II 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3487 

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to expand 

and improve opportunities for service, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 

Mr. REID (for Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. HATCH, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mr. DODD, Mr. COCHRAN, and Mrs. CLINTON)) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

to expand and improve opportunities for service, and 

for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Serve America Act’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL SERVICE 


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Subtitle A—Service-Learning 

Sec. 111. Youth engagement zones to strengthen communities. 

Sec. 112. Campus of Service. 

Sec. 113. Service-learning impact study. 

Subtitle B—Supporting Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

Sec. 121. Innovation and entrepreneurship. 

Subtitle C—ServeAmerica Corps 

Sec. 131. Corps. 

Subtitle D—Civic Health Index 

Sec. 141. Index. 

Subtitle E—ServeAmerica and Encore Fellowships 

Sec. 151. ServeAmerica and Encore Fellowships. 

Subtitle F—Volunteer Generation Fund; National Service Reserve Corps; Call 

To Service Campaign 

Sec. 161. Statement of purposes. 

Sec. 162. Establishment of Volunteer Generation Fund. 

Sec. 163. National Service Reserve Corps. 

Sec. 164. Call To Service campaign. 

Subtitle G—Conforming Amendments 

Sec. 171. Conforming amendments. 

TITLE II—VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAM 

Sec. 201. Findings. 

Sec. 202. Definitions. 

Sec. 203. Office of Volunteers for Prosperity. 

Sec. 204. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 TITLE I—NATIONAL SERVICE 

2 Subtitle A—Service-Learning 

3 SEC. 111. YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONES TO STRENGTHEN 

4 COMMUNITIES. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Engaging in service-learning and commu7 nity service activities at a young age makes individVerDate Aug 31 2005 02:47 Sep 13, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3487.IS S3487

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1 uals more likely to continue to volunteer and engage 

2 in service throughout their lives. 

3 (2) High-quality service-learning programs keep 

4 students engaged in school and increase the likeli5 hood that they will graduate. 

6 (3) Since its creation, the Learn and Serve 

7 America program has allowed over 15,000,000 stu8 dents to take part in service-learning activities to 

9 improve their communities and schools. 

10 (4) Most schools do not offer service-learning 

11 activities, but many students, particularly students 

12 at risk of dropping out, express an interest in serv13 ice-learning. 

14 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

15 (1) to provide increased high-quality service16 learning opportunities for in-school and out-of-school 

17 youth in high-need, low-income communities as a 

18 strategy to retain and re-engage youth likely to drop 

19 out and youth who have dropped out; 

20 (2) to encourage more individuals to engage in 

21 lifetimes of service by teaching young people the 

22 value of service early in their lives; and 

23 (3) to establish youth engagement zones with 

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1 ing to solve a specific community challenge, through 

2 a program that can serve as a model for other com3 munities. 

4 (c) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Part I of subtitle B of 

5 title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 

6 (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subparts B and C as sub8 parts C and D, respectively; 

9 (2) by redesignating sections 115, 115A, 116, 

10 116A, and 116B as sections 114A through 114E, 

11 respectively; and 

12 (3) by inserting after subpart A the following: 

13 ‘‘Subpart B—Youth Engagement Zones to Strengthen 

14 Communities 

15 ‘‘SEC. 115. GRANT PROGRAM. 

16 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) COLLEGE-GOING RATE.—The term ‘col18 lege-going rate’ means the percentage of high school 

19 graduates who enroll in an institution of higher edu20 cation in the school year immediately following grad21 uation from high school. 

22 ‘‘(2) GRADUATION RATE.—The term ‘gradua23 tion rate’ means the graduation rate for public sec24 ondary school students, as defined in section 

25 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary 


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1 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)). 

3 ‘‘(3) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘low4 income student’ means a student who is eligible to 

5 be counted under one of the measures of poverty de6 scribed in section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 

7 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

8 6313(a)(5)). 

9 ‘‘(4) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘out10 of-school youth’ means youth of an appropriate age 

11 to attend secondary school who are not currently en12 rolled in secondary schools. 

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

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

15 youth engagement zone program is carried out. 

16 ‘‘(6) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.— 

17 The term ‘youth engagement zone program’ means 

18 a service-learning program in which members of a 

19 partnership described in subsection (c) collaborate to 

20 provide coordinated school-based or community21 based service-learning opportunities, to address a 

22 specific community challenge, for secondary school 

23 students served by the local educational agency in24 volved as described in subsection (d)(2)(B), and for 


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1 an increasing percentage of out-of-school youth, over 

2 5 years. 

3 ‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY AND AVAILABILITY OF

4 FUNDS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subject to para6 graph (3), the Corporation may make grants, on a 

7 competitive basis, to eligible partnerships to enable 

8 the partnerships to establish and carry out, in youth 

9 engagement zones, youth engagement zone programs 

10 with secondary school students and with out-of11 school youth, in order to carry out projects to im12 prove communities involving— 

13 ‘‘(A) improving student engagement, in14 cluding student attendance and student behav15 ior, and student academic achievement, gradua16 tion rates, and college-going rates, at secondary 

17 schools with high concentrations of low-income 

18 students; 

19 ‘‘(B) maintaining and improving local 

20 parks, trails, and rivers, assisting in the devel21 opment of local recycling programs, or imple22 menting initiatives to improve local energy ef23 fectively; 

24 ‘‘(C) improving civic engagement and par25 ticipation among individuals of all ages; or 


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1 ‘‘(D) carrying out another activity that fo2 cuses on solving a community challenge faced 

3 by the community that the eligible partnership 

4 involved will serve. 

5 ‘‘(2) GRANT PERIODS.—The Corporation shall 

6 make the grants for periods of 5 years. 

7 ‘‘(3) GRANT AMOUNTS.—The Corporation shall 

8 make such a grant to a partnership in an amount 

9 of not less than $250,000 and not more than 

10 $1,000,000, based on the number of students served 

11 by the local educational agency in the partnership. 

12 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIPS.—To be eligible to re13 ceive a grant under this section, a partnership— 

14 ‘‘(1) shall include— 

15 ‘‘(A) a community-based agency that has a 

16 demonstrated record of success in carrying out 

17 service-learning programs with low-income stu18 dents, and that meets such criteria as the Chief 

19 Executive Officer may establish; and 

20 ‘‘(B)(i) a local educational agency for 

21 which— 

22 ‘‘(I) a high number or percentage of 

23 the students served by the agency, as de24 termined by the Corporation, are low-in25 come students; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) the graduation rate for the sec2 ondary school students served by the agen3 cy is less than 70 percent; or 

4 ‘‘(ii)(I) a State Commission or State edu5 cational agency; and 

6 ‘‘(II) more than 1 local educational agency 

7 described in clause (i); and 

8 ‘‘(2) may include— 

9 ‘‘(A) a local government agency that is not 

10 described in paragraph (1); 

11 ‘‘(B) the office of the chief executive offi12 cer of a unit of general local government; or 

13 ‘‘(C) an institution of higher education. 

14 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

15 under this section, a partnership shall submit an applica16 tion to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and 

17 containing such information as the Corporation may re18 quire, which shall include— 

19 ‘‘(1) a description of the project to improve the 

20 community that the partnership is proposing to 

21 carry out, including— 

22 ‘‘(A) the community challenge the partner23 ship seeks to address, and relevant data about 

24 the challenge in such community; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) a description of the process the part2 nership will use, as part of the youth engage3 ment zone program, to identify the community 

4 challenge the partnership will seek to address, 

5 including how the partnership will use relevant 

6 data to identify such challenge; 

7 ‘‘(2) a description of how the partnership will 

8 work with secondary schools served by the local edu9 cational agency that is included in such partnership 

10 in carrying out the project to assure that— 

11 ‘‘(A) by the end of the third year of the 

12 grant period, a majority of the students in the 

13 secondary schools served by the local edu14 cational agency will have participated in service15 learning activities as part of the project; and 

16 ‘‘(B) by the end of the fifth year of the 

17 grant period— 

18 ‘‘(i) not less than 90 percent of the 

19 students in those schools will have partici20 pated in service-learning activities as part 

21 of the project; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) service-learning will be a manda23 tory part of the curriculum in all of the 

24 secondary schools served by the local edu25 cational agency; 


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1 ‘‘(3) a description of the amount of time for 

2 which the partnership will seek to have participating 

3 individuals participate in service-learning activities 

4 as part of the project, and how that time will be 

5 structured; 

6 ‘‘(4) a description of the partnership’s plan to 

7 provide high-quality, ongoing service-learning profes8 sional development and assistance to educators con9 ducting service-learning activities through the youth 

10 engagement zone program; 

11 ‘‘(5) a description of how the partnership will 

12 work to— 

13 ‘‘(A) ensure that out-of-school youth in the 

14 community are included as participants in serv15 ice-learning activities carried out through the 

16 project; and 

17 ‘‘(B) re-engage out-of-school youth; 

18 ‘‘(6) a description of how the partnership will 

19 work, through the project, to improve student en20 gagement, including student attendance and student 

21 behavior, and student achievement, graduation rates, 

22 and college-going rates, at schools served by the 

23 local educational agency that is included in the eligi24 ble partnership; 


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1 ‘‘(7) a description of how the partnership will 

2 encourage participants to continue to engage in serv3 ice after graduation from secondary school; and 

4 ‘‘(8) a description of how youth in the commu5 nity were involved in the development of the pro6 posal for the project. 

7 ‘‘(e) PRIORITY AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— 

8 ‘‘(1) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this 

9 section, the Corporation shall give priority to eligible 

10 partnerships that serve high percentages or numbers 

11 of low-income students. 

12 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—In making grants 

13 under this section, the Corporation shall take into 

14 consideration the relevant data about the challenges 

15 in communities that eligible partnerships include in 

16 their applications, if the relevant partnerships sub17 mit such relevant data under subsection (d)(1)(A). 

18 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Corpora19 tion shall make the grants to a geographically di20 verse set of eligible partnerships, including partner21 ships that serve urban, and partnerships that serve 

22 rural, communities. 

23 ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—A partnership 

25 that receives a grant under this section shall use the 


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1 funds made available through the grant to establish 

2 and carry out a high-quality youth engagement zone 

3 program designed to— 

4 ‘‘(A) solve specific community challenges; 

5 ‘‘(B) improve student engagement, includ6 ing student attendance and student behavior, 

7 and student achievement, graduation rates, and 

8 college-going rates in secondary schools; 

9 ‘‘(C) involve an increasing percentage of 

10 secondary school students and out-of-school 

11 youth in the community in school-based or com12 munity-based service-learning activities each 

13 year, with the goal of involving all students in 

14 secondary schools served by the local edu15 cational agency and involving an increasing per16 centage of the out-of-school youth in service17 learning activities over the course of 5 years; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(D) encourage participants to continue to 

20 engage in service throughout their lives. 

21 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A partnership 

22 that receives a grant under this section may use the 

23 funds made available through the grant for activities 

24 described in section 111. 


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1 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Any requirement of 

2 this subpart that applies to a local educational agency in 

3 a partnership shall be considered to apply to each local 

4 educational agency in the partnership.’’. 

5 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND RES6 ERVATIONS.—Section 501(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 12681(a)(1)) is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘title I’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘title I (other than subpart B of part 

10 I)’’; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘sub12 part B’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart C’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(C) SUBPART B OF PART I.—There is au15 thorized to be appropriated to carry out subpart 

16 B of part I of subtitle B of title I— 

17 ‘‘(i) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

18 ‘‘(ii) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

19 ‘‘(iii) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 

20 2011; 

21 ‘‘(iv) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 

22 2012; and 

23 ‘‘(v) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 

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1 SEC. 112. CAMPUS OF SERVICE. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Providing service-learning courses to indi4 viduals who are students in institutions of higher 

5 education can make such individuals more likely to 

6 engage in service throughout their lives, and better 

7 prepared to take on public service careers in the 

8 nonprofit sector or government. 

9 (2) While many institutions of higher education, 

10 in using work-study funds for community service 

11 under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 

12 Act of 1965, considerably exceed the percentage of 

13 such funds required to be used for such service, na14 tionally the amount of such funds used for such 

15 service has remained relatively constant for the past 

16 few years. 

17 (3) The public service sector, including non18 profit organizations and government, faces many 

19 human capital challenges, and institutions of higher 

20 education can be a part of efforts to address the 

21 challenges. 

22 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

23 (1) to identify and recognize institutions of 

24 higher education that serve as model Campuses of 

25 Service, in terms of engaging students in community 

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1 and encouraging or assisting graduates to pursue ca2 reers in public service in the nonprofit sector or gov3 ernment; and 

4 (2) to allow such institutions to increase their 

5 ability to encourage or assist more students to pur6 sue careers in public service, including public service 

7 careers in the nonprofit sector or government. 

8 (c) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subtitle B of title I of 

9 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘PART III—CAMPUS OF SERVICE PROGRAM 

13 ‘‘SEC. 119E. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consulta15 tion with the Secretary of Education, may annually des16 ignate not more than 30 institutions of higher education 

17 as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nomi18 nated by State Commissions. An institution that receives 

19 the designation shall have an opportunity to apply for 

20 funds under subsection (d), and may nominate additional 

21 individuals for ServeAmerica Fellowships under section 

22 198E, as described in subsection (e). 

23 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomi25 nation to receive designation under subsection (a), 


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1 and have an opportunity to apply for funds under 

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

3 higher education in a State shall submit an applica4 tion to the State Commission at such time, in such 

5 manner, and containing such information as the 

6 State Commission may require. 

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

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

10 if applicable, graduate service-learning courses 

11 offered at such institution for the most recent 

12 full academic year preceding the fiscal year for 

13 which designation is sought; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of under15 graduate students and, if applicable, the num16 ber and percentage of graduate students at 

17 such institution who were enrolled in the cor18 responding courses described in clause (i), for 

19 that preceding academic year; 

20 ‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate stu21 dents engaging in and, if applicable, the per22 centage of graduate students engaging in activi23 ties providing community services, as defined in 

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1 ceding academic year, the quality of such activi2 ties, and the average amount of time spent, per 

3 student, engaged in such activities; 

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

5 percentage of Federal work-study funds made 

6 available to the institution under part C of title 

7 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

9 students employed in providing community serv10 ices, as so defined, and a description of the ef11 forts the institution undertakes to make avail12 able to students opportunities to provide such 

13 community services and be compensated 

14 through such work-study funds; 

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

16 information demonstrating the degree to which 

17 recent graduates of the institution, and all 

18 graduates of the institution, have obtained full19 time public service employment in the nonprofit 

20 sector or government, with a private nonprofit 

21 organization or a Federal, State, or local public 

22 agency; and 

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

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1 stitution to pursue careers in public service in 

2 the nonprofit sector or government. 

3 ‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 

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

6 that receives applications from institutions of 

7 higher education under subsection (b) may 

8 nominate, for designation under subsection (a), 

9 not more than 3 such institutions of higher 

10 education, consisting of— 

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

12 institution of higher education; 

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

14 institution of higher education; and 

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

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

18 shall submit to the Corporation the name and 

19 application of each institution nominated by the 

20 State Commission under subparagraph (A). 

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

22 designate, under subsection (a), not more than 30 

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1 sible, designate various types of institutions, includ2 ing institutions from each of the categories of insti3 tutions described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of para4 graph (1)(A). 

5 ‘‘(d) FUNDS.— 

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

7 under section 501(a)(1)(D), the Corporation shall 

8 provide funds to institutions designated under sub9 section (c), to be used by the institutions to imple10 ment strategies to encourage or assist students from 

11 those institutions to pursue careers in public service 

12 in the nonprofit sector or government. 

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

14 under this subsection, an institution designated 

15 under subsection (c) shall submit a plan to the Cor16 poration describing how the institution intends to 

17 use the funds to encourage or assist those students 

18 to pursue those careers. 

19 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall de20 termine how the funds appropriated under section 

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

22 among the institutions submitting acceptable plans 

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

24 funds to be allocated to such an institution, the Cor25 poration shall consider the number of students at 


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1 the institution, the quality and scope of the plan 

2 submitted by the institution under paragraph (2), 

3 and the institution’s current (as of the date of sub4 mission of the plan) strategies to encourage or assist 

5 students to pursue public service careers in the non6 profit sector or government. 

7 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS.— 

8 An institution designated as a Campus of Service may 

9 nominate additional individuals (relative to the number 

10 that other institutions may nominate) for ServeAmerica 

11 Fellowships under section 198E.’’. 

12 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

13 501(a)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 

14 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)), as amended by section 

15 111(d), is further amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpart 

17 B of part I’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart B of part I and 

18 part III’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(D) PART III.—There is authorized to be 

21 appropriated to carry out part III of subtitle B 

22 of title I $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

23 2009 through 2013.’’. 


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1 SEC. 113. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Na3 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 12521 et seq.), as amended by section 112(c), is further 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 

7 ‘‘SEC. 119F. STUDY AND REPORT. 

8 ‘‘(a) STUDY.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 

10 enter into a contract with an entity that is not oth11 erwise a recipient of financial assistance under this 

12 subtitle, to conduct a 10-year longitudinal study on 

13 the impact of the activities carried out under this 

14 subtitle. 

