 partment of Veterans Affairs, establishes for 

24 a given year; and 

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1 ‘‘(xi) any additional local indicator 

2 (applicable to a particular eligible entity 

3 and on which an improvement in perform4 ance is needed) that is approved by the Cor5 poration. 

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

7 The recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each Fed8 eral agency operating or supporting a national service pro9 gram under section 121(b) shall, directly or through grants 

10 or subgrants to other entities, carry out or support full-or 

11 part-time national service programs, including summer 

12 programs, to address unmet community needs. 

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

14 programs under this subsection shall be known as 

15 ‘Opportunity Corps’ and may include the following 

16 types of national service programs: 

17 ‘‘(A) A community corps program that 

18 meets unmet human, educational, environmental, 

19 or public safety needs and promotes greater com20 munity unity through the use of organized teams 

21 of participants of varied social and economic 

22 backgrounds, skill levels, physical and develop23 mental capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or 

24 genders. 

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1 ‘‘(B) A professional corps program that re2 cruits and places qualified participants in posi3 tions— 

4 ‘‘(i) such as teachers, nurses and other 

5 health care providers, police officers, early 

6 childhood development staff, engineers, or 

7 other professionals providing service to meet 

8 educational, human, environmental, or pub9 lic safety needs in communities with an in10 adequate number of such professionals; 

11 ‘‘(ii) that may include a salary in ex12 cess of the maximum living allowance au13 thorized in subsection (a)(3) of section 140, 

14 as provided in subsection (c) of such section; 

15 and 

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

17 private employers who agree to pay 100 

18 percent of the salaries and benefits (other 

19 than any national service educational 

20 award under subtitle D) of the participants. 

21 ‘‘(C) A community service program de22 signed to meet the needs of rural communities, 

23 using teams or individual placements to address 

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1 cluding the issues of rural poverty, health care, 

2 education, and job training. 

3 ‘‘(D) A program that seeks to eliminate 

4 hunger in communities and rural areas through 

5 service in projects— 

6 ‘‘(i) involving food banks, food pan7 tries, and nonprofit organizations that pro8 vide food during emergencies; 

9 ‘‘(ii) involving the gleaning of pre10 pared and unprepared food that would oth11 erwise be discarded as unusable so that the 

12 usable portion of such food may be donated 

13 to food banks, food pantries, and other non14 profit organizations; 

15 ‘‘(iii) seeking to address the long-term 

16 causes of hunger through education and the 

17 delivery of appropriate services; or 

18 ‘‘(iv) providing training in basic 

19 health, nutrition, and life skills necessary to 

20 alleviate hunger in communities and rural 

21 areas. 

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

23 participants who provide services in a commu24 nity by developing and assisting in carrying out 

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1 cess to technology and the benefits thereof in such 

2 community. 

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

4 public safety, public health, and emergency and 

5 disaster preparedness, and may include the re6 cruitment and placing of qualified participants 

7 in positions to be trainees as law enforcement of8 ficers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, 

9 and emergency medical service workers, and may 

10 engage Federal, State, and local stakeholders in 

11 collaboration to organize more effective responses 

12 to issues of public safety and public health, emer13 gencies, and disasters. 

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

15 that seeks to expand the number of mentors for 

16 youths (including by recruiting high-school and 

17 college-aged individuals to enter into mentoring 

18 relationships), including mentors for disadvan19 taged youths, either through provision of direct 

20 mentoring services, provision of supportive serv21 ices to direct mentoring service organizations (in 

22 the case of a partnership), or through the cre23 ative utilization of current and emerging tech24 nologies to connect youth with mentors. 

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1 ‘‘(H) A program that has the primary pur2 pose of re-engaging court-involved youth and 

3 adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. 

4 ‘‘(I) Programs to support the needs of vet5 erans or active duty service members and their 

6 families, including providing opportunities to 

7 participate in service projects. 

8 ‘‘(J) Such other national service programs 

9 addressing unmet human, educational, environ10 mental, or public safety needs as the Corporation 

11 may designate. 

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

13 corps indicators for programs under this subsection 

14 are— 

15 ‘‘(A) financial literacy among economically 

16 disadvantaged individuals; 

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

18 economically disadvantaged individuals or low19 income families; 

20 ‘‘(C) economically disadvantaged individ21 uals with access to job training and other skill 

22 enhancement; 

23 ‘‘(D) economically disadvantaged individ24 uals with access to information about job place25 ment services; 

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1 ‘‘(E) a reduced crime rate in the commu2 nity where service is provided; 

3 ‘‘(F) established or improved access to tech4 nology in the community where service is pro5 vided; 

6 ‘‘(G) mentor relationships among disadvan7 taged youth; 

8 ‘‘(H) food security among economically dis9 advantaged individuals; 

10 ‘‘(I) service opportunities through the pro11 grams described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 

12 (F) for economically disadvantaged individuals; 

13 ‘‘(J) an additional indicator relating to im14 proving economic opportunity for economically 

15 disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, 

16 in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

17 Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and the 

18 Attorney General, establishes for a given year; 

19 ‘‘(K) a local indicator (applicable to a par20 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve21 ment in performance is needed) relating to im22 proving economic opportunity for economically 

23 disadvantaged individuals, proposed by that eli24 gible entity in an application submitted to, and 

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1 approved by, a State Commission or the Cor2 poration under this section; 

3 ‘‘(L) increase capacity of local nonprofit or4 ganizations to meet the needs of disadvantaged 

5 people and communities; 

6 ‘‘(M) any additional indicator proposed by 

7 a Governor or State Commission that is ap8 proved by the Corporation; and 

9 ‘‘(N) any additional local indicator (appli10 cable to a particular eligible entity and on which 

11 an improvement in performance is needed) that 

12 is approved by the Corporation. 

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

14 In awarding financial assistance and approved national 

15 service positions to eligible entities proposed to carry out 

16 the required corps described in subsection (a)— 

17 ‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in sub18 section (a)(2)— 

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

20 such eligible entities that propose to develop poli21 cies to provide, and provide, support for partici22 pants who, after completing service under this 

23 section, will undertake careers to improve per24 formance on health indicators; and 

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

2 such eligible entities that propose to carry out 

3 national service programs in medically under4 served areas (as designated by the Secretary of 

5 Health and Human Services as an area with a 

6 shortage of personal health services); and 

7 ‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in sub8 section (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to 

9 such eligible entities that propose to recruit individ10 uals for the Clean Energy Corps so that significant 

11 percentages of participants in the Corps are economi12 cally disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such 

13 individuals support services and education and train14 ing to develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for 

15 which there is current demand or projected future de16 mand. 

17 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION ON PERFORMANCE INDICA18 TORS.—The Corporation shall consult with the Secretaries 

19 of Education, Health and Human Services, Energy, Vet20 erans Affairs, Department of Interior, the Administrator of 

21 the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Attorney 

22 General, as appropriate, in developing additional perform23 ance indicators for the corps and programs described in 

24 subsections (a) and (b). 

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1 ‘‘(e) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGI2 BILITY.— 

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

4 Corporation shall establish qualification criteria for 

5 different types of national service programs for the 

6 purpose of determining whether a particular national 

7 service program should be considered to be a national 

8 service program eligible to receive assistance or ap9 proved national service positions under this subtitle. 

10 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualifica11 tion criteria under paragraph (1), the Corporation 

12 shall consult with organizations and individuals with 

13 extensive experience in developing and administering 

14 effective national service programs or regarding the 

15 delivery of human, educational, environmental, or 

16 public safety services to communities or persons. 

17 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The quali18 fication criteria established by the Corporation under 

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

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

21 of the assistance to conduct a grant program to sup22 port other national service programs. 

23 ‘‘(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL

24 COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall 

25 encourage national service programs eligible to receive 

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1 assistance or approved national service positions 

2 under this subtitle to establish, if consistent with the 

3 purposes of the program, an intergenerational compo4 nent of the program that combines students, out-of5 school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults 

6 as participants to provide services to address unmet 

7 human, educational, environmental, or public safety 

8 needs. 

9 ‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to con12 centrate national efforts on meeting certain 

13 human, educational, environmental, or veterans’ 

14 needs and to achieve the other purposes of this 

15 Act, the Corporation, consistent with the stra16 tegic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1), 

17 shall establish (and may periodically alter) pri18 orities regarding the types of national service 

19 programs and corps to be assisted under section 

20 129 and the purposes for which such assistance 

21 may be used. In establishing such priorities, the 

22 Corporation— 

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

24 described in subsection (a) to receive assist25 ance under section 129(d); and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) may select other programs de2 scribed in subsection (b) to receive assist3 ance under such section. 

4 ‘‘(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with para5 graph (4), States shall establish, and through the 

6 national service plan process described in section 

7 178(e)(1), periodically alter priorities as appro8 priate regarding the national service programs 

9 to be assisted under section 129(d) and 129(e). 

10 The State priorities shall be subject to Corpora11 tion review as part of the application process 

12 under section 130. 

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

14 shall provide advance notice to potential applicants of 

15 any national service priorities to be in effect under 

16 this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice shall spe17 cifically include— 

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

19 in the priorities since the previous notice; and 

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

21 programs that are designated by the Corporation 

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

23 consideration in the next competitive distribu24 tion of assistance under section 121(a). 

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

2 regulation establish procedures to ensure the equitable 

3 treatment of national service programs that— 

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

5 multiple years; and 

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

7 revisions in such national service priorities. 

8 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—Any na9 tional service priorities established by the Corporation 

10 under this subsection shall also be used by each re11 cipient of funds under section 121(a) that uses any 

12 portion of the assistance to conduct a grant program 

13 to support other national service programs. 

14 ‘‘(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para16 graph (2), the Corporation shall require that each re17 cipient of assistance under the national service laws 

18 that operates a tutoring program involving elemen19 tary or secondary school students certifies that indi20 viduals serving in approved national service positions 

21 as tutors in such program have— 

22 ‘‘(A) either— 

23 ‘‘(i) obtained their high school di24 ploma; or 

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1 ‘‘(ii) passed a proficiency test dem2 onstrating that such individuals have the 

3 skills necessary to achieve program goals; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) have successfully completed pre- and 

6 in-service training for tutors. 

7 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in para8 graph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in 

9 an approved national service position who is enrolled 

10 in an elementary or secondary school and is pro11 viding tutoring services through a structured, school12 managed cross-grade tutoring program. 

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

14 Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the 

15 national service laws shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, re17 search-based, and consistent with the State academic 

18 content standards required by section 1111 of the Ele19 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the 

21 local educational agency; and 

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

23 in-service training for tutors. 

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

25 establish requirements for recipients of assistance under the 

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1 national service laws relating to the promotion of citizen2 ship and civic engagement, that are consistent with the 

3 principles on which citizenship programs administered by 

4 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based and 

5 are appropriate to the age, education, and experience of the 

6 participants enrolled in approved national service positions 

7 and approved summer of service positions. 

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

9 of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants 

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

11 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

12 containing— 

13 ‘‘(1) information describing how the Corporation 

14 allocated financial assistance and approved national 

15 service positions among eligible entities proposed to 

16 carry out national service corps described in that sub17 section (a) for that fiscal year; and 

18 ‘‘(2) information describing the amount of finan19 cial assistance and the number of approved national 

20 service positions the Corporation provided to each na21 tional service corps described in subsection (a) for 

22 that fiscal year; 

23 ‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the na24 tional service corps improved performance on the cor25 responding indicators; and 

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1 ‘‘(4) information describing how the Corporation 

2 is coordinating— 

3 ‘‘(A) the national service corps funded 

4 under subsection (a); with 

5 ‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined by 

6 the Corporation, carried out under subtitles B of 

7 this title, and part A of title I and parts A and 

8 B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

9 Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001, 5011) 

10 that improve performance on those indicators or 

11 otherwise address identified community needs.’’. 

12 SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 

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

14 (1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘sub15 division of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘a Territory,’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be18 fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 

19 SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING 

20 AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

21 Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is repealed. 

22 SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHAL23 LENGE GRANTS. 

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

25 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$125,000 

2 and $750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000 and 

3 $1,000,000’’; and 

4 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—In making 

7 grants to a State under this subsection, the Corpora8 tion shall require the State to provide matching funds 

9 of $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 provided 

10 by the Corporation. 

11 ‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding para12 graph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a 

13 State that demonstrates hardship or a new State 

14 Commission to use an alternative match as follows: 

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

16 of grant amounts provided by the Corporation, a 

17 State shall not be required to provide matching 

18 funds. 

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

20 For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and 

21 not exceeding $200,000 provided by the Corpora22 tion, a State shall provide $1 from non-Federal 

23 sources for every $2 provided by the Corporation. 

24 ‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $200,000.— 

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1 vided by the Corporation, a State shall provide 

2 $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 pro3 vided by the Corporation. 

4 ‘‘(D) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The cor5 poration shall ensure that it reserves funds for 

6 assistance provided under section 126(a) at an 

7 aggregate amount equal to that of at least 150 

8 percent allocated in fiscal year 2004 for the first 

9 full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the 

10 GIVE Act. Each subsequent year the corporation 

11 shall increase the amount reserved proportion12 ately including minimum and maximum 

13 amounts described in paragraph (1) to the 

14 amount of program funding allocated in subtitle 

15 C.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b), by striking the period and 

17 inserting ‘‘and to support, including through mission18 assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

19 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 5147), nonprofit organizations and public agencies 

21 responding to the needs of communities in disasters.’’; 

22 and 

23 (3) in subsection (c)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to na25 tional service programs that receive assistance 

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1 under section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘to programs 

2 supported under the national service laws’’; and 

3 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge 

6 grant under this subsection may provide, for an ini7 tial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assist8 ance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised 

9 from private sources by the program supported under 

10 the national service laws in excess of amounts re11 quired to be provided by the program to satisfy 

12 matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year 

13 grant period, grants under this subsection may pro14 vide not more than $1 of assistance for each $2 in 

15 cash raised from private sources by the program in 

16 excess of amounts required to be provided by the pro17 gram to satisfy matching funds requirements. The 

18 Corporation may permit the use of local or State 

19 funds as matching funds if the Corporation deter20 mines that such use would be equitable due to a lack 

21 of available private funds at the local level. The Cor22 poration shall establish a ceiling on the amount of as23 sistance that may be provided to a national service 

24 program under this subsection.’’. 

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1 SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND 

2 OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

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

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA6 TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 

7 ‘‘(a) 1-PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRI8 TORIES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for pro9 vision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, 

10 the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the 

11 United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 

12 and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 

13 upon approval by the Corporation of an application sub14 mitted under section 130. The amount allotted as a grant 

15 to each such Territory under this subsection for a fiscal year 

16 shall be equal to the amount that bears the same ratio to 

17 1 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the 

18 population of the Territory bears to the total population 

19 of such Territories. 

20 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the funds 

21 allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance 

22 under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall 

23 reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian tribes, includ24 ing nonprofit organizations applying on behalf of a tribe 

25 or tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive 

26 basis. In the case of a nonprofit organization applying on 

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1 behalf of a tribe or tribes such nonprofit organization shall 

2 include in its application— 

3 ‘‘(1) written documentation from such tribe or 

4 tribes that such tribe or tribes has approved the appli5 cation and authorized such nonprofit organization to 

6 submit an application on the behalf of the tribe or 

7 tribes; and 

8 ‘‘(2) certification that the nonprofit organization 

9 will use the grant exclusively to serve members of such 

10 tribe or tribes and will, to the maximum extent prac11 ticable, do so on tribal lands. 

12 ‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The 

13 Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected dur14 ing a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer 

15 under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

16 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the Civilian 

17 Community Corps Demonstration Program under subtitle 

18 E shall receive the national service educational award de19 scribed in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility 

20 requirements for the award. Funds for approved national 

21 service positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal 

22 year shall be deducted from the total funding for approved 

23 national service positions to be available for distribution 

24 under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year. 

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1 ‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Of the 

2 funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assist3 ance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year and subject to 

4 section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve up to 62.7 

5 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis to States 

6 for national service programs and to nonprofit organiza7 tions seeking to operate a national service program in 2 

8 or more States. 

9 ‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA

10 BASIS.— 

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

12 Corporation for provision of assistance under sub13 section (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Cor14 poration shall make a grant to each of the several 

15 States, the District of Columbia, and the Common16 wealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application 

17 under section 130 that is approved by the Corpora18 tion. 

19 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The amount allotted as a 

20 grant to each such State under this subsection for a 

21 fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the 

22 same ratio to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds for 

23 that fiscal year as the population of the State bears 

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1 trict of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 

2 Rico, in 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 must be at least $600,000, or 

7 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for the State for8 mula under this section, whichever is greater. 

9 ‘‘(f) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or 

10 Territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the 

11 Corporation of its intent to apply for an allotment under 

12 this section, or the Corporation does not approve the appli13 cation consistent with section 133, the Corporation may use 

14 the amount that would have been allotted under this section 

15 to the State or Territory to— 

16 ‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved na17 tional service positions in connection with such 

18 grants) to other community-based organizations 

19 under section 121 that propose to carry out national 

20 service programs in such State or Territory; and 

21 ‘‘(2) make a reallotment to other States or Terri22 tories with approved applications submitted under 

23 section 130, to the extent community-based organiza24 tions do not apply as described in paragraph (1). 

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1 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as2 sistance and approved national service positions to a recipi3 ent under this section shall be made by the Corporation only 

4 pursuant to an application submitted by a State or other 

5 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 

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1 ice educational award. The distribution of these ap2 proved national service positions shall be made pur3 suant to the agreement, and the creation of these 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.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pur15 suant to the authorization of appropriations in section 

16 501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, the 

17 Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corporation 

18 considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making as19 sistance available under section 126. 

20 ‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PAR21 TICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—To make grants to public 

23 or private nonprofit organizations to increase the 

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1 therance of this purpose, and subject to the limitation 

2 in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer shall re3 serve not less than 1 percent from the amount allo4 cated to carry out program grants under the national 

5 service laws. 

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved in 

7 paragraph (1) may not exceed $10,000,000. 

8 ‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—After making grants under 

9 subsection (k), excess funds may be used by the Chief 

10 Executive Officer for other activities under section 

11 501(a)(2). 

12 ‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

14 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appro15 priated for a fiscal year to provide financial as16 sistance under the national service laws, the Cor17 poration, subject to the limitation in subpara18 graph (B) may provide assistance in the form of 

19 fixed-amount grants in an amount determined 

20 by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather 

21 than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a 

22 program. 

23 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Other than fixed24 amount grants to support programs described in 

25 section 129A, for the 1-year period beginning on 

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1 the date of enactment of the GIVE Act, the Cor2 poration may provide assistance in the form of 

3 fixed-amount grants only to support full-time 

4 positions. 

5 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED6 AMOUNT GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized 

7 by this subsection shall be in an amount determined 

8 by the Corporation that is— 

9 ‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable 

10 and necessary costs of administering the pro11 gram receiving the grant; and 

12 ‘‘(B) based on the amount per individual 

13 enrolled in the program receiving the grant, tak14 ing into account— 

15 ‘‘(i) the program’s capacity to manage 

16 funds and achieve programmatic results; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the number of national service po18 sitions approved for the program; 

19 ‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the pro20 gram; 

21 ‘‘(iv) whether the program provides 

22 service to or involves the participation of 

23 disadvantaged youth or otherwise would 

24 reasonably incur a relatively higher level of 

25 costs; and 

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1 ‘‘(v) such other factors as the Corpora2 tion may consider under section 133 in con3 sidering applications for assistance. 

4 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

5 In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this sub6 section, the Corporation— 

7 ‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 

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

9 grant funds based upon the difference be10 tween the number of hours served by a par11 ticipant and the minimum number of hours 

12 for completion of a term of service (as estab13 lished by the Corporation); 

14 ‘‘(ii) to report on standardized and 

15 other performance measures established by 

16 the Corporation; 

17 ‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation 

18 activities undertaken by the Corporation; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that addi21 tional funds shall be raised in support of 

22 the proposed program, in addition to those 

23 received under the national service laws; 

24 and 

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1 ‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and conditions 

2 as it considers necessary or appropriate based on 

3 the relative risks (as determined by the Corpora4 tion) associated with any application for a 

5 fixed-amount grant. 

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

7 Limitations on administrative costs and matching 

8 fund documentation requirements shall not apply to 

9 fixed-amount grants provided in accordance with this 

10 subsection. 

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

12 subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the re13 sponsibility to comply with the requirements of the 

14 Single Audit Act (31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) or other re15 quirements of Office of Management and Budget Cir16 cular A–133.’’. 

17 SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 

18 Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting 

19 after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: 

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

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for 

22 a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this sub23 title and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), 

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1 ance to programs that receive approved national service po2 sitions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 

3 ‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—Oper4 ational support under this section may not exceed $600 per 

5 individual enrolled in an approved national service posi6 tion and may reach $800 per individual if the program 

7 supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. 

8 ‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—For each year 

9 after 2008, the amounts specified in subsection (b) shall be 

10 adjusted for inflation as measured by the Consumer Price 

11 Index for all Urban Consumers published by the Secretary 

12 of Labor. 

13 ‘‘(d) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The provisions 

14 under section 129(l)(4) and the living allowances and other 

15 benefits under sections 131(e) and section 140 (other than 

16 individualized support services for disabled members under 

17 section 140(f)) shall not apply to programs that receive as18 sistance under this section.’’. 

