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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1388 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1388

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine

                                 An Act

 
 Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize 
                  and reform the national service laws

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Serve America 
Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

    TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990

Sec. 1001. References.

        Subtitle A--Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions)

Sec. 1101. Purposes.
Sec. 1102. Definitions.

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

Sec. 1201. School-based allotments.
Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions.
Sec. 1203. Campuses of Service.
Sec. 1204. Innovative programs and research.
Sec. 1205. Service-learning impact study.

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

Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on 
          Corporation costs.
Sec. 1302. Eligible national service programs.
Sec. 1303. Types of positions.
Sec. 1304. Conforming repeal relating to training and technical 
          assistance.
Sec. 1305. Assistance to State Commissions; challenge grants.
Sec. 1306. Allocation of assistance to States and other eligible 
          entities.
Sec. 1307. Additional authority.
Sec. 1308. State selection of programs.
Sec. 1309. National service program assistance requirements.
Sec. 1310. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations.
Sec. 1311. Consideration of applications.
Sec. 1312. Description of participants.
Sec. 1313. Selection of national service participants.
Sec. 1314. Terms of service.
Sec. 1315. Adjustments to living allowance.

    Subtitle D--Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and 
            Provision of National Service Educational Awards)

Sec. 1401. Availability of funds in the National Service Trust.
Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the 
          Trust.
Sec. 1403. Certifications.
Sec. 1404. Determination of the amount of the educational award.
Sec. 1405. Disbursement of educational awards.
Sec. 1406. Approval process for approved positions.

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

Sec. 1501. Purpose.
Sec. 1502. Program components.
Sec. 1503. Eligible participants.
Sec. 1504. Summer national service program.
Sec. 1505. National Civilian Community Corps.
Sec. 1506. Training.
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions.
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members.
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre.
Sec. 1510. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal 
          law.
Sec. 1511. Contract and grant authority.
Sec. 1512. Other departments.
Sec. 1513. Advisory Board.
Sec. 1514. Evaluations.
Sec. 1515. Repeal of funding limitation.
Sec. 1516. Definitions.
Sec. 1517. Terminology.

    Subtitle F--Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions)

Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave.
Sec. 1602. Reports.
Sec. 1603. Use of funds.
Sec. 1604. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures.
Sec. 1605. Resolution of displacement complaints.
Sec. 1606. State Commissions on National and Community Service.
Sec. 1607. Evaluation and accountability.
Sec. 1608. Civic Health Assessment.
Sec. 1609. Contingent extension.
Sec. 1610. Partnerships with schools.
Sec. 1611. Rights of access, examination, and copying.
Sec. 1612. Additional administrative provisions.
Sec. 1613. Availability of assistance.
Sec. 1614. Criminal history checks for individuals working with 
          vulnerable populations.

   Subtitle G--Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and 
                           Community Service)

Sec. 1701. Terms of office.
Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties.
Sec. 1703. Chief Executive Officer compensation.
Sec. 1704. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer.
Sec. 1705. Chief Financial Officer status.
Sec. 1706. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts.
Sec. 1707. Donated services.
Sec. 1708. Assignment to State Commissions.
Sec. 1709. Study of involvement of veterans.
Sec. 1710. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced 
          workers in services corps and community service and to develop 
          pilot program planning study.
Sec. 1711. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of agency coordination.
Sec. 1712. Study of program effectiveness.
Sec. 1713. Volunteer Management Corps study.

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

Sec. 1801. Technical amendment to subtitle H.
Sec. 1802. Additional Corporation activities to support national 
          service.
Sec. 1803. Repeals.
Sec. 1804. Presidential awards.
Sec. 1805. New fellowships.
Sec. 1806. National Service Reserve Corps.
Sec. 1807. Social Innovation Funds pilot program.
Sec. 1808. Clearinghouses.
Sec. 1809. Nonprofit Capacity Building Program.

              Subtitle I--Training and Technical Assistance

Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance.

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

Sec. 1831. Repeal.

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

Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations.

            TITLE II--DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973

Sec. 2001. References.
Sec. 2002. Volunteerism policy.

           Subtitle A--National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs

               Chapter 1--Volunteers in Service to America

Sec. 2101. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 2102. Selection and assignment of volunteers.
Sec. 2103. Support service.
Sec. 2104. Repeal.
Sec. 2105. Redesignation.

                  Chapter 2--University Year for VISTA

Sec. 2121. University year for VISTA.

                  Chapter 3--Special Volunteer Programs

Sec. 2131. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 2132. Literacy challenge grants.

                Subtitle B--National Senior Service Corps

Sec. 2141. Title.
Sec. 2142. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 2143. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 2144. Foster grandparent program.
Sec. 2145. Senior companion program.
Sec. 2146. General provisions.

               Subtitle C--Administration and Coordination

Sec. 2151. Special limitations.
Sec. 2152. Application of Federal law.
Sec. 2153. Evaluation.
Sec. 2154. Definitions.
Sec. 2155. Protection against improper use.
Sec. 2156. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 
          1990.

               Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations

Sec. 2161. Authorizations of appropriations.

          TITLE III--TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS

Sec. 3101. Table of contents of the National and Community Service Act 
          of 1990.
Sec. 3102. Table of contents of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
          1973.

                   TITLE IV--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS

Sec. 4101. Inspector General Act of 1978.

               TITLE V--VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAM

Sec. 5101. Findings.
Sec. 5102. Definitions.
Sec. 5103. Office of Volunteers for Prosperity.
Sec. 5104. Authorization of appropriations.

                        TITLE VI--EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 6101. Effective date.
Sec. 6102. Sense of the Senate.

   TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990

SEC. 1001. REFERENCES.
    Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title 
an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or 
repeal of, a provision, the amendment or repeal shall be considered to 
be made to a provision of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).

       Subtitle A--Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions)

SEC. 1101. PURPOSES.
    Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``community throughout'' and 
    inserting ``community and service throughout the varied and diverse 
    communities of'';
        (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ``income,'' the 
    following: ``geographic location,'';
        (3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ``existing'' the 
    following: ``national'';
        (4) in paragraph (7)--
            (A) by striking ``programs and agencies'' and inserting 
        ``programs, agencies, and communities''; and
            (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (5) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting a 
    semicolon; and
        (6) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(9) expand and strengthen service-learning programs through 
    year-round opportunities, including opportunities during the summer 
    months, to improve the education of children and youth and to 
    maximize the benefits of national and community service, in order 
    to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the spirit of 
    community for children and youth throughout the United States;
        ``(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening Federal and 
    other service opportunities, including opportunities for 
    participation in emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and 
    recovery;
        ``(11) increase service opportunities for the Nation's retiring 
    professionals, including such opportunities for those retiring from 
    the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics professions, 
    to improve the education of the Nation's youth and keep America 
    competitive in the global knowledge economy, and to further utilize 
    the experience, knowledge, and skills of older individuals;
        ``(12) encourage the continued service of the alumni of the 
    national service programs, including service in times of national 
    need;
        ``(13) encourage individuals age 55 or older to partake of 
    service opportunities;
        ``(14) focus national service on the areas of national need 
    such service has the capacity to address, such as improving 
    education, increasing energy conservation, improving the health 
    status of economically disadvantaged individuals, and improving 
    economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals;
        ``(15) recognize and increase the impact of social 
    entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in 
    addressing national and local challenges;
        ``(16) increase public and private investment in nonprofit 
    community organizations that are effectively addressing national 
    and local challenges and encourage such organizations to replicate 
    and expand successful initiatives;
        ``(17) leverage Federal investments to increase State, local, 
    business, and philanthropic resources to address national and local 
    challenges;
        ``(18) support institutions of higher education that engage 
    students in community service activities and provide high-quality 
    service-learning opportunities; and
        ``(19) recognize the expertise veterans can offer to national 
    service programs, expand the participation of the veterans in the 
    national service programs, and assist the families of veterans and 
    members of the Armed Forces on active duty.''.
SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS.
    (a) In General.--Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``described in section 122'';
        (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ``section 101(a) of the 
    Higher Education Act of 1965'' and inserting ``sections 101(a) and 
    102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965'';
        (3) in paragraph (17)(B), by striking ``program in which the 
    participant is enrolled'' and inserting ``organization receiving 
    assistance under the national service laws through which the 
    participant is engaging in service'';
        (4) in paragraph (19)--
            (A) by striking ``section 111(a)'' and inserting ``section 
        112(a)'';
            (B) by striking ``117A(a),'';
            (C) by striking ``119(b)(1), or 122(a),'' and inserting 
        ``118A, or 118(b)(1), or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
        122,'';
            (D) by inserting ``section 198B, 198C, 198G, 198H, or 
        198K,'' after ``section 152(b),''; and
            (E) by striking ``198, 198C, or 198D'' and inserting 
        ``179A, 198, 198O, 198P, or 199N'';
        (5) in paragraph (21)(B)--
            (A) by striking ``602'' and inserting ``602(3)''; and
            (B) by striking ``1401'' and inserting ``1401(3)'';
        (6) in paragraph (24), by striking ``section 111'' and 
    inserting ``section 112'';
        (7) in paragraph (26), by striking the second sentence; and
        (8) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(30) Alaska native-serving institution.--The term `Alaska 
    Native-serving institution' has the meaning given the term in 
    section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
    1059d(b)).
        ``(31) Approved silver scholar position.--The term `approved 
    silver scholar position' means a position, in a program described 
    in section 198C(a), for which the Corporation has approved the 
    provision of a silver scholarship educational award as one of the 
    benefits to be provided for successful service in the position.
        ``(32) Approved summer of service position.--The term `approved 
    summer of service position' means a position, in a program 
    described in section 119(c)(8), for which the Corporation has 
    approved the provision of a summer of service educational award as 
    one of the benefits to be provided for successful service in the 
    position.
        ``(33) Asian american and native american pacific islander-
    serving institution.--The term `Asian American and Native American 
    Pacific Islander-serving institution' has the meaning given the 
    term in section 320(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
    U.S.C. 1059g(b)).
        ``(34) Authorizing committees.--The term `authorizing 
    committees' means the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
    of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
    and Pensions of the Senate.
        ``(35) Community-based entity.--The term `community-based 
    entity' means a public or private nonprofit organization that--
            ``(A) has experience with meeting unmet human, educational, 
        environmental, or public safety needs; and
            ``(B) meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive 
        Officer may establish.
        ``(36) Disadvantaged youth.--The term `disadvantaged youth' 
    includes those youth who are economically disadvantaged and 1 or 
    more of the following:
            ``(A) Who are out-of-school youth, including out-of-school 
        youth who are unemployed.
            ``(B) Who are in or aging out of foster care.
            ``(C) Who have limited English proficiency.
            ``(D) Who are homeless or who have run away from home.
            ``(E) Who are at-risk to leave secondary school without a 
        diploma.
            ``(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at risk of 
        delinquency.
            ``(G) Who are individuals with disabilities.
        ``(37) Encore service program.--The term `encore service 
    program' means a program, carried out by an eligible entity as 
    described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122, that--
            ``(A) involves a significant number of participants age 55 
        or older in the program; and
            ``(B) takes advantage of the skills and experience that 
        such participants offer in the design and implementation of the 
        program.
        ``(38) Hispanic-serving institution.--The term `Hispanic-
    serving institution' has the meaning given such term in section 
    502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)).
        ``(39) Historically black college or university.--The term 
    `historically black college or university' means a part B 
    institution, as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act 
    of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
        ``(40) Medically underserved population.--The term `medically 
    underserved population' has the meaning given that term in section 
    330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)).
        ``(41) Native american-serving, nontribal institution.--The 
    term `Native American-serving, nontribal institution' has the 
    meaning given the term in section 319(b) of the Higher Education 
    Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)).
        ``(42) Native hawaiian-serving institution.--The term `Native 
    Hawaiian-serving institution' has the meaning given the term in 
    section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
    1059d(b)).
        ``(43) Predominantly black institution.--The term 
    `Predominantly Black Institution' has the meaning given the term in 
    section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e).
        ``(44) Principles of scientific research.--The term `principles 
    of scientific research' means principles of research that--
            ``(A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objective methodology 
        to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to the subject 
        matter involved;
            ``(B) present findings and make claims that are appropriate 
        to, and supported by, the methods that have been employed; and
            ``(C) include, appropriate to the research being 
        conducted--
                ``(i) use of systematic, empirical methods that draw on 
            observation or experiment;
                ``(ii) use of data analyses that are adequate to 
            support the general findings;
                ``(iii) reliance on measurements or observational 
            methods that provide reliable and generalizable findings;
                ``(iv) strong claims of causal relationships, only with 
            research designs that eliminate plausible competing 
            explanations for observed results, such as, but not limited 
            to, random-assignment experiments;
                ``(v) presentation of studies and methods in sufficient 
            detail and clarity to allow for replication or, at a 
            minimum, to offer the opportunity to build systematically 
            on the findings of the research;
                ``(vi) acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal or 
            critique by a panel of independent experts through a 
            comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review; and
                ``(vii) consistency of findings across multiple studies 
            or sites to support the generality of results and 
            conclusions.
        ``(45) Qualified organization.--The term `qualified 
    organization' means a public or private nonprofit organization with 
    experience working with school-age youth that meets such criteria 
    as the Chief Executive Officer may establish.
        ``(46) Scientifically valid research.--The term `scientifically 
    valid research' includes applied research, basic research, and 
    field-initiated research in which the rationale, design, and 
    interpretation are soundly developed in accordance with principles 
    of scientific research.
        ``(47) Territory.--The term `territory' means the United States 
    Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
    Northern Mariana Islands.
        ``(48) Tribally controlled college or university.--The term 
    `tribally controlled college or university' has the meaning given 
    such term in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and 
    Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801).
        ``(49) Veteran.--The term `veteran' has the meaning given the 
    term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.''.
    (b) Redesignation.--Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended--
        (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (49) as paragraphs 
    (1), (3), (8), (9), (10), (12), (14), (15), (19), (20), (21), (22), 
    (23), (24), (26), (29), (30), (31), (34), (35), (37), (39), (40), 
    (41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), 
    (13), (16), (17), (18), (25), (27), (28), (32), (33), (36), (38), 
    (47), (48), and (49); and
        (2) so that paragraphs (1) through (49), as so redesignated in 
    paragraph (1), appear in numerical order.

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

SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS.
    Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is 
amended to read as follows:

    ``PART I--PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

    ``SEC. 111. PURPOSE.
    ``The purpose of this part is to promote service-learning as a 
strategy to--
        ``(1) support high-quality service-learning projects that 
    engage students in meeting community needs with demonstrable 
    results, while enhancing students' academic and civic learning; and
        ``(2) support efforts to build institutional capacity, 
    including the training of educators, and to strengthen the service 
    infrastructure to expand service opportunities.
``SEC. 111A. DEFINITIONS.
    ``In this part:
        ``(1) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
    States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
    Rico.
        ``(2) State educational agency.--The term `State educational 
    agency' means--
            ``(A) a State educational agency (as defined in section 
        101) of a State; or
            ``(B) for a State in which a State educational agency 
        described in subparagraph (A) has designated a statewide entity 
        under section 112(e), that designated statewide entity.
    ``SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIAN TRIBES.
    ``(a) Allotments to States, Territories, and Indian Tribes.--The 
Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, may make 
allotments to State educational agencies, territories, and Indian 
tribes to pay for the Federal share of--
        ``(1) planning and building the capacity within the State, 
    territory, or Indian tribe involved to implement service-learning 
    programs that are based principally in elementary schools and 
    secondary schools, including--
            ``(A) providing training and professional development for 
        teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based entities 
        (particularly with regard to the recruitment, utilization, and 
        management of participants), and trainers, to be conducted by 
        qualified individuals or organizations that have experience 
        with service-learning;
            ``(B) developing service-learning curricula, consistent 
        with State or local academic content standards, to be 
        integrated into academic programs, including curricula for an 
        age-appropriate learning component that provides participants 
        an opportunity to analyze and apply their service experiences;
            ``(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph (2) 
        or (4)(D) to develop school-based service-learning programs in 
        accordance with this part;
            ``(D) devising appropriate methods for research on and 
        evaluation of the educational value of service-learning and the 
        effect of service-learning activities on communities;
            ``(E) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of 
        information to ensure the broadest possible involvement of 
        community-based entities with demonstrated effectiveness in 
        working with school-age youth in their communities; and
            ``(F) establishing effective outreach and dissemination of 
        information to ensure the broadest possible participation of 
        schools throughout the State, throughout the territory, or 
        serving the Indian tribe involved with particular attention to 
        schools not making adequate yearly progress for two or more 
        consecutive years under section 1111 of the Elementary and 
        Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);
        ``(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
    service-learning programs, which may include paying for the cost of 
    the recruitment, training, supervision, placement, salaries, and 
    benefits of service-learning coordinators, through distribution by 
    State educational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of 
    Federal funds made available under this part to projects operated 
    by local partnerships among--
            ``(A) local educational agencies; and
            ``(B) 1 or more community partners that--
                ``(i) shall include a public or private nonprofit 
            organization that--

                    ``(I) has a demonstrated expertise in the provision 
                of services to meet unmet human, education, 
                environmental, or public safety needs;
                    ``(II) will make projects available for 
                participants, who shall be students; and
                    ``(III) was in existence at least 1 year before the 
                date on which the organization submitted an application 
                under section 113; and

                ``(ii) may include a private for-profit business, 
            private elementary school or secondary school, or Indian 
            tribe (except that an Indian tribe distributing funds to a 
            project under this paragraph is not eligible to be part of 
            the partnership operating that project);
        ``(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, 
    through distribution by State educational agencies, territories, 
    and Indian tribes of Federal funds made available under this part 
    to local educational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning may 
    include paying for the cost of--
            ``(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning 
        coordinators; or
            ``(B) the recruitment, training and professional 
        development, supervision, and placement of service-learning 
        coordinators who may be participants in a program under 
        subtitle C or receive a national service educational award 
        under subtitle D, who may be participants in a project under 
        section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
        U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a Youthbuild program 
        under section 173A of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 
        U.S.C. 2918a),
    who will identify the community partners described in paragraph 
    (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of a program 
    described in paragraph (2);
        ``(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
    service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in service-
    learning to improve the education of students, through distribution 
    by State educational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of 
    Federal funds made available under this part to--
            ``(A) local educational agencies;
            ``(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian tribe 
        distributing funds under this paragraph is not eligible to be a 
        recipient of those funds);
            ``(C) public or private nonprofit organizations; or
            ``(D) partnerships or combinations of local educational 
        agencies, and entities described in subparagraph (B) or (C); 
        and
        ``(5) developing, as service-learning programs, civic 
    engagement programs that promote a better understanding of--
            ``(A) the principles of the Constitution, the heroes of 
        United States history (including military heroes), and the 
        meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance;
            ``(B) how the Nation's government functions; and
            ``(C) the importance of service in the Nation's character.
    ``(b) Duties of Service-Learning Coordinator.--A service-learning 
coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall 
provide services to a local partnership described in subsection (a)(2) 
or entity described in subsection (a)(3), respectively, that may 
include--
        ``(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and 
    facilitating the training of, teachers and assisting in the 
    planning, development, execution, and evaluation of service-
    learning in their classrooms;
        ``(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection 
    (a)(2) in the planning, development, and execution of service-
    learning projects, including summer of service programs;
        ``(3) assisting schools and local educational agencies in 
    developing school policies and practices that support the 
    integration of service-learning into the curriculum; and
        ``(4) carrying out such other duties as the local partnership 
    or entity, respectively, may determine to be appropriate.
    ``(c) Related Expenses.--An entity that receives financial 
assistance under this part from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 
may, in carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), use 
such assistance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable costs 
related to the supervision of participants, program administration, 
transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for other reasonable 
expenses related to the activities.
    ``(d) Special Rule.--A State educational agency described in 
section 111A(2)(A) may designate a statewide entity (which may be a 
community-based entity) with demonstrated experience in supporting or 
implementing service-learning programs, to receive the State 
educational agency's allotment under this part, and carry out the 
functions of the agency under this part.
    ``(e) Consultation With Secretary of Education.--The Corporation is 
authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Education for 
initiatives (and may use funds authorized under section 501(a)(6) to 
enter into the agreements if the additional costs of the initiatives 
are warranted) that may include--
        ``(1) identification and dissemination of research findings on 
    service-learning and scientifically valid research based practices 
    for service-learning; and
        ``(2) provision of professional development opportunities 
    that--
            ``(A) improve the quality of service-learning instruction 
        and delivery for teachers both preservice and in-service, 
        personnel from community-based entities and youth workers; and
            ``(B) create and sustain effective partnerships for 
        service-learning programs between local educational agencies, 
        community-based entities, businesses, and other stakeholders.
``SEC. 112A. ALLOTMENTS.
    ``(a) Indian Tribes and Territories.--Of the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this part for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall 
reserve an amount of not less than 2 percent and not more than 3 
percent for payments to Indian tribes, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective 
needs.
    ``(b) Allotments Through States.--
        ``(1) In general.--After reserving an amount under subsection 
    (a), the Corporation shall use the remainder of the funds 
    appropriated to carry out this part for the fiscal year as follows:
            ``(A) Allotments based on school-age youth.--From 50 
        percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each 
        State an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such 
        remainder as the number of school-age youth in the State bears 
        to the total number of school-age youth in all States.
            ``(B) Allotments based on allocations under elementary and 
        secondary education act of 1965.--From 50 percent of such 
        remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each State an amount 
        that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such remainder as 
        the allocation to the State for the previous fiscal year under 
        title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) bears to the total of such allocations 
        to all States.
        ``(2) Minimum amount.--For any fiscal year for which amounts 
    appropriated for this subtitle exceed $50,000,000, the minimum 
    allotment to each State under paragraph (1) shall be $75,000.
    ``(c) Reallotment.--If the Corporation determines that the 
allotment of a State, territory, or Indian tribe under this section 
will not be required for a fiscal year because the State, territory, or 
Indian tribe did not submit and receive approval of an application for 
the allotment under section 113, the Corporation shall make the 
allotment for such State, territory, or Indian tribe available for 
grants to community-based entities to carry out service-learning 
programs as described in section 112(b) in such State, in such 
territory, or for such Indian tribe. After community-based entities 
apply for grants from the allotment, by submitting an application at 
such time and in such manner as the Corporation requires, and receive 
approval, the remainder of such allotment shall be available for 
reallotment to such other States, territories, or Indian tribes with 
approved applications submitted under section 113 as the Corporation 
may determine to be appropriate.
    ``SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS.
    ``(a) Applications to Corporation for Allotments.--
        ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive an allotment under 
    section 112A, a State, acting through the State educational agency, 
    territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare and submit to the 
    Corporation an application at such time and in such manner as the 
    Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, and obtain approval 
    of the application.
        ``(2) Contents.--An application for an allotment under section 
    112 shall include--
            ``(A) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting service-
        learning, which shall contain such information as the Chief 
        Executive Officer may reasonably require, including how the 
        applicant will integrate service opportunities into the 
        academic program of the participants;
            ``(B) information about the criteria the State educational 
        agency, territory, or Indian tribe will use to evaluate and 
        grant approval to applications submitted under subsection (b), 
        including an assurance that the State educational agency, 
        territory, or Indian tribe will comply with the requirement in 
        section 114(a);
            ``(C) assurances about the applicant's efforts to--
                ``(i) ensure that students of different ages, races, 
            sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and economic 
            backgrounds have opportunities to serve together;
                ``(ii) include any opportunities for students, enrolled 
            in schools or programs of education providing elementary or 
            secondary education, to participate in service-learning 
            programs and ensure that such service-learning programs 
            include opportunities for such students to serve together;
                ``(iii) involve participants in the design and 
            operation of the programs;
                ``(iv) promote service-learning in areas of greatest 
            need, including low-income or rural areas; and
                ``(v) otherwise integrate service opportunities into 
            the academic program of the participants; and
            ``(D) assurances that the applicant will comply with the 
        nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of section 177 
        and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures required by 
        section 176.
    ``(b) Application to State, Territory, or Indian Tribe for 
Assistance To Carry Out School-Based Service-Learning Programs.--
        ``(1) In general.--Any--
            ``(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, territory, 
        local educational agency, for-profit business, private 
        elementary school or secondary school, or institution of higher 
        education that desires to receive financial assistance under 
        this subpart from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an 
        activity described in section 112(a)(1);
            ``(B) partnership described in section 112(a)(2) that 
        desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or 
        Indian tribe for an activity described in section 112(a)(2);
            ``(C) entity described in section 112(a)(3) that desires to 
        receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian 
        tribe for an activity described in such section;
            ``(D) entity or partnership described in section 112(a)(4) 
        that desires to receive such assistance from a State, 
        territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such 
        section; and
            ``(E) entity that desires to receive such assistance from a 
        State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in 
        section 111(a)(5),
    shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency for the 
    State, territory, or Indian tribe, and obtain approval of, an 
    application for the program.
        ``(2) Submission.--Such application shall be submitted at such 
    time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the 
    agency, territory, or Indian tribe may reasonably require.
    ``SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.
    ``(a) Criteria for Local Applications.--In providing assistance 
under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe 
(or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall consider criteria 
with respect to sustainability, replicability, innovation, and quality 
of programs.
    ``(b) Priority for Local Applications.--In providing assistance 
under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe 
(or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall give priority to 
entities that submit applications under section 113 with respect to 
service-learning programs described in section 111 that are in the 
greatest need of assistance, such as programs targeting low-income 
areas or serving economically disadvantaged youth.
    ``(c) Rejection of Applications to Corporation.--If the Corporation 
rejects an application submitted by a State, territory, or Indian tribe 
under section 113 for an allotment, the Corporation shall promptly 
notify the State, territory, or Indian tribe of the reasons for the 
rejection of the application. The Corporation shall provide the State, 
territory, or Indian tribe with a reasonable opportunity to revise and 
resubmit the application and shall provide technical assistance, if 
needed, to the State, territory, or Indian tribe as part of the 
resubmission process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider such 
resubmitted application.
    ``SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRIVATE 
      SCHOOLS.
    ``(a) In General.--To the extent consistent with the number of 
students in the State, in the territory, or served by the Indian tribe 
or in the school district of the local educational agency involved who 
are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary schools and secondary 
schools, such State, territory, or Indian tribe, or agency shall (after 
consultation with appropriate private school representatives) make 
provision--
        ``(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for the 
    benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable 
    participation of such students in the programs implemented to carry 
    out the objectives and provide the benefits described in this part; 
    and
        ``(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so as 
    to allow for the equitable participation of such teachers in the 
    programs implemented to carry out the objectives and provide the 
    benefits described in this part.
    ``(b) Waiver.--If a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local 
educational agency is prohibited by law from providing for the 
participation of students or teachers from private nonprofit schools as 
required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that a 
State, territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency 
substantially fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation 
on an equitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such 
requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services to such 
students and teachers.
    ``SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
    ``(a) Corporation Share.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Corporation share of the cost of 
    carrying out a program for which a grant is made from an allotment 
    under this part--
            ``(A) for new grants may not exceed 80 percent of the total 
        cost of the program for the first year of the grant period, 65 
        percent for the second year, and 50 percent for each remaining 
        year; and
            ``(B) for continuing grants, may not exceed 50 percent of 
        the total cost of the program.
        ``(2) Noncorporation contribution.--In providing for the 
    remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, each 
    recipient of such a grant under this part--
            ``(A) shall provide for such share through a payment in 
        cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
        equipment, or services;
            ``(B) except as provided in subparagraph (C), may provide 
        for such share through Federal, State, or local sources, 
        including private funds or donated services; and
            ``(C) may not provide for such share through Federal funds 
        made available under title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) or the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 
        seq.).
    ``(b) Waiver.--The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to any 
such program for any fiscal year, on a determination that such a waiver 
would be equitable due to a lack of resources at the local level.
    ``SEC. 117. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.
    ``Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance received by a 
State, territory, or Indian tribe that is the original recipient of an 
allotment under this part for a fiscal year may be used to pay, in 
accordance with such standards as the Corporation may issue, for 
administrative costs, incurred by that recipient.''.
SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS.
    (a) Redesignation.--Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is redesignated 
as section 118.
    (b) Higher Education Innovative Programs.--Section 118 (as so 
redesignated) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ``community service 
    programs'' the following: ``through service-learning'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``combination'' and inserting ``consortium'';
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the 
            end;
                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding ``and'' at the end; 
            and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) the institution or partnership may coordinate with 
        service-learning curricula being offered in the academic 
        curricula at the institution of higher education or at 1 or 
        more members of the partnership;''; and
            (C) in paragraph (3)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            striking ``teachers at the elementary, secondary, and 
            postsecondary levels'' and inserting ``institutions of 
            higher education and their faculty'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``education of 
            the institution; and'' and inserting ``curricula of the 
            institution to strengthen the instructional capacity of 
            teachers to provide service-learning at the elementary and 
            secondary levels;'';
                (iii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph 
            (C); and
                (iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
            ``(B) including service-learning as a component of other 
        curricula or academic programs (other than education curricula 
        or programs), such as curricula or programs relating to 
        nursing, medicine, criminal justice, or public policy; and'';
        (3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g);
        (4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and
        (5) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Federal, State, and Local Contributions.--
        ``(1) Federal share.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of 
        carrying out a program for which assistance is provided under 
        this part may not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the 
        program.
            ``(B) Non-federal contribution.--In providing for the 
        remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 
        each recipient of a grant or contract under this part--
                ``(i) shall provide for such share through a payment in 
            cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
            equipment, or services; and
                ``(ii) may provide for such share through State sources 
            or local sources, including private funds or donated 
            services.
        ``(2) Waiver.--The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
    requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or in part with respect to 
    any such program for any fiscal year if the Corporation determines 
    that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available 
    financial resources at the local level.
    ``(d) Application for Grant.--
        ``(1) Submission.--To receive a grant or enter into a contract 
    under this part, an institution or partnership shall prepare and 
    submit to the Corporation, an application at such time, in such 
    manner, and containing such information and assurances as the 
    Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the 
    application. In requesting applications for assistance under this 
    part, the Corporation shall specify such required information and 
    assurances.
        ``(2) Contents.--An application submitted under paragraph (1) 
    shall contain, at a minimum--
            ``(A) assurances that--
                ``(i) prior to the placement of a participant, the 
            applicant will consult with the appropriate local labor 
            organization, if any, representing employees in the area 
            who are engaged in the same or similar work as that 
            proposed to be carried out by such program, to prevent the 
            displacement and protect the rights of such employees; and
                ``(ii) the applicant will comply with the 
            nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions of section 
            177 and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures 
            required by section 176; and
            ``(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive Officer 
        may reasonably require.
    ``(e) Special Consideration.--To the extent practicable, in making 
grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), the 
Corporation shall give special consideration to applications submitted 
by, or applications from partnerships including, institutions serving 
primarily low-income populations, including--
        ``(1) Alaska Native-serving institutions;
        ``(2) Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-
    serving institutions;
        ``(3) Hispanic-serving institutions;
        ``(4) historically black colleges and universities;
        ``(5) Native American-serving, nontribal institutions;
        ``(6) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions;
        ``(7) Predominantly Black Institutions;
        ``(8) tribally controlled colleges and universities; and
        ``(9) community colleges serving predominantly minority 
    populations.
    ``(f) Considerations.--In making grants and entering into contracts 
under subsection (b), the Corporation shall take into consideration 
whether the applicants submit applications containing proposals that--
        ``(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of higher 
    education involved, other than by demonstrating the commitment of 
    the students, to supporting the community service projects carried 
    out under the program;
        ``(2) specify the manner in which the institution will promote 
    faculty, administration, and staff participation in the community 
    service projects;
        ``(3) specify the manner in which the institution will provide 
    service to the community through organized programs, including, 
    where appropriate, clinical programs for students in professional 
    schools and colleges;
        ``(4) describe any partnership that will participate in the 
    community service projects, such as a partnership comprised of--
            ``(A) the institution;
            ``(B)(i) a community-based agency;
            ``(ii) a local government agency; or
            ``(iii) a nonprofit entity that serves or involves school-
        age youth, older adults, or low-income communities; and
            ``(C)(i) a student organization;
            ``(ii) a department of the institution; or
            ``(iii) a group of faculty comprised of different 
        departments, schools, or colleges at the institution;
        ``(5) demonstrate community involvement in the development of 
    the proposal and the extent to which the proposal will contribute 
    to the goals of the involved community members;
        ``(6) demonstrate a commitment to perform community service 
    projects in underserved urban and rural communities;
        ``(7) describe research on effective strategies and methods to 
    improve service utilized in the design of the projects;
        ``(8) specify that the institution or partnership will use the 
    assistance provided through the grant or contract to strengthen the 
    service infrastructure in institutions of higher education;
        ``(9) with respect to projects involving delivery of services, 
    specify projects that involve leadership development of school-age 
    youth; or
        ``(10) describe the needs that the proposed projects are 
    designed to address, such as housing, economic development, 
    infrastructure, health care, job training, education, crime 
    prevention, urban planning, transportation, information technology, 
    or child welfare.
    ``(g) Federal Work-Study.--To be eligible for assistance under this 
part, an institution of higher education shall demonstrate that it 
meets the minimum requirements under section 443(b)(2)(A) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(A)) relating to the 
participation of students employed under part C of title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) (relating to 
Federal Work-Study programs) in community service activities, or has 
received a waiver of those requirements from the Secretary of 
Education.
    ``(h) Definition.--Notwithstanding section 101, as used in this 
part, the term `student' means an individual who is enrolled in an 
institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.''.
SEC. 1203. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE.
    Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 118 (as redesignated by section 1202) the 
following:
``SEC. 118A. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE.
    ``(a) In General.--The Corporation, after consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, may annually designate not more than 25 
institutions of higher education as Campuses of Service, from among 
institutions nominated by State Commissions.
    ``(b) Applications for Nomination.--
        ``(1) In general.--To be eligible for a nomination to receive 
    designation under subsection (a), and have an opportunity to apply 
    for funds under subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of 
    higher education in a State shall submit an application to the 
    State Commission at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
    information as the State Commission may require.
        ``(2) Contents.--At a minimum, the application shall include 
    information specifying--
            ``(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, if applicable, 
        graduate service-learning courses offered at such institution 
        for the most recent full academic year preceding the fiscal 
        year for which designation is sought; and
            ``(ii) the number and percentage of undergraduate students 
        and, if applicable, the number and percentage of graduate 
        students at such institution who were enrolled in the 
        corresponding courses described in clause (i), for such 
        preceding academic year;
            ``(B) the percentage of undergraduate students engaging in 
        and, if applicable, the percentage of graduate students 
        engaging in activities providing community services, as defined 
        in section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 
        U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such preceding academic year, the 
        quality of such activities, and the average amount of time 
        spent, per student, engaged in such activities;
            ``(C) for such preceding academic year, the percentage of 
        Federal work-study funds made available to the institution 
        under part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to compensate students 
        employed in providing community services, as so defined, and a 
        description of the efforts the institution undertakes to make 
        available to students opportunities to provide such community 
        services and be compensated through such work-study funds;
            ``(D) at the discretion of the institution, information 
        demonstrating the degree to which recent graduates of the 
        institution, and all graduates of the institution, have 
        obtained full-time public service employment in the nonprofit 
        sector or government, with a private nonprofit organization or 
        a Federal, State, or local public agency; and
            ``(E) any programs the institution has in place to 
        encourage or assist graduates of the institution to pursue 
        careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or 
        government.
    ``(c) Nominations and Designation.--
        ``(1) Nomination.--
            ``(A) In general.--A State Commission that receives 
        applications from institutions of higher education under 
        subsection (b) may nominate, for designation under subsection 
        (a), not more than 3 such institutions of higher education, 
        consisting of--
                ``(i) not more than one 4-year public institution of 
            higher education;
                ``(ii) not more than one 4-year private institution of 
            higher education; and
                ``(iii) not more than one 2-year institution of higher 
            education.
            ``(B) Submission.--The State Commission shall submit to the 
        Corporation the name and application of each institution 
        nominated by the State Commission under subparagraph (A).
        ``(2) Designation.--The Corporation shall designate, under 
    subsection (a), not more than 25 institutions of higher education 
    from among the institutions nominated under paragraph (1). In 
    making the designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible, 
    designate various types of institutions, including institutions 
    from each of the categories of institutions described in clauses 
    (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1)(A).
    ``(d) Awards.--
        ``(1) In general.--Using sums reserved under section 
    501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service, the Corporation shall provide 
    an award of funds to institutions designated under subsection (c), 
    to be used by the institutions to develop or disseminate service-
    learning models and information on best practices regarding 
    service-learning to other institutions of higher education.
        ``(2) Plan.--To be eligible to receive funds under this 
    subsection, an institution designated under subsection (c) shall 
    submit a plan to the Corporation describing how the institution 
    intends to use the funds to develop or disseminate service-learning 
    models and information on best practices regarding service-learning 
    to other institutions of higher education.
        ``(3) Allocation.--The Corporation shall determine how the 
    funds reserved under section 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service 
    for a fiscal year will be allocated among the institutions 
    submitting acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In determining the 
    amount of funds to be allocated to such an institution, the 
    Corporation shall consider the number of students at the 
    institution, the quality and scope of the plan submitted by the 
    institution under paragraph (2), and the institution's current (as 
    of the date of submission of the plan) strategies to encourage or 
    assist students to pursue public service careers in the nonprofit 
    sector or government.''.
SEC. 1204. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH.
    Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended by 
section 1203, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