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

16 entity shall consider the impact of service-learning 

17 activities carried out under this subtitle on students 

18 participating in such activities, including in par19 ticular examining the degree to which the activi20 ties— 

21 ‘‘(A) improved student academic achieve22 ment; 

23 ‘‘(B) improved student engagement; 

24 ‘‘(C) improved graduation rates; and 

25 ‘‘(D) improved the degree to which the 

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1 quent national service, volunteering, or other 

2 service activities. 

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

4 the entity shall examine the impact of the service5 learning activities on the 4 factors described in sub6 paragraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2), ana7 lyzed in terms of how much time participants were 

8 engaged in service-learning activities. 

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

10 information on best practices concerning using serv11 ice-learning activities to improve the 4 factors. 

12 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—The entity shall submit a report to 

13 the Corporation containing the results of the study and 

14 the information on best practices. The Corporation shall 

15 submit such report to the Committee on Education and 

16 Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

17 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

18 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION AND DISSEMINATION.—On re19 ceiving the report, the Corporation shall consult with the 

20 Secretary of Education to review the results of the study, 

21 and to identify best practices concerning using service22 learning activities to improve the 4 factors described in 

23 subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(2). The 

24 Corporation shall disseminate information on the identi25 fied best practices.’’. 


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1 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

2 501(a)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 

3 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)), as amended by section 

4 112(d), is further amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpart 

6 B of part I and part III’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart B 

7 of part I, and parts III and IV’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(D) PART IV.—There are authorized to 

10 be appropriated to carry out part IV of subtitle 

11 B of title I such sums as may be necessary for 

12 each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.’’. 

13 Subtitle B—Supporting Social 

14 Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

15 SEC. 121. INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National and Com17 munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating subtitles F through I as 

20 subtitles H through K; and 

21 (2) by inserting after subtitle E the following: 


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1 ‘‘Subtitle F—Social Innovation and 

2 Entrepreneurship 

3 ‘‘PART I—COMMISSION ON CROSS SECTOR 

4 SOLUTIONS 

5 ‘‘SEC. 167. COMMISSION. 

6 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find7 ings: 

8 ‘‘(1) Nonprofit organizations play a significant 

9 role in addressing national and local challenges that 

10 impact economically disadvantaged individuals. 

11 ‘‘(2) Innovative nonprofit organizations often 

12 serve as a research and development engine for the 

13 social service sector, identifying effective solutions to 

14 national and local challenges. 

15 ‘‘(3) Despite the important role effective non16 profit organizations play in addressing national and 

17 local challenges, such organizations face administra18 tive and efficiency barriers in maximizing their work 

19 with businesses and the government, and limited re20 sources are available to help such organizations in21 crease their capacity to deliver services more effec22 tively, efficiently, on a larger scale, and with greater 

23 accountability. 

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1 ‘‘(1) to examine and recommend ways in which 

2 the Federal Government can interact more effi3 ciently and effectively with nonprofit organizations, 

4 philanthropic organizations, and business to achieve 

5 better outcomes with regard to addressing national 

6 and local challenges, accountability, and utilization 

7 of resources; 

8 ‘‘(2) to provide advice to the President and 

9 Congress regarding new, more effective ways for the 

10 Federal Government to address national and local 

11 challenges in partnership with the nonprofit sector; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(3) to support research that will advance the 

14 impact and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector and 

15 the way that the Federal Government interacts with 

16 such sector. 

17 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

19 commission to be known as the Commission on 

20 Cross-Sector Solutions to America’s Problems (in 

21 this section referred to as the ‘Commission’). 

22 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

23 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The Commission 

24 shall be composed of 21 members, of whom— 


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1 ‘‘(i) 9 shall be appointed by the Presi2 dent; 

3 ‘‘(ii) 3 shall be appointed by the ma4 jority leader of the Senate; 

5 ‘‘(iii) 3 shall be appointed by the mi6 nority leader of the Senate; 

7 ‘‘(iv) 3 shall be appointed by the 

8 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(v) 3 shall be appointed by the mi11 nority leader of the House of Representa12 tives. 

13 ‘‘(B) QUALIFICATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL

14 APPOINTEES.— 

15 ‘‘(i) EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.— 

16 Subject to subparagraph (D)(ii), the Com17 mission shall include members appointed 

18 under subparagraph (A)(i) who, to the ex19 tent practicable, collectively have extensive 

20 experience or are experts in— 

21 ‘‘(I) social entrepreneurship and 

22 social enterprise; 

23 ‘‘(II) the management and oper24 ation of small nonprofit organizations 

25 and large nonprofit organizations; 


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1 ‘‘(III) business, including a busi2 ness with experience working with a 

3 startup enterprise and a business with 

4 experience working with the nonprofit 

5 sector; 

6 ‘‘(IV) philanthropy, including the 

7 specific philanthropic challenges in 

8 urban and rural areas and in areas 

9 that are philanthropically under10 served; 

11 ‘‘(V) volunteering, including ef12 fective volunteer management; and 

13 ‘‘(VI) qualitative and quantitative 

14 social science research. 

15 ‘‘(ii) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—The 

16 Commission shall include, among the mem17 bers appointed under subparagraph (A)(i), 

18 a wide range of individuals, including 

19 young people, and individuals from diverse 

20 economic, racial, ethnic, and religious 

21 backgrounds, and individuals from diverse 

22 geographic areas. 

23 ‘‘(C) QUALIFICATIONS OF CONGRESSIONAL

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1 ‘‘(i) EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.— 

2 Subject to subparagraph (D)(ii), the Com3 mission shall include members appointed 

4 under clauses (ii) through (v) of subpara5 graph (A) who, to the extent practicable, 

6 collectively have extensive experience or are 

7 experts in the matters described in sub8 paragraph (B)(i). 

9 ‘‘(ii) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—The 

10 Commission shall include, among the mem11 bers appointed under clauses (ii) through 

12 (v) of subparagraph (A), a wide range of 

13 individuals with the qualifications de14 scribed in subparagraph (B)(ii). 

15 ‘‘(D) LIMITATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(i) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR17 PERSON.—The President shall select a 

18 Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson, who 

19 may not be members of the same political 

20 party, from among the members of the 

21 Commission appointed under subparagraph 

22 (A). 

23 ‘‘(ii) GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.—Mem24 bers appointed under subparagraph (A) 

25 shall include not more than 11 members 


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1 who are members of the same political 

2 party. 

3 ‘‘(E) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—Heads of 

4 Federal agencies, appointed to the Commission 

5 by the President, whose work concerns the non6 profit sector shall serve as ex officio nonvoting 

7 members of the Commission. 

8 ‘‘(F) DATE.—The appointments of the 

9 members of the Commission shall be made not 

10 later than May 31, 2009. 

11 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Members appointed 

13 under paragraph (2)(A) shall be appointed for 

14 terms of 2 years. 

15 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The appointing offi16 cer— 

17 ‘‘(i) under paragraph (2)(A)(i) shall 

18 designate 4 of the initial members ap19 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

20 terms of 3 years; 

21 ‘‘(ii) under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) shall 

22 designate 2 of the initial members ap23 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

24 terms of 3 years; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) under paragraph (2)(A)(iii) shall 

2 designate 1 of the initial members ap3 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

4 terms of 3 years; 

5 ‘‘(iv) under paragraph (2)(A)(iv) shall 

6 designate 1 of the initial members ap7 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

8 terms of 3 years; and 

9 ‘‘(v) under paragraph (2)(A)(v) shall 

10 designate 2 of the initial members ap11 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

12 terms of 3 years. 

13 ‘‘(4) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis14 sion shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in 

15 the same manner as the original appointment. 

16 ‘‘(5) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 

17 days after the date on which all voting members of 

18 the Commission have been appointed, the Commis19 sion shall hold its first meeting. 

20 ‘‘(6) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet 

21 at the call of the Chairperson, not less than 3 times 

22 a year. 

23 ‘‘(7) QUORUM.—A majority of the voting mem24 bers of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, 


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1 but a lesser number of voting members may hold 

2 hearings. 

3 ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) STUDY.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 

6 conduct a thorough study of all matters relating 

7 to ways in which the Federal Government can 

8 work more efficiently and effectively with non9 profit organizations and philanthropic organiza10 tions to assist the organizations described in 

11 this subparagraph, and the Federal Govern12 ment, in achieving better outcomes with regard 

13 to addressing pressing national and local chal14 lenges, and improving accountability and utili15 zation of resources, and relating to assisting the 

16 Federal Government, such organizations, and 

17 business in improving their collaboration to 

18 achieve such outcomes. 

19 ‘‘(B) MATTERS STUDIED.—The matters 

20 studied by the Commission shall include— 

21 ‘‘(i) ways in which the Federal Gov22 ernment interacts with nonprofit organiza23 tions, philanthropic organizations, and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) ways in which businesses collabo2 rate with nonprofit organizations and phil3 anthropic organizations, and any barriers 

4 to maximizing the effectiveness of those 

5 collaborations in addressing national and 

6 local challenges; 

7 ‘‘(iii) public and nonprofit sector 

8 human capital challenges, including spe9 cific upcoming human capital needs facing 

10 the nonprofit sector and such needs facing 

11 the government sector, the causes of needs 

12 described in this clause, and ways in which 

13 nonprofit organizations and governments 

14 can address the challenges jointly; 

15 ‘‘(iv) ways in which government poli16 cies could be improved to foster nonprofit 

17 organization accountability; 

18 ‘‘(v) systems for streamlining the 

19 process for nonprofit organizations to ob20 tain Federal grants and contracts, and 

21 eliminating unnecessary requirements re22 lating to that process; 

23 ‘‘(vi) barriers for smaller nonprofit or24 ganizations to participate in Federal Gov25 ernment programs; 


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1 ‘‘(vii) the degree to which, and ways 

2 in which, social entrepreneurs are identi3 fying innovative ways of addressing na4 tional and local challenges; 

5 ‘‘(viii) ways in which the Federal Gov6 ernment can help build the capacity of ef7 fective social entrepreneurs and effective 

8 nonprofit organizations, including the ca9 pacity of the entrepreneurs and organiza10 tions to replicate programs that provide ef11 fective ways of addressing national and 

12 local challenges; 

13 ‘‘(ix) ways in which the Federal Gov14 ernment supports social service sector re15 search and development, whether there is a 

16 need to increase such support, and, if so, 

17 how such support may be increased; 

18 ‘‘(x) ways in which the Federal Gov19 ernment can partner with nonprofit organi20 zations after an emergency or disaster to 

21 address the needs of the community in22 volved; and 

23 ‘‘(xi) ways in which the Federal Gov24 ernment can make more data available 

25 about the nonprofit sector, as the Federal 


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1 Government does for the business and gov2 ernment sectors. 

3 ‘‘(2) GRANTS.—The Commission shall provide 

4 advice to the President and Congress regarding the 

5 establishment of grants to build the capacity of the 

6 nonprofit sector, to support research on the sector, 

7 and to model innovative effective ways for the Fed8 eral Government to address national and local chal9 lenges by supporting social entrepreneurship and en10 abling nonprofit organizations to replicate and ex11 pand effective solutions to national and local chal12 lenges. 

13 ‘‘(3) ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT AND CON14 GRESS.—The Commission shall advise the President 

15 and Congress on matters concerning the nonprofit 

16 sector and social entrepreneurship. 

17 ‘‘(4) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 

18 the first meeting of the Commission, the Commis19 sion shall submit a report to Congress, which shall 

20 contain a detailed statement of the findings of the 

21 Commission resulting from the study described in 

22 paragraph (1), and the advice provided under para23 graphs (2) and (3). The report shall contain rec24 ommendations resulting from the study. 


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1 ‘‘(5) ADVICE ON IMPLEMENTATION.—At the re2 quest of Congress or the head of any Federal de3 partment or agency, the Commission shall provide 

4 advice on the implementation of any of the rec5 ommendations contained in the report. 

6 ‘‘(e) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) HEARINGS.—The Commission may hold 

8 such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, 

9 take such testimony, and receive such evidence as 

10 the Commission considers advisable to carry out this 

11 section. 

12 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGEN13 CIES.— 

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

15 secure directly from any Federal agency such 

16 information as the Commission considers nec17 essary to carry out this Act. 

18 ‘‘(B) AGENCY COOPERATION.—Upon re19 quest of the Chairperson of the Commission, 

20 the head of any Federal agency shall furnish in21 formation requested under this paragraph to 

22 the Commission. 

23 ‘‘(3) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may 

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1 under the same conditions as other agencies of the 

2 Federal Government. 

3 ‘‘(4) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, 

4 and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop5 erty. 

6 ‘‘(f) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the 

8 Commission shall serve without compensation for 

9 their work on the Commission. Notwithstanding sec10 tion 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Chief 

11 Executive Officer of the Corporation may accept the 

12 voluntary and uncompensated services of members of 

13 the Commission. The members of the Commission 

14 shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 

15 in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for em16 ployees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 

17 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their 

18 homes or regular places of business in the perform19 ance of services for the commission. 

20 ‘‘(2) STAFF.—Any Corporation for National 

21 and Community Service employee may be detailed to 

22 the Commission without reimbursement, and such 

23 detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil 

24 service status or privilege. 


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1 ‘‘(g) TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.—The 

2 Commission shall terminate in 6 years. 

3 ‘‘(h) AVAILABILITY.—Any sums appropriated to 

4 carry out this section shall remain available, without fiscal 

5 year limitation, until expended. 

6 ‘‘PART II—COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FUNDS PILOT 

7 PROGRAM 

8 ‘‘SEC. 167A. FUNDS. 

9 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 

11 community organizations are developing innovative 

12 and effective solutions to national and local chal13 lenges. 

14 ‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in 

15 replicating and expanding proven effective solutions 

16 developed by social entrepreneurs and other non17 profit community organizations, could allow those 

18 entrepreneurs and organizations to replicate and ex19 pand proven initiatives in communities. 

20 ‘‘(3) A network of Community Solutions Funds 

21 could leverage Federal investments to increase State, 

22 local, business, and philanthropic resources to rep23 licate and expand proven solutions to tackle specific 

24 identified community challenges. 

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1 ‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of so2 cial entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community 

3 organizations in tackling national and local chal4 lenges; 

5 ‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a network 

6 of Community Solutions Funds that will increase 

7 private and public investment in nonprofit commu8 nity organizations that are effectively addressing na9 tional and local challenges to allow such organiza10 tions to replicate and expand successful initiatives; 

11 ‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of such Funds 

12 in— 

13 ‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to in14 crease State, local, business, and philanthropic 

15 resources to address national and local chal16 lenges; and 

17 ‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and 

18 expand effective initiatives; and 

19 ‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to invest 

20 in, and replicate and expand, initiatives with effec21 tive solutions to national and local challenges. 

22 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.—The term 

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1 zation that carries out innovative, effective initiatives 

2 to address community challenges. 

3 ‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en4 tity’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) an existing grantmaking institution 

6 (existing as of the date on which the institution 

7 applies for a grant under this section); or 

8 ‘‘(B) a partnership between— 

9 ‘‘(i) such an existing grantmaking in10 stitution; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) an additional grantmaking insti12 tution, a State Commission, or a chief ex13 ecutive officer of a unit of general local 

14 government. 

15 ‘‘(3) ISSUE AREA.—The term ‘issue area’ 

16 means an area described in subsection (f)(3). 

17 ‘‘(d) PROGRAM.—The Corporation shall establish a 

18 Community Solutions Fund grant program to make 

19 grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to assist 

20 the entities in paying for the cost of providing national 

21 leveraging capital for Community Solution Funds. 

22 ‘‘(e) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The Corporation shall 

23 make such grants for periods of 5 years, and may renew 

24 the grants for additional periods of 5 years, in amounts 


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1 of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than 

2 $10,000,000 per year. 

3 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

4 under this section, an entity shall— 

5 ‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 

6 ‘‘(2) be focused on— 

7 ‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical 

8 area; or 

9 ‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area, in 

10 geographical areas that have the highest need 

11 in that issue area, as demonstrated by statistics 

12 concerning that need; 

13 ‘‘(3) be focused on improving measurable out14 comes relating to— 

15 ‘‘(A) education for economically disadvan16 taged students in public schools; 

17 ‘‘(B) child and youth development; 

18 ‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in 

19 economic opportunity for economically dis20 advantaged individuals; 

21 ‘‘(D) health, including access to health 

22 care and health education; 

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1 ‘‘(F) individual or community energy effi2 ciency; 

3 ‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 

4 ‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 

5 ‘‘(4) make data-driven decisions about subgrant 

6 awards and internal policies; 

7 ‘‘(5) have well-articulated processes for assess8 ing community organizations for subgrants; and 

9 ‘‘(6) have appropriate policies, as determined by 

10 the Corporation, that protect against conflict of in11 terest, self-dealing, and other improper practices. 