19 SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 

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

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) by inserting after ‘‘State,’’ the fol23 lowing: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu2 cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in3 stitution of higher education’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 

6 122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘mu8 nicipalities and county governments in the areas 

9 being served,’’ after ‘‘services,’’. 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all 

15 that follows through the period at the end 

16 and inserting a period; 

17 (B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘pro18 posed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization op21 erating programs in 2 or more States, a description 

22 of the manner and extent to which the State Commis23 sions of each State in which the nonprofit organiza24 tion intends to operate were consulted and the nature 

25 of the consultation.’’; 

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1 (4) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 

2 as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and insert3 ing after subsection (c) the following: 

4 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMA5 TION.—An application submitted under subsection (a) for 

6 programs described in 122(a) shall also contain— 

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

8 measurements of the program on 1 or more of the cor9 responding performance indicators; 

10 ‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant 

11 proposes to utilize funds to improve performance on 

12 the corresponding performance indicators utilizing 

13 participants, including the activities in which such 

14 participants will engage to improve performance on 

15 those indicators; 

16 ‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical 

17 area in which the eligible entity proposed to carry out 

18 the program proposes to use funds to improve per19 formance on the corresponding performance indica20 tors including demographic information on the stu21 dents or individuals, as appropriate, in such area, 

22 and statistics demonstrating the need to improve such 

23 indicators in such area; and 

24 ‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligi25 ble entity will work with other community-based 

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1 agencies to carry out activities to improve perform2 ance on the corresponding performance indicators 

3 using such funds.’’; 

4 (5) in subsection (f)(2) (as so redesignated) by 

5 striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will 

6 be selected’’; 

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

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a pro9 gram applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRO13 GRAM APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLI14 CANT’’; 

15 (ii) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A), by striking ‘‘program applicant’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 

18 (iii) in subparagraph (A)— 

19 (I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 

20 of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 

21 and 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘institution of 

23 higher education, or Federal agency’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 

25 education’’; and 

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1 (iv) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 

3 of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 

4 and 

5 (II) by striking ‘‘institution of 

6 higher education, or Federal agency’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 

8 education’’; and 

9 (7) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by 

10 striking the period and inserting ‘‘or is already re11 ceiving financial assistance from the Corporation.’’. 

12 SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE RE13 QUIREMENTS. 

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

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

17 as follows: 

18 ‘‘(A) the community served, including, if 

19 appropriate, municipal and county governments 

20 in the area served, and potential participants in 

21 the program;’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

23 ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘program;’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘(C) municipalities and county govern2 ments in the areas being served;’’; and 

3 (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol4 lows: 

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

6 through a State, including programs operated by non7 profit organizations seeking to operate a national 

8 service program in 2 or more States— 

9 ‘‘(A) consult with and coordinate with the 

10 State Commission for the State in which the pro11 gram operates; and 

12 ‘‘(B) obtain confirmation from the State 

13 Commission that the applicant seeking assistance 

14 under this Act has consulted with and coordi15 nated with the State Commission when seeking 

16 to operate a program in that State.’’. 

17 SEC. 1310. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 

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

19 (1) in subsection (c)(6), insert after subpara20 graph (E) the following: 

21 ‘‘(F) Areas that have a mortgage foreclosure 

22 rate greater than the national average mortgage 

23 foreclosure rate for the most recent 12 months for 

24 which satisfactory data are available.’’; 

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

2 and 

3 (3) in subsection (d)(2)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub5 paragraph (F); 

6 (B) by striking the period at the end of sub7 paragraph (G) and inserting a semicolon; and 

8 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(H) programs that recruit veterans, par10 ticularly returning veterans, into service oppor11 tunities; and 

12 ‘‘(I) programs that promote community13 based efforts to meet the unique needs of military 

14 families while a member of the family is de15 ployed, or when a member of the family returns 

16 from deployment.’’. 

17 SEC. 1311. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 

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

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

21 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 

22 and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec23 tively; 

24 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para2 graph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘between 

4 the ages of 16 and 25’’ and inserting ‘‘a 16-year5 old out of school youth or an individual between 

6 the ages of 17 and 25’’; and 

7 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘(a)(4)’’. 

9 SEC. 1312. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI10 PANTS. 

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

12 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘conducted by 

13 the State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or other enti14 ty’’ and inserting ‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (e)(2)(C) by inserting before the 

16 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, particularly 

17 those who were considered at the time of their service 

18 disadvantaged youth’’. 

19 SEC. 1313. TERMS OF SERVICE. 

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

21 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘not less 

22 than 9 months and’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘during a 

24 period of—’’ and all that follows through the period 

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

2 than 2 years.’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (b) by inserting at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PUR6 POSES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) An individual in an approved na8 tional service position performing service di9 rectly related to disaster relief efforts may con10 tinue in a term of service for a period of 90 days 

11 beyond the period otherwise specified in sections 

12 139(b) and 153 (e) or in section 104 of the Do13 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 

14 ‘‘(B) Service performed by an individual in 

15 an originally-agreed to term of service and serv16 ice performed under this paragraph shall con17 stitute a single term of service for purposes of 

18 sections 146(b) and (c) but may not receive an 

19 additional education award under section 141.’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘as 

22 demonstrated by the participant’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘as determined by the organization responsible 

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1 pleted at least 15 percent of the original term of 

2 service’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘pro4 vide to the participant that portion of the na5 tional service educational award’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘certify the participant’s eligibility for that por7 tion of the national service educational award’’; 

8 and 

9 (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to 

10 allow return to the program with which the indi11 vidual was serving in order’’. 

12 SEC. 1314. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 

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

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para16 graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 

17 (3)’’; 

18 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

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

20 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so 

21 redesignated) the following: 

22 ‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The 

23 living allowance that may be provided to an indi24 vidual whose term of service includes hours for which 

25 the individual receives Federal work study wages 

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1 shall be reduced by the amount of the individual’s 

2 Federal work study award.’’; and 

3 (E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a re4 duced term of service under section 139(b)(3)’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘a term of service that is less than 

6 12 months’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include 

8 an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of such 

9 taxes’’ and all that follows through the period at the 

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

11 (3) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

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

16 (4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking the second 

17 sentence; and 

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

19 Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle 

20 D (National Service Trust and 

21 Provision of National Service 

22 Educational Awards) 

23 SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL 

24 SERVICE TRUST. 

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

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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘sec3 tion 148(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 148(f)’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pursu5 ant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursu6 ant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such do7 nations direct that they be deposited in the Na8 tional Service Trust’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments 

10 of national service educational awards in accordance 

11 with section 148.’’ and inserting ‘‘for— 

12 ‘‘(1) payments of summer of service educational 

13 awards and national service educational awards in 

14 accordance with section 148; and 

15 ‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with sec16 tion 148(f).’’. 

17 SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NATIONAL 

18 SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD FROM THE 

19 TRUST. 

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

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

23 by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and inserting ‘‘if 

24 the organization responsible for an individual’s 

25 supervision certifies that the individual’’; 

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1 (B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 

2 and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements 

4 for the position; and 

5 ‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time educational 

6 award, successfully completed the required term of 

7 service described in subsection (b) in an approved na8 tional service position; or 

9 ‘‘(B) for a partial educational award— 

10 ‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being 

11 granted a release for compelling personal cir12 cumstances under section 139(c); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) served at least 15 percent of the re14 quired term of service described in subsection (b); 

15 and’’; and 

16 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

17 paragraph (3); 

18 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERVICE

21 EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—An individual may not receive, 

22 in national service educational awards, more than an 

23 amount equal to the aggregate value of 2 such awards for 

24 full-time service. The aggregate value of summer of service 

25 educational awards that an individual receives shall have 

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1 no effect on the aggregate value of national service edu2 cational awards the individual may receive.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (d)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR REQUIRE6 MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

11 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 

13 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

14 and 

15 (iii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(C) is an individual eligible to receive a 

18 summer of service educational award, in which 

19 case the individual shall have a 10-year period 

20 to use such educational award beginning on the 

21 date that the individual completes the term of 

22 service that is the basis of such educational 

23 award.’’; and 

24 (4) in subsection (e)(1)— 

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1 (A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under 

2 this section’’ the following: ‘‘or under section 

3 120(c)(8)’’; and 

4 (B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a national 

5 service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘or a 

6 summer of service educational award’’. 

7 SEC. 1403. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL 

8 SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

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

10 (1) 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 that a student eligible 

19 under section 401(b)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 

20 1965 may receive for the award year for which the national 

21 service position is approved by the Corporation.’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘for each 

23 of not more than 2 of such terms of service’’ the fol24 lowing: ‘‘in the period of one year’’. 

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1 SEC. 1404. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 

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

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘cost of 

5 attendance’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of attendance or 

6 other educational expenses’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

8 (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 

9 paragraph (5); and 

10 (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an 

13 educational institution or training establishment that 

14 meets the requirements of chapter 36 of title 38, 

15 United States Code (38 U.S.C. 3451 et seq.); and’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting after ‘‘the 

17 national service educational award of the individual’’ 

18 the following: ‘‘, or an eligible individual under sec19 tion 120(c)(8) who received a summer of service edu20 cational award’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting after ‘‘the 

22 national service educational award’’ the following: 

23 ‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap24 plicable,’’; 

25 (4) in subsection (b)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the 

26 national service educational award’’ the following: 

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1 ‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap2 plicable’’; 

3 (5) in subsection (b)(7)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 

5 other than a loan to a parent of a student pursu6 ant to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 

7 1078–2); and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

9 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described 

12 in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an 

13 institution of higher education to be necessary to 

14 cover a student’s educational expenses and made, 

15 insured, or guaranteed by— 

16 ‘‘(i) an eligible lender, as defined in 

17 section 435 of the Higher Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 

19 ‘‘(ii) the direct student loan program 

20 under part D of title IV of such Act; 

21 ‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 

22 ‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by 

23 the Corporation to be eligible to receive dis24 bursements from the National Service 

25 Trust.’’; 

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1 (6) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘na2 tional service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or 

3 an eligible individual under section 120(c)(8) who de4 sires to apply the individual’s summer of service edu5 cational award,’’; 

6 (7) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting after 

7 ‘‘national service educational award’’ the following: 

8 ‘‘or summer of service educational award, as applica9 ble,’’; 

10 (8) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting after 

11 ‘‘national service educational awards received under 

12 this subtitle’’ the following: ‘‘or summer of service 

13 educational awards received under section 120(c)(8)’’; 

14 (9) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting after ‘‘na15 tional service educational awards’’ the following: 

16 ‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 

17 (10) in subsection (c)(5)— 

18 (A) by inserting after ‘‘national service edu19 cational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or summer of 

20 service educational award, as applicable,’’; and 

21 (B) by inserting after ‘‘additional’’ the fol22 lowing: ‘‘summer of service educational awards 

23 and additional’’; 

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1 (11) in subsection (c)(6), by inserting after ‘‘na2 tional service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘and 

3 summer of service educational award’’; 

4 (12) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘na5 tional service educational awards’’ the following: 

6 ‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 

7 (13) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 

8 (b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; and 

9 (14) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’. 

11 SEC. 1405. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE 

12 POSITIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 

14 12601 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the 

15 following new section: 

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

17 POSITIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C 

20 and D, and any other provision of law, in approving 

21 a position as an approved national service position, 

22 the Corporation— 

23 ‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time 

24 the Corporation— 

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1 ‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agree2 ment with an individual participant to 

3 serve in a program carried out under sub4 title E of title I of this Act or under title 

5 I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

6 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), or a summer 

7 of service educational award; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 

9 awards a grant to (or enters into a contract 

10 or cooperative agreement with) an entity to 

11 carry out a program for which such a posi12 tion is approved under section 123; and 

13 ‘‘(B) shall record as an obligation an esti14 mate of the net present value of the national 

15 service educational award associated with the 

16 position, based on a formula that takes into con17 sideration historical rates of enrollment in such 

18 a program, and of earning and using national 

19 service educational awards for such a program 

20 and remain available. 

21 ‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula de22 scribed in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall 

23 consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget 

24 Office. 

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1 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Execu2 tive Officer of the Corporation shall annually prepare 

3 and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

4 a report that contains a certification that the Cor5 poration is in compliance with the requirements of 

6 paragraph (1). 

7 ‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this sub8 section shall apply to each approved national service 

9 position that the Corporation approves— 

10 ‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2009; and 

11 ‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 

12 ‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding 

15 subtitles C and D, and any other provision of 

16 law, within the National Service Trust estab17 lished under section 145, the Corporation shall 

18 establish a reserve account. 

19 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the avail20 ability of adequate funds to support the awards 

21 of approved national service positions for each 

22 fiscal year, the Corporation shall place in the ac23 count— 

24 ‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2009, a portion 

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1 cal year 2009 or a previous fiscal year 

2 under section 501(a)(2), were made avail3 able to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this 

4 title, subtitle A of title I of the Domestic 

5 Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or summer of 

6 service under section 120(c)(8), and remain 

7 available; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2009 or a sub9 sequent fiscal year, a portion of the funds 

10 that were appropriated for that fiscal year 

11 under section 501(a)(2) and were made 

12 available to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of 

13 this title, subtitle A of title I of the Domes14 tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or sum15 mer of service under section 111(a)(5), and 

16 remain available. 

17 ‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not 

18 obligate the funds in the reserve account until the 

19 Corporation— 

20 ‘‘(A) determines that the funds will not be 

21 needed for the payment of national service edu22 cational awards associated with previously ap23 proved national service positions and summer of 

24 service educational awards; or 

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1 ‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment of 

2 national service educational awards for such pre3 viously approved national service positions or 

4 summer of service educational awards, as appli5 cable. 

6 ‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation relat7 ing to the appropriated funds for approved national service 

8 positions, and the records demonstrating the manner in 

9 which the Corporation has recorded estimates described in 

10 subsection (a)(1)(B) as obligations, shall be audited annu11 ally by independent certified public accountants or inde12 pendent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by 

13 a regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivi14 sion of the United States in accordance with generally ac15 cepted auditing standards. A report containing the results 

16 of each such independent audit shall be included in the an17 nual report required by subsection (a)(3). 

18 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as provided 

19 in subsection (b), all amounts included in the National 

20 Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 

21 145(a) shall be available for payments of national service 

22 educational awards or summer of service educational 

23 awards under section 148.’’. 

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1 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2 of the Strength2 en AmeriCorps Program Act (Public Law 108–145; 117 

3 Stat. 844; 42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 

4 Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle 

5 E (National Civilian Community 

6 Corps) 

7 SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 

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

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 

11 ‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the oper12 ation of, and support for, residential and other service pro13 grams that combine the best practices of civilian service 

14 with the best aspects of military service, including leader15 ship and team building, to meet national and community 

16 needs. Such needs to be met under such programs include 

17 those related to— 

18 ‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 

19 ‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 

20 ‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conserva21 tion; 

22 ‘‘(4) energy conservation; 

23 ‘‘(5) urban and rural development; and 

24 ‘‘(6) other unmet needs consistent with the pur25 pose as described in this section.’’. 

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1 SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 

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

3 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COM6 MUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’’. 

7 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Com8 munity Corps Demonstration Program’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

12 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na13 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community 

16 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘a National Civilian Com17 munity Corps’’; 

18 (4) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking 

19 ‘‘PROGRAMS’’ and inserting ‘‘COMPONENTS’’; and 

20 (5) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘program com21 ponents are residential programs’’ and all that fol22 lows and inserting ‘‘programs referred to in sub23 section (b) may include a residential component.’’. 

24 SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 

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

26 (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’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘if the person’’ 

9 and all that follows through the period at the end and 

10 inserting ‘‘if the person will be at least 18 years of 

11 age on or before December 31 in the calendar year in 

12 which the individual enrolls in the program.’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (c)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘The Director shall take appropriate steps, in18 cluding through outreach and recruitment activi19 ties carried out by the chief executive officer, to 

20 increase the percentage of participants in the 

21 program who are disadvantaged youth toward 

22 50 percent of all participants by year 2011. The 

23 Director shall report to the appropriate commit24 tees of Congress biennially on such efforts, any 

25 challenges faced, and the annual participation 

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1 rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’’; 

2 and 

3 (4) by striking subsection (e). 

4 SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 

5 Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 

8 Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na9 tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 

12 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 

13 Community Corps’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and 

15 all that follows through the period at the end and in16 serting ‘‘shall be from economically and ethnically di17 verse backgrounds, including youth who are in foster 

18 care.’’. 

19 SEC. 1505. TEAM LEADERS. 

20 Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended— 

21 (1) by amending the section heading to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.’’; 

24 (2) 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 ‘‘the Civilian Community 

6 Corps shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Civil7 ian Community Corps shall’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) by amending the subsection heading to 

10 read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY

12 CORPS.—’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Na14 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

15 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘campus’’; and 

20 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(4) TEAM LEADERS.—The Director may select 

22 from Corps members individuals with prior super23 visory or service experience to be team leaders within 

24 units in the National Civilian Community Corps to 

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1 perform service that includes leading and supervising 

2 teams of Corps members. Team leaders shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) be selected without regard to the age 

4 limitation under section 153(b); 

5 ‘‘(B) be members of the National Civilian 

6 Community Corps; and 

7 ‘‘(C) be provided the rights and benefits ap8 plicable to Corps members, except that the limi9 tation on the amount of living allowance shall 

10 not exceed 10 percent more than the amount es11 tablished under section 158(b).’’; 

12 (4) in subsection (d)— 

13 (A) by amending the subsection heading to 

14 read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(d) CAMPUSES.—’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by amending the paragraph head18 ing to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.—’’; 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘in campuses’’; 

22 (iii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘campus’’; and 

24 (iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘in the campuses’’; 

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1 (C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

2 follows: 

3 ‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—There shall be a cam4 pus director for each campus. The campus director is 

5 the head of the campus.’’; 

6 (D) in paragraph (3)— 

7 (i) by amending the paragraph head8 ing to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘A camp may be lo11 cated’’ and inserting ‘‘A campus must be 

12 cost-effective and may, upon the completion 

13 of a feasibility study, be located’’; 

14 (5) in subsection (e)— 

15 (A) by amending the paragraph heading to 

16 read as follows: 

17 ‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘campuses are cost-effective and 

20 are distributed’’; and 

21 (C) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and all that 

22 follows through the period at the end and insert23 ing ‘‘rural areas such that each Corps unit in a 

24 region can be easily deployed for disaster and 

25 emergency response to such region.’’; and 

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1 (6) in subsection (f)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

6 such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (i) in the matter preceding subpara9 graph (A), by striking ‘‘superintendent of a 

10 camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director of a 

11 campus’’; 

12 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

13 (I) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; 

15 (II) by striking ‘‘superintend16 ent’s’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc17 tor’s’’; and 

18 (III) by striking ‘‘camp’’ each 

19 place such term appears and inserting 

20 ‘‘campus’’; and 

21 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

22 ‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus 

23 director’’; and 

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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp 

2 superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc3 tor’’. 

4 SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 

5 Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a)— 

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil8 ian Community Corps’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘The Director shall ensure that to the extent 

11 practicable, each member of the Corps is trained 

12 in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to dis13 aster preparedness and response.’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 

15 period at the end the following: ‘‘, including a focus 

16 on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or 

17 conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban and 

18 rural development, or disaster preparedness needs’’; 

19 and 

20 (3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.— 

23 Members of the cadre may provide, either directly or 

24 through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, 

25 the advanced service training referred to in subsection 

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1 (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or technical 

2 schools, other employment and training providers, ex3 isting youth service programs, other qualified individ4 uals, or organizations with expertise in training 

5 youth, including disadvantaged youth, in the skill 

6 areas described in such subsection.’’. 

7 SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS. 

8 Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

11 by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com12 munity Corps’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

14 the semicolon the following: ‘‘with specific em15 phasis on projects in support of infrastructure 

16 improvement, disaster relief and recovery, the en17 vironment, energy conservation, and urban and 

18 rural development’’; and 

19 (C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘service 

20 learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘and 

23 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop24 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Housing 

25 and Urban Development, the Administrator of 

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1 the Environmental Protection Agency, the Ad2 ministrator of the Federal Emergency Manage3 ment Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec4 retary of Transportation, and the Chief of the 

5 United States Forest Service’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

7 (i) by inserting ‘‘community-based or8 ganizations and’’ before ‘‘representatives of 

9 local communities’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

11 such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

12 and 

13 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State 

14 Commissions,’’ before ‘‘and persons involved in 

15 other youth service programs.’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both 

19 places such term appears and inserting 

20 ‘‘campus director’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 

22 such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 

23 and 

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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘camp 

2 superintendents’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc3 tors’’. 

4 SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 

5 Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be7 fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

10 (1)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Ci12 vilian Community Corps’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting before the colon the 

14 following: ‘‘, as the Director determines ap15 propriate’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Cloth17 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Uniforms’’; and 

18 (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Rec19 reational services and supplies’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘Supplies’’. 

21 SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE. 

22 Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

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1 onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

2 Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ be5 fore ‘‘recommended’’; and 

6 (ii) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 

7 ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 

9 before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting 

12 ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

13 and 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘The Director shall 

17 establish a permanent cadre of’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 

19 shall establish a permanent cadre that 

20 includes the Director and other ap21 pointed’’; and 

22 (II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be23 fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 

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

25 ‘‘The Director shall appoint the members’’ 

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1 and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 

2 shall consider the recommendations of the 

3 Director in appointing the other members’’; 

4 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

5 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

6 (i), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in7 serting ‘‘the Chief Executive Officer’’; 

8 (II) in clause (iii) by striking 

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (III) by redesignating clause (iv) 

11 as (v); and 

12 (IV) by inserting after clause (iii) 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and 

15 other former law enforcement, fire, rescue, 

16 and emergency personnel, and other indi17 viduals with backgrounds in disaster pre18 paredness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 

19 (iv) in subparagraph (E)— 

20 (I) by inserting after ‘‘techniques’’ 

21 the following: ‘‘, including techniques 

22 for working with and enhancing the 

23 development of disadvantaged youth,’’; 

24 and 

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1 (II) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; and 

3 (C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), 

4 by striking ‘‘the members’’ and inserting ‘‘other 

5 members’’. 

