II 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 277 

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 

JANUARY 16, 2009 

Mr. REID (for Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. HATCH, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mr. DODD, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. REID, Mr. GREGG, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mr. WICKER, Mrs. MURRAY, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. KERRY, Mrs. LINCOLN, 

Mr. CARDIN, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. BAYH, and Ms. LANDRIEU)) 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: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—NATIONAL SERVICE 

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: 

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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 more than 15,000,000 

8 students 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 

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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) 1 or more community-based agencies 

16 that have demonstrated records of success in 

17 carrying out service-learning programs with 

18 low-income students, and that meet such cri19 teria as the Chief Executive Officer may estab20 lish; and 

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

22 which— 

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

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1 termined by the Corporation, are low-in2 come students; and 

3 ‘‘(II) the graduation rate for the sec4 ondary school students served by the agen5 cy is less than 70 percent; or 

6 ‘‘(ii)(I) a State Commission or State edu7 cational agency; and 

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

9 described in clause (i); and 

10 ‘‘(2) may include— 

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

12 described in paragraph (1); 

13 ‘‘(B) the office of the chief executive offi14 cer of a unit of general local government; or 

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

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

17 under this section, a partnership shall submit an applica18 tion to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and 

19 containing such information as the Corporation may re20 quire, which shall include— 

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

22 community that the partnership is proposing to 

23 carry out, including— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the community challenge the partner2 ship seeks to address, and relevant data about 

3 the challenge in such community; or 

4 ‘‘(B) a description of the process the part5 nership will use, as part of the youth engage6 ment zone program, to identify the community 

7 challenge the partnership will seek to address, 

8 including how the partnership will use relevant 

9 data to identify such challenge; 

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

11 work with secondary schools served by the local edu12 cational agency that is included in such partnership 

13 in carrying out the project to assure that— 

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

15 grant period, a majority of the students in the 

16 secondary schools served by the local edu17 cational agency will have participated in service18 learning activities as part of the project; and 

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

20 grant period— 

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

22 students in those schools will have partici23 pated in service-learning activities as part 

24 of the project; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) service-learning will be a manda2 tory part of the curriculum in all of the 

3 secondary schools served by the local edu4 cational agency; 

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

6 which the partnership will seek to have participating 

7 individuals participate in service-learning activities 

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

9 structured; 

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

11 provide high-quality, ongoing service-learning profes12 sional development and assistance to educators con13 ducting service-learning activities through the youth 

14 engagement zone program; 

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

16 work to— 

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

18 community are included as participants in serv19 ice-learning activities carried out through the 

20 project; and 

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

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

23 work, through the project, to improve student en24 gagement, including student attendance and student 

25 behavior, and student achievement, graduation rates, 


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

2 local educational agency that is included in the eligi3 ble partnership; 

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

5 encourage participants to continue to engage in serv6 ice after graduation from secondary school; and 

7 ‘‘(8) a description of how youth in the commu8 nity were involved in the development of the pro9 posal for the project. 

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

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

12 section, the Corporation shall give priority to eligible 

13 partnerships that serve high percentages or numbers 

14 of low-income students. 

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

16 under this section, the Corporation shall take into 

17 consideration the relevant data about the challenges 

18 in communities that eligible partnerships include in 

19 their applications, if the relevant partnerships sub20 mit such relevant data under subsection (d)(1)(A). 

21 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Corpora22 tion shall make the grants to a geographically di23 verse set of eligible partnerships, including partner24 ships that serve urban, and partnerships that serve 

25 rural, communities. 


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1 ‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.— 

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

3 that receives a grant under this section shall use the 

4 funds made available through the grant to establish 

5 and carry out a high-quality youth engagement zone 

6 program designed to— 

7 ‘‘(A) solve specific community challenges; 

8 ‘‘(B) improve student engagement, includ9 ing student attendance and student behavior, 

10 and student achievement, graduation rates, and 

11 college-going rates in secondary schools; 

12 ‘‘(C) involve an increasing percentage of 

13 secondary school students and out-of-school 

14 youth in the community in school-based or com15 munity-based service-learning activities each 

16 year, with the goal of involving all students in 

17 secondary schools served by the local edu18 cational agency and involving an increasing per19 centage of the out-of-school youth in service20 learning activities over the course of 5 years; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(D) encourage participants to continue to 

23 engage in service throughout their lives. 

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

25 that receives a grant under this section may use the 


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1 funds made available through the grant for activities 

2 described in section 111. 

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

4 this subpart that applies to a local educational agency in 

5 a partnership shall be considered to apply to each local 

6 educational agency in the partnership.’’. 

7 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND RES8 ERVATIONS.—Section 501(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 12681(a)(1)) is amended— 

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

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

12 I)’’; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘sub14 part B’’ and inserting ‘‘subpart C’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(C) SUBPART B OF PART I.—There is au17 thorized to be appropriated to carry out subpart 

18 B of part I of subtitle B of title I— 

19 ‘‘(i) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

20 ‘‘(ii) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

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

22 2012; 

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

24 2013; and 


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1 ‘‘(v) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 

2 2014.’’. 

3 SEC. 112. CAMPUS OF SERVICE. 

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

5 (1) Providing service-learning courses to indi6 viduals who are students in institutions of higher 

7 education can make such individuals more likely to 

8 engage in service throughout their lives, and better 

9 prepared to take on public service careers in the 

10 nonprofit sector or government. 

11 (2) While many institutions of higher education, 

12 in using work-study funds for community service 

13 under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 

14 Act of 1965, considerably exceed the percentage of 

15 such funds required to be used for such service, na16 tionally the amount of such funds used for such 

17 service has remained relatively constant for the past 

18 few years. 

19 (3) The public service sector, including the non20 profit sector and government, faces many human 

21 capital challenges, and institutions of higher edu22 cation can be a part of efforts to address the chal23 lenges. 

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1 (1) to identify and recognize institutions of 

2 higher education that serve as model Campuses of 

3 Service, in terms of engaging students in community 

4 service activities, providing service-learning courses, 

5 and encouraging or assisting graduates to pursue ca6 reers in public service in the nonprofit sector or gov7 ernment; and 

8 (2) to allow such institutions to increase their 

9 ability to encourage or assist more students to pur10 sue careers in public service, including public service 

11 careers in the nonprofit sector or government. 

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

13 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

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

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘PART III—CAMPUS OF SERVICE PROGRAM 

17 ‘‘SEC. 119E. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consulta19 tion with the Secretary of Education, may annually des20 ignate not more than 30 institutions of higher education 

21 as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nomi22 nated by State Commissions. An institution that receives 

23 the designation shall have an opportunity to apply for 

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


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1 individuals for ServeAmerica Fellowships under section 

2 198E, as described in subsection (e). 

3 ‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomi5 nation to receive designation under subsection (a), 

6 and have an opportunity to apply for funds under 

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

8 higher education in a State shall submit an applica9 tion to the State Commission at such time, in such 

10 manner, and containing such information as the 

11 State Commission may require. 

12 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica13 tion shall include information specifying— 

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

15 if applicable, graduate service-learning courses 

16 offered at such institution for the most recent 

17 full academic year preceding the fiscal year for 

18 which designation is sought; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of under20 graduate students and, if applicable, the num21 ber and percentage of graduate students at 

22 such institution who were enrolled in the cor23 responding courses described in clause (i), for 

24 that preceding academic year; 


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1 ‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate stu2 dents engaging in and, if applicable, the per3 centage of graduate students engaging in activi4 ties providing community services, as defined in 

5 section 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 

6 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during that pre7 ceding academic year, the quality of such activi8 ties, and the average amount of time spent, per 

9 student, engaged in such activities; 

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

11 percentage of Federal work-study funds made 

12 available to the institution under part C of title 

13 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 

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

15 students employed in providing community serv16 ices, as so defined, and a description of the ef17 forts the institution undertakes to make avail18 able to students opportunities to provide such 

19 community services and be compensated 

20 through such work-study funds; 

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

22 information demonstrating the degree to which 

23 recent graduates of the institution, and all 

24 graduates of the institution, have obtained full25 time public service employment in the nonprofit 


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1 sector or government, with a private nonprofit 

2 organization or a Federal, State, or local public 

3 agency; and 

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

5 place to encourage or assist graduates of the in6 stitution to pursue careers in public service in 

7 the nonprofit sector or government. 

8 ‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 

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

11 that receives applications from institutions of 

12 higher education under subsection (b) may 

13 nominate, for designation under subsection (a), 

14 not more than 3 such institutions of higher 

15 education, consisting of— 

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

17 institution of higher education; 

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

19 institution of higher education; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year insti21 tution of higher education. 

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

23 shall submit to the Corporation the name and 

24 application of each institution nominated by the 

25 State Commission under subparagraph (A). 


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

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

3 institutions of higher education from among the in4 stitutions nominated under paragraph (1). In mak5 ing the designations, the Corporation shall, if fea6 sible, designate various types of institutions, includ7 ing institutions from each of the categories of insti8 tutions described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of para9 graph (1)(A). 

10 ‘‘(d) FUNDS.— 

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

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

13 provide funds to institutions designated under sub14 section (c), to be used by the institutions to imple15 ment strategies to encourage or assist students from 

16 those institutions to pursue careers in public service 

17 in the nonprofit sector or government. The institu18 tion may also use the funds to develop or dissemi19 nate, to other institutions of higher education, serv20 ice-learning models and best practices regarding 

21 service-learning. 

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

23 under this subsection, an institution designated 

24 under subsection (c) shall submit a plan to the Cor25 poration describing how the institution intends to 


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1 use the funds to encourage or assist those students 

2 to pursue those careers. 

3 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall de4 termine how the funds appropriated under section 

5 501(a)(1)(D) for a fiscal year will be allocated 

6 among the institutions submitting acceptable plans 

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

8 funds to be allocated to such an institution, the Cor9 poration shall consider the number of students at 

10 the institution, the quality and scope of the plan 

11 submitted by the institution under paragraph (2), 

12 and the institution’s current (as of the date of sub13 mission of the plan) strategies to encourage or assist 

14 students to pursue public service careers in the non15 profit sector or government. 

16 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS.— 

17 An institution designated as a Campus of Service may 

18 nominate additional individuals (relative to the number 

19 that other institutions may nominate) for ServeAmerica 

20 Fellowships under section 198E.’’. 

21 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 501(a)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 

23 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)), as amended by section 

24 111(d), is further amended— 


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

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

3 part III’’; and 

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

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

6 appropriated to carry out part III of subtitle B 

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

8 2010 through 2014.’’. 

9 SEC. 113. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title I of the Na11 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

12 12521 et seq.), as amended by section 112(c), is further 

13 amended by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 

15 ‘‘SEC. 119F. STUDY AND REPORT. 

16 ‘‘(a) STUDY.— 

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

18 enter into a contract with an entity that is not oth19 erwise a recipient of financial assistance under this 

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

21 the impact of the activities carried out under this 

22 subtitle. 

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

24 entity shall consider the impact of service-learning 

25 activities carried out under this subtitle on students 


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1 participating in such activities, including in par2 ticular examining the degree to which the activi3 ties— 

4 ‘‘(A) improved student academic achieve5 ment; 

6 ‘‘(B) improved student engagement; 

7 ‘‘(C) improved graduation rates; and 

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

9 participants in the activities engaged in subse10 quent national service, volunteering, or other 

11 service activities, or pursued careers in public 

12 service, in the nonprofit sector or government. 

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

14 the entity shall examine the impact of the service15 learning activities on the 4 factors described in sub16 paragraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2), ana17 lyzed in terms of how much time participants were 

18 engaged in service-learning activities. 

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

20 information on best practices concerning using serv21 ice-learning activities to improve the 4 factors. 

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

23 the Corporation containing the results of the study and 

24 the information on best practices. The Corporation shall 

25 submit such report to the Committee on Education and 


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1 Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

2 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, 

3 and shall make such report available to the public on the 

4 Corporation’s website. 

5 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION AND DISSEMINATION.—On re6 ceiving the report, the Corporation shall consult with the 

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

8 and to identify best practices concerning using service9 learning activities to improve the 4 factors described in 

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

11 Corporation shall disseminate information on the identi12 fied best practices.’’. 

13 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

14 501(a)(1) of the National and Community Service Act of 

15 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(1)), as amended by section 

16 112(d), is further amended— 

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

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

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

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

21 ‘‘(E) PART IV.—There are authorized to be 

22 appropriated to carry out part IV of subtitle B 

23 of title I such sums as may be necessary for 

24 each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Supporting Social 

2 Innovation and Entrepreneurship 

3 SEC. 121. INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National and Com5 munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511 et seq.) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subtitles F through I as 

8 subtitles H through K; and 

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

10 ‘‘Subtitle F—Social Innovation and 

11 Entrepreneurship 

12 ‘‘PART I—COMMISSION ON CROSS-SECTOR 

13 SOLUTIONS 

14 ‘‘SEC. 167. COMMISSION. 

15 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find16 ings: 

17 ‘‘(1) Nonprofit organizations play a significant 

18 role in addressing national and local challenges that 

19 impact economically disadvantaged individuals. 

20 ‘‘(2) Innovative nonprofit organizations often 

21 serve as a research and development engine for the 

22 social service sector, identifying effective solutions to 

23 national and local challenges. 

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1 local challenges, such organizations face administra2 tive and efficiency barriers in maximizing their work 

3 with businesses and the government, and limited re4 sources are available to help such organizations in5 crease their capacity to deliver services more effec6 tively, efficiently, on a larger scale, and with greater 

7 accountability. 

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

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

10 the Federal Government can interact more effi11 ciently and effectively with nonprofit organizations, 

12 philanthropic organizations, and business to achieve 

13 better outcomes with regard to addressing national 

14 and local challenges, accountability, and utilization 

15 of resources; 

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

17 Congress regarding new, more effective ways for the 

18 Federal Government to address national and local 

19 challenges in partnership with the nonprofit sector; 

20 and 

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

22 impact and effectiveness of the nonprofit sector and 

23 the way that the Federal Government interacts with 

24 such sector. 

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

2 commission to be known as the Commission on 

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

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

5 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

6 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The Commission 

7 shall be composed of 21 members, of whom— 

8 ‘‘(i) 9 shall be appointed by the Presi9 dent; 

10 ‘‘(ii) 3 shall be appointed by the ma11 jority leader of the Senate; 

12 ‘‘(iii) 3 shall be appointed by the mi13 nority leader of the Senate; 

14 ‘‘(iv) 3 shall be appointed by the 

15 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(v) 3 shall be appointed by the mi18 nority leader of the House of Representa19 tives. 

