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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3480 

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

Encore Service Programs, Encore Fellowship Programs, and Silver Scholarship Programs, 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 Encore Service Programs, Encore Fellowship 

Programs, and Silver Scholarship Programs, 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 ‘‘Encore Service Act 

5 of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Programs funded under the National and 

2 Community Service Act of 1990 have the potential 

3 to dramatically increase the number of individuals 

4 age 50 or older engaged in national service, applying 

5 decades of experience to solving community prob6 lems. 

7 (2) The potential pool of older individuals who 

8 could provide national service is enormous and rap9 idly growing. The population of people age 50 or 

10 older, which today is more than 94,000,000 individ11 uals, is expected to grow by over 22 percent in the 

12 next 10 years, to almost 115,000,000 individuals. 

13 (3) Studies show that over half of the 

14 78,000,000 individuals considered part of the Baby 

15 Boomer generation, those turning 50 between 1996 

16 and 2014, are interested in providing meaningful 

17 service to their communities. 

18 (4) Research further shows that older individ19 uals are not adequately connected to national service 

20 or work opportunities in the public sector. 

21 (5) For some individuals age 50 or older, par22 ticipation in national service can serve as an impor23 tant pathway and transition experience, leading 

24 them into second careers in the public or nonprofit 

25 sector. 


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1 (6) Today’s Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro2 gram (RSVP) helps baby boomers anxious to make 

3 use of their education, skills, and expertise to pro4 tect seniors against fraud, work on a national falls 

5 prevention campaign, and volunteer to green the 

6 economy. Research shows that individuals enrolled in 

7 the program volunteer more hours of service per 

8 year than those not in the program. 

9 (7) The National Senior Volunteer Corps pro10 grams, which are national service programs that cur11 rently engage older individuals, have deployed mil12 lions of individuals in the United States in service to 

13 their communities but are currently at capacity and 

14 in need of resources to grow. 

15 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

16 Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 

17 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

18 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi19 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 

20 section or other provision of the National and Community 

21 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 


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1 TITLE I—ENCORE SERVICE 

2 PROGRAM 

3 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(30) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term 

7 ‘Encore Service Program’ means a national service 

8 program authorized under section 122(a)(15). 

9 ‘‘(31) ENCORE SERVICE PARTICIPANT.—The 

10 term ‘Encore Service Participant’ means an indi11 vidual age 50 or older who is a participant in an ap12 proved Encore Service Program.’’. 

13 SEC. 102. ELIGIBILITY. 

14 Section 122(a) (42 U.S.C. 12572(a)) is amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as para16 graph (16); and 

17 (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(15) A service program that engages only indi20 viduals age 50 or older, or individuals age 50 or 

21 older and other individuals in intergenerational serv22 ice activities, serving in service positions to address 

23 a specific community need.’’. 

24 SEC. 103. PRIORITY. 

25 Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 12572) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(5) ENCOURAGEMENT OF ENCORE SERVICE

4 PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall encourage na5 tional service programs, in appropriate cases, to es6 tablish, using evidence-based approaches, Encore 

7 Service Programs, and to apply for assistance under 

8 subsection (a) for such programs.’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY FOR CERTAIN ENCORE SERVICE PRO11 GRAMS.—In establishing priorities regarding the types of 

12 national service programs to be assisted under subsection 

13 (b) or (d) of section 129, the Corporation shall give pri14 ority to an Encore Service Program that has— 

15 ‘‘(1) proven success in engaging, or detailed 

16 plans to begin engaging, individuals who are age 50 

17 or older in service; 

18 ‘‘(2) a strong focus on pre-service and in-service 

19 training for participants in order to obtain measur20 able results that meet the needs of the community 

21 served; and 

22 ‘‘(3) a thorough evaluation of benefits to both 

23 the participants and the community. 

24 ‘‘(e) CONSULTATION.—In awarding assistance or ap25 proved national service positions for Encore Service ProVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:45 Sep 12, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3480.IS S3480

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1 grams, the Corporation shall consult with organizations 

2 and individuals with extensive experience in developing 

3 and administering robust national service programs that 

4 are producing measurable results and outstanding experi5 ences for participants. 

6 ‘‘(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con7 gress that, by 2018, 25 percent of individuals partici8 pating in national service programs specified in this sub9 title should be older individuals who are age 50 or older.’’. 