 ``PART III--INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS 
                              AND RESEARCH

    ``SEC. 119. INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING 
      PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH.
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this part:
        ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
    State educational agency, a State Commission, a territory, an 
    Indian tribe, an institution of higher education, or a public or 
    private nonprofit organization (including community-based 
    entities), a public or private elementary school or secondary 
    school, a local educational agency, a consortium of such entities, 
    or a consortium of 2 or more such entities and a for-profit 
    organization.
        ``(2) Eligible partnership.--The term `eligible partnership' 
    means a partnership that--
            ``(A) shall include--
                ``(i) 1 or more community-based entities that have 
            demonstrated records of success in carrying out service-
            learning programs with economically disadvantaged students, 
            and that meet such criteria as the Chief Executive Officer 
            may establish; and
                ``(ii) a local educational agency for which--

                    ``(I) a high number or percentage, as determined by 
                the Corporation, of the students served by the agency 
                are economically disadvantaged students; and
                    ``(II) the graduation rate (as defined in section 
                1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and 
                as clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by 
                the Department of Education for the secondary school 
                students served by the agency is less than 70 percent; 
                and

            ``(B) may also include--
                ``(i) a local government agency that is not described 
            in subparagraph (A);
                ``(ii) the office of the chief executive officer of a 
            unit of general local government;
                ``(iii) an institution of higher education;
                ``(iv) a State Commission or State educational agency; 
            or
                ``(v) more than 1 local educational agency described in 
            subclause (I).
        ``(3) Youth engagement zone.--The term `youth engagement zone' 
    means the area in which a youth engagement zone program is carried 
    out.
        ``(4) Youth engagement zone program.--The term `youth 
    engagement zone program' means a service-learning program in which 
    members of an eligible partnership collaborate to provide 
    coordinated school-based or community-based service-learning 
    opportunities--
            ``(A) in order to address a specific community challenge;
            ``(B) for an increasing percentage of out-of-school youth 
        and secondary school students served by a local educational 
        agency; and
            ``(C) in circumstances under which--
                ``(i) not less than 90 percent of such students 
            participate in service-learning activities as part of the 
            program; or
                ``(ii) service-learning is a part of the curriculum in 
            all of the secondary schools served by the local 
            educational agency.
    ``(b) General Authority.--From the amounts appropriated to carry 
out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make grants (which 
may include approved summer of service positions in the case of a grant 
for a program described in subsection (c)(8)) and fixed-amount grants 
(in accordance with section 129(l)) to eligible entities or eligible 
partnerships, as appropriate, for programs and activities described in 
subsection (c).
    ``(c) Authorized Activities.--Funds under this part may be used 
to--
        ``(1) integrate service-learning programs into the science, 
    technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this part 
    as `STEM') curricula at the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, 
    or postbaccalaureate levels in coordination with practicing or 
    retired STEM professionals;
        ``(2) involve students in service-learning programs focusing on 
    energy conservation in their community, including conducting 
    educational outreach on energy conservation and working to improve 
    energy efficiency in low-income housing and in public spaces;
        ``(3) involve students in service-learning programs in 
    emergency and disaster preparedness;
        ``(4) involve students in service-learning programs aimed at 
    improving access to and obtaining the benefits from computers and 
    other emerging technologies, including improving such access for 
    individuals with disabilities, in low-income or rural communities, 
    in senior centers and communities, in schools, in libraries, and in 
    other public spaces;
        ``(5) involve high school age youth in the mentoring of middle 
    school youth while involving all participants in service-learning 
    to seek to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, public 
    safety, or emergency and disaster preparedness needs in their 
    community;
        ``(6) conduct research and evaluations on service-learning, 
    including service-learning in middle schools, and disseminate such 
    research and evaluations widely;
        ``(7) conduct innovative and creative activities as described 
    in section 112(a);
        ``(8) establish or implement summer of service programs (giving 
    priority to programs that enroll youth who will be enrolled in any 
    of grades 6 through 9 at the end of the summer concerned) during 
    the summer months (including recruiting, training, and placing 
    service-learning coordinators)--
            ``(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any of grades 6 
        through 12 at the end of the summer concerned; and
            ``(B) for community-based service-learning projects--
                ``(i) that shall--

                    ``(I) meet unmet human, educational, environmental 
                (including energy conservation and stewardship), and 
                emergency and disaster preparedness and other public 
                safety needs; and
                    ``(II) be intensive, structured, supervised, and 
                designed to produce identifiable improvements to the 
                community;

                ``(ii) that may include the extension of academic year 
            service-learning programs into the summer months; and
                ``(iii) under which a student who completes 100 hours 
            of service as described in section 146(b)(2), shall be 
            eligible for a summer of service educational award of $500 
            or $750 as described in sections 146(a)(2)(C) and 147(d);
        ``(9) establish or implement youth engagement zone programs in 
    youth engagement zones, for students in secondary schools served by 
    local educational agencies for which a majority of such students do 
    not participate in service-learning activities that are--
            ``(A) carried out by eligible partnerships; and
            ``(B) designed to--
                ``(i) involve all students in secondary schools served 
            by the local educational agency in service-learning to 
            address a specific community challenge;
                ``(ii) improve student engagement, including student 
            attendance and student behavior, and student achievement, 
            graduation rates, and college-going rates at secondary 
            schools; and
                ``(iii) involve an increasing percentage of students in 
            secondary school and out-of-school youth in the community 
            in school-based or community-based service-learning 
            activities each year, with the goal of involving all 
            students in secondary schools served by the local 
            educational agency and involving an increasing percentage 
            of the out-of-school youth in service-learning activities; 
            and
        ``(10) conduct semester of service programs that--
            ``(A) provide opportunities for secondary school students 
        to participate in a semester of coordinated school-based or 
        community-based service-learning opportunities for a minimum of 
        70 hours (of which at least a third will be spent participating 
        in field-based activities) over a semester, to address specific 
        community challenges;
            ``(B) engage as participants high percentages or numbers of 
        economically disadvantaged students;
            ``(C) allow participants to receive academic credit, for 
        the time spent in the classroom and in the field for the 
        program, that is equivalent to the academic credit for any 
        class of equivalent length and with an equivalent time 
        commitment; and
            ``(D) ensure that the classroom-based instruction component 
        of the program is integrated into the academic program of the 
        local educational agency involved; and
        ``(11) carry out any other innovative service-learning programs 
    or research that the Corporation considers appropriate.
    ``(d) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant to carry out 
a program or activity under this part, an entity or partnership, as 
appropriate, shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an application 
at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may 
reasonably require, and obtain approval of the application.
    ``(e) Priority.--In making grants under this part, the Corporation 
shall give priority to applicants proposing to--
        ``(1) involve students and community stakeholders in the design 
    and implementation of service-learning programs carried out using 
    funds received under this part;
        ``(2) implement service-learning programs in low-income or 
    rural communities; and
        ``(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping the resources 
    of retired and retiring adults, in the planning and implementation 
    of service-learning programs.
    ``(f) Requirements.--
        ``(1) Term.--Each program or activity funded under this part 
    shall be carried out over a period of 3 years, which may include 1 
    planning year. In the case of a program funded under this part, the 
    3-year period may be extended by 1 year, if the program meets 
    performance levels established in accordance with section 179(k) 
    and any other criteria determined by the Corporation.
        ``(2) Collaboration encouraged.--Each entity carrying out a 
    program or activity funded under this part shall, to the extent 
    practicable, collaborate with entities carrying out programs under 
    this subtitle, subtitle C, and titles I and II of the Domestic 
    Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001 et 
    seq.).
        ``(3) Evaluation.--Not later than 4 years after the effective 
    date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct an 
    independent evaluation of the programs and activities carried out 
    using funds made available under this part, and determine best 
    practices relating to service-learning and recommendations for 
    improvement of those programs and activities. The Corporation shall 
    widely disseminate the results of the evaluations, and information 
    on the best practices and recommendations to the service community 
    through multiple channels, including the Corporation's Resource 
    Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies.''.
SEC. 1205. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY.
    Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended by 
section 1204, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

                ``PART IV--SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY

    ``SEC. 120. STUDY AND REPORT.
    ``(a) Study.--
        ``(1) In general.--From the sums reserved under section 
    501(a)(1)(B) for this section, the Corporation shall enter into a 
    contract with an entity that is not otherwise a recipient of 
    financial assistance under this subtitle, to conduct a 10-year 
    longitudinal study on the impact of the activities carried out 
    under this subtitle.
        ``(2) Contents.--In conducting the study, the entity shall 
    consider the impact of service-learning activities carried out 
    under this subtitle on students participating in such activities, 
    including in particular examining the degree to which the 
    activities--
            ``(A) improved student academic achievement;
            ``(B) improved student engagement;
            ``(C) improved graduation rates, as defined in section 
        1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in 
        applicable regulations promulgated by the Department of 
        Education; and
            ``(D) improved the degree to which the participants in the 
        activities engaged in subsequent national service, 
        volunteering, or other service activities, or pursued careers 
        in public service, in the nonprofit sector or government.
        ``(3) Analysis.--In carrying out such study, the entity shall 
    examine the impact of the service-learning activities on the 4 
    factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph 
    (2), analyzed in terms of how much time participants were engaged 
    in service-learning activities.
        ``(4) Best practices.--The entity shall collect information on 
    best practices concerning using service-learning activities to 
    improve the 4 factors.
    ``(b) Interim Reports.--The entity shall periodically submit 
reports to the Corporation containing the interim results of the study 
and the information on best practices. The Corporation shall submit 
such reports to the authorizing committees.
    ``(c) Final Report.--The entity shall submit a report to the 
Corporation containing the results of the study and the information on 
best practices. The Corporation shall submit such report to the 
authorizing committees, and shall make such report available to the 
public on the Corporation's website.
    ``(d) Consultation and Dissemination.--On receiving the report 
described in subsection (c), the Corporation shall consult with the 
Secretary of Education to review the results of the study, and to 
identify best practices concerning using service-learning activities to 
improve the 4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
subsection (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate information on the 
identified best practices.''.

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

SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES; LIMITS ON 
CORPORATION COSTS.
    Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
        after ``subdivisions of States,'' the following: 
        ``territories,''; and
            (B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ``section 
        122(a)'' and inserting ``subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
        122'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in the heading, by striking ``Agreements With Federal 
        Agencies'' and inserting ``Restrictions on Agreements With 
        Federal Agencies'';
            (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
        ``(1) Agreements authorized.--The Corporation may enter into an 
    interagency agreement (other than a grant agreement) with another 
    Federal agency to support a national service program carried out or 
    otherwise supported by the agency. The Corporation, in entering 
    into the interagency agreement may approve positions as approved 
    national service positions for a program carried out or otherwise 
    supported by the agency.'';
            (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
        ``(2) Prohibition on grants.--The Corporation may not provide a 
    grant under this section to a Federal agency.'';
            (D) in paragraph (3)--
                (i) by striking ``receiving assistance under this 
            subsection'' and inserting ``carrying out or supporting a 
            national service program''; and
                (ii) by striking ``using such assistance'' and 
            inserting ``through that program'';
            (E) in paragraph (4), by striking ``a contract or 
        cooperative agreement'' the first place it appears and 
        inserting ``an interagency agreement''; and
            (F) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Application of requirements.--A requirement under this 
    Act that applies to an entity receiving assistance under section 
    121 (other than a requirement limited to an entity receiving 
    assistance under section 121(a)) shall be considered to apply to a 
    Federal agency that enters into an interagency agreement under this 
    subsection, even though no Federal agency may receive financial 
    assistance under such an agreement.'';
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``subsections (a) and (b),'' and inserting ``subsection (a), 
        and in providing approved national service positions under 
        subsection (b),''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``to be provided'' and 
        inserting ``to be provided or otherwise approved'';
        (4) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), by striking 
    ``or (b)'';
        (5) in subsection (e)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Federal share of the 
        cost'' and inserting ``Corporation share of the cost (including 
        the costs of member living allowances, employment-related 
        taxes, health care coverage, and workers' compensation and 
        other necessary operation costs)''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) Other federal funds.--
            ``(A) Recipient report.--A recipient of assistance under 
        this section (other than a recipient of assistance through a 
        fixed-amount grant in accordance with section 129(l)) shall 
        report to the Corporation the amount and source of any Federal 
        funds used to carry out the program for which the assistance is 
        made available other than those provided by the Corporation.
            ``(B) Corporation report.--The Corporation shall report to 
        the authorizing committees on an annual basis information 
        regarding each recipient of such assistance that uses Federal 
        funds other than those provided by the Corporation to carry out 
        such a program, including the amounts and sources of the other 
        Federal funds.''; and
        (6) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Plan for Approved National Service Positions.--The 
Corporation shall--
        ``(1) develop a plan to--
            ``(A) establish the number of the approved national service 
        positions as 88,000 for fiscal year 2010;
            ``(B) increase the number of the approved positions to--
                ``(i) 115,000 for fiscal year 2011;
                ``(ii) 140,000 for fiscal year 2012;
                ``(iii) 170,000 for fiscal year 2013;
                ``(iv) 200,000 for fiscal year 2014;
                ``(v) 210,000 for fiscal year 2015;
                ``(vi) 235,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                ``(vii) 250,000 for fiscal year 2017;
            ``(C) ensure that the increases described in subparagraph 
        (B) are achieved through an appropriate balance of full- and 
        part-time service positions;
        ``(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 
    Serve America Act, submit a report to the authorizing committees on 
    the status of the plan described in paragraph (1); and
        ``(3) subject to the availability of appropriations and quality 
    service opportunities, implement the plan described in paragraph 
    (1).''.
SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.
    Section 122 is amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM 
      ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) National Service Corps.--The recipient of a grant under 
section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 
service program under section 121(b) shall use a portion of the 
financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through 
subgrants to other entities, to support or carry out the following 
national service corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or 
programs, to address unmet needs:
        ``(1) Education corps.--
            ``(A) In general.--The recipient may carry out national 
        service programs through an Education Corps that identifies and 
        meets unmet educational needs within communities through 
        activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) and 
        improves performance on the indicators described in 
        subparagraph (C).
            ``(B) Activities.--An Education Corps described in this 
        paragraph may carry out activities such as--
                ``(i) tutoring, or providing other academic support to 
            elementary school and secondary school students;
                ``(ii) improving school climate;
                ``(iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer 
            mentoring;
                ``(iv) linking needed integrated services and 
            comprehensive supports with students, their families, and 
            their public schools;
                ``(v) providing assistance to a school in expanding the 
            school day by strengthening the quality of staff and 
            expanding the academic programming offered in an expanded 
            learning time initiative, a program of a 21st century 
            community learning center (as defined in section 4201 of 
            the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
            U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality after-school program;
                ``(vi) assisting schools and local educational agencies 
            in improving and expanding high-quality service-learning 
            programs that keep students engaged in schools by carrying 
            out programs that provide specialized training to 
            individuals in service-learning, and place the individuals 
            (after such training) in positions as service-learning 
            coordinators, to facilitate service-learning in programs 
            eligible for funding under part I of subtitle B;
                ``(vii) assisting students in being prepared for 
            college-level work;
                ``(viii) involving family members of students in 
            supporting teachers and students;
                ``(ix) conducting a preprofessional training program in 
            which students enrolled in an institution of higher 
            education--

                    ``(I) receive training (which may include classes 
                containing service-learning) in specified fields 
                including early childhood education and care, 
                elementary and secondary education, and other fields 
                such as those relating to health services, criminal 
                justice, environmental stewardship and conservation, or 
                public safety;
                    ``(II) perform service related to such training 
                outside the classroom during the school term and during 
                summer or other vacation periods; and
                    ``(III) agree to provide service upon graduation to 
                meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public 
                safety needs related to such training;

                ``(x) assisting economically disadvantaged students in 
            navigating the college admissions process;
                ``(xi) providing other activities, addressing unmet 
            educational needs, that the Corporation may designate; or
                ``(xii) providing skilled musicians and artists to 
            promote greater community unity through the use of music 
            and arts education and engagement through work in low-
            income communities, and education, health care, and 
            therapeutic settings, and other work in the public domain 
            with citizens of all ages.
            ``(C) Education corps indicators.--The indicators for a 
        corps program described in this paragraph are--
                ``(i) student engagement, including student attendance 
            and student behavior;
                ``(ii) student academic achievement;
                ``(iii) secondary school graduation rates as defined in 
            section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary 
            Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as 
            clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by the 
            Department of Education;
                ``(iv) rate of college enrollment and continued college 
            enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma;
                ``(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 
            education for students that the Corporation, in 
            consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of 
            Education, establishes; or
                ``(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a 
            particular recipient and on which an improvement in 
            performance is needed) relating to improving education for 
            students, that is approved by the Corporation or a State 
            Commission.
        ``(2) Healthy futures corps.--
            ``(A) In general.--The recipient may carry out national 
        service programs through a Healthy Futures Corps that 
        identifies and meets unmet health needs within communities 
        through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) 
        and improves performance on the indicators described in 
        subparagraph (C).
            ``(B) Activities.--A Healthy Futures Corps described in 
        this paragraph may carry out activities such as--
                ``(i) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals 
            in navigating the health services system;
                ``(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to 
            health services, including oral health services, for 
            themselves or their children;
                ``(iii) educating economically disadvantaged 
            individuals and individuals who are members of medically 
            underserved populations about, and engaging individuals 
            described in this clause in, initiatives regarding 
            navigating the health services system and regarding disease 
            prevention and health promotion, with a particular focus on 
            common health conditions, chronic diseases, and conditions, 
            for which disease prevention and health promotion measures 
            exist and for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial 
            and ethnic health disparities exist;
                ``(iv) improving the literacy of patients regarding 
            health, including oral health;
                ``(v) providing translation services at clinics and in 
            emergency rooms to improve health services;
                ``(vi) providing services designed to meet the health 
            needs of rural communities, including the recruitment of 
            youth to work in health professions in such communities;
                ``(vii) assisting in health promotion interventions 
            that improve health status, and helping people adopt and 
            maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve health 
            status;
                ``(viii) addressing childhood obesity through in-school 
            and after-school physical activities, and providing 
            nutrition education to students, in elementary schools and 
            secondary schools; or
                ``(ix) providing activities, addressing unmet health 
            needs, that the Corporation may designate.
            ``(C) Healthy futures corps indicators.--The indicators for 
        a corps program described in this paragraph are--
                ``(i) access to health services among economically 
            disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are members 
            of medically underserved populations;
                ``(ii) access to health services for uninsured 
            individuals, including such individuals who are 
            economically disadvantaged children;
                ``(iii) participation, among economically disadvantaged 
            individuals and individuals who are members of medically 
            underserved populations, in disease prevention and health 
            promotion initiatives, particularly those with a focus on 
            addressing common health conditions, addressing chronic 
            diseases, and decreasing health disparities;
                ``(iv) literacy of patients regarding health;
                ``(v) any additional indicator, relating to improving 
            or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged 
            individuals and individuals who are members of medically 
            underserved populations, that the Corporation, in 
            consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Health 
            and Human Services and the Director of the Centers for 
            Disease Control and Prevention, establishes; or
                ``(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a 
            particular recipient and on which an improvement in 
            performance is needed) relating to improving or protecting 
            the health of economically disadvantaged individuals and 
            individuals who are members of medically underserved 
            populations, that is approved by the Corporation or a State 
            Commission.
        ``(3) Clean energy service corps.--
            ``(A) In general.--The recipient may carry out national 
        service projects through a Clean Energy Service Corps that 
        identifies and meets unmet environmental needs within 
        communities through activities such as those described in 
        subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the indicators 
        described in subparagraph (C).
            ``(B) Activities.--A Clean Energy Service Corps described 
        in this paragraph may carry out activities such as--
                ``(i) weatherizing and retrofitting housing units for 
            low-income households to significantly improve the energy 
            efficiency and reduce carbon emissions of such housing 
            units;
                ``(ii) building energy-efficient housing units in low-
            income communities;
                ``(iii) conducting energy audits for low-income 
            households and recommending ways for the households to 
            improve energy efficiency;
                ``(iv) providing clean energy-related services designed 
            to meet the needs of rural communities;
                ``(v) working with schools and youth programs to 
            educate students and youth about ways to reduce home energy 
            use and improve the environment, including conducting 
            service-learning projects to provide such education;
                ``(vi) assisting in the development of local recycling 
            programs;
                ``(vii) renewing and rehabilitating national and State 
            parks and forests, city parks, county parks and other 
            public lands, and trails owned or maintained by the Federal 
            Government or a State, including planting trees, carrying 
            out reforestation, carrying out forest health restoration 
            measures, carrying out erosion control measures, fire 
            hazard reduction measures, and rehabilitation and 
            maintenance of historic sites and structures throughout the 
            national park system, and providing trail enhancements, 
            rehabilitation, and repairs;
                ``(viii) cleaning and improving rivers maintained by 
            the Federal Government or a State;
                ``(ix) carrying out projects in partnership with the 
            National Park Service, designed to renew and rehabilitate 
            national park resources and enhance services and learning 
            opportunities for national park visitors, and nearby 
            communities and schools;
                ``(x) providing service through a full-time, year-round 
            youth corps program or full-time summer youth corps 
            program, such as a conservation corps or youth service 
            corps program that--

                    ``(I) undertakes meaningful service projects with 
                visible public benefits, including projects involving 
                urban renewal, sustaining natural resources, or 
                improving human services;
                    ``(II) includes as participants youths and young 
                adults who are age 16 through 25, including out-of-
                school youth and other disadvantaged youth (such as 
                youth who are aging out of foster care, youth who have 
                limited English proficiency, homeless youth, and youth 
                who are individuals with disabilities), who are age 16 
                through 25; and
                    ``(III) provides those participants who are youth 
                and young adults with--

                        ``(aa) team-based, highly structured, and 
                    adult-supervised work experience, life skills, 
                    education, career guidance and counseling, 
                    employment training, and support services including 
                    mentoring; and
                        ``(bb) the opportunity to develop citizenship 
                    values and skills through service to their 
                    community and the United States;
                ``(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet 
            environmental and workforce needs, that the Corporation may 
            designate.
            ``(C) Clean energy service corps indicators.--The 
        indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph 
        are--
                ``(i) the number of housing units of low-income 
            households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly 
            improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions;
                ``(ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in 
            those costs) at facilities where participants have provided 
            service;
                ``(iii) the number of students and youth receiving 
            education or training in energy-efficient and 
            environmentally conscious practices;
                ``(iv)(I) the number of acres of national parks, State 
            parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, 
            that are cleaned or improved; and
                ``(II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or 
            miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the 
            Federal Government or a State, that are cleaned or 
            improved;
                ``(v) any additional indicator relating to clean 
            energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or 
            education and skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that 
            the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) with the 
            Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
            Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the 
            Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, establishes; or
                ``(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a 
            particular recipient and on which an improvement in 
            performance is needed) relating to clean energy, the 
            reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education or 
            skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is approved by 
            the Corporation or a State Commission.
        ``(4) Veterans corps.--
            ``(A) In general.--The recipient may carry out national 
        service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies and 
        meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces 
        who are on active duty through activities such as those 
        described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the 
        indicators described in subparagraph (C).
            ``(B) Activities.--A Veterans Corps described in this 
        paragraph may carry out activities such as--
                ``(i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the 
            unique needs of military families while a family member is 
            deployed and upon that family member's return home;
                ``(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly returning 
            veterans, into service opportunities, including 
            opportunities that utilize their military experience;
                ``(iii) assisting veterans in developing their 
            educational opportunities (including opportunities for 
            professional certification, licensure, or credentials), 
            coordinating activities with and assisting State and local 
            agencies administering veterans education benefits, and 
            coordinating activities with and assisting entities 
            administering veterans programs with internships and 
            fellowships that could lead to employment in the private 
            and public sectors;
                ``(iv) promoting efforts within a community to serve 
            the needs of veterans and members of the Armed Forces who 
            are on active duty, including helping veterans file 
            benefits claims and assisting Federal agencies in providing 
            services to veterans, and sending care packages to Members 
            of the Armed Forces who are deployed;
                ``(v) assisting veterans in developing mentoring 
            relationships with economically disadvantaged students;
                ``(vi) developing projects to assist veterans with 
            disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older veterans, 
            and veterans in rural communities, including assisting 
            veterans described in this clause with transportation; or
                ``(vii) other activities, addressing unmet needs of 
            veterans, that the Corporation may designate.
            ``(C) Veterans' corps indicators.--The indicators for a 
        corps program described in this paragraph are--
                ``(i) the number of housing units created for veterans;
                ``(ii) the number of veterans who pursue educational 
            opportunities;
                ``(iii) the number of veterans receiving professional 
            certification, licensure, or credentials;
                ``(iv) the number of veterans engaged in service 
            opportunities;
                ``(v) the number of military families assisted by 
            organizations while a family member is deployed and upon 
            that family member's return home;
                ``(vi) the number of economically disadvantaged 
            students engaged in mentoring relationships with veterans;
                ``(vii) the number of projects designed to meet 
            identifiable public needs of veterans, especially veterans 
            with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older 
            veterans, and veterans in rural communities;
                ``(viii) any additional indicator that relates to 
            education or skill attainment that assists in providing 
            veterans with the skills to address identifiable public 
            needs, or that relates to improving the lives of veterans, 
            of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, and of 
            families of the veterans and the members on active duty, 
            and that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) 
            with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, establishes; or
                ``(ix) any additional local indicator (applicable to a 
            particular recipient and on which an improvement in 
            performance is needed) relating to the education or skill 
            attainment, or the improvement, described in clause (viii), 
            that is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission.
        ``(5) Opportunity corps.--
            ``(A) In general.--The recipient may carry out national 
        service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identifies 
        and meets unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for 
        economically disadvantaged individuals within communities, 
        through activities such as those described in subparagraph (B) 
        and improves performance on the indicators described in 
        subparagraph (C).
            ``(B) Activities.--An Opportunity Corps described in this 
        paragraph may carry out activities such as--
                ``(i) providing financial literacy education to 
            economically disadvantaged individuals, including financial 
            literacy education with regard to credit management, 
            financial institutions including banks and credit unions, 
            and utilization of savings plans;
                ``(ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, 
            or preservation of housing units, including energy 
            efficient homes, for economically disadvantaged 
            individuals;
                ``(iii) assisting economically disadvantaged 
            individuals, including homeless individuals, in finding 
            placement in and maintaining housing;
                ``(iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individuals 
            in obtaining access to health services for themselves or 
            their children;
                ``(v) assisting individuals in obtaining information 
            about Federal, State, local, or private programs or 
            benefits focused on assisting economically disadvantaged 
            individuals, economically disadvantaged children, or low-
            income families;
                ``(vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of job 
            training for economically disadvantaged individuals;
                ``(vii) assisting economically disadvantaged 
            individuals in obtaining access to job placement 
            assistance;
                ``(viii) carrying out a program that seeks to eliminate 
            hunger in low-income communities and rural areas through 
            service in projects--

                    ``(I) involving food banks, food pantries, and 
                nonprofit organizations that provide food during 
                emergencies;
                    ``(II) seeking to address the long-term causes of 
                hunger through education and the delivery of 
                appropriate services;
                    ``(III) providing training in basic health, 
                nutrition, and life skills necessary to alleviate 
                hunger in communities and rural areas; or
                    ``(IV) assisting individuals in obtaining 
                information about federally supported nutrition 
                programs;

                ``(ix) addressing issues faced by homebound citizens, 
            such as needs for food deliveries, legal and medical 
            services, nutrition information, and transportation;
                ``(x) implementing an E-Corps program that involves 
            participants who provide services in a community by 
            developing and assisting in carrying out technology 
            programs that seek to increase access to technology and the 
            benefits of technology in such community; and
                ``(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing unmet 
            needs relating to economic opportunity for economically 
            disadvantaged individuals, that the Corporation may 
            designate.
            ``(C) Opportunity corps indicators.--The indicators for a 
        corps program described in this paragraph are--
                ``(i) the degree of financial literacy among 
            economically disadvantaged individuals;
                ``(ii) the number of housing units built or improved 
            for economically disadvantaged individuals or low-income 
            families;
                ``(iii) the number of economically disadvantaged 
            individuals with access to job training and other skill 
            enhancement;
                ``(iv) the number of economically disadvantaged 
            individuals with access to information about job placement 
            services;
                ``(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 
            economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged 
            individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as 
            appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human 
            Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing 
            and Urban Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
            establishes; or
                ``(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to a 
            particular recipient and on which an improvement in 
            performance is needed) that is approved by the Corporation 
            or a State Commission.
    ``(b) National Service Programs.--
        ``(1) In general.--The recipient of a grant under section 
    121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 
    service program under section 121(b) may use the financial 
    assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants to 
    other entities, to carry out national service programs and model 
    programs under this subsection that are focused on meeting 
    community needs and improve performance on the indicators described 
    in paragraph (3).
        ``(2) Programs.--The programs may include the following types 
    of national service programs:
            ``(A) A community service program designed to meet the 
        needs of rural communities, using teams or individual 
        placements to address the development needs of rural 
        communities, including addressing rural poverty, or the need 
        for health services, education, or job training.
            ``(B) A program--
                ``(i) that engages participants in public health, 
            emergency and disaster preparedness, and other public 
            safety activities;
                ``(ii) that may include the recruitment of qualified 
            participants for, and placement of the participants in, 
            positions to be trainees as law enforcement officers, 
            firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emergency 
            medical service workers; and
                ``(iii) that may engage Federal, State, and local 
            stakeholders, in collaboration, to organize more effective 
            responses to issues of public health, emergencies and 
            disasters, and other public safety issues.
            ``(C) A program that seeks to expand the number of mentors 
        for disadvantaged youths and other youths (including by 
        recruiting high school-, and college-age individuals to enter 
        into mentoring relationships), either through--
                ``(i) provision of direct mentoring services;
                ``(ii) provision of supportive services to direct 
            mentoring service organizations (in the case of a 
            partnership);
                ``(iii) the creative utilization of current and 
            emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors; or
                ``(iv) supporting mentoring partnerships (including 
            statewide and local mentoring partnerships that strengthen 
            direct service mentoring programs) by--

                    ``(I) increasing State resources dedicated to 
                mentoring;
                    ``(II) supporting the creation of statewide and 
                local mentoring partnerships and programs of national 
                scope through collaborative efforts between entities 
                such as local or direct service mentoring partnerships, 
                or units of State or local government; and
                    ``(III) assisting direct service mentoring 
                programs.