20 ‘‘(B) QUALIFICATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL

21 APPOINTEES.— 

22 ‘‘(i) EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.— 

23 Subject to subparagraph (D)(ii), the Com24 mission shall include members appointed 

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1 tent practicable, collectively have extensive 

2 experience or are experts in— 

3 ‘‘(I) social entrepreneurship and 

4 social enterprise; 

5 ‘‘(II) the management and oper6 ation of small nonprofit organizations 

7 and large nonprofit organizations; 

8 ‘‘(III) business, including a busi9 ness with experience working with a 

10 startup enterprise and a business with 

11 experience working with the nonprofit 

12 sector; 

13 ‘‘(IV) philanthropy, including the 

14 specific philanthropic challenges in 

15 urban and rural areas and in areas 

16 that are philanthropically under17 served; 

18 ‘‘(V) volunteering, including ef19 fective volunteer management; 

20 ‘‘(VI) government, including the 

21 management of government agencies 

22 and the role of government programs 

23 in providing services; and 

24 ‘‘(VII) qualitative and quan25 titative social science research. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—The 

2 Commission shall include, among the mem3 bers appointed under subparagraph (A)(i), 

4 a wide range of individuals, including 

5 young people, and individuals from diverse 

6 economic, racial, ethnic, and religious 

7 backgrounds, and individuals from diverse 

8 geographic areas. 

9 ‘‘(C) QUALIFICATIONS OF CONGRESSIONAL

10 APPOINTEES.— 

11 ‘‘(i) EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE.— 

12 Subject to subparagraph (D)(ii), the Com13 mission shall include members appointed 

14 under clauses (ii) through (v) of subpara15 graph (A) who, to the extent practicable, 

16 collectively have extensive experience or are 

17 experts in the matters described in sub18 paragraph (B)(i). 

19 ‘‘(ii) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS.—The 

20 Commission shall include, among the mem21 bers appointed under clauses (ii) through 

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

23 individuals with the qualifications de24 scribed in subparagraph (B)(ii). 

25 ‘‘(D) LIMITATIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR2 PERSON.—The President shall select a 

3 Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson, who 

4 may not be members of the same political 

5 party, from among the members of the 

6 Commission appointed under subparagraph 

7 (A). 

8 ‘‘(ii) GENERAL MEMBERSHIP.—Mem9 bers appointed under subparagraph (A) 

10 shall include not more than 11 members 

11 who are members of the same political 

12 party. 

13 ‘‘(E) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—Heads of 

14 Federal agencies, appointed to the Commission 

15 by the President, whose work concerns the non16 profit sector shall serve as ex officio nonvoting 

17 members of the Commission. 

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

19 members of the Commission shall be made not 

20 later than 60 days after the date of enactment 

21 of the Serve America Act. 

22 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 

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

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

25 terms of 2 years. 


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1 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The appointing offi2 cer— 

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

4 designate 4 of the initial members ap5 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

6 terms of 3 years; 

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

8 designate 2 of the initial members ap9 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

10 terms of 3 years; 

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

12 designate 1 of the initial members ap13 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

14 terms of 3 years; 

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

16 designate 1 of the initial members ap17 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

18 terms of 3 years; and 

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

20 designate 2 of the initial members ap21 pointed under that paragraph to serve 

22 terms of 3 years. 

23 ‘‘(4) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis24 sion shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in 

25 the same manner as the original appointment. 


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

2 days after the date on which all voting members of 

3 the Commission have been appointed, the Commis4 sion shall hold its first meeting. 

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

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

7 a year. 

8 ‘‘(7) QUORUM.—A majority of the voting mem9 bers of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, 

10 but a lesser number of voting members may hold 

11 hearings. 

12 ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) STUDY.— 

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

15 conduct a thorough study of all matters relating 

16 to ways in which the Federal Government can 

17 work more efficiently and effectively with non18 profit organizations and philanthropic organiza19 tions to assist the organizations described in 

20 this subparagraph, and the Federal Govern21 ment, in achieving better outcomes with regard 

22 to addressing pressing national and local chal23 lenges, and improving accountability and utili24 zation of resources, and relating to assisting the 

25 Federal Government, such organizations, and 


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1 business in improving their collaboration to 

2 achieve such outcomes. 

3 ‘‘(B) MATTERS STUDIED.—The matters 

4 studied by the Commission shall include— 

5 ‘‘(i) ways in which the Federal Gov6 ernment interacts with nonprofit organiza7 tions, philanthropic organizations, and 

8 business to address national and local chal9 lenges; 

10 ‘‘(ii) ways in which businesses collabo11 rate with nonprofit organizations and phil12 anthropic organizations, and any barriers 

13 to maximizing the effectiveness of those 

14 collaborations in addressing national and 

15 local challenges; 

16 ‘‘(iii) public and nonprofit sector 

17 human capital challenges, including spe18 cific upcoming human capital needs facing 

19 the nonprofit sector and such needs facing 

20 the government sector, the causes of needs 

21 described in this clause, and ways in which 

22 nonprofit organizations and governments 

23 can address the challenges jointly; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) ways in which government poli2 cies could be improved to foster nonprofit 

3 organization accountability; 

4 ‘‘(v) systems for streamlining the 

5 process for nonprofit organizations to ob6 tain Federal grants and contracts, and 

7 eliminating unnecessary requirements re8 lating to that process; 

9 ‘‘(vi) barriers for smaller nonprofit or10 ganizations to participate in Federal Gov11 ernment programs; 

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

13 in which, social entrepreneurs are identi14 fying innovative ways of addressing na15 tional and local challenges; 

16 ‘‘(viii) ways in which the Federal Gov17 ernment can help build the capacity of ef18 fective social entrepreneurs and effective 

19 nonprofit organizations, including the ca20 pacity of the entrepreneurs and organiza21 tions to replicate programs that provide ef22 fective ways of addressing national and 

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1 search and development, whether there is a 

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

3 how such support may be increased; 

4 ‘‘(x) ways in which the Federal Gov5 ernment can partner with nonprofit organi6 zations after an emergency or disaster to 

7 address the needs of the community in8 volved; and 

9 ‘‘(xi) ways in which the Federal Gov10 ernment can improve the quantity, quality, 

11 and timeliness of data about the nonprofit 

12 sector. 

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

14 advice to the President and Congress regarding the 

15 establishment of grants to build the capacity of the 

16 nonprofit sector, to support research on the sector, 

17 and to model innovative effective ways for the Fed18 eral Government to address national and local chal19 lenges by supporting social entrepreneurship and en20 abling nonprofit organizations to replicate and ex21 pand effective solutions to national and local chal22 lenges. 

23 ‘‘(3) ADVICE TO THE PRESIDENT AND CON24 GRESS.—The Commission shall advise the President 


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1 and Congress on matters concerning the nonprofit 

2 sector and social entrepreneurship. 

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

4 the first meeting of the Commission, the Commis5 sion shall submit a report to Congress, which shall 

6 contain a detailed statement of the findings of the 

7 Commission resulting from the study described in 

8 paragraph (1), and the advice provided under para9 graphs (2) and (3). The report shall contain rec10 ommendations resulting from the study. 

11 ‘‘(5) ADVICE ON IMPLEMENTATION.—At the re12 quest of Congress or the head of any Federal de13 partment or agency, the Commission shall provide 

14 advice on the implementation of any of the rec15 ommendations contained in the report. 

16 ‘‘(e) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.— 

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

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

19 take such testimony, and receive such evidence as 

20 the Commission considers advisable to carry out this 

21 section. 

22 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGEN23 CIES.— 

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

25 secure directly from any Federal agency such 


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1 information as the Commission considers nec2 essary to carry out this section. 

3 ‘‘(B) AGENCY COOPERATION.—Upon re4 quest of the Chairperson of the Commission, 

5 the head of any Federal agency shall furnish in6 formation requested under this paragraph to 

7 the Commission. 

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

9 use the United States mails in the same manner and 

10 under the same conditions as other agencies of the 

11 Federal Government. 

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

13 and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop14 erty. 

15 ‘‘(f) COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

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

17 Commission shall serve without compensation for 

18 their work on the Commission. Notwithstanding sec19 tion 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Chief 

20 Executive Officer of the Corporation may accept the 

21 voluntary and uncompensated services of members of 

22 the Commission. The members of the Commission 

23 shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 

24 in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for em25 ployees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 


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

2 homes or regular places of business in the perform3 ance of services for the Commission. 

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

5 and Community Service employee may be detailed to 

6 the Commission without reimbursement, and such 

7 detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil 

8 service status or privilege. 

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

10 Commission shall terminate in 6 years. 

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

12 carry out this section shall remain available, without fiscal 

13 year limitation, until expended. 

14 ‘‘PART II—COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS FUNDS PILOT 

15 PROGRAM 

16 ‘‘SEC. 167A. FUNDS. 

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

18 ‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 

19 community organizations are developing innovative 

20 and effective solutions to national and local chal21 lenges. 

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

23 replicating and expanding proven effective solutions 

24 developed by social entrepreneurs and other non25 profit community organizations, could allow those 


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1 entrepreneurs and organizations to replicate and ex2 pand proven initiatives in communities. 

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

4 could leverage Federal investments to increase State, 

5 local, business, and philanthropic resources to rep6 licate and expand proven solutions to tackle specific 

7 identified community challenges. 

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

9 ‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of so10 cial entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community 

11 organizations in tackling national and local chal12 lenges; 

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

14 of Community Solutions Funds that will increase 

15 private and public investment in nonprofit commu16 nity organizations that are effectively addressing na17 tional and local challenges to allow such organiza18 tions to replicate and expand successful initiatives; 

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

20 in— 

21 ‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to in22 crease State, local, business, and philanthropic 

23 resources to address national and local chal24 lenges; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and 

2 expand effective initiatives; and 

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

4 in, and replicate and expand, initiatives with effec5 tive solutions to national and local challenges. 

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

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

8 ‘community organization’ means a nonprofit organi9 zation that carries out innovative, effective initiatives 

10 to address community challenges. 

11 ‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en12 tity’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) an existing grantmaking institution 

14 (existing as of the date on which the institution 

15 applies for a grant under this section); or 

16 ‘‘(B) a partnership between— 

17 ‘‘(i) such an existing grantmaking in18 stitution; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) an additional grantmaking insti20 tution, a State Commission, or a chief ex21 ecutive officer of a unit of general local 

22 government. 

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

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


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

2 Community Solutions Fund grant program to make 

3 grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to assist 

4 the entities in paying for the cost of providing national 

5 leveraging capital for Community Solution Funds. 

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

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

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

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

10 $10,000,000 per year. 

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

12 under this section, an entity shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 

14 ‘‘(2) be focused on— 

15 ‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical 

16 area; or 

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

18 geographical areas that have the highest need 

19 in that issue area, as demonstrated by statistics 

20 concerning that need; 

21 ‘‘(3) be focused on improving measurable out22 comes relating to— 

23 ‘‘(A) education for economically disadvan24 taged students in public schools; 

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

2 economic opportunity for economically dis3 advantaged individuals; 

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

5 care and health education; 

6 ‘‘(E) resource conservation and local envi7 ronmental quality; 

8 ‘‘(F) individual or community energy effi9 ciency; 

10 ‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 

11 ‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 

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

13 awards and internal policies; 

14 ‘‘(5) have well-articulated processes for assess15 ing community organizations for subgrants; and 

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

17 the Corporation, that protect against conflict of in18 terest, self-dealing, and other improper practices. 

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

20 under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eli21 gible entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 

22 at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor23 mation as the Corporation may specify, including, at a 

24 minimum— 

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

2 capital in order to make subgrants to commu3 nity organizations that will use the funds to 

4 replicate or expand proven initiatives in low-in5 come communities; 

6 ‘‘(B) in making decisions about subgrants 

7 for communities, consult with a diverse cross 

8 section of community representatives in the de9 cisions, including individuals from the public, 

10 nonprofit private, and for-profit private sectors; 

11 and 

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

13 and scope to enable the community organiza14 tions to build their capacity to manage initia15 tives, and sustain replication or expansion of 

16 the initiatives; 

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

18 not make any subgrants to the parent organizations 

19 of the eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the 

20 parent organization, or, if the eligible entity applied 

21 for funds under this section as a partnership, any 

22 member of the partnership; 

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1 ‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area 

2 referred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eli3 gible entity is proposing to serve; or 

4 ‘‘(B) geographical areas referred to in sub5 section (f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity is likely 

6 to serve; 

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

8 in which the eligible entity will work to improve 

9 measurable outcomes; 

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

11 issue areas in, as appropriate— 

12 ‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area de13 scribed in paragraph (3)(A); or 

14 ‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in 

15 paragraph (3)(B), including statistics dem16 onstrating that those geographical areas have 

17 the highest need in the specific issue area that 

18 the eligible entity is proposing to address; and 

19 ‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable 

20 outcomes related to the issue areas involved that the 

21 eligible entity will seek to improve; 

22 ‘‘(5) information describing the process by 

23 which the eligible entity selected, or will select, com24 munity organizations to receive the subgrants, to en25 sure that the community organizations— 


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1 ‘‘(A) are institutions with proven initia2 tives, with track records of achieving specific 

3 outcomes related to the measurable outcomes 

4 for the eligible entity; 

5 ‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for 

6 the use of the subgrant funds that are con7 nected to the measurable outcomes for the eligi8 ble entity; 

9 ‘‘(C) will use the funds to replicate or ex10 pand their initiatives; 

11 ‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for repli12 cating or expanding the initiatives funded; 

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

14 subgrant period concludes through reliable pub15 lic revenues, earned income, or private sector 

16 funding; 

17 ‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial 

18 and management systems; 

19 ‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data col20 lection and evaluation for improvement of the 

21 initiatives; 

22 ‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innova23 tive initiatives, to be important contributors to 

24 knowledge in their fields; and 


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1 ‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for pro2 viding matching funds specified in subsection 

3 (k); 

4 ‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, in5 cluding its experience managing collaborative initia6 tives, or assessing applicants for grants and evalu7 ating the performance of grant recipients for out8 come-focused initiatives, and any other relevant in9 formation; 

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

11 subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the require12 ments, including information on any funding that 

13 the eligible entity has secured to provide the match14 ing funds required under that subsection; 

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

16 for providing technical assistance and support, other 

17 than financial support, to the community organiza18 tions that will increase the ability of the community 

19 organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes; 

20 ‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institu21 tional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity 

22 concerning— 

23 ‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required 

24 for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other 

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1 ‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 

2 ‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Cor3 poration, including information on the initia4 tives of the community organizations, and the 

5 replication or expansion of such initiatives; and 

6 ‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evalua7 tions to continuously improve the initiatives funded 

8 by the eligible entity. 