10 SEC. 104. TERMS OF SERVICE. 

11 Section 139(b) (42 U.S.C. 12593(b)) is amended by 

12 adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(4) TERMS OF SERVICE FOR ENCORE SERVICE

14 PROGRAMS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

16 other provision of this title, an individual age 

17 50 or older performing national service in an 

18 approved national service position in an Encore 

19 Service Program shall agree to participate in 

20 the program for a term of service described in 

21 one of clauses (i) through (v) of subparagraph 

22 (B). 

23 ‘‘(B) TERMS OF SERVICE.— 

24 ‘‘(i) FULL-TIME SERVICE.—If such an 

25 individual is performing full-time service, 


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1 the individual shall agree to participate in 

2 the program for the term described in 

3 paragraph (1). 

4 ‘‘(ii) HALF-TIME SERVICE.—If such 

5 an individual is performing half-time serv6 ice, the individual shall agree to participate 

7 in the program for not less than 900 hours 

8 during a period of not more than 1 year or 

9 not more than 2 years, as indicated in the 

10 approved application for the program. 

11 ‘‘(iii) REDUCED HALF-TIME SERV12 ICE.—If such an individual is performing 

13 reduced half-time service, the individual 

14 shall agree to participate in the program 

15 for not less than 675 hours during a pe16 riod of not more than 1 year. 

17 ‘‘(iv) QUARTER-TIME SERVICE.—If 

18 such an individual is performing quarter19 time service, the individual shall agree to 

20 participate in the program for not less 

21 than 450 hours during a period of not 

22 more than 1 year. 

23 ‘‘(v) MINIMUM TIME SERVICE.—If 

24 such an individual is performing minimum 

25 time service, the individual shall agree to 


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1 participate in the program for not less 

2 than 300 hours during a period of not 

3 more than 1 year.’’. 

4 SEC. 105. LIVING ALLOWANCE. 

5 Section 140(h) (42 U.S.C. 12594(h)) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following: ‘‘In the case of an indi7 vidual who began the individual’s first term of service in 

8 a national service program under this subtitle after the 

9 individual attained the age of 50, and who is or has been 

10 an Encore Service Participant, the individual may not re11 ceive, through such assistance or funds, an aggregate 

12 amount that is more than twice the maximum amount 

13 available under subsections (a), (d), and (e) for a term 

14 of full-time service described in section 139(b)(1).’’. 

15 SEC. 106. EDUCATIONAL AWARD LIMIT AND TERM OF 

16 TRANSFERRED AWARDS. 

17 (a) EDUCATIONAL AWARD LIMIT.—Section 146 (42 

18 U.S.C. 12602) is amended by striking subsection (c) and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERV21 ICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—An individual may not re22 ceive, through national service educational awards, an ag23 gregate amount that is more than the value of two such 

24 awards for terms of full-time service described in section 

25 139(b)(1).’’. 


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1 (b) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL

2 AWARDS.—Section 146(d) of the National and Commu3 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL

6 AWARDS.—For purposes of applying paragraphs (1) 

7 and (2)(A) to an individual who is eligible to receive 

8 an educational award as a designated individual (as 

9 defined in section 148(f)(4)), references to a seven10 year period shall be considered to be references to a 

11 20-year period that begins on the date the individual 

12 who transferred the educational award to the des13 ignated individual completed the term of service in 

14 the approved national service position that is the 

15 basis of the award.’’. 

16 SEC. 107. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE NA17 TIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD. 

18 Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended by adding 

19 at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(d) AWARD FOR ENCORE SERVICE PARTICI21 PANTS.—An individual who is an Encore Service Partici22 pant and who successfully completes the term of service 

23 described in section 139(b)(4) that is specified in the indi24 vidual’s agreement under such section, shall be provided 

25 with a national service educational award in an amount 


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1 that bears the same relation to the amount of a full-time 

2 national service educational award as the number of hours 

3 of service provided in the position under the agreement 

4 bears to the number of hours of service required to be 

5 provided under section 139(b)(1) to receive a full-time na6 tional service educational award.’’. 