12 ‘‘(g) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

13 under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eli14 gible entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 

15 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor16 mation as the Corporation may specify, including, at a 

17 minimum— 

18 ‘‘(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will— 

19 ‘‘(A) use the funds received through that 

20 capital in order to make subgrants to commu21 nity organizations that will use the funds to 

22 replicate or expand proven initiatives in low-in23 come communities; 

24 ‘‘(B) in making decisions about subgrants 

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1 section of community representatives in the de2 cisions, including individuals from the public, 

3 nonprofit private, and for-profit private sectors; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(C) make subgrants of a sufficient size 

6 and scope to enable the community organiza7 tions to build their capacity to manage initia8 tives, and sustain replication or expansion of 

9 the initiatives; 

10 ‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will 

11 not make any subgrants to the parent organizations 

12 of the eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the 

13 parent organization, or, if the eligible entity applied 

14 for funds under this section as a partnership, any 

15 member of the partnership; 

16 ‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 

17 ‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area 

18 referred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eli19 gible entity is proposing to serve; or 

20 ‘‘(B) geographical areas referred to in sub21 section (f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity is likely 

22 to serve; 

23 ‘‘(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas 

24 in which the eligible entity will work to improve 

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1 ‘‘(B) statistics on the needs related to those 

2 issue areas in, as appropriate— 

3 ‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area de4 scribed in paragraph (3)(A); or 

5 ‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in 

6 paragraph (3)(B), including statistics dem7 onstrating that those geographical areas have 

8 the highest need in the specific issue area that 

9 the eligible entity is proposing to address; and 

10 ‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable 

11 outcomes related to the issue areas involved that the 

12 eligible entity will seek to improve; 

13 ‘‘(5) information describing the process by 

14 which the eligible entity selected, or will select, com15 munity organizations to receive the subgrants, to en16 sure that the community organizations— 

17 ‘‘(A) are institutions with proven initia18 tives, with track records of achieving specific 

19 outcomes related to the measurable outcomes 

20 for the eligible entity; 

21 ‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for 

22 the use of the subgrant funds that are con23 nected to the measurable outcomes for the eligi24 ble entity; 


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1 ‘‘(C) will use the funds to replicate or ex2 pand their initiatives; 

3 ‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for repli4 cating or expanding the initiatives funded; 

5 ‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the 

6 subgrant period concludes through reliable pub7 lic revenues, earned income, or private sector 

8 funding; 

9 ‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial 

10 and management systems; 

11 ‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data col12 lection and evaluation for improvement of the 

13 initiatives; 

14 ‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innova15 tive initiatives, to be important contributors to 

16 knowledge in their fields; and 

17 ‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for pro18 viding matching funds specified in subsection 

19 (k); 

20 ‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, in21 cluding its experience managing collaborative initia22 tives, or assessing applicants for grants and evalu23 ating the performance of grant recipients for out24 come-focused initiatives, and any other relevant in25 formation; 


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1 ‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of 

2 subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the require3 ments, including information on any funding that 

4 the eligible entity has secured to provide the match5 ing funds required under that subsection; 

6 ‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan 

7 for providing technical assistance and support, other 

8 than financial support, to the community organiza9 tions that will increase the ability of the community 

10 organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes; 

11 ‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institu12 tional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity 

13 concerning— 

14 ‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required 

15 for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other 

16 purposes; 

17 ‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 

18 ‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Cor19 poration, including information on the initia20 tives of the community organizations, and the 

21 replication or expansion of such initiatives; and 

22 ‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evalua23 tions to continuously improve the initiatives funded 

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1 ‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible en2 tities to receive grants under this section, the Corporation 

3 shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive 

5 basis; 

6 ‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the 

7 quality of their selection process, as described in 

8 subsection (g)(5), the capacity of the eligible entities 

9 to manage Community Solutions Funds, and the po10 tential of the eligible entities to sustain the Funds 

11 after the conclusion of the grant period; and 

12 ‘‘(3) include among the grant recipients eligible 

13 entities that propose to provide subgrants to commu14 nity organizations serving rural low-income commu15 nities. 

16 ‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not 

18 make a grant to an eligible entity under this section 

19 for a Community Solutions Fund unless the entity 

20 agrees that, with respect to the cost described in 

21 subsection (d) for that Fund, the entity will make 

22 available matching funds in an amount not less that 

23 $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant. 

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1 ‘‘(A) TYPE AND SOURCES.—The eligible 

2 entity shall provide the matching funds in cash. 

3 The eligible entity shall provide the matching 

4 funds from State, local, or private sources, 

5 which may include State or local agencies, busi6 nesses, private philanthropic organizations, or 

7 individuals. 

8 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES INCLUDING

9 STATE COMMISSIONS OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

10 OFFICES.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which 

12 a State Commission, a local government 

13 office, or both entities are a part of the eli14 gible entity, the State involved, the local 

15 government involved, or both entities, re16 spectively, shall contribute not less than 30 

17 percent and not more than 50 percent of 

18 the matching funds. 

19 ‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.— 

20 In this subparagraph, the term ‘local gov21 ernment office’ means the office of the 

22 chief executive officer of a unit of general 

23 local government. 

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1 paragraph (1) for an eligible entity serving a com2 munity (such as a rural low-income community) that 

3 the eligible entity can demonstrate is significantly 

4 philanthropically underserved. 

5 ‘‘(j) SUBGRANTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—An eligible en7 tity receiving a grant under this section is author8 ized to use the funds made available through the 

9 grant to award subgrants on a competitive basis 

10 to— 

11 ‘‘(A) community organizations serving low12 income communities within the specific local 

13 geographical area referred to in subsection 

14 (f)(2)(A); or 

15 ‘‘(B) community organizations addressing 

16 a specific issue area referred to in subsection 

17 (f)(2)(B), in low-income communities in geo18 graphical areas referred to in that subsection. 

19 ‘‘(2) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The eligible entity 

20 shall make such subgrants for periods of not less 

21 than 3 and not more than 5 years, and may renew 

22 the grants for such periods, in amounts of not less 

23 than $100,000. 

24 ‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 

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1 including receiving a payment for that subgrant each 

2 year, a community organization shall submit an ap3 plication to an eligible entity that serves the specific 

4 local geographical area, or geographical areas, that 

5 the community organization proposes to serve, at 

6 such time, in such manner, and containing such in7 formation as the eligible entity may require, includ8 ing— 

9 ‘‘(A) a description of the initiative the 

10 community organization carries out and plans 

11 to replicate or expand using funds received 

12 from the eligible entity, and how the initiative 

13 relates to the issue areas identified under sub14 section (g)(4)(A) in which the eligible entity has 

15 committed to work; 

16 ‘‘(B) data on the measurable outcomes the 

17 community organization has improved, and in18 formation on the measurable outcomes the com19 munity organization seeks to improve by repli20 cating or expanding an initiative, which shall be 

21 among the measurable outcomes the eligible en22 tity is seeking to improve as identified under 

23 subsection (g)(4)(C); 

24 ‘‘(C) an identification of the community in 

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1 carry out an initiative, which shall be within the 

2 specific local geographical area referred to in 

3 subsection (f)(2)(A) or the geographical areas 

4 referred to in subsection (f)(2)(B), that the eli5 gible entity serves; 

6 ‘‘(D) a description of how the community 

7 organization uses data to analyze and improve 

8 its initiatives; 

9 ‘‘(E) specific evidence of how the commu10 nity organization will meet the requirements for 

11 providing matching funds specified in sub12 section (k); 

13 ‘‘(F) a description of how the community 

14 organization will sustain the replicated or ex15 panded initiative after the conclusion of the 

16 subgrant period; and 

17 ‘‘(G) any other information the eligible en18 tity may require, including information nec19 essary for the eligible entity to fulfill its obliga20 tions under subsection (g)(5). 

21 ‘‘(k) MATCHING FUNDS FOR SUBGRANTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may not 

23 make a subgrant to a community organization under 

24 this section for an initiative described in subsection 

25 (j)(3)(A) unless the organization agrees that, with 


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1 respect to the cost of carrying out that initiative, the 

2 organization will make available, on an annual basis, 

3 matching funds in an amount not less than $1 for 

4 every $1 of funds provided under the subgrant. If 

5 the community organization fails to make such 

6 matching funds available for a fiscal year, the eligi7 ble entity shall not make payments for the remain8 ing fiscal years of the subgrant period, notwith9 standing any other provision of this part. 

10 ‘‘(2) TYPES AND SOURCES.—The community 

11 organization shall provide the matching funds in 

12 cash. The community organization shall provide the 

13 matching funds from State, local, or private sources, 

14 which may include funds from State or local agen15 cies, or private sector funding. 

16 ‘‘(l) NATIONAL FUNCTIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) CORPORATION.—The Corporation shall 

18 enter into a contract with an independent entity (re19 ferred to in this subsection as a ‘national con20 tractor’) to evaluate the eligible entities, and the ini21 tiatives supported by the eligible entities. 

22 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL CONTRACTOR.— 

23 ‘‘(A) RESEARCH AND REPORTS.— 

24 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The national con25 tractor shall collect data and conduct or 


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1 support research with respect to the eligi2 ble entities, and the initiatives supported 

3 by the eligible entities, to determine the 

4 success of the program carried out under 

5 this section in replicating and expanding 

6 initiatives, including— 

7 ‘‘(I) the success of the replicated 

8 or expanded initiatives in improving 

9 measurable outcomes; and 

10 ‘‘(II) the success of the program 

11 in increasing philanthropic invest12 ments in philanthropically-under13 served communities. 

14 ‘‘(ii) REPORTS.—The national con15 tractor shall submit reports to Congress 

16 and the Corporation including— 

17 ‘‘(I) the data collected and the 

18 results of the research; 

19 ‘‘(II) information on lessons 

20 learned about best practices from the 

21 activities carried out under this sec22 tion, to improve those activities; and 

23 ‘‘(III) a list of all eligible entities 

24 and community organizations receiv25 ing funds under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The na2 tional contractor shall provide technical assist3 ance to the eligible entities that receive grants 

4 under this section. 

5 ‘‘(C) KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT.—The 

6 national contractor shall maintain a clearing7 house for information on best practices result8 ing from initiatives supported by the eligible en9 tities. 

10 ‘‘(D) RESERVATION.—Of the funds appro11 priated under section 501(a)(5)(B) for a fiscal 

12 year, not more than 5 percent may be used to 

13 carry out this subsection. 

14 ‘‘PART III—INNOVATION FELLOWSHIPS PILOT 

15 PROGRAM 

16 ‘‘SEC. 167B. PROGRAM. 

17 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Corporation shall make grants, 

18 on a competitive basis, to individuals to pay for the Fed19 eral share of carrying out projects in which the individuals 

20 establish innovative nonprofit organizations to address na21 tional and local challenges. 

22 ‘‘(b) AMOUNTS, PERIODS, AND NUMBER OF

23 GRANTS.—The Corporation shall make the grants for pe24 riods of 2 years. The Corporation shall make the grants 

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1 shall make not more than 25 grants under subsection (a) 

2 in a fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(c) PAYMENTS.—The Corporation shall make the 

4 grant awards through annual payments, for the 2 years 

5 of the grant periods. 

6 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE APPLICANT.—To be eligible to apply 

7 for a grant under this section, an individual shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) have completed at least 1 term or period 

9 of service as a participant in a national service pro10 gram under subtitle C or G, as a participant in a 

11 program under subtitle E or section 198E, or as a 

12 volunteer in a program under part A of title I of the 

13 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

14 4951 et seq.); or 

15 ‘‘(2) be a veteran, as defined in section 101 of 

16 title 38, United States Code. 

17 ‘‘(e) INITIAL APPLICATION.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

19 grant under this section, and a payment for the first 

20 year of the grant period, an individual shall submit 

21 an application to the Corporation at such time, in 

22 such manner, and containing such information as 

23 the Corporation may require. 

24 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica25 tion shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(A) a description of the national or local 

2 challenge that the individual seeks to address 

3 through the project involved; 

4 ‘‘(B) a description of the project the indi5 vidual is proposing or the organization the indi6 vidual is proposing to establish through the 

7 project, including information describing why 

8 the individual’s proposal to address the chal9 lenge is innovative; 

10 ‘‘(C) information describing how the indi11 vidual proposes to address the challenge at the 

12 community level; and 

13 ‘‘(D) information describing the location of 

14 the project and the community the individual 

15 proposes to serve through the project, including 

16 relevant data about the challenge in that com17 munity. 

18 ‘‘(f) SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION.—To be eligible to 

19 receive a payment for the second year of the grant period, 

20 the individual shall submit to the Corporation— 

21 ‘‘(1) a report on the actions taken by the indi22 vidual, and, if applicable, the nonprofit organization 

23 established using funds provided under this section, 

24 to carry out the project; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) information describing how the individual 

2 will comply with the non-Federal share requirement 

3 described in subsection (g) for the second year of the 

4 grant period. 

5 ‘‘(g) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

7 cost of carrying out a project under this section shall 

8 be— 

9 ‘‘(A) 100 percent for the first year of the 

10 grant period; and 

11 ‘‘(B) 50 percent for the second year of the 

12 grant period. 

13 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The individual 

14 may provide the non-Federal share of the cost in 

15 cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, 

16 equipment, or services. The individual may provide 

17 the non-Federal share from State, local, or private 

18 sources. 

19 ‘‘(h) CONSIDERATION.—In reviewing applications, 

20 the Corporation shall take into consideration the likelihood 

21 that a project proposed to serve a community, if success22 ful, will be replicable in other communities. 

23 ‘‘(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may 

24 reserve 15 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out 

25 this section to provide technical assistance to individuals 


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1 and nonprofit organizations carrying out projects under 

2 this section.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

4 501(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 

5 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)) is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following: 

7 ‘‘(5) SUBTITLE F.—There are authorized to be 

8 appropriated— 

9 ‘‘(A) to carry out section 167, such sums 

10 as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

11 2009 through 2013; 

12 ‘‘(B) to carry out section 167A, 

13 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, $60,000,000 

14 for fiscal year 2010, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2011, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, and 

16 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, and such 

17 sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 

18 fiscal year; and 

19 ‘‘(C) to carry out section 167B, 

20 $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2009, and 

21 $5,000,000 for each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

22 Subtitle C—ServeAmerica Corps 

23 SEC. 131. CORPS. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Since 1993, over 500,000 individuals have 

2 served in national service positions, meeting unmet 

3 human, educational, environmental, and public safe4 ty needs of the United States. 

5 (2) Full- and part-time national service can ef6 fectively promote an ethic of service and volun7 teering, and former national service participants are 

8 likely to remain engaged in national service, and 

9 participate in community and public service. 

10 (3) Focused national service efforts can effec11 tively tackle pressing national challenges, such as 

12 improving education for low-income students, in13 creasing energy conservation, and improving the 

14 health, well-being, and economic opportunities of the 

15 neediest individuals in the Nation. 

16 (4) An increasing number of individuals in the 

17 United States who are retiring or age 50 or older in18 dicate an interest in service, with almost 60 percent 

19 of such individuals indicating that they would con20 sider taking jobs now or in the future to serve their 

21 communities. 

22 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

23 (1) to provide opportunities by 2013 for 

24 250,000 individuals annually to participate in a year 

25 of service, by providing funding for an additional 


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1 175,000 individuals (in addition to the 75,000 indi2 viduals already participating) each year to so partici3 pate, and to continue growing national service in the 

4 future; 

5 (2) to focus national service in the areas of na6 tional need such service has the capacity to address, 

7 such as improving education for low-income stu8 dents, increasing energy conservation, improving ac9 cess to health care for, and the health status of, in10 dividuals in medically underserved populations, and 

11 creating new economic opportunities for low-income 

12 individuals; and 

13 (3) to encourage ‘‘encore service’’ and draw on 

14 the talents and experience of individuals age 50 and 

15 older, by providing better opportunities and incen16 tives for individuals of that age to serve. 

17 (c) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Title I of the National 

18 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511 

19 et seq.), as amended by section 121, is further amended 

20 by inserting after subtitle F the following: 

21 ‘‘Subtitle G—ServeAmerica Corps 

22 ‘‘SEC. 168. CORPS. 

23 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 ‘‘(1) 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING

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1 ing center’ has the meaning given the term ‘commu2 nity learning center’, as defined in section 4201 of 

3 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171). 

5 ‘‘(2) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.—The 

6 term ‘Clean Energy Service Corps’ means the par7 ticipants who improve performance on clean energy 

8 indicators through the grants funded under sub9 section (c)(3). 

10 ‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS FUND.— 

11 The term ‘Clean Energy Service Corps Fund’ means 

12 the Clean Energy Service Corps Fund established 

13 under subsection (b)(3). 

14 ‘‘(4) CLEAN ENERGY INDICATORS.—The term 

15 ‘clean energy indicators’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) number of housing units of low-in17 come households weatherized or retrofitted to 

18 improve energy efficiency; 

19 ‘‘(B) annual energy costs (to determine 

20 savings in those costs) at facilities where par21 ticipants have provided service; 

22 ‘‘(C) number of national parks, State 

23 parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre24 serves, or trails or rivers owned or maintained 


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1 by the Federal Government or a State, that are 

2 cleaned or improved; 

3 ‘‘(D) another indicator relating to clean 

4 energy that the Corporation, in consultation 

5 with the Administrator of the Environmental 

6 Protection Agency and the Secretary of Energy, 

7 establishes for a given year; and 

8 ‘‘(E) a local indicator (applicable to a par9 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve10 ment in performance is needed) relating to 

11 clean energy, proposed by that eligible entity in 

12 an application submitted to, and approved by, a 

13 State Commission or the Corporation under 

14 this section. 