9 ‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible en10 tities to receive grants under this section, the Corporation 

11 shall— 

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

13 basis; 

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

15 quality of their selection process, as described in 

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

17 to manage Community Solutions Funds, and the po18 tential of the eligible entities to sustain the Funds 

19 after the conclusion of the grant period; 

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

21 entities that propose to provide subgrants to serve 

22 communities (such as rural low-income communities) 

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1 ‘‘(4) select a geographically diverse set of eligi2 ble entities. 

3 ‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 

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

5 make a grant to an eligible entity under this section 

6 for a Community Solutions Fund unless the entity 

7 agrees that, with respect to the cost described in 

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

9 available matching funds in an amount not less than 

10 $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant. 

11 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

13 entity shall provide the matching funds in cash. 

14 The eligible entity shall provide the matching 

15 funds from State, local, or private sources, 

16 which may include State or local agencies, busi17 nesses, private philanthropic organizations, or 

18 individuals. 

19 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES INCLUDING

20 STATE COMMISSIONS OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT

21 OFFICES.— 

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

23 a State Commission, a local government 

24 office, or both entities are a part of the eli25 gible entity, the State involved, the local 


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1 government involved, or both entities, re2 spectively, shall contribute not less than 30 

3 percent and not more than 50 percent of 

4 the matching funds. 

5 ‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.— 

6 In this subparagraph, the term ‘local gov7 ernment office’ means the office of the 

8 chief executive officer of a unit of general 

9 local government. 

10 ‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—The Corporation may re11 duce by 50 percent the matching funds required by 

12 paragraph (1) for an eligible entity serving a com13 munity (such as a rural low-income community) that 

14 the eligible entity can demonstrate is significantly 

15 philanthropically underserved. 

16 ‘‘(j) SUBGRANTS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) SUBGRANTS AUTHORIZED.—An eligible en18 tity receiving a grant under this section is author19 ized to use the funds made available through the 

20 grant to award subgrants on a competitive basis 

21 to— 

22 ‘‘(A) community organizations serving low23 income communities within the specific local 

24 geographical area referred to in subsection 

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1 ‘‘(B) community organizations addressing 

2 a specific issue area referred to in subsection 

3 (f)(2)(B), in low-income communities in geo4 graphical areas referred to in that subsection. 

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

6 shall make such subgrants for periods of not less 

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

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

9 than $100,000. 

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

11 subgrant from an eligible entity under this section, 

12 including receiving a payment for that subgrant each 

13 year, a community organization shall submit an ap14 plication to an eligible entity that serves the specific 

15 local geographical area, or geographical areas, that 

16 the community organization proposes to serve, at 

17 such time, in such manner, and containing such in18 formation as the eligible entity may require, includ19 ing— 

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

21 community organization carries out and plans 

22 to replicate or expand using funds received 

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1 section (g)(4)(A) in which the eligible entity has 

2 committed to work; 

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

4 community organization has improved, and in5 formation on the measurable outcomes the com6 munity organization seeks to improve by repli7 cating or expanding an initiative, which shall be 

8 among the measurable outcomes the eligible en9 tity is seeking to improve as identified under 

10 subsection (g)(4)(C); 

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

12 which the community organization proposes to 

13 carry out an initiative, which shall be within the 

14 specific local geographical area referred to in 

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

16 referred to in subsection (f)(2)(B), that the eli17 gible entity serves; 

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

19 organization uses data to analyze and improve 

20 its initiatives; 

21 ‘‘(E) specific evidence of how the commu22 nity organization will meet the requirements for 

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

2 organization will sustain the replicated or ex3 panded initiative after the conclusion of the 

4 subgrant period; and 

5 ‘‘(G) any other information the eligible en6 tity may require, including information nec7 essary for the eligible entity to fulfill its obliga8 tions under subsection (g)(5). 

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

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

11 make a subgrant to a community organization under 

12 this section for an initiative described in subsection 

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

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

15 organization will make available, on an annual basis, 

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

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

18 the community organization fails to make such 

19 matching funds available for a fiscal year, the eligi20 ble entity shall not make payments for the remain21 ing fiscal years of the subgrant period, notwith22 standing any other provision of this part. 

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

24 organization shall provide the matching funds in 

25 cash. The community organization shall provide the 


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

2 which may include funds from State or local agen3 cies, or private sector funding. 

4 ‘‘(l) NATIONAL FUNCTIONS.— 

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

6 enter into a contract with an independent entity (re7 ferred to in this subsection as a ‘national con8 tractor’) to evaluate the eligible entities, and the ini9 tiatives supported by the eligible entities. 

10 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL CONTRACTOR.— 

11 ‘‘(A) RESEARCH AND REPORTS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The national con13 tractor shall collect data and conduct or 

14 support research with respect to the eligi15 ble entities, and the initiatives supported 

16 by the eligible entities, to determine the 

17 success of the program carried out under 

18 this section in replicating and expanding 

19 initiatives, including— 

20 ‘‘(I) the success of the replicated 

21 or expanded initiatives in improving 

22 measurable outcomes; and 

23 ‘‘(II) the success of the program 

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1 ments in philanthropically under2 served communities. 

3 ‘‘(ii) REPORTS.—The national con4 tractor shall submit reports to Congress 

5 and the Corporation including— 

6 ‘‘(I) the data collected and the 

7 results of the research; 

8 ‘‘(II) information on lessons 

9 learned about best practices from the 

10 activities carried out under this sec11 tion, to improve those activities; and 

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

13 and community organizations receiv14 ing funds under this section. 

15 ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The na16 tional contractor shall provide technical assist17 ance to the eligible entities that receive grants 

18 under this section. 

19 ‘‘(C) KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT.—The 

20 national contractor shall maintain a clearing21 house for information on best practices result22 ing from initiatives supported by the eligible en23 tities. 

24 ‘‘(D) RESERVATION.—Of the funds appro25 priated under section 501(a)(5)(B) for a fiscal 


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

2 carry out this subsection. 

3 ‘‘PART III—INNOVATION FELLOWSHIPS PILOT 

4 PROGRAM 

5 ‘‘SEC. 167B. PROGRAM. 

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

7 on a competitive basis, to individuals to pay for the Fed8 eral share of carrying out projects in which the individuals 

9 establish innovative nonprofit organizations to address na10 tional and local challenges. 

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

12 GRANTS.—The Corporation shall make the grants for pe13 riods of 2 years. The Corporation shall make the grants 

14 in amounts of not more than $100,000. The Corporation 

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

16 in a fiscal year. 

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

18 grant awards through annual payments, for the 2 years 

19 of the grant periods. 

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

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

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

23 of service as a participant in a national service pro24 gram under subtitle C or G, as a participant in a 

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


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

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

3 4951 et seq.); or 

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

5 title 38, United States Code. 

6 ‘‘(e) INITIAL APPLICATION.— 

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

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

9 year of the grant period, an individual shall submit 

10 an application to the Corporation at such time, in 

11 such manner, and containing such information as 

12 the Corporation may require. 

13 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica14 tion shall include— 

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

16 challenge that the individual seeks to address 

17 through the project involved; 

18 ‘‘(B) a description of the project the indi19 vidual is proposing or the organization the indi20 vidual is proposing to establish through the 

21 project, including information describing why 

22 the individual’s proposal to address the chal23 lenge is innovative; 


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1 ‘‘(C) information describing how the indi2 vidual proposes to address the challenge at the 

3 community level; and 

4 ‘‘(D) information describing the location of 

5 the project and the community the individual 

6 proposes to serve through the project, including 

7 relevant data about the challenge in that com8 munity. 

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

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

11 the individual shall submit to the Corporation— 

12 ‘‘(1) a report on the actions taken by the indi13 vidual, and, if applicable, the nonprofit organization 

14 established using funds provided under this section, 

15 to carry out the project; and 

16 ‘‘(2) information describing how the individual 

17 will comply with the non-Federal share requirement 

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

19 grant period. 

20 ‘‘(g) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 

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

22 cost of carrying out a project under this section shall 

23 be— 

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

25 grant period; and 


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

2 grant period. 

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

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

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

6 equipment, or services. The individual may provide 

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

8 sources. 

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

10 the Corporation shall take into consideration the likelihood 

11 that a project proposed to serve a community, if success12 ful, will be replicable in other communities. 

13 ‘‘(i) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—In making grants 

14 under this section, the Corporation shall make the grants 

15 to a geographically diverse set of individuals. 

16 ‘‘(j) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation 

17 may reserve 15 percent of the funds appropriated to carry 

18 out this section to provide technical assistance to individ19 uals and nonprofit organizations carrying out projects 

20 under this section.’’. 

21 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 501(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 

23 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)) is amended by adding at the 

24 end the following: 


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

2 appropriated— 

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

4 as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 

5 2010 through 2014; 

6 ‘‘(B) to carry out section 167A, 

7 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $60,000,000 

8 for fiscal year 2011, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 

9 2012, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, and 

10 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, and such 

11 sums as may be necessary for each subsequent 

12 fiscal year; and 

13 ‘‘(C) to carry out section 167B, 

14 $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2010, and 

15 $5,000,000 for each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 

16 Subtitle C—ServeAmerica Corps 

17 SEC. 131. CORPS. 

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

19 (1) Since 1993, more than 500,000 individuals 

20 have served in national service positions, meeting 

21 unmet human, educational, environmental, and pub22 lic safety needs of the United States. 

23 (2) Full- and part-time national service can ef24 fectively promote an ethic of service and volun25 teering, and former national service participants are 


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1 likely to remain engaged in national service, and 

2 participate in community and public service, in the 

3 nonprofit sector or government. 

4 (3) Focused national service efforts can effec5 tively tackle pressing national challenges, such as 

6 improving education for low-income students, in7 creasing energy conservation, and improving the 

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

9 neediest individuals in the Nation. 

10 (4) An increasing number of individuals in the 

11 United States who are retiring or age 50 or older in12 dicate an interest in service, with almost 60 percent 

13 of such individuals indicating that they would con14 sider taking jobs now or in the future to serve their 

15 communities. 

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

17 (1) to provide opportunities by 2014 for 

18 250,000 individuals annually to participate in a year 

19 of service, by providing funding for an additional 

20 175,000 individuals (in addition to the 75,000 indi21 viduals already participating) each year to so partici22 pate, and to continue growing national service in the 

23 future; 

24 (2) to focus national service in the areas of na25 tional need such service has the capacity to address, 


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1 such as improving education for low-income stu2 dents, increasing energy conservation, improving ac3 cess to health care for, and the health status of, in4 dividuals in medically underserved populations, and 

5 creating new economic opportunities for low-income 

6 individuals; and 

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

8 the talents and experience of individuals age 50 and 

9 older, by providing better opportunities and incen10 tives for individuals of that age to serve. 

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

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

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

14 by inserting after subtitle F the following: 

15 ‘‘Subtitle G—ServeAmerica Corps 

16 ‘‘SEC. 168. CORPS. 

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

18 ‘‘(1) 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING

19 CENTER.—The term ‘21st century community learn20 ing center’ has the meaning given the term ‘commu21 nity learning center’, as defined in section 4201 of 

22 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

23 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171). 

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

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1 ticipants who improve performance on clean energy 

2 indicators through the grants funded under sub3 section (c)(3). 

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

5 The term ‘Clean Energy Service Corps Fund’ means 

6 the Clean Energy Service Corps Fund established 

7 under subsection (b)(3). 

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

9 ‘clean energy indicators’ means— 

10 ‘‘(A) number of housing units of low-in11 come households weatherized or retrofitted to 

12 improve energy efficiency; 

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

14 savings in those costs) at facilities where par15 ticipants have provided service; 

16 ‘‘(C) number of students and youth receiv17 ing education or training in energy-efficient and 

18 environmentally conscious practices; 

19 ‘‘(D) number of national parks, State 

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

22 by the Federal Government or a State, that are 

23 cleaned or improved; 

24 ‘‘(E) another indicator relating to clean en25 ergy that the Corporation, in consultation with 


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1 the Administrator of the Environmental Protec2 tion Agency and the Secretary of Energy, es3 tablishes for a given year; 

4 ‘‘(F) another indicator relating to edu5 cation or skill attainment for clean energy jobs 

6 that the Corporation, in consultation with the 

7 Secretary of Labor, establishes for a given year; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(G) a local indicator (applicable to a par10 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve11 ment in performance is needed) relating to 

12 clean energy, or education or skill attainment 

13 for clean energy jobs, proposed by that eligible 

14 entity in an application submitted to, and ap15 proved by, a State Commission or the Corpora16 tion under this section. 

17 ‘‘(5) 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 ‘‘(6) EDUCATION CORPS.—The term ‘Education 

23 Corps’ means the participants who improve perform24 ance on education indicators through the grants 

25 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 recipients of a 

11 high school diploma; 

12 ‘‘(E) college persistence rates for recipients 

13 of a high school diploma or its generally recog14 nized equivalent who are enrolled in college; 

15 ‘‘(F) an additional indicator relating to im16 proving education for students that the Cor17 poration, in consultation with the Secretary of 

18 Education, establishes for a given year; and 

19 ‘‘(G) a local indicator (applicable to a par20 ticular eligible entity and on which an improve21 ment in performance is needed) relating to im22 proving education for students, proposed by 

23 that eligible entity in an application submitted 

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

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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 

24 improving or protecting the health of economi25 cally disadvantaged individuals and individuals 


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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; 

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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.—From the 

24 funds appropriated under section 501(a)(6), the 


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1 Corporation shall reserve a portion of the funds to 

2 be known as the Education Corps Fund. 

3 ‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS FUND.—From 

4 those appropriated funds, the Corporation shall re5 serve a portion of the funds to be known as the 

6 Healthy Futures Corps Fund. 

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

8 From those appropriated funds, the Corporation 

9 shall reserve a portion of the funds to be known as 

10 the Clean Energy Service Corps Fund. 