7 SEC. 108. TRANSFER OF THE AWARDS. 

8 Section 148 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

10 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is eligi15 ble to receive a national service educational award 

16 under a program described in paragraph (2) may 

17 transfer the award to a designated individual, and 

18 subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) shall apply to the 

19 designated individual in lieu of the individual who is 

20 eligible to receive the national service educational 

21 award, except that— 

22 ‘‘(A) amounts refunded to the account 

23 under subsection (c)(5) on behalf of a des24 ignated individual may be used by the Corpora25 tion to fund additional placements in the naVerDate Aug 31 2005 05:45 Sep 12, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3480.IS S3480

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1 tional service program in which the eligible indi2 vidual who transferred the national service edu3 cational award participated for such award; and 

4 ‘‘(B) a borrower of a qualified student loan 

5 (as defined in subsection (b)(6)) shall be eligible 

6 to have the Corporation pay, on behalf of the 

7 borrower, the interest that accrues during a pe8 riod for which the borrower has obtained for9 bearance in accordance with subsection (e), if 

10 the eligible individual successfully completes the 

11 eligible individual’s required term of service for 

12 a national service educational award and trans13 fers the award to the borrower as a designated 

14 individual. 

15 ‘‘(2) CONDITIONS FOR TRANSFER.—A national 

16 service educational award may be transferred under 

17 this subsection if— 

18 ‘‘(A) the educational award is for service in 

19 a national service program that is an Encore 

20 Service Program; and 

21 ‘‘(B) the eligible individual began the indi22 vidual’s first term of service in the Encore 

23 Service Program after the individual attained 

24 the age of 50. 


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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; and 

8 ‘‘(B) who meets the eligibility requirements 

9 of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), 

10 and subsection (e), of section 146.’’. 

11 SEC. 109. CORPORATION REQUIREMENTS. 

12 (a) PLANNING FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Cor13 poration shall examine national service programs carried 

14 out under subtitle C of title I of the National and Commu15 nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) and 

16 identify and address the barriers to engaging individuals 

17 age 50 or older, in order to carry out the objectives of 

18 section 122(d)(1) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 12572(d)(1)), in19 cluding examining— 

20 (1) how the programs are marketed to individ21 uals age 50 or older versus young adults; 

22 (2) the extent to which the living allowance de23 scribed in section 140 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 12594) 

24 is a factor; 


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1 (3) the extent to which the educational award 

2 described in subtitle D of that Act (42 U.S.C. 12601 

3 et seq.) is a factor; 

4 (4) the correlation between the extent of the 

5 pre-service and in-service training provided and the 

6 perceived investment by the participants; 

7 (5) the correlation between the extent of the 

8 pre-service and in-service training provided and pro9 gram impact; 

10 (6) the extent to which job transition resources 

11 and training are provided; and 

12 (7) the outreach efforts required to carry out 

13 the objectives of section 122(d)(1) of that Act. 

14 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

15 (1) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 

16 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

17 Act, the Corporation shall prepare and submit to 

18 Congress a report on implementation of this subtitle, 

19 including addressing barriers described in subsection 

20 (a)(1) and any necessary recommendations on how 

21 to enhance programming to carry out the objectives 

22 of section 122(d)(1) of the National and Community 

23 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(d)(1)). 

24 (2) ANNUAL REPORTING.—The Corporation 

25 shall include, in its annual report to Congress under 


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1 section 172(b) of the National and Community Serv2 ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12632(b)), a detailed de3 scription of the Encore Service Programs that have 

4 been carried out and the progress of the Corporation 

5 in carrying out those objectives. 

6 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Encore 

7 Service Programs’’ has the meaning given the term in sec8 tion 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 

9 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 

10 TITLE II—ENCORE FELLOWS 

11 SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

12 Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511), as amended by sec13 tion 101 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the 

14 end the following: 

15 ‘‘(32) ENCORE FELLOW.—The term ‘Encore 

16 Fellow’ means an individual who is age 50 or older 

17 and who is a participant in an approved Encore Fel18 lowship Program. 

19 ‘‘(33) ENCORE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—The 

20 term ‘Encore Fellowship Program’ means a program 

21 authorized under section 198E.’’. 

