II 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3479 

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

a Semester of Service grant program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 

Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. COCHRAN, and Mr. KENNEDY) 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 establish a Semester of Service grant program, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Semester of Service 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

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


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1 (1) Throughout the United States, there are 

2 pressing unmet human, educational, environmental, 

3 and public safety needs. 

4 (2) Americans desire to affirm common respon5 sibilities and shared values, and join together in 

6 positive experiences, that transcend race, religion, 

7 gender, age, ability, region, income, and education. 

8 (3) Americans of all ages can improve their 

9 communities and become more engaged citizens 

10 through service to their communities. 

11 (4) When children and other youth participate 

12 in service activities and see that they are able to im13 prove the lives of others, the youth are better able 

14 to control their own lives in a positive way, avoiding 

15 risky behaviors, strengthening their community con16 nections, and becoming more engaged in their own 

17 education. 

18 (5) When youth service is tied to learning objec19 tives, that service is shown to decrease alienation 

20 and behavior problems, and increase knowledge of 

21 community needs, commitment to an ethic of service, 

22 and understanding of politics and morality. 

23 (6) When service is tied to what students are 

24 learning in school, the students make gains on 

25 achievement tests, complete their homework more 


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1 often, and increase their attendance and grade point 

2 averages. 

3 (7) Service-learning has been shown to reduce 

4 the achievement gap in schools. 

5 (8) Students who engage in service-learning im6 prove their communication skills, increase their 

7 awareness of career possibilities, have a deeper un8 derstanding of social and economic issues that face 

9 the Nation, and develop more positive workplace at10 titudes, giving the students skills to be strong lead11 ers. 

12 (9) Eighty-two percent of students who partici13 pated in service-learning programs say their feelings 

14 about attending high school became more positive as 

15 a result of service-learning. 

16 (10) Seventy-seven percent of students who par17 ticipated in service-learning programs and 66 per18 cent of at-risk students who did not participate in 

19 service-learning programs, say that service-learning 

20 had or would have had a big effect on motivating 

21 them to work hard. 

22 (11) According to youth who have dropped out 

23 of school, providing service-learning tops the list of 

24 ways schools can improve. 


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1 (12) Service-learning gives students the oppor2 tunity to apply curricular knowledge and skills while 

3 serving the community. 

4 (13) Research shows that for every dollar spent 

5 on a service-learning project, $4 worth of service is 

6 provided to the community involved. 

7 (14) Sixty-five percent of all students find serv8 ice-learning appealing but only 30 percent of schools 

9 provide service-learning projects. In those schools, 

10 only 16 percent of students are currently aware that 

11 service-learning projects are available to them. 

12 Eighty-three percent of all students say they would 

13 enroll in service-learning projects if their schools had 

14 them. 

15 (15) Research demonstrates that to provide 

16 enough time for students to become deeply involved 

17 in service and for service projects to have a mean18 ingful impact on student’s lives, projects should be 

19 of ample duration, typically at least a semester, and 

20 include sufficient service hours, typically at least 70 

21 hours. 

22 (b) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this Act are— 

23 (1) to offer youth the chance to spend a semes24 ter in service to their communities for academic 

25 credit in their junior or senior year of high school; 


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1 (2) to teach civic participation skills to youth 

2 and help youth see themselves as resources and lead3 ers for their communities; 

4 (3) to encourage youth, regardless of income or 

5 ability, to engage in community service; 

6 (4) to provide tangible benefits to the commu7 nities in which Semester of Service programs are 

8 performed; and 

9 (5) to enhance the social-emotional and aca10 demic development of youth participants. 

11 SEC. 3. SEMESTER OF SERVICE PROGRAMS. 

12 Title I of the National and Community Service Act 

13 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subtitles F, G, H, and I as 

15 subtitles G, H, I, and J, respectively; 

16 (2) by redesignating sections 160 through 166 

17 as sections 159A through 159G, respectively; and 

18 (3) by inserting after subtitle E the following: 

19 ‘‘Subtitle F—Semester of Service 

20 Programs 

21 ‘‘SEC. 161. DEFINITIONS. 

22 ‘‘In this subtitle: 

23 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE AGENCY.—The term ‘eligible 

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1 profit organization working in partnership with a 

2 local educational agency. 

3 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en4 tity’ means an individual school (including a des5 ignee of a school), or a nonprofit organization work6 ing in partnership with a school. 