11 ‘‘(4) OPPORTUNITY CORPS FUND.—From those 

12 appropriated funds, the Corporation shall reserve a 

13 portion of the funds to be known as the Opportunity 

14 Corps Fund. 

15 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

16 ‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.— 

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

18 the amounts made available for the Education 

19 Corps Fund to make grants under this para20 graph to State Commissions and eligible enti21 ties, as described in paragraph (5). 

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

23 make the grants to pay for the Federal share 

24 of the cost of carrying out full- or part-time na25 tional service programs that are consistent with 


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1 subtitle C and that improve performance on 

2 education indicators, through the service of the 

3 participants in the programs. 

4 ‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.— 

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

6 the amounts made available for the Healthy 

7 Futures Corps Fund to make grants under this 

8 paragraph to State Commissions and eligible 

9 entities, as described in paragraph (5). 

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

11 make the grants to pay for the Federal share 

12 of the cost of carrying out full- or part-time na13 tional service programs that are consistent with 

14 subtitle C and that improve performance on 

15 health indicators, through the service of the 

16 participants in the programs. 

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

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

19 the amounts made available for the Clean En20 ergy Service Corps Fund to make grants under 

21 this paragraph to State Commissions and eligi22 ble entities, as described in paragraph (5). 

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

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1 tional service programs that are consistent with 

2 subtitle C and that improve performance on 

3 clean energy indicators, through the service of 

4 the participants in the programs. 

5 ‘‘(4) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.— 

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

7 the amounts made available for the Opportunity 

8 Corps Fund to make grants under this para9 graph to State Commissions and eligible enti10 ties, as described in paragraph (5). 

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

12 make the grants to pay for the Federal share 

13 of the cost of carrying out full- or part-time na14 tional service programs that are consistent with 

15 subtitle C and that improve performance on op16 portunity indicators, through the service of the 

17 participants in the programs. 

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

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

20 (2), (3), or (4), the Corporation shall carry out the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(A) FORMULA GRANTS.— 

23 ‘‘(i) GRANTS TO CERTAIN STATES.— 

‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—From 331 24 ⁄3

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1 Fund described in that paragraph for 

2 a fiscal year (after the Corporation 

3 makes the reservation described in 

4 subsection (i)), the Corporation shall 

5 make grants (including financial as6 sistance and a corresponding allot7 ment of approved national service po8 sitions). The Corporation shall make 

9 the grants to the State Commission of 

10 each of the several States, the District 

11 of Columbia, and the Commonwealth 

12 of Puerto Rico that has an application 

13 approved by the Corporation under 

14 subsection (e), from allotments de15 scribed in subclause (II). 

16 ‘‘(II) ALLOTMENT.—The amount 

17 allotted as a grant to each such State 

18 under subclause (I) for a fiscal year 

19 shall be equal to the amount that 

bears the same ratio to that 331 20 ⁄3 per21 cent of the amount available in that 

22 Fund for that fiscal year as the popu23 lation of the State bears to the total 

24 population of the several States, the 


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1 District of Columbia, and the Com2 monwealth of Puerto Rico. 

3 ‘‘(ii) GRANTS TO CERTAIN TERRI4 TORIES AND POSSESSIONS.— 

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). The Corporation shall make 

15 the grants to the State Commission 

16 for each of the United States Virgin 

17 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 

18 the Commonwealth of the Northern 

19 Mariana Islands that has an applica20 tion approved by the Corporation 

21 under subsection (e), from allotments 

22 described in subclause (II). 

23 ‘‘(II) ALLOTMENT.—The amount 

24 allotted as a grant to each such State 

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1 shall be equal to the amount that 

2 bears the same ratio to that 1 percent 

3 of the amount available in that Fund 

4 for that fiscal year as the population 

5 of the State bears to the total popu6 lation of the States referred to in sub7 clause (I). 

8 ‘‘(iii) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—From 1 per10 cent of the amount available in the 

11 Fund described in that paragraph for 

12 a fiscal year (after the Corporation 

13 makes the reservation described in 

14 subsection (i)), the Corporation shall 

15 make grants (including financial as16 sistance and a corresponding allot17 ment of approved national service po18 sitions) to Indian tribes that have ap19 plications approved by the Corpora20 tion under subsection (e). The funds 

21 allotted for such grants shall be allot22 ted by the Corporation on a competi23 tive basis in accordance with the re24 spective needs of the Indian tribes. 


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1 ‘‘(II) APPLICATION.—For pur2 poses of this subtitle, other than this 

3 subparagraph, a reference to a State 

4 Commission shall be considered to in5 clude a reference to the governing 

6 body of an Indian tribe, and a ref7 erence to a State shall be considered 

8 to include a reference to an Indian 

9 tribe or the geographic area in which 

10 the tribe resides. The Corporation 

11 shall have authority to issue standards 

12 to apply the provisions of this subtitle 

13 (other than this subparagraph) to In14 dian tribes. 

15 ‘‘(iv) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO

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

17 apply for, or fails to give notice to the Cor18 poration of its intent to apply for, an allot19 ment under this subparagraph, the Cor20 poration shall use the amount that would 

21 have been allotted under this subparagraph 

22 to the State or Indian tribe— 

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1 tional service positions) to other eligi2 ble entities that propose to carry out 

3 national service programs in the State 

4 on behalf of the Indian tribe; and 

5 ‘‘(II) after making grants under 

6 subclause (I), to make a reallotment 

7 to other States and Indian tribes that 

8 have applications approved by the 

9 Corporation under subsection (e). 

10 ‘‘(B) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—From the 

11 remainder of the amount available in that Fund 

12 for that fiscal year, the Corporation shall make 

13 grants (including such assistance and cor14 responding allotment), on a competitive basis, 

15 to State Commissions and eligible entities that 

16 have such approved applications. 

17 ‘‘(6) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

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

19 expressly provided in this section and subtitle 

20 D, the terms and conditions of grants made 

21 under this subsection shall be consistent with 

22 the provisions of subtitle C concerning terms 

23 and conditions of grants made under section 

24 121(a). Those terms and conditions shall apply 

25 with respect to grants and allotments requested, 


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1 national service positions and national service 

2 programs proposed, and applications submitted, 

3 under this section. 

4 ‘‘(B) INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERV5 ICE.—For purposes of applying the provisions 

6 of part I of subtitle C under this subsection, 

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

8 ‘‘(C) APPLICATION, APPROVAL, AND ALLO9 CATION.—State Commissions and eligible enti10 ties shall apply for the grants, and the grants 

11 (and the financial assistance and approved na12 tional service positions made available through 

13 the grants) shall be allocated among State 

14 Commissions and eligible entities, in a manner 

15 consistent with this section. Except as otherwise 

16 provided in this section, subsections (a) through 

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

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

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

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

21 applications and allocations. 

22 ‘‘(D) NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.— 

23 Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 

24 section and subtitle D, the terms and conditions 

25 that apply to participants in programs carried 


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1 out under such grants (including provisions re2 lating to participant eligibility, selection, terms 

3 of service, and benefits) shall be consistent with 

4 the provisions of subtitle C concerning terms 

5 and conditions that apply to participants in 

6 programs under subtitle C. 

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

8 shall— 

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

10 positions that are approved as approved na11 tional service positions under this subtitle dur12 ing each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014; 

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

14 positions as 25,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

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

16 positions to— 

17 ‘‘(i) 50,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

18 ‘‘(ii) 75,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

19 ‘‘(iii) 125,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(iv) 175,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

22 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

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

24 out the national service programs under subsection 

25 (c). 


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

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

3 an eligible entity shall— 

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

5 or 

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

7 through a competitive process, by a State Com8 mission that receives a grant under subsection 

9 (c). 

10 ‘‘(e) APPLICATION.— 

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

12 grant under subsection (c) for a national service pro13 gram, a State Commission or an eligible entity shall 

14 submit an application to the Corporation at such 

15 time, in such manner, and containing such informa16 tion as the Corporation may require, which shall in17 clude— 

18 ‘‘(A) information describing how the eligi19 ble entity proposed to carry out the program 

20 proposes to utilize funds under a paragraph of 

21 subsection (c) to improve performance on the 

22 corresponding indicators described in subsection 

23 (a) utilizing participants, including the activities 

24 in which such participants will engage to im25 prove performance on those indicators; 


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1 ‘‘(B) information identifying the geo2 graphical area in which the eligible entity pro3 posed to carry out the program proposes to use 

4 funds under a paragraph of subsection (c) to 

5 improve performance on the corresponding indi6 cators described in subsection (a), including de7 mographic information on the students or indi8 viduals, as appropriate, in such area, and sta9 tistics demonstrating the need to improve such 

10 indicators in such area; 

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

12 a national service program under a paragraph 

13 of subsection (c), information describing the ex14 perience of the eligible entity proposed to carry 

15 out the program in improving performance on 

16 the corresponding indicators described in sub17 section (a), including whether the entity has 

18 previously utilized participants to improve per19 formance on such indicators, and if so, the ac20 tivities in which such participants have en21 gaged; 

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

23 eligible entity described in subparagraph (A) 

24 will work with other community-based agencies 

25 to carry out activities to improve performance 


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1 on the corresponding indicators described in 

2 subsection (a) using such funds; 

3 ‘‘(E) a description of— 

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

5 participants will be placed, using the as6 sistance provided under subsection (c), in7 cluding descriptions of the specific tasks to 

8 be performed by such participants, and the 

9 minimum qualifications that individuals 

10 will be required to meet to become partici11 pants in such program; and 

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

13 part-time national service positions for 

14 which participants will receive the national 

15 service educational award described in sub16 title D; 

17 ‘‘(F) a description consistent with the de18 scription required by section 130(b)(12) for the 

19 national service positions proposed; 

20 ‘‘(G) information and assurances con21 sistent with those described in subsections (e) 

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

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

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1 sitions proposed, except as provided in sub2 section (g)(1)(B); 

3 ‘‘(H) measurable goals, to be used for an4 nual measurements of the program on 1 or 

5 more of the corresponding indicators described 

6 in subsection (a); 

7 ‘‘(I) if the program is designed to improve 

8 economic opportunity by engaging economically 

9 disadvantaged individuals as participants— 

10 ‘‘(i) the estimated percentages of par11 ticipants who will be economically dis12 advantaged individuals; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) if applicable, information on the 

14 education, skills, training, support services, 

15 transitional services, and leadership devel16 opment activities those individuals will re17 ceive that will assist those individuals in 

18 obtaining jobs or a college degree after 

19 completion of their service under the grant; 

20 ‘‘(J) in the case of a grant under sub21 section (c)(1), information on how the eligible 

22 entity described in subparagraph (A) will enter 

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1 prove performance on education indicators 

2 using funds received under subsection (c); 

3 ‘‘(K) in the case of a grant under sub4 section (c)(4), information on the number and 

5 percentage of individuals, including children, in 

6 families with family incomes below the poverty 

7 line in the community to be served; 

8 ‘‘(L) a description of how members of the 

9 community to be served were involved in the de10 velopment of the application; and 

11 ‘‘(M) any other information the Corpora12 tion may require. 

13 ‘‘(2) REQUEST FOR WAIVER.— 

14 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EDU15 CATIONAL AWARDS.—An applicant may include 

16 in the application a request for a waiver (in17 cluding a justification of the need for such 

18 waiver and information describing how such 

19 waiver will assist the applicant in improving 

20 performance on the appropriate indicators de21 scribed in subsection (a)) of requirements relat22 ing to the Corporation’s provision of a national 

23 service educational award to or on behalf of a 

24 participant in the program, which may in25 clude— 


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1 ‘‘(i) in the case of a grant under sub2 section (c)(1), requirements relating to the 

3 minimum age for a participant under sec4 tion 137(a)(4); and 

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

6 paragraph of subsection (c), requirements 

7 relating to individuals who receive a na8 tional service educational award under sec9 tion 146(a) and related provisions, to allow 

10 the eligible entity proposed to carry out the 

11 program to select participants to serve in 

12 approved national service positions (with 

13 eligibility for national service educational 

14 awards) from among a prespecified group 

15 of participants, if the request describes the 

16 process by which the participants serving 

17 in such positions will be selected from such 

18 group. 

19 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO USE

20 OF ALLOTMENTS FOR PROGRAMS.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State Commis22 sion may include in the application a re23 quest that the Corporation— 

24 ‘‘(I) waive provisions requiring 

25 the State to use an allotment from a 


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1 Fund, described in subsection 

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

3 described in a paragraph of subsection 

4 (c); and 

5 ‘‘(II) permit the State to use 

6 funds from the allotment for other 

7 programs described in another para8 graph of subsection (c). 

9 ‘‘(ii) INFORMATION.—The State Com10 mission shall include in the request— 

11 ‘‘(I) information demonstrating 

12 that the State has not received a suf13 ficient number of applications of ade14 quate quality to carry out the cor15 responding programs referred to in 

16 clause (i)(I); and 

17 ‘‘(II) information identifying the 

18 other programs referred to in clause 

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

20 the allotment that the State intends 

21 to use for each such program. 

22 ‘‘(iii) TREATMENT.—If the Corpora23 tion approves the waiver, and permits the 

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1 section (c), for purposes of this subtitle 

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

3 funds shall be considered to be part of a 

4 grant made under that paragraph. 

5 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MUL6 TIPLE APPLICATIONS.—The Corporation shall reject 

7 an application submitted under this subsection if a 

8 project proposed to be conducted using assistance 

9 requested by the applicant is already described in 

10 another application pending before the Corporation. 

11 ‘‘(f) CONSULTATION.— 

12 ‘‘(1) OFFICIALS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) EDUCATION CORPS.—The Corpora14 tion shall consult with the Secretary of Edu15 cation as appropriate in making grants under 

16 subsection (c)(1) and developing additional indi17 cators described in subsection (a)(8)(F). 

18 ‘‘(B) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.—The 

19 Corporation shall consult with the Secretary of 

20 Health and Human Services and the Director 

21 of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven22 tion as appropriate in making grants under 

23 subsection (c)(2) and developing additional indi24 cators described in subsection (a)(13)(E). 


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1 ‘‘(C) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— 

2 The Corporation shall consult with— 

3 ‘‘(i) the Secretary of Energy and the 

4 Administrator of the Environmental Pro5 tection Agency as appropriate in making 

6 grants under subsection (c)(3) and devel7 oping additional indicators described in 

8 subsection (a)(4)(E); and 

9 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary of Labor in making 

10 grants under section (c)(3) and developing 

11 additional indicators described in sub12 section (a)(4)(F). 