            ``(D) A program--
                ``(i) in which not less than 75 percent of the 
            participants are disadvantaged youth;
                ``(ii) that may provide life skills training, 
            employment training, educational counseling, assistance to 
            complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized 
            equivalent, counseling, or a mentoring relationship with an 
            adult volunteer; and
                ``(iii) for which, in awarding financial assistance and 
            approved national service positions, the Corporation shall 
            give priority to programs that engage retirees to serve as 
            mentors.
            ``(E) A program--
                ``(i) that reengages court-involved youth and adults 
            with the goal of reducing recidivism;
                ``(ii) that may create support systems beginning in 
            correctional facilities; and
                ``(iii) that may have life skills training, employment 
            training, an education program (including a program to 
            complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized 
            equivalent), educational and career counseling, and 
            postprogram placement services.
            ``(F) A demonstration program--
                ``(i) that has as 1 of its primary purposes the 
            recruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth and 
            adults as participants, volunteers, or members; and
                ``(ii) that may serve any purpose otherwise permitted 
            under this Act.
            ``(G) A program that provides education or job training 
        services that are designed to meet the needs of rural 
        communities.
            ``(H) A program that seeks to expand the number of mentors 
        for youth in foster care through--
                ``(i) the provision of direct academic mentoring 
            services for youth in foster care;
                ``(ii) the provision of supportive services to 
            mentoring service organizations that directly provide 
            mentoring to youth in foster care, including providing 
            training of mentors in child development, domestic 
            violence, foster care, confidentiality requirements, and 
            other matters related to working with youth in foster care; 
            or
                ``(iii) supporting foster care mentoring partnerships, 
            including statewide and local mentoring partnerships that 
            strengthen direct service mentoring programs.
            ``(I) Such other national service programs addressing unmet 
        human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs as 
        the Corporation may designate.
        ``(3) Indicators.--The indicators for a program described in 
    this subsection are the indicators described in subparagraph (C) of 
    paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) or any 
    additional local indicator (applicable to a participant or 
    recipient and on which an improvement in performance is needed) 
    relating to meeting unmet community needs, that is approved by the 
    Corporation or a State Commission.
    ``(c) Program Models for Service Corps.--
        ``(1) In general.--In addition to any activities described in 
    subparagraph (B) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), 
    and subsection (b)(2), a recipient of a grant under section 121(a) 
    and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national service 
    program under section 121(b) may directly or through grants or 
    subgrants to other entities carry out a national service corps 
    program through the following program models:
            ``(A) A community corps program that meets unmet health, 
        veteran, and other human, educational, environmental, or public 
        safety needs and promotes greater community unity through the 
        use of organized teams of participants of varied social and 
        economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical and developmental 
        capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders.
            ``(B) A service program that--
                ``(i) recruits individuals with special skills or 
            provides specialized preservice training to enable 
            participants to be placed individually or in teams in 
            positions in which the participants can meet such unmet 
            needs; and
                ``(ii) if consistent with the purposes of the program, 
            brings participants together for additional training and 
            other activities designed to foster civic responsibility, 
            increase the skills of participants, and improve the 
            quality of the service provided.
            ``(C) A campus-based program that is designed to provide 
        substantial service in a community during the school term and 
        during summer or other vacation periods through the use of--
                ``(i) students who are attending an institution of 
            higher education, including students participating in a 
            work-study program assisted under part C of title IV of the 
            Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
                ``(ii) teams composed of students described in clause 
            (i); or
                ``(iii) teams composed of a combination of such 
            students and community residents.
            ``(D) A professional corps program that recruits and places 
        qualified participants in positions--
                ``(i) as teachers, nurses and other health care 
            providers, police officers, early childhood development 
            staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service 
            to meet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
            needs in communities with an inadequate number of such 
            professionals;
                ``(ii) for which the salary may exceed the maximum 
            living allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) of section 
            140, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; and
                ``(iii) that are sponsored by public or private 
            employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries and 
            benefits (other than any national service educational award 
            under subtitle D) of the participants.
            ``(E) A program that provides opportunities for veterans to 
        participate in service projects.
            ``(F) A program carried out by an intermediary that builds 
        the capacity of local nonprofit and faith-based organizations 
        to expand and enhance services to meet local or national needs.
            ``(G) Such other program models as may be approved by the 
        Corporation or a State Commission, as appropriate.
        ``(2) Program models within corps.--A recipient of financial 
    assistance or approved national service positions for a corps 
    program described in subsection (a) may use the assistance or 
    positions to carry out the corps program, in whole or in part, 
    using a program model described in this subsection. The corps 
    program shall meet the applicable requirements of subsection (a) 
    and this subsection.
    ``(d) Qualification Criteria To Determine Eligibility.--
        ``(1) Establishment by corporation.--The Corporation shall 
    establish qualification criteria for different types of national 
    service programs for the purpose of determining whether a 
    particular national service program should be considered to be a 
    national service program eligible to receive assistance or approved 
    national service positions under this subtitle.
        ``(2) Consultation.--In establishing qualification criteria 
    under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall consult with 
    organizations and individuals with extensive experience in 
    developing and administering effective national service programs or 
    regarding the delivery of veteran services, and other human, 
    educational, environmental, or public safety services, to 
    communities or persons.
        ``(3) Application to subgrants.--The qualification criteria 
    established by the Corporation under paragraph (1) shall also be 
    used by each recipient of assistance under section 121(a) that uses 
    any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant program to support 
    other national service programs.
        ``(4) Encouragement of intergenerational components of 
    programs.--The Corporation shall encourage national service 
    programs eligible to receive assistance or approved national 
    service positions under this subtitle to establish, if consistent 
    with the purposes of the program, an intergenerational component of 
    the program that combines students, out-of-school youths, 
    disadvantaged youth, and older adults as participants to provide 
    services to address unmet human, educational, environmental, or 
    public safety needs.
    ``(e) Priorities for Certain Corps.--In awarding financial 
assistance and approved national service positions to eligible entities 
proposed to carry out the corps described in subsection (a)--
        ``(1) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)--
            ``(A) the Corporation may give priority to eligible 
        entities that propose to provide support for participants who, 
        after completing service under this section, will undertake 
        careers to improve performance on health indicators described 
        in subsection (a)(2)(C); and
            ``(B) the Corporation shall give priority to eligible 
        entities that propose to carry out national service programs in 
        medically underserved areas (as designated individually, by the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services as an area with a 
        shortage of personal health services); and
        ``(2) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(3), 
    the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that 
    propose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps 
    so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps are 
    economically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such 
    individuals support services and education and training to develop 
    skills needed for clean energy jobs for which there is current 
    demand or projected future demand.
    ``(f) National Service Priorities.--
        ``(1) Establishment.--
            ``(A) By corporation.--In order to concentrate national 
        efforts on meeting human, educational, environmental, or public 
        safety needs and to achieve the other purposes of this Act, the 
        Corporation, after reviewing the strategic plan approved under 
        section 192A(g)(1,) shall establish, and may periodically 
        alter, priorities regarding the types of national service 
        programs and corps to be assisted under section 129 and the 
        purposes for which such assistance may be used.
            ``(B) By states.--Consistent with paragraph (4), States 
        shall establish, and through the national service plan process 
        described in section 178(e)(1), periodically alter priorities 
        as appropriate regarding the national service programs to be 
        assisted under section 129(e). The State priorities shall be 
        subject to Corporation review as part of the application 
        process under section 130.
        ``(2) Notice to applicants.--The Corporation shall provide 
    advance notice to potential applicants of any national service 
    priorities to be in effect under this subsection for a fiscal year. 
    The notice shall specifically include--
            ``(A) a description of any alteration made in the 
        priorities since the previous notice; and
            ``(B) a description of the national service programs that 
        are designated by the Corporation under section 133(d)(2) as 
        eligible for priority consideration in the next competitive 
        distribution of assistance under section 121(a).
        ``(3) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by regulation 
    establish procedures to ensure the equitable treatment of national 
    service programs that--
            ``(A) receive funding under this subtitle for multiple 
        years; and
            ``(B) would be adversely affected by annual revisions in 
        such national service priorities.
        ``(4) Application to subgrants.--Any national service 
    priorities established by the Corporation under this subsection 
    shall also be used by each recipient of funds under section 121(a) 
    that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant program 
    to support other national service programs.
    ``(g) Consultation on Indicators.--The Corporation shall consult 
with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, 
in developing additional indicators for the corps and programs 
described in subsections (a) and (b).
    ``(h) Requirements for Tutors.--
        ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
    Corporation shall require that each recipient of assistance under 
    the national service laws that operates a tutoring program 
    involving elementary school or secondary school students certifies 
    that individuals serving in approved national service positions as 
    tutors in such program have--
            ``(A) obtained their high school diplomas; and
            ``(B) successfully completed pre- and in-service training 
        for tutors.
        ``(2) Exception.--The requirements in paragraph (1) do not 
    apply to an individual serving in an approved national service 
    position who is enrolled in an elementary school or secondary 
    school and is providing tutoring services through a structured, 
    school-managed cross-grade tutoring program.
    ``(i) Requirements for Tutoring Programs.--Each tutoring program 
that receives assistance under the national service laws shall--
        ``(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, research-based, 
    and consistent with the State academic content standards required 
    by section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
    1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the local 
    educational agency; and
        ``(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and in-service 
    training for tutors.
    ``(j) Citizenship Training.--The Corporation shall establish 
guidelines for recipients of assistance under the national service 
laws, that are consistent with the principles on which citizenship 
programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are 
based, relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic engagement 
among participants in approved national service positions and approved 
summer of service positions, and appropriate to the age, education, and 
experience of the participants.
    ``(k) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal 
year for which the Corporation makes grants under section 121(a), the 
Corporation shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees a 
report containing--
        ``(1) information describing how the Corporation allocated 
    financial assistance and approved national service positions among 
    eligible entities proposed to carry out corps and national service 
    programs described in this section for that fiscal year;
        ``(2) information describing the amount of financial assistance 
    and the number of approved national service positions the 
    Corporation provided to each corps and national service program 
    described in this section for that fiscal year;
        ``(3) a measure of the extent to which the corps and national 
    service programs improved performance on the corresponding 
    indicators; and
        ``(4) information describing how the Corporation is 
    coordinating--
            ``(A) the national service programs funded under this 
        section; with
            ``(B) applicable programs, as determined by the 
        Corporation, carried out under subtitle B of this title, and 
        part A of title I and parts A and B of title II of the Domestic 
        Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001, 
        5011) that improve performance on those indicators or otherwise 
        address identified community needs.''.
SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS.
    Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking ``section 122(a)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122''; and
            (B) by striking ``or (b)'';
        (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
            (A) by inserting after ``subdivision of a State,'' the 
        following: ``a territory,''; and
            (B) by striking ``Federal agency'' and inserting ``Federal 
        agency (under an interagency agreement described in section 
        121(b))'';
        (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ``section 122(a)(3)'' and 
    inserting ``section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi)'';
        (4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``National'' before 
    ``Civilian Community Corps'';
        (5) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
        (6) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
        ``(7) A position involving service in the ServeAmerica 
    Fellowship program carried out under section 198B.''.
SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING AND TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE.
    Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is repealed.
SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHALLENGE GRANTS.
    Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``$125,000 and $750,000'' and inserting 
            ``$250,000 and $1,000,000''; and
                (ii) by striking ``501(a)(4)'' and inserting 
            ``501(a)(5)''; and
            (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
        ``(2) Matching requirement.--In making a grant to a State under 
    this subsection, the Corporation shall require the State to agree 
    to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of not less than 
    $1 for every $1 provided by the Corporation through the grant.
        ``(3) Alternative.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Chief 
    Executive Officer may permit a State that demonstrates hardship or 
    a new State Commission to meet alternative matching requirements 
    for such a grant as follows:
            ``(A) First $100,000.--For the first $100,000 of grant 
        funds provided by the Corporation, the State involved shall not 
        be required to provide matching funds.
            ``(B) Amounts greater than $100,000.--For grant amounts of 
        more than $100,000 and not more than $250,000 provided by the 
        Corporation, the State shall agree to provide matching funds 
        from non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $2 
        provided by the Corporation, in excess of $100,000.
            ``(C) Amounts greater than $250,000.--For grant amounts of 
        more than $250,000 provided by the Corporation, the State shall 
        agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of not 
        less than $1 for every $1 provided by the Corporation, in 
        excess of $250,000.'';
        (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Disaster Service.--The Corporation may undertake activities, 
including activities carried out through part A of title I of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), to 
involve programs that receive assistance under the national service 
laws in disaster relief efforts, and to support, including through 
mission assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), nonprofit 
organizations and public agencies responding to the needs of 
communities experiencing disasters.''; and
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to national service 
        programs that receive assistance under section 121'' and 
        inserting ``to programs supported under the national service 
        laws''; and
            (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
        ``(3) Amount of assistance.--A challenge grant under this 
    subsection may provide, for an initial 3-year grant period, not 
    more than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each $1 in 
    cash raised from private sources by the program supported under the 
    national service laws in excess of amounts required to be provided 
    by the program to satisfy matching funds requirements. After an 
    initial 3-year grant period, a grant under this subsection may 
    provide not more than $1 of assistance under this subsection for 
    each $2 in cash raised from private sources by the program in 
    excess of amounts required to be provided by the program to satisfy 
    matching funds requirements. The Corporation may permit the use of 
    local or State funds under this paragraph in lieu of cash raised 
    from private sources if the Corporation determines that such use 
    would be equitable due to a lack of available private funds at the 
    local level. The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the 
    amount of assistance that may be provided to a national service 
    program under this subsection.''.
SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND OTHER ELIGIBLE 
ENTITIES.
    Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE 
      POSITIONS.
    ``(a) One Percent Allotment for Certain Territories.--Of the funds 
allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 
121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for 
grants to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands upon approval by the 
Corporation of an application submitted under section 130. The 
Corporation shall allot for a grant to each such territory under this 
subsection for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to 1 
percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population 
of the territory bears to the total population of all such territories.
    ``(b) Allotment for Indian Tribes.--Of the funds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a 
fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent for 
grants to Indian tribes to be allotted by the Corporation on a 
competitive basis.
    ``(c) Reservation of Approved Positions.--The Corporation shall 
ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year for 
assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the 
National Civilian Community Corps Program under subtitle E shall 
receive the national service educational award described in subtitle D 
if the individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for the award. 
Funds for approved national service positions required by this 
paragraph for a fiscal year shall be deducted from the total funding 
for approved national service positions to be available for 
distribution under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year.
    ``(d) Allotment for Competitive Grants.--
        ``(1) In general.--Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
    for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year 
    and subject to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve not 
    more than 62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis to 
    States specified in subsection (e)(1) for national service 
    programs, to nonprofit organizations seeking to operate a national 
    service program in 2 or more of those States, and to Indian tribes.
        ``(2) Equitable treatment.--In the consideration of 
    applications for such grants, the Corporation shall ensure the 
    equitable treatment of applicants from urban areas, applicants from 
    rural areas, applicants of diverse sizes (as measured by the number 
    of participants served), applicants from States, and applicants 
    from national nonprofit organizations.
        ``(3) Encore service programs.--In making grants under this 
    subsection for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make an effort 
    to allocate not less than 10 percent of the financial assistance 
    and approved national service positions provided through the grants 
    for that fiscal year to eligible entities proposing to carry out 
    encore service programs, unless the Corporation does not receive a 
    sufficient number of applications of adequate quality to justify 
    making that percentage available to those eligible entities.
        ``(4) Corps programs.--In making grants under this subsection 
    for a fiscal year, the Corporation--
            ``(A) shall select 2 or more of the national service corps 
        described in section 122(a) to receive grants under this 
        subsection; and
            ``(B) may select national service programs described in 
        section 122(b) to receive such grants.
    ``(e) Allotment to Certain States on Formula Basis.--
        ``(1) Grants.--Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 
    provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the 
    Corporation shall make a grant to each of the several States, the 
    District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that 
    submits an application under section 130 that is approved by the 
    Corporation.
        ``(2) Allotments.--The Corporation shall allot for a grant to 
    each such State under this subsection for a fiscal year an amount 
    that bears the same ratio to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds 
    for that fiscal year as the population of the State bears to the 
    total population of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
    and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in compliance with paragraph 
    (3).
        ``(3) Minimum amount.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 
    minimum grant made available to each State approved by the 
    Corporation under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year shall be at 
    least $600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for the 
    State formula under this subsection for the fiscal year, whichever 
    is greater.
    ``(f) Effect of Failure To Apply.--If a State or territory fails to 
apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation of its intent to 
apply for, an allotment under this section, or the Corporation does not 
approve the application consistent with section 133, the Corporation 
may use the amount that would have been allotted under this section to 
the State or territory to--
        ``(1) make grants (and provide approved national service 
    positions in connection with such grants) to other community-based 
    entities under section 121 that propose to carry out national 
    service programs in such State or territory; and
        ``(2) make reallotments to other States or territories with 
    approved applications submitted under section 130, from the 
    allotment funds not used to make grants as described in paragraph 
    (1).
    ``(g) Application Required.--The Corporation shall make an 
allotment of assistance (including the provision of approved national 
service positions) to a recipient under this section only pursuant to 
an application submitted by a State or other applicant under section 
130.
    ``(h) Approval of Positions Subject to Available Funds.--The 
Corporation may not approve positions as approved national service 
positions under this subtitle for a fiscal year in excess of the number 
of such positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available 
funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, taking into 
consideration funding needs for national service educational awards 
under subtitle D based on completed service. If appropriations are 
insufficient to provide the maximum allowable national service 
educational awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the 
Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reasonable adjustments 
to program rules.
    ``(i) Sponsorship of Approved National Service Positions.--
        ``(1) Sponsorship authorized.--The Corporation may enter into 
    agreements with persons or entities who offer to sponsor national 
    service positions for which the person or entity will be 
    responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a national 
    service educational award. The distribution of those approved 
    national service positions shall be made pursuant to the agreement, 
    and the creation of those positions shall not be taken into 
    consideration in determining the number of approved national 
    service positions to be available for distribution under this 
    section.
        ``(2) Deposit of contribution.--Funds provided pursuant to an 
    agreement under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the National 
    Service Trust established in section 145 until such time as the 
    funds are needed.
    ``(j) Reservation of Funds for Special Assistance.--
        ``(1) Reservation.--From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year 
    pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
    501(a)(2) and allocated to carry out subtitle C and subject to the 
    limitation in such section, the Corporation may reserve such amount 
    as the Corporation considers to be appropriate for the purpose of 
    making assistance available under subsections (b) and (c) of 
    section 126.
        ``(2) Limitation.--The amount reserved under paragraph (1) for 
    a fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000.
        ``(3) Timing.--The Corporation shall reserve such amount, and 
    any amount reserved under subsection (k) from funds appropriated 
    and allocated to carry out subtitle C, before allocating funds for 
    the provision of assistance under any other provision of this 
    subtitle.
    ``(k) Reservation of Funds To Increase the Participation of 
Individuals With Disabilities.--
        ``(1) Reservation.--To make grants to public or private 
    nonprofit organizations to increase the participation of 
    individuals with disabilities in national service and for 
    demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose, and 
    subject to the limitation in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive 
    Officer shall reserve not less than 2 percent from the amounts, 
    appropriated to carry out subtitles C, D, E, and H for each fiscal 
    year.
        ``(2) Limitation.--The amount reserved under paragraph (1) for 
    a fiscal year may not exceed $20,000,000.
        ``(3) Remainder.--The Chief Executive Officer may use the funds 
    reserved under paragraph (1), and not distributed to make grants 
    under this subsection for other activities described in section 
    501(a)(2).
    ``(l) Authority for Fixed-Amount Grants.--
        ``(1) In general.--
            ``(A) Authority.--From amounts appropriated for a fiscal 
        year to provide financial assistance under the national service 
        laws, the Corporation may provide assistance in the form of 
        fixed-amount grants in an amount determined by the Corporation 
        under paragraph (2) rather than on the basis of actual costs 
        incurred by a program.
            ``(B) Limitation.--Other than fixed-amount grants to 
        support programs described in section 129A, for the 1-year 
        period beginning on the effective date of the Serve America 
        Act, the Corporation may provide assistance in the form of 
        fixed-amount grants to programs that only offer full-time 
        positions.
        ``(2) Determination of amount of fixed-amount grants.--A fixed-
    amount grant authorized by this subsection shall be in an amount 
    determined by the Corporation that is--
            ``(A) significantly less than the reasonable and necessary 
        costs of administering the program supported by the grant; and
            ``(B) based on an amount per individual enrolled in the 
        program receiving the grant, taking into account--
                ``(i) the capacity of the entity carrying out the 
            program to manage funds and achieve programmatic results;
                ``(ii) the number of approved national service 
            positions, approved silver scholar positions, or approved 
            summer of service positions for the program, if applicable;
                ``(iii) the proposed design of the program;
                ``(iv) whether the program provides service to, or 
            involves the participation of, disadvantaged youth or 
            otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher level 
            of costs; and
                ``(v) such other factors as the Corporation may 
            consider under section 133 in considering applications for 
            assistance.
        ``(3) Requirements for grant recipients.--In awarding a fixed-
    amount grant under this subsection, the Corporation--
            ``(A) shall require the grant recipient--
                ``(i) to return a pro rata amount of the grant funds 
            based upon the difference between the number of hours 
            served by a participant and the minimum number of hours for 
            completion of a term of service (as established by the 
            Corporation);
                ``(ii) to report on the program's performance on 
            standardized measures and performance levels established by 
            the Corporation;
                ``(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation activities 
            undertaken by the Corporation; and
                ``(iv) to provide assurances that additional funds will 
            be raised in support of the program, in addition to those 
            received under the national service laws; and
            ``(B) may adopt other terms and conditions that the 
        Corporation considers necessary or appropriate based on the 
        relative risks (as determined by the Corporation) associated 
        with any application for a fixed-amount grant.
        ``(4) Other requirements not applicable.--Limitations on 
    administrative costs and matching fund documentation requirements 
    shall not apply to fixed-amount grants provided in accordance with 
    this subsection.
        ``(5) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
    relieve a grant recipient of the responsibility to comply with the 
    requirements of chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, or 
    other requirements of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-
    133.''.
SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.
    Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting after 
section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following:
``SEC. 129A. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM.
    ``(a) In General.--From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to 
provide financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent with 
the restriction in subsection (b), the Corporation may, through fixed-
amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)), provide operational 
support to programs that receive approved national service positions 
but do not receive funds under section 121(a).
    ``(b) Limit on Corporation Grant Funds.--The Corporation may 
provide the operational support under this section for a program in an 
amount that is not more than $800 per individual enrolled in an 
approved national service position, or not more than $1,000 per such 
individual if at least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the 
program are disadvantaged youth.
    ``(c) Inapplicable Provisions.--The following provisions shall not 
apply to programs funded under this section:
        ``(1) The limitation on administrative costs under section 
    121(d).
        ``(2) The matching funds requirements under section 121(e).
        ``(3) The living allowance and other benefits under sections 
    131(e) and 140 (other than individualized support services for 
    participants with disabilities under section 140(f)).''.
SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS.
    Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``section 121'' and inserting ``section 
        121(a)'';
            (B) by inserting after ``assistance, a State,'' the 
        following: ``territory,''; and
            (C) by striking ``institution of higher education, or 
        Federal agency'' and inserting ``or institution of higher 
        education'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ``section 122(c)'' and 
        inserting ``section 122(f)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ``municipalities and 
        governments of counties in which such a community is located,'' 
        after ``providing services,'';
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``jobs or positions'' and inserting 
            ``proposed positions''; and
                (ii) by striking ``, including'' and all that follows 
            through the period at the end and inserting a period;
            (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``proposed'' before 
        ``minimum''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization intending to 
    operate programs in 2 or more States, a description of the manner 
    in which and extent to which the organization consulted with the 
    State Commissions of each State in which the organization intends 
    to operate and the nature of the consultation.'';
        (4) in subsection (d)(1)--
            (A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking ``subsection 
        (a) or (b) of section 121'' and inserting ``section 121(a)'';
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``section 122(a)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122'';
        (5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections 
    (e) through (h), respectively and inserting after subsection (c) 
    the following:
    ``(d) Additional Required Application Information.--An application 
submitted under subsection (a) for programs described in 122(a) shall 
also contain--
        ``(1) measurable goals, to be used for annual measurements of 
    the program's performance on 1 or more of the corresponding 
    indicators described in section 122;
        ``(2) information describing how the applicant proposes to 
    utilize funds to improve performance on the corresponding 
    indicators utilizing participants, including describing the 
    activities in which such participants will engage to improve 
    performance on those indicators;
        ``(3) information identifying the geographical area in which 
    the eligible entity proposing to carry out the program proposes to 
    use funds to improve performance on the corresponding indicators, 
    and demographic information on the students or individuals, as 
    appropriate, in such area, and statistics demonstrating the need to 
    improve such indicators in such area; and
        ``(4) if applicable, information on how the eligible entity 
    will work with other community-based entities to carry out 
    activities to improve performance on the corresponding indicators 
    using such funds.'';
        (6) in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (f) (as so redesignated), 
    by striking ``were selected'' and inserting ``were or will be 
    selected'';
        (7) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``a program applicant'' 
        and inserting ``an applicant''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in the heading, by striking ``Program applicant'' 
            and inserting ``Applicant'';
                (ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            striking ``program applicant'' and inserting ``applicant'';
                (iii) in subparagraph (A)--

                    (I) by inserting after ``subdivision of a State,'' 
                the following: ``territory,''; and
                    (II) by striking ``institution of higher education, 
                or Federal agency'' and inserting ``or institution of 
                higher education''; and

                (iv) in subparagraph (B)--

                    (I) by inserting after ``subdivision of a State,'' 
                the following: ``territory,''; and
                    (II) by striking ``institution of higher education, 
                or Federal agency'' and inserting ``or institution of 
                higher education''; and

        (8) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesignated) to read as 
    follows:
    ``(h) Limitation on Same Project Receiving Multiple Grants.--Unless 
specifically authorized by law, the Corporation may not provide more 
than 1 grant under the national service laws for a fiscal year to 
support the same project under the national service laws.''.
SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.
    Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
    inserting the following:
            ``(A) the community served, the municipality and government 
        of the county (if appropriate) in which the community is 
        located, and potential participants in the program; and''; and
        (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
        ``(3) in the case of a program that is not funded through a 
    State (including a national service program that a nonprofit 
    organization seeks to operate in 2 or more States), consult with 
    and coordinate activities with the State Commission for each State 
    in which the program will operate, and the Corporation shall obtain 
    confirmation from the State Commission that the applicant seeking 
    assistance under this Act has consulted with and coordinated with 
    the State Commission when seeking to operate the program in that 
    State.''.
SEC. 1310. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
    Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after section 132 the following:
``SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
    ``(a) Prohibited Activities.--An approved national service position 
under this subtitle may not be used for the following activities:
        ``(1) Attempting to influence legislation.
        ``(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, 
    or strikes.
        ``(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing.
        ``(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective 
    bargaining agreements.
        ``(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other 
    activities designed to influence the outcome of an election to 
    Federal office or the outcome of an election to a State or local 
    public office.
        ``(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that 
    are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, 
    political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, or 
    elected officials.
        ``(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship 
    services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes 
    mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or 
    operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, 
    maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious 
    instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of proselytization, 
    consistent with section 132.
        ``(8) Consistent with section 132, providing a direct benefit 
    to any--
            ``(A) business organized for profit;
            ``(B) labor union;
            ``(C) partisan political organization;
            ``(D) nonprofit organization that fails to comply with the 
        restrictions contained in section 501(c) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986, except that nothing in this paragraph 
        shall be construed to prevent participants from engaging in 
        advocacy activities undertaken at their own initiative; and
            ``(E) organization engaged in the religious activities 
        described in paragraph (7), unless the position is not used to 
        support those religious activities.
        ``(9) Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of 
    such services.
        ``(10) Conducting a voter registration drive or using 
    Corporation funds to conduct a voter registration drive.
        ``(11) Carrying out such other activities as the Corporation 
    may prohibit.
    ``(b) Ineligibility.--No assistance provided under this subtitle 
may be provided to any organization that has violated a Federal 
criminal statute.
    ``(c) Nondisplacement of Employed Workers or Other Volunteers.--A 
participant in an approved national service position under this 
subtitle may not be directed to perform any services or duties, or to 
engage in any activities, prohibited under the nonduplication, 
nondisplacement, or nonsupplantation requirements relating to employees 
and volunteers in section 177.''.
SEC. 1311. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.
    Section 133 (42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ``jobs or'';
        (2) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--

                    (I) by striking ``section 122(a)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122''; and
                    (II) by striking ``section 129(d)(2)'' and 
                inserting ``section 129(d)'';

                (ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (G) and 
            inserting the following:
            ``(A) national service programs that--
                ``(i) conform to the national service priorities in 
            effect under section 122(f);
                ``(ii) are innovative; and
                ``(iii) are well established in 1 or more States at the 
            time of the application and are proposed to be expanded to 
            additional States using assistance provided under section 
            121;
            ``(B) grant programs in support of other national service 
        programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by nonprofit 
        organizations with demonstrated and extensive expertise in the 
        provision of services to meet human, educational, 
        environmental, or public safety needs; and
            ``(C) professional corps programs described in section 
        122(c)(1)(D).''; and
            (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``section 129(d)(2)'' and 
        inserting ``section 129(d)'';
        (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsections (a) and (d)(1) 
    of section 129'' and inserting ``subsections (d) and (e) of section 
    129'';
        (4) in subsection (f)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 129(a)(1)'' and 
        inserting ``section 129(e)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (3)--
                (i) by striking ``section 129(a)'' and inserting 
            ``section 129(e)''; and
                (ii) by striking ``paragraph (3) of such subsection'' 
            and inserting ``section 129(f)'';
        (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
        (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Views of State Commission.--In making competitive awards 
under section 129(d), the Corporation shall solicit and consider the 
views of a State Commission regarding any application for assistance to 
carry out a national service program within the State.''.
SEC. 1312. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS.
    Section 137 (42 U.S.C. 12591) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as 
        paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively;
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 
        122(a)(9)'' and inserting ``section 122(a)(3)(B)(x)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (3)''; and
        (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``(a)(5)'' and inserting 
    ``(a)(4)''.
SEC. 1313. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.
    Section 138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``conducted by the State'' 
    and all that follows through ``or other entity'' and inserting 
    ``conducted by the entity''; and
        (2) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by inserting before the semicolon 
    at the end the following: ``, particularly those who were 
    considered, at the time of their service, disadvantaged youth''.
SEC. 1314. TERMS OF SERVICE.
    Section 139 (42 U.S.C. 12593) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``not less than 9 months 
        and'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``during a period of--'' 
        and all that follows through the period at the end and 
        inserting ``during a period of not more than 2 years.''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(4) Extension of term for disaster purposes.--
            ``(A) Extension.--An individual in an approved national 
        service position performing service directly related to 
        disaster relief efforts may continue in a term of service for a 
        period of 90 days beyond the period otherwise specified in, as 
        appropriate, this subsection or section 153(d) or in section 
        104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
        4954).
            ``(B) Single term of service.--A period of service 
        performed by an individual in an originally-agreed to term of 
        service and service performed under this paragraph shall 
        constitute a single term of service for purposes of subsections 
        (b)(1) and (c) of section 146.
            ``(C) Benefits.--An individual performing service under 
        this paragraph may continue to receive a living allowance and 
        other benefits under section 140 but may not receive an 
        additional national service educational award under section 
        141.''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``as demonstrated by 
        the participant'' and inserting ``as determined by the 
        organization responsible for granting the release, if the 
        participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has 
        completed at least 15 percent of the term of service''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``provide to the 
            participant that portion of the national service 
            educational award'' and inserting ``certify the 
            participant's eligibility for that portion of the national 
            service educational award''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``to allow return 
            to the program with which the individual was serving in 
            order''.
SEC. 1315. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE.
    Section 140 (42 U.S.C. 12594) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraph (3)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraphs (2) and (3)'';
            (B) by striking paragraph (2);
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
        the following:
        ``(3) Federal work-study students.--The living allowance that 
    may be provided under paragraph (1) to an individual whose term of 
    service includes hours for which the individual receives a Federal 
    work-study award under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 
    Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) shall be reduced by the amount 
    of the individual's Federal work study award.''; and
            (E) in paragraph (4), by striking ``a reduced term of 
        service under section 139(b)(3)'' and inserting ``a term of 
        service that is less than 12 months'';
        (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``shall include an amount 
    sufficient to cover 85 percent of such taxes'' and all that follows 
    through the period at the end and inserting ``may be used to pay 
    the taxes described in this subsection.'';
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``section 122(a)(8)'' and inserting 
            ``section 122(c)(1)(D)''; and
                (ii) by striking ``subsection (a)(3)'' and inserting 
            ``subsection (a)(2)'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
            (C) by striking paragraph (2); and
            (D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);
        (4) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``shall provide'' and inserting ``shall 
            provide or make available''; and
                (ii) by striking the second sentence; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``provide from its own 
        funds'' and inserting ``provide from its own funds or make 
        available''; and
        (5) by striking subsections (g) and (h).

   Subtitle D--Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and 
           Provision of National Service Educational Awards)

SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.
    (a) Subtitle Heading.--The subtitle heading for subtitle D of title 
I is amended to read as follows:

   ``Subtitle D--National Service Trust and Provision of Educational 
                               Awards''.