15 ‘‘(5) COLLEGE-GOING RATE.—The term ‘col16 lege-going rate’ means the percentage of high school 

17 graduates who enroll in an institution of higher edu18 cation in the school year immediately following grad19 uation from high school. 

20 ‘‘(6) EDUCATION CORPS.—The term ‘Education 

21 Corps’ means the participants who improve perform22 ance on education indicators through the grants 

23 funded under subsection (c)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(7) EDUCATION CORPS FUND.—The term 

2 ‘Education Corps Fund’ means the Education Corps 

3 Fund established under subsection (b)(1). 

4 ‘‘(8) EDUCATION INDICATORS.—The term ‘edu5 cation indicators’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) student engagement, including stu7 dent attendance and student behavior; 

8 ‘‘(B) student academic achievement; 

9 ‘‘(C) high school graduation rates; 

10 ‘‘(D) college-going rates for high school 

11 graduates; 

12 ‘‘(E) college persistence rates for high 

13 school graduates; 

14 ‘‘(F) an additional indicator relating to im15 proving education for students that the Cor16 poration, in consultation with the Secretary of 

17 Education, establishes for a given year; and 

18 ‘‘(G) a local indicator (applicable to a par19 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve20 ment in performance is needed) relating to im21 proving education for students, proposed by 

22 that eligible entity in an application submitted 

23 to, and approved by, a State Commission or the 

24 Corporation under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(9) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en2 tity’ means an entity that— 

3 ‘‘(A) is a nonprofit organization with a 

4 proven record of improving, or a promising 

5 strategy to improve, performance on appro6 priate indicators described in this subsection; 

7 ‘‘(B) meets the eligibility requirements to 

8 receive a grant under subtitle C; and 

9 ‘‘(C) if the entity is seeking to receive (or 

10 has received) a grant directly under subsection 

11 (c), is seeking to carry out (or is carrying out) 

12 a national service program in 2 or more States. 

13 ‘‘(10) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term 

14 ‘encore service program’ means a program, carried 

15 out by an eligible entity under subsection (c), that— 

16 ‘‘(A) involves a significant number of par17 ticipants age 50 or older in the program; and 

18 ‘‘(B) takes advantage of the skills and ex19 perience that such participants offer in the de20 sign and implementation of the program. 

21 ‘‘(11) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.—The term 

22 ‘Healthy Futures Corps’ means the participants who 

23 improve performance on health indicators through 

24 the grants funded under subsection (c)(2). 


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1 ‘‘(12) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS FUND.—The 

2 term ‘Healthy Futures Corps Fund’ means the 

3 Healthy Futures Corps Fund established under sub4 section (b)(2). 

5 ‘‘(13) HEALTH INDICATORS.—The term ‘health 

6 indicators’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) access to health care among economi8 cally disadvantaged individuals and individuals 

9 who are members of medically underserved pop10 ulations; 

11 ‘‘(B) access to health care for uninsured 

12 individuals, including such individuals who are 

13 economically disadvantaged children; 

14 ‘‘(C) participation, among economically 

15 disadvantaged individuals and individuals who 

16 are members of medically underserved popu17 lations, in disease prevention and health pro18 motion initiatives, particularly those with a 

19 focus on addressing common health conditions, 

20 addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing 

21 health disparities; 

22 ‘‘(D) health literacy of patients; 

23 ‘‘(E) an additional indicator, relating to 

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1 who are members of medically underserved pop2 ulations, that the Corporation, in consultation 

3 with the Secretary of Health and Human Serv4 ices and the Director of the Centers for Disease 

5 Control and Prevention, establishes for a given 

6 year; and 

7 ‘‘(F) a local indicator (applicable to a par8 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve9 ment in performance is needed) relating to im10 proving or protecting the health of economically 

11 disadvantaged individuals and individuals who 

12 are members of medically underserved popu13 lations, proposed by that eligible entity in an 

14 application submitted to, and approved by, a 

15 State Commission or the Corporation under 

16 this section. 

17 ‘‘(14) HIGH SCHOOL.—The term ‘high school’ 

18 means a public school, including a public high 

19 school, that provides high school education, as deter20 mined by State law. 

21 ‘‘(15) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA.—The 

22 term ‘medically underserved area’ means an urban 

23 or rural area designated by the Secretary of Health 

24 and Human Services as an area with a shortage of 

25 personal health services. 


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1 ‘‘(16) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPU2 LATION.—The term ‘medically underserved popu3 lation’ has the meaning given the term in section 

4 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

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

6 ‘‘(17) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.—The term ‘Op7 portunity Corps’ means the participants who im8 prove performance on opportunity indicators through 

9 the grants funded under subsection (c)(4). 

10 ‘‘(18) OPPORTUNITY CORPS FUND.—The term 

11 ‘Opportunity Corps Fund’ means the Opportunity 

12 Corps Fund established under subsection (b)(4). 

13 ‘‘(19) OPPORTUNITY INDICATORS.—The term 

14 ‘opportunity indicators’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) financial literacy among economically 

16 disadvantaged individuals; 

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

18 economically disadvantaged individuals or low19 income families; 

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

22 enhancement; 

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


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1 ‘‘(E) an additional indicator relating to im2 proving economic opportunity for economically 

3 disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, 

4 in consultation with the Secretary of Health 

5 and Human Services and the Secretary of 

6 Labor, establishes for a given year; and 

7 ‘‘(F) a local indicator (applicable to a par8 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve9 ment in performance is needed) relating to im10 proving economic opportunity for economically 

11 disadvantaged individuals, proposed by that eli12 gible entity in an application submitted to, and 

13 approved by, a State Commission or the Cor14 poration under this section. 

15 ‘‘(20) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’ 

16 has the meaning given the term in section 673 of the 

17 Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 9902). 

19 ‘‘(21) STUDENT.—The term ‘student’ means a 

20 public elementary school or public secondary school 

21 student. 

22 ‘‘(b) FUNDS AND AVAILABILITY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS FUND.—The Corpora24 tion shall establish an account to be known as the 

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1 ‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS FUND.—The 

2 Corporation shall establish an account to be known 

3 as the Healthy Futures Corps Fund. 

4 ‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS FUND.— 

5 The Corporation shall establish an account to be 

6 known as the Clean Energy Service Corps Fund. 

7 ‘‘(4) OPPORTUNITY CORPS FUND.—The Cor8 poration shall establish an account to be known as 

9 the Opportunity Corps Fund. 

10 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

11 ‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Corporation may use 

13 the amounts made available for the Education 

14 Corps Fund to make grants under this para15 graph to State Commissions and eligible enti16 ties, as described in paragraph (5). 

17 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall 

18 make the grants to pay for the Federal share 

19 of the cost of carrying out full- or part-time na20 tional service programs that are consistent with 

21 subtitle C and that improve performance on 

22 education indicators, through the service of the 

23 participants in the programs. 

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1 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Corporation may use 

2 the amounts made available for the Healthy 

3 Futures Corps Fund to make grants under this 

4 paragraph to State Commissions and eligible 

5 entities, as described in paragraph (5). 

6 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall 

7 make the grants to pay for the Federal share 

8 of the cost of carrying out full- or part-time na9 tional service programs that are consistent with 

10 subtitle C and that improve performance on 

11 health indicators, through the service of the 

12 participants in the programs. 

13 ‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Corporation may use 

15 the amounts made available for the Clean En16 ergy Service Corps Fund to make grants under 

17 this paragraph to State Commissions and eligi18 ble entities, as described in paragraph (5). 

19 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall 

20 make the grants to pay for the Federal share 

21 of the cost of carrying out full- or part-time na22 tional service programs that are consistent with 

23 subtitle C and that improve performance on 

24 clean energy indicators, through the service of 

25 the participants in the programs. 


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1 ‘‘(4) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) GRANTS.—The Corporation may use 

3 the amounts made available for the Opportunity 

4 Corps Fund to make grants under this para5 graph to State Commissions and eligible enti6 ties, as described in paragraph (5). 

7 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall 

8 make the grants to pay for the Federal share 

9 of the cost of carrying out full- or part-time na10 tional service programs that are consistent with 

11 subtitle C and that improve performance on op12 portunity indicators, through the service of the 

13 participants in the programs. 

14 ‘‘(5) FORMULA AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 

15 For purposes of making grants under paragraph (1), 

16 (2), (3), or (4), the Corporation shall carry out the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(A) FORMULA GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(i) GRANTS TO CERTAIN STATES.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—From 331 20 ⁄3

21 percent of the amount available in the 

22 Fund described in that paragraph for 

23 a fiscal year (after the Corporation 

24 makes the reservation described in 

25 subsection (i)), the Corporation shall 


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1 make grants (including financial as2 sistance and a corresponding allot3 ment of approved national service po4 sitions). The Corporation shall make 

5 the grants to the State Commission of 

6 each of the several States, the District 

7 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth 

8 of Puerto Rico that has an application 

9 approved by the Corporation under 

10 subsection (e), from allotments de11 scribed in subclause (II). 

12 ‘‘(II) ALLOTMENT.—The amount 

13 allotted as a grant to each such State 

14 under subclause (I) for a fiscal year 

15 shall be equal to the amount that 

bears the same ratio to that 331 16 ⁄3 per17 cent of the amount available in that 

18 Fund for that fiscal year as the popu19 lation of the State bears to the total 

20 population of the several States, the 

21 District of Columbia, and the Com22 monwealth of Puerto Rico. 

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1 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—From 1 per2 cent of the amount available in the 

3 Fund described in that paragraph for 

4 a fiscal year (after the Corporation 

5 makes the reservation described in 

6 subsection (i)), the Corporation shall 

7 make grants (including financial as8 sistance and a corresponding allot9 ment of approved national service po10 sitions). The Corporation shall make 

11 the grants to the State Commission 

12 for each of the United States Virgin 

13 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 

14 the Commonwealth of the Northern 

15 Mariana Islands that has an applica16 tion approved by the Corporation 

17 under subsection (e), from allotments 

18 described in subclause (II). 

19 ‘‘(II) ALLOTMENT.—The amount 

20 allotted as a grant to each such State 

21 under subclause (I) for a fiscal year 

22 shall be equal to the amount that 

23 bears the same ratio to that 1 percent 

24 of the amount available in that Fund 

25 for that fiscal year as the population 


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1 of the State bears to the total popu2 lation of the States referred to in sub3 clause (I). 

4 ‘‘(iii) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.— 

5 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—From 1 per6 cent of the amount available in the 

7 Fund described in that paragraph for 

8 a fiscal year (after the Corporation 

9 makes the reservation described in 

10 subsection (i)), the Corporation shall 

11 make grants (including financial as12 sistance and a corresponding allot13 ment of approved national service po14 sitions) to Indian tribes that have ap15 plications approved by the Corpora16 tion under subsection (e). The funds 

17 allotted for such grants shall be allot18 ted by the Corporation on a competi19 tive basis in accordance with the re20 spective needs of the Indian tribes. 

21 ‘‘(II) APPLICATION.—For pur22 poses of this subtitle, other than this 

23 subparagraph, a reference to a State 

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1 body of an Indian tribe, and a ref2 erence to a State shall be considered 

3 to include a reference to an Indian 

4 tribe or the geographic area in which 

5 the tribe resides. The Corporation 

6 shall have authority to issue standards 

7 to apply the provisions of this subtitle 

8 (other than this subparagraph) to In9 dian tribes. 

10 ‘‘(iv) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO

11 APPLY.—If a State or Indian tribe fails to 

12 apply for, or fails to give notice to the Cor13 poration of its intent to apply for, an allot14 ment under this subparagraph, the Cor15 poration shall use the amount that would 

16 have been allotted under this subparagraph 

17 to the State or Indian tribe— 

18 ‘‘(I) to make grants (including fi19 nancial assistance and a cor20 responding allotment of approved na21 tional service positions) to other eligi22 ble entities that propose to carry out 

23 national service programs in the State 

24 on behalf of the Indian tribe; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) after making grants under 

2 subclause (I), to make a reallotment 

3 to other States and Indian tribes that 

4 have applications approved by the 

5 Corporation under subsection (e). 

6 ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—From the 

7 remainder of the amount available in that Fund 

8 for that fiscal year, the Corporation shall make 

9 grants (including such assistance and cor10 responding allotment), on a competitive basis, 

11 to State Commissions and eligible entities that 

12 have such approved applications. 

13 ‘‘(6) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 

15 expressly provided in this section and subtitle 

16 D, the terms and conditions of grants made 

17 under this subsection shall be consistent with 

18 the provisions of subtitle C concerning terms 

19 and conditions of grants made under section 

20 121(a). Those terms and conditions shall apply 

21 with respect to grants and allotments requested, 

22 national service positions and national service 

23 programs proposed, and applications submitted, 

24 under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(B) INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERV2 ICE.—For purposes of applying the provisions 

3 of part I of subtitle C under this subsection, 

4 sections 122(c), 125, and 126 shall not apply. 

5 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION, APPROVAL, AND ALLO6 CATION.—State Commissions and eligible enti7 ties shall apply for the grants, and the grants 

8 (and the financial assistance and approved na9 tional service positions made available through 

10 the grants) shall be allocated among State 

11 Commissions and eligible entities, in a manner 

12 consistent with this section. Except as otherwise 

13 provided in this section, subsections (a) through 

14 (d) of section 129, subsections (a) through (d), 

15 and (g), of section 130, subsections (a)(1) and 

16 (f) of section 131, and subsections (a), (b), (d), 

17 and (e) of section 133 shall not apply to such 

18 applications and allocations. 

19 ‘‘(D) NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.— 

20 Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 

21 section and subtitle D, the terms and conditions 

22 that apply to participants in programs carried 

23 out under such grants (including provisions re24 lating to participant eligibility, selection, terms 

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1 the provisions of subtitle C concerning terms 

2 and conditions that apply to participants in 

3 programs under subtitle C. 

4 ‘‘(7) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of 

7 positions that are approved as approved na8 tional service positions under this subtitle dur9 ing each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013; 

10 ‘‘(B) establish the number of the approved 

11 positions as 25,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

12 ‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved 

13 positions to— 

14 ‘‘(i) 50,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

15 ‘‘(ii) 75,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

16 ‘‘(iii) 125,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iv) 175,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

19 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Eligible entities shall carry 

21 out the national service programs under subsection 

22 (c). 

23 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATION.—To be qualified to carry 

24 out a national service program under subsection (c), 

25 an eligible entity shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) receive a grant under subsection (c); 

2 or 

3 ‘‘(B) be selected to carry out the program 

4 through a competitive process, by a State Com5 mission that receives a grant under subsection 

6 (c). 

7 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be qualified to receive a 

9 grant under subsection (c) for a national service pro10 gram, a State Commission or an eligible entity shall 

11 submit an application to the Corporation at such 

12 time, in such manner, and containing such informa13 tion as the Corporation may require, which shall in14 clude— 

15 ‘‘(A) information describing how the eligi16 ble entity proposed to carry out the program 

17 proposes to utilize funds under a paragraph of 

18 subsection (c) to improve performance on the 

19 corresponding indicators described in subsection 

20 (a) utilizing participants, including the activities 

21 in which such participants will engage to im22 prove performance on those indicators; 

23 ‘‘(B) information identifying the geo24 graphical area in which the eligible entity pro25 posed to carry out the program proposes to use 


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1 funds under a paragraph of subsection (c) to 

2 improve performance on the corresponding indi3 cators described in subsection (a), including de4 mographic information on the students or indi5 viduals, as appropriate, in such area, and sta6 tistics demonstrating the need to improve such 

7 indicators in such area; 

8 ‘‘(C) with respect to a grant to carry out 

9 a national service program under a paragraph 

10 of subsection (c), information describing the ex11 perience of the eligible entity proposed to carry 

12 out the program in improving performance on 

13 the corresponding indicators described in sub14 section (a), including whether the entity has 

15 previously utilized participants to improve per16 formance on such indicators, and if so, the ac17 tivities in which such participants have en18 gaged; 

19 ‘‘(D) if applicable, information on how the 

20 eligible entity described in subparagraph (A) 

21 will work with other community-based agencies 

22 to carry out activities to improve performance 

23 on the corresponding indicators described in 

24 subsection (a) using such funds; 

25 ‘‘(E) a description of— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the type of positions into which 

2 participants will be placed, using the as3 sistance provided under subsection (c), in4 cluding descriptions of the specific tasks to 

5 be performed by such participants, and the 

6 minimum qualifications that individuals 

7 will be required to meet to become partici8 pants in such program; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the number of proposed full- and 

10 part-time national service positions for 

11 which participants will receive the national 

12 service educational award described in sub13 title D; 

14 ‘‘(F) a description consistent with the de15 scription required by section 130(b)(12) for the 

16 national service positions proposed; 

17 ‘‘(G) information and assurances con18 sistent with those described in subsections (e) 

19 and (f) of section 130, subsections (a)(2), (b), 

20 (c), (d)(1), and (e) of section 131, and section 

21 132(a), for the grant requested and the na22 tional service program and national service po23 sitions proposed, except as provided in sub24 section (g)(1)(B); 


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1 ‘‘(H) measurable goals, to be used for an2 nual measurements of the program on 1 or 

3 more of the corresponding indicators described 

4 in subsection (a); 

5 ‘‘(I) in the case of a grant under sub6 section (c)(1), information on how the eligible 

7 entity described in subparagraph (A) will enter 

8 into partnerships with local educational agen9 cies and schools to carry out activities to im10 prove performance on education indicators 

11 using funds received under this subsection (c); 

12 ‘‘(J) in the case of a grant under sub13 section (c)(4)— 

14 ‘‘(i) if the program is designed to im15 prove economic opportunity by engaging 

16 economically disadvantaged individuals as 

17 participants— 

18 ‘‘(I) the minimum and maximum 

19 percentages of participants who will 

20 be economically disadvantaged individ21 uals; and 

22 ‘‘(II) if applicable, information 

23 on the skills and training those indi24 viduals will receive that will assist 

25 those individuals in obtaining jobs 


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1 after completion of their service under 

2 the grant; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) information on the number and 

4 percentage of individuals, including chil5 dren, in families with family incomes below 

6 the poverty line in the community to be 

7 served; and 

8 ‘‘(K) any other information the Corpora9 tion may require. 