13 ‘‘(D) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.—The Corpora14 tion shall consult with the Secretary of Health 

15 and Human Services and the Secretary of 

16 Labor as appropriate in making grants under 

17 subsection (c)(4) and developing additional indi18 cators described in subsection (a)(19)(E). 

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

20 shall— 

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

22 purpose of securing recommendations on appli23 cations submitted under subsection (e) for more 

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

25 national service positions that would require 


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1 more than $250,000 in national service edu2 cational awards; and 

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

4 prior to making determinations on such applica5 tions. 

6 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND

7 POSITIONS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) ALLOCATION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In making grants 

10 under subsection (c), the Corporation shall allo11 cate the financial assistance and approved na12 tional service positions provided through the 

13 grants among eligible entities proposed to carry 

14 out national service programs described in sub15 section (c). 

16 ‘‘(B) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSI17 TIONS ONLY.—In making those grants, the Cor18 poration— 

19 ‘‘(i) may make some grants that pro20 vide only approved national service posi21 tions (as opposed to financial assistance 

22 and such positions) for some or all of the 

23 participants in the national service pro24 grams involved; but 


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

2 35 percent of the participants in the na3 tional service programs described in sub4 section (c) will receive only approved na5 tional service positions through the grants. 

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

7 the grants, the Corporation shall ensure that 50 

8 percent of the approved national service posi9 tions provided through the grants shall be full10 time national service positions. 

11 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding financial assist12 ance and approved national service positions to eligi13 ble entities proposed to carry out national service 

14 programs described in subsection (c)— 

15 ‘‘(A) in the case of a grant under sub16 section (c)(2)— 

17 ‘‘(i) the Corporation may give priority 

18 to such eligible entities that propose to de19 velop policies to provide, and provide, sup20 port for participants who, after completing 

21 service under this section, will undertake 

22 careers to improve performance on health 

23 indicators; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) the Corporation shall give pri25 ority to such eligible entities that propose 


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1 to carry out national service programs in 

2 medically underserved areas; 

3 ‘‘(B) in the case of a grant under sub4 section (c)(3), the Corporation shall give pri5 ority to such eligible entities that propose to re6 cruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service 

7 Corps so that significant percentages of partici8 pants in the Corps are economically disadvan9 taged individuals, and provide to such individ10 uals support services and education and train11 ing to develop skills needed for clean energy 

12 jobs for which there is current demand or pro13 jected future demand; and 

14 ‘‘(C) in the case of a grant under sub15 section (c)(4), the Corporation shall give pri16 ority to such eligible entities that propose to— 

17 ‘‘(i) improve economic opportunity by 

18 engaging a significant percentage of eco19 nomically disadvantaged individuals as par20 ticipants to provide services and benefits to 

21 other economically disadvantaged individ22 uals; or 

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

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1 cluding children, in families with family in2 comes below the poverty line. 

3 ‘‘(3) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.—The Corpora4 tion shall ensure that eligible entities receiving fi5 nancial assistance or positions under subsection (c) 

6 are geographically diverse and include entities pro7 posing national service programs to be conducted in 

8 urban or rural areas. 

9 ‘‘(4) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 

10 ‘‘(A) FORMULA GRANTS.—Each State re11 ceiving a grant under subsection (c)(5)(A) for a 

12 fiscal year shall make an effort to make avail13 able not less than 10 percent of the financial 

14 assistance and approved national service posi15 tions provided through the grant for that fiscal 

16 year to eligible entities proposed to carry out 

17 encore service programs, unless the State Com18 mission involved does not receive a sufficient 

19 number of applications of adequate quality to 

20 justify making that percentage available to 

21 those eligible entities. 

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

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

24 year, the Corporation shall make an effort to 

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1 cial assistance and approved national service 

2 positions provided through the grants for that 

3 fiscal year to eligible entities proposed to carry 

4 out encore service programs, unless the Cor5 poration does not receive a sufficient number of 

6 applications of adequate quality to justify mak7 ing that percentage available to those eligible 

8 entities. 

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

10 who serves in a national service program that re11 ceives a grant under subsection (c) shall be consid12 ered to have served in an approved national service 

13 position and, upon meeting the requirements of sec14 tion 147 (or the requirements specified in a waiver 

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

16 for a national service educational award described in 

17 section 147. The Corporation shall transfer an ap18 propriate amount of funds to the National Service 

19 Trust to provide for the national service educational 

20 awards for such participants. 

21 ‘‘(h) USE OF ASSISTANCE.— 

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

23 that receives financial assistance or positions under 

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

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1 time national service programs, including summer 

2 programs, described in that paragraph of subsection 

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

4 corresponding indicators described in subsection (a) 

5 in low-income communities. 

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

7 in such a program shall address identified commu8 nity needs by carrying out activities (which may in9 clude providing direct service, recruiting and coordi10 nating the activities of volunteers providing direct 

11 service, and building the capacity of local organiza12 tions and communities) designed to improve per13 formance on the corresponding indicators described 

14 in subsection (a), such as— 

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

16 under subsection (c)(1)— 

17 ‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other aca18 demic support to students; 

19 ‘‘(ii) mentoring students, including 

20 adult or peer mentoring; 

21 ‘‘(iii) linking needed integrated serv22 ices and comprehensive supports with stu23 dents, their families, and their public 

24 schools; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) improving the school climate in2 volved; 

3 ‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school 

4 in expanding the school day by strength5 ening the quality of staff in an expanded 

6 learning time initiative, a program of a 

7 21st century community learning center, or 

8 a high-quality after-school program; 

9 ‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local edu10 cational agencies in improving and expand11 ing high-quality service-learning programs 

12 that keep students engaged in schools by 

13 providing service-learning coordinators; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(vii) involving family members of 

16 students in supporting teachers and stu17 dents; 

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

19 under subsection (c)(2)— 

20 ‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvan21 taged individuals in navigating the health 

22 care system; 

23 ‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 

24 access to health care for themselves or 

25 their children; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) educating economically dis2 advantaged individuals and individuals who 

3 are members of medically underserved pop4 ulations about, and engaging individuals 

5 described in this clause in, initiatives re6 garding navigating the health care system 

7 and regarding disease prevention and 

8 health promotion, with a particular focus 

9 on common health conditions, chronic dis10 eases, and conditions, for which disease 

11 prevention and health promotion measures 

12 exist and for which socioeconomic, geo13 graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis14 parities exist, such as initiatives con15 cerning— 

16 ‘‘(I) cardiovascular disease; 

17 ‘‘(II) diabetes education; 

18 ‘‘(III) cancer screening; 

19 ‘‘(IV) HIV infection or AIDS; 

20 ‘‘(V) immunizations; and 

21 ‘‘(VI) infant mortality; 

22 ‘‘(iv) improving health literacy of pa23 tients; 


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1 ‘‘(v) providing translation services at 

2 clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 

3 health care; and 

4 ‘‘(vi) assisting in health promotion 

5 interventions that improve health status, 

6 and helping people adopt and maintain 

7 healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 

8 health status; 

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

10 under subsection (c)(3)— 

11 ‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting 

12 housing units for low-income households to 

13 improve the energy efficiency of such hous14 ing units; 

15 ‘‘(ii) building energy efficient housing 

16 units in low-income communities; 

17 ‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 

18 low-income households and recommending 

19 ways for the households to improve energy 

20 efficiency; 

21 ‘‘(iv) working with schools and youth 

22 programs to educate students and youth 

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1 ducting service-learning projects to provide 

2 such education; 

3 ‘‘(v) assisting in the development of 

4 local recycling programs; 

5 ‘‘(vi) improving national and State 

6 parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre7 serves, and trails owned or maintained by 

8 the Federal Government or a State, includ9 ing planting trees, carrying out reforest10 ation, and making trail enhancements; and 

11 ‘‘(vii) cleaning and improving rivers 

12 maintained by the Federal Government or 

13 a State; and 

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

15 under subsection (c)(4)— 

16 ‘‘(i) providing financial literacy edu17 cation to economically disadvantaged indi18 viduals, including financial literacy edu19 cation with regard to credit management, 

20 financial institutions including banks and 

21 credit unions, and utilization of savings 

22 plans; 

23 ‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction of 

24 housing units including energy efficient 

25 homes, in low-income communities; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) assisting individuals in obtaining 

2 access to health care for themselves or 

3 their children; 

4 ‘‘(iv) assisting individuals in obtaining 

5 information about Federal, State, local, or 

6 private programs or benefits focused on as7 sisting economically disadvantaged individ8 uals, economically disadvantaged children, 

9 or low-income families; 

10 ‘‘(v) improving opportunities for eco11 nomically disadvantaged children and 

12 youth to become involved in youth develop13 ment organizations; 

14 ‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and 

15 completion of job training for economically 

16 disadvantaged individuals; and 

17 ‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvan18 taged individuals in obtaining access to job 

19 placement assistance. 

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

21 AND TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

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

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1 cent) of the amounts available in each Fund de2 scribed in a paragraph of subsection (b), to— 

3 ‘‘(A) carry out activities concerning review 

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

5 ‘‘(B) provide training and technical assist6 ance to eligible entities, including training and 

7 technical assistance to assist eligible entities 

8 carrying out national service programs with a 

9 Corps described in subsection (a) in— 

10 ‘‘(i) coordinating efforts; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) improving the ability of the 

12 Corps to improve performance on the cor13 responding indicators described in sub14 section (a). 

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

16 The Corporation may, as appropriate, consult with 

17 the corresponding officials described in subsection 

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

19 technical assistance. 

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

21 of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants 

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

23 prepare and submit to Congress a report containing— 

24 ‘‘(1)(A) information describing how the Cor25 poration allocated financial assistance and approved 


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1 national service positions among eligible entities pro2 posed to carry out national service programs de3 scribed in that paragraph for that fiscal year; and 

4 ‘‘(B) information describing the amount of fi5 nancial assistance and the number of approved na6 tional service positions the Corporation provided to 

7 each national service program described in a para8 graph of subsection (c) for that fiscal year; 

9 ‘‘(2) a measure of the extent to which the na10 tional service programs improved performance on 

11 the corresponding indicators described in subsection 

12 (a); and 

13 ‘‘(3) information describing how the Corpora14 tion is coordinating— 

15 ‘‘(A) the national service programs funded 

16 under that paragraph; with 

17 ‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined 

18 by the Corporation, carried out under subtitles 

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

20 parts A and B of title II of the Domestic Vol21 unteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 

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

23 those indicators or otherwise address identified 

24 community needs. 

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1 ‘‘(1) INCENTIVES STUDY.— 

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

3 the use of additional incentives (other than in4 centives provided by this Act on the date of en5 actment of the Serve America Act), to attract 

6 individuals who are age 50 or older to perform 

7 service under subtitle C or this subtitle. 

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

9 after the date of enactment of the Serve Amer10 ica Act, the Corporation shall prepare and sub11 mit to Congress a report containing the results 

12 of the study. 

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

14 the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, the 

15 Corporation shall, notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of this title, implement through a pilot program 

17 additional incentives that the Corporation has found, 

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

19 effective to attract individuals described in para20 graph (1)(A) to perform service under subtitle C or 

21 this subtitle.’’. 

22 (d) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

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

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

25 is amended— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 501(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2) 

3 or (6) of section 501(a)’’; and 

4 (B) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘sub5 title C’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle C or G’’. 

6 (2) INCREASED NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERVICE

7 TO ENCOURAGE ENCORE SERVICE OPPORTUNI8 TIES.—Section 146 of the National and Community 

9 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amend10 ed— 

11 (A) in subsection (c)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘Although’’ and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Although’’; and 

15 (ii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

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

18 OPPORTUNITIES.— 

19 ‘‘(A) NUMBER OF TERMS.—Notwith20 standing paragraph (1) and section 147, a par21 ticipant who is age 50 or older on the first day 

22 of the participant’s service under subtitle C or 

23 G may receive a national service educational 

24 award for not more than 3 terms of service 

25 under subtitle C or G. 


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1 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—The partici2 pant shall receive— 

3 ‘‘(i) a national service educational 

4 award in the amount described in the cor5 responding provision of section 147, for 

6 the first or second term of such service; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) a reduced national service educational award equal to 1 9 ⁄2 of the amount 

10 described in the corresponding provision of 

11 section 147, for the third term of such 

12 service.’’; and 

13 (B) in subsection (d), by adding at the end 

14 the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL

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

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

18 an educational award as a designated individual (as 

19 defined in section 148(f)(3)), references to a seven20 year period shall be considered to be references to a 

21 15-year period that begins on the date the individual 

22 who transferred the educational award to the des23 ignated individual completed the term of service in 

24 the approved national service position that is the 

25 basis of the award.’’. 


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1 (3) EDUCATIONAL AWARD TRANSFERS TO EN2 COURAGE ENCORE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES.—Sec3 tion 148 of the National and Community Service Act 

4 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 

5 (A) in subsection (c)(5), by striking ‘‘sub6 title C’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle C or the appro7 priate national service program under subtitle 

8 G, as applicable’’; 

9 (B) by redesignating subsections (f) and 

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

11 (C) by inserting after subsection (e) the 

12 following: 

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 elect to receive a reduced national service educational award (equal to 1 18 ⁄2 of the amount described 

19 in the corresponding provision of section 147) and 

20 transfer the award to a designated individual. Sub21 sections (b), (c), and (d) shall apply to the des22 ignated individual in lieu of the individual who is eli23 gible to receive the national service educational 

24 award, except that amounts refunded to the account 

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1 dividual may be used by the Corporation to fund ad2 ditional placements in the national service program 

3 in which the eligible individual who transferred the 

4 national service educational award participated for 

5 such award. 

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

7 service educational award may be transferred under 

8 this subsection if— 

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

10 a national service program that receives a grant 

11 under subtitle G; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the eligible individual is age 50 or 

13 older. 

14 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF A DESIGNATED INDI15 VIDUAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘designated 

16 individual’ is an individual— 

17 ‘‘(A) whom an individual who is eligible to 

18 receive a national service educational award 

19 under a program described in paragraph (2) 

20 designates to receive the educational award; 

21 ‘‘(B) who meets the eligibility requirements 

22 of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 146(a); 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(C) who is a child or grandchild of the in25 dividual described in subparagraph (A).’’. 