6 SEC. 1510. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY. 

7 Section 161 (42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘perform any 

9 program function under this subtitle’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘carry out the National Civilian Community Corps 

11 program’’; and 

12 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 

13 before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 

14 SEC. 1511. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 

15 Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

19 ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

20 Corps’’; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik22 ing ‘‘the registry established by’’ and all 

23 that follows through the semicolon and in24 serting ‘‘the registry established by section 

25 1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 

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

2 recommended for appointment’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘from which individuals may be selected for ap4 pointment by the Director’’; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Na6 tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 

7 (2) by striking subsection (b). 

8 SEC. 1512. ADVISORY BOARD. 

9 Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of 

12 the Program, there shall also be’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘There shall be’’; 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil15 ian Community Corps Advisory Board’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that fol17 lows through the period at the end and inserting 

18 ‘‘to assist the Corps in responding rapidly and 

19 efficiently in times of natural and other disas20 ters. Consistent with the needs outlined in sec21 tion 151, the Advisory Board members shall help 

22 coordinate activities with the Corps as appro23 priate, including the mobilization of volunteers 

24 and coordination of volunteer centers to help 

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1 local communities recover from the effects of nat2 ural and other disasters.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 

5 (9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; 

6 (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emer9 gency Management Agency. 

10 ‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 

11 ‘‘(10) The Chief of the United States Forest Serv12 ice. 

13 ‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental 

14 Protection Agency. 

15 ‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and 

16 (C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 

17 by striking ‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public 

18 and private organizations,’’. 

19 SEC. 1513. EVALUATION. 

20 Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended— 

21 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘AN22 NUAL’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘annual evaluation’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘evaluation before September 30, 2014’’; 

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1 (3) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 

2 Community Corps’’; and 

3 (4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon 

4 completing each such evaluation, the Corporation 

5 shall transmit to the appropriate committees of Con6 gress a report on the evaluation.’’. 

7 SEC. 1514. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 

8 Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 

9 SEC. 1515. DEFINITIONS. 

10 Section 166 (42 U.S.C. 12626) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9); 

12 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) 

13 as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 

14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus di17 rector’, with respect to a Corps campus, means the 

18 head of the campus under section 155(d). 

19 ‘‘(3) CORPS.—The term ‘Corps’ means the Na20 tional Civilian Community Corps required under sec21 tion 155 as part of the Civilian Community Corps 

22 Program. 

23 ‘‘(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Corps campus’ 

24 means the facility or central location established as 

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1 the operational headquarters and boarding place for 

2 particular Corps units.’’; 

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

4 striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 

5 Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Commu6 nity Corps Program’’; 

7 (5) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by in8 serting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

9 Corps’’; 

10 (6) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by 

11 striking ‘‘The terms’’ and all that follows through 

12 ‘‘Demonstration Program’’ the first place such term 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘The term ‘Program’ means 

14 the National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 

15 and 

16 (7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 

17 (A) in the heading by striking ‘‘SERVICE

18 LEARNING’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE-LEARNING’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘service-learning’’. 

23 SEC. 1516. TERMINOLOGY. 

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1 (1) by striking the subtitle heading and inserting 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian 

4 Community Corps’’; 

5 and 

6 (2) in section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) by 

7 inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 

8 Corps’’. 

9 Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle 

10 F (Administrative Provisions) 

11 SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 

12 Section 171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘with respect to a project’’ and inserting ‘‘with 

14 respect to a project authorized under the national service 

15 laws’’. 

16 SEC. 1602. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 

17 Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding 

18 at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(d) REFERRALS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A pro20 gram may not receive assistance under the national service 

21 laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal 

22 assistance programs or State assistance programs funded 

23 in part by the Federal Government.’’. 

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1 SEC. 1603. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCE2 DURES. 

3 Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 

5 days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days 

6 not to exceed 90 days in total’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (f)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State 

9 or local applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

13 ‘‘and’’; 

14 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 

15 as subparagraph (E); and 

16 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

17 (C) the following: 

18 ‘‘(D) in a grievance filed by an individual 

19 applicant or participant— 

20 ‘‘(i) the applicant’s selection or the 

21 participant’s reinstatement, as the case may 

22 be; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) other changes in the terms and 

24 conditions of service; and’’. 

25 SEC. 1604. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS. 

26 Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended— 

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1 (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 

2 ‘‘under this title’’ each place it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘under the national service laws’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘employee or 

5 position’’ and inserting ‘‘employee, position, or volun6 teer (other than a participant under the national 

7 service laws)’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive assist11 ance under the national service laws shall consult 

12 with the parents or legal guardians of children in de13 veloping and operating programs that include and 

14 serve children. 

15 ‘‘(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that re16 ceive assistance under the national service laws shall, 

17 consistent with State law, before transporting minor 

18 children, provide the reason for and obtain written 

19 permission of the children’s parents.’’. 

20 SEC. 1605. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COM21 MUNITY SERVICE. 

22 Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end the 

24 following: 

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1 ‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sec2 tor.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘, unless the 

4 State permits the representative to serve as a voting 

5 member of the State Commission or alternative ad6 ministrative entity’’; 

7 (3) by striking subsection (e)(1) and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) Preparation of a national service plan for 

10 the State that— 

11 ‘‘(A) is developed through an open and pub12 lic process (such as through regional forums, 

13 hearings, and other means) that provides for 

14 maximum participation and input from compa15 nies, organizations, and public agencies using 

16 service and volunteerism as a strategy to meet 

17 critical community needs, including programs 

18 funded under the national service laws; 

19 ‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning 

20 of which may be set by the State; 

21 ‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief exec22 utive officer of the State; 

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1 tional service programs as described in section 

2 179(a)(1)(A); 

3 ‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse commu4 nity-based agencies that serve under-represented 

5 populations, by using established networks and 

6 registries at the State level, or establishing such 

7 networks and registries; 

8 ‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of 

9 funding applications submitted by the State and 

10 others within the State under the national serv11 ice laws; 

12 ‘‘(G) is updated annually, reflecting changes 

13 in practices and policies that will improve the 

14 coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, 

15 and local resources for service and volunteerism 

16 within the State; and 

17 ‘‘(H) contains such information as the State 

18 Commission considers to be appropriate or as the 

19 Corporation may require.’’; 

20 (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) 

21 as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; 

22 (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 

23 ‘‘(f) RELIEF FROM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIRE24 MENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan submitted under 

25 subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive, 

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1 or specify alternatives to, administrative requirements 

2 (other than statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to 

3 grants made to States under the national service laws, in4 cluding those requirements identified by a State as imped5 ing the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and 

6 local resources for service and volunteerism within a State. 

7 ‘‘(g) STATE PLAN FOR BABY BOOMER AND OLDER

8 ADULT VOLUNTEER AND PAID SERVICE.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a 

11 grant or allotment under subtitle B or C or to receive 

12 a distribution of approved national service positions 

13 under subtitle C, a State must work with appropriate 

14 State agencies and private entities to develop a com15 prehensive State plan for volunteer and paid service 

16 by members of the Baby Boom generation and older 

17 adults. 

18 ‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The State plan shall 

19 include— 

20 ‘‘(A) recommendations for public policy ini21 tiatives, including how to best tap the population 

22 of members of the Baby Boom generation and 

23 older adults as sources of social capital and as 

24 ways to address community needs; 

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1 ‘‘(B) recommendations to the State unit on 

2 aging on— 

3 ‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to busi4 nesses; 

5 ‘‘(ii) outreach to— 

6 ‘‘(I) non-profit organizations; 

7 ‘‘(II) the State’s Department of 

8 Education; 

9 ‘‘(III) institutions of higher edu10 cation; and 

11 ‘‘(IV) other State agencies; and 

12 ‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engagement 

13 and multigenerational activities, such as— 

14 ‘‘(i) early childhood education, family 

15 literacy, and after school programs; 

16 ‘‘(ii) respite services for older adults 

17 and caregivers; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) transitions for members of the 

19 Baby Boom generation and older adults to 

20 purposeful work in their post career lives. 

21 ‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATED.—The State 

22 plan shall incorporate the current knowledge base re23 garding— 

24 ‘‘(A) the economic impact of older workers’ 

25 roles in the economy; 

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1 ‘‘(B) the social impact of older workers’ 

2 roles in the community; and 

3 ‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of active 

4 engagement for members of the Baby Boom gen5 eration and older adults. 

6 ‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State plan must be 

7 made public and be transmitted to the Chief Execu8 tive Officer.’’; and 

9 (6) in subsection (k)(1) (as redesignated by this 

10 section), by striking the period at the end and insert11 ing ‘‘, consistent with section 174(d).’’. 

12 SEC. 1606. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 

13 Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 

14 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, di17 rectly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing 

18 evaluation of programs that receive assistance under the na19 tional service laws, including evaluations that measure the 

20 impact of such programs, to determine— 

21 ‘‘(1) the effectiveness of programs receiving as22 sistance under the national service laws in achieving 

23 stated goals and the costs associated with such, in24 cluding— 

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1 ‘‘(A) an evaluation of performance meas2 ures, as established by the Corporation in con3 sultation with each grantee receiving assistance 

4 under the national service laws, which may in5 clude— 

6 ‘‘(i) number of participants enrolled 

7 and completing terms of service compared to 

8 the stated goals of the program; 

9 ‘‘(ii) number of volunteers recruited 

10 from the community in which the program 

11 was implemented; 

12 ‘‘(iii) if applicable based on the pro13 gram design, the number of individuals re14 ceiving or benefitting from the service con15 ducted; 

16 ‘‘(iv) number of disadvantaged and 

17 under-represented youth participants; 

18 ‘‘(v) sustainability of project or pro19 gram, including measures to ascertain the 

20 level of community support for the project 

21 or program; 

22 ‘‘(vi) measures to ascertain the change 

23 in attitude toward civic engagement among 

24 the participants and the beneficiaries of the 

25 service; and 

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1 ‘‘(vii) other quantitative and quali2 tative measures as determined to be appro3 priate by the recipient of assistance; and 

4 ‘‘(B) review of the implementation plan for 

5 reaching such measures described in subpara6 graph (A); and 

7 ‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and mecha8 nisms for delivery of services, such as the effective uti9 lization of the participants’ time, the management of 

10 the participants, and the ease with which recipients 

11 were able to receive services, to maximize the cost-ef12 fectiveness and the impact of such programs.’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (g)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘National 

15 Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

16 Senior Service Corps’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to public 

18 service’’ and all that follows through the period 

19 at the end and inserting ‘‘to engage in service 

20 that benefits the community.’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNT23 ABILITY.—In addition to amounts appropriated to carry 

24 out this section, the Corporation may reserve up to 1 per25 cent of total program funds appropriated for a fiscal year 

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1 under the national service laws to support program ac2 countability activities under this section. 

3 ‘‘(k) CORRECTIVE PLANS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee that fails to reach 

5 the performance measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) as 

6 determined by the Corporation, shall reach an agree7 ment with the Corporation on a corrective action 

8 plan to achieve the agreed upon performance meas9 ures. 

10 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 

11 ‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that 

12 has received assistance for less than 3 years and 

13 is failing to achieve the performance measures 

14 agreed upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), the Cor15 poration shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the 

17 grantee to address targeted performance 

18 problems relating to the performance meas19 ures in subsection (a)(1)(A); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) require quarterly reports from the 

21 grantee on the program’s progress toward 

22 achieving the performance measures in sub23 section (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate State, 

24 Territory, or Indian tribe and the Corpora25 tion. 

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1 ‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a pro2 gram that has received assistance for 3 years or 

3 more and is failing to achieve the performance 

4 measures agreed upon under subsection 

5 (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall require quar6 terly reports from the grantee on the program’s 

7 progress towards achieving performance meas8 ures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate 

9 State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the Cor10 poration. 

11 ‘‘(l) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—If, 

12 after a period for correction as approved by the Corpora13 tion, a grantee or subgrantee fails to achieve the established 

14 levels of performance, the Corporation shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the grant 

16 award attributable to the underperforming grantee or 

17 subgrantee by at least 25 percent; or 

18 ‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming 

19 grantee or subgrantee, consistent with section 176(a). 

20 ‘‘(m) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to the 

21 appropriate committees of Congress not later than two 

22 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and 

23 annually thereafter, a report containing information on the 

24 number of— 

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1 ‘‘(1) grantees implementing corrective action 

2 plans; 

3 ‘‘(2) grantees for which the Corporation offers 

4 technical assistance under subsection (k); 

5 ‘‘(3) grantees for which the Corporation termi6 nates assistance for a program under subsection (l); 

7 ‘‘(4) entities that expressed interest in applying 

8 for assistance under a national service law but did 

9 not apply; 

10 ‘‘(5) entities whose application was rejected; and 

11 ‘‘(6) grantees meeting or exceeding their perform12 ance measures in subsection (a).’’. 

13 SEC. 1607. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

14 Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘Section 414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’. 

16 SEC. 1608. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 

17 Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to 

18 read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(b) REPORT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCY SUBMISSION.—The head 

21 of each Federal agency shall prepare and submit to 

22 Corporation for Community and National Service a 

23 report concerning the implementation of this section, 

24 including an evaluation of the performance goals and 

25 benchmarks of the partnership programs. 

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1 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corporation 

2 for National and Community Service shall prepare 

3 and submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

4 a compilation of the information received under para5 graph (1).’’. 

6 SEC. 1609. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPY7 ING. 

8 Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

11 by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 

12 with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

14 ‘‘local government,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

17 by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 

18 with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 

20 ‘‘local government,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 

21 and 

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

23 ‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Consistent with otherwise 

24 applicable law, the Inspector General of the Corporation 

25 shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, 

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1 any books, documents, papers, records, and other recorded 

2 information in any form— 

3 ‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Cor4 poration or any State or local government, Territory, 

5 Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organiza6 tion receiving assistance directly or indirectly under 

7 this Act that relates to the assistance received, directly 

8 or indirectly, under this Act; and 

9 ‘‘(2) that relates to the duties of the Inspector 

10 General under the Inspector General Act of 1978.’’. 

11 SEC. 1610. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 

12 Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amend13 ed by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 185. SUSTAINABILITY. 

15 ‘‘(a) GOALS.—To ensure that recipients of assistance 

16 under the national service laws are carrying out sustainable 

17 projects or programs, the Corporation, after collaboration 

18 with State Commissions and consultation with recipients 

19 of assistance under the national service laws, may set sus20 tainability goals supported by policies and procedures to— 

21 ‘‘(1) build the capacity of the projects that re22 ceive assistance under the national service laws to 

23 meet community needs and lessen the dependence on 

24 Federal dollars to do so, taking into consideration 

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1 challenges that programs in underserved rural or 

2 urban areas may face; 

3 ‘‘(2) provide technical assistance to aid the re4 cipients of assistance under the national service laws 

5 in acquiring and leveraging non-Federal funds for the 

6 projects; and 

7 ‘‘(3) implement measures to ascertain whether 

8 the projects are generating sufficient community sup9 port. 

10 ‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If a recipient does not meet the 

11 sustainability goals in subsection (a) for a project, the Cor12 poration may take action as described in sections 176 and 

13 179. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 186. GRANT PERIODS. 

15 ‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corpora16 tion has authority to make a grant under the national serv17 ice laws for a period of 3 years. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 187. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 

19 ‘‘In making decisions on applications for assistance or 

20 approved national service positions under the national serv21 ice laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration the 

22 extent to which the applicant’s proposal will increase the 

23 involvement of volunteers in meeting community needs. In 

24 reviewing the application for this purpose, the Corporation 

25 may take into account the mission of the applicant. 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 188. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 

2 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as 

3 otherwise provided by this section, the amount of funds ap4 proved by the Corporation in a grant to operate a program 

5 authorized under the national service laws supporting indi6 viduals serving in approved national service positions may 

7 not exceed $17,000 per full-time equivalent position. 

8 ‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limitation 

9 in subsection (a) applies to the Corporation’s share of mem10 ber support costs, staff costs, and other costs borne by the 

11 grantee or subgrantee to operate a program. 

12 ‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limi13 tation in subsection (a) and (e)(1) shall not apply to ex14 penses that are not included in the program operating 

15 grant award. 

16 ‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amount 

17 specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted each 

18 year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Consumer 

19 Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Sec20 retary of Labor. 

21 ‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE22 MENT.— 

23 ‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 

24 waive the requirements of this section, up to a max25 imum of $19,500, if necessary to meet the compelling 

26 needs of a particular program, such as exceptional 

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1 training needs for a program serving disadvantaged 

2 youth, increased costs relating to the participation of 

3 individuals with disabilities, tribal programs or pro4 grams located in the Territories and start-up costs as5 sociated with a first-time grantee, and up to a max6 imum of $22,000 for Tribal residential programs. 

7 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer 

8 shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress 

9 annually on all waivers granted under this section, 

10 with an explanation of the compelling needs justi11 fying such waivers. 

12 ‘‘SEC. 189. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 

13 ‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit 

14 and reporting requirements as provided in the Chief Finan15 cial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and the 

16 Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 (31 U.S.C. 

17 9101 et seq.). The Corporation shall report to the appro18 priate committees of Congress any failure to comply with 

19 the requirements of such audits. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 190. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Entities selecting individuals to 

22 serve in a position in which the individual receives a Cor23 poration grant-funded living allowance, stipend, education 

24 award, salary, or other remuneration in a program receiv25 ing assistance under the national service laws, shall, subject 

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1 to regulations and requirements established by the Corpora2 tion, conduct criminal history checks for such individuals. 

3 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check shall, 

4 except in cases approved for good cause by the Corporation, 

5 include a name-based search of the National Sex Offender 

6 Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protec7 tion and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.) and— 

8 ‘‘(1) a search of the State criminal registry or 

9 repository in the State in which the program is oper10 ating and the State in which the individual resides 

11 at the time of application; or 

12 ‘‘(2) a Federal Bureau of Investigation finger13 print check. 

14 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall 

15 be ineligible to serve in a position described under sub16 section (a) if such individual— 

17 ‘‘(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history 

18 check described in subsection (b); 

19 ‘‘(2) makes a false statement in connection with 

20 such criminal history check; 

21 ‘‘(3) is registered, or is required to be registered, 

22 on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex 

23 Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 

24 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 

25 16901 et seq.); or 

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1 ‘‘(4) has been convicted of murder, as described 

2 in section 1111 of title 18, United States Code. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 190A. REPORT ON PARTICIPANT INFORMATION. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall annually 

5 collect and report to the appropriate committees of Congress 

6 any demographic and socioeconomic information on the 

7 participants of all programs or projects receiving assistance 

8 under the national service laws. 

9 ‘‘(b) INFORMATION COLLECTED AND REPORTED.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PARTICIPANTS AGES 18 AND OLDER.—The 

11 information collected and reported under this section 

12 for participants ages 18 and older shall include age, 

13 gender, race, ethnicity, annual income, employment 

14 status, disability status, veteran status, marital sta15 tus, educational attainment, and household size, type, 

16 and income. 

17 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS UNDER AGE 18.—The infor18 mation collected and reported under this section for 

19 participants under age 18 shall only include age, gen20 der, race, ethnicity, and eligibility for free or reduced 

21 price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National 

22 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 

23 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The information col24 lected and reported under this section shall be available to 

25 the public. 

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1 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The information collected 

2 and reported under this section shall not contain any per3 sonally identifiable information of any participant.’’. 

4 Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle 

5 G (Corporation for National and 

6 Community Service) 

7 SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 

8 Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each appointed 

12 member shall serve for a term of 5 years.’’; 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(e) SERVICE UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.— 

15 A voting member of the Board whose term has expired may 

16 continue to serve for one year beyond expiration of the term 

17 if no successor is appointed or until the date on which a 

18 successor has taken office.’’. 

19 SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DU20 TIES. 

21 Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amended— 

22 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 

23 striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall have responsi24 bility for setting overall policy for the Corporation 

25 and shall—’’; 

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1 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 

2 semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and review the 

3 budget proposal in advance of submission to the Of4 fice of Management and Budget and to Congress’’; 

5 (3) in paragraph (5)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 

7 at the end; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

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

11 ‘‘(C) review the performance of the Chief 

12 Executive Officer annually and forward a report 

13 on that review to the President;’’; 

14 (4) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(10) notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law— 

18 ‘‘(A) make grants to or contracts with Fed19 eral and other public departments or agencies, 

20 and private nonprofit organizations for the as21 signment or referral of volunteers under the pro22 visions of Title I of the Domestic Volunteer Serv23 ice Act of 1973 (except as provided in section 

24 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

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1 ganization shall pay all or a part of the costs of 

2 the program; and 

3 ‘‘(B) enter into agreements with other Fed4 eral agencies for the support of programs under 

5 the national service laws which— 

6 ‘‘(i) may provide that the agency or 

7 organization shall pay all or a part of the 

8 costs of the program; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) shall provide that the program 

10 (including any program operated by an11 other Federal agency) will comply with all 

12 requirements related to evaluation, perform13 ance, and other goals applicable to similar 

14 programs under the national service laws, 

15 as determined by the Corporation; and’’; 

16 (5) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘September 

17 30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2012’’. 

18 SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 

19 Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by 

20 striking the period and inserting ‘‘, plus 3 percent.’’. 