10 ‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR WAIVER.— 

11 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EDU12 CATIONAL AWARDS.—An applicant may include 

13 in the application a request for a waiver (in14 cluding a justification of the need for such 

15 waiver and information describing how such 

16 waiver will assist the applicant in improving 

17 performance on the appropriate indicators de18 scribed in subsection (a)) of requirements relat19 ing to the Corporation’s provision of a national 

20 service educational award to or on behalf of a 

21 participant in the program, which may in22 clude— 

23 ‘‘(i) in the case of a grant under sub24 section (c)(1), requirements relating to the 


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1 minimum age for a participant under sec2 tion 137(a)(4); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant under any 

4 paragraph of subsection (c), requirements 

5 relating to individuals who receive a na6 tional service educational award under sec7 tion 146(a) and related provisions, to allow 

8 the eligible entity proposed to carry out the 

9 program to select participants to serve in 

10 approved national service positions (with 

11 eligibility for national service educational 

12 awards) from among a prespecified group 

13 of participants, if the request describes the 

14 process by which the participants serving 

15 in such positions will be selected from such 

16 group. 

17 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO USE

18 OF ALLOTMENTS FOR PROGRAMS.— 

19 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State Commis20 sion may include in the application a re21 quest that the Corporation— 

22 ‘‘(I) waive provisions requiring 

23 the State to use an allotment from a 

24 Fund, described in subsection 

25 (c)(5)(A), for corresponding programs 


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1 described in a paragraph of subsection 

2 (c); and 

3 ‘‘(II) permit the State to use 

4 funds from the allotment for other 

5 programs described in another para6 graph of subsection (c). 

7 ‘‘(ii) INFORMATION.—The State Com8 mission shall include in the request— 

9 ‘‘(I) information demonstrating 

10 that the State has not received a suf11 ficient number of applications of ade12 quate quality to carry out the cor13 responding programs referred to in 

14 clause (i)(I); and 

15 ‘‘(II) information identifying the 

16 other programs referred to in clause 

17 (i)(II), and the amount of funds from 

18 the allotment that the State intends 

19 to use for each such program. 

20 ‘‘(iii) TREATMENT.—If the Corpora21 tion approves the waiver, and permits the 

22 State to use funds from the allotment for 

23 programs described in a paragraph of sub24 section (c), for purposes of this subtitle 

25 (other than subsection (c)(5)(A)), the 


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1 funds shall be considered to be part of a 

2 grant made under that paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MUL4 TIPLE APPLICATIONS.—The Corporation shall reject 

5 an application submitted under this subsection if a 

6 project proposed to be conducted using assistance 

7 requested by the applicant is already described in 

8 another application pending before the Corporation. 

9 ‘‘(f) CONSULTATION.— 

10 ‘‘(1) OFFICIALS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) EDUCATION CORPS.—The Corpora12 tion shall consult with the Secretary of Edu13 cation as appropriate in making grants under 

14 subsection (c)(1) and developing additional indi15 cators described in subsection (a)(8)(F). 

16 ‘‘(B) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.—The 

17 Corporation shall consult with the Secretary of 

18 Health and Human Services and the Director 

19 of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven20 tion as appropriate in making grants under 

21 subsection (c)(2) and developing additional indi22 cators described in subsection (a)(13)(E). 

23 ‘‘(C) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— 

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1 Environmental Protection Agency as appro2 priate in making grants under subsection (c)(3) 

3 and developing additional indicators described 

4 in subsection (a)(4)(D). 

5 ‘‘(D) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.—The Corpora6 tion shall consult with the Secretary of Health 

7 and Human Services and the Secretary of 

8 Labor as appropriate in making grants under 

9 subsection (c)(4) and developing additional indi10 cators described in subsection (a)(19)(E). 

11 ‘‘(2) REVIEW PANELS.—The Corporation 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) establish panels of experts for the 

14 purpose of securing recommendations on appli15 cations submitted under subsection (e) for more 

16 than $250,000 in assistance, or for a number of 

17 national service positions that would require 

18 more than $250,000 in national service edu19 cational awards; and 

20 ‘‘(B) consider the opinions of such panels 

21 prior to making determinations on such applica22 tions. 

23 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND

24 POSITIONS.— 

25 ‘‘(1) ALLOCATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In making grants 

2 under subsection (c), the Corporation shall allo3 cate the financial assistance and approved na4 tional service positions provided through the 

5 grants among eligible entities proposed to carry 

6 out national service programs described in sub7 section (c). 

8 ‘‘(B) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSI9 TIONS ONLY.—In making those grants, the Cor10 poration— 

11 ‘‘(i) may make some grants that pro12 vide only approved national service posi13 tions (as opposed to financial assistance 

14 and such positions) for some or all of the 

15 participants in the national service pro16 grams involved; but 

17 ‘‘(ii) shall ensure that not more than 

18 35 percent of the participants in the na19 tional service programs described in sub20 section (c) will receive only approved na21 tional service positions through the grants. 

22 ‘‘(C) FULL-TIME POSITIONS.—In making 

23 the grants, the Corporation shall ensure that 50 

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1 tions provided through the grants shall be full2 time national service positions. 

3 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding financial assist4 ance and approved national service positions to eligi5 ble entities proposed to carry out national service 

6 programs described in subsection (c)— 

7 ‘‘(A) in the case of a grant under sub8 section (c)(2)— 

9 ‘‘(i) the Corporation may give priority 

10 to such eligible entities that propose to de11 velop policies to provide, and provide, sup12 port for participants who, after completing 

13 service under this section, will undertake 

14 careers to improve performance on health 

15 indicators; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Corporation shall give pri17 ority to such eligible entities that propose 

18 to carry out national service programs in 

19 medically underserved areas; 

20 ‘‘(B) in the case of a grant under sub21 section (c)(3), the Corporation shall give pri22 ority to such eligible entities that propose to re23 cruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service 

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1 taged individuals, and provide to such individ2 uals training to develop skills needed for clean 

3 energy jobs for which there is ongoing demand 

4 or there is predicted to be future demand; and 

5 ‘‘(C) in the case of a grant under sub6 section (c)(4), the Corporation shall give pri7 ority to such eligible entities that propose to— 

8 ‘‘(i) improve economic opportunity by 

9 engaging a significant percentage of eco10 nomically disadvantaged individuals as par11 ticipants to provide services and benefits to 

12 other economically disadvantaged individ13 uals; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) serve a community with a high 

15 number and percentage of individuals, in16 cluding children, in families with family in17 comes below the poverty line. 

18 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Corpora19 tion shall ensure that eligible entities receiving fi20 nancial assistance or positions under subsection (c) 

21 are geographically diverse and include entities pro22 posing national service programs to be conducted in 

23 urban or rural areas. 

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1 ‘‘(A) FORMULA GRANTS.—Each State re2 ceiving a grant under subsection (c)(5)(A) for a 

3 fiscal year shall make an effort to make avail4 able not less than 10 percent of the financial 

5 assistance and approved national service posi6 tions provided through the grant for that fiscal 

7 year to eligible entities proposed to carry out 

8 encore service programs, unless the State Com9 mission involved does not receive a sufficient 

10 number of applications of adequate quality to 

11 justify making that percentage available to 

12 those eligible entities. 

13 ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—In making 

14 grants under subsection (c)(5)(B) for a fiscal 

15 year, the Corporation shall make an effort to 

16 allocate not less than 10 percent of the finan17 cial assistance and approved national service 

18 positions provided through the grants for that 

19 fiscal year to eligible entities proposed to carry 

20 out encore service programs, unless the Cor21 poration does not receive a sufficient number of 

22 applications of adequate quality to justify mak23 ing that percentage available to those eligible 

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1 ‘‘(5) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A participant 

2 who serves in a national service program that re3 ceives a grant under subsection (c) shall be consid4 ered to have served in an approved national service 

5 position and, upon meeting the requirements of sec6 tion 147 (or the requirements specified in a waiver 

7 granted under subsection (e)(2)(A)), shall be eligible 

8 for a national service educational award described in 

9 section 147. The Corporation shall transfer an ap10 propriate amount of funds to the National Service 

11 Trust to provide for the national service educational 

12 awards for such participants. 

13 ‘‘(h) USE OF ASSISTANCE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible entity 

15 that receives financial assistance or positions under 

16 a paragraph of subsection (c) shall use the financial 

17 assistance or positions to carry out full-time or part18 time national service programs, including summer 

19 programs, described in that paragraph of subsection 

20 (c) that are designed to improve performance on the 

21 corresponding indicators described in subsection (a) 

22 in low-income communities. 

23 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANT ACTIVITIES.—A participant 

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1 clude providing direct service, recruiting and coordi2 nating the activities of volunteers providing direct 

3 service, and building the capacity of local organiza4 tions and communities) designed to improve per5 formance on the corresponding indicators described 

6 in subsection (a), such as— 

7 ‘‘(A) in the case of a program carried out 

8 under subsection (c)(1)— 

9 ‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other aca10 demic support to students; 

11 ‘‘(ii) mentoring students, including 

12 adult or peer mentoring; 

13 ‘‘(iii) linking needed integrated serv14 ices and comprehensive supports with stu15 dents, their families, and their public 

16 schools; 

17 ‘‘(iv) improving the school climate in18 volved; 

19 ‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school 

20 in expanding the school day by strength21 ening the quality of staff in an expanded 

22 learning time initiative, a program of a 

23 21st century community learning center, or 

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1 ‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local edu2 cational agencies in improving and expand3 ing high-quality service-learning programs 

4 that keep students engaged in schools by 

5 providing service-learning coordinators; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(vii) involving family members of 

8 students in supporting teachers and stu9 dents; 

10 ‘‘(B) in the case of a program carried out 

11 under subsection (c)(2)— 

12 ‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvan13 taged individuals in navigating the health 

14 care system; 

15 ‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 

16 access to health care for themselves or 

17 their children; 

18 ‘‘(iii) educating economically dis19 advantaged individuals and individuals who 

20 are members of medically underserved pop21 ulations about, and engaging individuals 

22 described in this clause in, initiatives re23 garding navigating the health care system 

24 and regarding disease prevention and 

25 health promotion, with a particular focus 


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1 on common health conditions, chronic dis2 eases, and conditions, for which disease 

3 prevention and health promotion measures 

4 exist and for which socioeconomic, geo5 graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis6 parities exist, such as initiatives con7 cerning— 

8 ‘‘(I) cardiovascular disease; 

9 ‘‘(II) diabetes education; 

10 ‘‘(III) cancer screening; 

11 ‘‘(IV) HIV infection or AIDS; 

12 ‘‘(V) immunizations; and 

13 ‘‘(VI) infant mortality; 

14 ‘‘(iv) improving health literacy of pa15 tients; 

16 ‘‘(v) providing translation services at 

17 clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 

18 health care; and 

19 ‘‘(vi) assisting in health promotion 

20 interventions that improve health status, 

21 and helping people adopt and maintain 

22 healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 

23 health status; 

24 ‘‘(C) in the case of a program carried out 

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1 ‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting 

2 housing units for low-income households to 

3 improve the energy efficiency of such hous4 ing units; 

5 ‘‘(ii) building energy efficient housing 

6 units in low-income communities; 

7 ‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 

8 low-income households and recommending 

9 ways for the households to improve energy 

10 efficiency; 

11 ‘‘(iv) working with schools and youth 

12 programs to educate students and youth 

13 about ways to reduce home energy use and 

14 improve the environment, including con15 ducting service-learning projects to provide 

16 such education; 

17 ‘‘(v) assisting in the development of 

18 local recycling programs; 

19 ‘‘(vi) improving national and State 

20 parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre21 serves, and trails owned or maintained by 

22 the Federal Government or a State, includ23 ing planting trees, carrying out reforest24 ation, and making trail enhancements; and 


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1 ‘‘(vii) cleaning and improving rivers 

2 maintained by the Federal Government or 

3 a State; and 

4 ‘‘(D) in the case of a program carried out 

5 under subsection (c)(4)— 

6 ‘‘(i) providing financial literacy edu7 cation to economically disadvantaged indi8 viduals, including financial literacy edu9 cation with regard to credit management, 

10 financial institutions including banks and 

11 credit unions, and utilization of savings 

12 plans; 

13 ‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction of 

14 housing units including energy efficient 

15 homes, in low-income communities; 

16 ‘‘(iii) assisting individuals in obtaining 

17 access to health care for themselves or 

18 their children; 

19 ‘‘(iv) assisting individuals in obtaining 

20 information about Federal, State, local, or 

21 private programs or benefits focused on as22 sisting economically disadvantaged individ23 uals, economically disadvantaged children, 

24 or low-income families; 


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1 ‘‘(v) improving opportunities for eco2 nomically disadvantaged children and 

3 youth to become involved in youth develop4 ment organizations; 

5 ‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and 

6 completion of job training for economically 

7 disadvantaged individuals; and 

8 ‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvan9 taged individuals in obtaining access to job 

10 placement assistance. 

11 ‘‘(i) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR REVIEW PANELS

12 AND TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before allotting funds 

14 under subsection (c)(5), the Corporation shall re15 serve an equal percentage (but not more than 4 per16 cent) of the amounts available in each Fund de17 scribed in a paragraph of subsection (b), to— 

18 ‘‘(A) carry out activities concerning review 

19 panels as provided in subsection (f)(2); and 

20 ‘‘(B) provide training and technical assist21 ance to eligible entities, including training and 

22 technical assistance to assist eligible entities 

23 carrying out national service programs with a 

24 Corps described in subsection (a) in— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) improving the ability of the 

2 Corps to improve performance on the cor3 responding indicators described in sub4 section (a). 

5 ‘‘(2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

6 The Corporation may, as appropriate, consult with 

7 the corresponding officials described in subsection 

8 (f)(1) in planning and carrying out the training and 

9 technical assistance. 

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

11 of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants 

12 under a paragraph of subsection (c), the Corporation shall 

13 prepare and submit to Congress a report containing— 

14 ‘‘(1) information describing how the Corpora15 tion allocated financial assistance and approved na16 tional service positions among eligible entities pro17 posed to carry out national service programs de18 scribed in that paragraph for that fiscal year; 

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

21 the corresponding indicators described in subsection 

22 (a); and 

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1 ‘‘(A) the national service programs funded 

2 under that paragraph; with 

3 ‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined 

4 by the Corporation, carried out under subtitles 

5 B and C of this title, and part A of title I and 

6 parts A and B of title II of the Domestic Vol7 unteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 

8 seq., 5001, 5011) that improve performance on 

9 those indicators or otherwise address identified 

10 community needs. 

11 ‘‘(k) INCENTIVES FOR ENCORE SERVICE.— 

12 ‘‘(1) INCENTIVES STUDY.— 

13 ‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Corporation shall study 

14 the use of additional incentives (other than in15 centives provided by this Act on the date of en16 actment of the Serve America Act), to attract 

17 individuals who are age 50 or older to perform 

18 service under subtitle C or this subtitle. 

19 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 

20 after the date of enactment of the Serve Amer21 ica Act, the Corporation shall prepare and sub22 mit to Congress a report containing the results 

23 of the study. 

24 ‘‘(2) INCENTIVES.—Not later than 2 years after 

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1 Corporation shall, notwithstanding any other provi2 sion of this title, implement through a pilot program 

3 additional incentives that the Corporation has found, 

4 through the study described in paragraph (1), to be 

5 effective to attract individuals described in para6 graph (1)(A) to perform service under subtitle C or 

7 this subtitle.’’. 