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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

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

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

4 121(b), is further amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(6) SERVEAMERICA CORPS.—There are au7 thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

8 necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 

9 to provide financial assistance under subtitle G of 

10 title I and to provide national service educational 

11 awards under subtitle D of title I (including pro12 viding financial assistance and national service edu13 cational awards to participants in national service 

14 positions, established or increased as provided in 

15 section 168(c)(7)).’’. 

16 Subtitle D—Civic Health Index 

17 SEC. 141. INDEX. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 179 of the National and 

19 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(j) CIVIC HEALTH INDEX AND VOLUNTEERING RE22 SEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 

23 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF PARTNERSHIP.—In this 

24 subsection, the term ‘partnership’ means a partner25 ship formed by the Corporation, the Director of the 


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1 Bureau of the Census, and the Commissioner of 

2 Labor Statistics, in conjunction with (consistent 

3 with the terms of an agreement entered into between 

4 the Corporation and the National Conference) the 

5 National Conference on Citizenship referred to in 

6 section 150701 of title 36, United States Code, to 

7 carry out this subsection. 

8 ‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall es9 tablish a Civic Health Index by collecting civic 

10 health data, conducting related analyses, and report11 ing the data and analyses, as described in this sub12 section. 

13 ‘‘(3) COLLECTION OF DATA.— 

14 ‘‘(A) INDICATORS.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In collecting data 

16 for the Index, the partnership shall collect 

17 data on various indicators established by 

18 the partnership, including indicators re19 lated to— 

20 ‘‘(I) volunteering and community 

21 service; 

22 ‘‘(II) voting and other forms of 

23 political and civic engagement; 

24 ‘‘(III) charitable giving; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) connecting to civic groups 

2 and faith-based organizations; 

3 ‘‘(V) interest in employment, and 

4 careers, in public service in the non5 profit sector or government; and 

6 ‘‘(VI) understanding and obtain7 ing knowledge of United States his8 tory and government. 

9 ‘‘(ii) UPDATING.—The partnership 

10 shall periodically evaluate and update the 

11 indicators. 

12 ‘‘(B) DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS.— 

13 The partnership shall collect data for the Index 

14 in a manner that will permit the partnership to 

15 analyze the data by age group, race and eth16 nicity, education level, and other demographic 

17 characteristics of the individuals involved. 

18 ‘‘(C) OTHER ISSUES.—In collecting data 

19 for the Index, the partnership shall collect such 

20 information as may be necessary to analyze the 

21 role of Internet technology in strengthening and 

22 inhibiting civic activities, the role of specific 

23 programs in strengthening civic activities, and 

24 the civic attitudes and activities of new citizens 

25 and immigrants. 


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1 ‘‘(D) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DATA.—To 

2 collect data for the Index, the partnership shall 

3 consider methods of expanding data collection 

4 conducted by the Bureau of the Census, 

5 through the Current Population Survey, or by 

6 the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

7 ‘‘(4) REPORTING OF DATA.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall, 

9 not less often than once each year, prepare a 

10 report containing detailed data collected under 

11 paragraph (3), including data on each of the in12 dicators described in paragraph (3)(A), and 

13 containing the analyses described in subpara14 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3). 

15 ‘‘(B) AGGREGATION AND PRESEN16 TATION.—The partnership shall, to the extent 

17 practicable, aggregate the data collected under 

18 paragraph (3) by community, by State, and na19 tionally. The report shall present the aggre20 gated data in a form that enables communities 

21 and States to assess their civic health, as meas22 ured on each of the indicators, and compare 

23 those measures with comparable measures of 

24 other communities and States. 


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1 ‘‘(C) SUBMISSION.—The partnership shall 

2 submit the report to the Committee on Edu3 cation and Labor of the House of Representa4 tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 

5 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and make 

6 the report available to the general public on the 

7 Corporation’s website. 

8 ‘‘(5) CONFERENCES AND FORUMS.—The part9 nership shall hold conferences and forums to discuss 

10 the implications of the data and analyses reported 

11 under paragraph (4). 

12 ‘‘(6) VOLUNTEERING RESEARCH AND EVALUA13 TION.— 

14 ‘‘(A) RESEARCH.—The partnership shall 

15 provide for baseline research and tracking of 

16 domestic and international volunteering, and 

17 baseline research and tracking related to rel18 evant data on the indicators described in para19 graph (3). In providing for the research and 

20 tracking under this paragraph, the partnership 

21 shall consider methods of expanding research 

22 and tracking conducted by the Bureau of Labor 

23 Statistics. 

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1 search on, and evaluations of, the impact of do2 mestic and international volunteering, including 

3 an assessment of best practices for such volun4 teering, and methods of improving such volun5 teering through enhanced collaboration among 

6 entities that recruit, manage, support, and uti7 lize volunteers, institutions of higher education, 

8 and research institutions.’’. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 501(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 

11 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)), as amended in section 131(e), 

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

13 ‘‘(7) CIVIC HEALTH INDEX AND VOLUNTEERING

14 RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—In addition to any 

15 amounts appropriated under paragraph (4), there 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out sec17 tion 179(j), $1,500,000 for fiscal year 2010 and 

18 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 though 

19 2014.’’. 

20 Subtitle E—ServeAmerica and 

21 Encore Fellowships 

22 SEC. 151. SERVEAMERICA AND ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS. 

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

24 (1) Full- and part-time volunteer service, both 

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1 le pressing national challenges and improve commu2 nities throughout the United States. 

3 (2) Individual service plans and opportunities 

4 can improve the ability of the nonprofit sector to ad5 dress areas of national need by introducing more 

6 personal innovation and ingenuity into volunteer 

7 service efforts. 

8 (3) Many individuals in the United States who 

9 are retiring or age 50 or older have shown an in10 creasing interest in community service and, by uti11 lizing their individual skills and expertise, volunteer 

12 organizations can find creative solutions to pressing 

13 national problems. 

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

15 (1) to provide, by 2014, individual fellowships 

16 to 5,000 individuals annually, allowing the individ17 uals to propose their own plans for serving in their 

18 communities and addressing areas of national need; 

19 (2) to focus the ideas and creativity of individ20 uals into addressing national challenges such as im21 proving education for low-income students, increas22 ing energy conservation, improving access to health 

23 care for, and the health status of, low-income indi24 viduals, and creating new economic opportunities for 

25 low-income individuals; and 


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1 (3) to provide Encore Fellowships to individuals 

2 age 50 or older to draw on the individuals’ talents 

3 and experience, to improve the effectiveness of vol4 unteer service organizations, and to provide the indi5 viduals with the support they need to make a transi6 tion to longer-term work in public service in the non7 profit sector or government. 

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

9 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.), as redesignated by section 121, is 

11 amended by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 198E. SERVEAMERICA AND ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS. 

13 ‘‘(a) SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

15 ‘‘(A) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The 

16 term ‘area of national need’ means an area re17 lated to— 

18 ‘‘(i) improving education in public 

19 schools for economically disadvantaged stu20 dents; 

21 ‘‘(ii) expanding and improving access 

22 to health care; 

23 ‘‘(iii) improving energy efficiency and 

24 conserving natural resources; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) improving economic opportuni2 ties for economically disadvantaged individ3 uals; or 

4 ‘‘(v) improving disaster preparedness 

5 and response. 

6 ‘‘(B) CAMPUS OF SERVICE.—The term 

7 ‘Campus of Service’ means an institution of 

8 higher education designated as a Campus of 

9 Service under section 119E. 

10 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.— 

11 The term ‘eligible fellowship recipient’ means 

12 an individual who is selected by a State Com13 mission under paragraph (4)(E) and, as a re14 sult of such selection, is eligible for a 

15 ServeAmerica Fellowship. 

16 ‘‘(D) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means 

17 an eligible fellowship recipient who is awarded 

18 a ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a 

19 fellow under paragraph (5)(B). 

20 ‘‘(2) SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— 

21 The Corporation shall establish and carry out a 

22 ServeAmerica Fellowship program. 

23 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.— 

24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 

25 make grants (including financial assistance and 


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1 a corresponding allotment of approved national 

2 service positions), from allotments described in 

3 subparagraph (B), to the State Commissions of 

4 each of the several States, the District of Co5 lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 

6 that has an application approved by the Cor7 poration, to enable the State Commissions to 

8 award ServeAmerica Fellowships under para9 graph (5). The fellowships shall be used to en10 able fellows to carry out service projects in 

11 areas of national need. 

12 ‘‘(B) RESERVATION; ALLOTMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(i) RESERVATION.—From the 

14 amount appropriated under section 

15 501(a)(2)(C) for a fiscal year, the Cor16 poration shall reserve not more than 3 per17 cent to administer the program under this 

18 subsection. 

19 ‘‘(ii) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allot20 ted as a grant to a State Commission 

21 under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year 

22 shall be equal to the amount that bears the 

23 same ratio to the amount appropriated 

24 under section 501(a)(2)(C) and not re25 served under clause (i) for that fiscal year, 


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1 as the population of the State bears to the 

2 total population of the several States, the 

3 District of Columbia, and the Common4 wealth of Puerto Rico. 

5 ‘‘(C) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Cor6 poration shall— 

7 ‘‘(i) establish or increase the number 

8 of positions that are approved as approved 

9 national service positions under this sub10 section during each of fiscal years 2010 

11 through 2014; 

12 ‘‘(ii) establish the number of approved 

13 positions at 1,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) increase the number of the ap15 proved positions to— 

16 ‘‘(I) 2,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

17 ‘‘(II) 3,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

18 ‘‘(III) 4,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(IV) 5,000 for fiscal year 2014. 

21 ‘‘(D) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re22 ceive such a grant, a State Commission shall 

23 submit an application to the Corporation at 

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1 cluding information on the criteria and proce2 dures that the State Commission will use for 

3 overseeing placements for service projects, and 

4 awarding ServeAmerica Fellowships, under 

5 paragraph (5). 

6 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

8 program, the Corporation shall, each fiscal 

9 year, maintain a list of eligible fellowship recipi10 ents selected under subparagraph (E). 

11 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—An individual desir12 ing to be selected as an eligible fellowship re13 cipient shall submit an application to a State 

14 Commission, a Campus of Service, or an insti15 tution of higher education, that has elected to 

16 participate in the program carried out under 

17 this subsection, at such time and in such man18 ner as the Commission, Campus, or institution 

19 may require, and containing the information de20 scribed in subparagraph (C) and such addi21 tional information as the Commission, Campus, 

22 or institution may require. An individual may 

23 submit such application to only 1 entity under 

24 this subparagraph for a fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(C) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall 

2 specify information to be provided in the appli3 cation, which shall include— 

4 ‘‘(i) a description of the area of na5 tional need that the applicant hopes to ad6 dress through service in the service project; 

7 ‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex8 perience the applicant has to address the 

9 area of national need; 

10 ‘‘(iii) a description of the type of serv11 ice that the applicant plans to provide as 

12 a fellow; and 

13 ‘‘(iv) information identifying the State 

14 in which the applicant will serve (which, in 

15 the case of an application submitted to a 

16 State Commission, shall be the State 

17 served by the Commission) and the local 

18 area in which the applicant plans to serve, 

19 for the service project. 

20 ‘‘(D) NOMINATIONS BY CAMPUSES OF

21 SERVICE AND INSTITUTIONS.—After reviewing 

22 the applications— 

23 ‘‘(i) each Campus of Service may 

24 nominate not fewer than 8 individuals for 


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1 consideration by the State Commission as 

2 eligible fellowship recipients; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) each institution of higher edu4 cation that is not a Campus of Service may 

5 nominate not fewer than 4 individuals for 

6 consideration by the State Commission as 

7 eligible fellowship recipients. 

8 ‘‘(E) SELECTION.—Each State Commis9 sion shall select, from the applicants nominated 

10 by Campuses of Service and institutions of 

11 higher education serving the State and the ap12 plicants received by the State Commission for a 

13 fiscal year, the number of eligible fellowship re14 cipients that may be supported for that fiscal 

15 year based on the grant received by the State 

16 Commission under paragraph (3)(A). A total of 

17 not less than 10 percent and not more than 15 

18 percent of the eligible fellowship recipients se19 lected by the State Commission for a fiscal year 

20 shall be individuals nominated by a Campus of 

21 Service or an institution of higher education. 

22 ‘‘(5) FELLOWS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to par24 ticipate in a service project through the pro25 gram as a fellow and receive a ServeAmerica 


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1 Fellowship, an eligible fellowship recipient 

2 shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) within 6 months after being se4 lected as an eligible fellowship recipient, 

5 select an appropriate service sponsor orga6 nization described in paragraph (6) in the 

7 State described in paragraph (4)(C)(iv), 

8 with which the individual is interested in 

9 serving under this subsection; 

10 ‘‘(ii) enter into an agreement with the 

11 organization— 

12 ‘‘(I) that specifies the service the 

13 individual will provide if the place14 ment is approved; and 

15 ‘‘(II) in which the individual 

16 agrees to serve for 1 year on a full17 time or part-time basis (as determined 

18 by the Corporation); and 

19 ‘‘(iii) submit such agreement to the 

20 State Commission. 

21 ‘‘(B) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible 

22 fellowship recipient’s agreement under subpara23 graph (A), the State Commission shall award a 

24 ServeAmerica Fellowship to the recipient and 

25 designate the recipient as a fellow. 


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1 ‘‘(C) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—From funds re3 ceived under paragraph (3), each State 

4 Commission shall award each of the 

5 State’s fellows a ServeAmerica Fellowship 

6 amount that is equal to 50 percent of the 

7 amount of the total average annual sub8 sistence allowance provided to VISTA vol9 unteers under section 105 of the Domestic 

10 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 

11 4955). 

12 ‘‘(ii) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPON13 SOR ORGANIZATION.—Except as provided 

14 in clause (iii), the service sponsor organiza15 tion shall award to the fellow serving such 

16 organization an amount that will ensure 

17 that the total award received by the fellow 

18 for service in the service project (consisting 

19 of that amount and the ServeAmerica Fel20 lowship amount the fellow receives under 

21 clause (i)) is equal to or greater than 70 

22 percent of the average annual subsistence 

23 allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 

24 under section 105 of the Domestic Volun25 teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 


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1 ‘‘(iii) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOW2 ANCE.—The total amount that may be pro3 vided to a fellow under this subparagraph 

4 shall not exceed 100 percent of the average 

5 annual subsistence allowance provided to 

6 VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the 

7 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 

8 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 

9 ‘‘(iv) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In 

10 the case of a fellow who is authorized to 

11 serve a part-time term of service under the 

12 agreement described in subparagraph 

13 (A)(ii), the amount provided to a fellow 

14 under this subparagraph shall be prorated 

15 accordingly. 