    (b) Establishment of Trust.--Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            striking ``pursuant to section 501(a)(2)''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ``national 
            service educational awards'' the following: ``, summer of 
            service educational awards, and silver scholar educational 
            awards'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) by striking ``pursuant to section 196(a)(2)'' and 
            inserting ``pursuant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of 
            such donations direct that the donated amounts be deposited 
            in the National Service Trust''; and
                (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
        ``(3) any amounts recovered by the Corporation pursuant to 
    section 146A; and'';
        (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``for payments of national 
    service educational awards in accordance with section 148.'' and 
    inserting ``for--
        ``(1) payments of national service educational awards, summer 
    of service educational awards, and silver scholar educational 
    awards in accordance with section 148; and
        ``(2) payments of interest in accordance with section 
    148(e).''; and
        (3) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Congress'' and 
        inserting ``the Authorizing Committees'';
            (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``the Congress'' and inserting ``the authorizing committees'';
            (C) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by inserting ``, 
        summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar 
        awards'' after ``national service educational awards'' each 
        place the term appears; and
            (D) in paragraph (4)--
                (i) by inserting ``, additional approved summer of 
            service positions, and additional approved silver scholar 
            positions'' after ``additional approved national service 
            positions''; and
                (ii) by striking ``under subtitle C''.
SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL AWARD FROM 
THE TRUST.
    Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended--
        (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
    following:
    ``SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL AWARD 
      FROM THE TRUST.''; and
        (2) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                (i) by inserting ``, summer of service educational 
            award, or silver scholar educational award'' after 
            ``national service educational award''; and
                (ii) by striking ``if the individual'' and inserting 
            ``if the organization responsible for the individual's 
            supervision in a national service program certifies that 
            the individual'';
            (B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting 
        the following:
        ``(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements for the 
    approved national service position, approved silver scholar 
    position, or approved summer of service position, as appropriate, 
    in which the individual served;
        ``(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time national service 
    educational award, successfully completed the required term of 
    service described in subsection (b)(1) in the approved national 
    service position;
        ``(B) for a partial educational award in accordance with 
    section 139(c)--
            ``(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being granted a 
        release for compelling personal circumstances under such 
        section; and
            ``(ii) completed at least 15 percent of the required term 
        of service described in subsection (b) for the approved 
        national service position;
        ``(C) for a summer of service educational award, successfully 
    completed the required term of service described in subsection 
    (b)(2) in an approved summer of service position, as certified 
    through a process determined by the Corporation through regulations 
    consistent with section 138(f); or
        ``(D) for a silver scholar educational award, successfully 
    completed the required term of service described in subsection 
    (b)(3) in an approved silver scholar position, as certified through 
    a process determined by the Corporation through regulations 
    consistent with section 138(f); and''.
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);
        (3) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by striking ``The term'' and inserting the following:
        ``(1) Approved national service position.--The term''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Approved summer of service position.--The term of service 
    for an approved summer of service position shall not be less than 
    100 hours of service during the summer months.
        ``(3) Approved silver scholar position.--The term of service 
    for an approved silver scholar position shall be not less than 350 
    hours during a 1-year period.'';
        (4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Limitation on Receipt of National Service Educational 
Awards.--An individual may not receive, through national service 
educational awards and silver scholar educational awards, more than an 
amount equal to the aggregate value of 2 such awards for full-time 
service. The value of summer of service educational awards that an 
individual receives shall have no effect on the aggregate value of the 
national service educational awards the individual may receive.'';
        (5) in subsection (d)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``Seven-year requirement'' and 
            inserting ``In general'';
                (ii) by striking ``An'' and inserting ``Subject to 
            paragraph (2), an'';
                (iii) by inserting ``or a silver scholar educational 
            award'' after ``national service educational award'';
                (iv) by inserting ``or an approved silver scholar 
            position, as applicable,'' after ``approved national 
            service position''; and
                (v) by adding at the end the following: ``Subject to 
            paragraph (2), an individual eligible to receive a summer 
            of service educational award under this section may not use 
            such award after the end of the 10-year period beginning on 
            the date the individual completes the term of service in an 
            approved summer of service position that is the basis of 
            the award.'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and in 
            subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, summer of service 
            educational award, or silver scholar educational award'' 
            after ``national service educational award'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, or 10-year 
            period, as appropriate'' after ``7-year period''; and
                (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, approved 
            summer of service position, or approved silver scholar 
            position'' after ``approved national service position''; 
            and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(3) Term for transferred educational awards.--For purposes of 
    applying paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) to an individual who is eligible 
    to receive an educational award as a designated individual (as 
    defined in section 148(f)(8)), references to a seven-year period 
    shall be considered to be references to a 10-year period that 
    begins on the date the individual who transferred the educational 
    award to the designated individual completed the term of service in 
    the approved national service position or approved silver scholar 
    position that is the basis of the award.''; and
        (6) in subsection (e)(1)--
            (A) by inserting after ``qualifying under this section'' 
        the following: ``or under section 119(c)(8)''; and
            (B) by inserting after ``to receive a national service 
        educational award'' the following: ``, a summer of service 
        educational award, or a silver scholar educational award''.
SEC. 1403. CERTIFICATIONS.
    The Act is amended by adding after section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) 
the following:
``SEC. 146A. CERTIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TERMS OF 
SERVICE.
    ``(a) Certifications.--In making any authorized disbursement from 
the National Service Trust in regard to an eligible individual 
(including disbursement for a designated individual, as defined in 
section 148(f)(8), due to the service of an eligible individual) under 
section 146 who served in an approved national service position, an 
approved summer of service position, or an approved silver scholar 
position, the Corporation shall rely on a certification. The 
certification shall be made by the entity that selected the individual 
for and supervised the individual in the approved national service 
position in which such individual successfully completed a required 
term of service, in a national service program.
    ``(b) Effect of Erroneous Certifications.--If the Corporation 
determines that the certification under subsection (a) is erroneous or 
incorrect, the Corporation shall assess against the national service 
program a charge for the amount of any associated payment or potential 
payment from the National Service Trust. In assessing the amount of the 
charge, the Corporation shall consider the full facts and circumstances 
surrounding the erroneous or incorrect certification.''.
SEC. 1404. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL AWARD.
    Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended--
        (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
    following:
    ``SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
      AWARD.''; and
        (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Amount for Full-Time National Service.--Except as provided in 
subsection (c), an individual described in section 146(a) who 
successfully completes a required term of full-time national service in 
an approved national service position shall receive a national service 
educational award having a value equal to the maximum amount of a 
Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a student eligible for such Grant may 
receive in the aggregate (without regard to whether the funds are 
provided through discretionary or mandatory appropriations), for the 
award year for which the national service position is approved by the 
Corporation.'';
        (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``, for each of not more 
    than 2 of such terms of service,''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Amount for Summer of Service.--An individual described in 
section 146(a) who successfully completes a required summer of service 
term shall receive a summer of service educational award having a 
value, for each of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 
$500 (or, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, equal to 
$750 in the case of a participant who is economically disadvantaged).
    ``(e) Amount for Silver Scholars.--An individual described in 
section 146(a) who successfully completes a required silver scholar 
term shall receive a silver scholar educational award having a value of 
$1,000.''.
SEC. 1405. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
    Section 148 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended--
        (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the 
    following:
    ``SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.'';
        (2) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``cost of attendance'' 
        and inserting ``cost of attendance or other educational 
        expenses'';
            (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'';
            (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
            (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
        ``(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an educational 
    institution or training establishment that is approved under 
    chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, or other applicable 
    provisions of law, for offering programs of education, 
    apprenticeship, or on-job training for which educational assistance 
    may be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and'';
        (3) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``the national 
        service educational award of the individual'' the following: 
        ``, an eligible individual under section 146(a) who served in a 
        summer of service program and desires to apply that 
        individual's summer of service educational award, or an 
        eligible individual under section 146(a) who served in a silver 
        scholar program and desires to apply that individual's silver 
        scholar educational award,'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ``the national 
        service educational award'' the following: ``, the summer of 
        service educational award, or the silver scholar educational 
        award, as applicable,'';
            (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ``the national 
        service educational award'' the following: ``, the summer of 
        service educational award, or the silver scholar educational 
        award, as applicable''; and
            (D) in paragraph (7)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the 
            end;
                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
            inserting ``; and''; and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(C) any loan (other than a loan described in subparagraph 
        (A) or (B)) determined by an institution of higher education to 
        be necessary to cover a student's educational expenses and 
        made, insured, or guaranteed by--
                ``(i) an eligible lender, as defined in section 435 of 
            the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085);
                ``(ii) the direct student loan program under part D of 
            title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.);
                ``(iii) a State agency; or
                ``(iv) a lender otherwise determined by the Corporation 
            to be eligible to receive disbursements from the National 
            Service Trust.'';
        (4) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``national service 
        educational award'' the following: ``, an eligible individual 
        under section 146(a) who desires to apply the individual's 
        summer of service educational award, or an eligible individual 
        under section 146(a) who served in a silver scholar program and 
        desires to apply that individual's silver scholar educational 
        award,'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ``national 
            service educational award'' the following: ``, summer of 
            service educational award, or silver scholar educational 
            award, as applicable,''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting after 
            ``national service educational awards'' the following: ``, 
            summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar 
            educational awards, as applicable,'';
            (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ``national service 
        educational awards'' the following: ``summer of service 
        educational awards, or silver scholar educational awards'';
            (D) in paragraph (5)--
                (i) in the first sentence, by inserting after 
            ``national service educational award'' the following: ``, 
            summer of service educational award, or silver scholar 
            educational award, as applicable,''; and
                (ii) in the third sentence, by inserting before the 
            period the following: ``, additional approved summer of 
            service positions, and additional approved silver scholar 
            positions''; and
            (E) in paragraph (6)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            inserting after ``national service educational award'' the 
            following: ``, summer of service educational award, or 
            silver scholar educational award'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and other 
            educational expenses'' after ``cost of attendance''; and
                (iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
            following:
            ``(B) the student's estimated financial assistance for such 
        period under part A of title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et 
        seq.).'';
        (5) in subsection (d), by inserting after ``national service 
    educational awards'' the following: ``, summer of service 
    educational awards, and silver scholar educational awards'';
        (6) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection (b)(6)'' and 
    inserting ``subsection (b)(7)'';
        (7) in subsection (f)--
            (A) by striking ``Director'' and inserting ``Chief 
        Executive Officer''; and
            (B) by inserting ``, summer of service educational award, 
        or silver scholar educational award, as appropriate,'' after 
        ``national service educational award'';
        (8) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections (g) 
    and (h) respectively; and
        (9) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Transfer of Educational Awards.--
        ``(1) In general.--An individual who is eligible to receive a 
    national service educational award or silver scholar educational 
    award due to service in a program described in paragraph (2) may 
    elect to receive the award (in the amount described in the 
    corresponding provision of section 147) and transfer the award to a 
    designated individual. Subsections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to 
    the designated individual in lieu of the individual who is eligible 
    to receive the national service educational award or silver scholar 
    educational award, except that amounts refunded to the account 
    under subsection (c)(5) on behalf of a designated individual may be 
    used by the Corporation to fund additional placements in the 
    national service program in which the eligible individual who 
    transferred the national service educational award or silver 
    scholar educational award participated for such award.
        ``(2) Conditions for transfer.--An educational award may be 
    transferred under this subsection if--
            ``(A)(i) the award is a national service educational award 
        for service in a national service program that receives a grant 
        under subtitle C; and
            ``(ii) before beginning the term of service involved, the 
        eligible individual is age 55 or older; or
            ``(B) the award is a silver scholarship educational award 
        under section 198C(a).
        ``(3) Modification or revocation.--
            ``(A) In general.--An individual transferring an 
        educational award under this subsection may, on any date on 
        which a portion of the educational award remains unused, modify 
        or revoke the transfer of the educational award with respect to 
        that portion.
            ``(B) Notice.--A modification or revocation of the transfer 
        of an educational award under this paragraph shall be made by 
        the submission of written notice to the Corporation.
        ``(4) Prohibition on treatment of transferred award as marital 
    property.--An educational award transferred under this subsection 
    may not be treated as marital property, or the asset of a marital 
    estate, subject to division in a divorce or other civil proceeding.
        ``(5) Death of transferor.--The death of an individual 
    transferring an educational award under this subsection shall not 
    affect the use of the educational award by the child, foster child, 
    or grandchild to whom the educational award is transferred if such 
    educational award is transferred prior to the death of the 
    individual.
        ``(6) Procedures to prevent waste, fraud, or abuse.--The 
    Corporation shall establish requirements to prevent waste, fraud, 
    or abuse in connection with the transfer of an educational award 
    and to protect the integrity of the educational award under this 
    subsection.
        ``(7) Technical assistance.--The Corporation may, as 
    appropriate, provide technical assistance, to individuals and 
    eligible entities carrying out national service programs, 
    concerning carrying out this subsection.
        ``(8) Definition of a designated individual.--In this 
    subsection, the term `designated individual' is an individual--
            ``(A) whom an individual who is eligible to receive a 
        national service educational award or silver scholar 
        educational award due to service in a program described in 
        paragraph (2) designates to receive the educational award;
            ``(B) who meets the eligibility requirements of paragraphs 
        (3) and (4) of section 146(a); and
            ``(C) who is a child, foster child, or grandchild of the 
        individual described in subparagraph (A).''.
SEC. 1406. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS.
    (a) In General.--Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``SEC. 149. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS.
    ``(a) Timing and Recording Requirements.--
        ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subtitles C, D, and H, and 
    any other provision of law, in approving a position as an approved 
    national service position, an approved summer of service position, 
    or an approved silver scholar position, the Corporation--
            ``(A) shall approve the position at the time the 
        Corporation--
                ``(i) enters into an enforceable agreement with an 
            individual participant to serve in a program carried out 
            under subtitle E of title I of this Act, section 198B or 
            198C(a), or under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
            Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), a summer of service 
            program described in section 119(c)(8), or a silver 
            scholarship program described in section 198C(a); or
                ``(ii) except as provided in clause (i), awards a grant 
            to (or enters into a contract or cooperative agreement 
            with) an entity to carry out a program for which such a 
            position is approved under section 123; and
            ``(B) shall record as an obligation an estimate of the net 
        present value of the national service educational award, summer 
        of service educational award, or silver scholar educational 
        award associated with the position, based on a formula that 
        takes into consideration historical rates of enrollment in such 
        a program, and of earning and using national service 
        educational awards, summer of service educational awards, or 
        silver scholar educational awards, as appropriate, for such a 
        program and remain available.
        ``(2) Formula.--In determining the formula described in 
    paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall consult with the Director 
    of the Congressional Budget Office.
        ``(3) Certification report.--The Chief Executive Officer of the 
    Corporation shall annually prepare and submit to the authorizing 
    committees a report that contains a certification that the 
    Corporation is in compliance with the requirements of paragraph 
    (1).
        ``(4) Approval.--The requirements of this subsection shall 
    apply to each approved national service position, approved summer 
    of service position, or approved silver scholarship position that 
    the Corporation approves--
            ``(A) during fiscal year 2010; and
            ``(B) during any subsequent fiscal year.
    ``(b) Reserve Account.--
        ``(1) Establishment and contents.--
            ``(A) Establishment.--Notwithstanding subtitles C, D, and 
        H, and any other provision of law, within the National Service 
        Trust established under section 145, the Corporation shall 
        establish a reserve account.
            ``(B) Contents.--To ensure the availability of adequate 
        funds to support the awards of approved national service 
        positions, approved summer of service positions, and approved 
        silver scholar positions, for each fiscal year, the Corporation 
        shall place in the account--
                ``(i) during fiscal year 2010, a portion of the funds 
            that were appropriated for fiscal year 2010 or a previous 
            fiscal year under section 501 of this Act or section 501 of 
            the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
            5081), were made available to carry out subtitle C, D, or E 
            of this title, section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A of title 
            I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, or summer 
            of service programs described in section 119(c)(8), and 
            remain available; and
                ``(ii) during fiscal year 2011 or a subsequent fiscal 
            year, a portion of the funds that were appropriated for 
            that fiscal year under section 501 of this Act or section 
            501 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
            U.S.C. 5081), were made available to carry out subtitle C, 
            D, or E of this title, section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A 
            of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 
            or summer of service programs described in section 
            119(c)(8), and remain available.
        ``(2) Obligation.--The Corporation shall not obligate the funds 
    in the reserve account until the Corporation--
            ``(A) determines that the funds will not be needed for the 
        payment of national service educational awards associated with 
        previously approved national service positions, summer of 
        service educational awards associated with previously approved 
        summer of service positions, and silver scholar educational 
        awards associated with previously approved silver scholar 
        positions; or
            ``(B) obligates the funds for the payment of national 
        service educational awards for such previously approved 
        national service positions, summer of service educational 
        awards for such previously approved summer of service 
        positions, or silver scholar educational awards for such 
        previously approved silver scholar positions, as applicable.
    ``(c) Audits.--The accounts of the Corporation relating to the 
appropriated funds for approved national service positions, approved 
summer of service positions, and approved silver scholar positions, and 
the records demonstrating the manner in which the Corporation has 
recorded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obligations, 
shall be audited annually by independent certified public accountants 
or independent licensed public accountants certified or licensed by a 
regulatory authority of a State or other political subdivision of the 
United States in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 
A report containing the results of each such independent audit shall be 
included in the annual report required by subsection (a)(3).
    ``(d) Availability of Amounts.--Except as provided in subsection 
(b), all amounts included in the National Service Trust under 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 145(a) shall be available for 
payments of national service educational awards, summer of service 
educational awards, or silver scholar educational awards under section 
148.''.
    (b) Conforming Repeal.--The Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act (42 
U.S.C. 12605) is repealed.

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

SEC. 1501. PURPOSE.
    Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 151. PURPOSE.
    ``It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the operation of, 
and support for, residential and other service programs that combine 
the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of 
military service, including leadership and team building, to meet 
national and community needs. The needs to be met under such programs 
include those needs related to--
        ``(1) natural and other disasters;
        ``(2) infrastructure improvement;
        ``(3) environmental stewardship and conservation;
        ``(4) energy conservation; and
        ``(5) urban and rural development.''.
SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS.
    Section 152 (42 U.S.C. 12612) is amended--
        (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS 
      PROGRAM.'';
        (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``Civilian Community Corps 
    Demonstration Program'' and inserting ``National Civilian Community 
    Corps Program'';
        (3) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (b)--
            (A) by striking ``Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
        Program'' and inserting ``National Civilian Community Corps 
        Program''; and
            (B) by striking ``a Civilian Community Corps'' and 
        inserting ``a National Civilian Community Corps''; and
        (4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Residential Components.--Both programs referred to in 
subsection (b) may include a residential component.''.
SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.
    Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
        Program'' and inserting ``National Civilian Community Corps 
        Program''; and
            (B) by striking ``on Civilian Community Corps'' and 
        inserting ``on National Civilian Community Corps'';
        (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
    the following:
        ``(1) is, or will be, at least 18 years of age on or before 
    December 31 of the calendar year in which the individual enrolls in 
    the program, but is not more than 24 years of age as of the date 
    the individual begins participating in the program; and'';
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Backrounds'' 
        and inserting ``Backgrounds''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following: ``The Director 
        shall take appropriate steps, including through outreach and 
        recruitment activities, to increase the percentage of 
        participants in the program who are disadvantaged youth to 50 
        percent of all participants by year 2012. The Director shall 
        report to the authorizing committees biennially on such steps, 
        any challenges faced, and the annual participation rates of 
        disadvantaged youth in the program.'';
        (4) by striking subsection (d); and
        (5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM.
    Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
        Program'' and inserting ``National Civilian Community Corps 
        Program''; and
            (B) by striking ``on Civilian Community Corps'' and 
        inserting ``on National Civilian Community Corps''; and
        (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``shall be'' and all that 
    follows through the period at the end and inserting ``shall be from 
    economically and ethnically diverse backgrounds, including youth 
    who are in foster care.''.
SEC. 1505. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.
    Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended--
        (1) by amending the section heading to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.'';
        (2) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
        Program'' and inserting ``National Civilian Community Corps 
        Program''; and
            (B) by striking ``the Civilian Community Corps shall'' and 
        inserting ``the National Civilian Community Corps shall'';
        (3) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows:
    ``(b) Membership in National Civilian Community 
Corps.--'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``National'' before 
        ``Civilian Community Corps'';
            (C) in paragraph (3)--
                (i) by striking ``superintendent'' and inserting 
            ``campus director''; and
                (ii) by striking ``camp'' and inserting ``campus''; and
            (D) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(4) Team leaders.--
            ``(A) In general.--The Director may select individuals with 
        prior supervisory or service experience to be team leaders 
        within units in the National Civilian Community Corps, to 
        perform service that includes leading and supervising teams of 
        Corps members. Each team leader shall be selected without 
        regard to the age limitation under section 153(b).
            ``(B) Rights and benefits.--A team leader shall be provided 
        the same rights and benefits applicable to other Corps members, 
        except that the Director may increase the limitation on the 
        amount of the living allowance under section 158(b) by not more 
        than 10 percent for a team leader.'';
        (4) in subsection (d)--
            (A) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows:
    ``(d) Campuses.--'';
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by amending the paragraph heading to read as 
            follows:
        ``(1) Units to be assigned to campuses.--'';
                (ii) by striking ``in camps'' and inserting ``in 
            campuses'';
                (iii) by striking ``Corps camp'' and inserting ``Corps 
            campus''; and
                (iv) by striking ``in the camps'' and inserting ``in 
            the campuses'';
            (C) by amending paragraphs (2) and (3) to read as follows:
        ``(2) Campus director.--There shall be a campus director for 
    each campus. The campus director is the head of the campus.
        ``(3) Eligible site for campus.--A campus shall be cost 
    effective and may, upon the completion of a feasibility study, be 
    located in a facility referred to in section 162(c).'';
        (5) in subsection (e)--
            (A) by amending the subsection heading to read as follows:
    ``(e) Distribution of Units and Campuses.--'';
            (B) by striking ``camps are distributed'' and inserting 
        ``campuses are cost effective and are distributed''; and
            (C) by striking ``rural areas'' and all that follows 
        through the period at the end and inserting ``rural areas such 
        that each Corps unit in a region can be easily deployed for 
        disaster and emergency response to such region.''; and
        (6) in subsection (f)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``superintendent'' and inserting 
            ``campus director''; and
                (ii) by striking ``camp'' both places such term appears 
            and inserting ``campus'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            striking ``superintendent of a camp'' and inserting 
            ``campus director of a campus'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (A)--

                    (I) by striking ``superintendent'' and inserting 
                ``campus director'';
                    (II) by striking ``superintendent's'' and inserting 
                ``campus director's''; and
                    (III) by striking ``camp'' each place such term 
                appears and inserting ``campus''; and

                (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
            ``superintendent'' and inserting ``campus director''; and
            (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``camp superintendent'' 
        and inserting ``campus director''.
SEC. 1506. TRAINING.
    Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by inserting ``National'' before ``Civilian Community 
        Corps''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following: ``The Director 
        shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, each member of 
        the Corps is trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills 
        related to disaster preparedness and response.'';
        (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the period at the 
    end the following: ``, including a focus on energy conservation, 
    environmental stewardship or conservation, infrastructure 
    improvement, urban and rural development, or disaster preparedness 
    needs, as appropriate'';
        (3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as follows:
        ``(2) Coordination with other entities.--Members of the cadre 
    may provide, either directly or through grants, contracts, or 
    cooperative agreements, the advanced service training referred to 
    in subsection (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or technical 
    schools, other employment and training providers, existing youth 
    service programs, other qualified individuals, or organizations 
    with expertise in training youth, including disadvantaged youth, in 
    the skills described in such subsection.''; and
        (4) in subsection (d), by striking ``section 162(a)(3)'' and 
    inserting ``section 162(c)''.
SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS.
    Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
        ``National'' before ``Civilian Community Corps'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon the 
        following: ``, with specific emphasis on projects in support of 
        infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, and urban and 
        rural development''; and
            (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``service learning'' and 
        inserting ``service-learning'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and the 
            Secretary of Housing and Urban Development'' and inserting 
            ``the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the 
            Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
            Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
            the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, 
            and the Chief of the Forest Service''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

                    (I) by inserting ``community-based entities and'' 
                before ``representatives of local communities''; and
                    (II) by striking ``camp'' both places such term 
                appears and inserting ``campus''; and

            (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``State Commissions,'' 
        before ``and persons involved in other youth service 
        programs.''; and
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking ``superintendent'' both places such 
            term appears and inserting ``campus director''; and
                (ii) by striking ``camp'' both places such term appears 
            and inserting ``campus''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``camp superintendents'' 
        and inserting ``campus directors''.
SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS.
    Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``National'' before 
    ``Civilian Community Corps''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                (i) by inserting ``National'' before ``Civilian 
            Community Corps''; and
                (ii) by inserting before the colon the following: ``, 
            as the Director determines appropriate'';
            (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ``Clothing'' and 
        inserting ``Uniforms''; and
            (C) in paragraph (7), by striking ``Recreational services 
        and supplies'' and inserting ``Supplies''.
SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE.
    Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program'' and 
        inserting ``National Civilian Community Corps Program''; and
            (B) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by inserting ``including those'' before 
            ``recommended''; and
                (ii) by inserting ``National'' before ``Civilian 
            Community Corps'';
        (2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``National'' before 
    ``Civilian Community Corps'';
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting ``National'' 
        before ``Civilian Community Corps''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A)--

                    (I) by striking ``The Director shall establish a 
                permanent cadre of'' and inserting ``The Chief 
                Executive Officer shall establish a permanent cadre 
                that includes the Director and other appointed''; and
                    (II) by inserting ``National'' before ``Civilian 
                Community Corps'';

                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``The Director 
            shall appoint the members'' and inserting ``The Chief 
            Executive Officer shall consider the recommendations of the 
            Director in appointing the other members'';
                (iii) in subparagraph (C)--

                    (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``the Director'' and inserting ``the Chief Executive 
                Officer'';
                    (II) in clause (i), by striking ``section 
                162(a)(2)'' and inserting ``section 162(b)'';
                    (III) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (IV) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v); 
                and
                    (V) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:

                ``(iv) give consideration to retired and other former 
            law enforcement, fire, rescue, and emergency personnel, and 
            other individuals with backgrounds in disaster 
            preparedness, relief, and recovery; and''; and
                (iv) in subparagraph (E)--

                    (I) by striking ``to members'' and inserting ``to 
                other members'';
                    (II) by inserting after ``techniques'' the 
                following: ``, including techniques for working with 
                and enhancing the development of disadvantaged 
                youth,''; and
                    (III) by striking ``service learning'' and 
                inserting ``service-learning''; and

            (C) in paragraph (3)--
                (i) in the first sentence, by striking ``the members'' 
            and inserting ``other members''; and
                (ii) in the third sentence, by striking ``section 
            162(a)(2)(A)'' and inserting ``162(b)(1)''.
SEC. 1510. STATUS OF CORPS MEMBERS AND CORPS PERSONNEL UNDER FEDERAL 
LAW.
    Section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) is amended by inserting 
``National'' before ``Civilian Community Corps''.
SEC. 1511. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY.
    Section 161 (42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``perform any program 
    function under this subtitle'' and inserting ``carry out the 
    National Civilian Community Corps program''; and
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``section 162(a)(3)'' 
        and inserting ``section 162(c)''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``National'' before 
        ``Civilian Community Corps''.
SEC. 1512. OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
    (a) In General.--Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``National'' 
            before ``Civilian Community Corps''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``the registry 
            established by'' and all that follows through the semicolon 
            and inserting ``the registry established by section 1143a 
            of title 10, United States Code;'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``to be recommended 
        for appointment'' and inserting ``from which individuals may be 
        selected for appointment by the Director''; and
            (C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``National'' before 
        ``Civilian Community Corps''; and
        (2) by striking subsection (b).
    (b) Technical Amendments.--Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622), as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``other departments'' 
    and inserting ``department of defense'';
        (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection 
    (a) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), respectively, and aligning 
    the margins of such subsections with the margins of section 161(a) 
    of the Act;
        (3) by striking ``(a) Secretary'' and all that follows through 
    ``Office.--'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Liaison Office.--'';
        (4) in subsection (a) (as amended by paragraph (3))--
            (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and aligning the margins 
        of such paragraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1) of the 
        Act; and
            (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (2) 
        (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)) as subparagraphs (A) and 
        (B), respectively, and aligning the margins of such 
        subparagraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1)(A) of the 
        Act;
        (5) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))--
            (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively, and aligning the 
        margins of such paragraphs with the margins of section 
        161(b)(1) of the Act;
            (B) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), 
        by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)''; 
        and
            (C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), 
        by striking ``paragraph'' and inserting ``subsection''; and
        (6) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2))--
            (A) by striking ``this paragraph'' and inserting ``this 
        subsection''; and
            (B) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (a)''.
SEC. 1513. ADVISORY BOARD.
    Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking ``Upon the establishment of the Program, 
        there shall also be'' and inserting ``There shall be'';
            (B) by inserting ``National'' before ``Civilian Community 
        Corps Advisory Board''; and
            (C) by striking ``to assist'' and all that follows through 
        the period at the end and inserting ``to assist the Corps in 
        responding rapidly and efficiently in times of natural and 
        other disasters. The Advisory Board members shall help 
        coordinate activities with the Corps as appropriate, including 
        the mobilization of volunteers and coordination of volunteer 
        centers to help local communities recover from the effects of 
        natural and other disasters.'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and (9) as paragraphs 
        (13) and (14), respectively;
            (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
        ``(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
    Agency.
        ``(9) The Secretary of Transportation.
        ``(10) The Chief of the Forest Service.
        ``(11) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
    Agency.
        ``(12) The Secretary of Energy.''; and
            (C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``industry,'' and inserting ``public and private 
        organizations,''.
SEC. 1514. EVALUATIONS.
    Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``annual evaluation'' 
    and inserting ``evaluations'';
        (2) by striking ``an annual evaluation'' and inserting 
    ``periodic evaluations'';
        (3) by striking ``Civilian Community Corps programs'' and 
    inserting ``National Civilian Community Corps Program''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following: ``Upon completing each 
    such evaluation, the Corporation shall transmit to the authorizing 
    committees a report on the evaluation.''.
SEC. 1515. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION.
    Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed.
SEC. 1516. DEFINITIONS.
    Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), as amended by this 
subtitle, is further amended--
        (1) by redesignating section 166 as 165; and
        (2) in section 165 (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
            (A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9);
            (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (8) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively;
            (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
        ``(2) Campus director.--The term `campus director', with 
    respect to a Corps campus, means the head of the campus under 
    section 155(d).
        ``(3) Corps.--The term `Corps' means the National Civilian 
    Community Corps required under section 155 as part of the National 
    Civilian Community Corps Program.
        ``(4) Corps campus.--The term `Corps campus' means the facility 
    or central location established as the operational headquarters and 
    boarding place for particular Corps units.'';
            (D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program'' and 
        inserting ``National Civilian Community Corps Program'';
            (E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``National'' before ``Civilian Community Corps'';
            (F) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``The terms'' and all that follows through ``Demonstration 
        Program'' and inserting ``The term `Program' means the National 
        Civilian Community Corps Program''; and
            (G) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)--
                (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``Service 
            learning'' and inserting ``Service-learning''; and
                (ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            striking ``service learning'' and inserting ``service-
            learning''.
SEC. 1517. TERMINOLOGY.
    Subtitle E of title I (as so amended) (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.) is 
further amended by striking the subtitle heading and inserting the 
following:

           ``Subtitle E--National Civilian Community Corps''.
    Subtitle F--Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions)

SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.
    Section 171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
``with respect to a project'' and inserting ``with respect to a project 
authorized under the national service laws''.
SEC. 1602. REPORTS.
    Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``appropriate authorizing 
    and appropriations Committees of Congress'' and inserting 
    ``authorizing committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the 
    House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
    the Senate''; and
        (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``the appropriate 
    committees of Congress'' and inserting ``the authorizing 
    committees, the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
    Representatives, and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
    Senate''.
SEC. 1603. USE OF FUNDS.
    Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Referrals for Federal Assistance.--A program may not receive 
assistance under the national service laws for the sole purpose of 
referring individuals to Federal assistance programs or State 
assistance programs funded in part by the Federal Government.''.
SEC. 1604. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.
    Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ``30 days'' and 
    inserting ``1 or more periods of 30 days not to exceed a total of 
    90 days''; and
        (2) in subsection (f)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``A State or local 
        applicant'' and inserting ``An entity''; and
            (B) in paragraph (6)--
                (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
                (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph 
            (E); and
                (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the 
            following:
            ``(D) in a case in which the grievance is filed by an 
        individual applicant or participant--
                ``(i) the applicant's selection or the participant's 
            reinstatement, as the case may be; and
                ``(ii) other changes in the terms and conditions of 
            service applicable to the individual; and''.
SEC. 1605. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS.
    Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended--
        (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ``under this 
    title'' each place it appears and inserting ``under the national 
    service laws'';
        (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``employee or position'' 
    and inserting ``employee, position, or volunteer (other than a 
    participant under the national service laws)''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Parental Involvement.--
        ``(1) In general.--Programs that receive assistance under the 
    national service laws shall consult with the parents or legal 
    guardians of children in developing and operating programs that 
    include and serve children.
        ``(2) Parental permission.--Programs that receive assistance 
    under the national service laws shall, before transporting minor 
    children, provide the children's parents with the reason for the 
    transportation and obtain the parents' written permission for such 
    transportation, consistent with State law.''.
SEC. 1606. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
    Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``sections 117B and 130'' 
    and inserting ``section 130'';
        (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``section 122(a)'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122.''; and
            (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(J) A representative of the volunteer sector.'';
        (3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``, unless the State 
    permits the representative to serve as a voting member of the State 
    Commission or alternative administrative entity'';
        (4) in subsection (d)(6)(B), by striking ``section 
    193A(b)(11)'' and inserting ``section 193A(b)(12)'';
        (5) in subsection (e)--
            (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
        ``(1) Preparation of a national service plan for the State 
    that--
            ``(A) is developed, through an open and public process 
        (such as through regional forums, hearings, and other means) 
        that provides for maximum participation and input from the 
        private sector, organizations, and public agencies, using 
        service and volunteerism as strategies to meet critical 
        community needs, including service through programs funded 
        under the national service laws;
            ``(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning of which may be 
        set by the State;
            ``(C) is subject to approval by the chief executive officer 
        of the State;
            ``(D) includes measurable goals and outcomes for the State 
        national service programs in the State consistent with the 
        performance levels for national service programs as described 
        in section 179(k);
            ``(E) ensures outreach to diverse community-based agencies 
        that serve underrepresented populations, through established 
        networks and registries at the State level, or through the 
        development of such networks and registries;
            ``(F) provides for effective coordination of funding 
        applications submitted by the State and other organizations 
        within the State under the national service laws;
            ``(G) is updated annually, reflecting changes in practices 
        and policies that will improve the coordination and 
        effectiveness of Federal, State, and local resources for 
        service and volunteerism within the State;
            ``(H) ensures outreach to, and coordination with, 
        municipalities (including large cities) and county governments 
        regarding the national service laws; and
            ``(I) contains such information as the State Commission 
        considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may 
        require.''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``sections 117B and 130'' 
        and inserting ``section 130'';
        (6) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections 
    (h) through (l), respectively; and
        (7) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Relief From Administrative Requirements.--Upon approval of a 
State plan submitted under subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive 
Officer may waive for the State, or specify alternatives for the State 
to, administrative requirements (other than statutory provisions) 
otherwise applicable to grants made to States under the national 
service laws, including those requirements identified by the State as 
impeding the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, and 
local resources for service and volunteerism within the State.
    ``(g) State Service Plan for Adults Age 55 or Older.--
        ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
    section, to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment under 
    subtitle B or C or to receive a distribution of approved national 
    service positions under subtitle C, a State shall work with 
    appropriate State agencies and private entities to develop a 
    comprehensive State service plan for service by adults age 55 or 
    older.
        ``(2) Matters included.--The State service plan shall include--
            ``(A) recommendations for policies to increase service for 
        adults age 55 or older, including how to best use such adults 
        as sources of social capital, and how to utilize their skills 
        and experience to address community needs;
            ``(B) recommendations to the State agency (as defined in 
        section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
        3002)) on--
                ``(i) a marketing outreach plan to businesses; and
                ``(ii) outreach to--

                    ``(I) nonprofit organizations;
                    ``(II) the State educational agency;
                    ``(III) institutions of higher education; and
                    ``(IV) other State agencies;

            ``(C) recommendations for civic engagement and 
        multigenerational activities, such as--
                ``(i) early childhood education and care, family 
            literacy, and after school programs;
                ``(ii) respite services for adults age 55 or older and 
            caregivers; and
                ``(iii) transitions for older adults age 55 or older to 
            purposeful work in their post-career lives; and
            ``(D) recommendations for encouraging the development of 
        Encore service programs in the State.
        ``(3) Knowledge base.--The State service plan shall incorporate 
    the current knowledge base (as of the time of the plan) regarding--
            ``(A) the economic impact of the roles of workers age 55 or 
        older in the economy;
            ``(B) the social impact of the roles of such workers in the 
        community; and
            ``(C) the health and social benefits of active engagement 
        for adults age 55 or older.
        ``(4) Publication.--The State service plan shall be made 
    available to the public and be transmitted to the Chief Executive 
    Officer.''.
SEC. 1607. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
    Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended--
        (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) In General.--The Corporation shall provide, directly or 
through grants or contracts, for the continuing evaluation of programs 
that receive assistance under the national service laws, including 
evaluations that measure the impact of such programs, to determine--
        ``(1) the effectiveness of programs receiving assistance under 
    the national service laws in achieving stated goals and the costs 
    associated with such programs, including an evaluation of each such 
    program's performance based on the performance levels established 
    under subsection (k); and
        ``(2) the effectiveness of the structure and mechanisms for 
    delivery of services, such as the effective utilization of the 
    participants' time, the management of the participants, and the 
    ease with which recipients were able to receive services, to 
    maximize the cost effectiveness and the impact of such programs.'';
        (2) in subsection (g)--
            (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``National Senior 
        Volunteer Corps'' and inserting ``National Senior Service 
        Corps''; and
            (B) in paragraph (9), by striking ``to public service'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``to engage in service that benefits the community.'';
        (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection 
    (i)(2), by striking ``Congress'' and inserting ``the authorizing 
    committees''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Reserved Program Funds for Accountability.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in addition to amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section, the Corporation may reserve not more than 1 
percent of the total funds appropriated for a fiscal year under section 
501 of this Act and sections 501 and 502 of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 to support program accountability activities under 
this section.
    ``(k) Performance Levels.--The Corporation shall, in consultation 
with each recipient of assistance under the national service laws, 
establish performance levels for such recipient to meet during the term 
of the assistance. The performance levels may include, for each 
national service program carried out by the recipient, performance 
levels based on the following performance measures:
        ``(1) Number of participants enrolled in the program and 
    completing terms of service, as compared to the stated 
    participation and retention goals of the program.
        ``(2) Number of volunteers recruited from the community in 
    which the program was implemented.
        ``(3) If applicable based on the program design, the number of 
    individuals receiving or benefitting from the service conducted.
        ``(4) Number of disadvantaged and underrepresented youth 
    participants.
        ``(5) Measures of the sustainability of the program and the 
    projects supported by the program, including measures to ascertain 
    the level of community support for the program or projects.
        ``(6) Measures to ascertain the change in attitude toward civic 
    engagement among the participants and the beneficiaries of the 
    service.
        ``(7) Other quantitative and qualitative measures as determined 
    to be appropriate by the recipient of assistance and the 
    Corporation.
    ``(l) Corrective Action Plans.--
        ``(1) In general.--A recipient of assistance under the national 
    service laws that fails, as determined by the Corporation, to meet 
    or exceed the performance levels agreed upon under subsection (k) 
    for a national service program, shall reach an agreement with the 
    Corporation on a corrective action plan to meet such performance 
    levels.
        ``(2) Assistance.--
            ``(A) New program.--For a program that has received 
        assistance under the national service laws for less than 3 
        years and for which the recipient is failing to meet or exceed 
        the performance levels agreed upon under subsection (k), the 
        Corporation shall--
                ``(i) provide technical assistance to the recipient to 
            address targeted performance problems relating to the 
            performance levels for the program; and
                ``(ii) require the recipient to submit quarterly 
            reports on the program's progress toward meeting the 
            performance levels for the program to the--

                    ``(I) appropriate State, territory, or Indian 
                tribe; and
                    ``(II) the Corporation.