8 (d) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

9 (1) TRUST.—Section 145 of the National and 

10 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601) 

11 is amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘sec13 tion 501(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2) 

14 or (6) of section 501(a)’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘sub16 title C’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle C or G’’. 

17 (2) INCREASED NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE

18 TO ENCOURAGE ENCORE SERVICE OPPORTUNI19 TIES.—Section 146 of the National and Community 

20 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amend21 ed— 

22 (A) in subsection (c)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘Although’’ and insert24 ing the following: 

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1 (ii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(2) TERMS OF SERVICE FOR ENCORE SERVICE

4 OPPORTUNITIES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) NUMBER OF TERMS.—Notwith6 standing paragraph (1) and section 147, a par7 ticipant who is age 50 or older on the first day 

8 of the participant’s service under subtitle C or 

9 G may receive a national service educational 

10 award for not more than 3 terms of service 

11 under subtitle C or G. 

12 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—The partici13 pant shall receive— 

14 ‘‘(i) a national service educational 

15 award in the amount described in the cor16 responding provision of section 147, for 

17 the first or second term of such service; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(ii) a reduced national service educational award equal to 1 20 ⁄2 of the amount 

21 described in the corresponding provision of 

22 section 147, for the third term of such 

23 service.’’; and 

24 (B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL

2 AWARDS.—For purposes of applying paragraphs (1) 

3 and (2)(A) to an individual who is eligible to receive 

4 an educational award as a designated individual (as 

5 defined in section 148(f)(3)), references to a seven6 year period shall be considered to be references to a 

7 15-year period that begins on the date the individual 

8 who transferred the educational award to the des9 ignated individual completed the term of service in 

10 the approved national service position that is the 

11 basis of the award.’’. 

12 (3) EDUCATIONAL AWARD TRANSFERS TO EN13 COURAGE ENCORE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.—Sec14 tion 148 of the National and Community Service Act 

15 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 

16 (A) in subsection (c)(5), by striking ‘‘sub17 title C’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle C or the appro18 priate national service program under subtitle 

19 G, as applicable’’; 

20 (B) by redesignating subsections (f) and 

21 (g) as subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

22 (C) by inserting after subsection (e) the 

23 following: 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is eligi2 ble to receive a national service educational award 

3 under a program described in paragraph (2) may 

4 elect to receive a reduced national service educational award (equal to 1 5 ⁄2 of the amount described 

6 in the corresponding provision of section 147) and 

7 transfer the award to a designated individual. Sub8 sections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to the des9 ignated individual in lieu of the individual who is eli10 gible to receive the national service educational 

11 award, except that amounts refunded to the account 

12 under subsection (c)(5) on behalf of a designated in13 dividual may be used by the Corporation to fund ad14 ditional placements in the national service program 

15 in which the eligible individual who transferred the 

16 national service educational award participated for 

17 such award. 

18 ‘‘(2) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER.—A national 

19 service educational award may be transferred under 

20 this subsection if— 

21 ‘‘(A) the educational award is for service in 

22 a national service program that receives a grant 

23 under subtitle G; and 

24 ‘‘(B) the eligible individual is age 50 or 

25 older. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF A DESIGNATED INDI2 VIDUAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘designated 

3 individual’ is an individual— 

4 ‘‘(A) whom an individual who is eligible to 

5 receive a national service educational award 

6 under a program described in paragraph (2) 

7 designates to receive the educational award; 

8 ‘‘(B) who meets the eligibility requirements 

9 of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 146(a); 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(C) who is a child or grandchild of the in12 dividual described in subparagraph (A).’’. 

13 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 501(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 

15 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)), as amended by section 

16 121(b), is further amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(6) SERVEAMERICA CORPS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 

20 to be appropriated such sums as may be nec21 essary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 

22 2013 to provide financial assistance under sub23 title G of title I and to provide national service 

24 educational awards under subtitle D of title I 

25 (including providing financial assistance and 


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1 national service educational awards to partici2 pants in national service positions, established 

3 or increased as provided in section 168(c)(7). 

4 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Of the amounts ap5 propriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 

6 year, the Corporation shall make available— 

7 ‘‘(i) not less than 35 percent for the 

8 Education Corps Fund; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) not less than 35 percent for the 

10 Clean Energy Service Corps Fund.’’. 

11 Subtitle D—Civic Health Index 

12 SEC. 141. INDEX. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 179 of the National and 

14 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(j) CIVIC HEALTH INDEX.— 

17 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

18 ‘‘(A) CORPORATION.—The term ‘Corpora19 tion’ means the Corporation for National and 

20 Community Service, in conjunction with the Di21 rector of the Bureau of the Census, the Com22 missioner of Labor Statistics, and (consistent 

23 with the terms of an agreement entered into be24 tween the Corporation and the National Con25 ference) the National Conference. 


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1 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL CONFERENCE.—The term 

2 ‘National Conference’ means the National Con3 ference on Citizenship referred to in section 

4 150701 of title 36, United States Code. 

5 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall es6 tablish a Civic Health Index by collecting civic 

7 health data, conducting related analyses, and report8 ing the data and analyses, as described in this sub9 section. 

10 ‘‘(3) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 

11 ‘‘(A) INDICATORS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In collecting data 

13 for the Index, the Corporation shall collect 

14 data on various indicators established by 

15 the Corporation, including indicators re16 lated to— 

17 ‘‘(I) volunteering and community 

18 service; 

19 ‘‘(II) voting and other forms of 

20 political engagement; 

21 ‘‘(III) charitable giving; 

22 ‘‘(IV) connecting to civic groups 

23 and faith-based organizations; and 


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1 ‘‘(V) understanding and obtain2 ing knowledge of United States his3 tory and government. 

4 ‘‘(ii) UPDATING.—The Corporation 

5 shall periodically evaluate and update the 

6 indicators. 

7 ‘‘(B) AGE GROUPS AND EDUCATION LEV8 ELS.—The Corporation shall collect data for the 

9 Index in a manner that will permit the Cor10 poration to analyze the data by the age group 

11 and education level of the individuals involved. 

12 ‘‘(C) OTHER ISSUES.—In collecting data 

13 for the Index, the Corporation shall collect such 

14 information as may be necessary to analyze the 

15 role of internet technology in strengthening and 

16 inhibiting civic activities, the role of specific 

17 programs in strengthening civic activities, and 

18 the civic attitudes and activities of new citizens 

19 and immigrants. 

20 ‘‘(D) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DATA.—To 

21 collect data for the Index, the Corporation shall 

22 consider methods of expanding data collection 

23 conducted by the Bureau of the Census, 

24 through the Current Population Survey, or by 

25 the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 


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1 ‘‘(4) REPORTING OF DATA.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall, 

3 not less often than once each year, prepare a 

4 report containing detailed data collected under 

5 paragraph (3), including data on each of the in6 dicators described in paragraph (3)(A), and 

7 containing the analyses described in subpara8 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3). 

9 ‘‘(B) AGGREGATION AND PRESEN10 TATION.—The Corporation shall aggregate the 

11 data collected under paragraph (3) by commu12 nity, by State, and nationally. The report shall 

13 present the aggregated data in a form that en14 ables communities and States to assess their 

15 civic health, as measured on each of the indica16 tors, and compare those measures with com17 parable measures of other communities and 

18 States. 

19 ‘‘(C) SUBMISSION.—The Corporation shall 

20 submit the report to the Committee on Edu21 cation and Labor of the House of Representa22 tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

23 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and make 

24 the report available to the general public. 


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1 ‘‘(5) CONFERENCES AND FORUMS.—The Cor2 poration shall hold conferences and forums to dis3 cuss the implications of the data and analyses re4 ported under paragraph (4). 

5 ‘‘(k) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) RESEARCH.—The Corporation, acting in 

7 conjunction with the Commissioner of Labor Statis8 tics, shall provide for baseline research and tracking 

9 of domestic and international volunteering, and 

10 baseline research and tracking related to relevant 

11 data on the indicators described in subsection (j)(3). 

12 In providing for the research and tracking under 

13 this paragraph, the Corporation and the Commis14 sioner shall consider methods of expanding research 

15 and tracking conducted by the Bureau of Labor Sta16 tistics. 

17 ‘‘(2) IMPACT RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

18 The Corporation, acting in conjunction with the 

19 Commissioner of Labor Statistics, shall provide for 

20 research on, and evaluations of, the impact of do21 mestic and international volunteering, including an 

22 assessment of best practices for such volunteering, 

23 and methods of improving such volunteering through 

24 enhanced collaboration among entities that recruit, 


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1 manage, support, and utilize volunteers, institutions 

2 of higher education, and research institutions.’’. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

4 501(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 

5 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)), as amended in section 131(e), 

6 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(7) CIVIC HEALTH INDEX; RESEARCH AND

8 EVALUATION.—In addition to any amounts appro9 priated under paragraph (4), there is authorized to 

10 be appropriated to carry out subsections (j) and (k) 

11 of section 179, $5,600,000 for fiscal years 2009 

12 though 2013, of which— 

13 ‘‘(A) not more than $800,000 may be used 

14 for a fiscal year to carry out data collection 

15 under paragraph (3) of section 179(j); 

16 ‘‘(B) not more than $200,000 may be used 

17 for a fiscal year to carry out paragraphs (4) 

18 and (5) of section 179(j); and 

19 ‘‘(C) for fiscal years 2009, 2011, and 

20 2013, not more than $200,000 may be used to 

21 establish or update indicators under paragraph 

22 (3) of section 179(j).’’. 


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1 Subtitle E—ServeAmerica and 

2 Encore Fellowships 

3 SEC. 151. SERVEAMERICA AND ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Full- and part-time volunteer service, both 

6 at the national and State levels, can effectively tack7 le pressing national challenges and improve commu8 nities throughout the United States. 

9 (2) Individual service plans and opportunities 

10 can improve the ability of the nonprofit sector to ad11 dress areas of national need by introducing more 

12 personal innovation and ingenuity into volunteer 

13 service efforts. 

14 (3) Many individuals in the United States who 

15 are retiring or age 50 or older have shown an in16 creasing interest in community service and, by uti17 lizing their individual skills and expertise, volunteer 

18 organizations can find creative solutions to pressing 

19 national problems. 

20 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

21 (1) to provide, by 2013, individual fellowships 

22 to 5,000 individuals annually, allowing the individ23 uals to propose their own plans for serving in their 

24 communities and addressing areas of national need; 


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1 (2) to focus the ideas and creativity of individ2 uals into addressing national challenges such as im3 proving education for low-income students, increas4 ing energy conservation, improving access to health 

5 care for, and the health status of, low-income indi6 viduals, and creating new economic opportunities for 

7 low-income individuals; and 

8 (3) to provide Encore Fellowships to individuals 

9 over the age of 50 to draw on the individuals’ talents 

10 and experience, to improve the effectiveness of vol11 unteer service organizations, and to provide the indi12 viduals with the support they need to make a transi13 tion to longer-term public service work. 

14 (c) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Subtitle J of title I of 

15 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

16 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.), as redesignated by section 121, is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 198E. SERVEAMERICA AND ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS. 

19 ‘‘(a) SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

21 ‘‘(A) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The 

22 term ‘area of national need’ means an area re23 lated to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) improving education in public 

2 schools for economically disadvantaged stu3 dents; 

4 ‘‘(ii) expanding and improving access 

5 to health care; 

6 ‘‘(iii) improving clean energy indica7 tors, as defined in section 168(a); 

8 ‘‘(iv) improving economic opportuni9 ties for economically disadvantaged individ10 uals; or 

11 ‘‘(v) improving disaster preparedness 

12 and response. 

13 ‘‘(B) CAMPUS OF SERVICE.—The term 

14 ‘Campus of Service’ means an institution of 

15 higher education designated as a Campus of 

16 Service under section 119E. 

17 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.— 

18 The term ‘eligible fellowship recipient’ means 

19 an individual who is selected by a State Com20 mission under paragraph (4)(E) and, as a re21 sult of such selection, is eligible for a 

22 ServeAmerica Fellowship. 

23 ‘‘(D) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means 

24 an eligible fellowship recipient who is awarded 


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1 a ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a 

2 fellow under paragraph (5)(B). 

3 ‘‘(2) SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 

4 The Corporation shall establish and carry out a 

5 ServeAmerica Fellowship program. 

6 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 

8 make grants (including financial assistance and 

9 a corresponding allotment of approved national 

10 service positions), from allotments described in 

11 subparagraph (B), to the State Commissions of 

12 each of the several States, the District of Co13 lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

14 that has an application approved by the Cor15 poration, to enable the State Commissions to 

16 award ServeAmerica Fellowships under para17 graph (5). The fellowships shall be used to en18 able fellows to carry out service projects in 

19 areas of national need. 

20 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION; ALLOTMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(i) RESERVATION.—From the 

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1 cent to administer the program under this 

2 subsection. 

3 ‘‘(ii) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allot4 ted as a grant to a State Commission 

5 under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year 

6 shall be equal to the amount that bears the 

7 same ratio to the amount appropriated 

8 under section 501(a)(2)(C) and not re9 served under clause (i) for that fiscal year, 

10 as the population of the State bears to the 

11 total population of the several States, the 

12 District of Columbia, and the Common13 wealth of Puerto Rico. 

14 ‘‘(C) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Cor15 poration shall— 

16 ‘‘(i) establish or increase the number 

17 of positions that are approved as approved 

18 national service positions under this sub19 section during each of fiscal years 2009 

20 through 2013; 

21 ‘‘(ii) establish the number of approved 

22 positions at 1,000 for fiscal year 2009; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) increase the number of the ap24 proved positions to— 

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1 ‘‘(II) 3,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

2 ‘‘(III) 4,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(IV) 5,000 for fiscal year 2013. 

5 ‘‘(D) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re6 ceive such a grant, a State Commission shall 

7 submit an application to the Corporation at 

8 such time, in such manner, and containing such 

9 information as the Corporation may require, in10 cluding information on the criteria and proce11 dures that the State Commission will use for 

12 coordinating placements for service projects, 

13 and awarding ServeAmerica Fellowships, under 

14 paragraph (5). 

15 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

17 program, the Corporation shall, each fiscal 

18 year, maintain a list of eligible fellowship recipi19 ents selected under subparagraph (E). 

20 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—An individual desir21 ing to be selected as an eligible fellowship re22 cipient shall submit an application to a State 

23 Commission, a Campus of Service, or an insti24 tution of higher education, that has elected to 

25 participate in the program carried out under 


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1 this subsection, at such time and in such man2 ner as the Commission, Campus, or institution 

3 may require, and containing the information de4 scribed in subparagraph (C) and such addi5 tional information as the Commission, Campus, 

6 or institution may require. An individual may 

7 submit such application to only 1 entity under 

8 this subparagraph for a fiscal year. 

9 ‘‘(C) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall 

10 specify information to be provided in the appli11 cation, which shall include— 

12 ‘‘(i) a description of the area of na13 tional need that the applicant hopes to ad14 dress through service in the service project; 

15 ‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex16 perience the applicant has to address the 

17 area of national need; 

18 ‘‘(iii) a description of the type of serv19 ice that the applicant plans to provide as 

20 a fellow; and 

21 ‘‘(iv) information identifying the State 

22 in which the applicant will serve (which, in 

23 the case of an application submitted to a 

24 State Commission, shall be the State 

25 served by the Commission) and the local 


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1 area in which the applicant plans to serve, 

2 for the service project. 

3 ‘‘(D) NOMINATIONS BY CAMPUSES OF

4 SERVICE AND INSTITUTIONS.—After reviewing 

5 the applications— 

6 ‘‘(i) each Campus of Service may 

7 nominate not fewer than 8 individuals for 

8 consideration by the State Commission as 

9 eligible fellowship recipients; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) each institution of higher edu11 cation that is not a Campus of Service may 

12 nominate not fewer than 4 individuals for 

13 consideration by the State Commission as 

14 eligible fellowship recipients. 

15 ‘‘(E) SELECTION.—Each State Commis16 sion shall select, from the applications nomi17 nated by Campuses of Service and institutions 

18 of higher education serving the State and the 

19 applications received by the State Commission 

20 for a fiscal year, the number of eligible fellow21 ship recipients that may be supported for that 

22 fiscal year based on the allotment received by 

23 the State Commission under paragraph (3)(B). 

24 A total of not less than 10 percent and not 

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1 recipients selected by the State Commission for 

2 a fiscal year shall be individuals nominated by 

3 a Campus of Service or an institution of higher 

4 education. 