21 SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXEC22 UTIVE OFFICER. 

23 Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b)— 

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

2 by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘, in collabo3 ration with State Commissions, shall—’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a 

5 strategic plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a plan 

6 for achieving 50 percent full-time approved na7 tional service positions by 2012,’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (10)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding subpara10 graph (A), by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘June 30 of each even-num12 bered year,’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by strik14 ing ‘‘section 122(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec15 tion 122(c)’’; and 

16 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(12) bolster the public awareness of and recruit18 ment efforts for the wide range of service opportuni19 ties for citizens of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic 

20 status or geographic location, through a variety of 

21 methods, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) print media; 

23 ‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging tech24 nologies; 

25 ‘‘(C) television; 

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1 ‘‘(D) radio; 

2 ‘‘(E) presentations at public or private fo3 rums; 

4 ‘‘(F) other innovative methods of commu5 nication; and 

6 ‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic develop7 ment, State employment security agencies, labor 

8 unions and trade associations, local education 

9 agencies, institutions of higher education, agen10 cies and organizations serving veterans and peo11 ple with disabilities, and other institutions or 

12 organizations from which participants for pro13 grams receiving assistance from the national 

14 service laws can be recruited; 

15 ‘‘(13) identify and implement methods of recruit16 ment to— 

17 ‘‘(A) increase the diversity of participants 

18 in the programs receiving assistance under the 

19 national service laws; and 

20 ‘‘(B) increase the diversity of service spon21 sors of programs desiring to receive assistance 

22 under the national service laws; 

23 ‘‘(14) coordinate with organizations of former 

24 participants of national service programs for service 

25 opportunities that may include capacity building, 

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1 outreach, and recruitment for programs receiving as2 sistance under the national service laws; 

3 ‘‘(15) collaborate with organizations with dem4 onstrated expertise in supporting and accommodating 

5 individuals with disabilities, including institutions of 

6 higher education, to identify and implement methods 

7 of recruitment to increase the number of participants 

8 with disabilities in the programs receiving assistance 

9 under the national service laws; 

10 ‘‘(16) identify and implement recruitment strate11 gies and training programs for bilingual volunteers 

12 in the National Senior Service Corps under title II 

13 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; 

14 ‘‘(17) collaborate with organizations which have 

15 established volunteer recruitment programs, including 

16 those on the Internet, to increase the recruitment ca17 pacity of the Corporation; 

18 ‘‘(18) where practicable, provide application ma19 terials in languages other than English for those with 

20 limited English proficiency who wish to participate 

21 in a national service program; 

22 ‘‘(19) collaborate with the training and technical 

23 assistance programs described in subtitle J and in 

24 appropriate paragraphs of section 199N(b); 

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1 ‘‘(20) coordinate the clearinghouses described in 

2 section 198F; 

3 ‘‘(21) coordinate with entities receiving funds 

4 under Subtitle Establishing the Reserve Corps for 

5 alumni of the national service programs to serve in 

6 emergencies, disasters, and other times of national 

7 need; 

8 ‘‘(22) identify and implement strategies to in9 crease awareness among Indian tribes of the types 

10 and availability of assistance under the national serv11 ice laws, increase Native American participation in 

12 national service, and collect information on challenges 

13 facing Native American communities; 

14 ‘‘(23) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion of 

15 low-income persons in national service programs and 

16 activities authorized under the National Senior Serv17 ice Corps; and 

18 ‘‘(24) ensure that outreach, awareness, and re19 cruitment efforts are consistent with the Americans 

20 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 

21 seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

22 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (c)— 

24 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

25 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’’; and 

8 (3) in subsection (f)— 

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘AND STUDIES’’ after 

10 ‘‘EVALUATIONS’’ in the subsection heading; and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraphs: 

13 ‘‘(3) EVALUATION ON REACHING 50 PERCENT

14 GOAL.—The Corporation shall submit a report to the 

15 appropriate committees of Congress, not later than 18 

16 months after the enactment of this section on actions 

17 taken to achieve the goal of 50 percent full-time ap18 proved national service positions as described in 

19 193A(b)(1), including an assessment of the progress 

20 made toward achieving that goal and the actions to 

21 be taken in the coming year toward achieving that 

22 goal. 

23 ‘‘(4) EVALUATION ON APPLICATIONS.—The Cor24 poration shall submit a report to the appropriate 

25 committees of Congress, not later than 18 months 

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1 after the enactment of this section a report on the ac2 tions taken to modify the application procedures and 

3 reporting requirements for programs and activities 

4 funded under then national service laws, including a 

5 description of the consultation procedures with grant6 ees. 

7 ‘‘(5) STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS.— 

8 The Corporation shall submit to the appropriate com9 mittees of Congress, not later than 3 years after the 

10 enactment of this section, on— 

11 ‘‘(A) the number of veterans serving in na12 tional service programs historically by year; 

13 ‘‘(B) strategies being undertaken to identify 

14 the specific areas of need of veterans, including 

15 any goals set by the Corporation for veterans 

16 participating in the service programs; 

17 ‘‘(C) the impact of the strategies described 

18 in paragraph (2) and the Veterans Corps on en19 abling greater participation by veterans in the 

20 national service programs carried out under the 

21 national service laws; 

22 ‘‘(D) how existing programs and activities 

23 carried out under the national service laws could 

24 be improved to serve veterans, veterans service 

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1 organizations, families of active-duty military, 

2 including gaps in services to veterans; 

3 ‘‘(E) the extent to which existing programs 

4 and activities carried out under the national 

5 service laws are coordinated and recommenda6 tions to improve such coordination including the 

7 methods for ensuring the efficient financial orga8 nization of services directed towards veterans; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(F) how to improve utilization of veterans 

11 as resources and volunteers. 

12 ‘‘(6) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the studies 

13 and preparing the reports required under this sub14 section, the Corporation shall consult with veterans’ 

15 service organizations, the Department of Veterans Af16 fairs, State veterans agencies, the Department of De17 fense, as appropriate, and other individuals and enti18 ties the Corporation considers appropriate.’’; 

19 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH A BUSINESS.— 

21 The Chief Executive Officer may, through contracts or coop22 erative agreements, carry out the marketing duties described 

23 in subsection (b)(13), with priority given to those entities 

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1 advantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and members 

2 of the Baby Boom generation. 

3 ‘‘(i) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Chief Execu4 tive Officer may conduct a campaign to solicit non-Federal 

5 funds to support outreach and recruitment of a diverse pop6 ulation of service sponsors of and participants in programs 

7 and projects receiving assistance under the national service 

8 laws.’’. 

9 SEC. 1705. DELEGATION TO STATES. 

10 Consistent with section 193A(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 

11 12651d(c)(1)), the Chief Executive Officer may delegate to 

12 States specific programmatic authority upon a determina13 tion that such a delegation will increase efficiency in the 

14 operation or oversight of a program under the national 

15 service laws. 

16 SEC. 1706. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER . 

17 Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in19 serting: 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall have 

21 a chief financial officer appointed subject to the pro22 visions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap23 pointment in the competitive service and paid in ac24 cordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and submstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 chapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to clas2 sification and General Schedule pay rates.’’; and 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para4 graph (2). 

5 SEC. 1707. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES 

6 CONTRACTS. 

7 Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 

10 ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri11 tory,’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

13 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEM14 BER’’ and inserting ‘‘NON-VOTING MEM15 BER’’; and 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘non-voting’’ before 

17 ‘‘member’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Corpora21 tion may enter into personal services contracts to carry out 

22 research, evaluation, and public awareness related to the 

23 national service laws.’’. 

24 SEC. 1708. DONATED SERVICES. 

25 Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in3 serting the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.— 

5 Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 

6 States Code, the Corporation may solicit and ac7 cept the services of organizations and individuals 

8 (other than participants) to assist the Corpora9 tion in carrying out the duties of the Corpora10 tion under the national service laws, and may 

11 provide to such individuals the travel expenses 

12 described in section 192A(d).’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

14 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

15 by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘A person who is a member of an orga17 nization or is an individual covered by sub18 paragraph (A)’’; 

19 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volun20 teer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 

21 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volun22 teers’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; and 

23 (iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘such a 

24 volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 

25 and 

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1 (C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 

2 ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a per3 son’’; and 

4 (2) by striking paragraph (3). 

5 SEC. 1709. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE 

6 PROGRAMS FOR DISPLACED WORKERS. 

7 (a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation for National 

8 and Community Service shall conduct a study to identify— 

9 (1) specific areas of need for displaced workers; 

10 (2) how existing programs and activities carried 

11 out under the national service laws could better serve 

12 displaced workers and communities that have been 

13 adversely affected by plant closings and job losses; 

14 (3) prospects for better utilization of skilled 

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 Department of Labor, State labor 

21 agencies, and other individuals and entities the Corporation 

22 considers appropriate. 

23 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

24 the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to 

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1 sults of the planning study required by subsection (a), to2 gether with a plan for implementation of a pilot program 

3 using promising strategies and approaches for better tar4 geting and serving displaced workers. 

5 (d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 

6 to carry out this section, the Corporation shall develop and 

7 carry out a pilot program based on the findings in the re8 port submitted under subsection (c). 

9 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

10 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 

11 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 

12 through 2014. 

13 SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A 

14 CENTRALIZED ELECTRONIC CITIZENSHIP 

15 VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 

16 (a) STUDY.—The Corporation for National and Com17 munity Service shall conduct a study to determine the effec18 tiveness of a centralized electronic citizenship verification 

19 system which would allow the Corporation to share employ20 ment eligibility information with the Department of Edu21 cation in order to reduce administrative burden and lower 

22 costs for member programs. This study shall identify— 

23 (1) the costs associated with establishing this 

24 program both for the Corporation and for the Depart25 ment of Education; 

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1 (2) the benefits or detriments of such a system 

2 both for the Corporation and for the Department of 

3 Education; 

4 (3) strategies for ensuring the privacy and secu5 rity of member information that is shared between 

6 agencies and member organizations; 

7 (4) the information that needs to be shared in 

8 order to fulfill employment eligibility requirements; 

9 and 

10 (5) recommendations for implementation of such 

11 a program. 

12 (b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out in 

13 consultation with the Department of Education and other 

14 individuals and entities the Corporation considers appro15 priate. 

16 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall submit 

18 to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 

19 results of the study required by subsection (a), together with 

20 a plan for implementation of a pilot program using prom21 ising strategies and approaches identified in such study, if 

22 the Corporation determines such program to be feasible. 

23 (d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 

24 to carry out this section, the Corporation may develop and 

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1 carry out a pilot program based on the findings in the re2 port submitted under subsection (c). 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

4 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 

5 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 

6 through 2014. 

7 Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle 

8 H 

9 SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE H. 

10 (a) ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUP11 PORT NATIONAL SERVICE.—Subtitle H is amended by in12 serting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES 

15 TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 198 (42 

17 U.S.C. 12653) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection (r)’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘to improve the 

21 quality’’ and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ the 

22 first place such term appears and inserting ‘‘to ad23 dress emergent needs through summer programs and 

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1 grams and national service programs, including’’; 

2 and 

3 (3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), 

4 (i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating sub5 sections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as sub6 sections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively. 

7 (c) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN AND SEPTEMBER

8 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.—Section 198 (as amended by sub9 section (b) (42 U.S.C. 12653) is further amended by adding 

10 at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(j) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not less than 180 

12 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall con13 duct a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to encourage 

14 all people of the United States, regardless of age, race, eth15 nicity, religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or 

16 part-time national service, long- or short-term public serv17 ice in the nonprofit sector or government, or volunteering. 

18 In conducting the campaign, the Corporation may collabo19 rate with other Federal agencies and entities, State Com20 missions, Governors, nonprofit and faith-based organiza21 tions, businesses, institutions of higher education, elemen22 tary schools, and secondary schools. 

23 ‘‘(k) SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.— 

24 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation 

25 may organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies 

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1 and activities, which may include activities that are 

2 part of the broader Call to Service Campaign, in 

3 order to observe September 11th National Day of 

4 Service and Remembrance at the Federal level. 

5 ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make 

6 grants and provide other support to community-based 

7 organizations to assist in planning and carrying out 

8 appropriate service, charity, and remembrance oppor9 tunities in conjunction with the September 11th Na10 tional Day of Service and Remembrance. 

11 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation may 

12 consult with and make grants or provide other forms 

13 of support to nonprofit organizations with expertise 

14 in representing September 11th families and other 

15 impacted constituencies, in promoting the establish16 ment of September 11th as an annually recognized 

17 National Day of Service and Remembrance.’’. 

18 SEC. 1802. REPEALS. 

19 (a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 

20 (1) CLEARINGHOUSES.—Section 198A (42 

21 U.S.C. 12653a). 

22 (2) MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEM23 ONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (3) SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Sec2 tion 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d). 

3 (b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 198B is redesignated as 

4 section 198A. 

5 SEC. 1803. NEW FELLOWSHIPS. 

6 Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 

7 the following new sections: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 198B. SERVE AMERICA FELLOWSHIPS. 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 ‘‘(1) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term ‘area 

11 of national need’ means an area involved in efforts 

12 to— 

13 ‘‘(A) improve education in schools for eco14 nomically disadvantaged students; 

15 ‘‘(B) expand and improve access to health 

16 care; 

17 ‘‘(C) improve energy efficiency and conserve 

18 natural resources; 

19 ‘‘(D) improve economic opportunities for 

20 economically disadvantaged individuals; or 

21 ‘‘(E) improve disaster preparedness and re22 sponse. 

23 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.—The 

24 term ‘eligible fellowship recipient’ means an indi25 vidual who is selected by a State Commission under 

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1 subsection (c), as a result of such selection, is eligible 

2 for a ServeAmerica Fellowship. 

3 ‘‘(3) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means an eligi4 ble fellowship recipient who is awarded a 

5 ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a fellow 

6 under subsection (e). 

7 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro9 priated under section 501(a)(2) and allotted under 

10 paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation shall make grants 

11 (including financial assistance and a corresponding 

12 allotment of approved national service positions), to 

13 the State Commission of each of the several States, the 

14 District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto 

15 Rico with an application approved under this section, 

16 to enable such State Commission to award 

17 ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e). 

18 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT; RULES.— 

19 ‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allotted to 

20 a State Commission for a fiscal year shall be 

21 equal to an amount that bears the same ratio to 

22 the amount appropriated under section 

23 501(a)(2), as the population of the State bears to 

24 the total population of the several States, the 

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1 District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 

2 Puerto Rico. 

3 ‘‘(B) RULES.—Of the amount allotted to a 

4 State Commission under subparagraph (A)— 

‘‘(i) 1 5 ⁄3 of such amount shall be award6 ed to Fellows serving in organizations that 

7 maintain not more than 10 full-time staff 

8 and not more than 10 part-time staff; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) not more than 1.5 percent of such 

10 amount may be used for administrative 

11 costs. 

12 ‘‘(C) REALLOTMENT.—If a State Commis13 sion does not apply for an allotment under this 

14 subsection, or if a State Commission’s applica15 tion is not approved, the Corporation shall 

16 reallot the amount of the State Commission’s al17 lotment to the remaining State Commissions in 

18 accordance with subparagraph (A). 

19 ‘‘(3) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation 

20 shall— 

21 ‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of ap22 proved national service positions under this sub23 section during each of fiscal years 2010 through 

24 2014; 

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1 ‘‘(B) establish the number of approved posi2 tions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and 

3 ‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved 

4 positions to— 

5 ‘‘(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011; 

6 ‘‘(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

7 ‘‘(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014. 

9 ‘‘(4) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) REQUIRED USES.—A grant awarded 

11 under this subsection shall be used to enable fel12 lows to carry out service projects in areas of na13 tional need. 

14 ‘‘(B) PERMITTED USES.—A grant awarded 

15 under this subsection may be used for— 

16 ‘‘(i) oversight activities and mecha17 nisms for the service sites as determined by 

18 the State Commission or the Corporation, 

19 which may include site visits; 

20 ‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experi21 ence of participants in approved national 

22 service positions under this section, includ23 ing activities to engage such participants in 

24 networking opportunities with other na25 tional service participants; and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activi2 ties for participants in approved national 

3 service positions under this section. 

4 ‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

5 grant under this subsection, a State Commission shall 

6 submit an application to the Corporation at such 

7 time, in such manner, and containing such informa8 tion as the Corporation may require, including infor9 mation on the criteria and procedures that the State 

10 Commission will use for overseeing ServeAmerica Fel11 lowship placements for service projects, under sub12 section (e). 

13 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An applicant desiring 

16 to become an eligible fellowship recipient shall 

17 submit an application to a State Commission, at 

18 such time and in such manner as the Commis19 sion may require, and containing the informa20 tion described in subparagraph (B) and such ad21 ditional information as the Commission may re22 quire. An applicant may submit such applica23 tion to only one State Commission for a fiscal 

24 year. 

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1 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall 

2 specify information to be provided in an appli3 cation submitted under this subsection, which 

4 shall include— 

5 ‘‘(i) a description of the area of na6 tional need that the applicant intends to 

7 address in the service project; 

8 ‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex9 perience the applicant has to address the 

10 area of national need; 

11 ‘‘(iii) a description of the type of serv12 ice the applicant plans to provide as a fel13 low; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) information identifying the local 

15 area in which the applicant plans to serve, 

16 for the service project. 

17 ‘‘(2) SELECTION.—Each State Commission shall 

18 select the applicants received by the State Commission 

19 for a fiscal year, the number of eligible fellowship re20 cipients that may be supported for that fiscal year 

21 based on the grant received by the State Commission 

22 under subsection (b). 

23 ‘‘(d) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor organi25 zation shall— 

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1 ‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization or an in2 stitution of higher education that is not a Cam3 pus of Service (as described in section 119); 

4 ‘‘(B) satisfy qualification criteria estab5 lished by the Corporation or the State Commis6 sion, including standards relating to organiza7 tional capacity, financial management, and pro8 grammatic oversight; 

9 ‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other national 

10 service awards; and 

11 ‘‘(D) at the time of registration with a 

12 State Commission, enter into an agreement pro13 viding that the service sponsor organization 

14 shall— 

15 ‘‘(i) abide by all program require16 ments; 

17 ‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in 

18 subsection (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving 

19 with the organization through the 

20 ServeAmerica Fellowship; 

21 ‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying 

22 whether each fellow serving with the organi23 zation successfully completed the 

24 ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and 

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1 poration the number of hours served by a 

2 fellow for purposes of determining the fel3 low’s eligibility for benefits; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records 

5 relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to 

6 the State Commission, the Corporation, and 

7 the Corporation’s Inspector General. 

8 ‘‘(2) REGISTRATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—No service sponsor 

10 organization may receive a fellow under this 

11 subsection until the organization registers with 

12 the State Commission; 

13 ‘‘(B) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The State Com14 mission shall maintain a list of registered service 

15 sponsor organizations on a public website; 

16 ‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—If a State Commission 

17 determines that a service sponsor organization is 

18 in violation of any of the applicable provisions 

19 of this section— 

20 ‘‘(i) the State Commission shall revoke 

21 the registration of the organization; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the organization shall not be eli23 gible to receive a national service award 

24 under this title, for not less than 5 years; 

25 and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the State Commission shall have 

2 the right to remove a fellow from the orga3 nization and relocate the fellow to another 

4 site. 

5 ‘‘(e) FELLOWS.— 

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

7 in a service project as a fellow and receive a 

8 ServeAmerica Fellowship, an eligible fellowship re9 cipient shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) within 3 months after being selected as 

11 an eligible fellowship recipient, select a registered 

12 service sponsor organization described in sub13 section (d) with which the recipient is interested 

14 in serving under this section; and 

15 ‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with the orga16 nization— 

17 ‘‘(i) that specifies the service the recipi18 ent will provide if the placement is ap19 proved; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) in which the recipient agrees to 

21 serve for 1 year on a full-time or part-time 

22 basis (as determined by the Corporation); 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(iii) submit such agreement to the 

25 State Commission. 

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1 ‘‘(2) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible fellow2 ship recipient’s agreement under paragraph (1), the 

3 State Commission shall award a ServeAmerica Fel4 lowship to the recipient and designate the recipient as 

5 a fellow. 

6 ‘‘(3) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts received 

8 under subsection (b), each State Commission 

9 shall award each of the State’s fellows a 

10 ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that is equal 

11 to 50 percent of the amount of the total average 

12 annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA 

13 volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic Vol14 unteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

15 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPONSOR OR16 GANIZATION.—Except as provided in subsection 

17 (C), the service sponsor organization shall award 

18 to the fellow serving such organization an 

19 amount that will ensure that the total award re20 ceived by the fellow for service in the service 

21 project (consisting of such amount and the 

22 ServeAmerica Fellowship amount the fellow re23 ceives under subparagraph (A)) is equal to or 

24 greater than 70 percent of the average annual 

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1 teers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer 

2 Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

3 ‘‘(C) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The total amount 

5 that may be provided to a fellow under this 

6 subparagraph shall not exceed 100 percent 

7 of the average annual subsistence allowance 

8 provided to VISTA volunteers under section 

9 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 

10 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

11 ‘‘(ii) SMALL ORGANIZATIONS.—A serv12 ice sponsor organization meeting the re13 quirements of subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) shall 

14 award to the fellow serving such organiza15 tion an amount that will ensure that the 

16 total award received by the fellow for service 

17 in the service project (consisting of that 

18 amount and the ServeAmerica Fellowship 

19 amount that fellows receive under clause (i) 

20 is equal to or greater than 60 percent of the 

21 average annual subsistence allowance pro22 vided to VISTA volunteers under section 

23 105 of the Domestic Volunteers Service Act 

24 of 1973. 

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1 ‘‘(D) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In the case 

2 of a fellow who is authorized to serve a part-time 

3 term of service under the agreement described in 

4 subparagraph (1)(B)(ii), the amount provided to 

5 a fellow under this subparagraph shall be pro6 rated accordingly. 

7 ‘‘(E) WAIVER.—The Corporation may allow 

8 a State Commission to waive the amount re9 quired under subparagraph (B) from the service 

10 sponsor organization for a fellow serving the or11 ganization if— 

12 ‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent 

13 with the objectives of the ServeAmerica Fel14 lowship program; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fellow 

16 under subparagraph (A) is sufficient to 

17 meet the necessary costs of living (including 

18 food, housing, and transportation) in the 

19 area in which the ServeAmerica Fellowship 

20 program is located. 