22 SEC. 202. SUPPORT. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H (42 U.S.C. 12653 et 

24 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 198E. ENCORE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 

2 ‘‘(a) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The purpose of this 

3 section is to provide for Encore Fellowship Programs, in 

4 order to— 

5 ‘‘(1) address the need for increased professional 

6 capacity in public agencies and nonprofit private or7 ganizations that are engaged in meeting unmet 

8 human, educational, environmental, or public safety 

9 needs; and 

10 ‘‘(2) address the need for compelling learning 

11 and service opportunities to assist experienced indi12 viduals age 50 and older in shifting from their mid13 life careers to suitable and rewarding careers in the 

14 public or nonprofit sector that benefit society and 

15 provide continued income to the individuals. 

16 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may make 

18 grants under this section to eligible entities to pay 

19 for the Federal share of the cost of carrying out En20 core Fellowship Programs. 

21 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The Fellowship Programs 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) recruit individuals age 50 or older 

24 who meet the requirements of subsection (f)(2) 

25 to serve as Encore Fellows; 


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1 ‘‘(B) provide specialized preplacement 

2 training and additional training for the Encore 

3 Fellows; 

4 ‘‘(C) provide other activities designed to 

5 foster transitions to second careers in the public 

6 or nonprofit sector by the Encore Fellows; and 

7 ‘‘(D) place the Encore Fellows in profes8 sional positions with employers that will serve 

9 as sponsoring organizations for the programs, 

10 that meet the requirements of subsection (f)(1). 

11 ‘‘(3) PERMISSIBLE SUBGRANTS.—The entities 

12 may carry out the programs directly or through sub13 grants to other eligible entities. 

14 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

15 a grant under this section, an entity shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) be a State Commission, or national non17 profit organization, with demonstrated experience in 

18 establishing and carrying out a project to recruit, 

19 train, and place participants or volunteers, and that 

20 is qualified to receive assistance under section 121; 

21 ‘‘(2) demonstrate the ability to disseminate in22 formation about the Encore Fellowship Program 

23 that promotes the concept of mid-life transitions to 

24 public or nonprofit sector work; 


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1 ‘‘(3) demonstrate the expertise and capacity to 

2 provide meaningful management and leadership 

3 training opportunities; and 

4 ‘‘(4) demonstrate knowledge of public or non5 profit sector professional needs and capacity to help 

6 meet the needs through an Encore Fellowship Pro7 gram. 

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

9 under this section, an entity shall submit an application 

10 to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and con11 taining such information as the Corporation may require. 

12 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 

13 (or, as applicable, a subgrant) under this section may use 

14 the assistance made available through the grant (or 

15 subgrant) to assist with the activities described in sub16 section (b)(2). The entity may use the assistance for the 

17 allowances described in subsection (g). 

18 ‘‘(f) SELECTION CRITERIA.— 

19 ‘‘(1) SPONSORING ORGANIZATION.—The recipi20 ent of a grant under subsection (b) shall develop cri21 teria for the selection of sponsoring organizations, 

22 who shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) be public agencies or private non24 profit organizations; 


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1 ‘‘(B) be engaged in meeting unmet human, 

2 educational, environmental, or public safety 

3 needs; 

4 ‘‘(C) demonstrate need and capacity for 

5 the professional skills of Encore Fellows; 

6 ‘‘(D) agree to sponsor Encore Fellows in 

7 full-time professional positions for a period of 

8 not less than 9 months and not more than 1 

9 year; 

10 ‘‘(E) demonstrate experience in estab11 lishing and implementing, or detailed plans to 

12 begin establishing and implementing, meaning13 ful professional development opportunities; and 

14 ‘‘(F) agree to collaborate on, and partici15 pate in, the provision of specialized preplace16 ment training and additional training for the 

17 participants, and provision of other activities 

18 designed to foster transitions to second careers 

19 in the public or nonprofit sector by participants. 

20 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS.—The recipient of a grant 

21 under subsection (b) shall develop criteria for the se22 lection of participants, who shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) be individuals age 50 or older; 

24 ‘‘(B) intend to engage in work that meets 

25 unmet human, educational, environmental, or 


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1 public safety needs upon completion of their fel2 lowships; 

3 ‘‘(C) demonstrate professional qualifica4 tions or experience; and 

5 ‘‘(D) agree to participate in the Encore 

6 Fellowship Program involved on a full-time 

7 basis for not less than 9 months and not more 

8 than 1 year. 