5 ‘‘(5) FELLOWS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to par7 ticipate in a service project through the pro8 gram as a fellow and receive a ServeAmerica 

9 Fellowship, an eligible fellowship recipient 

10 shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) within 6 months after being se12 lected as an eligible fellowship recipient, 

13 select an appropriate service sponsor orga14 nization described in paragraph (6) in the 

15 State described in paragraph (4)(C)(iv), 

16 with which the individual is interested in 

17 serving under this subsection; 

18 ‘‘(ii) enter into an agreement with the 

19 organization— 

20 ‘‘(I) that specifies the service the 

21 individual will provide if the place22 ment is approved; and 

23 ‘‘(II) in which the individual 

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1 time, part-time, or reduced part-time 

2 basis; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) submit such agreement to the 

4 State Commission. 

5 ‘‘(B) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible 

6 fellowship recipient’s agreement under subpara7 graph (A), the State Commission shall award a 

8 ServeAmerica Fellowship to the recipient and 

9 designate the recipient as a fellow. 

10 ‘‘(C) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 

11 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—From funds re12 ceived under paragraph (3), each State 

13 Commission shall award each fellow a 

14 ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that is 

15 equal to 50 percent of the amount of the 

16 total average annual subsistence allowance 

17 provided to VISTA volunteers under sec18 tion 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service 

19 Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

20 ‘‘(ii) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPON21 SOR ORGANIZATION.—Except as provided 

22 in clause (iii), the service sponsor organiza23 tion shall award to the fellow serving such 

24 organization an amount that will ensure 

25 that the total award received by the fellow 


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1 for service in the serve project (consisting 

2 of that amount and the ServeAmerica Fel3 lowship amount the fellow receives under 

4 clause (i)) is equal to or greater than 70 

5 percent of the average annual subsistence 

6 allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 

7 under section 105 of the Domestic Volun8 teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

9 ‘‘(iii) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOW10 ANCE.—The total amount that may be pro11 vided to a fellow under this subparagraph 

12 shall not exceed 100 percent of the average 

13 annual subsistence allowance provided to 

14 VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the 

15 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

16 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

17 ‘‘(iv) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In 

18 the case of a fellow who is authorized to 

19 serve a part-time or reduced part-time 

20 term of service under the agreement de21 scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii), the 

22 amount provided to a fellow under this 

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1 ‘‘(v) WAIVER.—The Corporation may 

2 allow a State Commission to waive the 

3 amount required under clause (ii) from the 

4 service sponsor organization for a fellow 

5 serving the organization if— 

6 ‘‘(I) such requirement is incon7 sistent with the objectives of the Fel8 lowship program; and 

9 ‘‘(II) the amount provided to the 

10 fellow under clause (i) is sufficient to 

11 meet the necessary costs of living (in12 cluding food, housing, and transpor13 tation) in the area in which the fellow14 ship program is located. 

15 ‘‘(6) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor 

17 organization shall— 

18 ‘‘(i) be a nonprofit organization; 

19 ‘‘(ii) agree, by registering with a State 

20 Commission, to abide by all program re21 quirements; 

22 ‘‘(iii) agree to provide an amount de23 scribed in paragraph (5)(C)(ii) for each 

24 fellow serving with the organization 

25 through the ServeAmerica Fellowship; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) be responsible for certifying 

2 whether each fellow serving with the orga3 nization successfully completed the 

4 ServeAmerica Fellowship; and 

5 ‘‘(v) agree— 

6 ‘‘(I) to record and certify in a 

7 manner specified by the Corporation 

8 the number of hours served by a fel9 low for purposes of determining the 

10 fellow’s eligibility for benefits; and 

11 ‘‘(II) to provide timely access to 

12 records relating to the ServeAmerica 

13 Fellowship to the State Commission, 

14 the Corporation, or the Corporation’s 

15 Inspector General. 

16 ‘‘(B) REGISTRATION.— 

17 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—No service 

18 sponsor organization may receive a fellow 

19 under this subsection until the organiza20 tion registers with the State Commission. 

21 ‘‘(ii) REVOCATION.—A State Commis22 sion shall revoke the registration of any 

23 service sponsor organization if the State 

24 Commission determines after a hearing 

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1 of the applicable provisions of this sub2 section. 

3 ‘‘(7) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE

4 CATEGORIES.—Service under a ServeAmerica Fel5 lowship shall comply with section 132(a). 

6 ‘‘(8) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organiza7 tion that receives a fellow under this subsection 

8 shall, on a biweekly basis, report to the Corporation 

9 on the number of hours served and the services pro10 vided by that fellow. The Corporation shall establish 

11 a web portal for the organizations to use in report12 ing the information. 

13 ‘‘(9) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who 

14 serves in a service project under this subsection shall 

15 be considered to have served in an approved national 

16 service position and, upon meeting the requirements 

17 of section 147 for full-time, part-time, or reduced 

18 part-time national service, shall be eligible for a na19 tional service educational award described in such 

20 section. The Corporation shall transfer an appro21 priate amount of funds to the National Service 

22 Trust to provide for the national service educational 

23 awards for such fellows. 

24 ‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The 

2 term ‘area of national need’ has the meaning 

3 given the term in subsection (a)(1). 

4 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENCORE FELLOWSHIP RE5 CIPIENT.—The term ‘eligible Encore Fellowship 

6 recipient’ means an individual who is selected 

7 under paragraph (3)(B) and, as a result of such 

8 selection, is eligible for an Encore Fellowship. 

9 ‘‘(C) ENCORE FELLOW.—The term ‘En10 core fellow’ means an eligible Encore Fellowship 

11 recipient who is awarded an Encore Fellowship 

12 and is designated an Encore fellow under para13 graph (5)(C). 

14 ‘‘(2) ENCORE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 

16 establish and carry out an Encore Fellowship 

17 program. In carrying out the program, the Cor18 poration shall award 1-year Encore Fellowships 

19 to enable individuals age 50 or older— 

20 ‘‘(i) to carry out service projects in 

21 areas of national need; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) to receive training and develop23 ment in order to transition to full- or part24 time public service in the nonprofit sector 

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1 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the pro2 gram, the Corporation shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) maintain a list of eligible Encore 

4 Fellowship recipients who are eligible to 

5 participate in service projects through the 

6 program and receive fellowships; 

7 ‘‘(ii) maintain a list of organizations 

8 that are eligible to have eligible Encore 

9 Fellows placed with the organizations to 

10 carry out service projects through the pro11 gram and provide the list to all eligible En12 core Fellowship recipients described in 

13 clause (i); and 

14 ‘‘(iii) at the request of an Encore Fel15 lowship recipient— 

16 ‘‘(I) determine whether the re17 questing eligible Encore Fellowship 

18 recipient is able to meet the service 

19 needs of a listed organization, or an20 other organization that the recipient 

21 requests in accordance with paragraph 

22 (5)(B), for a service project; and 

23 ‘‘(II) upon making a favorable 

24 determination under subclause (I), 

25 award the recipient with an Encore 


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1 Fellowship and place the recipient 

2 with the organization as an Encore 

3 Fellow. 

4 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENCORE FELLOWSHIP RECIPI5 ENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual desiring 

7 to be selected as an eligible Encore Fellowship 

8 recipient shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) be an individual who is— 

10 ‘‘(I) at least 50 years of age as 

11 of the time the individual applies for 

12 the program; and 

13 ‘‘(II) not engaged in, but who 

14 wishes to make a transition to being 

15 engaged in, full- or part-time public 

16 service in the nonprofit sector or gov17 ernment; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Cor19 poration, at such time, in such manner, 

20 and containing such information as the 

21 Corporation may require, including— 

22 ‘‘(I) a description of the area of 

23 national need that the applicant hopes 

24 to address through the service project; 


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1 ‘‘(II) a description of the skills 

2 and experience the applicant has to 

3 address an area of national need; and 

4 ‘‘(III) information identifying the 

5 area of the country in which the appli6 cant wishes to serve. 

7 ‘‘(B) SELECTION BASIS.—In determining 

8 which individuals to select as eligible Encore 

9 Fellowship recipients, the Corporation shall— 

10 ‘‘(i) select not more than 10 individ11 uals from each State; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) give priority to individuals with 

13 skills and experience for which there is an 

14 ongoing high demand in the nonprofit sec15 tor and government. 

16 ‘‘(4) LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be listed 

17 under paragraph (2)(B)(ii), an organization shall— 

18 ‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; and 

19 ‘‘(B) submit an application to the Corpora20 tion at such time, in such manner, and con21 taining such information as the Corporation 

22 may require, including— 

23 ‘‘(i) a description of— 

24 ‘‘(I) the services and activities 

25 the organization carries out generally; 


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1 ‘‘(II) the area of national need 

2 that the organization seeks to address 

3 through a service project; and 

4 ‘‘(III) the services and activities 

5 the organization seeks to carry out 

6 through the proposed service project; 

7 ‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex8 perience that an eligible Encore Fellowship 

9 recipient needs to be placed with the orga10 nization as an Encore Fellow for the serv11 ice project; 

12 ‘‘(iii) a description of the training and 

13 leadership development the organization 

14 shall provide an Encore Fellow placed with 

15 the organization to assist the Encore Fel16 low in obtaining a public service job in the 

17 nonprofit sector or government after the 

18 period of the Encore Fellowship; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) evidence of the organization’s fi20 nancial stability. 

21 ‘‘(5) PLACEMENT.— 

22 ‘‘(A) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH

23 LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be placed with a 

24 listed organization under paragraph (2)(B)(iii) 

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1 ship recipient shall submit an application for 

2 such placement to the Corporation at such 

3 time, in such manner, and containing such in4 formation as the Corporation may require. 

5 ‘‘(B) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH

6 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.—An eligible Encore 

7 Fellowship recipient may apply to the Corpora8 tion to serve the recipient’s Encore Fellowship 

9 year with a nonprofit organization that is not a 

10 listed organization. Such application shall be 

11 submitted to the Corporation at such time, in 

12 such manner, and containing such information 

13 as the Corporation shall require, and shall in14 clude— 

15 ‘‘(i) an identification and description 

16 of— 

17 ‘‘(I) the organization; 

18 ‘‘(II) the area of national need 

19 the organization seeks to address; and 

20 ‘‘(III) the services or activities 

21 the organization carries out to address 

22 such area of national need; 

23 ‘‘(ii) a description of the services the 

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1 provide for the organization as an Encore 

2 Fellow; 

3 ‘‘(iii) a description of the training and 

4 leadership development the organization 

5 will provide to the eligible Encore Fellow6 ship recipient if placed with the organiza7 tion as an Encore Fellow, to assist the En8 core Fellow in obtaining a public service 

9 job in the nonprofit sector or government 

10 after the period of the Encore Fellowship; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(iv) a letter of support from the lead13 er of the organization, including— 

14 ‘‘(I) a description of the organi15 zation’s need for the eligible Encore 

16 Fellowship recipient’s services; 

17 ‘‘(II) evidence that such organi18 zation is financially sound; and 

19 ‘‘(III) an assurance that such or20 ganization will provide leadership 

21 training and development consistent 

22 with the description in the application. 

23 ‘‘(C) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF FEL24 LOWSHIP.—If the Corporation determines that 

25 the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient is able 


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1 to meet the service needs (including skills and 

2 experience to address an area of national need) 

3 of the organization that the eligible fellowship 

4 recipient requests under subparagraph (A) or 

5 (B), the Corporation shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) approve the placement of the eli7 gible Encore Fellowship recipient with the 

8 organization; 

9 ‘‘(ii) award the eligible Encore Fellow10 ship recipient an Encore Fellowship for a 

11 period of 1 year and designate the eligible 

12 Encore Fellowship recipient as an Encore 

13 Fellow; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) make a payment, in the amount 

15 of $11,000, to the listed organization to 

16 enable the organization to provide living 

17 expenses to the Encore Fellow for the year 

18 in which the Encore Fellow agrees to 

19 serve. 

20 ‘‘(6) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—An organiza21 tion that receives an Encore Fellow under this sub22 section shall agree to provide, for the living expenses 

23 of the Encore Fellow during the year of service, non24 Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less 

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1 the organization for the Encore Fellow through the 

2 fellowship. 

3 ‘‘(7) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—Each orga4 nization that receives an Encore Fellow under this 

5 subsection shall provide training, leadership develop6 ment, and assistance to the Encore Fellow, and con7 duct oversight of the service provided by the Encore 

8 Fellow. 

9 ‘‘(8) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each year, 

10 the Corporation shall convene current and former 

11 Encore Fellows to discuss the Encore Fellows’ expe12 riences related to service under this subsection and 

13 discuss strategies for increasing leadership and ca14 reers in public service in the nonprofit sector or gov15 ernment.’’. 

16 (d) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

17 (1) TRUST.—Section 145(d)(4) of the National 

18 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

19 12601(d)(4)), as amended by section 131(d)(1)(B), 

20 is further amended by inserting ‘‘or section 

21 198E(a)’’ after ‘‘subtitle C or G’’. 

22 (2) REDUCED PART-TIME SERVICE.—Section 

23 147 of the National and Community Service Act of 

24 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended by adding at 

25 the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) REDUCED PART-TIME SERVICE FOR

2 SERVEAMERICA FELLOWS.—A participant (eligible by 

3 meeting the requirements described in section 146(a)), 

4 who performs service as a ServeAmerica Fellow under sec5 tion 198E(a) and who successfully completes a required 

6 term of reduced part-time national service in an approved 

7 national service position shall be eligible to receive a na8 tional service educational award having a value, for each 

9 of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to the 

10 amount described in subsection (b), prorated based on the 

11 number of hours served by the ServeAmerica Fellow.’’. 

12 (3) TRANSFER OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

13 Section 148(f)(2)(A) of the National and Commu14 nity Service Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 

15 12604(f)(2)(A)), as added by section 131(d)(3)(C), 

16 is further amended by inserting ‘‘or section 

17 198E(a)’’ after ‘‘subtitle G’’. 

18 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

19 501(a)(2) of the National and Community Service Act of 

20 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2)) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting 

22 ‘‘(other than section 198E)’’ after ‘‘H of title I’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(C) SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS.— 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated such 

3 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

4 years 2009 through 2013 to provide financial 

5 assistance under section 198E(a) and to pro6 vide national service educational awards under 

7 subtitle D of title I (including providing finan8 cial assistance and national service educational 

9 awards to participants in national service posi10 tions, established or increased as provided in 

11 section 198E(a)(3)(C)). 

12 ‘‘(D) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.—There are 

13 authorized to be appropriated to carry out sec14 tion 198E(b), $7,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

15 years 2009 through 2013.’’. 

16 Subtitle F—Volunteer Generation 

17 Fund; National Service Reserve 

18 Corps; Call To Service Cam19 paign 

20 SEC. 161. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES. 

21 The purposes of this subtitle are to— 

22 (1) assist nonprofit, faith-based, and other civic 

23 organizations in the United States and State Com24 missions in expanding the supply of volunteers and 


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1 improving the capacity of such organizations and 

2 State Commissions to utilize new volunteers; 

3 (2) spur innovation in volunteer recruitment 

4 and management practices, with a goal of increasing 

5 the number of volunteers in the United States each 

6 year; 

7 (3) enable the people of the United States to ef8 fect change throughout the United States by partici9 pating in active volunteer and citizen service; and 

10 (4) draw on the experience, skills, and training 

11 of national service alumni to assist local commu12 nities that are affected by disasters. 

13 SEC. 162. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTEER GENERATION 

14 FUND. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle J of title I of the Na16 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

17 12653 et seq.), as amended by section 151, is further 

18 amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 198F. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 

20 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term 

22 ‘areas of national need’ has the meaning given the 

23 term in section 198E(a)(1). 

24 ‘‘(2) CIVIC ENTITY.—The term ‘civic entity’ 

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1 cluding a faith-based organization, that uses volun2 teers to carry out activities in areas of national 

3 need. 

4 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en5 tity’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) a State Commission; or 

7 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit entity that provides tech8 nical assistance and support to civic entities in 

9 recruiting, managing, and supporting volun10 teers, such as a volunteer coordinating agency, 

11 a nonprofit resource center, a volunteer training 

12 clearinghouse, or an institution of higher edu13 cation. 

14 ‘‘(b) FUND.— 

15 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation 

16 shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible 

17 entities to enable— 

18 ‘‘(A) eligible entities to increase the num19 ber of volunteers available to carry out activities 

20 that address areas of national need through 

21 civic entities supported by the eligible entity; or 

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1 teer initiatives that address State priorities with 

2 regard to areas of national need. 

3 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF GRANT.—The Corporation 

4 shall award the grants for periods of not less than 

5 3 years and not more than 5 years. 

6 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity 

8 desiring a grant under this subsection shall 

9 submit an application to the Corporation at 

10 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

11 such information as the Corporation may rea12 sonably require. 