21 ‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CAT22 EGORIES.—Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall 

23 comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that 

24 section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall be 

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1 considered to be a reference to assistance provided under 

2 this section. 

3 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization 

4 that receives a fellow under this subsection shall, on a bi5 weekly basis, report to the State Commission on the number 

6 of hours served and the services provided by that fellow. The 

7 Corporation shall establish a web portal for the organiza8 tions to use in reporting the information. 

9 ‘‘(h) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves in 

10 a service project under this section shall be considered to 

11 have served in an approved national service position and, 

12 upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for full-time 

13 or part-time national service, shall be eligible for a national 

14 service educational award described in such section. The 

15 Corporation shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds 

16 to the National Service Trust to provide for the national 

17 service educational awards for such fellow. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOW19 SHIPS. 

20 ‘‘(a) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP.— 

21 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 

22 award grants, including fixed-amount grants (in ac23 cordance with section 129(l)) to community-based or24 ganizations to carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant 

25 Program for individuals age 55 and older to complete 

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1 not less than 500 hours of service in a year carrying 

2 out projects of national need and to receive a Silver 

3 Scholarship in the form of a $1,000 education award. 

4 Under such a program— 

5 ‘‘(A) the Corporation shall establish criteria 

6 for the types of the service required to be per7 formed to receive such award; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the individual receiving the award 

9 shall use such award in accordance with sections 

10 146(c), 146(d), and 148(c). 

11 ‘‘(2) TERM.—Each program funded under this 

12 subsection shall be carried out over a period of 3 

13 years, which may include 1 planning year and 2 ad14 ditional grant years, with a 1-year extension possible, 

15 if the program meets performance measures developed 

16 in accordance with section 179(a) and any other cri17 teria determined by the Corporation. 

18 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out 

19 a program under this subsection, a community-based 

20 organization shall submit to the Corporation an ap21 plication at such time and in such manner as the 

22 Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. A 

23 community-based organization approved by the Cor24 poration shall be a listed organization as described in 

25 subsection (b)(2)(D). 

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1 ‘‘(4) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—A commu2 nity-based organization awarded a grant under this 

3 subsection is encouraged to collaborate with programs 

4 funded under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Serv5 ice Act in carrying out this program. 

6 ‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP.—An indi7 vidual is eligible to receive a Silver Scholarship if the 

8 community-based organization certifies to the Cor9 poration that the individual has completed not less 

10 than 500 hours of service under this section. 

11 ‘‘(6) SUPPORT SERVICES.—A community-based 

12 organization receiving a grant under this subsection 

13 may use a portion of the fixed-amount grant to pro14 vide transportation services to an eligible individual 

15 to allow such individual to participate in a service 

16 project. 

17 ‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 

19 award 1-year Encore Fellowships to enable individ20 uals age 55 or older to— 

21 ‘‘(A) carry out service projects in areas of 

22 national need; and 

23 ‘‘(B) to receive training and development in 

24 order to transition to full- or part-time public 

25 service in the nonprofit sector or government. 

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1 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the program, 

2 the Corporation shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) maintain a list of eligible organiza4 tions for which Encore Fellows may be placed to 

5 carry out service projects through the program 

6 and shall provide the list to all Fellowship re7 cipients; and 

8 ‘‘(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipi9 ent— 

10 ‘‘(i) determine whether the requesting 

11 recipient is able to meet the service needs of 

12 a listed organization, or another organiza13 tion that the recipient requests in accord14 ance with subparagraph (E), for a service 

15 project; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) upon making a favorable deter17 mination under clause (i), award the re18 cipient with an Encore Fellowship, and 

19 place the recipient with the organization as 

20 an Encore Fellow under subparagraph (E). 

21 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An individual de23 siring to be selected as a Fellowship recipi24 ent shall— 

25 ‘‘(I) be an individual who— 

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1 ‘‘(aa) is at least 55 years of 

2 age as of the time the individual 

3 applies for the program; and 

4 ‘‘(bb) is not engaged in, but 

5 who wishes to engage in, full- or 

6 part-time public service in the 

7 nonprofit sector or government; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) submit an application to the 

10 Corporation, at such time, in such 

11 manner, and containing such informa12 tion as the Corporation may require, 

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(aa) a description of the 

15 area of national need that the ap16 plicant hopes to address through 

17 the service project; 

18 ‘‘(bb) a description of the 

19 skills and experience the applicant 

20 has to address an area of national 

21 need; and 

22 ‘‘(cc) information identifying 

23 the region of the United States in 

24 which the applicant wishes to 

25 serve. 

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1 ‘‘(ii) SELECTION BASIS.—In deter2 mining which individuals to select as Fel3 lowship recipients, the Corporation shall— 

4 ‘‘(I) select not more than 10 indi5 viduals from each State; and 

6 ‘‘(II) give priority to individuals 

7 with skills and experience for which 

8 there is an ongoing high demand in the 

9 nonprofit sector and government. 

10 ‘‘(D) LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be listed 

11 under subparagraph (A), an organization 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) be a nonprofit organization; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Cor15 poration at such time, in such manner, and 

16 containing such information as the Cor17 poration may require, including— 

18 ‘‘(I) a description of— 

19 ‘‘(aa) the services and activi20 ties the organization carries out 

21 generally; 

22 ‘‘(bb) the area of national 

23 need that the organization seeks to 

24 address through a service project; 

25 and 

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1 ‘‘(cc) the services and activi2 ties the organization seeks to 

3 carry out through the proposed 

4 service project; 

5 ‘‘(II) a description of the skills 

6 and experience that an eligible Encore 

7 Fellowship recipient needs to be placed 

8 with the organization as an Encore 

9 Fellow for the service project; 

10 ‘‘(III) a description of the train11 ing and leadership development the or12 ganization shall provide an Encore 

13 Fellow placed with the organization to 

14 assist the Encore Fellow in obtaining a 

15 public service job in the nonprofit sec16 tor or government after the period of 

17 the Encore Fellowship; and 

18 ‘‘(IV) evidence of the organiza19 tion’s financial stability. 

20 ‘‘(E) PLACEMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(i) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH

22 LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be placed with 

23 a listed organization in accordance with 

24 subparagraph (B)(ii) for a service project, 

25 an eligible Encore Fellowship recipient shall 

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1 submit an application for such placement to 

2 the Corporation at such time, in such man3 ner, and containing such information as the 

4 Corporation may require. 

5 ‘‘(ii) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH

6 OTHER ORGANIZATION.—An eligible Encore 

7 Fellowship recipient may apply to the Cor8 poration to serve the recipient’s Encore Fel9 lowship year with a nonprofit organization 

10 that is not a listed organization. Such ap11 plication shall be submitted to the Corpora12 tion at such time, in such manner, and con13 taining such information as the Corpora14 tion shall require, and shall include— 

15 ‘‘(I) an identification and de16 scription of— 

17 ‘‘(aa) the organization; 

18 ‘‘(bb) the area of national 

19 need the organization seeks to ad20 dress; and 

21 ‘‘(cc) the services or activities 

22 the organization carries out to ad23 dress such area of national need; 

24 ‘‘(II) a description of the services 

25 the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 

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1 shall provide for the organization as 

2 an Encore Fellow; and 

3 ‘‘(III) a letter of support from the 

4 leader of the organization, including— 

5 ‘‘(aa) a description of the or6 ganization’s need for the eligible 

7 Encore Fellowship recipient’s 

8 services; 

9 ‘‘(bb) evidence that the orga10 nization is financially sound; 

11 ‘‘(cc) an assurance that the 

12 organization will provide training 

13 and leadership development to the 

14 eligible Encore Fellowship recipi15 ent if placed with the organiza16 tion as an Encore Fellow, to as17 sist the Encore Fellow in obtain18 ing a public service job in the 

19 nonprofit sector or government 

20 after the period of the Encore Fel21 lowship; and 

22 ‘‘(dd) a description of the 

23 training and leadership develop24 ment to be provided to the Encore 

25 Fellowship recipient if so placed. 

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1 ‘‘(iii) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF FEL2 LOWSHIP.—If the Corporation determines 

3 that the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 

4 is able to meet the service needs (including 

5 skills and experience to address an area of 

6 national need) of the organization that the 

7 eligible fellowship recipient requests under 

8 clause (ii) or (iii), the Corporation shall— 

9 ‘‘(I) approve the placement of the 

10 eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 

11 with the organization; 

12 ‘‘(II) award the eligible Encore 

13 Fellowship recipient an Encore Fellow14 ship for a period of 1 year and des15 ignate the eligible Encore Fellowship 

16 recipient as an Encore Fellow; and 

17 ‘‘(III) in awarding the Encore 

18 Fellowship, make a payment, in the 

19 amount of $11,000, to the organization 

20 to enable the organization to provide 

21 living expenses to the Encore Fellow 

22 for the year in which the Encore Fel23 low agrees to serve. 

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1 section shall agree to provide, for the living ex2 penses of the Encore Fellow during the year of 

3 service, non-Federal contributions in an amount 

4 equal to not less than $1 for every $1 of Federal 

5 funds provided to the organization for the En6 core Fellow through the fellowship. 

7 ‘‘(G) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—Each or8 ganization that receives an Encore Fellow under 

9 this subsection shall provide training, leadership 

10 development, and assistance to the Encore Fel11 low, and conduct oversight of the service pro12 vided by the Encore Fellow. 

13 ‘‘(H) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each 

14 year, the Corporation shall convene current and 

15 former Encore Fellows to discuss the Encore Fel16 lows’ experiences related to service under this 

17 subsection and discuss strategies for increasing 

18 leadership and careers in public service in the 

19 nonprofit sector or government. 

20 ‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—The Corporation shall conduct 

21 an independent evaluation of the programs authorized 

22 under subsections (a) and (b) and widely disseminate the 

23 results, including recommendations for improvement, to the 

24 service community through multiple channels, including the 

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1 Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective 

2 strategies.’’. 

3 SEC. 1804. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT. 

4 Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM 

7 SUPPORT 

8 ‘‘SEC. 198D. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT. 

9 ‘‘(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The 

10 Corporation may, through grants and fixed-amount grants 

11 (in accordance with section 129(l)), carry out the following 

12 programs: 

13 ‘‘(1) PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.— 

14 A program selected from among those listed in 122(a) 

15 where no less than 75 percent of the participants are 

16 disadvantaged youth. 

17 ‘‘(A) COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—Such 

18 programs may include life skills training, em19 ployment training, educational counseling, pro20 gram to complete a high-school diploma or GED, 

21 counseling, or a mentoring relationship with an 

22 adult volunteer. 

23 ‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to 

24 programs that engage retirees to serve as men25 tors. 

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1 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE YOUTH UNDER

2 THE AGE OF 17.—Programs that engage youth under 

3 the age of 17 in service to the community to meet 

4 unmet human, educational, environmental, emergency 

5 and disaster preparedness, or public safety needs and 

6 may be a summer program or a year-round program. 

7 Priority shall be given to programs that collaborate 

8 with the RSVP Program and the AmeriCorps pro9 grams. 

10 ‘‘(3) PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM.— 

11 Programs that re-engage court-involved youth and 

12 adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. Priority 

13 shall be given to such programs that create support 

14 systems beginning in corrections facilities, and pro15 grams that have life skills training, employment 

16 training, an education program, including a program 

17 to complete a high-school diploma or GED, edu18 cational and career counseling, post program place19 ment, and support services, which could begin in cor20 rections facilities. The program may include health 

21 and wellness programs, including but not limited to 

22 drug and alcohol treatment, mental health counseling, 

23 and smoking cessation. 

24 ‘‘(4) PROGRAMS THAT RECRUIT CERTAIN INDI25 VIDUALS.—Demonstration projects for programs that 

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1 have as one of their primary purposes the recruitment 

2 and acceptance of court-involved youth and adults as 

3 participants, volunteers, or members. Such a program 

4 may serve any purpose otherwise permitted under 

5 this Act. 

6 ‘‘(5) PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT MENTORING.— 

7 Programs that support and strengthen direct-service 

8 youth mentoring programs by increasing State re9 sources dedicated to mentoring and to allow men10 toring partnerships to assist direct-service mentoring 

11 programs through subgrants, to promote quality 

12 standards for mentoring programs, to expand men13 toring opportunities tailored to the needs and cir14 cumstances of youth, to increase the number of at-risk 

15 youth in the State receiving mentoring from screened 

16 and trained adult mentors; and 

17 ‘‘(6) PROGRAMS THAT BUILD STATE AND NA18 TIONAL MENTORING INFRASTRUCTURE.—Programs to 

19 create statewide Mentoring Partnerships or imple20 ment youth mentoring projects of national scope. 

21 ‘‘(7) OTHER INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PRO22 GRAMS.—Any other innovative and model programs 

23 that the Corporation considers appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program funded 

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

3 three years, which may include one planning year 

4 and two additional grant years, with a 1-year exten5 sion possible, if the program meets performance meas6 ures developed in accordance with section 179(a) and 

7 any other criteria determined by the Corporation. 

8 ‘‘(2) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

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

10 the cost of carrying out a program for which a 

11 grant is made under this part may not exceed 76 

12 percent of the total cost of the program in the 

13 first year and may not exceed 50 percent of the 

14 total cost of the program for the remaining years 

15 of the grant, including if the grant is extended 

16 for 1 year. 

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

18 providing for the remaining share of the cost of 

19 carrying out such a program, each recipient of 

20 a grant under this part— 

21 ‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 

22 through a payment in cash or in kind, fair23 ly evaluated, including facilities, equip24 ment, or services; and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) may provide for such share 

2 through State sources or local sources, in3 cluding private funds or donated services. 

4 ‘‘(3) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each pro5 gram funded under this part is encouraged to collabo6 rate with Learn and Serve, AmeriCorps, VISTA, and 

7 the National Senior Service Corps. 

8 ‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the pro9 gram, the Corporation shall conduct an independent 

10 evaluation of the program and widely disseminate the 

11 results, including recommendations for improvement, 

12 to the service community through multiple channels, 

13 including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a 

14 clearinghouse of effective strategies. 

15 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a pro16 gram under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit to 

17 the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at 

18 such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Offi19 cer may reasonably require.’’. 

20 SEC. 1805. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND. 

21 Subtitle H is further amended by adding after Part 

22 II (as added by section 1804) the following new part: 

23 ‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND 

24 ‘‘SEC. 198E. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND. 

25 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 

2 community organizations are developing innovative 

3 and effective solutions to national and local chal4 lenges. 

5 ‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in 

6 replicating and expanding proven effective solutions 

7 developed by social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 

8 community organizations, could allow those entre9 preneurs and organizations to replicate and expand 

10 proven initiatives in communities. 

11 ‘‘(3) Increased public and private investment to 

12 seed new solutions to our nation’s most serious chal13 lenges will create a pipeline of new social innova14 tions. 

15 ‘‘(4) A Social Innovation Fund could leverage 

16 Federal investments to increase State, local, business, 

17 and philanthropic resources to replicate and expand 

18 proven solutions, and invest in seeding new innova19 tions, to tackle specific identified community chal20 lenges. 

21 ‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

22 ‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of so23 cial entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community or24 ganizations in tackling national and local challenges; 

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1 ‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a Social In2 novation Fund that will increase private and public 

3 investment in nonprofit community organizations 

4 that are effectively addressing national and local 

5 challenges to allow such organizations to replicate 

6 and expand successful initiatives; 

7 ‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of— 

8 ‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to in9 crease State, local, business, and philanthropic 

10 resources to address national and local chal11 lenges; 

12 ‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and 

13 expand effective initiatives; and 

14 ‘‘(C) seeding experimental initiatives; and 

15 ‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to identify, 

16 invest in, and replicate and expand, initiatives with 

17 effective solutions to national and local challenges. 

18 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

19 ‘‘(1) the term ‘community organization’ means a 

20 nonprofit organization that carries out innovative, ef21 fective initiatives to address community challenges; 

22 ‘‘(2) the term ‘covered entity’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) an existing grantmaking institution 

24 (existing as of the date on which the institution 

25 applies for a grant under this section); or 

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1 ‘‘(B) a partnership between— 

2 ‘‘(i) such an existing grantmaking in3 stitution; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) an additional grantmaking insti5 tution, a State Commission, or a chief exec6 utive officer of a unit of general local gov7 ernment; or 

8 ‘‘(C) an individual nonprofit organization; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(3) the term ‘issue area’ means an area de11 scribed in subsection (f)(3). 

12 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM.—The Corporation shall establish a So13 cial Innovation Fund grant program to make grants on a 

14 competitive basis to eligible entities. 

15 ‘‘(e) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) For covered entities described in subsection 

17 (c)(2)(A) and (B), the Corporation shall make such 

18 grants for periods of 5 years, and may renew the 

19 grants for additional periods of 5 years, in amounts 

20 of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than 

21 $10,000,000 per year. 

22 ‘‘(2) For covered entities described in subsection 

23 (c)(2)(C), the Corporation shall make grants for up to 

24 3 years, and may renew the grants for additional pe25 riods of 3 years, in amounts up to $500,000 per year. 

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1 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

2 under this section, an entity shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 

4 ‘‘(2) be focused on— 

5 ‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical 

6 area; or 

7 ‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area, in 

8 geographical areas that have the highest need in 

9 that issue area, as demonstrated by statistics 

10 concerning that need. 

11 ‘‘(3) be focused on improving measurable out12 comes relating to— 

13 ‘‘(A) education for economically disadvan14 taged students; 

15 ‘‘(B) child and youth development; 

16 ‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in 

17 economic opportunity for economically disadvan18 taged individuals; 

19 ‘‘(D) health, including access to health care 

20 and health education; 

21 ‘‘(E) resource conservation and local envi22 ronmental quality; 

23 ‘‘(F) individual or community energy effi24 ciency; 

25 ‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 

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1 ‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 

2 ‘‘(4) For covered entities described in subsection 

3 (c)(2)(A) and (B), have an evidence-based decision4 making strategy including, but not limited to— 

5 ‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig6 orous evaluations of program effectiveness in7 cluding, where available, well-implemented ran8 domized controlled trials; and 

9 ‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 

10 ‘‘(i) replicate and expand research11 proven initiatives that have been shown to 

12 produce sizeable, sustained benefits to par13 ticipants or society; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza15 tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to as16 sess the effectiveness of approaches. 

17 ‘‘(5) For covered entities described in subsection 

18 (c)(2)(C), have an evidence-based decision-making 

19 strategy including, but not limited to— 

20 ‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig21 orous evaluations of program effectiveness in22 cluding, where available, well-implemented ran23 domized controlled trials; or 

24 ‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 

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1 ‘‘(i) conduct rigorous evaluations to as2 sess the effectiveness of approaches; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza4 tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to as5 sess the effectiveness of approaches to ad6 dressing national or local challenges. 

7 ‘‘(6) For covered entities described in subsection 

8 (c)(2)(A) and (B), have a well-articulated process for 

9 assessing community organizations for subgrants; and 

10 ‘‘(7) have appropriate policies, as determined by 

11 the Corporation, that protect against conflict of inter12 est, self-dealing, and other improper practices. 

13 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

14 under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eli15 gible entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 

16 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor17 mation as the Corporation may specify, including, at a 

18 minimum— 

19 ‘‘(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will— 

20 ‘‘(A) use the funds received through that 

21 capital in order to make subgrants to commu22 nity organizations that will use the funds to test 

23 new initiatives, or replicate or expand proven 

24 initiatives in low-income communities; 

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1 ‘‘(B) use the funds for growth capital or to 

2 test new initiatives; 

3 ‘‘(C) in making decisions about subgrants 

4 for communities, consult with a diverse cross sec5 tion of community representatives in the deci6 sions, including individuals from the public, 

7 nonprofit, and for-profit private sectors; and 

8 ‘‘(D) make subgrants of a sufficient size and 

9 scope to enable the community organizations to 

10 build their capacity to test or manage initia11 tives, and sustain replication or expansion of the 

12 initiatives; 

13 ‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will not 

14 make any subgrants to the parent organizations of the 

15 eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the par16 ent organization, or, if the eligible entity applied for 

17 funds under this section as a partnership, any mem18 ber of the partnership; 

19 ‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 

20 ‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area re21 ferred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eligible 

22 entity is proposing to serve; or 

23 ‘‘(B) geographical areas referred to in sub24 section (f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity is likely 

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1 ‘‘(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas 

2 in which the eligible entity will work to improve 

3 measurable outcomes; 

4 ‘‘(B) statistics on the needs related to those issue 

5 areas in, as appropriate— 

6 ‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area de7 scribed in paragraph (3)(A); or 

8 ‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in 

9 paragraph (3)(B), including statistics dem10 onstrating that those geographical areas have the 

11 highest need in the specific issue area that the el12 igible entity is proposing to address; and 

13 ‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable out14 comes related to the issue areas involved that the eli15 gible entity will seek to improve; 

16 ‘‘(5) information describing the process by which 

17 the eligible entity selected, or will select, community 

18 organizations to receive the subgrants, to ensure that 

19 the community organizations— 

20 ‘‘(A) are institutions with proven initia21 tives, with track records of achieving specific out22 comes related to the measurable outcomes for the 

23 eligible entity, or are institutions that articulate 

24 a new solution with potential for substantial im25 pact; 

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1 ‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for the 

2 use of the subgrant funds that are connected to 

3 the measurable outcomes for the eligible entity; 

4 ‘‘(C) will use the funds to test, replicate or 

5 expand their initiatives; 

6 ‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for testing, 

7 replicating or expanding the initiatives funded; 

8 ‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the 

9 subgrant period concludes through reliable public 

10 revenues, earned income, or private sector fund11 ing; 

12 ‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial 

13 and management systems; 

14 ‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data collec15 tion and evaluation for improvement of the ini16 tiatives; 

17 ‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innova18 tive initiatives, to be important contributors to 

19 knowledge in their fields; and 

20 ‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for pro21 viding matching funds specified in subsection 

22 (k); 

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1 ating the performance of grant recipients for outcome2 focused initiatives, and any other relevant informa3 tion; 

4 ‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of 

5 subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the require6 ments, including information on any funding that the 

7 eligible entity has secured to provide the matching 

8 funds required under that subsection; 

9 ‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan for 

10 providing technical assistance and support, other 

11 than financial support, to the community organiza12 tions that will increase the ability of the community 

13 organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes; 

14 ‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institu15 tional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity 

16 concerning— 

17 ‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required 

18 for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other 

19 purposes; 

20 ‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 

21 ‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Cor22 poration, including information on the initia23 tives of the community organizations, and the 

24 replication or expansion of such initiatives; and 

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1 ‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evaluations 

2 to improve their model and be more transparent 

3 about its challenges; and 

4 ‘‘(11) a commitment to cooperate with any eval5 uation activities undertaken by the Corporation. 