            ``(B) Established programs.--For a program that has 
        received assistance under the national service laws for 3 years 
        or more and for which the recipient is failing to meet or 
        exceed the performance levels agreed upon under subsection (k), 
        the Corporation shall require the recipient to submit quarterly 
        reports on the program's progress toward the performance levels 
        for the program to--
                ``(i) the appropriate State, territory, or Indian 
            tribe; and
                ``(ii) the Corporation.
    ``(m) Failure To Meet Performance Levels.--If, after a period for 
correction as approved by the Corporation in accordance with subsection 
(l), a recipient of assistance under the national service laws fails to 
meet or exceed the performance levels for a national service program, 
the Corporation shall--
        ``(1) reduce the annual amount of the assistance received by 
    the underperforming recipient by at least 25 percent, for each 
    remaining year of the grant period for that program; or
        ``(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming recipient for 
    that program, in accordance with section 176(a).
    ``(n) Reports.--The Corporation shall submit to the authorizing 
committees not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the 
Serve America Act, and annually thereafter, a report containing 
information on the number of--
        ``(1) recipients of assistance under the national service laws 
    implementing corrective action plans under subsection (l)(1);
        ``(2) recipients for which the Corporation provides technical 
    assistance for a program under subsection (l)(2)(A)(i);
        ``(3) recipients for which the Corporation terminates 
    assistance for a program under subsection (m);
        ``(4) entities whose application for assistance under a 
    national service law was rejected; and
        ``(5) recipients meeting or exceeding their performance levels 
    under subsection (k).''.
SEC. 1608. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT.
    (a) In General.--Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.), 
as amended by this subtitle, is further amended by inserting after 
section 179 the following:
``SEC. 179A. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND VOLUNTEERING RESEARCH AND 
EVALUATION.
    ``(a) Definition of Partnership.--In this section, the term 
`partnership' means the Corporation, acting in conjunction with 
(consistent with the terms of an agreement entered into between the 
Corporation and the National Conference) the National Conference on 
Citizenship referred to in section 150701 of title 36, United States 
Code, to carry out this section.
    ``(b) In General.--The partnership shall facilitate the 
establishment of a Civic Health Assessment by--
        ``(1) after identifying public and private sources of civic 
    health data, selecting a set of civic health indicators, in 
    accordance with subsection (c), that shall comprise the Civic 
    Health Assessment;
        ``(2) obtaining civic health data relating to the Civic Health 
    Assessment, in accordance with subsection (d); and
        ``(3) conducting related analyses, and reporting the data and 
    analyses, as described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (d) 
    and subsections (e) and (f).
    ``(c) Selection of Indicators for Civic Health Assessment.--
        ``(1) Identifying sources.--The partnership shall select a set 
    of civic health indicators that shall comprise the Civic Health 
    Assessment. In making such selection, the partnership--
            ``(A) shall identify public and private sources of civic 
        health data;
            ``(B) shall explore collaborating with other similar 
        efforts to develop national indicators in the civic health 
        domain; and
            ``(C) may sponsor a panel of experts, such as one convened 
        by the National Academy of Sciences, to recommend civic health 
        indicators and data sources for the Civic Health Assessment.
        ``(2) Technical advice.--At the request of the partnership, the 
    Director of the Bureau of the Census and the Commissioner of Labor 
    Statistics shall provide technical advice to the partnership on the 
    selection of the indicators for the Civic Health Assessment.
        ``(3) Updates.--The partnership shall periodically evaluate and 
    update the Civic Health Assessment, and may expand or modify the 
    indicators described in subsection (d)(1) as necessary to carry out 
    the purposes of this section.
    ``(d) Data on the Indicators.--
        ``(1) Sponsored data collection.--In identifying the civic 
    health indicators for the Civic Health Assessment, and obtaining 
    data for the Assessment, the partnership may sponsor the collection 
    of data for the Assessment or for the various civic health 
    indicators being considered for inclusion in the Assessment, 
    including indicators related to--
            ``(A) volunteering and community service;
            ``(B) voting and other forms of political and civic 
        engagement;
            ``(C) charitable giving;
            ``(D) connecting to civic groups and faith-based 
        organizations;
            ``(E) interest in employment, and careers, in public 
        service in the nonprofit sector or government;
            ``(F) understanding and obtaining knowledge of United 
        States history and government; and
            ``(G) social enterprise and innovation.
        ``(2) Data from statistical agencies.--The Director of the 
    Bureau of the Census and the Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall 
    collect annually, to the extent practicable, data to inform the 
    Civic Health Assessment, and shall report data from such collection 
    to the partnership. In determining the data to be collected, the 
    Director and the Commissioner shall examine privacy issues, 
    response rates, and other relevant issues.
        ``(3) Sources of data.--To obtain data for the Civic Health 
    Assessment, the partnership shall consider--
            ``(A) data collected through public and private sources; 
        and
            ``(B) data collected by the Bureau of the Census, through 
        the Current Population Survey, or by the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics, in accordance with paragraph (2).
        ``(4) Demographic characteristics.--The partnership shall seek 
    to obtain data for the Civic Health Assessment that will permit the 
    partnership to analyze the data by age group, race and ethnicity, 
    education level, and other demographic characteristics of the 
    individuals involved.
        ``(5) Other issues.--In obtaining data for the Civic Health 
    Assessment, the partnership may also obtain such information as may 
    be necessary to analyze--
            ``(A) the role of Internet technology in strengthening and 
        inhibiting civic activities;
            ``(B) the role of specific programs in strengthening civic 
        activities;
            ``(C) the civic attitudes and activities of new citizens 
        and immigrants; and
            ``(D) other areas related to civic activities.
    ``(e) Reporting of Data.--
        ``(1) In general.--The partnership shall, not less often than 
    once each year, prepare a report containing--
            ``(A) detailed data obtained under subsection (d), 
        including data on the indicators comprising the Civic Health 
        Assessment; and
            ``(B) the analyses described in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 
        subsection (d), to the extent practicable based on the data the 
        partnership is able to obtain.
        ``(2) Aggregation and presentation.--The partnership shall, to 
    the extent practicable, aggregate the data on the civic health 
    indicators comprising the Civic Health Assessment by community, by 
    State, and nationally. The report described in paragraph (1) shall 
    present the aggregated data in a form that enables communities and 
    States to assess their civic health, as measured on each of the 
    indicators comprising the Civic Health Assessment, and compare 
    those measures with comparable measures of other communities and 
    States.
        ``(3) Submission.--The partnership shall submit the report to 
    the authorizing committees, and make the report available to the 
    general public on the Corporation's website.
    ``(f) Public Input.--The partnership shall--
        ``(1) identify opportunities for public dialogue and input on 
    the Civic Health Assessment; and
        ``(2) hold conferences and forums to discuss the implications 
    of the data and analyses reported under subsection (e).
    ``(g) Volunteering Research and Evaluation.--
        ``(1) Research.--The partnership shall provide for baseline 
    research and tracking of domestic and international volunteering, 
    and baseline research and tracking related to relevant data on the 
    indicators described in subsection (d). In providing for the 
    research and tracking under this subsection, the partnership shall 
    consider data from the Supplements to the Current Populations 
    Surveys conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of 
    Labor Statistics, and data from other public and private sources, 
    including other data collected by the Bureau of the Census and the 
    Bureau of Labor Statistics.
        ``(2) Impact research and evaluation.--The partnership shall 
    sponsor an independent evaluation of the impact of domestic and 
    international volunteering, including an assessment of best 
    practices for such volunteering, and methods of improving such 
    volunteering through enhanced collaboration among--
            ``(A) entities that recruit, manage, support, and utilize 
        volunteers;
            ``(B) institutions of higher education; and
            ``(C) research institutions.
    ``(h) Database Prohibition.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to authorize the development, implementation, or maintenance of a 
Federal database of personally identifiable information on individuals 
participating in data collection for sources of information under this 
section.''.
SEC. 1609. CONTINGENT EXTENSION.
    Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking ``Section 
414'' and inserting ``Section 422''.
SEC. 1610. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS.
    Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Report.--
        ``(1) Federal agency submission.--The head of each Federal 
    agency and department shall prepare and submit to the Corporation a 
    report concerning the implementation of this section, including an 
    evaluation of the agency or department's performance on performance 
    goals and benchmarks for each partnership program of the agency or 
    department.
        ``(2) Report to congress.--The Corporation shall prepare and 
    submit to the authorizing committees a compilation of the 
    information received under paragraph (1).''.
SEC. 1611. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING.
    Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``The'' and inserting ``Consistent with otherwise applicable 
        law, the''; and
            (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``territory,'' after 
        ``local government,'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``The'' and inserting ``Consistent with otherwise applicable 
        law, the''; and
            (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``territory'' after 
        ``local government,''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Inspector General.--Consistent with otherwise applicable law, 
the Inspector General of the Corporation shall have access to, and the 
right to examine and copy, any books, documents, papers, records, and 
other recorded information in any form--
        ``(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation or 
    any State or local government, territory, Indian tribe, or public 
    or private nonprofit organization receiving assistance directly or 
    indirectly under the national service laws; and
        ``(2) that relates to--
            ``(A) such assistance; and
            ``(B) the duties of the Inspector General under the 
        Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).''.
SEC. 1612. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
    Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``SEC. 185. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
    ``(a) In General.--To promote efficiency and eliminate duplicative 
requirements, the Corporation shall consolidate or modify application 
procedures and reporting requirements for programs, projects, and 
activities funded under the national service laws.
    ``(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the 
effective date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall submit 
to the authorizing committees a report containing information on the 
actions taken to consolidate or modify the application procedures and 
reporting requirements for programs, projects, and activities funded 
under the national service laws, including a description of the 
procedures for consultation with recipients of the funding.
    ``SEC. 186. SUSTAINABILITY.
    ``The Corporation, after consultation with State Commissions and 
recipients of assistance, may set sustainability goals for projects or 
programs under the national service laws, so that recipients of 
assistance under the national service laws are carrying out sustainable 
projects or programs. Such sustainability goals shall be in writing and 
shall be used--
        ``(1) to build the capacity of the projects or programs that 
    receive assistance under the national service laws to meet 
    community needs;
        ``(2) in providing technical assistance to recipients of 
    assistance under the national service laws regarding acquiring and 
    leveraging non-Federal funds for support of the projects or 
    programs that receive such assistance; and
        ``(3) to determine whether the projects or programs, receiving 
    such assistance, are generating sufficient community support.
    ``SEC. 187. GRANT PERIODS.
    ``Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corporation has 
authority to award a grant or contract, or enter into a cooperative 
agreement, under the national service laws for a period of 3 years.
    ``SEC. 188. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS.
    ``In making decisions on applications for assistance or approved 
national service positions under the national service laws, the 
Corporation shall take into consideration the extent to which the 
applicant's proposal will increase the involvement of volunteers in 
meeting community needs. In reviewing the application for this purpose, 
the Corporation may take into account the mission of the applicant.
    ``SEC. 189. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS.
    ``(a) Limitation on Grant Amounts.--Except as otherwise provided by 
this section, the amount of funds approved by the Corporation for a 
grant to operate a program authorized under the national service laws, 
for supporting individuals serving in approved national service 
positions, may not exceed $18,000 per full-time equivalent position.
    ``(b) Costs Subject to Limitation.--The limitation under subsection 
(a), and the increased limitation under subsection (e)(1), shall apply 
to the Corporation's share of the member support costs, staff costs, 
and other costs to operate a program authorized under the national 
service laws incurred, by the recipient of the grant.
    ``(c) Costs Not Subject to Limitation.--The limitation under 
subsection (a), and the increased limitation under subsection (e)(1), 
shall not apply to expenses under a grant authorized under the national 
service laws to operate a program that are not included in the grant 
award for operating the program.
    ``(d) Adjustments for Inflation.--The amounts specified in 
subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted each year after 2008 for 
inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers published by the Secretary of Labor.
    ``(e) Waiver Authority and Reporting Requirement.--
        ``(1) Waiver.--The Chief Executive Officer may increase the 
    limitation under subsection (a) to not more than $19,500 per full-
    time equivalent position if necessary to meet the compelling needs 
    of a particular program, such as--
            ``(A) exceptional training needs for a program serving 
        disadvantaged youth;
            ``(B) the need to pay for increased costs relating to the 
        participation of individuals with disabilities;
            ``(C) the needs of tribal programs or programs located in 
        the territories; and
            ``(D) the need to pay for start-up costs associated with a 
        first-time recipient of assistance under a program of the 
        national service laws.
        ``(2) Reports.--The Chief Executive Officer shall report to the 
    authorizing committees annually on all limitations increased under 
    this subsection, with an explanation of the compelling needs 
    justifying such increases.
``SEC. 189A. MATCHING FUNDS FOR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED 
COMMUNITIES.
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
severely economically distressed community that receives assistance 
from the Corporation for any program under the national service laws 
shall not be subject to any requirements to provide matching funds for 
any such program, and the Federal share of such assistance for such a 
community may be 100 percent.
    ``(b) Severely Economically Distressed Community.--For the purposes 
of this section, the term `severely economically distressed community' 
means--
        ``(1) an area that has a mortgage foreclosure rate, home price 
    decline, and unemployment rate all of which are above the national 
    average for such rates or level, for the most recent 12 months for 
    which satisfactory data are available; or
        ``(2) a residential area that lacks basic living necessities, 
    such as water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, and 
    safe, sanitary housing.
``SEC. 189B. AUDITS AND REPORTS.
    ``The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit and reporting 
requirements as provided in the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 
(31 U.S.C. 901 note; Public Law 101-576) and chapter 91 of title 31, 
United States Code (commonly known as the `Government Corporation 
Control Act'). The Corporation shall report to the authorizing 
committees any failure to comply with such requirements.
``SEC. 189C. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND USE OF FEDERAL 
FUNDS.
    ``(a) General Prohibition.--Nothing in the national service laws 
shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal 
Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational 
agency, or school's curriculum, program of instruction, or allocation 
of State or local resources, or mandate a State or any subdivision 
thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for under this 
Act.
    ``(b) Prohibition on Endorsement of Curriculum.--Notwithstanding 
any other prohibition of Federal law, no funds provided to the 
Corporation under this Act may be used by the Corporation to endorse, 
approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an 
elementary school or secondary school.
    ``(c) Prohibition on Requiring Federal Approval or Certification 
Standards.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, not 
State shall be required to have academic content or student academic 
achievement standards approved or certified by the Federal Government, 
in order to receive assistance under this Act.
``SEC. 189D. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS.
    ``(a) In General.--Each entity selecting individuals to serve in a 
position in which the individuals receive a living allowance, stipend, 
national service educational award, or salary through a program 
receiving assistance under the national service laws, shall, subject to 
regulations and requirements established by the Corporation, conduct 
criminal history checks for such individuals.
    ``(b) Requirements.--A criminal history check under subsection (a) 
shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Corporation, 
include--
        ``(1) a name-based search of the National Sex Offender Registry 
    established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
    2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); and
        ``(2)(A) a search of the State criminal registry or repository 
    in the State in which the program is operating and the State in 
    which the individual resides at the time of application; or
        ``(B) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of 
    Investigation for a national criminal history background check.
    ``(c) Eligibility Prohibition.--An individual shall be ineligible 
to serve in a position described under subsection (a) if such 
individual--
        ``(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history check 
    described in subsection (b);
        ``(2) makes a false statement in connection with such criminal 
    history check;
        ``(3) is registered, or is required to be registered, on a 
    State sex offender registry or the National Sex Offender Registry 
    established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
    2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or
        ``(4) has been convicted of murder, as described in section 
    1111 of title 18, United States Code.''.
SEC. 1613. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.
    (a) Amendment.--Subtitle F of title I is further amended by 
inserting after section 184 the following:
``SEC. 184A. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.
    ``A reference in subtitle C, D, E, or H of title I regarding an 
entity eligible to receive direct or indirect assistance to carry out a 
national service program shall include a non-profit organization 
promoting competitive and non-competitive sporting events involving 
individuals with disabilities (including the Special Olympics), which 
enhance the quality of life for individuals with disabilities.''.
SEC. 1614. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH 
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
    (a) Amendment.--Section 189D, as added by section 1612, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Special Rule for Individuals Working With Vulnerable 
Populations.--
        ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), on and after 
    the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of the Serve 
    America Act, a criminal history check under subsection (a) for each 
    individual described in paragraph (2) shall, except for an entity 
    described in paragraph (3), include--
            ``(A) a name-based search of the National Sex Offender 
        Registry established under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and 
        Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.);
            ``(B) a search of the State criminal registry or repository 
        in the State in which the program is operating and the State in 
        which the individual resides at the time of application; and
            ``(C) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation for a national criminal history background check.
        ``(2) Individuals with access to vulnerable populations.--An 
    individual described in this paragraph is an individual age 18 or 
    older who--
            ``(A) serves in a position in which the individual receives 
        a living allowance, stipend, national service educational 
        award, or salary through a program receiving assistance under 
        the national service laws; and
            ``(B) as a result of such individual's service in such 
        position, has or will have access, on a recurring basis, to--
                ``(i) children age 17 years or younger;
                ``(ii) individuals age 60 years or older; or
                ``(iii) individuals with disabilities.
        ``(3) Exceptions.--The provisions of this subsection shall not 
    apply to an entity--
            ``(A) where the service provided by individuals serving 
        with the entity to a vulnerable population described in 
        paragraph (2)(B) is episodic in nature or for a 1-day period;
            ``(B) where the cost to the entity of complying with this 
        subsection is prohibitive;
            ``(C) where the entity is not authorized, or is otherwise 
        unable, under State law, to access the national criminal 
        history background check system of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation;
            ``(D) where the entity is not authorized, or is otherwise 
        unable, under Federal law, to access the national criminal 
        history background check system of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation; or
            ``(E) to which the Corporation otherwise provides an 
        exemption from this subsection for good cause.''.
    (b) Feasibility Study for a System of Criminal History Checks for 
Employees and Volunteers.--
        (1) Feasibility study on efficiency and effectiveness regarding 
    criminal history check.--The Attorney General of the United States 
    shall conduct a study that shall examine, to the extent discernible 
    and as of the date of the study, the following:
            (A) The state of criminal history checks (including the use 
        of fingerprint collection) at the State and local level, 
        including--
                (i) the available infrastructure for conducting 
            criminal history checks;
                (ii) the State system capacities to conduct such 
            criminal history checks; and
                (iii) the time required for each State to process an 
            individual's fingerprints for a national criminal history 
            background check through the Federal Bureau of 
            Investigation, from the time of fingerprint collection to 
            the submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
            (B) The likelihood that each State would participate in a 
        nationwide system of criminal history checks to provide 
        information regarding participants to entities receiving 
        assistance under the national service laws.
            (C) The number of participants that would require a 
        fingerprint-based national criminal history background check 
        under the national service laws.
            (D) The impact of the national service laws on the 
        Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation in terms of capacity and impact 
        on other users of the system, including the effect on the work 
        practices and staffing levels of the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation.
            (E) The fees charged by the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation, States, local agencies, and private companies to 
        collect and process fingerprints and conduct criminal history 
        checks.
            (F) The existence of model or best practice programs 
        regarding conducting criminal history checks that could easily 
        be expanded and duplicated in other States.
            (G) The extent to which private companies are currently 
        performing criminal history checks, and the possibility of 
        using private companies in the future to perform any of the 
        criminal history check process, including the collection and 
        transmission of fingerprints and fitness determinations.
            (H) The cost of development and operation of the technology 
        and the infrastructure necessary to establish a nationwide 
        fingerprint-based and other criminal background check system.
            (I) The extent of State participation in the procedures for 
        background checks under the National Child Protection Act of 
        1993 (42 U.S.C. 5119 et seq.).
            (J) The extent to which States provide access to nationwide 
        criminal history checks to organizations that serve children.
            (K) The extent to which States permit volunteers and other 
        individuals to appeal adverse fitness determinations, and 
        whether similar procedures are required at the Federal level.
            (L) Any privacy concerns that may arise from nationwide 
        criminal background checks for participants.
            (M) Any other information determined relevant by the 
        Attorney General.
        (2) Interim report.--Based on the findings of the study under 
    paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall, not later than 6 months 
    after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit to the 
    appropriate committees of Congress an interim report, which may 
    include recommendations regarding criminal history checks for 
    individuals that seek to volunteer with organizations that work 
    with children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.
        (3) Final report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
    enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Health, Education, 
    Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and to the Committee on the 
    Judiciary and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
    Representatives, a final report including recommendations regarding 
    criminal history checks for participants under the national service 
    laws, which may include--
            (A) a proposal for grants to States to develop or improve 
        programs to collect fingerprints and perform criminal history 
        checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with 
        organizations that work with children, the elderly, or 
        individuals with disabilities; and
            (B) recommendations for amendments to the National Child 
        Protection Act of 1993 and the Volunteers for Children Act so 
        that entities receiving assistance under the national service 
        laws can promptly and affordably conduct nationwide criminal 
        history background checks on their employees and volunteers.
        (4) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``authorizing 
    committees'', ``participants'', and ``national service laws'' have 
    the meanings given such terms in section 101 of the National and 
    Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).
    (c) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding section 6101, subsection (b) 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

  Subtitle G--Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and 
                           Community Service)

SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE.
    Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Terms.--Subject to subsection (e), each appointed member 
shall serve for a term of 5 years.''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Service Until Appointment of Successor.--A voting member of 
the Board whose term has expired may continue to serve on the Board 
until the date on which the member's successor takes office, which 
period shall not exceed 1 year.''.
SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES.
    Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
    ``shall--'' and inserting ``shall have responsibility for setting 
    overall policy for the Corporation and shall--'';
        (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the semicolon at the 
    end the following: ``, and review the budget proposal in advance of 
    submission to the Office of Management and Budget'';
        (3) in paragraph (5)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(C) review the performance of the Chief Executive Officer 
    annually and forward a report on that review to the President;'';
        (4) in paragraph (8), by striking ``the Congress'' each place 
    it appears and inserting ``the authorizing committees'';
        (5) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following:
        ``(10) notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            ``(A) make grants to or contracts with Federal and other 
        public departments or agencies, and private nonprofit 
        organizations, for the assignment or referral of volunteers 
        under the provisions of title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
        Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) (except as 
        provided in section 108 of such Act), which may provide that 
        the agency or organization shall pay all or a part of the costs 
        of the program; and
            ``(B) enter into agreements with other Federal agencies or 
        private nonprofit organizations for the support of programs 
        under the national service laws, which--
                ``(i) may provide that the agency or organization shall 
            pay all or a part of the costs of the program, except as is 
            provided in section 121(b); and
                ``(ii) shall provide that the program (including any 
            program operated by another Federal agency) will comply 
            with all requirements related to evaluation, performance, 
            and other goals applicable to similar programs under the 
            national service laws, as determined by the Corporation,''; 
            and
        (6) in paragraph (11)--
            (A) by striking ``Congress'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``authorizing committees'';
            (B) by striking ``section 193A(b)(10)'' and inserting 
        ``section 193A(b)(11)''; and
            (C) by striking ``September 30, 1995'' and inserting 
        ``January 1, 2012''.
SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION.
    Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by striking the 
period and inserting ``, plus 3 percent.''.
SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
    Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``shall--'' and inserting ``, in collaboration with the State 
        Commissions, shall--'';
            (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ``a strategic 
        plan'' the following: ``, including a plan for having 50 
        percent of all approved national service positions be full-time 
        positions by 2012,'';
            (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``, approved summer 
        of service positions, and approved silver scholar positions'' 
        after ``approved national service positions'';
            (D) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as 
        paragraphs (8) through (12), respectively;
            (E) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
        ``(7) prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the 
    Board an annual report on actions taken to achieve the goal of 
    having 50 percent of all approved national service positions be 
    full-time positions by 2012 as described in paragraph (1), 
    including an assessment of the progress made toward achieving that 
    goal and the actions to be taken in the coming year toward 
    achieving that goal;'';
            (F) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of paragraph 
        (10) (as so redesignated), by striking ``appropriate committees 
        of Congress'' and inserting ``authorizing committees'';
            (G) in paragraph (11) (as so redesignated)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            striking ``by June 30, 1995,'' and inserting 
            ``periodically,'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (A)(i)--

                    (I) by striking ``described in section 122(c)(1)''; 
                and
                    (II) by striking ``national priorities designed to 
                meet the'' and inserting ``national priorities, as 
                described in section 122(f)(1), designed to meet''; and

                (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after a 
            semicolon;
            (H) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), by striking the 
        period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
            (I) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(13) bolster the public awareness of and recruitment efforts 
    for the wide range of service opportunities for citizens of all 
    ages, regardless of socioeconomic status or geographic location, 
    through a variety of methods, including--
            ``(A) print media;
            ``(B) the Internet and related emerging technologies;
            ``(C) television;
            ``(D) radio;
            ``(E) presentations at public or private forums;
            ``(F) other innovative methods of communication; and
            ``(G) outreach to offices of economic development, State 
        employment security agencies, labor organizations and trade 
        associations, local educational agencies, institutions of 
        higher education, agencies and organizations serving veterans 
        and individuals with disabilities, and other institutions or 
        organizations from which participants for programs receiving 
        assistance from the national service laws can be recruited;
        ``(14) identify and implement methods of recruitment to--
            ``(A) increase the diversity of participants in the 
        programs receiving assistance under the national service laws; 
        and
            ``(B) increase the diversity of service sponsors of 
        programs desiring to receive assistance under the national 
        service laws;
        ``(15) coordinate with organizations of former participants of 
    national service programs for service opportunities that may 
    include capacity building, outreach, and recruitment for programs 
    receiving assistance under the national service laws;
        ``(16) collaborate with organizations with demonstrated 
    expertise in supporting and accommodating individuals with 
    disabilities, including institutions of higher education, to 
    identify and implement methods of recruitment to increase the 
    number of participants who are individuals with disabilities in the 
    programs receiving assistance under the national service laws;
        ``(17) identify and implement recruitment strategies and 
    training programs for bilingual volunteers in the National Senior 
    Service Corps under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
    of 1973;
        ``(18) collaborate with organizations that have established 
    volunteer recruitment programs to increase the recruitment capacity 
    of the Corporation;
        ``(19) where practicable, provide application materials in 
    languages other than English for individuals with limited English 
    proficiency who wish to participate in a national service program;
        ``(20) collaborate with the training and technical assistance 
    programs described in subtitle J with respect to the activities 
    described in section 199N(b));
        ``(21) coordinate the clearinghouses described in section 198O;
        ``(22) coordinate with entities receiving funds under subtitle 
    C in establishing the National Service Reserve Corps under section 
    198H, through which alumni of the national service programs and 
    veterans can serve in disasters and emergencies (as such terms are 
    defined in section 198H(a));
        ``(23) identify and implement strategies to increase awareness 
    among Indian tribes of the types and availability of assistance 
    under the national service laws, increase Native American 
    participation in programs under the national service laws, collect 
    information on challenges facing Native American communities, and 
    designate a Strategic Advisor for Native American Affairs to be 
    responsible for the execution of those activities under the 
    national service laws;
        ``(24) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion of economically 
    disadvantaged individuals in national service programs and 
    activities authorized under the national service laws; and
        ``(25) ensure that outreach, awareness, and recruitment efforts 
    are consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
    U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
    1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).'';
        (2) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (9)--
                (i) by striking ``Congress'' each place the term occurs 
            and inserting ``the authorizing committees''; and
                (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
            (C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
        ``(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in evaluating 
    applications to the Corporation for assistance under this title; 
    and'';
        (3) in subsection (f)(2)(B), by striking ``date specified in 
    subsection (b)(10)'' and inserting ``the first date that a report 
    is submitted under subsection (b)(11) after the effective date of 
    the Serve America Act''; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Authority To Contract With Businesses.--The Chief Executive 
Officer may, through contracts or cooperative agreements, carry out the 
marketing duties described in subsection (b)(13), with priority given 
to those entities that have established expertise in the recruitment of 
disadvantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and older adults.
    ``(i) Campaign To Solicit Funds.--The Chief Executive Officer may 
conduct a campaign to solicit funds to conduct outreach and recruitment 
campaigns to recruit a diverse population of service sponsors of, and 
participants in, programs and projects receiving assistance under the 
national service laws.''.
SEC. 1705. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STATUS.
    Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended--
        (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
    following:
        ``(1) In general.--There shall be in the Corporation a Chief 
    Financial Officer, who shall be appointed by the Chief Executive 
    Officer pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 195.''; and
        (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
SEC. 1706. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.
    Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after ``subdivision 
        of a State,'' the following: ``territory,''; and
            (B) in paragraph (3)--
                (i) in the heading, by striking ``Member'' and 
            inserting ``Nonvoting member''; and
                (ii) by inserting ``nonvoting'' before ``member''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Personal Services Contracts.--The Corporation may enter into 
personal services contracts to carry out research, evaluation, and 
public awareness related to the national service laws.''.
SEC. 1707. DONATED SERVICES.
    Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(A) Organizations and individuals.--Notwithstanding 
        section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Corporation 
        may solicit and accept the services of organizations and 
        individuals (other than participants) to assist the Corporation 
        in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under the 
        national service laws, and may provide to such individuals the 
        travel expenses described in section 192A(d).'';
            (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
            ``Such a volunteer'' and inserting ``A person who provides 
            assistance, either individually or as a member of an 
            organization, in accordance with subparagraph (A)'';
                (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``a volunteer under 
            this subtitle'' and inserting ``such a person'';
                (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ``volunteers under 
            this subtitle'' and inserting ``such persons''; and
                (iv) in clause (iii), by striking ``such a volunteer'' 
            and inserting ``such a person''; and
            (C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``Such a 
        volunteer'' and inserting ``Such a person''; and
        (2) by striking paragraph (3).
SEC. 1708. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS.
    Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 196B. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS.
    ``(a) Assignment.--In accordance with section 193A(c)(1), the Chief 
Executive Officer may assign to State Commissions specific programmatic 
functions upon a determination that such an assignment will increase 
efficiency in the operation or oversight of a program under the 
national service laws. In carrying out this section, and before 
executing any assignment of authority, the Corporation shall seek input 
from and consult Corporation employees, State Commissions, State 
educational agencies, and other interested stakeholders.
    ``(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the effective date of 
the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall submit a report to the 
authorizing committees describing the consultation process described in 
subsection (a), including the stakeholders consulted, the 
recommendation of stakeholders, and any actions taken by the 
Corporation under this section.''.
SEC. 1709. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS.
    Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 196C. STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS.
    ``(a) Study and Report.--The Corporation shall conduct a study and 
submit a report to the authorizing committees, not later than 3 years 
after the effective date of the Serve America Act, on--
        ``(1) the number of veterans serving in national service 
    programs historically by year;
        ``(2) strategies being undertaken to identify the specific 
    areas of need of veterans, including any goals set by the 
    Corporation for veterans participating in the service programs;
        ``(3) the impact of the strategies described in paragraph (2) 
    and the Veterans Corps on enabling greater participation by 
    veterans in the national service programs carried out under the 
    national service laws;
        ``(4) how existing programs and activities carried out under 
    the national service laws could be improved to serve veterans, 
    veterans service organizations, families of active-duty military, 
    including gaps in services to veterans;
        ``(5) the extent to which existing programs and activities 
    carried out under the national service laws are coordinated and 
    recommendations to improve such coordination including the methods 
    for ensuring the efficient financial organization of services 
    directed towards veterans; and
        ``(6) how to improve utilization of veterans as resources and 
    volunteers.
    ``(b) Consultation.--In conducting the studies and preparing the 
reports required under this subsection, the Corporation shall consult 
with veterans' service organizations, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Secretary of Defense, as 
appropriate, and other individuals and entities the Corporation 
considers appropriate.''.
SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR DISPLACED 
WORKERS IN SERVICES CORPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TO DEVELOP PILOT 
PROGRAM PLANNING STUDY.
    (a) Planning Study.--The Corporation shall conduct a study to 
identify--
        (1) specific areas of need for displaced workers;
        (2) how existing programs and activities (as of the time of the 
    study) carried out under the national service laws could better 
    serve displaced workers and communities that have been adversely 
    affected by plant closings and job losses;
        (3) prospects for better utilization of displaced workers as 
    resources and volunteers; and
        (4) methods for ensuring the efficient financial organization 
    of services directed towards displaced workers.
    (b) Consultation.--The study shall be carried out in consultation 
with the Secretary of Labor, State labor agencies, and other 
individuals and entities the Corporation considers appropriate.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the effective date of this 
Act, the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing committees a 
report on the results of the planning study required by subsection (a), 
together with a plan for implementation of a pilot program using 
promising strategies and approaches for better targeting and serving 
displaced workers.
    (d) Pilot Program.--From amounts made available to carry out this 
section, the Corporation shall develop and carry out a pilot program 
based on the findings and plan in the report submitted under subsection 
(c).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``Corporation'', 
``authorizing committees'', and ``national service laws'' have the 
meanings given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
SEC. 1711. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AGENCY COORDINATION.
    (a) Study.--In order to reduce administrative burdens and lower 
costs for national service programs carried out under the national 
service laws, the Corporation shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a data matching system 
under which the statements of an individual declaring that such 
individual is in compliance with the requirements of section 146(a)(3) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12602(a)(3)) shall be verified by the Corporation by comparing 
information provided by the individual with information relevant to 
such a declaration in the possession of other Federal agencies. Such 
study shall--
        (1) review the feasibility of--
            (A) expanding, and participating in, the data matching 
        conducted by the Department of Education with the Social 
        Security Administration and the Department of Homeland 
        Security, pursuant to section 484(g) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(g)); or
            (B) establishing a comparable system of data matching with 
        the Social Security Administration and the Department of 
        Homeland Security; and
        (2) identify--
            (A) the costs, for both the Corporation and the other 
        Federal agencies identified in paragraph (1), associated with 
        expanding or establishing such a system of data matching;
            (B) the benefits or detriments of such an expanded or 
        comparable system both for the Corporation and for the other 
        Federal agencies so identified;
            (C) strategies for ensuring the privacy and security of 
        participant information that is shared between Federal agencies 
        and organizations receiving assistance under the national 
        service laws;
            (D) the information that needs to be shared in order to 
        fulfill the eligibility requirements of section 146(a)(3) of 
        the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        12602(a)(3));
            (E) an alternative system through which an individual's 
        compliance with section 146(a)(3) of such Act may be verified, 
        should such an expanded or comparable system fail to verify the 
        individual's declaration of compliance; and
            (F) recommendations for implementation of such an expanded 
        or comparable system.
    (b) Consultation.--The Corporation shall carry out the study in 
consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Commissioner of the 
Social Security Administration, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 
other Federal agencies, entities, and individuals that the Corporation 
considers appropriate.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 9 months after the effective date of 
this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing committees a 
report on the results of the study required by subsection (a) and a 
plan for implementation of a pilot data matching program using 
promising strategies and approaches identified in such study, if the 
Corporation determines such program to be feasible.
    (d) Pilot Program.--From amounts made available to carry out this 
section, the Corporation may develop and carry out a pilot data 
matching program based on the report submitted under subsection (c).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``Corporation'', 
``authorizing committees'', and ``national service laws'' have the 
meanings given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).
SEC. 1712. STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall develop performance measures for each program receiving Federal 
assistance under the national service laws.
    (b) Contents.--The performance measures developed under subsection 
(a) shall--
        (1) to the maximum extent practicable draw on research-based, 
    quantitative data;
        (2) take into account program purpose and program design;
        (3) include criteria to evaluate the cost effectiveness of 
    programs receiving assistance under the national service laws;
        (4) include criteria to evaluate the administration and 
    management of programs receiving Federal assistance under the 
    national service laws; and
        (5) include criteria to evaluate oversight and accountability 
    of recipients of assistance through such programs under the 
    national service laws.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the development of the 
performance measures under subsection (a), and every 5 years 
thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare 
and submit to the authorizing committees and the Corporation's Board of 
Directors a report containing an assessment of each such program with 
respect to the performance measures developed under subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) In general.--The terms ``authorizing committees'', 
    ``Corporation'', and ``national service laws'' have the meanings 
    given the terms in section 101 of the National and Community 
    Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).
        (2) Program.--The term ``program'' means an entire program 
    carried out by the Corporation under the national service laws, 
    such as the entire AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C.
SEC. 1713. VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CORPS STUDY.
    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        (1) Many managers seek opportunities to give back to their 
    communities and address the Nation's challenges.
        (2) Managers possess business and technical skills that make 
    them especially suited to help nonprofit organizations and State 
    and local governments create efficiencies and cost savings and 
    develop programs to serve communities in need.
        (3) There are currently a large number of businesses and firms 
    who are seeking to identify savings through sabbatical 
    opportunities for senior employees.
    (b) Study and Plan.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall--
        (1) conduct a study on how best to establish and implement a 
    Volunteer Management Corps program; and
        (2) submit a plan regarding the establishment of such program 
    to Congress and to the President.
    (c) Consultation.--In carrying out the study described in 
subsection (b)(1), the Corporation may consult with experts in the 
private and nonprofit sectors.
    (d) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding section 6101, this section 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