9 ‘‘(g) PROVISION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE AND RE10 LATED MATTERS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE.—An entity that re12 ceives a grant (or, as applicable, a subgrant) under 

13 this section for an Encore Fellowship Program shall 

14 provide to each Encore Fellow in the program a liv15 ing allowance for a fiscal year in an amount equal 

16 to 200 percent of the average subsistence allowance 

17 provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of 

18 the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 

19 U.S.C. 4955) for that fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(2) PERMISSIBLE SALARY AND BENEFITS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An Encore Fellow 

22 may receive a salary in excess of the maximum 

23 living allowance authorized in paragraph (1), 

24 and employment benefits, subject to subpara25 graph (B). 


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1 ‘‘(B) PROVISION BY SPONSORING ORGANI2 ZATION.—The sponsoring organization shall 

3 pay 100 percent of the amount of the salary 

4 that exceeds the amount of the maximum living 

5 allowance, and 100 percent of the cost of the 

6 benefits. 

7 ‘‘(3) INELIGIBILITY FOR NATIONAL SERVICE

8 EDUCATIONAL AWARD.—An Encore Fellow shall be 

9 ineligible for a national service education award 

10 under subtitle D. 

11 ‘‘(h) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—The Fed12 eral share of the cost of carrying out an Encore Fellowship 

13 Program that receives assistance under this section, 

14 whether the assistance is provided directly or as a 

15 subgrant from the original recipient of the assistance, may 

16 not exceed 70 percent of such cost. The provisions of sec17 tion 121(e)(2) shall apply to the program, for purpose of 

18 providing for the remaining share of the cost. 

19 ‘‘(i) LIMIT ON ADMINISTRATIVE COST.—Not more 

20 than 6 percent of the amount of assistance provided to 

21 the recipient of a grant (or subgrant) under this section 

22 for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative 

23 costs incurred by— 

24 ‘‘(1) the recipient of the grant (or subgrant); 

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1 ‘‘(2) sponsoring organizations for Encore Fel2 lowship Programs carried out or supported by the 

3 assistance. 

4 ‘‘(j) EVALUATION.—The Corporation shall evaluate 

5 the programs carried out under this section, and include 

6 the results of the evaluations in the Corporation’s annual 

7 report to Congress under section 172(b).’’. 

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

9 501(a)(2) of the National and Community Service Act of 

10 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2)) is amended— 

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘(other than section 198E)’’ 

12 after ‘‘H of title I’’ each place it appears; and 

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

14 ‘‘(C) ENCORE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS.— 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated to 

16 carry out section 198E, $20,000,000 for fiscal 

17 year 2009 and such sums as may be necessary 

18 for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

19 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

20 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is 

21 amended in the items relating to subtitle H of title I, by 

22 adding at the end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 198E. Encore Fellowship Programs.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—SILVER SCHOLARS 

2 SEC. 301. SILVER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 

4 12653 et seq.), as amended by section 202 of this Act, 

5 is further amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 198F. SILVER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS. 

7 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation is author8 ized to award grants to eligible entities, to enable the enti9 ties to provide volunteers participating in service projects 

10 in accordance with this section with scholarships that may 

11 be used by the volunteers or by individuals designated by 

12 the volunteers. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive 

14 a grant under this section, an entity shall be a public agen15 cy or private nonprofit organization with experience in ad16 ministering service programs, (including the programs de17 scribed in or administered under title II of the Domestic 

18 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.)). 

19 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

20 under this section, an entity shall submit to the Corpora21 tion an application at such time, in such manner, and con22 taining such information as the Corporation may reason23 ably require. 


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1 ‘‘(d) CRITERIA AND PRIORITIES FOR GRANTS.—The 

2 Corporation shall establish criteria and priorities for 

3 awarding grants under this section. 

4 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOLARSHIP.—An entity 

5 that receives a grant under subsection (a) shall use the 

6 funds made available through the grant to award a schol7 arship described in subsection (a) to recipients, each of 

8 whom— 

9 ‘‘(1) is, or has been designated for the scholar10 ship by, a volunteer who— 

11 ‘‘(A) has performed not less than 500 

12 hours of volunteer service, of a type specified by 

13 the Corporation under subsection (f)(1), during 

14 a 12-month period that is— 

15 ‘‘(i) after the volunteer at issue has 

16 attained age 55; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) after the date of the enactment 

18 of this section; or 

19 ‘‘(B) has performed not less than 250 

20 hours but less than 500 hours of volunteer serv21 ice of that type during such a 12-month period, 

22 based on compelling personal circumstances; 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(2) has received, during the 5-year period pre2 ceding the date that the scholarship is awarded, 

3 fewer than 2 scholarships under this section. 