6 ‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible enti7 ties to receive grants under this section, the Corporation 

8 shall— 

9 ‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive basis; 

10 ‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the 

11 quality of their selection process, as described in sub12 section (g)(5), the capacity of the eligible entities to 

13 manage Social Innovation Funds, and the potential 

14 of the eligible entities to sustain the Funds after the 

15 conclusion of the grant period; 

16 ‘‘(3) solicit broad community perspectives that 

17 inform grant-making decisions; 

18 ‘‘(4) include among the grant recipients eligible 

19 entities that propose to provide subgrants to serve 

20 communities (such as rural low-income communities) 

21 that the eligible entities can demonstrate are signifi22 cantly philanthropically underserved; and 

23 ‘‘(5) select a geographically diverse set of eligible 

24 entities. 

25 ‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not 

2 make a grant to an eligible entity under this section 

3 for a Community Solutions Fund unless the entity 

4 agrees that, with respect to the cost described in sub5 section (d) for that Fund, the entity will make avail6 able matching funds in an amount not less than $1 

7 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant. 

8 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The eligible entity 

9 shall provide the matching funds in cash. 

10 ‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR RESEARCH AND

11 EVALUATION.—The Corporation may reserve up to 5 per12 cent of total program funds appropriated to carry out this 

13 section for a fiscal year to support research and evaluation 

14 related to this section. 

15 ‘‘(k) ADVISORY PANEL.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under authority of section 

17 195 (f) of the National and Community Service Act 

18 of 1990, the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation 

19 with the Board, shall establish an Advisory Panel to 

20 provide advice and input about carrying out this sec21 tion. The Advisory Panel may collectively have expe22 rience in— 

23 ‘‘(A) social entrepreneurship and social en24 terprise; 

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1 ‘‘(B) the management and operation of 

2 small nonprofit organizations and large non3 profit organizations; 

4 ‘‘(C) business, including a business with ex5 perience working with a startup enterprises, ex6 perience growing businesses, experience with cor7 porate social responsibility or a business with 

8 experience working with the nonprofit sector; 

9 ‘‘(D) philanthropy, including an under10 standing of philanthropic challenges in urban 

11 and rural areas and in areas that are philan12 thropically underserved; 

13 ‘‘(E) qualitative and quantitative social 

14 science research, including scientifically-rigorous 

15 evaluations of program effectiveness; data driven 

16 decision making and evidence-based policy17 making; 

18 ‘‘(F) volunteering, including effective volun19 teer management; and 

20 ‘‘(G) government, including the manage21 ment of government agencies and the role of gov22 ernment programs in providing services. 

23 ‘‘(2) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—The Advisory 

24 Panel shall include a diverse range of individuals, in25 cluding young people, and individuals from diverse 

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1 economic, racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, 

2 and individuals from diverse geographic areas. 

3 ‘‘(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec5 essary to carry out this section.’’. 

6 SEC. 1806. CLEARINGHOUSES. 

7 Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS 

10 CLEARINGHOUSE 

11 ‘‘SEC. 198F. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARING12 HOUSE. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide as14 sistance, either by grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, 

15 to entities with expertise in the dissemination of informa16 tion through clearinghouses to establish one or more clear17 inghouses for the national service laws. 

18 ‘‘(b) FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—Such a clear19 inghouse may— 

20 ‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local 

21 service-learning and national service programs with 

22 needs assessments and planning; 

23 ‘‘(2) conduct research and evaluations con24 cerning service-learning or programs receiving assist25 ance under the national service laws unless the recipimstockstill on PROD1PC66 with BILLS

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1 ent is receiving funds for such purpose under part III 

2 of subtitle B and under subtitle H; 

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 entities 

11 carrying out service-learning programs and programs 

12 offered under the national service laws and partici13 pants in such programs; 

14 ‘‘(5) provide and disseminate information and 

15 curriculum materials relating to planning and oper16 ating service-learning programs and programs offered 

17 under the national service laws, to States, Territories, 

18 Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to receive fi19 nancial assistance under the national service laws; 

20 ‘‘(6) provide and disseminate information re21 garding methods to make service-learning programs 

22 and programs offered under the national service laws 

23 accessible to individuals with disabilities; 

24 ‘‘(7) disseminate applications in languages other 

25 than English; 

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1 ‘‘(8)(A) gather and disseminate information on 

2 successful service-learning programs and programs of3 fered under the national service laws, components of 

4 such successful programs, innovative curricula related 

5 to service-learning, and service-learning projects; and 

6 ‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearing7 house with appropriate entities to avoid duplication 

8 of effort; 

9 ‘‘(9) make recommendations to State and local 

10 entities on quality controls to improve the quality of 

11 service-learning programs and programs offered 

12 under the national service laws; 

13 ‘‘(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screen14 ing, and placing a diverse population of service-learn15 ing coordinators and program sponsors; 

16 ‘‘(11) disseminate effective strategies for working 

17 with disadvantaged youth in national service pro18 grams as determined by organizations with an estab19 lished expertise working with such youth; 

20 ‘‘(12) collaborate with State and local Mentoring 

21 Partnerships and directly with youth mentoring orga22 nizations to disseminate effective strategies for the re23 cruiting, training, and screening of responsible adult 

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1 tionships between adult mentors and youth mentees; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(13) carry out such other activities as the Chief 

4 Executive Officer determines to be appropriate.’’. 

5 Subtitle I—Training and Technical 

6 Assistance 

7 SEC. 1821. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

8 Title I is further amended by adding at the end the 

9 following new subtitle: 

10 ‘‘Subtitle J—Training and 

11 Technical Assistance 

12 ‘‘SEC. 199N. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall conduct, ei14 ther directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative 

15 agreements, including through State Commissions on Na16 tional and Community Service, appropriate training and 

17 technical assistance to— 

18 ‘‘(1) programs receiving assistance under the na19 tional service laws; and 

20 ‘‘(2) entities (particularly those in rural areas 

21 and underserved communities)— 

22 ‘‘(A) that desire to carry out or establish 

23 national service programs; 

24 ‘‘(B) that desire to apply for assistance 

25 under the national service laws; or 

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1 ‘‘(C) that desire to apply for a subgrant 

2 under the national service laws. 

3 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—Such training and tech4 nical assistance activities may include— 

5 ‘‘(1) providing technical assistance to those ap6 plying to carry out national service programs or 

7 those carrying out national service programs; 

8 ‘‘(2) promoting leadership development in na9 tional service programs; 

10 ‘‘(3) improving the instructional and pro11 grammatic quality of national service programs; 

12 ‘‘(4) developing the management and budgetary 

13 skills of those operating or overseeing national service 

14 programs, including to increase the cost effectiveness 

15 of the programs under the national service laws; 

16 ‘‘(5) providing for or improving the training 

17 provided to the participants in programs under the 

18 national service laws; 

19 ‘‘(6) facilitating the education of national service 

20 programs in risk management procedures, including 

21 the training of participants in appropriate risk man22 agement practices; 

23 ‘‘(7) training of those operating or overseeing na24 tional service programs in volunteer recruitment, 

25 management, and retention to improve the abilities of 

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1 such individuals to use participants and other volun2 teers in an effective manner which results in high 

3 quality service and the desire of participants or vol4 unteers to continue to serve in other capacities after 

5 the program is completed; 

6 ‘‘(8) training of those operating or overseeing na7 tional service programs in program evaluation and 

8 performance measures to inform practices to augment 

9 the capacity and sustainability of the program; 

10 ‘‘(9) training of those operating or overseeing na11 tional service programs to effectively accommodate 

12 people with disabilities to increase the participation 

13 of people with disabilities in national service pro14 grams. Such activities may utilize funding from the 

15 reservation of funds to increase the participation of 

16 individuals with disabilities as described in section 

17 129(j); 

18 ‘‘(10) establishing networks and collaboration 

19 among employers, educators, and other key stake20 holders in the community to further leverage resources 

21 to increase local participation and to coordinate com22 munity-wide planning and service; 

23 ‘‘(11) providing training and technical assist24 ance for the National Senior Service Corps, including 

25 providing such training and technical assistance to 

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1 programs receiving assistance under section 201 of the 

2 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; and 

3 ‘‘(12) carrying out such other activities as the 

4 Chief Executive Officer determines to be appropriate. 

5 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—The Corporation shall give priority 

6 to programs under the national service laws and those enti7 ties eligible to establish programs under the national service 

8 laws seeking training or technical assistance that— 

9 ‘‘(1) seek to carry out high quality programs 

10 where the services are needed most; 

11 ‘‘(2) seek to carry out high quality programs 

12 where national service programs do not currently 

13 exist or where the programs are too limited to meet 

14 community needs; 

15 ‘‘(3) seek to carry out high quality programs 

16 that focus on and provide service opportunities for 

17 underserved rural and urban areas and populations; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(4) assist programs in developing a service 

20 component that combines students, out-of-school 

21 youths, and older adults as participants to provide 

22 needed community services.’’. 

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1 Subtitle J—Repeal of Title III 

2 (Points of Light Foundation) 

3 SEC. 1831. REPEAL. 

4 Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is repealed. 

5 Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V 

6 (Authorization of Appropriations) 

7 SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read as 

9 follows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) TITLE I.— 

12 ‘‘(1) SUBTITLE B.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

14 be appropriated to provide financial assistance 

15 under subtitle B of title I— 

16 ‘‘(i) $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary 

19 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

20 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appro21 priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 

22 year— 

23 ‘‘(i) not more than 60 percent shall be 

24 available to provide financial assistance 

25 under part I of subtitle B of title I; 

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1 ‘‘(ii) not more than 25 percent shall be 

2 available to provide financial assistance 

3 under part II of such subtitle; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) not less than 15 percent shall be 

5 available to provide financial assistance 

6 under part III of such subtitle. 

7 ‘‘(C) SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS.—Of the 

8 amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) 

9 for a fiscal year, up to $10,000,000 shall be for 

10 summer of service grants, $20,000,000 for youth 

11 engagement zones, $7,000,000 for Campuses of 

12 Service, and up to $10,000,000 shall be deposited 

13 in the National Service Trust to support summer 

14 of service educational awards, consistent with 

15 section 120(c)(8). 

16 ‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AND H.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to 

18 be appropriated to provide financial assistance 

19 under subtitles C and H of title I, to administer 

20 the National Service Trust and disburse national 

21 service educational awards and scholarships 

22 under subtitle D of title I, and to carry out such 

23 audits and evaluations as the Chief Executive 

24 Officer of the Corporation may determine to be 

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1 necessary, such sums as may be necessary for 

2 each of fiscal years 2010 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 subparagraph (C), 

7 priority shall be given to programs carried out 

8 in areas for which the President has declared the 

9 existence of a major disaster, in accordance with 

10 section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

11 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 5170), as a consequence of Hurricanes Katrina 

13 and Rita. 

14 ‘‘(3) SUBTITLE E.—There are authorized to be 

15 appropriated to operate the National Civilian Com16 munity Corps and provide financial assistance under 

17 subtitle E of title I, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 

18 and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

19 years 2011 through 2014. 

20 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) CORPORATION.—There are authorized 

22 to be appropriated for the Corporation’s admin23 istration of the national service laws such sums 

24 as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 

25 through 2014. 

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1 ‘‘(B) STATE COMMISSIONS.—There are au2 thorized to be appropriated for assistance to 

3 State Commissions under section 126(a), such 

4 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

5 2010 through 2014. 

6 ‘‘(5) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Of 

7 the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year under sub8 titles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under 

9 titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

10 of 1973, the Corporation shall reserve up to 2.5 per11 cent to carry out subtitle J of this Act. Notwith12 standing subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall be 

13 available only for the fiscal year for which they are 

14 reserved. 

15 ‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds ap16 propriated under this section shall remain available until 

17 expended.’’. 

18 TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 

19 DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERV20 ICE ACT OF 1973 

21 SEC. 2001. REFERENCES. 

22 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 

23 this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 

24 an amendment to, or repeal of a provision, the reference 

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1 shall be considered to be made to a provision of the Domes2 tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.). 

3 Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I 

4 (National Volunteer Antipoverty 

5 Programs) 

6 SEC. 2101. PURPOSE. 

7 Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘both young 

9 and older citizens’’ and inserting ‘‘citizens of all ages 

10 and backgrounds’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘local agencies’’ 

12 and all that follows through the period at the end and 

13 inserting ‘‘local agencies, expand relationships with, 

14 and support for, the efforts of civic, community, and 

15 educational organizations, and utilize the energy, in16 novative spirit, experience, and skills of all Ameri17 cans.’’. 

18 SEC. 2102. PURPOSE OF THE VISTA PROGRAM. 

19 Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended— 

20 (1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘afflicted 

21 with’’ and inserting ‘‘affected by’’; and 

22 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘local level’’ 

23 and all that follows through the period at the end and 

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1 ability of projects, consistent with section 185 of the 

2 National and Community Service Act of 1990, initi3 ated or expanded under the VISTA program activi4 ties, and to strengthen local agencies and community 

5 organizations to carry out the purpose of this part.’’. 

6 SEC. 2103. APPLICATIONS. 

7 Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 

10 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is11 lands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa,’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and in14 serting ‘‘disabled’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘handicaps’’ and in16 serting ‘‘disabilities’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘jobless, 

18 the hungry, and low-income’’ and inserting ‘‘un19 employed, the hungry, and low-income’’; 

20 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘preven21 tion, education,’’ and inserting ‘‘through preven22 tion, education, rehabilitation, and treatment,’’; 

23 (E) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, men24 tal illness,’’ after ‘‘including’’; 

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1 (F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

2 and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking the period 

4 and inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (H) by adding at the end the following new 

6 paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(8) in the re-entry and re-integration of for8 merly incarcerated youth and adults into society, in9 cluding life skills training, employment training, 

10 counseling, educational training, and educational 

11 counseling; 

12 ‘‘(9) in developing and carrying out financial 

13 literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and 

14 reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 

15 communities, including those programs which educate 

16 on financing home ownership and higher education; 

17 ‘‘(10) in initiating and supporting before-school 

18 and after-school programs servicing children in low19 income communities that may engage participants in 

20 mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills, or study 

21 skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, 

22 and health education programs, including programs 

23 aimed at fighting childhood obesity, and other activi24 ties addressing the needs of the community’s children; 

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1 ‘‘(11) in establishing and supporting community 

2 economic development initiatives, including micro-en3 terprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 

4 areas and other areas where such programs are need5 ed most; 

6 ‘‘(12) in assisting veterans and their families 

7 through establishing or augmenting programs which 

8 assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 

9 health care (including mental health), employment 

10 counseling or training, education counseling or train11 ing, affordable housing, and other support services; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(13) in addressing the health and wellness of 

14 low-income and underserved communities, including 

15 programs to increase access to preventive services, in16 surance, and health care.’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘recruit19 ment and placement procedures’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘placement procedures that involve sponsoring 

21 organizations and’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

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1 (I) by striking ‘‘related to the re2 cruitment and’’ and inserting ‘‘related 

3 to the’’; 

4 (II) by striking ‘‘in conjunction 

5 with recruitment and’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘in conjunction with the’’; and 

7 (III) by striking ‘‘1993. Upon’’ 

8 and all that follows through the period 

9 at the end and inserting ‘‘1993.’’; 

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

11 ‘‘central information system that shall, on 

12 request, promptly provide’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘database that provides’’; and 

14 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘timely and effec16 tive’’ and inserting ‘‘timely and cost17 effective’’; and 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘the recruitment 

19 of volunteers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit20 ment and management of volunteers’’; 

21 and 

22 (C) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 

23 the following: ‘‘The Director shall give priority 

24 to— 

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1 ‘‘(A) disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 

2 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 

3 1990) and low-income adults; and 

4 ‘‘(B) retired adults of any profession, but with 

5 an emphasis on those professions whose services and 

6 training are most needed in a community, such as the 

7 health care professions, teaching, counseling, and en8 gineering and other professions requiring a high level 

9 of technical and project management skills, to utilize 

10 their experience, including professional skills, in the 

11 VISTA program.’’; 

12 (D) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘in13 formation system’’ and inserting ‘‘database’’; 

14 (3) in subsection (c)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by striking ‘‘personnel described 

18 in subsection (b)(2)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘per19 sonnel described in subsection (b)(2)(C) and 

20 sponsoring organizations’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

22 ‘‘the Internet and related technologies,’’ 

23 after ‘‘television,’’; 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘Internet and related technologies,’’ after 

3 ‘‘through the’’; 

4 (iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 

5 after ‘‘senior citizens organizations,’’ the fol6 lowing: ‘‘offices of economic development, 

7 State employment security agencies, em8 ployment offices,’’; 

9 (v) in subparagraph (F), by striking 

10 ‘‘National and Community Service Trust 

11 Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘National and 

12 Community Service Act of 1990’’; and 

13 (vi) in subparagraph (G), by striking 

14 ‘‘, on request,’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘this sub16 section’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection and re17 lated public awareness and recruitment activities 

18 under the national service laws’’; and 

19 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘Beginning’’ and all 

21 that follows through ‘‘for the purpose’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘For the purpose’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘1.5 percent’’ and in24 serting ‘‘2 percent’’; 

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1 (4) by amending the second sentence of sub2 section (d) to read as follows: ‘‘Whenever feasible, such 

3 efforts shall be coordinated with an appropriate local 

4 workforce investment board established under section 

5 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.’’; 

6 (5) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘and has been 

7 submitted to the Governor’’ and all that follows and 

8 inserting a period; and 

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

10 ‘‘(i) The Director may enter into agreements under 

11 which public and private nonprofit organizations, with suf12 ficient financial capacity and size, pay for all or a portion 

13 of the costs of supporting the service of volunteers under 

14 this title, consistent with the provisions of section 186 of 

15 the National and Community Service Act of 1990.’’. 

16 SEC. 2104. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

17 Part A of title I is amended by inserting after section 

18 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 103A. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With not less than one-third of the 

21 funds made available under subsection (d) in each fiscal 

22 year, the Director shall make grants for VISTA positions 

23 to support programs of national significance. Each pro24 gram for which a grant is received under this subsection 

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1 shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements 

2 applicable to that program. 

3 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Director shall 

4 make grants under subsection (a) to support one or more 

5 of the following programs to address problems that concern 

6 low-income and rural communities in the Nation: 

7 ‘‘(1) In the re-entry and re-integration of for8 merly incarcerated youth and adults into society, in9 cluding life skills training, employment training, 

10 counseling, educational training, and educational 

11 counseling. 

12 ‘‘(2) In developing and carrying-out financial 

13 literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and 

14 reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 

15 communities, including those programs which educate 

16 on financing home ownership and higher education. 

17 ‘‘(3) In initiating and supporting before-school 

18 and after-school programs in low-income communities 

19 that may include such activities as establishing men20 toring relationships, physical education, tutoring, in21 struction in 21st century thinking skills, life skills, 

22 and study skills, community service, service-learning, 

23 nutrition and health education, and other activities 

24 aimed at keeping children, safe, educated, and 

25 healthy, which serve the children in such community. 

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1 ‘‘(4) In establishing and supporting community 

2 economic development initiatives, including micro-en3 terprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 

4 areas and areas where such programs are needed 

5 most. 

6 ‘‘(5) In assisting veterans and their families 

7 through establishing or augmenting programs which 

8 assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 

9 health care (including mental health), employment 

10 counseling or training, education counseling or train11 ing, affordable housing, and other support services. 

12 ‘‘(6) In addressing the health and wellness of 

13 low-income and underserved communities across our 

14 Nation, including programs to fight childhood obesity 

15 through nutrition, physical fitness, and other associ16 ated life skills education programs and programs to 

17 increase access to preventive services, insurance, and 

18 health care. 

19 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive a grant 

21 under subsection (a), an applicant shall submit an 

22 application to the Director at such time and in such 

23 manner as the Director requires and receive approval 

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1 imum, demonstrate to the Director a level of expertise 

2 in carrying out such a program. 

3 ‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

4 available under subsection (d) shall be used to supple5 ment and not supplant the number of VISTA volun6 teers engaged in programs addressing the problem for 

7 which such funds are awarded unless such sums are 

8 an extension of funds previously provided under this 

9 title. 

10 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro12 priate under section 501 for each fiscal year there 

13 shall be available to the Director such sums as may 

14 be necessary to make grants under subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No funds shall be made 

16 available to the Director to make grants under sub17 section (a) unless the amounts appropriated under 

18 section 501 available for such fiscal year to carry out 

19 part A are sufficient to maintain the number of 

20 projects and volunteers funded under part A in the 

21 preceding fiscal year. 

22 ‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The Director shall widely dis23 seminate information on grants that may be made under 

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1 grams being carried out by public or private non-profit or2 ganizations.’’. 