7 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE YOUTH.—The term ‘eligible 

8 youth’ means a youth who will be enrolled in the 

9 junior or senior year of high school during the 

10 youth’s participation for a semester of service re11 ferred to in section 163(f). 

12 ‘‘(4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

13 ‘local educational agency’ has the meaning given the 

14 term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec15 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

16 ‘‘(5) YOUTH PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘youth 

17 participant’ means a youth who is enrolled in the 

18 junior or senior year of high school and is a partici19 pant in a project carried out under this subtitle. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 162. GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE AGENCIES. 

21 ‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi23 cer shall award grants on a competitive basis to eli24 gible agencies to pay for the Federal share of the 

25 cost of carrying out community service programs, to 


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1 support service-learning projects, including the dis2 trict-level activities described in subsection (d). 

3 ‘‘(2) PERIODS OF GRANTS.—The Chief Execu4 tive Officer shall award the grants for periods of 3 

5 years. The Chief Executive Officer may renew the 

6 grants for not more than 2 additional periods of 3 

7 years. 

8 ‘‘(3) GRANT AMOUNT.—The Chief Executive 

9 Officer shall award such a grant to an eligible agen10 cy for a program in an amount not greater than the 

11 sum of— 

12 ‘‘(A) the product obtained by multiplying 

13 $50 and a number equal to the number of eligi14 ble youth who will provide service under the 

15 program, as specified in the application de16 scribed in subsection (b); and 

17 ‘‘(B) an amount equal to 20 percent of the 

18 product determined under subparagraph (A), 

19 for school district-level activities. 

20 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

21 under this section for a community service program, an 

22 eligible agency shall submit an application to the Chief Ex23 ecutive Officer at such time, in such manner, and con24 taining such information as the Chief Executive Officer 

25 may require, including information that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) describes the procedures and criteria the 

2 eligible agency will use for reviewing applications 

3 and awarding subgrants on a competitive basis 

4 under section 163 to eligible entities for service5 learning projects, including how the eligible agency 

6 will— 

7 ‘‘(A) ensure the classroom-based instruc8 tion component of service-learning projects is 

9 aligned with applicable State academic content 

10 standards; and 

11 ‘‘(B) ensure service-learning project activi12 ties are tied to, where available, State service13 learning standards; 

14 ‘‘(2) describes the procedures and criteria the 

15 eligible agency will use to evaluate eligible entities’ 

16 service-learning projects including, at a minimum, a 

17 description of the objectives and benchmarks the eli18 gible agency will use to evaluate such projects; and 

19 ‘‘(3) describes the steps the eligible agency will 

20 take to ensure that the service-learning projects 

21 funded will implement effective strategies, which 

22 steps shall include providing eligible entities with on23 going technical assistance, professional development, 

24 and training. 

25 ‘‘(c) APPLICANT REVIEW.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Chief Execu2 tive Officer shall evaluate applications for grants 

3 under this section based on the quality, innovation, 

4 replicability, and sustainability of the programs pro5 posed by the applicants. 

6 ‘‘(2) REVIEW PANELS.—The Chief Executive 

7 Officer shall employ review panels consisting of ex8 perts in the fields of service-learning, youth develop9 ment, and education, and of youth seeking to be 

10 youth participants, in reviewing the applications. 

11 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION OF APPLICANTS.—If the 

12 Chief Executive Officer rejects an application sub13 mitted under this section, the Chief Executive Offi14 cer shall promptly notify the applicant of the reasons 

15 for the rejection of the application. 

16 ‘‘(4) RESUBMISSION AND RECONSIDERATION.— 

17 The Chief Executive Officer shall provide an appli18 cant notified of rejection with a reasonable oppor19 tunity to revise and resubmit the application. At the 

20 request of the applicant, the Chief Executive Officer 

21 shall provide technical assistance to the applicant as 

22 part of the resubmission process. The Chief Execu23 tive Officer shall promptly reconsider an application 

24 resubmitted under this paragraph. 


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

2 section, the Chief Executive Officer shall give pri3 ority to eligible agencies that propose to give sub4 grants under this subtitle to eligible entities for 

5 schools that receive funds under part A of title I of 

6 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

7 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 

8 ‘‘(d) SELECTION OF DISTRICT RECIPIENTS.—In 

9 awarding grants under this section, the Chief Executive 

10 Officer shall ensure that programs are funded in a variety 

11 of geographic areas, including urban and rural areas. 