13 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub14 mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall con15 tain— 

16 ‘‘(i)(I) in the case of an eligible entity 

17 that proposes to use grant funds to carry 

18 out an activity described in paragraph 

19 (1)(A), a description of the technical as20 sistance and support the entity provides to 

21 civic entities in recruiting, managing, and 

22 supporting additional volunteers; or 

23 ‘‘(II) in the case of an eligible entity 

24 that proposes to use grant funds to carry 

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1 graph (1)(B), a description of the State 

2 priorities with regard to areas of national 

3 need and the proposed initiative to address 

4 such priorities; 

5 ‘‘(ii) an assurance that the eligible en6 tity will annually collect information on— 

7 ‘‘(I) the number of volunteers re8 cruited for civic entities or to carry 

9 out statewide initiatives described in 

10 paragraph (1)(B), using funds re11 ceived under this subsection, and the 

12 type and amount of activities carried 

13 out by such volunteers; and 

14 ‘‘(II) the number of volunteers 

15 supported using funds received under 

16 this subsection, and the type and 

17 amount of activities carried out by 

18 such volunteers; 

19 ‘‘(iii) a description of any outcomes 

20 the eligible entity will use to annually 

21 measure and track performance with re22 gard to— 

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1 ‘‘(II) volunteers recruited, man2 aged, and supported; 

3 ‘‘(iv) information describing how the 

4 eligible entity will annually evaluate the ef5 fectiveness of the entity’s activities under 

6 this subsection; and 

7 ‘‘(v) such additional assurances as the 

8 Corporation determines to be essential to 

9 ensure compliance with the requirements 

10 of this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that 

12 receives a grant under this subsection shall use 

13 amounts provided through the grant to— 

14 ‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity using 

15 grant funds to carry out an activity described 

16 in paragraph (1)(A)— 

17 ‘‘(i) increase recruitment and training 

18 of volunteers for a civic entity, relying on 

19 best practices in volunteer recruitment and 

20 management; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) strengthen the capacity of a civic 

22 entity to use volunteers; or 

23 ‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity using 

24 grant funds to carry out a statewide initiative 

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1 and utilize volunteers to carry out statewide vol2 unteer initiatives. 

3 ‘‘(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible 

4 entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall 

5 annually submit a report to the Corporation that in6 cludes the information described in paragraph 

7 (3)(B)(ii), information on how the eligible entity per8 formed with regard to the outcomes described in 

9 paragraph (3)(B)(iii), and the results of the evalua10 tion described in paragraph (3)(B)(iv). 

11 ‘‘(6) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible 

12 entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall 

13 provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal 

14 to the grant amount to carry out the activities sup15 ported by the grant.’’. 

16 (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 501(a)(2) of the Na17 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

18 12681(a)(2)), as amended by section 151, is further 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking 

21 ‘‘section 198E’’ each place it appears and inserting 

22 ‘‘sections 198E and 198F’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(E) VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND.— 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

3 out section 198F— 

4 ‘‘(i) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

5 ‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

6 ‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 

7 2011; 

8 ‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 

9 2012; and 

10 ‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 

11 2013.’’. 

12 SEC. 163. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle J of title I of the Na14 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

15 12653 et seq.), as amended by section 162, is further 

16 amended by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 198G. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

18 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) TERM OF NATIONAL SERVICE.—The term 

20 ‘term of national service’ means a term or period of 

21 service under subtitle C, E, or G or section 198E of 

22 this Act, or under part A of title I of the Domestic 

23 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 

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1 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS MEM2 BER.—The term ‘National Service Reserve Corps 

3 member’ means an individual who— 

4 ‘‘(A) has completed a term of national 

5 service; 

6 ‘‘(B) has successfully completed training 

7 described in subsection (c) within the previous 

8 2 years; and 

9 ‘‘(C) is interested in responding to national 

10 disasters and other emergencies through the 

11 National Service Reserve Corps. 

12 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RE13 SERVE CORPS.—The Corporation shall establish a Na14 tional Service Reserve Corps to prepare and deploy indi15 viduals who have completed a term of national service to 

16 respond to natural disasters and other emergencies in a 

17 timely manner. 

18 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall, in 

19 consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emer20 gency Management Agency, conduct or coordinate annual 

21 training sessions for individuals who have completed a 

22 term of national service, and who wish to join the National 

23 Service Reserve Corps. 

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1 with demonstrated experience in responding to disasters, 

2 including through using volunteers, for participation in the 

3 program under this section. 

4 ‘‘(e) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or 

5 contract with an outside organization to develop— 

6 ‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve 

7 Corps members; and 

8 ‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations 

9 that— 

10 ‘‘(A) have been certified by the Corpora11 tion under subsection (d); and 

12 ‘‘(B) are prepared to respond to major dis13 asters or emergencies with members of the Na14 tional Service Reserve Corps. 

15 ‘‘(f) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE

16 CORPS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a major disaster or 

18 emergency designated by the President under the 

19 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

20 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurs that 

21 the Corporation, in consultation with the Adminis22 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen23 cy, determines is an incident for which National 

24 Service Reserve Corps members are prepared to as25 sist, the Corporation shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) deploy interested National Service 

2 Reserve Corps members on 30-day assignments 

3 to assist with local needs related to preparing 

4 or recovering from the incident in the affected 

5 area, through organizations certified under sub6 section (d); 

7 ‘‘(B) make travel arrangements for the de8 ployed National Service Reserve Corps members 

9 to the site of the incident; and 

10 ‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations 

11 that are responding to the incident with de12 ployed National Service Reserve Corps mem13 bers, to enable the organizations to coordinate 

14 and provide housing, living stipends, and insur15 ance for those deployed members. 

16 ‘‘(2) STIPEND FUND.—Any amounts that are 

17 appropriated under section 501(a)(2)(F) to carry 

18 out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept in 

19 a separate fund. Any amounts in such fund that are 

20 not used during a fiscal year shall remain available 

21 for the next fiscal year for the purpose of carrying 

22 out such paragraph. 

23 ‘‘(g) INFORMATION.—The Corporation, the State 

24 Commissions, and entities receiving financial assistance 

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1 of this Act, or under part A of title I of the Domestic 

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

3 shall inform participants of those programs of the Na4 tional Service Reserve Corps upon the participants’ com5 pletion of their term of national service. 

6 ‘‘(h) COORDINATION.—In deploying National Service 

7 Reserve Corps members under subsection (f), the Corpora8 tion may consult and, as appropriate, partner with Citizen 

9 Corps programs in the affected area.’’. 

10 (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 501(a)(2) of the Na11 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

12 12681(a)(2)), as amended by section 162, is further 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘and 198F’’ each place it appears and inserting 

16 ‘‘, 198F, and 198G’’; and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(F) NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE

19 CORPS.—There is authorized to be appro20 priated— 

21 ‘‘(i) $6,500,000 in year 2009, of 

22 which— 

23 ‘‘(I) not more than $1,500,000 

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1 198G (other than section 198G(f)(1)); 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(II) the amount remaining after 

4 the application of subclause (I) shall 

5 be used to carry out section 

6 198G(f)(1); and 

7 ‘‘(ii) for each succeeding fiscal year— 

8 ‘‘(I) $1,000,000 to carry out sec9 tion 198G (other than section 

10 198G(f)(1)); and 

11 ‘‘(II) such sums as are necessary 

12 to carry out section 198G(f)(1) so 

13 that the amount available for such fis14 cal year to carry out such section, in15 cluding any amounts remaining in the 

16 fund described in section 198G(f)(2), 

17 is equal to $4,000,000.’’. 

18 SEC. 164. CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN. 

19 Subtitle J of title I of the National and Community 

20 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.), as amend21 ed by section 163, is further amended by adding at the 

22 end the following: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 198H. CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN. 

24 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

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1 a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to encourage all 

2 people of the United States, regardless of age, race, eth3 nicity, religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or 

4 part-time national service, long- or short-term public serv5 ice, or volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the Cor6 poration may collaborate with State Commissions, Gov7 ernors, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, busi8 nesses, institutions of higher education, elementary 

9 schools, and secondary schools.’’. 

10 Subtitle G—Conforming 

11 Amendments 

12 SEC. 171. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

14 (1) Section 101 of the National and Community 

15 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amend16 ed— 

17 (A) in paragraph (17)(A)(i), by striking 

18 ‘‘subtitle C’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and G’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in paragraph (19)— 

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

22 or in’’ and inserting ‘‘or 119(b)(1), sub23 part B of part I, or part III, of subtitle B 

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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or in part II or III 

2 of subtitle F, or in subtitle G, of title I,’’ 

3 after ‘‘152(b),’’; and 

4 (iii) by striking ‘‘or 198D’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘198D, 198E, 198F, or 198G’’. 

6 (2) Section 117E of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 12546) is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a)— 

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

10 ‘‘116(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘114C(a)(1)’’; 

11 and 

12 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

13 ‘‘116(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘114C(a)(2)’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘116(b)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘114C(b)’’. 

17 (3) Section 118(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 12551(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle H’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘subtitle J’’. 

20 (4) Section 119(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 12561(c)) is amended— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 

23 ‘‘116(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘114C(a)(2)’’; and 

24 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘116(b)’’ 

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1 (5) Section 122(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 12572(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle I’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘subtitle K’’. 

4 (6) Section 193A(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 12651d(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitles C 

6 and I’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and K’’. 

7 (7) Section 501(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 12681(a)(2)) is amended— 

9 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘C, D, AND H’’ and inserting ‘‘C, D, AND J’’; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub12 titles C and H’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and 

13 J’’; and 

14 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub15 title H’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle J’’. 

16 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

17 (1) The table of contents in section 1(b) of such 

18 Act is amended— 

19 (A) by striking the items relating to sec20 tions 115, 115A, 116, 116A, and 116B and in21 serting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 114A. Consideration of applications. 

‘‘Sec. 114B. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 

‘‘Sec. 114C. Federal, State, and local contributions. 

‘‘Sec. 114D. Limitations on uses of funds. 

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1 (B) by striking the item relating to the 

2 subpart heading of subpart C of part I of sub3 title B of title I and inserting the following: 

‘‘SUBPART D—CLEARINGHOUSE’’; 

4 (C) by striking the item relating to the 

5 subpart heading of subpart B of part I of sub6 title B of title I and inserting the following: 

‘‘SUBPART C—COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGE

YOUTH’’; 

7 (D) by inserting after the items relating to 

8 subpart A of part I of subtitle B of title I the 

9 following: 

‘‘SUBPART B—YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE-LEARNING TO STRENGTHEN

LOCAL COMMUNITIES

‘‘Sec. 115. Grant program.’’; 

10 (E) by inserting after the items relating to 

11 part II of subtitle B of title I the following: 

‘‘PART III—CAMPUS OF SERVICE PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 119E. Campuses of Service.’’; 

12 (F) by inserting after the items relating to 

13 part III of subtitle B of title I (as added by 

14 subparagraph (E)) the following: 

‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY

‘‘Sec. 119F. Study and report.’’; 

15 (G) by striking the item relating to the 

16 subtitle heading for subtitle I of title I and in17 serting the following: 

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1 (H) by striking the item relating to the 

2 subtitle heading for subtitle H of title I and in3 serting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle J—Investment for Quality and Innovation’’; 

4 (I) by striking the item relating to the sub5 title heading for subtitle G of title I and insert6 ing the following: 

‘‘Subtitle I—Corporation for National and Community Service’’; 

7 (J) by striking the item relating to the 

8 subtitle heading for subtitle F of title I and in9 serting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle H—Administrative Provisions’’; 

10 (K) by inserting after the items relating to 

11 subtitle E of title I the following: 

‘‘Subtitle F—Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

‘‘PART I—COMMISSION ON CROSS SECTOR SOLUTIONS

‘‘Sec. 167. Commission. 

‘‘PART II—COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FUNDS

‘‘Sec. 167A. Funds. 

‘‘PART III—INNOVATION FELLOWSHIPS PILOT PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 167B. Program. 

‘‘Subtitle G—ServeAmerica Corps 

‘‘Sec. 168. Corps.’’; 

12 (L) by adding at the end of the items re13 lating to subtitle J (as so redesignated) of title 

14 I the following: 

‘‘Sec. 198E. ServeAmerica and Encore Fellowships.’’; 

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1 (M) by adding at the end of the items re2 lating to subtitle J (as so amended and redesig3 nated) of title I the following: 

‘‘Sec. 198F. Volunteer Generation Fund. 

‘‘Sec. 198G. ServeAmerica Emergency Response Reserve Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 198H. Call To Service campaign.’’. 

4 TITLE II—VOLUNTEERS FOR 

5 PROSPERITY PROGRAM 

6 SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) Americans engaged in international volun9 teer service, and the organizations deploying them— 

10 (A) play critical roles in responding to the 

11 needs of people living throughout the developing 

12 world; and 

13 (B) advance the international public diplo14 macy of the United States. 

15 (2) The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has 

16 successfully promoted international volunteer service 

17 by skilled American professionals. 

18 (3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped 

19 to mobilize 74,000 skilled Americans, including doc20 tors, nurses, engineers, businesspeople, and teachers, 

21 through a network of 250 nonprofit organizations 

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1 ronment, poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, dis2 aster relief, and other challenges. 

3 (4) The VfP Program has undertaken activities, 

4 including— 

5 (A) direct outreach to leading nonprofit or6 ganizations and companies in the United 

7 States; 

8 (B) promotion of the work of skilled Amer9 icans and nonprofit organizations and compa10 nies in the United States as it relates to inter11 national volunteer service; 

12 (C) public recognition of skilled American 

13 volunteers; 

14 (D) support for organizations that utilize 

15 skilled Americans as volunteers; 

16 (E) participation in the development of 

17 special initiatives to further opportunities for 

18 skilled Americans; and 

19 (F) leadership of an innovative public-pri20 vate partnership to provide eligible skilled with 

21 financial assistance for volunteer assignments. 

22 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this title: 

24 (1) VFP OFFICE.—The term ‘‘VfP Office’’ 

25 means the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity of the 


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1 United States Agency for International Develop2 ment. 

3 (2) VFP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘VfP Program’’ 

4 means the Volunteers for Prosperity Program estab5 lished through Executive Order 13317. 

6 (3) VFPSERVE.—The term ‘‘VfPServe’’ means a 

7 program established by the VfP Office, in coopera8 tion with the USA Freedom Corps and the Global 

9 Giving Foundation, to provide eligible skilled profes10 sionals with fixed amount stipends to offset the trav11 el and living costs of volunteering abroad. 

12 SEC. 203. OFFICE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY. 

13 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The VfP Office shall pursue the 

14 objectives of the VfP Program described in subsection (b) 

15 by— 

16 (1) implementing the VfPServe Program to pro17 vide eligible skilled professionals with fixed amount 

18 stipends to offset the travel and living expenses of 

19 volunteering abroad with nonprofit organizations; 

20 (2) otherwise promoting short- and long-term 

21 international volunteer service by skilled American 

22 professionals, including connecting such profes23 sionals with nonprofit organizations, to achieve such 

24 objectives; 


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1 (3) helping nonprofit organizations in the 

2 United States recruit and effectively manage addi3 tional skilled American professionals for volunteer 

4 assignments throughout the developing world; 

5 (4) providing recognition for skilled American 

6 volunteers and the organizations deploying them; 

7 (5) helping nonprofit organizations and cor8 porations in the United States to identify resources 

9 and opportunities in international volunteer service 

10 utilizing skilled Americans; 

11 (6) encouraging the establishment of inter12 national volunteer programs for employees of United 

13 States corporations; and 

14 (7) encouraging international voluntary service 

15 by highly skilled Americans to promote health and 

16 prosperity throughout the world. 

17 (b) VFP PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of 

18 the VfP Program shall be to— 

19 (1) eliminate extreme poverty; 

20 (2) reduce world hunger and malnutrition; 

21 (3) increase access to safe potable water; 

22 (4) enact universal education; 

23 (5) reduce child mortality and childhood dis24 eases; 


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1 (6) combat the spread of preventable diseases, 

2 including HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; 

3 (7) provide educational and work skill support 

4 for girls and empowering women to achieve inde5 pendence; 

6 (8) create sustainable business and entrepre7 neurial opportunities; and 

8 (9) increase access to information technology. 

9 (c) VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY SERVICE INCEN10 TIVE PROGRAM.—The VfP Office may provide fixed 

11 amount stipends to offset the travel and living costs of 

12 volunteering abroad to any individual who— 

13 (1) has skills relevant to addressing any objec14 tive described in subsection (b); and 

15 (2) provides a dollar-for-dollar match for such 

16 stipend— 

17 (A) through the organization with which 

18 the individual is serving; or 

19 (B) by raising private funds. 

20 (d) FUNDING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 

22 consultation with the Administrator of the United 

23 States Agency for International Development, shall 

24 make available the amounts appropriated pursuant 

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1 tives described in subsection (b) by carrying out the 

2 functions described in subsection (a). 

3 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available 

4 under paragraph (1) may be used by the VfP Office 

5 to provide personnel and other resources to develop, 

6 manage, and expand the VfP Program, under the 

7 supervision of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development. 

9 (e) COORDINATION.—The VfP Office shall coordinate 

10 its efforts with other public and private efforts that aim 

11 to send skilled professionals to serve in developing nations. 

12 (f) REPORT.—The VfP Office shall submit an annual 

13 report to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office. 

14 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro16 priated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for each of the 

17 fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 

18 (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appro19 priated pursuant to subsection (a)— 

20 (1) 90 percent shall be expended to expand 

21 VfPServe; and 

22 (2) 10 percent shall be expended to manage the 

23 VfP Program. 

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