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

SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO SUBTITLE H.
    Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended by 
inserting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 the 
following:

    ``PART I--ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL 
                               SERVICE''.

SEC. 1802. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL 
SERVICE.
    (a) Technical Amendments.--Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsection (r)'' and 
    inserting ``subsection (g)'';
        (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (b), by 
    striking ``to improve the quality'' and all that follows through 
    ``including--'' and inserting ``to address emergent needs through 
    summer programs and other activities, and to support service-
    learning programs and national service programs, including--'';
        (3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), 
    (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating subsections (g), (k), (n), (o), 
    (q), (r), and (s) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and 
    (i), respectively.
    (b) Global Youth Service Days.--Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as 
amended in subsection (a), is further amended--
        (1) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by subsection (a)(3))--
            (A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``National'' and 
        inserting ``Global'';
            (B) by striking ``National Youth'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``Global Youth'';
            (C) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
            ``April 24, 2009, and April 23, 2010, are each designated 
            as `Global Youth Service Days'.''; and
                (ii) in the second sentence, by striking ``appropriate 
            ceremonies and activities'' and inserting ``appropriate 
            youth-led community improvement and service-learning 
            activities'';
            (D) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) by inserting ``and other Federal departments and 
            agencies'' after ``Corporation''; and
                (ii) by striking ``ceremonies and activities'' and 
            inserting ``youth-led community improvement and service-
            learning activities''; and
            (E) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``and other Federal 
        departments and agencies'' after ``Corporation''.
    (c) Call to Service Campaign and September 11th Day of Service.--
Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), as amended by subsection (a), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Call to Service Campaign.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall 
conduct a nationwide `Call To Service' campaign, to encourage all 
people of the United States, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, 
religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or part-time national 
service, long- or short-term public service in the nonprofit sector or 
government, or volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the 
Corporation may collaborate with other Federal agencies and entities, 
State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, 
businesses, institutions of higher education, elementary schools, and 
secondary schools.
    ``(k) September 11th Day of Service.--
        ``(1) Federal activities.--The Corporation may organize and 
    carry out appropriate ceremonies and activities, which may include 
    activities that are part of the broader Call to Service Campaign 
    under subsection (j), in order to observe the September 11th 
    National Day of Service and Remembrance at the Federal level.
        ``(2) Activities.--The Corporation may make grants and provide 
    other support to community-based organizations to assist in 
    planning and carrying out appropriate service, charity, and 
    remembrance opportunities in conjunction with the September 11th 
    National Day of Service and Remembrance.
        ``(3) Consultation.--The Corporation may consult with and make 
    grants or provide other forms of support to nonprofit organizations 
    with expertise in representing families of victims of the September 
    11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted constituencies, and 
    in promoting the establishment of September 11 as an annually 
    recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance.''.
SEC. 1803. REPEALS.
    (a) Repeals.--The following provisions are repealed:
        (1) Clearinghouses.--Section 198A (42 U.S.C. 12653a).
        (2) Military installation conversion demonstration programs.--
    Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 12653c).
        (3) Special demonstration project.--Section 198D (42 U.S.C. 
    12653d).
    (b) Redesignation.--Section 198B (42 U.S.C. 12653b) is redesignated 
as section 198A.
SEC. 1804. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS.
    Section 198A(a)(2) (as redesignated by section 1803(b)) (42 U.S.C. 
12653b(a)(2)) is further amended by striking ``section 101(19)'' and 
inserting ``section 101''.
SEC. 1805. NEW FELLOWSHIPS.
    Part I of subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new sections:
``SEC. 198B. SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS.
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Area of national need.--The term `area of national need' 
    means an area involved in efforts to--
            ``(A) improve education in schools for economically 
        disadvantaged students;
            ``(B) expand and improve access to health care;
            ``(C) improve energy efficiency and conserve natural 
        resources;
            ``(D) improve economic opportunities for economically 
        disadvantaged individuals; or
            ``(E) improve disaster preparedness and response.
        ``(2) Eligible fellowship recipient.--The term `eligible 
    fellowship recipient' means an individual who is selected by a 
    State Commission under subsection (c) and, as a result of such 
    selection, is eligible for a ServeAmerica Fellowship.
        ``(3) Fellow.--The term `fellow' means an eligible fellowship 
    recipient who is awarded a ServeAmerica Fellowship and is 
    designated a fellow under subsection (e)(2).
        ``(4) Small service sponsor organization.--The term `small 
    service sponsor organization' means a service sponsor organization 
    described in subsection (d)(1) that has not more than 10 full-time 
    employees and 10 part-time employees.
    ``(b) Grants.--
        ``(1) In general.--From the amounts appropriated under section 
    501(a)(4)(B) and allotted under paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation 
    shall make grants (including financial assistance and a 
    corresponding allotment of approved national service positions), to 
    the State Commission of each of the several States, the District of 
    Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with an application 
    approved under this section, to enable such State Commissions to 
    award ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e).
        ``(2) Allotment; administrative costs.--
            ``(A) Allotment.--The amount allotted to a State Commission 
        for a fiscal year shall be equal to an amount that bears the 
        same ratio to the amount appropriated under section 
        501(a)(4)(B), as the population of the State bears to the total 
        population of the several States, the District of Columbia, and 
        the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
            ``(B) Reallotment.--If a State Commission does not apply 
        for an allotment under this subsection for any fiscal year, or 
        if the State Commission's application is not approved, the 
        Corporation shall reallot the amount of the State Commission's 
        allotment to the remaining State Commissions in accordance with 
        subparagraph (A).
            ``(C) Administrative costs.--Of the amount allotted to a 
        State Commission under subparagraph (A), not more than 1.5 
        percent of such amount may be used for administrative costs.
        ``(3) Number of positions.--The Corporation shall--
            ``(A) establish or increase the number of approved national 
        service positions under this subsection during each of fiscal 
        years 2010 through 2014;
            ``(B) establish the number of approved positions at 500 for 
        fiscal year 2010; and
            ``(C) increase the number of the approved positions to--
                ``(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011;
                ``(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012;
                ``(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and
                ``(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014.
        ``(4) Uses of grant funds.--
            ``(A) Required uses.--A grant awarded under this subsection 
        shall be used to enable fellows to carry out service projects 
        in areas of national need.
            ``(B) Permitted uses.--A grant awarded under this 
        subsection may be used for--
                ``(i) oversight activities and mechanisms for the 
            service sites of the fellows, as determined necessary by 
            the State Commission or the Corporation, which may include 
            site visits;
                ``(ii) activities to augment the experience of fellows, 
            including activities to engage the fellows in networking 
            opportunities with other national service participants; and
                ``(iii) recruitment or training activities for fellows.
        ``(5) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
    this subsection, a State Commission shall submit an application to 
    the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
    information as the Corporation may require, including information 
    on the criteria and procedures that the State Commission will use 
    for overseeing ServeAmerica Fellowship placements for service 
    projects, under subsection (e).
    ``(c) Eligible Fellowship Recipients.--
        ``(1) Application.--
            ``(A) In general.--An applicant desiring to become an 
        eligible fellowship recipient shall submit an application to a 
        State Commission that has elected to participate in the program 
        authorized under this section, at such time and in such manner 
        as the Commission may require, and containing the information 
        described in subparagraph (B) and such additional information 
        as the Commission may require. An applicant may submit such 
        application to only 1 State Commission for a fiscal year.
            ``(B) Contents.--The Corporation shall specify information 
        to be provided in an application submitted under this 
        subsection, which--
                ``(i) shall include--

                    ``(I) a description of the area of national need 
                that the applicant intends to address in the service 
                project;
                    ``(II) a description of the skills and experience 
                the applicant has to address the area of national need;
                    ``(III) a description of the type of service the 
                applicant plans to provide as a fellow; and
                    ``(IV) information identifying the local area 
                within the State served by the Commission in which the 
                applicant plans to serve for the service project; and

                ``(ii) may include, if the applicant chooses, the size 
            of the registered service sponsor organization with which 
            the applicant hopes to serve.
        ``(2) Selection.--Each State Commission shall--
            ``(A) select, from the applications received by the State 
        Commission for a fiscal year, the number of eligible fellowship 
        recipients that may be supported for that fiscal year based on 
        the amount of the grant received by the State Commission under 
        subsection (b); and
            ``(B) make an effort to award one-third of the fellowships 
        available to the State Commission for a fiscal year, based on 
        the amount of the grant received under subsection (b), to 
        applicants who propose to serve the fellowship with small 
        service sponsor organizations registered under subsection (d).
    ``(d) Service Sponsor Organizations.--
        ``(1) In general.--Each service sponsor organization shall--
            ``(A) be a nonprofit organization;
            ``(B) satisfy qualification criteria established by the 
        Corporation or the State Commission, including standards 
        relating to organizational capacity, financial management, and 
        programmatic oversight;
            ``(C) not be a recipient of other assistance, approved 
        national service positions, or approved summer of service 
        positions under the national service laws; and
            ``(D) at the time of registration with a State Commission, 
        enter into an agreement providing that the service sponsor 
        organization shall--
                ``(i) abide by all program requirements;
                ``(ii) provide an amount described in subsection 
            (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving with the organization 
            through the ServeAmerica Fellowship;
                ``(iii) be responsible for certifying whether each 
            fellow serving with the organization successfully completed 
            the ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and certify in a 
            manner specified by the Corporation the number of hours 
            served by a fellow for purposes of determining the fellow's 
            eligibility for benefits; and
                ``(iv) provide timely access to records relating to the 
            ServeAmerica Fellowship to the State Commission, the 
            Corporation, and the Inspector General of the Corporation.
        ``(2) Registration.--
            ``(A) Requirement.--No service sponsor organization may 
        receive a fellow under this section until the organization 
        registers with the State Commission.
            ``(B) Clearinghouse.--The State Commission shall maintain a 
        list of registered service sponsor organizations on a public 
        website.
            ``(C) Revocation.--If a State Commission determines that a 
        service sponsor organization is in violation of any of the 
        applicable provisions of this section--
                ``(i) the State Commission shall revoke the 
            registration of the organization;
                ``(ii) the organization shall not be eligible to 
            receive assistance, approved national service positions, or 
            approved summer of service positions under this title for 
            not less than 5 years; and
                ``(iii) the State Commission shall have the right to 
            remove a fellow from the organization and relocate the 
            fellow to another site.
    ``(e) Fellows.--
        ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to participate in a service 
    project as a fellow and receive a ServeAmerica Fellowship, an 
    eligible fellowship recipient shall--
            ``(A) within 3 months after being selected as an eligible 
        fellowship recipient by a State Commission, select a registered 
        service sponsor organization described in subsection (d)--
                ``(i) with which the recipient is interested in serving 
            under this section; and
                ``(ii) that is located in the State served by the State 
            Commission;
            ``(B) enter into an agreement with the organization--
                ``(i) that specifies the service the recipient will 
            provide if the placement is approved; and
                ``(ii) in which the recipient agrees to serve for 1 
            year on a full-time or part-time basis (as determined by 
            the Corporation); and
            ``(C) submit such agreement to the State Commission.
        ``(2) Award.--Upon receiving the eligible fellowship 
    recipient's agreement under paragraph (1), the State Commission 
    shall award a ServeAmerica Fellowship to the recipient and 
    designate the recipient as a fellow.
        ``(3) Fellowship amount.--
            ``(A) In general.--From amounts received under subsection 
        (b), each State Commission shall award each of the State's 
        fellows a ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that is equal to 50 
        percent of the amount of the average annual VISTA subsistence 
        allowance.
            ``(B) Amount from service sponsor organization.--
                ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii) 
            and subparagraph (E), the service sponsor organization 
            shall award to the fellow serving such organization an 
            amount that will ensure that the total award received by 
            the fellow for service in the service project (consisting 
            of such amount and the ServeAmerica Fellowship amount the 
            fellow receives under subparagraph (A)) is equal to or 
            greater than 70 percent of the average annual VISTA 
            subsistence allowance.
                ``(ii) Small service sponsor organizations.--In the 
            case of a small service sponsor organization, the small 
            service sponsor organization may decrease the amount of the 
            service sponsor organization award required under clause 
            (i) to not less than an amount that will ensure that the 
            total award received by the fellow for service in the 
            service project (as calculated in clause (i)) is equal to 
            or greater than 60 percent of the average annual VISTA 
            subsistence allowance.
            ``(C) Maximum living allowance.--The total amount that may 
        be provided to a fellow under this subparagraph shall not 
        exceed 100 percent of the average annual VISTA subsistence 
        allowance.
            ``(D) Proration of amount.--In the case of a fellow who is 
        authorized to serve a part-time term of service under the 
        agreement described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the amount 
        provided to a fellow under this paragraph shall be prorated 
        accordingly.
            ``(E) Waiver.--The Corporation may allow a State Commission 
        to waive the amount required under subparagraph (B) from the 
        service sponsor organization for a fellow serving the 
        organization if--
                ``(i) such requirement is inconsistent with the 
            objectives of the ServeAmerica Fellowship program; and
                ``(ii) the amount provided to the fellow under 
            subparagraph (A) is sufficient to meet the necessary costs 
            of living (including food, housing, and transportation) in 
            the area in which the ServeAmerica Fellowship program is 
            located.
            ``(F) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `average 
        annual VISTA subsistence allowance' means the total average 
        annual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under 
        section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
        U.S.C. 4955).
    ``(f) Compliance With Ineligible Service Categories.--Service under 
a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall comply with section 132(a). For 
purposes of applying that section to this subsection, a reference to 
assistance shall be considered to be a reference to assistance provided 
under this section.
    ``(g) Reports.--Each service sponsor organization that receives a 
fellow under this section shall, on a biweekly basis, report to the 
Corporation on the number of hours served and the services provided by 
that fellow. The Corporation shall establish a web portal for the 
organizations to use in reporting the information.
    ``(h) Educational Awards.--A fellow who serves in a service project 
under this section shall be considered to have served in an approved 
national service position and, upon meeting the requirements of section 
147 for full-time or part-time national service, shall be eligible for 
a national service educational award described in such section. The 
Corporation shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds to the 
National Service Trust to provide for the national service educational 
award for such fellow.
``SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.
    ``(a) Silver Scholarship Grant Program.--
        ``(1) Establishment.--The Corporation may award fixed-amount 
    grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to community-based 
    entities to carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant Program for 
    individuals age 55 or older, in which such individuals complete not 
    less than 350 hours of service in a year carrying out projects of 
    national need and receive a Silver Scholarship in the form of a 
    $1,000 national service educational award. Under such a program, 
    the Corporation shall establish criteria for the types of the 
    service required to be performed to receive such award.
        ``(2) Term.--Each program funded under this subsection shall be 
    carried out over a period of 3 years (which may include 1 planning 
    year), with a 1-year extension possible, if the program meets 
    performance levels developed in accordance with section 179(k) and 
    any other criteria determined by the Corporation.
        ``(3) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
    subsection, a community-based entity shall--
            ``(A) submit to the Corporation an application at such time 
        and in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may 
        reasonably require; and
            ``(B) be a listed organization as described in subsection 
        (b)(4).
        ``(4) Collaboration encouraged.--A community-based entity 
    awarded a grant under this subsection is encouraged to collaborate 
    with programs funded under title II of the Domestic Volunteer 
    Service Act of 1973 in carrying out this program.
        ``(5) Eligibility for fellowship.--An individual is eligible to 
    receive a Silver Scholarship if the community-based entity 
    certifies to the Corporation that the individual has completed not 
    less than 350 hours of service under this section in a 1-year 
    period.
        ``(6) Transfer to trust.--The Corporation shall transfer an 
    appropriate amount of funds to the National Service Trust to 
    provide for the national service educational award for each silver 
    scholar under this subsection.
        ``(7) Support services.--A community-based entity receiving a 
    fixed-amount grant under this subsection may use a portion of the 
    grant to provide transportation services to an eligible individual 
    to allow such individual to participate in a service project.
    ``(b) Encore Fellowships.--
        ``(1) Establishment.--The Corporation may award 1-year Encore 
    Fellowships to enable individuals age 55 or older to--
            ``(A) carry out service projects in areas of national need; 
        and
            ``(B) receive training and development in order to 
        transition to full- or part-time public service in the 
        nonprofit sector or government.
        ``(2) Program.--In carrying out the program, the Corporation 
    shall--
            ``(A) maintain a list of eligible organizations for which 
        Encore Fellows may be placed to carry out service projects 
        through the program and shall provide the list to all 
        Fellowship recipients; and
            ``(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipient--
                ``(i) determine whether the requesting recipient is 
            able to meet the service needs of a listed organization, or 
            another organization that the recipient requests in 
            accordance with paragraph (5)(B), for a service project; 
            and
                ``(ii) upon making a favorable determination under 
            clause (i), award the recipient with an Encore Fellowship, 
            and place the recipient with the organization as an Encore 
            Fellow under paragraph (5)(C).
        ``(3) Eligible recipients.--
            ``(A) In general.--An individual desiring to be selected as 
        a Fellowship recipient shall--
                ``(i) be an individual who--

                    ``(I) is age 55 or older as of the time the 
                individual applies for the program; and
                    ``(II) is not engaged in, but who wishes to engage 
                in, full- or part-time public service in the nonprofit 
                sector or government; and

                ``(ii) submit an application to the Corporation, at 
            such time, in such manner, and containing such information 
            as the Corporation may require, including--

                    ``(I) a description of the area of national need 
                that the applicant hopes to address through the service 
                project;
                    ``(II) a description of the skills and experience 
                the applicant has to address an area of national need; 
                and
                    ``(III) information identifying the region of the 
                United States in which the applicant wishes to serve.

            ``(B) Selection basis.--In determining which individuals to 
        select as Fellowship recipients, the Corporation shall--
                ``(i) select not more than 10 individuals from each 
            State; and
                ``(ii) give priority to individuals with skills and 
            experience for which there is an ongoing high demand in the 
            nonprofit sector and government.
        ``(4) Listed organizations.--To be listed under paragraph 
    (2)(A), an organization shall--
            ``(A) be a nonprofit organization; and
            ``(B) submit an application to the Corporation at such 
        time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
        Corporation may require, including--
                ``(i) a description of--

                    ``(I) the services and activities the organization 
                carries out generally;
                    ``(II) the area of national need that the 
                organization seeks to address through a service 
                project; and
                    ``(III) the services and activities the 
                organization seeks to carry out through the proposed 
                service project;

                ``(ii) a description of the skills and experience that 
            an eligible Encore Fellowship recipient needs to be placed 
            with the organization as an Encore Fellow for the service 
            project;
                ``(iii) a description of the training and leadership 
            development the organization shall provide an Encore Fellow 
            placed with the organization to assist the Encore Fellow in 
            obtaining a public service job in the nonprofit sector or 
            government after the period of the Encore Fellowship; and
                ``(iv) evidence of the organization's financial 
            stability.
        ``(5) Placement.--
            ``(A) Request for placement with listed organizations.--To 
        be placed with a listed organization in accordance with 
        paragraph (2)(B) for a service project, an eligible Encore 
        Fellowship recipient shall submit an application for such 
        placement to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the Corporation may require.
            ``(B) Request for placement with other organization.--An 
        eligible Encore Fellowship recipient may apply to the 
        Corporation to serve the recipient's Encore Fellowship year 
        with a nonprofit organization that is not a listed 
        organization. Such application shall be submitted to the 
        Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
        information as the Corporation shall require, and shall 
        include--
                ``(i) an identification and description of--

                    ``(I) the organization;
                    ``(II) the area of national need the organization 
                seeks to address; and
                    ``(III) the services or activities the organization 
                carries out to address such area of national need;

                ``(ii) a description of the services the eligible 
            Encore Fellowship recipient shall provide for the 
            organization as an Encore Fellow; and
                ``(iii) a letter of support from the leader of the 
            organization, including--

                    ``(I) a description of the organization's need for 
                the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient's services;
                    ``(II) evidence that the organization is 
                financially sound;
                    ``(III) an assurance that the organization will 
                provide training and leadership development to the 
                eligible Encore Fellowship recipient if placed with the 
                organization as an Encore Fellow, to assist the Encore 
                Fellow in obtaining a public service job in the 
                nonprofit sector or government after the period of the 
                Encore Fellowship; and
                    ``(IV) a description of the training and leadership 
                development to be provided to the Encore Fellowship 
                recipient if so placed.

            ``(C) Placement and award of fellowship.--If the 
        Corporation determines that the eligible Encore Fellowship 
        recipient is able to meet the service needs (including skills 
        and experience to address an area of national need) of the 
        organization that the eligible fellowship recipient requests 
        under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Corporation shall--
                ``(i) approve the placement of the eligible Encore 
            Fellowship recipient with the organization;
                ``(ii) award the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 
            an Encore Fellowship for a period of 1 year and designate 
            the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient as an Encore 
            Fellow; and
                ``(iii) in awarding the Encore Fellowship, make a 
            payment, in the amount of $11,000, to the organization to 
            enable the organization to provide living expenses to the 
            Encore Fellow for the year in which the Encore Fellow 
            agrees to serve.
        ``(6) Matching funds.--An organization that receives an Encore 
    Fellow under this subsection shall agree to provide, for the living 
    expenses of the Encore Fellow during the year of service, non-
    Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less than $1 for 
    every $1 of Federal funds provided to the organization for the 
    Encore Fellow through the Encore Fellowship.
        ``(7) Training and assistance.--Each organization that receives 
    an Encore Fellow under this subsection shall provide training, 
    leadership development, and assistance to the Encore Fellow, and 
    conduct oversight of the service provided by the Encore Fellow.
        ``(8) Leadership development.--Each year, the Corporation shall 
    convene current and former Encore Fellows to discuss the Encore 
    Fellows' experiences related to service under this subsection and 
    discuss strategies for increasing leadership and careers in public 
    service in the nonprofit sector or government.
    ``(c) Evaluations.--The Corporation shall conduct an independent 
evaluation of the programs authorized under subsections (a) and (b) and 
widely disseminate the results, including recommendations for 
improvement, to the service community through multiple channels, 
including the Corporation's Resource Center or a clearinghouse of 
effective strategies.''.
SEC. 1806. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS.
    Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:

               ``PART II--NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS

``SEC. 198H. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS.
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
        ``(1) the term `National Service Reserve Corps member' means an 
    individual who--
            ``(A) has completed a term of national service or is a 
        veteran;
            ``(B) has successfully completed training described in 
        subsection (c) within the previous 2 years;
            ``(C) completes not less than 10 hours of volunteering each 
        year (which may include the training session described in 
        subparagraph (B)); and
            ``(D) has indicated interest to the Corporation in 
        responding to disasters and emergencies in a timely manner 
        through the National Service Reserve Corps; and
        ``(2) the term `term of national service' means a term or 
    period of service under section 123.
    ``(b) Establishment of National Service Reserve Corps.--
        ``(1) In general.--In consultation with the Federal Emergency 
    Management Agency, the Corporation shall establish a National 
    Service Reserve Corps to prepare and deploy National Service 
    Reserve Corps members to respond to disasters and emergencies in 
    support of national service programs and other requesting programs 
    and agencies.
        ``(2) Grants or contracts.--In carrying out this section, the 
    Corporation may enter into a grant or contract with an organization 
    experienced in responding to disasters or in coordinating 
    individuals who have completed a term of national service or are 
    veterans, or may directly deploy National Service Reserve Corps 
    members, as the Corporation determines necessary.
    ``(c) Annual Training.--The Corporation shall conduct or coordinate 
annual training sessions, consistent with the training requirements of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for individuals who have 
completed a term of national service or are veterans, and who wish to 
join the National Service Reserve Corps.
    ``(d) Designation of Organizations.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Corporation shall designate 
    organizations with demonstrated experience in responding to 
    disasters or emergencies, including through using volunteers, for 
    participation in the program under this section.
        ``(2) Requirements.--The Corporation shall ensure that every 
    designated organization is--
            ``(A) prepared to respond to disasters or emergencies;
            ``(B) prepared and able to utilize National Service Reserve 
        Corps members in responding to disasters or emergencies; and
            ``(C) willing to respond in a timely manner when notified 
        by the Corporation of a disaster or emergency.
    ``(e) Databases.--The Corporation shall develop or contract with an 
outside organization to develop--
        ``(1) a database of all National Service Reserve Corps members; 
    and
        ``(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations that have been 
    designated by the Corporation under subsection (d).
    ``(f) Deployment of National Service Reserve Corps.--
        ``(1) Major disasters or emergencies.--If a major disaster or 
    emergency is declared by the President pursuant to section 102 of 
    the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 
    U.S.C. 5122), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
    Agency, in consultation with the Corporation, may task the National 
    Service Reserve Corps to assist in response.
        ``(2) Other disasters or emergencies.--For a disaster or 
    emergency that is not declared a major disaster or emergency under 
    section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
    Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), the Corporation may directly, or 
    through a grant or contract, deploy the National Service Reserve 
    Corps.
        ``(3) Deployment.--Under paragraph (1) or (2), the Corporation 
    may--
            ``(A) deploy interested National Service Reserve Corps 
        members on assignments of not more than 30 days to assist with 
        local needs related to preparing or recovering from the 
        incident in the affected area, either directly or through 
        organizations designated under subsection (d);
            ``(B) make travel arrangements for the deployed National 
        Service Reserve Corps members to the site of the incident; and
            ``(C) provide funds to those organizations that are 
        responding to the incident with deployed National Service 
        Reserve Corps members, to enable the organizations to 
        coordinate and provide housing, living stipends, and insurance 
        for those deployed members.
        ``(4) Allowance.--Any amounts that are utilized by the 
    Corporation from funds appropriated under section 501(a)(4)(D) to 
    carry out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept in a 
    separate fund. Any amounts in such fund that are not used during a 
    fiscal year shall remain available to use to pay National Service 
    Reserve Corps members an allowance, determined by the Corporation, 
    for out-of-pocket expenses.
        ``(5) Information.--
            ``(A) National service participants.--The Corporation, the 
        State Commissions, and entities receiving financial assistance 
        for programs under subtitle C of this Act, or under part A of 
        title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
        U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform participants about the 
        National Service Reserve Corps upon the participants' 
        completion of their term of national service.
            ``(B) Veterans.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall inform 
        veterans who are recently discharged, released, or separated 
        from the Armed Forces about the National Service Reserve Corps.
        ``(6) Coordination.--In deploying National Service Reserve 
    Corps members under this subsection, the Corporation shall--
            ``(A) avoid duplication of activities directed by the 
        Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
            ``(B) consult and, as appropriate, partner with Citizen 
        Corps programs and other local disaster agencies, including 
        State and local emergency management agencies, voluntary 
        organizations active in disaster, State Commissions, and 
        similar organizations, in the affected area.''.
SEC. 1807. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM.
    Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:

           ``PART III--SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM

``SEC. 198K. FUNDS.
    ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
        ``(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community 
    organizations are developing innovative and effective solutions to 
    national and local challenges.
        ``(2) Increased public and private investment in replicating 
    and expanding proven effective solutions, and supporting new 
    solutions, developed by social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 
    community organizations could allow those entrepreneurs and 
    organizations to replicate and expand proven initiatives, and 
    support new initiatives, in communities.
        ``(3) A network of Social Innovation Funds could leverage 
    Federal investments to increase State, local, business, and 
    philanthropic resources to replicate and expand proven solutions 
    and invest in supporting new innovations to tackle specific 
    identified community challenges.
    ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
        ``(1) to recognize and increase the impact of social 
    entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in 
    tackling national and local challenges;
        ``(2) to stimulate the development of a network of Social 
    Innovation Funds that will increase private and public investment 
    in nonprofit community organizations that are effectively 
    addressing national and local challenges to allow such 
    organizations to replicate and expand proven initiatives or support 
    new initiatives;
        ``(3) to assess the effectiveness of such Funds in--
            ``(A) leveraging Federal investments to increase State, 
        local, business, and philanthropic resources to address 
        national and local challenges;
            ``(B) providing resources to replicate and expand effective 
        initiatives; and
            ``(C) seeding experimental initiatives focused on improving 
        outcomes in the areas described in subsection (f)(3); and
        ``(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to identify, invest in, 
    replicate, and expand initiatives with effective solutions to 
    national and local challenges.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Community organization.--The term `community 
    organization' means a nonprofit organization that carries out 
    innovative, effective initiatives to address community challenges.
        ``(2) Covered entity.--The term `covered entity' means--
            ``(A) an existing grantmaking institution (existing as of 
        the date on which the institution applies for a grant under 
        this section); or
            ``(B) a partnership between--
                ``(i) such an existing grantmaking institution; and
                ``(ii) an additional grantmaking institution, a State 
            Commission, or a chief executive officer of a unit of 
            general local government.
        ``(3) Issue area.--The term `issue area' means an area 
    described in subsection (f)(3).
    ``(d) Program.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
section that are not reserved under subsections (l) and (m), the 
Corporation shall establish a Social Innovation Funds grant program to 
make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for Social 
Innovation Funds.
    ``(e) Periods; Amounts.--The Corporation shall make such grants for 
periods of 5 years, and may renew the grants for additional periods of 
5 years, in amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than 
$10,000,000 per year.
    ``(f) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (d), an entity shall--
        ``(1) be a covered entity;
        ``(2) propose to focus on--
            ``(A) serving a specific local geographical area; or
            ``(B) addressing a specific issue area;
        ``(3) propose to focus on improving measurable outcomes 
    relating to--
            ``(A) education for economically disadvantaged elementary 
        or secondary school students;
            ``(B) child and youth development;
            ``(C) reductions in poverty or increases in economic 
        opportunity for economically disadvantaged individuals;
            ``(D) health, including access to health services and 
        health education;
            ``(E) resource conservation and local environmental 
        quality;
            ``(F) individual or community energy efficiency;
            ``(G) civic engagement; or
            ``(H) reductions in crime;
        ``(4) have an evidence-based decisionmaking strategy, 
    including--
            ``(A) use of evidence produced by prior rigorous 
        evaluations of program effectiveness including, where 
        available, well-implemented randomized controlled trials; and
            ``(B) a well-articulated plan to--
                ``(i)(I) replicate and expand research-proven 
            initiatives that have been shown to produce sizeable, 
            sustained benefits to participants or society; or
                ``(II) support new initiatives with a substantial 
            likelihood of significant impact; or
                ``(ii) partner with a research organization to carry 
            out rigorous evaluations to assess the effectiveness of 
            such initiatives; and
        ``(5) have appropriate policies, as determined by the 
    Corporation, that protect against conflict of interest, self-
    dealing, and other improper practices.
    ``(g) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eligible entity 
shall submit an application to the Corporation at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Corporation may specify, 
including, at a minimum--
        ``(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will--
            ``(A) use the funds received through that capital in order 
        to make subgrants to community organizations that will use the 
        funds to replicate or expand proven initiatives, or support new 
        initiatives, in low-income communities;
            ``(B) in making decisions about subgrants for communities, 
        consult with a diverse cross section of community 
        representatives in the decisions, including individuals from 
        the public, nonprofit private, and for-profit private sectors; 
        and
            ``(C) make subgrants of a sufficient size and scope to 
        enable the community organizations to build their capacity to 
        manage initiatives, and sustain replication or expansion of the 
        initiatives;
        ``(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will not make any 
    subgrants to the parent organizations of the eligible entity, a 
    subsidiary organization of the parent organization, or, if the 
    eligible entity applied for funds under this section as a 
    partnership, any member of the partnership;
        ``(3) an identification of, as appropriate--
            ``(A) the specific local geographical area referred to in 
        subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eligible entity is proposing to 
        serve; or
            ``(B) the issue area referred to in subsection (f)(2)(B) 
        that the eligible entity will address, and the geographical 
        areas that the eligible entity is likely to serve in addressing 
        such issue area;
        ``(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas in which the 
    eligible entity will work to improve measurable outcomes;
        ``(B) statistics on the needs related to those issue areas in, 
    as appropriate--
            ``(i) the specific local geographical area described in 
        paragraph (3)(A); or
            ``(ii) the geographical areas described in paragraph 
        (3)(B), including statistics demonstrating that those 
        geographical areas have high need in the specific issue area 
        that the eligible entity is proposing to address; and
        ``(C) information on the specific measurable outcomes related 
    to the issue areas involved that the eligible entity will seek to 
    improve;
        ``(5) information describing the process by which the eligible 
    entity selected, or will select, community organizations to receive 
    the subgrants, to ensure that the community organizations--
            ``(A) are institutions--
                ``(i) with proven initiatives and a demonstrated track 
            record of achieving specific outcomes related to the 
            measurable outcomes for the eligible entity; or
                ``(ii) that articulate a new solution with a 
            significant likelihood for substantial impact;
            ``(B) articulate measurable outcomes for the use of the 
        subgrant funds that are connected to the measurable outcomes 
        for the eligible entity;
            ``(C) will use the funds to replicate, expand, or support 
        their initiatives;
            ``(D) provide a well-defined plan for replicating, 
        expanding, or supporting the initiatives funded;
            ``(E) can sustain the initiatives after the subgrant period 
        concludes through reliable public revenues, earned income, or 
        private sector funding;
            ``(F) have strong leadership and financial and management 
        systems;
            ``(G) are committed to the use of data collection and 
        evaluation for improvement of the initiatives;
            ``(H) will implement and evaluate innovative initiatives, 
        to be important contributors to knowledge in their fields; and
            ``(I) will meet the requirements for providing matching 
        funds specified in subsection (k);
        ``(6) information about the eligible entity, including its 
    experience managing collaborative initiatives, or assessing 
    applicants for grants and evaluating the performance of grant 
    recipients for outcome-focused initiatives, and any other relevant 
    information;
        ``(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of subsection (i) 
    and a plan for meeting the requirements, including information on 
    any funding that the eligible entity has secured to provide the 
    matching funds required under that subsection;
        ``(8) a description of the eligible entity's plan for providing 
    technical assistance and support, other than financial support, to 
    the community organizations that will increase the ability of the 
    community organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes;
        ``(9) information on the commitment, institutional capacity, 
    and expertise of the eligible entity concerning--
            ``(A) collecting and analyzing data required for 
        evaluations, compliance efforts, and other purposes;
            ``(B) supporting relevant research; and
            ``(C) submitting regular reports to the Corporation, 
        including information on the initiatives of the community 
        organizations, and the replication or expansion of such 
        initiatives;
        ``(10) a commitment to use data and evaluations to improve the 
    eligible entity's own model and to improve the initiatives funded 
    by the eligible entity; and
        ``(11) a commitment to cooperate with any evaluation activities 
    undertaken by the Corporation.
    ``(h) Selection Criteria.--In selecting eligible entities to 
receive grants under subsection (d), the Corporation shall--
        ``(1) select eligible entities on a competitive basis;
        ``(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the quality of 
    their selection process, as described in subsection (g)(5), the 
    capacity of the eligible entities to manage Social Innovation 
    Funds, and the potential of the eligible entities to sustain the 
    Funds after the conclusion of the grant period;
        ``(3) include among the grant recipients eligible entities that 
    propose to provide subgrants to serve communities (such as rural 
    low-income communities) that the eligible entities can demonstrate 
    are significantly philanthropically underserved;
        ``(4) select a geographically diverse set of eligible entities; 
    and
        ``(5) take into account broad community perspectives and 
    support.
    ``(i) Matching Funds for Grants.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Corporation may not make a grant to an 
    eligible entity under subsection (d) for a Social Innovation Fund 
    unless the entity agrees that, with respect to the cost described 
    in subsection (d) for that Fund, the entity will make available 
    matching funds in an amount equal to not less than $1 for every $1 
    of funds provided under the grant.
        ``(2) Additional requirements.--
            ``(A) Type and sources.--The eligible entity shall provide 
        the matching funds in cash. The eligible entity shall provide 
        the matching funds from State, local, or private sources, which 
        may include State or local agencies, businesses, private 
        philanthropic organizations, or individuals.
            ``(B) Eligible entities including state commissions or 
        local government offices.--
                ``(i) In general.--In a case in which a State 
            Commission, a local government office, or both entities are 
            a part of the eligible entity, the State involved, the 
            local government involved, or both entities, respectively, 
            shall contribute not less than 30 percent and not more than 
            50 percent of the matching funds.
                ``(ii) Local government office.--In this subparagraph, 
            the term `local government office' means the office of the 
            chief executive officer of a unit of general local 
            government.
        ``(3) Reduction.--The Corporation may reduce by 50 percent the 
    matching funds required by paragraph (1) for an eligible entity 
    serving a community (such as a rural low-income community) that the 
    eligible entity can demonstrate is significantly philanthropically 
    underserved.
    ``(j) Subgrants.--
        ``(1) Subgrants authorized.--An eligible entity receiving a 
    grant under subsection (d) is authorized to use the funds made 
    available through the grant to award, on a competitive basis, 
    subgrants to expand or replicate proven initiatives, or support new 
    initiatives with a substantial likelihood of success, to--
            ``(A) community organizations serving low-income 
        communities within the specific local geographical area 
        described in the eligible entity's application in accordance 
        with subsection (g)(3)(A); or
            ``(B) community organizations addressing a specific issue 
        area described in the eligible entity's application in 
        accordance with subsection (g)(3)(B), in low-income communities 
        in the geographical areas described in the application.
        ``(2) Periods; amounts.--The eligible entity shall make such 
    subgrants for periods of not less than 3 and not more than 5 years, 
    and may renew the subgrants for such periods, in amounts of not 
    less than $100,000 per year.
        ``(3) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a subgrant from 
    an eligible entity under this section, including receiving a 
    payment for that subgrant each year, a community organization shall 
    submit an application to an eligible entity that serves the 
    specific local geographical area, or geographical areas, that the 
    community organization proposes to serve, at such time, in such 
    manner, and containing such information as the eligible entity may 
    require, including--
            ``(A) a description of the initiative the community 
        organization carries out and plans to replicate or expand, or 
        of the new initiative the community organization intends to 
        support, using funds received from the eligible entity, and how 
        the initiative relates to the issue areas in which the eligible 
        entity has committed to work in the eligible entity's 
        application, in accordance with subsection (g)(4)(A);
            ``(B) data on the measurable outcomes the community 
        organization has improved, and information on the measurable 
        outcomes the community organization seeks to improve by 
        replicating or expanding a proven initiative or supporting a 
        new initiative, which shall be among the measurable outcomes 
        that the eligible entity identified in the eligible entity's 
        application, in accordance with subsection (g)(4)(C);
            ``(C) an identification of the community in which the 
        community organization proposes to carry out an initiative, 
        which shall be within a local geographical area described in 
        the eligible entity's application in accordance with 
        subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (g)(3), as applicable;
            ``(D) a description of the evidence-based decisionmaking 
        strategies the community organization uses to improve the 
        measurable outcomes, including--
                ``(i) use of evidence produced by prior rigorous 
            evaluations of program effectiveness including, where 
            available, well-implemented randomized controlled trials; 
            or
                ``(ii) a well-articulated plan to conduct, or partner 
            with a research organization to conduct, rigorous 
            evaluations to assess the effectiveness of initiatives 
            addressing national or local challenges;
            ``(E) a description of how the community organization uses 
        data to analyze and improve its initiatives;
            ``(F) specific evidence of how the community organization 
        will meet the requirements for providing matching funds 
        specified in subsection (k);
            ``(G) a description of how the community organization will 
        sustain the replicated or expanded initiative after the 
        conclusion of the subgrant period; and
            ``(H) any other information the eligible entity may 
        require, including information necessary for the eligible 
        entity to fulfill the requirements of subsection (g)(5).
    ``(k) Matching Funds for Subgrants.--
        ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity may not make a subgrant 
    to a community organization under this section for an initiative 
    described in subsection (j)(3)(A) unless the organization agrees 
    that, with respect to the cost of carrying out that initiative, the 
    organization will make available, on an annual basis, matching 
    funds in an amount equal to not less than $1 for every $1 of funds 
    provided under the subgrant. If the community organization fails to 
    make such matching funds available for a fiscal year, the eligible 
    entity shall not make payments for the remaining fiscal years of 
    the subgrant period, notwithstanding any other provision of this 
    part.
        ``(2) Types and sources.--The community organization shall 
    provide the matching funds in cash. The community organization 
    shall provide the matching funds from State, local, or private 
    sources, which may include funds from State or local agencies or 
    private sector funding.
    ``(l) Direct Support.--
        ``(1) Program authorized.--The Corporation may use not more 
    than 10 percent of the funds appropriated for this section to award 
    grants to community organizations serving low-income communities or 
    addressing a specific issue area in geographical areas that have 
    the highest need in that issue area, to enable such community 
    organizations to replicate or expand proven initiatives or support 
    new initiatives.
        ``(2) Terms and conditions.--A grant awarded under this 
    subsection shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as a 
    subgrant awarded under subsection (j).
        ``(3) Application; matching funds.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
    subsection (j) and subsection (k) shall apply to a community 
    organization receiving or applying for a grant under this 
    subsection in the same manner as such subsections apply to a 
    community organization receiving or applying for a subgrant under 
    subsection (j), except that references to a subgrant shall mean a 
    grant and references to an eligible entity shall mean the 
    Corporation.
    ``(m) Research and Evaluation.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Corporation may reserve not more than 5 
    percent of the funds appropriated for this section for a fiscal 
    year to support, directly or through contract with an independent 
    entity, research and evaluation activities to evaluate the eligible 
    entities and community organizations receiving grants under 
    subsections (d) and (l) and the initiatives supported by the 
    grants.
        ``(2) Research and evaluation activities.--
            ``(A) Research and reports.--
                ``(i) In general.--The entity carrying out this 
            subsection shall collect data and conduct or support 
            research with respect to the eligible entities and 
            community organizations receiving grants under subsections 
            (d) and (l), and the initiatives supported by such eligible 
            entities and community organizations, to determine the 
            success of the program carried out under this section in 
            replicating, expanding, and supporting initiatives, 
            including--

                    ``(I) the success of the initiatives in improving 
                measurable outcomes; and
                    ``(II) the success of the program in increasing 
                philanthropic investments in philanthropically 
                underserved communities.

                ``(ii) Reports.--The Corporation shall submit periodic 
            reports to the authorizing committees including--

                    ``(I) the data collected and the results of the 
                research under this subsection;
                    ``(II) information on lessons learned about best 
                practices from the activities carried out under this 
                section, to improve those activities; and
                    ``(III) a list of all eligible entities and 
                community organizations receiving funds under this 
                section.

                ``(iii) Public information.--The Corporation shall 
            annually post the list described in clause (ii)(III) on the 
            Corporation's website.
            ``(B) Technical assistance.--The Corporation shall, 
        directly or through contract, provide technical assistance to 
        the eligible entities and community organizations that receive 
        grants under subsections (d) and (l).
            ``(C) Knowledge management.--The Corporation shall, 
        directly or through contract, maintain a clearinghouse for 
        information on best practices resulting from initiatives 
        supported by the eligible entities and community organizations.
            ``(D) Reservation.--Of the funds appropriated under section 
        501(a)(4)(E) for a fiscal year, not more than 5 percent may be 
        used to carry out this subsection.''.
SEC. 1808. CLEARINGHOUSES.
    Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following:

    ``PART IV--NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES; VOLUNTEER 
                            GENERATION FUND

``SEC. 198O. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES.
    ``(a) In General.--The Corporation shall provide assistance, by 
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, to entities with expertise 
in the dissemination of information through clearinghouses to establish 
1 or more clearinghouses for information regarding the national service 
laws, which shall include information on service-learning and on 
service through other programs receiving assistance under the national 
service laws.
    ``(b) Function of Clearinghouse.--Such a clearinghouse may--
        ``(1) assist entities carrying out State or local service-
    learning and national service programs with needs assessments and 
    planning;
        ``(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning service-
    learning or programs receiving assistance under the national 
    service laws, except that such clearinghouse may not conduct such 
    research and evaluations if the recipient of the grant, contract, 
    or cooperative agreement establishing the clearinghouse under this 
    section is receiving funds for such purpose under part III of 
    subtitle B or under this subtitle (not including this section);
        ``(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to State 
    and local service-learning program administrators, supervisors, 
    service sponsors, and participants; and
        ``(B) provide training to persons who can provide the 
    leadership development and training described in subparagraph (A);
        ``(4) facilitate communication among--
            ``(A) entities carrying out service-learning programs and 
        programs offered under the national service laws; and
            ``(B) participants in such programs;
        ``(5) provide and disseminate information and curriculum 
    materials relating to planning and operating service-learning 
    programs and programs offered under the national service laws, to 
    States, territories, Indian tribes, and local entities eligible to 
    receive financial assistance under the national service laws;
        ``(6) provide and disseminate information regarding methods to 
    make service-learning programs and programs offered under the 
    national service laws accessible to individuals with disabilities;
        ``(7) disseminate applications in languages other than English;
        ``(8)(A) gather and disseminate information on successful 
    service-learning programs and programs offered under the national 
    service laws, components of such successful programs, innovative 
    curricula related to service-learning, and service-learning 
    projects; and
        ``(B) coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse with 
    appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort;
        ``(9) make recommendations to State and local entities on 
    quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning 
    programs and programs offered under the national service laws;
        ``(10) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and 
    placing a diverse population of service-learning coordinators and 
    program sponsors;
        ``(11) disseminate effective strategies for working with 
    disadvantaged youth in national service programs, as determined by 
    organizations with an established expertise in working with such 
    youth; and
        ``(12) carry out such other activities as the Chief Executive 
    Officer determines to be appropriate.
``SEC. 198P. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND.
    ``(a) Grants Authorized.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations for this section, the Corporation may make grants to 
State Commissions and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of 
assisting the State Commissions and nonprofit organizations to--
        ``(1) develop and carry out volunteer programs described in 
    subsection (c); and
        ``(2) make subgrants to support and create new local community-
    based entities that recruit, manage, or support volunteers as 
    described in such subsection.
    ``(b) Application.--
        ``(1) In general.--Each State Commission or nonprofit 
    organization desiring a grant under this section shall submit an 
    application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and 
    accompanied by such information as the Corporation may reasonably 
    require.
        ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to 
    paragraph (1) shall contain--
            ``(A)(i) a description of the program that the applicant 
        will provide;
            ``(B) an assurance that the applicant will annually collect 
        information on--
                ``(i) the number of volunteers recruited for activities 
            carried out under this section, using funds received under 
            this section, and the type and amount of activities carried 
            out by such volunteers; and
                ``(ii) the number of volunteers managed or supported 
            using funds received under this section, and the type and 
            amount of activities carried out by such volunteers;
            ``(C) a description of the outcomes the applicant will use 
        to annually measure and track performance with regard to--
                ``(i) activities carried out by volunteers; and
                ``(ii) volunteers recruited, managed, or supported; and
            ``(D) such additional assurances as the Corporation 
        determines to be essential to ensure compliance with the 
        requirements of this section.
    ``(c) Eligible Volunteer Programs.--A State Commission or nonprofit 
organization receiving a grant under this section shall use the 
assistance--
        ``(1) directly to carry out volunteer programs or to develop 
    and support community-based entities that recruit, manage, or 
    support volunteers, by carrying out activities consistent with the 
    goals of the subgrants described in paragraph (2); or
        ``(2) through subgrants to community-based entities to carry 
    out volunteer programs or develop and support such entities that 
    recruit, manage, or support volunteers, through 1 or more of the 
    following types of subgrants:
            ``(A) A subgrant to a community-based entity for activities 
        that are consistent with the priorities set by the State's 
        national service plan as described in section 178(e), or by the 
        Corporation.
            ``(B) A subgrant to recruit, manage, or support volunteers 
        to a community-based entity such as a volunteer coordinating 
        agency, a nonprofit resource center, a volunteer training 
        clearinghouse, an institution of higher education, or a 
        collaborative partnership of faith-based and community-based 
        organizations.
            ``(C) A subgrant to a community-based entity that provides 
        technical assistance and support to--
                ``(i) strengthen the capacity of local volunteer 
            infrastructure organizations;
                ``(ii) address areas of national need (as defined in 
            section 198B(a)); and
                ``(iii) expand the number of volunteers nationally.
    ``(d) Allocation of Funds.--
        ``(1) In general.--Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
    for provision of assistance under this section for a fiscal year--
            ``(A) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of such funds to 
        award grants, on a competitive basis, to State Commissions and 
        nonprofit organizations for such fiscal year; and
            ``(B) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of such funds 
        make an allotment to the State Commissions of each of the 
        several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth 
        of Puerto Rico based on the formula described in subsections 
        (e) and (f) of section 129, subject to paragraph (2).
        ``(2) Minimum grant amount.--In order to ensure that each State 
    Commission is able to improve efforts to recruit, manage, or 
    support volunteers, the Corporation may determine a minimum grant 
    amount for allotments under paragraph (1)(B).
    ``(e) Limitation on Administrative Costs.--Not more than 5 percent 
of the amount of any grant provided under this section for a fiscal 
year may be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by either the 
recipient of the grant or any community-based entity receiving 
assistance or a subgrant under such grant.
    ``(f) Matching Fund Requirements.--The Corporation share of the 
cost of carrying out a program that receives assistance under this 
section, whether the assistance is provided directly or as a subgrant 
from the original recipient of the assistance, may not exceed--
        ``(1) 80 percent of such cost for the first year in which the 
    recipient receives such assistance;
        ``(2) 70 percent of such cost for the second year in which the 
    recipient receives such assistance;
        ``(3) 60 percent of such cost for the third year in which the 
    recipient receives such assistance; and
        ``(4) 50 percent of such cost for the fourth year in which the 
    recipient receives such assistance and each year thereafter.''.
SEC. 1809. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM.
    Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

             ``PART V--NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM

``SEC. 198S. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING.
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Intermediary nonprofit grantee.--The term `intermediary 
    nonprofit grantee' means an intermediary nonprofit organization 
    that receives a grant under subsection (b).
        ``(2) Intermediary nonprofit organization.--The term 
    `intermediary nonprofit organization' means an experienced and 
    capable nonprofit entity with meaningful prior experience in 
    providing organizational development assistance, or capacity 
    building assistance, focused on small and midsize nonprofit 
    organizations.
        ``(3) Nonprofit.--The term `nonprofit', used with respect to an 
    entity or organization, means--
            ``(A) an entity or organization described in section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
        taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; and
            ``(B) an entity or organization described in paragraph (1) 
        or (2) of section 170(c) of such Code.
        ``(4) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
    States, and the District of Columbia.
    ``(b) Grants.--The Corporation shall establish a Nonprofit Capacity 
Building Program to make grants to intermediary nonprofit organizations 
to serve as intermediary nonprofit grantees. The Corporation shall make 
the grants to enable the intermediary nonprofit grantees to pay for the 
Federal share of the cost of delivering organizational development 
assistance, including training on best practices, financial planning, 
grantwriting, and compliance with the applicable tax laws, for small 
and midsize nonprofit organizations, especially those nonprofit 
organizations facing resource hardship challenges. Each of the grantees 
shall match the grant funds by providing a non-Federal share as 
described in subsection (f).
    ``(c) Amount.--To the extent practicable, the Corporation shall 
make such a grant to an intermediary nonprofit organization in each 
State, and shall make such grant in an amount of not less than 
$200,000.
    ``(d) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an intermediary nonprofit organization shall submit an 
application to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Corporation may require. The 
intermediary nonprofit organization shall submit in the application 
information demonstrating that the organization has secured sufficient 
resources to meet the requirements of subsection (f).
    ``(e) Preference and Considerations.--
        ``(1) Preference.--In making such grants, the Corporation shall 
    give preference to intermediary nonprofit organizations seeking to 
    become intermediary nonprofit grantees in areas where nonprofit 
    organizations face significant resource hardship challenges.
        ``(2) Considerations.--In determining whether to make a grant 
    the Corporation shall consider--
            ``(A) the number of small and midsize nonprofit 
        organizations that will be served by the grant;
            ``(B) the degree to which the activities proposed to be 
        provided through the grant will assist a wide number of 
        nonprofit organizations within a State, relative to the 
        proposed amount of the grant; and
            ``(C) the quality of the organizational development 
        assistance to be delivered by the intermediary nonprofit 
        grantee, including the qualifications of its administrators and 
        representatives, and its record in providing services to small 
        and midsize nonprofit organizations.
    ``(f) Federal Share.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Federal share of the cost as referenced 
    in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent.
        ``(2) Non-federal share.--
            ``(A) In general.--The non-Federal share of the cost as 
        referenced in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent and shall be 
        provided in cash.
            ``(B) Third party contributions.--
                ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), 
            an intermediary nonprofit grantee shall provide the non-
            Federal share of the cost through contributions from third 
            parties. The third parties may include charitable 
            grantmaking entities and grantmaking vehicles within 
            existing organizations, entities of corporate philanthropy, 
            corporations, individual donors, and regional, State, or 
            local government agencies, or other non-Federal sources.
                ``(ii) Exception.--If the intermediary nonprofit 
            grantee is a private foundation (as defined in section 
            509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), a donor 
            advised fund (as defined in section 4966(d)(2) of such 
            Code), an organization which is described in section 
            4966(d)(4)(A)(i) of such Code, or an organization which is 
            described in section 4966(d)(4)(B) of such Code, the 
            grantee shall provide the non-Federal share from within 
            that grantee's own funds.
                ``(iii) Maintenance of effort, prior year third-party 
            funding levels.--For purposes of maintaining private sector 
            support levels for the activities specified by this 
            program, a non-Federal share that includes donations by 
            third parties shall be composed in a way that does not 
            decrease prior levels of funding from the same third 
            parties granted to the nonprofit intermediary grantee in 
            the preceding year.
    ``(g) Reservation.--Of the amount authorized to provide financial 
assistance under this subtitle, there shall be made available to carry 
out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014.''.

             Subtitle I--Training and Technical Assistance

SEC. 1821. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
    Title I is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subtitle:

            ``Subtitle J--Training and Technical Assistance

``SEC. 199N. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) In General.--The Corporation shall, directly or through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements (including through State 
Commissions), conduct appropriate training for and provide technical 
assistance to--
        ``(1) programs receiving assistance under the national service 
    laws; and
        ``(2) entities (particularly entities in rural areas and 
    underserved communities) that desire to--
            ``(A) carry out or establish national service programs; or
            ``(B) apply for assistance (including subgrants) under the 
        national service laws.
    ``(b) Activities Included.--Such training and technical assistance 
activities may include--
        ``(1) providing technical assistance to entities applying to 
    carry out national service programs or entities carrying out 
    national service programs;
        ``(2) promoting leadership development in national service 
    programs;
        ``(3) improving the instructional and programmatic quality of 
    national service programs;
        ``(4) developing the management and budgetary skills of 
    individuals operating or overseeing national service programs, 
    including developing skills to increase the cost effectiveness of 
    the programs under the national service laws;
        ``(5) providing for or improving the training provided to the 
    participants in programs under the national service laws;
        ``(6) facilitating the education of individuals participating 
    in national service programs in risk management procedures, 
    including the training of participants in appropriate risk 
    management practices;
        ``(7) training individuals operating or overseeing national 
    service programs--
            ``(A) in volunteer recruitment, management, and retention 
        to improve the abilities of such individuals to use 
        participants and other volunteers in an effective manner, which 
        training results in high-quality service and the desire of 
        participants and volunteers to continue to serve in other 
        capacities after the program is completed;
            ``(B) in program evaluation and performance measures to 
        inform practices to augment the capacity and sustainability of 
        the national service programs; or
            ``(C) to effectively accommodate individuals with 
        disabilities to increase the participation of individuals with 
        disabilities in national service programs, which training may 
        utilize funding from the reservation of funds under section 
        129(k) to increase the participation of individuals with 
        disabilities;
        ``(8) establishing networks and collaboration among employers, 
    educators, and other key stakeholders in the community to further 
    leverage resources to increase local participation in national 
    service programs, and to coordinate community-wide planning and 
    service with respect to national service programs;
        ``(9) providing training and technical assistance for the 
    National Senior Service Corps, including providing such training 
    and technical assistance to programs receiving assistance under 
    section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
    U.S.C. 5001); and
        ``(10) carrying out such other activities as the Chief 
    Executive Officer determines to be appropriate.
    ``(c) Priority.--In carrying out this section, the Corporation 
shall give priority to programs under the national service laws and 
entities eligible to establish such programs that seek training or 
technical assistance and that--
        ``(1) seek to carry out high-quality programs where the 
    services are needed most;
        ``(2) seek to carry out high-quality programs where national 
    service programs do not exist or where the programs are too limited 
    to meet community needs;
        ``(3) seek to carry out high-quality programs that focus on and 
    provide service opportunities for underserved rural and urban areas 
    and populations; and
        ``(4) seek to assist programs in developing a service component 
    that combines students, out-of-school youths, and older adults as 
    participants to provide needed community services.''.

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

SEC. 1831. REPEAL.
    (a) In General.--Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 12671) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``term'' and all that 
    follows through the period and inserting the following: ``term 
    `administrative organization' means a nonprofit private 
    organization that enters into an agreement with the Corporation to 
    carry out this section.''; and
        (2) by striking ``Foundation'' each place it appears and 
    inserting ``administrative organization''.

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

SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Title I.--
        ``(1) Subtitle b.--
            ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to provide financial assistance under subtitle B of title I--
                ``(i) $97,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
                ``(ii) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
            years 2011 through 2014.
            ``(B) Part iv reservation.--Of the amount appropriated 
        under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, the Corporation may 
        reserve such sums as may be necessary to carry out part IV of 
        subtitle B of title I.
            ``(C) Section 118a.--Of the amount appropriated under 
        subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subparagraph (B) for a 
        fiscal year, not more than $7,000,000 shall be made available 
        for awards to Campuses of Service under section 118A.
            ``(D) Section 119(c)(8).--Of the amount appropriated under 
        subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subparagraph (B) for a 
        fiscal year, not more than $10,000,000 shall be made available 
        for summer of service program grants under section 119(c)(8), 
        and not more than $10,000,000 shall be deposited in the 
        National Service Trust to support summer of service educational 
        awards, consistent with section 119(c)(8).
            ``(E) Section 119(c)(9).--Of the amount appropriated under 
        subparagraph (A) and not reserved under subparagraph (B) for a 
        fiscal year, not more than $20,000,000 shall be made available 
        for youth engagement zone programs under section 119(c)(9).
            ``(F) General programs.--Of the amount remaining after the 
        application of subparagraphs (A) through (E) for a fiscal 
        year--
                ``(i) not more than 60 percent shall be available to 
            provide financial assistance under part I of subtitle B of 
            title I;
                ``(ii) not more than 25 percent shall be available to 
            provide financial assistance under part II of such 
            subtitle; and
                ``(iii) not less than 15 percent shall be available to 
            provide financial assistance under part III of such 
            subtitle.
        ``(2) Subtitles c and d.--There are authorized to be 
    appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014, such sums 
    as may be necessary to provide financial assistance under subtitle 
    C of title I and to provide national service educational awards 
    under subtitle D of title I for the number of participants 
    described in section 121(f)(1) for each such fiscal year.
        ``(3) Subtitle e.--
            ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to operate the National Civilian Community Corps and provide 
        financial assistance under subtitle E of title I, such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
            ``(B) Priority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this Act, in obligating the amounts made available pursuant to 
        the authorization of appropriations in this paragraph, priority 
        shall be given to programs carrying out activities in areas for 
        which the President has declared the existence of a major 
        disaster, in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5170), including a major disaster as a consequence of 
        Hurricane Katrina or Rita.
        ``(4) Subtitle h.--
            ``(A) Authorization.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
        years 2010 through 2014 to provide financial assistance under 
        subtitle H of title I.
            ``(B) Section 198b.--Of the amount authorized under 
        subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, such sums as may be 
        necessary shall be made available to provide financial 
        assistance under section 198B and to provide national service 
        educational awards under subtitle D of title I to the number of 
        participants in national service positions established or 
        increased as provided in section 198B(b)(3) for such year.
            ``(C) Section 198c.--Of the amount authorized under 
        subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, $12,000,000 shall be made 
        available to provide financial assistance under section 198C.
            ``(D) Section 198h.--Of the amount authorized under 
        subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, such sums as may be 
        necessary shall be made available to provide financial 
        assistance under section 198H.
            ``(E) Section 198k.--Of the amount authorized under 
        subparagraph (A), there shall be made available to carry out 
        section 198K--
                ``(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
                ``(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
                ``(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
                ``(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and
                ``(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.
            ``(F) Section 198p.--Of the amount authorized under 
        subparagraph (A), there shall be made available to carry out 
        section 198P--
                ``(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
                ``(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
                ``(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
                ``(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and
                ``(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.
        ``(5) Administration.--
            ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        for the administration of this Act, including financial 
        assistance under section 126(a), such sums as may be necessary 
        for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
            ``(B) Corporation.--Of the amounts appropriated under 
        subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, a portion shall be made 
        available to provide financial assistance under section 126(a).
        ``(6) Evaluation, training, and technical assistance.--
    Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) and any other 
    provision of law, of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year 
    under subtitles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under titles 
    I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, the 
    Corporation shall reserve not more than 2.5 percent to carry out 
    sections 112(e) and 179A and subtitle J, of which $1,000,000 shall 
    be used by the Corporation to carry out section 179A. 
    Notwithstanding subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall be 
    available only for the fiscal year for which the amounts are 
    reserved.'';
        (2) by striking subsections (b) and (d); and
        (3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).

            TITLE II--DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973

SEC. 2001. REFERENCES.
    Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this title an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).
SEC. 2002. VOLUNTEERISM POLICY.
    Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``both young'' and all that 
    follows through the period and inserting ``individuals of all ages 
    and backgrounds.''; and
        (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ``State, and local 
    agencies'' the following: ``, expand relationships with, and 
    support for, the efforts of civic, community, and educational 
    organizations,''.

          Subtitle A--National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs

              CHAPTER 1--VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA

SEC. 2101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
    Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended--
        (1) in the second sentence, by striking ``exploit'' and all 
    that follows through the period and inserting ``increase 
    opportunities for self-advancement by persons affected by such 
    problems.''; and
        (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``at the local level'' 
    and all that follows through the period and inserting ``at the 
    local level, to support efforts by local agencies and community 
    organizations to achieve long-term sustainability of projects, and 
    to strengthen local agencies and community organizations to carry 
    out the objectives of this part.''.
SEC. 2102. SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VOLUNTEERS.
    Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``the Commonwealth of 
        the Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``American Samoa,'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``handicapped 
        individuals'' and all that follows through the semicolon and 
        inserting ``individuals with disabilities, especially 
        individuals with severe disabilities;'';
            (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the jobless, the 
        hungry,'' and inserting ``unemployed individuals,'';
            (D) in paragraph (4), by striking ``prevention, 
        education,'' and inserting ``through prevention, education, 
        rehabilitation, treatment,'';
            (E) in paragraph (5), by striking ``chronic and life-
        threatening illnesses'' and inserting ``mental illness, chronic 
        and life-threatening illnesses,'';
            (F) in paragraph (6)--
                (i) by striking ``Headstart act'' and inserting ``Head 
            Start Act''; and
                (ii) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the 
            end;
            (G) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (H) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(8) in assisting with the reentry and reintegration of 
    formerly incarcerated youth and adults into society, including 
    providing training and counseling in education, employment, and 
    life skills;
        ``(9) in developing and carrying out financial literacy, 
    financial planning, budgeting, saving, and reputable credit 
    accessibility programs in low-income communities, including those 
    programs that educate individuals about financing home ownership 
    and higher education;
        ``(10) in initiating and supporting before-school and after-
    school programs, serving children in low-income communities, that 
    may engage participants in mentoring, tutoring, life skills and 
    study skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, and 
    health education programs, and other activities addressing the 
    needs of the children;
        ``(11) in establishing and supporting community economic 
    development initiatives, with a priority on work on such 
    initiatives in rural areas and the other areas where such 
    initiatives are needed most;
        ``(12) in assisting veterans and their family members through 
    establishing or augmenting programs that assist such persons with 
    access to legal assistance, health care (including mental health 
    care), employment counseling or training, education counseling or 
    training, affordable housing, and other support services; and
        ``(13) in addressing the health and wellness of individuals in 
    low-income communities and individuals in underserved communities, 
    including programs to increase access to preventive services, 
    insurance, and health services.'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``recruitment and 
        placement procedures'' and inserting ``placement procedures 
        that involve sponsoring organizations and'';
            (B) in paragraph (2)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Community 
            Service Trust Act of 1993'' and all that follows through 
            the period at the end of the fourth sentence and inserting 
            ``Community Service Act of 1990.'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``central 
            information system that shall, on request, promptly 
            provide'' and inserting ``database that provides''; and
                (iii) in subparagraph (C), in the second sentence, by 
            inserting ``and management'' after ``the recruitment''; and
            (C) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ``information system'' 
        and inserting ``database'';
        (3) in subsection (c)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``the Internet 
            and related technologies,'' before ``radio,'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``Internet and 
            related technologies,'' before ``print media,'';
                (iii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``State or 
            local offices of economic development, State employment 
            security agencies, employment offices,'' before ``and other 
            institutions''; and
                (iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``Community 
            Service Trust Act of 1993'' and inserting ``Community 
            Service Act of 1990''; and
            (B) by striking paragraph (4);
        (4) in subsection (d), in the second sentence, by striking 
    ``private industry council established under the Job Training 
    Partnership Act or'';
        (5) in subsection (g), in the first sentence, by striking ``, 
    and such'' and all that follows through the period and inserting a 
    period; and
        (6) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) The Director may enter into agreements under which public and 
private nonprofit organizations, with sufficient financial capacity and 
size, pay for all or a portion of the costs of supporting the service 
of volunteers under this part.''.
SEC. 2103. SUPPORT SERVICE.
    Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is amended--
        (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: 
    ``Such stipend shall be set at a rate that is not less than a 
    minimum of $125 per month and not more than a maximum of $150 per 
    month, subject to the availability of funds to provide such a 
    maximum rate.''; and
        (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``stipend of a maximum 
    of $200 per month'' and inserting ``stipend set at a rate that is 
    not more than a maximum of $250 per month''.
SEC. 2104. REPEAL.
    Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is repealed.
SEC. 2105. REDESIGNATION.
    Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is redesignated as section 109.