12 ‘‘(e) SCHOOL DISTRICT-LEVEL ACTIVITIES.—An eli13 gible agency that receives a grant under this section may 

14 reserve up to the amount described in subsection (a)(3)(B) 

15 from the grant funds, for school district-level activities— 

16 ‘‘(1) which shall include— 

17 ‘‘(A) conducting outreach and dissemina18 tion of program-related information to ensure 

19 the broadest possible involvement of eligible en20 tities and eligible youth in the program carried 

21 out under this subtitle; 

22 ‘‘(B) providing technical assistance and 

23 professional development and training for per24 sonnel, to eligible entities that receive subgrants 

25 under section 163; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) conducting an evaluation of the 

2 projects carried out by eligible entities within 

3 the school district, submitting the results of the 

4 evaluation to the Chief Executive Officer, and 

5 widely disseminating the results locally; and 

6 ‘‘(2) which may include— 

7 ‘‘(A) hiring staff to administer the pro8 gram carried out under this subtitle in the 

9 school district involved; and 

10 ‘‘(B) using the results of the evaluation to 

11 compile information on best practices for such 

12 projects. 

13 ‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share attrib15 utable to this subtitle of the cost of carrying out a 

16 program for which a grant is made under this sec17 tion may not exceed— 

18 ‘‘(A) 90 percent of the total cost of the 

19 program for the first year for which the pro20 gram receives assistance under this subpart; 

21 ‘‘(B) 80 percent of the total cost of the 

22 program for the second such year; 

23 ‘‘(C) 70 percent of the total cost of the 

24 program for the third such year; and 


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1 ‘‘(D) 50 percent of the total cost of the 

2 program, for each such year thereafter. 

3 ‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—In providing for the re4 maining share of the cost of carrying out such a pro5 gram, each recipient of a grant under this subtitle— 

6 ‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through 

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

8 including facilities, equipment, or services; and 

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

10 State or local sources, both public and private, 

11 or Federal sources (other than funds made 

12 available under the national service laws). 

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

14 may waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in 

15 whole or in part with respect to any such program 

16 in any fiscal year if the Chief Executive Officer de17 termines that such waiver would be equitable due to 

18 a lack of available financial resources at the State 

19 or local level. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 163. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

21 ‘‘(a) SUBGRANTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible agency that re23 ceives a grant under section 162 shall use the grant 

24 funds to award subgrants on a competitive basis to 


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1 eligible entities to pay for the cost of carrying out 

2 service-learning projects. 

3 ‘‘(2) PERIODS OF SUBGRANTS.—The eligible 

4 agency shall award the subgrants for periods of 3 

5 years. Subject to subsection (c), the eligible agency 

6 may renew the subgrants for additional periods of 3 

7 years. 

8 ‘‘(3) AMOUNTS OF SUBGRANTS.—The eligible 

9 agency shall award such a subgrant to an eligible 

10 entity for a project in an amount equal to the prod11 uct obtained by multiplying $50 and a number equal 

12 to the number of eligible youth who will provide 

13 service under the project, as specified in the applica14 tion described in subsection (b). 

15 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

16 subgrant under this section for a project, an eligible entity 

17 shall submit an application to the eligible agency at such 

18 time, in such manner, and containing such information as 

19 the eligible agency may require, including information 

20 that— 

21 ‘‘(1) describes the manner in which the entity 

22 will— 

23 ‘‘(A) recruit and engage eligible youth, in24 cluding students with disabilities and English 

25 language learners, as applicable; 


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1 ‘‘(B) engage a variety of entities and indi2 viduals, such as youth organizations, elected of3 ficials, civic groups, nonprofit organizations, 

4 media partners, and other entities within the 

5 community, including participants in any other 

6 project carried out under the national service 

7 laws, to work with the entity to provide field op8 portunities as part of the project; 

9 ‘‘(C) recruit service sponsors for field ac10 tivities carried out through the project, includ11 ing nonprofit organizations, businesses, youth 

12 organizations, institutions of higher education, 

13 and entities that carry out national service pro14 grams under the national service laws; 

15 ‘‘(D)(i) ensure that the youth participants 

16 in the project engage in service-learning for a 

17 minimum of 70 hours over a minimum of 12 

18 weeks; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) ensure that at least 24 hours of the 

20 minimum 70 hours are spent participating in 

21 field-based activities; 

22 ‘‘(E) ensure that project activities are tied 

23 to, where available, State service-learning 

24 standards; 


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1 ‘‘(F) provide a weekly classroom-based in2 struction component of the project, integrated 