3 SEC. 2105. TERMS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE. 

4 Section 104(d) (42 U.S.C. 4954(d)) is amended— 

5 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘with the 

6 terms and conditions of their service.’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘with the terms and conditions of their service or any 

8 adverse action, such as termination, proposed by the 

9 sponsoring organization. The procedure shall provide 

10 for an appeal to the Director of any proposed termi11 nation.’’; and 

12 (2) in the third sentence (as amended by this sec13 tion), by striking ‘‘and the terms and conditions of 

14 their service’’. 

15 SEC. 2106. SUPPORT SERVICE. 

16 Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘Such stipend’’ and all that follows 

18 through ‘‘in the case of persons’’ and inserting ‘‘Such sti19 pend shall be set at a minimum of $125 per month and 

20 a maximum of $150 per month, subject to the availability 

21 of funds to accomplish such a maximum. The Director may 

22 provide a stipend of $250 per month in the case of persons’’. 

23 SEC. 2107. SECTIONS REPEALED. 

24 The following provisions are repealed: 

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1 (1) VISTA LITERACY CORPS.—Section 109 (42 

2 U.S.C. 4959). 

3 (2) UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA.—Part B of 

4 title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.). 

5 (3) LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS.—Section 124 

6 (42 U.S.C. 4995). 

7 SEC. 2108. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 

8 Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the second 

9 sentence by striking ‘‘situations’’ and inserting ‘‘organiza10 tions’’. 

11 SEC. 2109. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 

12 Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended— 

13 (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘TECH14 NICAL AND’’; and 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘technical and’’. 

16 Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II 

17 (National Senior Volunteer Corps) 

18 SEC. 2201. CHANGE IN NAME. 

19 Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended in the 

20 title heading by striking ‘‘NATIONAL SENIOR VOL21 UNTEER CORPS’’ and inserting ‘‘NATIONAL 

22 SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 

23 SEC. 2202. PURPOSE. 

24 Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to read as 

25 follows: 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

2 ‘‘It is the purpose of this title to provide— 

3 ‘‘(1) opportunities for senior service to meet 

4 unmet local, State, and national needs in the areas 

5 of education, public safety, emergency and disaster 

6 preparedness, relief, and recovery, health and human 

7 needs, and the environment; 

8 ‘‘(2) for the National Senior Service Corps, com9 prised of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, 

10 the Foster Grandparent Program, and the Senior 

11 Companion Program, and demonstration and other 

12 programs to empower people 55 years of age or older 

13 to contribute to their communities through service, en14 hance the lives of those who serve and those whom 

15 they serve, and provide communities with valuable 

16 services; 

17 ‘‘(3) opportunities for people 55 years of age or 

18 older, through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro19 gram, to share their knowledge, experiences, abilities, 

20 and skills for the betterment of their communities and 

21 themselves; 

22 ‘‘(4) opportunities for low-income people 55 

23 years of age or older, through the Foster Grand24 parents Program, to have a positive impact on the 

25 lives of children in need; 

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1 ‘‘(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 

2 years of age or older, through the Senior Companion 

3 Program, to provide critical support services and 

4 companionship to adults at risk of institutionaliza5 tion and who are struggling to maintain a dignified 

6 independent life; and 

7 ‘‘(6) for research, training, demonstration, and 

8 other program activities to increase and improve op9 portunities for people 55 years of age or older to meet 

10 unmet needs, including those related to public safety, 

11 public health, and emergency and disaster prepared12 ness, relief, and recovery, in their communities.’’. 

13 SEC. 2203. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR VOLUNTEER 

14 SERVICE PROJECTS. 

15 Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

18 by striking ‘‘avail themselves of opportunities for 

19 volunteer service in their community’’ and in20 serting ‘‘share their experiences, abilities, and 

21 skills for the betterment of their communities and 

22 themselves through service’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, and 

24 individuals 60 years of age or older will be given 

25 priority for enrollment,’’; 

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1 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘either 

2 prior to or during the volunteer service’’ after 

3 ‘‘may be necessary’’; and 

4 (D) by striking paragraph (4) and insert5 ing the following: 

6 ‘‘(4) the project is being designed and imple7 mented with the advice of experts in the field of serv8 ice to be delivered as well as with those who have ex9 pertise in the recruitment and management of volun10 teers, particularly those of the Baby Boom genera11 tion.’’; 

12 (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(c) The Director shall give priority to projects— 

15 ‘‘(1) utilizing retired scientists, technicians, engi16 neers, and mathematicians (the STEM professionals) 

17 to improve Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

18 Mathematics (STEM) education through activities 

19 such as assisting teachers in classroom demonstra20 tions or laboratory experiences, running after-school, 

21 weekend, or summer programs designed to engage dis22 advantaged youth (as defined in section 101 of the 

23 National and Community Service Act of 1990) or 

24 low-income, minority youth in the STEM fields and 

25 to improve mastery of the STEM content, providing 

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1 field trips to businesses, institutions of higher edu2 cation, museums, and other locations where the 

3 STEM professions are practiced or illuminated; 

4 ‘‘(2) utilizing retired health care professionals to 

5 improve the health and wellness of low income or 

6 rural communities; 

7 ‘‘(3) utilizing retired criminal justice profes8 sionals for programs designed to prevent disadvan9 taged youth (as defined in section 101 of the National 

10 and Community Service Act of 1990) from joining 

11 gangs or committing crimes; 

12 ‘‘(4) utilizing retired military and emergency 

13 professionals for programs to improve public safety, 

14 emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and re15 covery, search and rescue, and homeland security ef16 forts; and 

17 ‘‘(5) utilizing retired computer science profes18 sionals, technicians of related technologies, business 

19 professionals, and others with relevant knowledge to 

20 increase, for low income individuals and families, ac21 cess to and obtaining the benefits from computers and 

22 other existing and emerging technologies.’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE GRANT AWARDS REQUIRED.— 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective for fiscal year 2013 

2 and each fiscal year thereafter, each grant or contract 

3 awarded under this section in such a year shall be— 

4 ‘‘(A) awarded for a period of 3 years; and 

5 ‘‘(B) awarded through a competitive proc6 ess. 

7 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF COMPETITIVE PROCESS.—The 

8 competitive process required by paragraph (1)(B)— 

9 ‘‘(A) shall include the use of a peer review 

10 panel, including members with expertise in sen11 ior service and aging; 

12 ‘‘(B) shall ensure that— 

13 ‘‘(i) the resulting grants (or contracts) 

14 support no less than the volunteer service 

15 years of the previous grant (or contract) 

16 cycle in a given geographic service area; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the resulting grants (or contracts) 

18 maintain a similar program distribution; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(iii) every effort is made to minimize 

21 the disruption to volunteers; and 

22 ‘‘(C) shall include the performance meas23 ures, outcomes, and other criteria established 

24 under subsection (f). 

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1 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPETITIVE PROC2 ESS.—The Corporation shall establish and make 

3 available the competitive process required by para4 graph (1)(B) no later than 18 months after the date 

5 of the enactment of this subsection. The Corporation 

6 shall consult with the program directors of the Retired 

7 Senior Volunteer Program during development and 

8 implementation of the competitive process. 

9 ‘‘(f) EVALUATION PROCESS REQUIRED.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 412, 

11 and effective beginning 180 days after the date of the 

12 enactment of this subsection, each grant or contract 

13 under this section that expires in fiscal year 2011, 

14 2012, and 2013 shall be subject to an evaluation proc15 ess. The evaluation process shall be carried out, to the 

16 maximum extent practicable, in fiscal year 2010, 

17 2011, and 2012, respectively. 

18 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS OF EVALUATION PROCESS.—The 

19 evaluation process required by paragraph (1)— 

20 ‘‘(A) shall include performance measures, 

21 outcomes, and other criteria; and 

22 ‘‘(B) shall evaluate the extent to which the 

23 recipient of the grant or contract meets or ex24 ceeds such performance measures, outcomes, and 

25 other criteria. 

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1 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF EVALUATION PROC2 ESS.—The Corporation shall, in collaboration and 

3 consultation with program directors of the Retired 

4 Senior Volunteer Program, establish and make avail5 able the evaluation process required by paragraph (1), 

6 including the performance measures, outcomes, and 

7 other criteria required by paragraph (2)(A), with 

8 particular attention to the different needs of rural 

9 and urban programs. The processes shall be estab10 lished and made available, including notification of 

11 the available training and technical assistance, no 

12 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

13 of this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(4) EFFECT OF FAILING TO MEET PERFORM15 ANCE MEASURES.—If the evaluation process deter16 mines that the recipient has failed to meet or exceed 

17 the performance measures, outcomes, and other cri18 teria established under this subsection, the grant or 

19 contract shall not be renewed. Any successor grant or 

20 contract shall be awarded through the competitive 

21 process described in subsection (e)(1). 

22 ‘‘(5) SPECIAL RULE.—The Corporation may con23 tinue to fund a program which has failed to meet or 

24 exceed the performance measures, outcomes, and other 

25 criteria established under this subsection for up to 12 

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1 months if competition does not result in a successor 

2 grant or contract for such program, in order to mini3 mize the disruption to volunteers and disruption of 

4 services. In such a case, outreach shall be conducted 

5 and a new competition shall be established. The pre6 vious recipient shall remain eligible for the new com7 petition. 

8 ‘‘(6) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The performance meas10 ures, outcomes, and other criteria established 

11 under this subsection may be updated or modi12 fied as necessary, in consultation with program 

13 directors for the Retired Senior Volunteer Pro14 gram, but no earlier than fiscal year 2014. 

15 ‘‘(B) OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS.—Effective 

16 for fiscal years before fiscal year 2014, the Cor17 poration may, after consulting with program di18 rectors of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, 

19 determine that a performance measure, outcome, 

20 or criterion established under this subsection is 

21 operationally problematic, and may, in consulta22 tion with program directors of the Retired Sen23 ior Volunteer Program and after notifying the 

24 appropriate committees of Congress— 

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1 ‘‘(i) eliminate the use of that perform2 ance measure, outcome, or criterion; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) modify that performance measure, 

4 outcome, or criterion as necessary to render 

5 it no longer operationally problematic. 

6 ‘‘(g) ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE.—The Corporation 

7 shall develop and disseminate an online resource guide for 

8 the Retired Senior Volunteer Program within 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, which 

10 shall include, but not be limited to— 

11 ‘‘(1) examples of high performing programs; 

12 ‘‘(2) corrective actions for underperforming pro13 grams; and 

14 ‘‘(3) examples of meaningful outcome-based per15 formance measures that capture a program’s mission 

16 and priorities. 

17 ‘‘(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Sep18 tember 30, 2013, the Corporation shall submit to the appro19 priate committees of Congress a report on— 

20 ‘‘(1) the number of programs that did not meet 

21 or exceed the established performance measures, out22 comes, and other criteria established under subsection 

23 (f); 

24 ‘‘(2) the number of new grants awarded; 

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1 ‘‘(3) the challenges to the implementation of eval2 uation and competition, including but not limited to 

3 geographic distribution and the minimization of dis4 ruption to volunteers; and 

5 ‘‘(4) how the current program geographic dis6 tribution affects recruitment for the Retired Senior 

7 Volunteer Program.’’. 

8 SEC. 2204. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM GRANTS. 

9 Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘low-income persons aged 

12 sixty or over’’ and inserting ‘‘low-income and 

13 other persons aged 55 or over’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘children having excep15 tional needs’’ and inserting ‘‘children having 

16 special or exceptional needs or with conditions or 

17 circumstances identified as limiting their aca18 demic, social, or emotional development’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding subpara22 graph (A), by striking ‘‘shall have the exclu23 sive authority to determine, pursuant to the 

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1 section—’’ and inserting ‘‘may determine— 

2 ’’; 

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

4 ‘‘and’’; 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

6 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (iv) by adding after subparagraph (B) 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) whether it is in the best interests of a child 

10 receiving, and of a particular foster grandparent pro11 viding, services in such a project, to continue such re12 lationship after the child reaches the age of 21, if such 

13 child was receiving such services prior to attaining 

14 the age of 21.’’; 

15 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

16 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

17 paragraph (2); 

18 (D) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

19 this section), by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) and 

20 (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; and 

21 (E) by adding after paragraph (2) (as re22 designated by this section) the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) If an assignment of a foster grandparent is sus24 pended or discontinued, the replacement of that foster 

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1 ment of all parties involved in the provision of services to 

2 the child.’’; 

3 (3) in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by 

4 striking ‘‘Any stipend’’ and all that follows through 

5 ‘‘inflation,’’ and inserting ‘‘Any stipend or allowance 

6 provided under this part shall not exceed 75 percent 

7 of the minimum wage under section 6 the Fair Labor 

8 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206), and the Fed9 eral share shall not be less than $2.65 per hour, pro10 vided that the Director shall adjust the Federal share 

11 once prior to December 31, 2012, to account for infla12 tion,’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (e)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘125’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘200’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, as so 

17 adjusted’’ and all that follows through ‘‘local sit18 uations’’; 

19 (5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting: 

20 ‘‘(f)(1) Subject to the restrictions in paragraph (3), in21 dividuals who are not low-income persons may serve as vol22 unteers under this part. The regulations issued by the Di23 rector to carry out this part (other than regulations relating 

24 to stipends or allowances to individuals authorized by sub25 section (d)) shall apply to all volunteers under this part, 

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1 without regard to whether such volunteers are eligible to re2 ceive a stipend or allowance under subsection (d). 

3 ‘‘(2) Except as provided under paragraph (1), each re4 cipient of a grant or contract to carry out a project under 

5 this part shall give equal treatment to all volunteers who 

6 participate in such project, without regard to whether such 

7 volunteers are eligible to receive a stipend or allowance 

8 under subsection (d). 

9 ‘‘(3) An individual who is not a low-income person 

10 may not become a volunteer under this part if allowing that 

11 individual to become a volunteer under this part would pre12 vent a low-income person from becoming a volunteer under 

13 this part or would displace a low-income person from being 

14 a volunteer under this part.’’; and 

15 (6) by adding at the end the following new sub16 sections: 

17 ‘‘(g) The Director may also provide a stipend or allow18 ance in an amount not to exceed 10 percent more than the 

19 amount established under subsection (d) to leaders who, on 

20 the basis of past experience as volunteers, special skills, and 

21 demonstrated leadership abilities, may coordinate activi22 ties, including training, and otherwise support the service 

23 of volunteers under this part. 

24 ‘‘(h) The program may accept up to 15 percent of vol25 unteers serving in a project under this part for a fiscal year 

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1 who do not meet the definition of ‘low-income’ under sub2 section (e), upon certification by the recipient of a grant 

3 or contract that it is unable to effectively recruit and place 

4 low-income volunteers in the number of placements ap5 proved for the project.’’. 

6 SEC. 2205. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM GRANTS. 

7 Section 213 (42 U.S.C. 5013) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘low-income 

9 persons aged 60 or over’’ and inserting ‘‘low-income 

10 and other persons aged 55 or over’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Subsections 

12 (d), (e), and (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections (d) 

13 through (h)’’; and 

14 (3) by striking subsection (c)(2)(B) and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(B) Senior companion volunteer trainers and leaders 

17 may receive a stipend or allowance consistent with sub18 section (g) authorized under subsection (d) of section 211, 

19 as approved by the Director.’’. 

20 SEC. 2206. PROMOTION OF NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE 

21 CORPS. 

22 Section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended— 

23 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘VOLUN24 TEER’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE’’; and 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘of all ages 

2 and backgrounds living in rural, suburban, and 

3 urban localities’’ after ‘‘greater participation of vol4 unteers’’. 

5 SEC. 2207. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

6 (a) CHANGE IN AGE ELIGIBILITY.—Section 223 (42 

7 U.S.C. 5023) is amended by striking ‘‘sixty years and older 

8 from minority groups’’ and inserting ‘‘55 years and older 

9 from minority and underserved populations’’. 

10 (b) NAME CHANGE.—Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is 

11 amended in the heading by striking ‘‘VOLUNTEER’’ and in12 serting ‘‘SERVICE’’. 

13 SEC. 2208. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

14 Section 225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(2) Applicants for grants under paragraph (1) shall 

19 determine which program under part A, B, or C the pro20 gram shall be carried out and submit an application as 

21 required for programs under part A, B, or C.’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director 

24 shall ensure that at least 25 percent of the grants under 

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1 ance from the Corporation at the time of such grant and, 

2 when possible, from locations where no programs under 

3 part A, B, or C are in effect at the time of such grant. 

4 In a fiscal year where less than 25 percent of the applicants 

5 are applicants not receiving such assistance, the Director 

6 may make more than 75 percent of such grants to appli7 cants receiving such assistance.’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

10 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or Alz11 heimer’s disease, with an intent of allowing those 

12 served to age in place’’; 

13 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 

14 the period at the end the following: ‘‘through 

15 education, prevention, treatment, and rehabilita16 tion’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 

18 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 

19 programs that teach parenting skills, life skills, 

20 and family management skills’’; 

21 (D) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

22 follows: 

23 ‘‘(4) Programs that establish and support men24 toring programs for disadvantaged youth (as defined 

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1 ice Act of 1990), including those mentoring programs 

2 that match youth with volunteer mentors leading to 

3 apprenticeship programs and employment training.’’; 

4 (E) in paragraph (5), by inserting before 

5 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 

6 those programs that serve youth and adults with 

7 limited English proficiency’’; 

8 (F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

9 and all that follows through the period and in10 sert ‘‘and for individuals and children with dis11 abilities or chronic illnesses living at home.’’; 

12 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘after13 school activities’’ and all that follows through the 

14 period at the end and inserting ‘‘after-school pro15 grams serving children in low-income commu16 nities that may engage participants in men17 toring relationships, tutoring, life skills or study 

18 skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutri19 tion, and health education programs, including 

20 programs aimed at fighting childhood obesity, 

21 and other activities addressing the needs of the 

22 community’s children, including those of working 

23 parents.’’; 

24 (H) by striking paragraphs (8), (9), (12), 

25 (13), (14), (15), (16), and (18); 

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1 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and 

2 (11) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 

3 (J) by inserting after paragraph (9) (as so 

4 redesignated) the following: 

5 ‘‘(10) Programs that engage older adults with 

6 children and youth to complete service in energy con7 servation, environmental stewardship, or other envi8 ronmental needs of a community, including con9 ducting energy audits, insulating homes, or con10 ducting other activities to promote energy efficiency. 

11 ‘‘(11) Programs that collaborate with criminal 

12 justice professionals and organizations in prevention 

13 programs aimed at disadvantaged youth (as defined 

14 in section 101 of the National and Community Serv15 ice Act of 1990) or youth re-entering society after in16 carceration and their families, which may include 

17 mentoring and counseling, which many include em18 ployment counseling.’’; 

19 (K) by redesignating paragraph (17) as 

20 paragraph (12); and 

21 (L) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(13) Programs that strengthen community ef23 forts in support of homeland security.’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘shall dem25 onstrate to the Director’’ and all that follows through 

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1 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘shall dem2 onstrate to the Director a level of expertise in car3 rying out such a program.’’; and 

4 (4) in subsection (e)— 

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘widely’’ before ‘‘dissemi6 nate’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘to field personnel’’ and all 

8 that follows through the period at the end and 

9 inserting ‘‘, including through volunteer recruit10 ment programs being carried out by public or 

11 private non-profit organizations.’’. 

12 SEC. 2209. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. 

13 Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended 

14 by adding after section 227 the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 228. CONTINUITY OF SERVICE. 

16 ‘‘To ensure the continued service of individuals in com17 munities served by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro18 gram prior to enactment of this section, in making grants 

19 under this title the Corporation shall take actions it con20 siders necessary to maintain service assignments for such 

21 seniors and to ensure continuity of service for communities. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 229. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

24 (b), a program receiving assistance under this title may ac25 cept donations, including donations in cash or in kind. 

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1 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a 

2 program receiving assistance under this title shall not ac3 cept donations from the beneficiaries of the program.’’. 

4 SEC. 2210. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR. 

5 Section 231 (42 U.S.C. 5028) is amended— 

6 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—The Director is 

10 authorized to— 

11 ‘‘(A) make grants to or enter into contracts 

12 with public or nonprofit organizations, includ13 ing organizations funded under part A, B, or C, 

14 for the purposes of demonstrating innovative ac15 tivities involving older Americans as volunteers; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(B) make incentive grants under sub18 section (d). 

19 ‘‘(2) SUPPORT OF VOLUNTEERS.—The Director 

20 may support under this part both volunteers receiving 

21 stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)— 

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

24 by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub25 section (a)(1)(A)’’; 

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1 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘activi2 ties;’’ and inserting ‘‘activities described in sec3 tion 225(b) and carried out through programs 

4 described in parts A, B, and C;’’; and 

5 (C) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and 

6 inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) programs that support older Americans in 

8 aging in place while augmenting the capacity of 

9 members of a community to serve each other through 

10 reciprocal service centers, service credit banking, com11 munity economic scripts, barter services, timebanking, 

12 and other similar programs where services are ex13 changed and not paid for; or 

14 ‘‘(3) grants to non-profit organizations to estab15 lish sites or programs to— 

16 ‘‘(A) assist retiring or retired individuals 

17 in locating opportunities for— 

18 ‘‘(i) public service roles, including 

19 through paid or volunteer service; 

20 ‘‘(ii) participating in life-planning 

21 programs, including financial planning 

22 and issues revolving around health and 

23 wellness; and 

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1 ‘‘(iii) continuing education, including 

2 leadership development, health and wellness, 

3 and technological literacy; and 

4 ‘‘(B) connect retiring or retired individuals 

5 with members of the community to serve as lead6 ers and mentors in life planning, relationships, 

7 employment counseling, education counseling, 

8 and other areas of expertise as developed by the 

9 retiring or retired adults.’’; and 

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

11 ‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—For purposes of subsection (b)(2), 

12 priority shall be given to— 

13 ‘‘(1) programs with established experience in 

14 carrying out such a program and engaging the entire 

15 community in service exchange; 

16 ‘‘(2) programs with the capacity to connect to 

17 similar programs throughout a city or region to aug18 ment the available services to older Americans and for 

19 members of the community to serve each other; 

20 ‘‘(3) programs seeking to establish in an area 

21 where needs of older Americans are left unmet and 

22 older Americans are unable to consider aging in place 

23 without such service exchange in place; and 

24 ‘‘(4) programs that integrate participants in or 

25 collaborate with service-learning programs, 

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1 AmeriCorps State and National programs, the VISTA 

2 program, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, 

3 Foster Grandparents program, and the Senior Com4 panion programs, and programs described in section 

5 411 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3032). 