4 ‘‘(f) SERVICES, CRITERIA, AND PRIORITIES FOR

5 SCHOLARSHIPS.—The Corporation shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) specify the types of volunteer service a vol7 unteer may engage in to meet term of service re8 quirements for a scholarship under this section, 

9 which shall include— 

10 ‘‘(A) tutoring or mentoring in a school, 

11 after-school program, or other community-based 

12 educational setting; and 

13 ‘‘(B) assisting persons with special needs, 

14 including persons who are homebound, to con15 tinue living independently; and 

16 ‘‘(2) establish criteria and priorities for eligible 

17 entities to use in awarding scholarships under this 

18 section. 

19 ‘‘(g) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP.—The entities shall 

20 award the scholarships— 

21 ‘‘(1) in an amount of not more than $1,000; or 

22 ‘‘(2) in a amount that is prorated based on the 

23 individual’s hours of service, for an individual who 

24 meets the requirements of subsection (e) with a term 

25 of service described in subsection (e)(2)(B). 


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1 ‘‘(h) USE OF SCHOLARSHIPS.—A scholarship award2 ed under this section may be used— 

3 ‘‘(1) by the volunteer or the person designated 

4 by the volunteer, in accordance with subsection (e); 

5 ‘‘(2) only for qualified tuition and related ex6 penses, as defined in section 117 of the Internal 

7 Revenue Code of 1986, and only under such condi8 tions as are set forth by the Corporation through 

9 regulation; and 

10 ‘‘(3) not later than 20 years after the date of 

11 the award of the scholarship, to allow time for ‘an 

12 individual’ designated under subsection (e)(1) to use 

13 the scholarship. 

14 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 

15 funds appropriated to carry out this section— 

16 ‘‘(1) not more than 15 percent shall be used for 

17 administrative purposes by the Corporation; 

18 ‘‘(2) not less than 50 percent shall be made 

19 available for grants under subsection (a) and used to 

20 award scholarships to volunteers who have met the 

21 term of service requirements for the scholarships by 

22 providing tutoring or mentoring described in sub23 section (f)(1)(A); 

24 ‘‘(3) not less than 10 percent shall be made 

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1 ships to volunteers who have met the requirements 

2 by providing assistance described in subsection 

3 (f)(1)(B); and 

4 ‘‘(4) not more than 10 percent shall be made 

5 available for such grants and used for administrative 

6 purposes by the eligible entities receiving the 

7 grants.’’. 

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

9 501(a)(2), as amended by section 202(b) of this Act, is 

10 further amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘section 198E’’ each place it ap12 pears and inserting ‘‘sections 198E and 198F’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(D) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.— 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated to 

16 carry out section 198F, $20,000,000 for the 

17 first fiscal year beginning after the date of the 

18 enactment of section 198F and such sums as 

19 are necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.’’. 

20 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

21 the Act is further amended in the items relating to subtitle 

22 H of title I, by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘Sec. 198F. Silver scholarship programs.’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—EXPANSION OF 

2 SENIOR CORPS 

3 SEC. 401. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 

4 (a) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—Section 211 

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

6 5011) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘55’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘125’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘200’’. 

11 (b) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—Section 213(a) 

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

13 5013(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘60’’ and inserting ‘‘55’’. 

14 (c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Section 223 of the Do15 mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5023) 

16 is amended by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘55’’. 

17 SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 Section 502 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

19 of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking 

21 ‘‘$45,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

22 ‘‘$136,700,000 for fiscal year 2009, and such sums 

23 as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal 

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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking 

2 ‘‘$85,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 

3 ‘‘$228,000,000 for each of fiscal year 2009, and 

4 such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding 

5 fiscal year.’’; and 

6 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ 

7 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘$92,000,000 for 

8 each of fiscal year 2009, and such sums as may be 

9 necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

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