3 into the regular curriculum of the school in4 volved and aligned with applicable State aca5 demic content standards; 

6 ‘‘(G) ensure that youth participants will 

7 receive academic credit, for the time spent in 

8 the classroom and in the field for the project, 

9 equivalent to the academic credit for any class 

10 of equivalent length and with an equivalent 

11 time commitment; 

12 ‘‘(H) involve youth participants in the 

13 project in the design and planning of the 

14 project; 

15 ‘‘(I) promote leadership development and 

16 build an ethic of civic responsibility among the 

17 youth participants; 

18 ‘‘(J) provide training, which may include 

19 life skills, financial education, and employment 

20 training, in addition to training concerning the 

21 specific community service to be provided 

22 through the project, for the youth participants; 

23 ‘‘(K) provide team-oriented, adult-super24 vised experiences through the project; 


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1 ‘‘(L) ensure youth participants engage in 

2 reflection and evaluation; and 

3 ‘‘(M) provide opportunities for youth par4 ticipants to demonstrate their successes and 

5 teach other youth; 

6 ‘‘(2) describes how the eligible entity will annu7 ally establish benchmarks for academic, social, and 

8 behavioral objectives, and annually conduct an eval9 uation to measure progress toward the benchmarks; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(3) provides an assurance that the eligible en12 tity will annually make the results of such evaluation 

13 available to the eligible agency. 

14 ‘‘(c) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re15 ceive funds under this section for a second or subsequent 

16 year of a subgrant period, an eligible entity shall dem17 onstrate that the entity has met the benchmarks for the 

18 objectives described in subsection (b)(2). 

19 ‘‘(d) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—The eligible 

20 entity may use the subgrant funds to pay for— 

21 ‘‘(1) developing or acquiring service-learning 

22 curricula for the project, to be integrated into aca23 demic programs, including making accommodations 

24 for students with disabilities and English language 

25 learners; 


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1 ‘‘(2) establishing objectives and benchmarks, 

2 conducting evaluations, and making evaluation re3 sults available; 

4 ‘‘(3) conducting outreach and dissemination of 

5 project-related information to ensure the broadest 

6 possible involvement of eligible youth and community 

7 partners in the project; 

8 ‘‘(4) carrying out basic implementation of the 

9 service-learning project, including the purchase or 

10 rental of materials needed to complete the field or 

11 classroom component of the service-learning in12 volved; 

13 ‘‘(5) carrying out planning activities at the 

14 start of each semester in which the project is carried 

15 out; 

16 ‘‘(6) providing supplemental pay to staff who 

17 administer the project; and 

18 ‘‘(7) recognition and awards. 

19 ‘‘(e) SERVICE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.—The eli21 gible entity may use the subgrant funds to carry out 

22 a service-learning project that meets unmet human, 

23 educational, environmental, or public safety needs 

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1 tent standards, and project activities tied to, where 

2 available, State service-learning standards. 

3 ‘‘(2) INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.—The 

4 eligible entity may not use the subgrant funds for 

5 service prohibited under section 132(a). 

6 ‘‘(f) PARTICIPATION.—Youth participants may par7 ticipate in service-learning projects under this subtitle for 

8 not more than 2 semesters of service, as defined by the 

9 Chief Executive Officer. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 164. INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES. 

11 ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer shall reserve not more 

12 than 3 percent of the funds appropriated under section 

13 501(a)(4) for a fiscal year, for grants made on a competi14 tive basis to Indian tribes, organizations serving Native 

15 Hawaiians (as defined in section 625 of the Older Ameri16 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3057k)), the United States 

17 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Com18 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Chief 

19 Executive Officer shall issue regulations specifying how an 

20 entity receiving a grant under this section shall use the 

21 grant funds to carry out a program under this subtitle. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 165. NATIONAL QUALITY AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES. 

23 ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer shall reserve not more 

24 than 4 percent of the funds appropriated under section 

25 501(a)(4) for a fiscal year and use the reserved funds, 


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1 either directly or through grants and contracts to organi2 zations with experience in semester-based service-learning 

3 programs, to— 

4 ‘‘(1) provide technical assistance and training 

5 to recipients of grants and subgrants under this sub6 title; 

7 ‘‘(2) conduct outreach and dissemination of 

8 program-related information to ensure the broadest 

9 possible involvement of eligible agencies, eligible en10 tities, organizations, and eligible youth in programs 

11 under this subtitle; and 

12 ‘‘(3) carry out other activities designed to im13 prove the quality of programs under this subtitle. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 166. NATIONAL EVALUATION. 