16 ‘‘(v) WAIVER.—The Corporation may 

17 allow a State Commission to waive the 

18 amount required under clause (ii) from the 

19 service sponsor organization for a fellow 

20 serving the organization if— 

21 ‘‘(I) such requirement is incon22 sistent with the objectives of the 

23 ServeAmerica Fellowship program; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(II) the amount provided to the 

2 fellow under clause (i) is sufficient to 

3 meet the necessary costs of living (in4 cluding food, housing, and transpor5 tation) in the area in which the 

6 ServeAmerica Fellowship program is 

7 located. 

8 ‘‘(6) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor 

10 organization shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) be a nonprofit organization; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) at the time of registration with a 

13 State Commission, enter into an agreement 

14 providing that the service sponsor organi15 zation shall— 

16 ‘‘(I) abide by all program re17 quirements; 

18 ‘‘(II) provide an amount de19 scribed in paragraph (5)(C)(ii) for 

20 each fellow serving with the organiza21 tion through the ServeAmerica Fel22 lowship; 

23 ‘‘(III) be responsible for certi24 fying whether each fellow serving with 

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1 pleted the ServeAmerica Fellowship, 

2 and record and certify in a manner 

3 specified by the Corporation the num4 ber of hours served by a fellow for 

5 purposes of determining the fellow’s 

6 eligibility for benefits; and 

7 ‘‘(IV) provide timely access to 

8 records relating to the ServeAmerica 

9 Fellowship to the State Commission, 

10 the Corporation, and the Corpora11 tion’s Inspector General. 

12 ‘‘(B) REGISTRATION.— 

13 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—No service 

14 sponsor organization may receive a fellow 

15 under this subsection until the organiza16 tion registers with the State Commission. 

17 ‘‘(ii) REVOCATION.—A State Commis18 sion shall revoke the registration of any 

19 service sponsor organization if the State 

20 Commission determines after a hearing 

21 that the organization is in violation of any 

22 of the applicable provisions of this sub23 section. 

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1 lowship shall comply with section 132(a). For pur2 poses of applying that section to this subsection, a 

3 reference to assistance shall be considered to be a 

4 reference to assistance provided under this section. 

5 ‘‘(8) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organiza6 tion that receives a fellow under this subsection 

7 shall, on a biweekly basis, report to the Corporation 

8 on the number of hours served and the services pro9 vided by that fellow. The Corporation shall establish 

10 a web portal for the organizations to use in report11 ing the information. 

12 ‘‘(9) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who 

13 serves in a service project under this subsection shall 

14 be considered to have served in an approved national 

15 service position and, upon meeting the requirements 

16 of section 147 for full-time or part-time national 

17 service, shall be eligible for a national service edu18 cational award described in such section. The Cor19 poration shall transfer an appropriate amount of 

20 funds to the National Service Trust to provide for 

21 the national service educational awards for such fel22 lows. 

23 ‘‘(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 Fellow11 ship recipient who is awarded an Encore Fel12 lowship and is designated an Encore Fellow 

13 under paragraph (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 

25 or government. 


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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 under paragraph (5)(C). 

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 region of the United States in which 

6 the applicant 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 subparagraph (C) for 

25 a service project, an eligible Encore Fellowship 


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1 recipient shall submit an application for such 

2 placement to the Corporation at such time, in 

3 such manner, and containing such information 

4 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 

24 eligible Encore Fellowship recipient shall 


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1 provide for the organization as an Encore 

2 Fellow; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) a letter of support from the 

4 leader of the organization, including— 

5 ‘‘(I) a description of the organi6 zation’s need for the eligible Encore 

7 Fellowship recipient’s services; 

8 ‘‘(II) evidence that the organiza9 tion is financially sound; 

10 ‘‘(III) an assurance that the or11 ganization will provide training and 

12 leadership development to the eligible 

13 Encore Fellowship recipient if placed 

14 with the organization as an Encore 

15 Fellow, to assist the Encore Fellow in 

16 obtaining a public service job in the 

17 nonprofit sector or government after 

18 the period of the Encore Fellowship; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(IV) a description of the train21 ing and leadership development to be 

22 provided to the Encore Fellowship re23 cipient if so placed. 

24 ‘‘(C) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF FEL25 LOWSHIP.—If the Corporation determines that 


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1 the eligible Encore Fellowship recipient is able 

2 to meet the service needs (including skills and 

3 experience to address an area of national need) 

4 of the organization that the eligible fellowship 

5 recipient requests under subparagraph (A) or 

6 (B), the Corporation shall— 

7 ‘‘(i) approve the placement of the eli8 gible Encore Fellowship recipient with the 

9 organization; 

10 ‘‘(ii) award the eligible Encore Fellow11 ship recipient an Encore Fellowship for a 

12 period of 1 year and designate the eligible 

13 Encore Fellowship recipient as an Encore 

14 Fellow; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) in awarding the Encore Fellow16 ship, make a payment, in the amount of 

17 $11,000, to the organization to enable the 

18 organization to provide living expenses to 

19 the Encore Fellow for the year in which 

20 the Encore Fellow agrees to serve. 

21 ‘‘(6) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—An organiza22 tion that receives an Encore Fellow under this sub23 section shall agree to provide, for the living expenses 

24 of the Encore Fellow during the year of service, non25 Federal contributions in an amount equal to not less 


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1 than $1 for every $1 of Federal funds provided to 

2 the organization for the Encore Fellow through the 

3 fellowship. 

4 ‘‘(7) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—Each orga5 nization that receives an Encore Fellow under this 

6 subsection shall provide training, leadership develop7 ment, and assistance to the Encore Fellow, and con8 duct oversight of the service provided by the Encore 

9 Fellow. 

10 ‘‘(8) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each year, 

11 the Corporation shall convene current and former 

12 Encore Fellows to discuss the Encore Fellows’ expe13 riences related to service under this subsection and 

14 discuss strategies for increasing leadership and ca15 reers in public service in the nonprofit sector or gov16 ernment.’’. 

17 (d) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

18 (1) TRUST.—Section 145(d)(4) of the National 

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

20 12601(d)(4)), as amended by section 131(d)(1)(B), 

21 is further amended by inserting ‘‘or section 

22 198E(a)’’ after ‘‘subtitle C or G’’. 

23 (2) TRANSFER OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 

24 Section 148(f)(2)(A) of the National and Commu25 nity Service Act of 1990 (20 U.S.C. 


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1 12604(f)(2)(A)), as added by section 131(d)(3)(C), 

2 is further amended by inserting ‘‘or section 

3 198E(a)’’ after ‘‘subtitle G’’. 

4 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 501(a)(2) of the National and Community Service Act of 

6 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting 

8 ‘‘(other than section 198E)’’ after ‘‘H of title I’’; 

9 and 

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

11 ‘‘(C) SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS.— 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated such 

13 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 

14 years 2010 through 2014 to provide financial 

15 assistance under section 198E(a) and to pro16 vide national service educational awards under 

17 subtitle D of title I (including providing finan18 cial assistance and national service educational 

19 awards to participants in national service posi20 tions, established or increased as provided in 

21 section 198E(a)(3)(C)). 

22 ‘‘(D) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.—There are 

23 authorized to be appropriated to carry out sec24 tion 198E(b), $7,000,000 for each of fiscal 

25 years 2010 through 2014.’’. 


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1 Subtitle F—Volunteer Generation 

2 Fund; National Service Reserve 

3 Corps; Call To Service Cam4 paign 

5 SEC. 161. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES. 

6 The purposes of this subtitle are to— 

7 (1) assist nonprofit, faith-based, and other civic 

8 organizations in the United States and State Com9 missions in expanding the supply of volunteers and 

10 improving the capacity of such organizations and 

11 State Commissions to utilize new volunteers; 

12 (2) spur innovation in volunteer recruitment 

13 and management practices, with a goal of increasing 

14 the number of volunteers in the United States each 

15 year; 

16 (3) enable the people of the United States to ef17 fect change throughout the United States by partici18 pating in active volunteer and citizen service; and 

19 (4) draw on the experience, skills, and training 

20 of national service alumni to assist local commu21 nities that are affected by disasters. 

22 SEC. 162. ESTABLISHMENT OF VOLUNTEER GENERATION 

23 FUND. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle J of title I of the Na25 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 


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1 12653 et seq.), as amended by section 151, is further 

2 amended by adding at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 198F. VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND. 

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

5 ‘‘(1) AREAS OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term 

6 ‘areas of national need’ has the meaning given the 

7 term in section 198E(a)(1). 

8 ‘‘(2) CIVIC ENTITY.—The term ‘civic entity’ 

9 means a local or national nonprofit organization, in10 cluding a faith-based organization, that uses volun11 teers to carry out activities in areas of national 

12 need. 

13 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en14 tity’ means— 

15 ‘‘(A) a State Commission; or 

16 ‘‘(B) a nonprofit entity that provides tech17 nical assistance and support to civic entities in 

18 recruiting, managing, and supporting volun19 teers, such as a volunteer coordinating agency, 

20 a nonprofit resource center, a volunteer training 

21 clearinghouse, or an institution of higher edu22 cation. 

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1 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation 

2 shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible 

3 entities to enable— 

4 ‘‘(A) eligible entities to increase the num5 ber of volunteers available to carry out activities 

6 that address areas of national need through 

7 civic entities supported by the eligible entity; or 

8 ‘‘(B) eligible entities described in sub9 section (a)(3)(A) to increase the number of vol10 unteers available to carry out statewide volun11 teer initiatives that address State priorities with 

12 regard to areas of national need. 

13 ‘‘(2) PERIOD OF GRANT.—The Corporation 

14 shall award the grants for periods of not less than 

15 3 years and not more than 5 years. 

16 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity 

18 desiring a grant under this subsection shall 

19 submit an application to the Corporation at 

20 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

21 such information as the Corporation may rea22 sonably require. 

23 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub24 mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall con25 tain— 


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1 ‘‘(i)(I) in the case of an eligible entity 

2 that proposes to use grant funds to carry 

3 out an activity described in paragraph 

4 (1)(A), a description of the technical as5 sistance and support the entity provides to 

6 civic entities in recruiting, managing, and 

7 supporting additional volunteers; or 

8 ‘‘(II) in the case of an eligible entity 

9 that proposes to use grant funds to carry 

10 out a statewide initiative described in para11 graph (1)(B), a description of the State 

12 priorities with regard to areas of national 

13 need and the proposed initiative to address 

14 such priorities; 

15 ‘‘(ii) an assurance that the eligible en16 tity will annually collect information on— 

17 ‘‘(I) the number of volunteers re18 cruited for civic entities or to carry 

19 out statewide initiatives described in 

20 paragraph (1)(B), using funds re21 ceived under this subsection, and the 

22 type and amount of activities carried 

23 out by such volunteers; and 

24 ‘‘(II) the number of volunteers 

25 supported using funds received under 


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1 this subsection, and the type and 

2 amount of activities carried out by 

3 such volunteers; 

4 ‘‘(iii) a description of any outcomes 

5 the eligible entity will use to annually 

6 measure and track performance with re7 gard to— 

8 ‘‘(I) activities carried out by vol9 unteers; and 

10 ‘‘(II) volunteers recruited, man11 aged, and supported; 

12 ‘‘(iv) information describing how the 

13 eligible entity will annually evaluate the ef14 fectiveness of the entity’s activities under 

15 this subsection; and 

16 ‘‘(v) such additional assurances as the 

17 Corporation determines to be essential to 

18 ensure compliance with the requirements 

19 of this subsection. 

20 ‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that 

21 receives a grant under this subsection shall use 

22 amounts provided through the grant to— 

23 ‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity using 

24 grant funds to carry out an activity described 

25 in paragraph (1)(A)— 


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1 ‘‘(i) increase recruitment and training 

2 of volunteers for a civic entity, relying on 

3 best practices in volunteer recruitment and 

4 management; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) strengthen the capacity of a civic 

6 entity to use volunteers; or 

7 ‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity using 

8 grant funds to carry out a statewide initiative 

9 described in paragraph (1)(B), recruit, train, 

10 and utilize volunteers to carry out statewide vol11 unteer initiatives. 

12 ‘‘(5) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible 

13 entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall 

14 annually submit a report to the Corporation that in15 cludes the information described in paragraph 

16 (3)(B)(ii), information on how the eligible entity per17 formed with regard to the outcomes described in 

18 paragraph (3)(B)(iii), and the results of the evalua19 tion described in paragraph (3)(B)(iv). 

20 ‘‘(6) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each eligible 

21 entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall 

22 provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal 

23 to the grant amount to carry out the activities sup24 ported by the grant.’’. 


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1 (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 501(a)(2) of the Na2 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

3 12681(a)(2)), as amended by section 151, is further 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking 

6 ‘‘section 198E’’ each place it appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘sections 198E and 198F’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(E) VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND.— 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

11 out section 198F— 

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

13 ‘‘(ii) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

14 ‘‘(iii) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2012; 

16 ‘‘(iv) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 

17 2013; and 

18 ‘‘(v) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 

19 2014.’’. 

20 SEC. 163. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle J of title I of the Na22 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

23 12653 et seq.), as amended by section 162, is further 

24 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 198G. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 

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

3 ‘‘(1) TERM OF NATIONAL SERVICE.—The term 

4 ‘term of national service’ means a term or period of 

5 service under subtitle C, E, or G or section 198E of 

6 this Act, or under part A of title I of the Domestic 

7 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 

8 seq.). 

9 ‘‘(2) NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS MEM10 BER.—The term ‘National Service Reserve Corps 

11 member’ means an individual who— 

12 ‘‘(A) has completed a term of national 

13 service; 

14 ‘‘(B) has successfully completed training 

15 described in subsection (d) within the previous 

16 2 years; and 

17 ‘‘(C) is interested in responding to national 

18 disasters and other emergencies through the 

19 National Service Reserve Corps. 

20 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RE21 SERVE CORPS.—The Corporation shall establish a Na22 tional Service Reserve Corps to prepare and deploy indi23 viduals who have completed a term of national service to 

24 respond to natural disasters and other emergencies in a 

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1 ‘‘(c) NATIONAL SERVICE ALUMNI.—In establishing 

2 and implementing the National Service Reserve Corps, the 

3 Corporation may work with organizations representing in4 dividuals who have completed a term of national service, 

5 as well as directly with such individuals. 