                  CHAPTER 2--UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA

SEC. 2121. UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA.
    Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is repealed.

                 CHAPTER 3--SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS

SEC. 2131. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
    Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the second sentence by 
striking ``situations'' and inserting ``organizations''.
SEC. 2132. LITERACY CHALLENGE GRANTS.
    Section 124 (42 U.S.C. 4995) is repealed.

               Subtitle B--National Senior Service Corps

SEC. 2141. TITLE.
    Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by striking the title 
heading and inserting the following:

              ``TITLE II--NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS''.

SEC. 2142. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
    Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
    ``It is the purpose of this title to provide--
        ``(1) opportunities for senior service to meet unmet local, 
    State, and national needs in the areas of education, public safety, 
    emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and recovery, health 
    and human needs, and the environment;
        ``(2) for the National Senior Service Corps, comprised of the 
    Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, the Foster Grandparent 
    Program, and the Senior Companion Program, and demonstration and 
    other programs, to empower people 55 years of age or older to 
    contribute to their communities through service, enhance the lives 
    of those who serve and those whom they serve, and provide 
    communities with valuable services;
        ``(3) opportunities for people 55 years of age or older, 
    through the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, to share their 
    knowledge, experiences, abilities, and skills for the betterment of 
    their communities and themselves;
        ``(4) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age or 
    older, through the Foster Grandparents Program, to have a positive 
    impact on the lives of children in need; and
        ``(5) opportunities for low-income people 55 years of age or 
    older, through the Senior Companion Program, to provide support 
    services and companionship to other older individuals through 
    volunteer service.''.
SEC. 2143. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
    Section 201 (42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``avail'' and all that follows through ``community,'' and 
        inserting ``share their experiences, abilities, and skills to 
        improve their communities and themselves through service in 
        their communities,'';
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``, and individuals 60 
        years of age or older will be given priority for enrollment,''; 
        and
            (C) in paragraph (4)--
                (i) by striking ``established and will be carried out'' 
            and inserting ``designed and implemented''; and
                (ii) by striking ``field of service'' and all that 
            follows through the period at the end and inserting ``field 
            of service to be provided, as well as persons who have 
            expertise in the management of volunteers and the needs of 
            older individuals.''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e)(1) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each fiscal year 
thereafter, each grant or contract awarded under this section, for such 
a year, shall be--
        ``(A) awarded for a period of 3 years, with an option for a 
    grant renewal of 3 years if the grantee meets the performances 
    measures established under subsection (g); and
        ``(B) awarded through a competitive process described in 
    paragraph (2).
    ``(2)(A) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations establishing 
the competitive process required under paragraph (1)(B), and make such 
regulations available to the public, not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of the Serve America Act. The Corporation shall 
consult with the directors of programs receiving grants under this 
section during the development and implementation of the competitive 
process.
    ``(B) The competitive process required by subparagraph (A) shall--
        ``(i) include the use of a peer review panel, including members 
    with expertise in senior service and aging, to review applications;
        ``(ii) include site inspections of programs assisted under this 
    section, as appropriate;
        ``(iii) in the case of an applicant who has previously received 
    a grant or contract for a program under this section, include an 
    evaluation of the program conducted by a review team, as described 
    in subsection (f);
        ``(iv) ensure that--
            ``(I) the grants or contracts awarded under this section 
        through the competitive process for a grant or contract cycle 
        support an aggregate number of volunteer service years for a 
        given geographic service area that is not less than the 
        aggregate number of volunteer service years supported under 
        this section for such service area for the previous grant or 
        contract cycle;
            ``(II) the grants or contracts awarded under this section 
        through the competitive process for a grant or contract cycle 
        maintain a similar program distribution, as compared to the 
        program distribution for the previous grant or contract cycle; 
        and
            ``(III) every effort is made to minimize the disruption to 
        volunteers; and
        ``(v) include the use of performance measures, outcomes, and 
    other criteria established under subsection (g).
    ``(f)(1) Notwithstanding section 412, and effective beginning 180 
days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, each grant 
or contract under this section that expires in fiscal year 2011, 2012, 
or 2013 shall be subject to an evaluation process conducted by a review 
team described in paragraph (4). The evaluation process shall be 
carried out, to the maximum extent practicable, in fiscal year 2010, 
2011, and 2012, respectively.
    ``(2) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations establishing the 
evaluation process required under paragraph (1), and make such 
regulations available to the public, not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of the Serve America Act. The Corporation shall 
consult with the directors of programs receiving grants under this 
section during the development and implementation of the evaluation 
process.
    ``(3) The evaluation process required under paragraph (1) shall--
        ``(A) include performance measures, outcomes, and other 
    criteria established under subsection (g); and
        ``(B) evaluate the extent to which the recipient of the grant 
    or contract meets or exceeds such performance measures, outcomes, 
    and other criteria through a review of the recipient.
    ``(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Corporation shall 
provide that each evaluation required by this subsection is conducted 
by a review team that--
        ``(A) includes individuals who are knowledgeable about programs 
    assisted under this section;
        ``(B) includes current or former employees of the Corporation 
    who are knowledgeable about programs assisted under this section;
        ``(C) includes representatives of communities served by 
    volunteers of programs assisted under this section; and
        ``(D) shall receive periodic training to ensure quality and 
    consistency across evaluations.
    ``(5) The findings of an evaluation described in this subsection of 
a program described in paragraph (1) shall--
        ``(A) be presented to the recipient of the grant or contract 
    for such program in a timely, transparent, and uniform manner that 
    conveys information of program strengths and weaknesses and assists 
    with program improvement; and
        ``(B) be used as the basis for program improvement, and for the 
    provision of training and technical assistance.
    ``(g)(1) The Corporation shall, with particular attention to the 
different needs of rural and urban programs assisted under this 
section, develop performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria for 
programs assisted under this section that--
        ``(A) include an assessment of the strengths and areas in need 
    of improvement of a program assisted under this section;
        ``(B) include an assessment of whether such program has 
    adequately addressed population and community-wide needs;
        ``(C) include an assessment of the efforts of such program to 
    collaborate with other community-based organizations, units of 
    government, and entities providing services to seniors, taking into 
    account barriers to such collaboration that such program may 
    encounter;
        ``(D) include a protocol for fiscal management that shall be 
    used to assess such program's compliance with the program 
    requirements for the appropriate use of Federal funds;
        ``(E) include an assessment of whether the program is in 
    conformity with the eligibility, outreach, enrollment, and other 
    requirements for programs assisted under this section; and
        ``(F) contain other measures of performance developed by the 
    Corporation, in consultation with the review teams described in 
    subsection (f)(4).
    ``(2)(A) The performance measures, outcomes, and other criteria 
established under this subsection may be updated or modified as 
necessary, in consultation with directors of programs under this 
section, but not earlier than fiscal year 2014.
    ``(B) For each fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2014, the 
Corporation may, after consulting with directors of the programs under 
this section, determine that a performance measure, outcome, or 
criterion established under this subsection is operationally 
problematic, and may, in consultation with such directors and after 
notifying the authorizing committees--
        ``(i) eliminate the use of that performance measure, outcome or 
    criterion; or
        ``(ii) modify that performance measure, outcome, or criterion 
    as necessary to render it no longer operationally problematic.
    ``(3) In the event that a program does not meet one or more of the 
performance measures, outcome, or criteria established under this 
subsection, the Corporation shall initiate procedures to terminate the 
program in accordance with section 412.
    ``(h) The Chief Executive Officer shall develop procedures by which 
programs assisted under this section may receive training and technical 
assistance, which may include regular monitoring visits to assist 
programs in meeting the performance measures, outcomes, and criteria.
    ``(i)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (g)(3) or section 412, the 
Corporation shall continue to fund a program assisted under this 
section that has failed to meet or exceed the performance measures, 
outcomes, and other criteria established under this subsection for not 
more than 12 months if the competitive process established under 
subsection (e) does not result in a successor grant or contract for 
such program, in order to minimize the disruption to volunteers and the 
disruption of services.
    ``(2) In the case where a program is continued under paragraph (1), 
the Corporation shall conduct outreach regarding the availability of a 
grant under this section for the area served by such program and 
establish a new competition for awarding the successor program to the 
continued program. The recipient operating the continued program shall 
remain eligible for the new competition.
    ``(3) The Corporation may monitor the recipient of a grant or 
contract supporting a program continued under paragraph (1) during this 
period and may provide training and technical assistance to assist such 
recipient in meeting the performance measures for such program.
    ``(j) The Corporation shall develop and disseminate an online 
resource guide for programs under this section not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, which shall 
include--
        ``(1) examples of high-performing programs assisted under this 
    section;
        ``(2) corrective actions for underperforming programs; and
        ``(3) examples of meaningful outcome-based performance 
    measures, outcomes, and criteria that capture a program's mission 
    and priorities.''.
SEC. 2144. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.
    Section 211 (42 U.S.C. 5011) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the first sentence--
                (i) by striking ``aged sixty'' and inserting ``age 
            55''; and
                (ii) by striking ``children having exceptional needs'' 
            and inserting ``children having special or exceptional 
            needs or circumstances identified as limiting their 
            academic, social, or emotional development''; and
            (B) in the second sentence--
                (i) by striking ``any of a variety of''; and
                (ii) by striking ``children with special or exceptional 
            needs'' and inserting ``children having special or 
            exceptional needs or circumstances identified as limiting 
            their academic, social, or emotional development'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
            striking ``shall have'' and all that follows through ``(2) 
            of the subsection'' and inserting ``may determine'';
                (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' after the 
            semicolon at the end;
                (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
            the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                (iv) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(C) whether it is in the best interest of the child 
    receiving, and the particular foster grandparent providing, 
    services in such a project, to continue the relationship between 
    the child and the grandparent under this part after the child 
    reaches the age of 21, if such child is an individual with a 
    disability who was receiving such services prior to attaining the 
    age of 21.''; and
            (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
    ``(2) If an assignment of a foster grandparent under this part is 
suspended or discontinued, the replacement of that foster grandparent 
shall be determined in a manner consistent with paragraph (3).'';
        (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``$2.45 per hour'' and all 
    that follows through ``five cents, except'' and inserting ``$3.00 
    per hour, except'';
        (4) in subsection (e)--
            (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``125 per centum'' and 
        inserting ``200 percent''; and
            (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``per centum'' and 
        inserting ``percent''; and
        (5) in subsection (f)(1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) 
        and (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B)''; and
            (B) by striking subparagraph (C).
SEC. 2145. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.
    Section 213(a) (42 U.S.C. 5013(a)) is amended by striking ``aged 60 
or over'' and inserting ``age 55 or older''.
SEC. 2146. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
    (a) Promotion of National Senior Service Corps.--Section 221 (42 
U.S.C. 5021) is amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``volunteer'' and 
    inserting ``service''; and
        (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``participation of 
    volunteers'' and inserting ``participation of volunteers of all 
    ages and backgrounds, living in urban or rural communities''.
    (b) Minority Population Participation.--Section 223 (42 U.S.C. 
5023) is amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``group'' and inserting 
    ``population''; and
        (2) by striking ``sixty years and older from minority groups'' 
    and inserting ``age 55 years or older from minority populations''.
    (c) Use of Locally Generated Contributions in National Senior 
Service Corps.--Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended--
        (1) in the section heading, by striking ``volunteer'' and 
    inserting ``service''; and
        (2) by striking ``Volunteer Corps'' and inserting ``Service 
    Corps''.
    (d) National Problems of Local Concern.--Section 225 (42 U.S.C. 
5025) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in paragraph (1)--
                (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``(10), (12), 
            (15), and (16)'' and inserting ``(9), (11), and (14)''; and
                (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``(10)'' and 
            inserting ``(9)'';
            (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
    ``(2) An applicant for a grant under paragraph (1) shall determine 
whether the program to be supported by the grant is a program under 
part A, B, or C, and shall submit an application as required for such 
program.''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) To the maximum extent practicable, the Director shall ensure 
that not less than 25 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
section are used to award grants--
        ``(A) to applicants for grants under this section that are not 
    receiving assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant 
    award; or
        ``(B) to applicants from locations where no programs supported 
    under part A, B, or C are in effect at the time of such grant 
    award.
    ``(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4), if, for a fiscal year, less 
than 25 percent of the applicants for grants under this section are 
applicants described in paragraph (4), the Director may use an amount 
that is greater than 75 percent of the funds appropriated under this 
subsection to award grants to applicants that are already receiving 
assistance from the Corporation at the time of such grant award.'';
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``through education, 
        prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation'' before the period 
        at the end;
            (B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
        ``(4) Programs that establish and support mentoring programs 
    for low-income youth, including mentoring programs that match such 
    youth with mentors and match such youth with employment and 
    training programs, including apprenticeship programs.'';
            (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``, including literacy 
        programs that serve youth, and adults, with limited English 
        proficiency'' before the period at the end;
            (D) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and inserting the 
        following:
        ``(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care for 
    elderly individuals and for children and individuals with 
    disabilities or chronic illnesses who are living at home.
        ``(7) Programs that provide before-school and after-school 
    activities, serving children in low-income communities, that may 
    engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, life 
    skills, and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, 
    nutrition, and health education programs, and other activities 
    addressing the needs of the children in the communities, including 
    children of working parents.'';
            (E) by striking paragraph (8);
            (F) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as 
        paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively;
            (G) in paragraph (10) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
        (F))--
                (i) by striking ``educationally disadvantaged 
            children'' and inserting ``students''; and
                (ii) by striking ``the basic skills of such children'' 
            and inserting ``the academic achievement of such 
            students'';
            (H) by striking paragraph (11) (as redesignated by 
        subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following:
        ``(11) Programs that engage older individuals with children and 
    youth to complete service in energy conservation, environmental 
    stewardship, or other environmental needs of a community, including 
    service relating to conducting energy audits, insulating homes, or 
    conducting other activities to promote energy efficiency.'';
            (I) by striking paragraph (14) (as redesignated by 
        subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following:
        ``(14) Programs in which the grant recipients involved 
    collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations 
    in order to provide prevention programs that serve low-income youth 
    or youth reentering society after incarceration and their families, 
    which prevention programs may include mentoring, counseling, or 
    employment counseling.'';
            (J) by striking paragraph (16); and
            (K) by redesignating paragraphs (17) and (18) as paragraphs 
        (15) and (16), respectively;
        (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``and that such 
    applicant has expertise applicable to implementing the proposed 
    program for which the applicant is requesting the grant'' before 
    the period at the end; and
        (4) in subsection (e), by inserting ``widely'' after ``shall''.
    (e) Acceptance of Donations.--Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 5021 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``SEC. 228. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.
    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), an entity 
receiving assistance under this title may accept donations, including 
donations in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including plant, 
equipment, or services.
    ``(b) Exception.--An entity receiving assistance under this title 
to carry out an activity shall not accept donations from the 
beneficiaries of the activity.''.

              Subtitle C--Administration and Coordination

SEC. 2151. SPECIAL LIMITATIONS.
    Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by inserting ``or 
other volunteers (not including participants under this Act and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et 
seq.)),'' after ``employed workers'' both places such term appears.
SEC. 2152. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
    Section 415 (42 U.S.C. 5055) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ``(as such part was in 
    effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve America 
    Act)'' after ``part B''; and
        (2) in subsection (e), by inserting ``(as such part was in 
    effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve America 
    Act)'' after ``A, B''.
SEC. 2153. EVALUATION.
    Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 5056) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking 
    ``(including'' and all that follows through ``3 years)''; and
        (2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``Committee on Education 
    and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
    Labor and Human Resources of the Senate'' and inserting 
    ``authorizing committees''.
SEC. 2154. DEFINITIONS.
    Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, the Commonwealth of the 
    Northern Mariana Islands,'' after ``American Samoa'';
        (2) by striking paragraph (7);
        (3) in paragraph (13), by striking ``Volunteer Corps'' and 
    inserting ``Service Corps'';
        (4) in paragraph (14), by striking ``Volunteer Corps'' and 
    inserting ``Service Corps'';
        (5) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (20) as paragraphs 
    (7) through (19), respectively;
        (6) in paragraph (18) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by 
    striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the end;
        (7) in paragraph (19) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by 
    striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
        (8) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(20) the term `authorizing committees' means the Committee on 
    Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
    Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
    Senate.''.
SEC. 2155. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE.
    Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended, in the matter following 
paragraph (2), by striking ``Volunteer Corps'' and inserting ``Service 
Corps''.
SEC. 2156. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 
1990.
    Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5043 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``SEC. 426. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT 
      OF 1990.
    ``The Corporation shall carry out this Act in accordance with the 
provisions of this Act and the relevant provisions of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), particularly 
the provisions of section 122 and subtitle F of title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572, 12631 et seq.) 
relating to the national service laws.''.

              Subtitle D--Authorization of Appropriations

SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    (a) National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs.--Section 501 (42 
U.S.C. 5081) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting 
        the following:
        ``(1) Volunteers in service to america.--There are authorized 
    to be appropriated to carry out part A of title I $100,000,000 for 
    fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
    fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
        ``(2) Special volunteer programs.--There are authorized to be 
    appropriated to carry out part C of title I such sums as may be 
    necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.''; and
            (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3);
        (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``part B or C'' and 
    inserting ``part C''; and
        (3) by striking subsection (e).
    (b) National Senior Service Corps.--Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.
    ``(a) Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, $70,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
    ``(b) Foster Grandparent Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $115,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2011 through 2014.
    ``(c) Senior Companion Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $55,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 2011 through 2014.
    ``(d) Demonstration Programs.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part E of title II, such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.''.
    (c) Administration and Coordination.--Section 504 (42 U.S.C. 5084) 
is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``fiscal years 1994 through 
    1996'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2010 through 2014''; and
        (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal years 1994 through 
    1996'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2010 through 2014''.

         TITLE III--TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS

SEC. 3101. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT 
OF 1990.
    Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

``Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
``Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.

      ``TITLE I--NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM

                    ``Subtitle A--General Provisions

``Sec. 101. Definitions.
``Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants.

``Subtitle B--School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs

     ``Part I--Programs for Elementary and Secondary School Students

``Sec. 111. Purpose.
``Sec. 111A. Definitions.
``Sec. 112. Assistance to States, territories, and Indian tribes.
``Sec. 112A. Allotments.
``Sec. 113. Applications.
``Sec. 114. Consideration of applications.
``Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools.
``Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions.
``Sec. 117. Limitations on uses of funds.

  ``Part II--Higher Education Innovative Programs for Community Service

``Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service.
``Sec. 118A. Campuses of Service.

``Part III--Innovative and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs and 
                                Research

``Sec. 119. Innovative and community-based service-learning programs and 
          research.

                ``Part IV--Service-Learning Impact Study

``Sec. 120. Study and report.

              ``Subtitle C--National Service Trust Program

                ``Part I--Investment in National Service

``Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national 
          service positions.
``Sec. 122. National service programs eligible for program assistance.
``Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval 
          for national service educational awards.
``Sec. 124. Types of program assistance.
``Sec. 126. Other special assistance.

               ``Part II--Application and Approval Process

``Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service 
          positions.
``Sec. 129A. Educational awards only program.
``Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service 
          positions.
``Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements.
``Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories.
``Sec. 132A. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations.
``Sec. 133. Consideration of applications.

                ``Part III--National Service Participants

``Sec. 137. Description of participants.
``Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants.
``Sec. 139. Terms of service.
``Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants.
``Sec. 141. National service educational awards.

``Subtitle D--National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards

``Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust.
``Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from 
          the Trust.
``Sec. 146A. Certifications of successful completion of terms of 
          service.
``Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the educational award.
``Sec. 148. Disbursement of educational awards.
``Sec. 149. Approval process for approved positions.

             ``Subtitle E--National Civilian Community Corps

``Sec. 151. Purpose.
``Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program.
``Sec. 153. National service program.
``Sec. 154. Summer national service program.
``Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps.
``Sec. 156. Training.
``Sec. 157. Service projects.
``Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members.
``Sec. 159. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal 
          law.
``Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority.
``Sec. 162. Responsibilities of Department of Defense.
``Sec. 163. Advisory board.
``Sec. 164. Evaluations.
``Sec. 165. Definitions.

                 ``Subtitle F--Administrative Provisions

``Sec. 171. Family and medical leave.
``Sec. 172. Reports.
``Sec. 173. Supplementation.
``Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds.
``Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination.
``Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures.
``Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement.
``Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service.
``Sec. 179. Evaluation.
``Sec. 179A. Civic Health Assessment and volunteering research and 
          evaluation.
``Sec. 180. Engagement of participants.
``Sec. 181. Contingent extension.
``Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools.
``Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying.
``Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements.
``Sec. 184A. Availability of assistance.
``Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements.
``Sec. 186. Sustainability.
``Sec. 187. Grant periods.
``Sec. 188. Generation of volunteers.
``Sec. 189. Limitation on program grant costs.
``Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely economically distressed 
          communities.
``Sec. 189B. Audits and reports.
``Sec. 189C. Restrictions on Federal Government and uses of Federal 
          funds.
``Sec. 189D. Criminal history checks.

      ``Subtitle G--Corporation for National and Community Service

``Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service.
``Sec. 192. Board of Directors.
``Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors.
``Sec. 193. Chief Executive Officer.
``Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer.
``Sec. 194. Officers.
``Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel.
``Sec. 196. Administration.
``Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices.
``Sec. 196B. Assignment to State Commissions.
``Sec. 196C. Study of involvement of veterans.

           ``Subtitle H--Investment for Quality and Innovation

 ``Part I--Additional Corporation Activities To Support National Service

``Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national 
          service.
``Sec. 198A. Presidential awards for service.
``Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica Fellowships.
``Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships.

                ``Part II--National Service Reserve Corps

``Sec. 198H. National Service Reserve Corps.

            ``Part III--Social Innovation Funds Pilot Program

``Sec. 198K. Funds.

     ``Part IV--National Service Programs Clearinghouses; Volunteer 
                             Generation Fund

``Sec. 198O. National service programs clearinghouses.
``Sec. 198P. Volunteer generation fund.

             ````PART V--Nonprofit Capacity Building Program

````Sec. 198S. Nonprofit capacity building.

           ``Subtitle I--American Conservation and Youth Corps

``Sec. 199. Short title.
``Sec. 199A. General authority.
``Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment.
``Sec. 199C. State application.
``Sec. 199D. Focus of programs.
``Sec. 199E. Related programs.
``Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands.
``Sec. 199G. Training and education services.
``Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects.
``Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment.
``Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers.
``Sec. 199K. Living allowance.
``Sec. 199L. Joint programs.
``Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status.

             ``Subtitle J--Training and Technical Assistance

``Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance.

             ``TITLE II--MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS

                        ``Subtitle A--Publication

``Sec. 201. Information for students.
``Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers.
``Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations.
``Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations.

                    ``Subtitle B--Youthbuild Projects

``Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects.

           ``Subtitle C--Amendments to Student Literacy Corps

``Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps.

       ``TITLE IV--PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS

``Sec. 401. Projects.

               ``TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

``Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations.

                  ``TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

``Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal.
``Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from 
          totalitarianism to democracy.''.

SEC. 3102. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 
1973.
    Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

``Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
``Sec. 2. Volunteerism policy.

           ``TITLE I--NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS

               ``Part A--Volunteers in Service to America

``Sec. 101. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program.
``Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers.
``Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service.
``Sec. 105. Support service.
``Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries.
``Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons.
``Sec. 108. Limitation.
``Sec. 109. Applications for assistance.

                  ``Part C--Special Volunteer Programs

``Sec. 121. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and 
          demonstration programs.
``Sec. 123. Technical and financial assistance.

                ``TITLE II--NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS

``Sec. 200. Statement of purpose.

             ``Part A--Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

``Sec. 201. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects.

                  ``Part B--Foster Grandparent Program

``Sec. 211. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects.

                   ``Part C--Senior Companion Program

``Sec. 213. Grants and contracts for volunteer service projects.

                      ``Part D--General Provisions

``Sec. 221. Promotion of National Senior Service Corps.
``Sec. 222. Payments.
``Sec. 223. Minority population participation.
``Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior 
          Service Corps.
``Sec. 225. Programs of national significance.
``Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance.
``Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts.
``Sec. 228. Acceptance of donations.

                    ``Part E--Demonstration Programs

``Sec. 231. Authority of Director.

               ``TITLE IV--ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION

``Sec. 403. Political activities.
``Sec. 404. Special limitations.
``Sec. 406. Labor standards.
``Sec. 408. Joint funding.
``Sec. 409. Prohibition of Federal control.
``Sec. 410. Coordination with other programs.
``Sec. 411. Prohibition.
``Sec. 412. Notice and hearing procedures for suspension and termination 
          of financial assistance.
``Sec. 414. Distribution of benefits between rural and urban areas.
``Sec. 415. Application of Federal law.
``Sec. 416. Evaluation.
``Sec. 417. Nondiscrimination provisions.
``Sec. 418. Eligibility for other benefits.
``Sec. 419. Legal expenses.
``Sec. 421. Definitions.
``Sec. 422. Audit.
``Sec. 423. Reduction of paperwork.
``Sec. 424. Review of project renewals.
``Sec. 425. Protection against improper use.
``Sec. 426. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 
          1990.

               ``TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

``Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs.
``Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps.
``Sec. 504. Administration and coordination.
``Sec. 505. Availability of appropriations.

           ``TITLE VI--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS AND REPEALERS

``Sec. 601. Supersedence of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of July 1, 1971.
``Sec. 602. Creditable service for civil service retirement.
``Sec. 603. Repeal of title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act.
``Sec. 604. Repeal of title VI of the Older Americans Act.''.

                   TITLE IV--AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS

SEC. 4101. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978.
    Section 8F(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended by striking ``National and Community Service Trust Act 
of 1993'' and inserting ``National and Community Service Act of 1990''.

               TITLE V--VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAM

SEC. 5101. FINDINGS.
    Congress makes the following findings:
        (1) Americans engaged in international volunteer service, and 
    the organizations deploying them--
            (A) play critical roles in responding to the needs of 
        people living throughout the developing world; and
            (B) advance the international public diplomacy of the 
        United States.
        (2) The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has successfully 
    promoted international volunteer service by skilled American 
    professionals.
        (3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped to mobilize 
    74,000 skilled Americans, including doctors, nurses, engineers, 
    businesspeople, and teachers, through a network of 250 nonprofit 
    organizations and companies in the United States, to carry out 
    development and humanitarian efforts for those affected by great 
    global challenges in health, the environment, poverty, illiteracy, 
    financial literacy, disaster relief, and other challenges.
        (4) The VfP Program has undertaken activities, including--
            (A) direct outreach to leading nonprofit organizations and 
        companies in the United States;
            (B) promotion of the work of skilled Americans and 
        nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States as 
        it relates to international volunteer service;
            (C) public recognition of skilled American volunteers;
            (D) support for organizations that utilize skilled 
        Americans as volunteers;
            (E) participation in the development of special initiatives 
        to further opportunities for skilled Americans; and
            (F) leadership of an innovative public-private partnership 
        to provide eligible skilled with financial assistance for 
        volunteer assignments.
SEC. 5102. DEFINITIONS.
    In this title:
        (1) VfP office.--The term ``VfP Office'' means the Office of 
    Volunteers for Prosperity of the United States Agency for 
    International Development.
        (2) VfP program.--The term ``VfP Program'' means the Volunteers 
    for Prosperity Program established through Executive Order 13317.
        (3) Vfpserve.--The term ``VfPServe'' means a program 
    established by the VfP Office, in cooperation with the USA Freedom 
    Corps, to provide eligible skilled professionals with fixed amount 
    stipends to offset the travel and living costs of volunteering 
    abroad.
SEC. 5103. OFFICE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY.
    (a) Functions.--The VfP Office shall pursue the objectives of the 
VfP Program described in subsection (b) by--
        (1) implementing the VfPServe Program to provide eligible 
    skilled professionals with matching grants to offset the travel and 
    living expenses of volunteering abroad with nonprofit 
    organizations;
        (2) otherwise promoting short- and long-term international 
    volunteer service by skilled American professionals, including 
    connecting such professionals with nonprofit organizations, to 
    achieve such objectives;
        (3) helping nonprofit organizations in the United States 
    recruit and effectively manage additional skilled American 
    professionals for volunteer assignments throughout the developing 
    world;
        (4) providing recognition for skilled American volunteers and 
    the organizations deploying them;
        (5) helping nonprofit organizations and corporations in the 
    United States to identify resources and opportunities in 
    international volunteer service utilizing skilled Americans;
        (6) encouraging the establishment of international volunteer 
    programs for employees of United States corporations; and
        (7) encouraging international voluntary service by highly 
    skilled Americans to promote health and prosperity throughout the 
    world.
    (b) VfP Program Objectives.--The objectives of the VfP Program 
should include--
        (1) eliminating extreme poverty;
        (2) reducing world hunger and malnutrition;
        (3) increasing access to safe potable water;
        (4) enacting universal education;
        (5) reducing child mortality and childhood diseases;
        (6) combating the spread of preventable diseases, including 
    HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis;
        (7) providing educational and work skill support for girls and 
    empowering women to achieve independence;
        (8) creating sustainable business and entrepreneurial 
    opportunities; and
        (9) increasing access to information technology.
    (c) Volunteers for Prosperity Service Incentive Program.--
        (1) In general.--The VfP Office may provide matching grants to 
    offset the travel and living costs of volunteering abroad to any 
    eligible organization that--
            (A) has members who possess skills relevant to addressing 
        any objective described in subsection (b); and
            (B) provides a dollar-for-dollar match for such grant--
                (i) through the organization with which the individual 
            is serving; or
                (ii) by raising private funds.
        (2) Nondiscrimination requirement.--The VfP Office may not 
    provide a stipend to an individual under paragraph (1) unless the 
    nonprofit organization to which the individual is assigned has 
    certified to the VfP Office that it does not discriminate with 
    respect to any project or activity receiving Federal financial 
    assistance, including a stipend under this title, because of race, 
    religion, color, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or 
    beliefs.
        (3) Compliance with ineligible service categories.--Service 
    carried out by a volunteer receiving funds under this section may 
    not provide a direct benefit to any--
            (A) business organized for profit;
            (B) labor union;
            (C) partisan political organization; or
            (D) religious or faith-based organization for the purpose 
        of proselytization, worship or any other explicitly religious 
        activity.
    (d) Funding.--
        (1) In general.--The Administrator of the United States Agency 
    for International Development shall make available the amounts 
    appropriated pursuant to section 5104 to the VfP Office to pursue 
    the objectives described in subsection (b) by carrying out the 
    functions described in subsection (a).
        (2) Use of funds.--Amounts made available under paragraph (1) 
    may be used by the VfP Office to provide personnel and other 
    resources to develop, manage, and expand the VfP Program, under the 
    supervision of the United States Agency for International 
    Development.
    (e) Coordination.--The VfP Office shall coordinate its efforts with 
other public and private efforts that aim to send skilled professionals 
to serve in developing nations.
    (f) Report.--The VfP Office shall submit an annual report to 
Congress on the activities of the VfP Office.
SEC. 5104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    (a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
    (b) Allocation of Funds.--Not more than 10 percent of the amounts 
appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended for the 
administrative costs of the United States Agency for International 
Development to manage the VfP Program.

                        TITLE VI--EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 6101. EFFECTIVE DATE.
    (a) In General.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
take effect on October 1, 2009.
    (b) Regulations.--Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service may issue such regulations as may be necessary to 
carry out this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
SEC. 6102. SENSE OF THE SENATE.
    (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
        (1) President John F. Kennedy said, ``The raising of 
    extraordinarily large sums of money, given voluntarily and freely 
    by millions of our fellow Americans, is a unique American tradition 
    . . . Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and freely . . . 
    call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of an American 
    tradition''.
        (2) Americans gave more than $300,000,000,000 to charitable 
    causes in 2007, an amount equal to roughly 2 percent of the gross 
    domestic product.
        (3) The vast majority of those donations, roughly 75 percent or 
    $229,000,000,000, came from individuals.
        (4) Studies have shown that Americans give far more to charity 
    than the people of any other industrialized nation--more than twice 
    as much, measured as a share of gross domestic product, than the 
    citizens of Great Britain, and 10 times more than the citizens of 
    France.
        (5) 7 out of 10 American households donate to charities to 
    support a wide range of religious, educational, cultural, health 
    care, and environmental goals.
        (6) These charities provide innumerable valuable public 
    services to society's most vulnerable citizens during difficult 
    economic times.
        (7) Congress has provided incentives through the Internal 
    Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable giving by allowing 
    individuals to deduct contributions made to tax-exempt charities.
        (8) 41,000,000 American households, constituting 86 percent of 
    taxpayers who itemize deductions, took advantage of this deduction 
    to give to the charities of their choice.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
Congress should preserve the income tax deduction for charitable 
contributions through the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and look for 
additional ways to encourage charitable giving.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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