15 ‘‘(a) RESERVATION.—The Chief Executive Officer 

16 shall reserve not more than the greater of $500,000 or 

17 1 percent of the funds appropriated under section 

18 501(a)(4) for a fiscal year— 

19 ‘‘(1) to arrange for an independent evaluation 

20 of eligible agency programs carried out under this 

21 subtitle, to be conducted in the third year of each 

22 grant period in which the programs are imple23 mented; and 

24 ‘‘(2) to ensure that the results of the evaluation 

25 are widely disseminated. 


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1 ‘‘(b) REPORT.—The Chief Executive Officer shall an2 nually submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 

3 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on 

4 Education and Labor of the House of Representatives, a 

5 report concerning the results of the evaluations conducted 

6 under subsection (a). Such reports shall also contain infor7 mation on the models and best practices and any other 

8 findings or recommendations developed by the Chief Exec9 utive Officer based on such evaluations. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 167. CONSTRUCTION. 

11 ‘‘An individual participating in service in a program 

12 described in this subtitle shall not be considered to be an 

13 employee engaged in employment for purposes of the Fair 

14 Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).’’. 

15 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND AVAIL16 ABILITY. 

17 Section 501(a) of the National and Community Serv18 ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)) is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para20 graph (5); and 

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(4) SUBTITLE F.—There are authorized to be 

24 appropriated to carry out subtitle F, $200,000,000 


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1 for fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be nec2 essary for each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

4 (a) REDESIGNATION OF SUBTITLES.— 

5 (1) Section 118(a) of the National and Commu6 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12551(a)) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘subtitle H’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘subtitle I’’. 

9 (2) Section 122(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 12572(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle I’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘subtitle J’’. 

12 (3) Section 193A(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12651d(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitles C 

14 and I’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and J’’. 

15 (4) Section 501(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 12681(a)(2)) is amended— 

17 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

18 ‘‘SUBTITLES C, D, AND H’’ and inserting ‘‘SUB19 TITLES C, D, AND I’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub21 titles C and H’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and 

22 I’’; and 

23 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub24 title H’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle I’’. 

25 (b) REDESIGNATION OF SECTIONS.— 


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1 (1) Section 155(d)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 12615(d)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

3 162(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 159C(a)(3)’’. 

4 (2) Section 156(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 12616(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

6 162(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 159C(a)(3)’’. 

7 (3) Section 159(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 12619(c)) is amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(i), by striking 

10 ‘‘section 162(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

11 159C(a)(2)’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 

13 162(a)(2)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

14 159C(a)(2)(A)’’. 

15 (4) Section 159B(b)(1)(B) of such Act (as re16 designated by section 3(2)) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘section 162(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

18 159C(a)(3)’’. 

19 (c) REDESIGNATION OF APPROPRIATION PROVI20 SIONS.—Section 126(a)(1) of the National and Commu21 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12576(a)(1)) is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘section 501(a)(4)’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘section 501(a)(5)’’. 

24 (d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in 

25 section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act 


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1 of 1990 is amended, in the items relating to title I of that 

2 Act— 

3 (1) in the item relating to the subtitle header 

4 for subtitle I, by striking ‘‘Subtitle I’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘Subtitle J’’; 

6 (2) in the item relating to the subtitle header 

7 for subtitle H, by striking ‘‘Subtitle H’’ and in8 serting ‘‘Subtitle I’’; 

9 (3) in the item relating to the subtitle header 

10 for subtitle G, by striking ‘‘Subtitle G’’ and in11 serting ‘‘Subtitle H’’; 

12 (4) in the item relating to the subtitle header 

13 for subtitle F, by striking ‘‘Subtitle F’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘Subtitle G’’; 

15 (5) by redesignating the items relating to sec16 tions 160 through 166 as the items relating to sec17 tions 159A through 159G, respectively; and 

18 (6) by inserting after the items relating to sub19 title E the following: 

‘‘Subtitle F—Semester of Service Programs 

‘‘Sec. 161. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 162. Grants to eligible agencies. 

‘‘Sec. 163. Subgrants to eligible entities. 

‘‘Sec. 164. Indian tribes and territories. 

‘‘Sec. 165. National quality and outreach activities. 

‘‘Sec. 166. National evaluation. 

‘‘Sec. 167. Construction.’’. 

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