6 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall, in 

7 consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emer8 gency Management Agency, conduct or coordinate annual 

9 training sessions for individuals who have completed a 

10 term of national service, and who wish to join the National 

11 Service Reserve Corps. 

12 ‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.—On a bi13 annual basis, the Corporation shall certify organizations 

14 with demonstrated experience in responding to disasters, 

15 including through using volunteers, for participation in the 

16 program under this section. 

17 ‘‘(f) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or 

18 contract with an outside organization to develop— 

19 ‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve 

20 Corps members; and 

21 ‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations 

22 that— 

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1 ‘‘(B) are prepared to respond to major dis2 asters or emergencies with members of the Na3 tional Service Reserve Corps. 

4 ‘‘(g) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE

5 CORPS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a major disaster or 

7 emergency designated by the President under the 

8 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

9 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurs that 

10 the Corporation, in consultation with the Adminis11 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen12 cy, determines is an incident for which National 

13 Service Reserve Corps members are prepared to as14 sist, the Corporation shall— 

15 ‘‘(A) deploy interested National Service 

16 Reserve Corps members on 30-day assignments 

17 to assist with local needs related to preparing 

18 or recovering from the incident in the affected 

19 area, through organizations certified under sub20 section (e); 

21 ‘‘(B) make travel arrangements for the de22 ployed National Service Reserve Corps members 

23 to the site of the incident; and 

24 ‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations 

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1 ployed National Service Reserve Corps mem2 bers, to enable the organizations to coordinate 

3 and provide housing, living stipends, and insur4 ance for those deployed members. 

5 ‘‘(2) STIPEND FUND.—Any amounts that are 

6 appropriated under section 501(a)(2)(F) to carry 

7 out paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be kept in 

8 a separate fund. Any amounts in such fund that are 

9 not used during a fiscal year shall remain available 

10 for the next fiscal year for the purpose of carrying 

11 out such paragraph. 

12 ‘‘(h) INFORMATION.—The Corporation, the State 

13 Commissions, and entities receiving financial assistance 

14 for programs under subtitle C, E, or G or section 198E 

15 of this Act, or under part A of title I of the Domestic 

16 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), 

17 shall inform participants of those programs of the Na18 tional Service Reserve Corps upon the participants’ com19 pletion of their term of national service. 

20 ‘‘(i) COORDINATION.—In deploying National Service 

21 Reserve Corps members under subsection (g), the Cor22 poration may consult and, as appropriate, partner with 

23 Citizen Corps programs in the affected area.’’. 

24 (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 501(a)(2) of the Na25 tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 


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1 12681(a)(2)), as amended by section 162, is further 

2 amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking 

4 ‘‘and 198F’’ each place it appears and inserting 

5 ‘‘, 198F, and 198G’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(F) NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE

8 CORPS.—There is authorized to be appro9 priated— 

10 ‘‘(i) $6,500,000 in year 2010, of 

11 which— 

12 ‘‘(I) not more than $1,500,000 

13 shall be used to carry out section 

14 198G (other than section 198G(f)(1)); 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(II) the amount remaining after 

17 the application of subclause (I) shall 

18 be used to carry out section 

19 198G(f)(1); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) for each succeeding fiscal year— 

21 ‘‘(I) $1,000,000 to carry out sec22 tion 198G (other than section 

23 198G(f)(1)); and 

24 ‘‘(II) such sums as are necessary 

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1 that the amount available for such fis2 cal year to carry out such section, in3 cluding any amounts remaining in the 

4 fund described in section 198G(f)(2), 

5 is equal to $4,000,000.’’. 

6 SEC. 164. CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN. 

7 Subtitle J of title I of the National and Community 

8 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.), as amend9 ed by section 163, is further amended by adding at the 

10 end the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 198H. CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN. 

12 ‘‘Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

13 of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct 

14 a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to encourage all 

15 people of the United States, regardless of age, race, eth16 nicity, religion, or economic status, to engage in full- or 

17 part-time national service, long- or short-term public serv18 ice in the nonprofit sector or government, or volunteering. 

19 In conducting the campaign, the Corporation may collabo20 rate with other Federal agencies and entities, State Com21 missions, Governors, nonprofit and faith-based organiza22 tions, businesses, institutions of higher education, elemen23 tary schools, and secondary schools.’’. 


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1 Subtitle G—Conforming 

2 Amendments 

3 SEC. 171. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

5 (1) Section 101 of the National and Community 

6 Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amend7 ed— 

8 (A) in paragraph (17)(A)(i), by striking 

9 ‘‘subtitle C’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and G’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in paragraph (19)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘119(b)(1), or 122(a), 

13 or in’’ and inserting ‘‘or 119(b)(1), sub14 part B of part I, or part III, of subtitle B 

15 of title I, or section 122(a), in’’; 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or in part II or III 

17 of subtitle F, or in subtitle G, of title I,’’ 

18 after ‘‘152(b),’’; and 

19 (iii) by striking ‘‘or 198D’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘198D, 198E, 198F, or 198G’’. 

21 (2) Section 117E of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 12546) is amended— 

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1 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

2 ‘‘116(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘114C(a)(1)’’; 

3 and 

4 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

5 ‘‘116(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘114C(a)(2)’’; 

6 and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘116(b)’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘114C(b)’’. 

9 (3) Section 118(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 12551(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle H’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘subtitle J’’. 

12 (4) Section 119(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

13 12561(c)) is amended— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 

15 ‘‘116(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘114C(a)(2)’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘116(b)’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘114C(b)’’. 

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

19 12572(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle I’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘subtitle K’’. 

21 (6) Section 193A(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 12651d(f)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitles C 

23 and I’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and K’’. 

24 (7) Section 501(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘C, D, AND H’’ and inserting ‘‘C, D, AND J’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub4 titles C and H’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles C and 

5 J’’; and 

6 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub7 title H’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle J’’. 

8 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

9 (1) The table of contents in section 1(b) of such 

10 Act is amended— 

11 (A) by striking the items relating to sec12 tions 115, 115A, 116, 116A, and 116B and in13 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. 

‘‘Sec. 114E. Definitions.’’; 

14 (B) by striking the item relating to the 

15 subpart heading of subpart C of part I of sub16 title B of title I and inserting the following: 

‘‘SUBPART D—CLEARINGHOUSE’’; 

17 (C) by striking the item relating to the 

18 subpart heading of subpart B of part I of sub19 title B of title I and inserting the following: 

‘‘SUBPART C—COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGE

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1 (D) by inserting after the items relating to 

2 subpart A of part I of subtitle B of title I the 

3 following: 

‘‘SUBPART B—YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICE-LEARNING TO STRENGTHEN

LOCAL COMMUNITIES

‘‘Sec. 115. Grant program.’’; 

4 (E) by inserting after the items relating to 

5 part II of subtitle B of title I the following: 

‘‘PART III—CAMPUS OF SERVICE PROGRAM

‘‘Sec. 119E. Campuses of Service.’’; 

6 (F) by inserting after the items relating to 

7 part III of subtitle B of title I (as added by 

8 subparagraph (E)) the following: 

‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY

‘‘Sec. 119F. Study and report.’’; 

9 (G) by striking the item relating to the 

10 subtitle heading for subtitle I of title I and in11 serting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle K—American Conservation and Youth Corps’’; 

12 (H) by striking the item relating to the 

13 subtitle heading for subtitle H of title I and in14 serting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle J—Investment for Quality and Innovation’’; 

15 (I) by striking the item relating to the sub16 title heading for subtitle G of title I and insert17 ing the following: 

‘‘Subtitle I—Corporation for National and Community Service’’; 


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1 (J) by striking the item relating to the 

2 subtitle heading for subtitle F of title I and in3 serting the following: 

‘‘Subtitle H—Administrative Provisions’’; 

4 (K) by inserting after the items relating to 

5 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.’’; 

6 (L) by adding at the end of the items re7 lating to subtitle J (as so redesignated) of title 

8 I the following: 

‘‘Sec. 198E. ServeAmerica and Encore Fellowships.’’; 

9 and 

10 (M) by adding at the end of the items re11 lating to subtitle J (as so amended and redesig12 nated) of title I the following: 

‘‘Sec. 198F. Volunteer Generation Fund. 

‘‘Sec. 198G. ServeAmerica Emergency Response Reserve Corps. 

‘‘Sec. 198H. Call To Service campaign.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—VOLUNTEERS FOR 

2 PROSPERITY PROGRAM 

3 SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) Americans engaged in international volun6 teer service, and the organizations deploying them— 

7 (A) play critical roles in responding to the 

8 needs of people living throughout the developing 

9 world; and 

10 (B) advance the international public diplo11 macy of the United States. 

12 (2) The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has 

13 successfully promoted international volunteer service 

14 by skilled American professionals. 

15 (3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped 

16 to mobilize 74,000 skilled Americans, including doc17 tors, nurses, engineers, businesspeople, and teachers, 

18 through a network of 250 nonprofit organizations 

19 and companies in the United States, to carry out de20 velopment and humanitarian efforts for those af21 fected by great global challenges in health, the envi22 ronment, poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, dis23 aster relief, and other challenges. 

24 (4) The VfP Program has undertaken activities, 

25 including— 


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1 (A) direct outreach to leading nonprofit or2 ganizations and companies in the United 

3 States; 

4 (B) promotion of the work of skilled Amer5 icans and nonprofit organizations and compa6 nies in the United States as it relates to inter7 national volunteer service; 

8 (C) public recognition of skilled American 

9 volunteers; 

10 (D) support for organizations that utilize 

11 skilled Americans as volunteers; 

12 (E) participation in the development of 

13 special initiatives to further opportunities for 

14 skilled Americans; and 

15 (F) leadership of an innovative public-pri16 vate partnership to provide eligible skilled with 

17 financial assistance for volunteer assignments. 

18 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this title: 

20 (1) VFP OFFICE.—The term ‘‘VfP Office’’ 

21 means the Office of Volunteers for Prosperity of the 

22 United States Agency for International Develop23 ment. 


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1 (2) VFP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘VfP Program’’ 

2 means the Volunteers for Prosperity Program estab3 lished through Executive Order 13317. 

4 (3) VFPSERVE.—The term ‘‘VfPServe’’ means 

5 a program established by the VfP Office, in coopera6 tion with the USA Freedom Corps and the Global 

7 Giving Foundation, to provide eligible skilled profes8 sionals with fixed amount stipends to offset the trav9 el and living costs of volunteering abroad. 

10 SEC. 203. OFFICE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY. 

11 (a) FUNCTIONS.—The VfP Office shall pursue the 

12 objectives of the VfP Program described in subsection (b) 

13 by— 

14 (1) implementing the VfPServe Program to pro15 vide eligible skilled professionals with fixed amount 

16 stipends to offset the travel and living expenses of 

17 volunteering abroad with nonprofit organizations; 

18 (2) otherwise promoting short- and long-term 

19 international volunteer service by skilled American 

20 professionals, including connecting such profes21 sionals with nonprofit organizations, to achieve such 

22 objectives; 

23 (3) helping nonprofit organizations in the 

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1 tional skilled American professionals for volunteer 

2 assignments throughout the developing world; 

3 (4) providing recognition for skilled American 

4 volunteers and the organizations deploying them; 

5 (5) helping nonprofit organizations and cor6 porations in the United States to identify resources 

7 and opportunities in international volunteer service 

8 utilizing skilled Americans; 

9 (6) encouraging the establishment of inter10 national volunteer programs for employees of United 

11 States corporations; and 

12 (7) encouraging international voluntary service 

13 by highly skilled Americans to promote health and 

14 prosperity throughout the world. 

15 (b) VFP PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of 

16 the VfP Program shall be to— 

17 (1) eliminate extreme poverty; 

18 (2) reduce world hunger and malnutrition; 

19 (3) increase access to safe potable water; 

20 (4) enact universal education; 

21 (5) reduce child mortality and childhood dis22 eases; 

23 (6) combat the spread of preventable diseases, 

24 including HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; 


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1 (7) provide educational and work skill support 

2 for girls and empowering women to achieve inde3 pendence; 

4 (8) create sustainable business and entrepre5 neurial opportunities; and 

6 (9) increase access to information technology. 

7 (c) VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY SERVICE INCEN8 TIVE PROGRAM.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The VfP Office may provide 

10 fixed amount stipends to offset the travel and living 

11 costs of volunteering abroad to any individual who— 

12 (A) has skills relevant to addressing any 

13 objective described in subsection (b); and 

14 (B) provides a dollar-for-dollar match for 

15 such stipend— 

16 (i) through the organization with 

17 which the individual is serving; or 

18 (ii) by raising private funds. 

19 (2) NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT.—The 

20 VfP Office may not provide a stipend to an indi21 vidual under paragraph (1) unless the individual 

22 provides an assurance that he or she will not dis23 criminate with respect to any project or activity be24 cause of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, polit25 ical affiliation, or beliefs. 


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1 (3) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE

2 CATEGORIES.—Service carried out by a volunteer re3 ceiving funds under this section may not provide a 

4 direct benefit to any— 

5 (A) business organized for profit; 

6 (B) labor union; 

7 (C) partisan political organization; or 

8 (D) religious or faith-based organization 

9 for the purpose of proselytization or sectarian 

10 worship. 

11 (d) FUNDING.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 

13 consultation with the Administrator of the United 

14 States Agency for International Development, shall 

15 make available the amounts appropriated pursuant 

16 to section 204 to the VfP Office to pursue the objec17 tives described in subsection (b) by carrying out the 

18 functions described in subsection (a). 

19 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available 

20 under paragraph (1) may be used by the VfP Office 

21 to provide personnel and other resources to develop, 

22 manage, and expand the VfP Program, under the 

23 supervision of the United States Agency for Inter24 national Development. 


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1 (e) COORDINATION.—The VfP Office shall coordinate 

2 its efforts with other public and private efforts that aim 

3 to send skilled professionals to serve in developing nations. 

4 (f) REPORT.—The VfP Office shall submit an annual 

5 report to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office. 

6 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro8 priated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for each of the 

9 fiscal years 2010 through 2014. 

10 (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts appro11 priated pursuant to subsection (a)— 

12 (1) 90 percent shall be expended to expand 

13 VfPServe; and 

14 (2) 10 percent shall be expended to manage the 

15 VfP Program. 

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