7 ‘‘(d) INCENTIVE GRANTS.—The incentive grants re8 ferred to in subsection (a)(1)(B) are incentive grants to pro9 grams receiving assistance under this title, subject to the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(1) Such grants (which may be fixed-amount 

12 grants) shall be grants in an amount equal to $300 

13 per volunteer enrolled in the program, except that 

14 such amount shall be reduced as necessary to meet the 

15 goals of this section. 

16 ‘‘(2) Such a grant shall be awarded to a pro17 gram only if the program— 

18 ‘‘(A) exceeds performance measures estab19 lished under section 179 of the National and 

20 Community Service Act of 1990; 

21 ‘‘(B) provides non-Federal matching funds 

22 in an amount that is not less than 50 percent 

23 of the amount received by the program under 

24 this title; 

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1 ‘‘(C) enrolls more than 50 percent of the 

2 volunteers in outcome-based service programs 

3 with measurable objectives meeting community 

4 needs, as determined by the Corporation; and 

5 ‘‘(D) enrolls more volunteers from among 

6 members of the Baby Boom generation, as de7 fined in section 101 of the National and Commu8 nity Service Act of 1990, than were enrolled in 

9 the program during the previous fiscal year. 

10 ‘‘(3) For each such grant, the Corporation shall 

11 require the recipient to provide matching funds of 70 

12 cents from non-Federal sources for every $1 provided 

13 under the grant. 

14 ‘‘(4) Such a grant shall be awarded to a pro15 gram only if the program submits, at such time and 

16 in such manner as the Corporation may reasonably 

17 require, an application that contains— 

18 ‘‘(A) a demonstration that the program has 

19 met the requirements of paragraph (2); 

20 ‘‘(B) if applicable, a plan for innovative 

21 programs as described in paragraph (6)(B)(ii); 

22 ‘‘(C) a sustainability plan that describes 

23 how the program will maintain the activities de24 scribed in paragraph (6) when the grant termi25 nates; and 

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1 ‘‘(D) other information that the Corpora2 tion may require. 

3 ‘‘(5) Such grants shall be awarded for a period 

4 of 3 years, except that the grant shall be reviewed by 

5 the Corporation at the end of the first and second fis6 cal years and revoked if the Corporation finds that 

7 the program has failed to continue to meet the re8 quirements of paragraph (2) for those fiscal years. 

9 ‘‘(6) Such grants— 

10 ‘‘(A) shall be used to increase the number of 

11 volunteers in outcome-based service with measur12 able objectives meeting community needs as de13 termined by the Corporation; and 

14 ‘‘(B) may be used— 

15 ‘‘(i) for activities for which the pro16 gram is authorized to receive assistance 

17 under this title; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) for innovative programs focused 

19 on the Baby Boom generation, as defined in 

20 section 101 of the National and Community 

21 Service Act of 1990, that have been accepted 

22 by the Corporation through the application 

23 process in paragraph (4) and are outcome24 based programs with measurable objectives 

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1 meeting community needs as determined by 

2 the Corporation. 

3 ‘‘(7) The Director shall, in making such grants, 

4 give high priority to programs receiving assistance 

5 under section 201.’’. 

6 Subtitle C—Amendments to Title IV 

7 (Administration and Coordination) 

8 SEC. 2301. NONDISPLACEMENT. 

9 Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘displacement of employed workers’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘displacement of employed workers or volunteers (other 

12 than participants under the national service laws)’’. 

13 SEC. 2302. NOTICE AND HEARING PROCEDURES. 

14 Section 412(a) (42 U.S.C. 5052(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘75’’ and inserting ‘‘60’’; 

17 and 

18 (B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (2) by striking paragraph (3); and 

20 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para21 graph (3). 

22 SEC. 2303. DEFINITIONS. 

23 Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended— 

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1 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, the Com2 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’’ after 

3 ‘‘American Samoa’’; 

4 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘National 

5 Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National 

6 Senior Service Corps’’; and 

7 (3) in paragraph (14)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘National Senior Volunteer 

9 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National Senior Service 

10 Corps’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘parts A, B, C, and E of’’; 

12 SEC. 2304. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 

13 Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘National Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Na15 tional Senior Service Corps’’. 

16 Subtitle D—Amendments to Title V 

17 (Authorization of Appropriations) 

18 SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

19 VISTA AND OTHER PURPOSES. 

20 Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, exclud23 ing section 109’’ and all that follows and insert24 ing ‘‘$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such 

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1 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

2 2011 through 2014.’’; 

3 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4) and 

4 redesignating paragraphs (3) and (5) as para5 graphs (2) and (3); and 

6 (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 

7 this section), by striking ‘‘, excluding section 

8 125’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘such 

9 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

10 2010 through 2014.’’; and 

11 (2) by striking subsection (e). 

12 SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA13 TIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

14 Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as 

15 follows: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 

17 ‘‘(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.— 

18 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out part 

19 A of title II, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 

20 as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 

21 2014. 

22 ‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B of title 

24 II, $115,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may 

25 be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

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1 ‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are au2 thorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of title II, 

3 $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be 

4 necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 

5 ‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are author6 ized to be appropriated to carry out part E of title II such 

7 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 

8 through 2014.’’. 

9 TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 

10 OTHER LAWS 

11 SEC. 3101. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978. 

12 Section 8F(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

13 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ‘‘National and 

14 Community Service Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘Na15 tional and Community Service Act of 1990’’. 

16 TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AMEND17 MENTS TO TABLES OF CON18 TENTS 

19 SEC. 4101. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE NATIONAL AND 

20 COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 

21 Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service 

22 Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 note) is amended to read as 

23 follows: 

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

25 this Act is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

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‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 3. Sense of Congress. 

‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT 

PROGRAM 

‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants. 

‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 

‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS

‘‘Sec. 111. Assistance to States, Territories, and Indian tribes. 

‘‘Sec. 112. Allotments. 

‘‘Sec. 113. Applications. 

‘‘Sec. 114. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 

‘‘Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

‘‘Sec. 117. Limitation on uses of funds. 

‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND CAMPUSES OF SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 

‘‘Sec. 119. Campuses of Service. 

‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE DEMONSTRATION SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND

RESEARCH

‘‘Sec. 120. Innovative demonstration service-learning programs and research. 

‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program 

‘‘PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 122. National service programs eligible for program assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national 

service educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 124. Types of program assistance. 

‘‘Sec. 125. [Repealed] 

‘‘Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 

‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

‘‘Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 129A. Education awards only program. 

‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 

‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 

‘‘Sec. 133. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

‘‘Sec. 137. Description of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants. 

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‘‘Sec. 139. Terms of service. 

‘‘Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants. 

‘‘Sec. 141. National service educational awards. 

‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of National Service 

Educational Awards 

‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award 

from the Trust. 

‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service educational 

award. 

‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards. 

‘‘Sec. 149. Process of approval of national service positions. 

‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps 

‘‘Sec. 151. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps program. 

‘‘Sec. 153. National service program. 

‘‘Sec. 154. Summer national service program. 

‘‘Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 156. Training. 

‘‘Sec. 157. Service projects. 

‘‘Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 

‘‘Sec. 159. Administrative provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 

‘‘Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority. 

‘‘Sec. 162. Responsibilities of other departments. 

‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board. 

‘‘Sec. 164. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 165. [Repealed] 

‘‘Sec. 166. Definitions. 

‘‘Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 171. Family and medical leave. 

‘‘Sec. 172. Reports. 

‘‘Sec. 173. Supplementation. 

‘‘Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 

‘‘Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 

‘‘Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 

‘‘Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 

‘‘Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 

‘‘Sec. 179. Evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 180. Engagement of participants. 

‘‘Sec. 181. Contingent extension. 

‘‘Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 

‘‘Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 

‘‘Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 185. Sustainability. 

‘‘Sec. 186. Grant periods. 

‘‘Sec. 187. Generation of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 188. Limitation on program grant costs. 

‘‘Sec. 189. Audits and reports. 

‘‘Sec. 190. Criminal history checks. 

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‘‘Sec. 190A. Report on participant information. 

‘‘Subtitle G—Corporation for National and Community Service 

‘‘Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service. 

‘‘Sec. 192. Board of Directors. 

‘‘Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors. 

‘‘Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer. 

‘‘Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 

‘‘Sec. 194. Officers. 

‘‘Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel. 

‘‘Sec. 196. Administration. 

‘‘Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices. 

‘‘Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 

‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL

SERVICE

‘‘Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 

‘‘Sec. 198A. Presidential awards for service. 

‘‘Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica Fellowships. 

‘‘Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships. 

‘‘PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT

‘‘Sec. 198D. Innovative and model program support. 

‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND

‘‘Sec. 198E. Social innovation fund. 

‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSE

‘‘Sec. 198F. National service programs clearinghouse. 

‘‘Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 

‘‘Sec. 199. Short title. 

‘‘Sec. 199A. General authority. 

‘‘Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 

‘‘Sec. 199C. State application. 

‘‘Sec. 199D. Focus of programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199E. Related programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 

‘‘Sec. 199G. Training and education services. 

‘‘Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 

‘‘Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 

‘‘Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 

‘‘Sec. 199K. Living allowance. 

‘‘Sec. 199L. Joint programs. 

‘‘Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status. 

‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 

‘‘Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance. 

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‘‘TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 

‘‘Subtitle A—Publication 

‘‘Sec. 201. Information for students. 

‘‘Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 

‘‘Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 

‘‘Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations. 

‘‘Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 

‘‘Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 

‘‘Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 

‘‘TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 

‘‘Sec. 401. Projects. 

‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

‘‘Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

‘‘Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 

‘‘Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism 

to Democracy.’’. 

1 SEC. 4102. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENTS FOR THE 

2 DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT. 

3 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Domestic 

4 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 is amended as follows: 

5 (1) By inserting after the item relating to section 

6 103 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 103A. VISTA programs of national significance.’’. 

7 (2) By striking the item relating to section 123 

8 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 123. Financial assistance.’’. 

9 (3) By amending the item relating to title II to 

10 read as follows: 

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‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 

1 (4) By striking the item relating to section 224 

2 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service 

Corps.’’. 

3 (5) By inserting after the item relating to section 

4 227 the following new items: 

‘‘Sec. 228. Continuity of service. 

‘‘Sec. 229. Acceptance of donations.’’. 

5 (6) By striking the item relating to section 502 

6 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps.’’. 

7 TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE 

8 SEC. 5101. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 Unless specifically provided otherwise, the amend10 ments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the 

11 enactment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 5102. SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS AND AGREEMENTS. 

13 (a) SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS.—Changes pursuant to 

14 this Act in the terms and conditions of terms of service and 

15 other service assignments under the national service laws 

16 (including the amount of the education award) shall apply 

17 only to individuals who enroll or otherwise begin service 

18 assignments after 90 days after the date of enactment of 

19 this Act, except when agreed upon by all interested parties. 

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1 ments under the national service laws shall apply only to 

2 such agreements entered into after 90 days after the date 

3 of enactment of this Act, except when agreed upon by the 

4 parties to such agreements. 

5 (c) EXCEPTION.—Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply 

6 to the amendments made by this Act to section 201 of the 

7 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001). 

8 Any changes pursuant to those amendments apply as speci9 fied in those amendments. 

10 TITLE VI—CONGRESSIONAL 

11 COMMISSION ON CIVIC SERVICE 

12 SEC. 6101. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Commis14 sion on Civic Service Act’’. 

15 SEC. 6102. FINDINGS. 

16 Congress finds the following: 

17 (1) The social fabric of the United States is 

18 stronger if individuals in the United States are com19 mitted to protecting and serving our Nation by uti20 lizing national service and volunteerism to overcome 

21 our civic challenges. 

22 (2) A more engaged civic society will strengthen 

23 the Nation by bringing together people from diverse 

24 backgrounds and experiences to work on solutions to 

25 some of our Nation’s major challenges. 

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1 (3) Despite declines in civic health in the past 

2 30 years, national service and volunteerism among 

3 the Nation’s youth are increasing, and existing na4 tional service and volunteer programs greatly enhance 

5 opportunities for youth to engage in civic activity. 

6 (4) In addition to the benefits received by non7 profit organizations and society as a whole, volun8 teering and national service provide a variety of per9 sonal benefits and satisfaction and can lead to new 

10 paths of civic engagement, responsibility, and upward 

11 mobility. 

12 SEC. 6103. ESTABLISHMENT. 

13 There is established in the legislative branch a commis14 sion to be known as the ‘‘Congressional Commission on 

15 Civic Service’’ (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commis16 sion’’). 

17 SEC. 6104. DUTIES. 

18 (a) GENERAL PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Commis19 sion is to gather and analyze information in order to make 

20 recommendations to Congress to— 

21 (1) improve the ability of individuals in the 

22 United States to serve others and, by doing so, to en23 hance our Nation and the global community; 

24 (2) train leaders in public service organizations 

25 to better utilize individuals committed to national 

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1 service and volunteerism as they manage human and 

2 fiscal resources; 

3 (3) identify and offer solutions to the barriers 

4 that make it difficult for some individuals in the 

5 United States to volunteer or perform national serv6 ice; and 

7 (4) build on the foundation of service and volun8 teer opportunities that are currently available. 

9 (b) SPECIFIC TOPICS.—In carrying out its general 

10 purpose under subsection (a), the Commission shall address 

11 and analyze the following specific topics: 

12 (1) The level of understanding about the current 

13 Federal, State, and local volunteer programs and op14 portunities for service among individuals in the 

15 United States. 

16 (2) The issues that deter volunteerism and na17 tional service, particularly among young people, and 

18 how the identified issues can be overcome. 

19 (3) Whether there is an appropriate role for Fed20 eral, State, and local governments in overcoming the 

21 issues that deter volunteerism and national service 

22 and, if appropriate, how to expand the relationships 

23 and partnerships between different levels of govern24 ment in promoting volunteerism and national service. 

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1 (4) Whether existing databases are effective in 

2 matching community needs to would-be volunteers 

3 and service providers. 

4 (5) The effect on the Nation, on those who serve, 

5 and on the families of those who serve, if all individ6 uals in the United States were expected to perform 

7 national service or were required to perform a certain 

8 amount of national service. 

9 (6) Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable 

10 mandatory service requirement for all able young peo11 ple could be developed, and how such a requirement 

12 could be implemented in a manner that would 

13 strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and over14 come civic challenges by bringing together people from 

15 diverse economic, ethnic, and educational back16 grounds. 

17 (7) The need for a public service academy, a 4- 

18 year institution that offers a federally funded under19 graduate education with a focus on training future 

20 public sector leaders. 

21 (8) The means to develop awareness of national 

22 service and volunteer opportunities at a young age by 

23 creating, expanding, and promoting service options 

24 for elementary and secondary school students, through 

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1 service learning or other means, and by raising 

2 awareness of existing incentives. 

3 (9) The effectiveness of establishing a training 

4 program on college campuses to recruit and educate 

5 college students for national service. 

6 (10) The effect on United States diplomacy and 

7 foreign policy interests of expanding service opportu8 nities abroad, such as the Peace Corps, and the degree 

9 of need and capacity abroad for an expansion. 

10 (11) The constraints that service providers, non11 profit organizations, and State and local agencies 

12 face in utilizing federally funded volunteer programs, 

13 and how these constraints can be overcome. 

14 (12) Whether current Federal volunteer programs 

15 are suited to address the special skills and needs of 

16 senior volunteers, and if not, how these programs can 

17 be improved such that the Federal Government can ef18 fectively promote service among the ‘‘baby boomer’’ 

19 generation. 

20 (c) METHODOLOGY.— 

21 (1) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—The Commission shall 

22 conduct public hearings in various locations around 

23 the United States. 

24 (2) REGULAR AND FREQUENT CONSULTATION.— 

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1 sult with an advisory panel of Members of Congress 

2 appointed for such purpose by the Speaker of the 

3 House of Representatives and the majority leader of 

4 the Senate. 

5 SEC. 6105. MEMBERSHIP. 

6 (a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be com8 posed of 8 members appointed as follows: 

9 (A) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of 

10 the House of Representatives. 

11 (B) 2 members appointed by the minority 

12 leader of the House of Representatives. 

13 (C) 2 members appointed by the majority 

14 leader of the Senate. 

15 (D) 2 members appointed by the minority 

16 leader of the Senate. 

17 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The members of the Com18 mission shall consist of individuals who are of recog19 nized standing and distinction in the areas of inter20 national public service, national public service, serv21 ice-learning, local service, business, or academia. 

22 (3) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The mem23 bers of the Commission shall be appointed not later 

24 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 

25 title. 

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1 (4) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the 

2 Commission shall be designated by the Speaker of the 

3 House of Representatives at the time of the appoint4 ment. 

5 (b) TERMS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Commis7 sion shall serve for the life of the Commission. 

8 (2) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 

9 shall not affect the power of the remaining members 

10 to execute the duties of the Commission but any such 

11 vacancy shall be filled in the same manner in which 

12 the original appointment was made. 

13 (c) COMPENSATION.— 

14 (1) RATES OF PAY; TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each 

15 member shall serve without pay, except that each 

16 member shall receive travel expenses, including per 

17 diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli18 cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 

19 title 5, United States Code. 

20 (2) PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION OF FED21 ERAL EMPLOYEES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 

22 any member of the Commission who is a full-time of23 ficer or employee of the United States may not receive 

24 additional pay, allowances, or benefits because of 

25 service on the Commission. 

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1 (d) MEETING REQUIREMENTS.— 

2 (1) FREQUENCY.— 

3 (A) QUARTERLY MEETINGS.—The Commis4 sion shall meet at least quarterly. 

5 (B) ADDITIONAL MEETINGS.—In addition 

6 to quarterly meetings, the Commission shall meet 

7 at the call of the Chairperson or a majority of 

8 its members. 

9 (2) QUORUM.—5 members of the Commission 

10 shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may 

11 hold hearings. 

12 (3) MEETING BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER APPRO13 PRIATE TECHNOLOGY.—Members of the Commission 

14 are permitted to meet using telephones or other suit15 able telecommunications technologies provided that all 

16 members of the Commission can fully communicate 

17 with all other members simultaneously. 

18 SEC. 6106. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION; EX19 PERTS AND CONSULTANTS. 

20 (a) DIRECTOR.— 

21 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Commission shall have 

22 a Director who shall be appointed by the Chairperson 

23 with the approval of the Commission. 

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1 (2) CREDENTIALS.—The Director shall have cre2 dentials related to international public service, na3 tional public service, service-learning, or local service. 

4 (3) SALARY.—The Director shall be paid at a 

5 rate determined by the Chairperson with the approval 

6 of the Commission, except that the rate may not ex7 ceed the rate of basic pay for GS–15 of the General 

8 Schedule. 

9 (b) STAFF.—With the approval of the Chairperson, the 

10 Director may appoint and fix the pay of additional quali11 fied personnel as the Director considers appropriate. 

12 (c) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—With the approval 

13 of the Commission, the Director may procure temporary 

14 and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 

15 United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to ex16 ceed the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of 

17 basic pay for GS–15 of the General Schedule. 

18 (d) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon request of 

19 the Commission, Chairperson, or Director, the head of any 

20 Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimburs21 able basis, any of the personnel of that department or agen22 cy to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties 

23 under this title. 

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1 SEC. 6107. POWERS OF COMMISSION. 

2 (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.—The Commission may, 

3 for the purpose of carrying out this title, hold public hear4 ings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and 

5 receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. 

6 (b) POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.—Any mem7 ber or agent of the Commission may, if authorized by the 

8 Commission, take any action which the Commission is au9 thorized to take by this section. 

10 (c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—Upon request of the 

11 Chairperson, the head of any department or agency shall 

12 furnish information to the Commission that the Commis13 sion deems necessary to enable it to carry out this title. 

14 (d) PHYSICAL FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT.—The Ar15 chitect of the Capitol, in consultation with the appropriate 

16 entities in the legislative branch, shall locate and provide 

17 suitable facilities and equipment for the operation of the 

18 Commission on a nonreimbursable basis. 

19 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon the 

20 request of the Commission, the Architect of the Capitol and 

21 the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the 

22 Commission on a nonreimbursable basis such administra23 tive support services as the Commission may request in 

24 order for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities 

25 under this title. 

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1 SEC. 6108. REPORTS. 

2 (a) INTERIM REPORT.—The Commission shall submit 

3 an interim report on its activities to the appropriate com4 mittees of Congress not later than 20 months after the date 

5 of the enactment of this title. 

6 (b) FINAL REPORT.— 

7 (1) DEADLINE.—The Commission shall submit a 

8 final report on its activities to the appropriate com9 mittees of Congress not later than 120 days after the 

10 submission of the interim report under subsection (a). 

11 (2) CONTENTS.—The final report shall contain a 

12 detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of 

13 the Commission, together with its recommendations 

14 for proposed legislation. 

15 SEC. 6109. TERMINATION. 

16 The Commission shall terminate not later than 30 

17 days after submitting its final report under section 

18 6108(b)(1). 

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Union Calendar No. 10 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1388 

[Report No. 111–37] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize and reform the national service 

laws. 

MARCH 16, 2009 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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