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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2010 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2010

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                               AMENDMENT
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                             August 3 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2010) entitled ``An Act to amend the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 to establish a Corporation for National Service, enhance 
opportunities for national service, and provide national service 
educational awards to persons participating in such service, and for 
other purposes'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National and 
Community Service Trust Act of 1993''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

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

                TITLE I--PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROVISIONS

                          Subtitle A--Programs

Sec. 101. Federal investment in support of national service.
Sec. 102. National Service Trust and provision of national service 
                            educational awards.
Sec. 103. School-based and community-based service-learning programs.
Sec. 104. Quality and innovation activities.

                     Subtitle B--Related Provisions

Sec. 111. Definitions.
Sec. 112. Authority to make State grants.
Sec. 113. Family and medical leave.
Sec. 114. Reports.
Sec. 115. Nondiscrimination.
Sec. 116. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures.
Sec. 117. Nondisplacement.
Sec. 118. Evaluation.
Sec. 119. Engagement of participants.
Sec. 120. Contingent extension.
Sec. 121. Audits.
Sec. 122. Repeals.
Sec. 123. Effective date.

                         TITLE II--ORGANIZATION

Sec. 201. State Commissions on National and Community Service.
Sec. 202. Interim authorities of the Corporation for National and 
                            Community Service and ACTION Agency.
Sec. 203. Final authorities of the Corporation for National and 
                            Community Service.
Sec. 204. Business plan.

                       TITLE III--REAUTHORIZATION

         Subtitle A--National and Community Service Act of 1990

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.

           Subtitle B--Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

Sec. 311. Short title; references.

            Chapter 1--VISTA and Other Anti-Poverty Programs

Sec. 321. Purpose of the VISTA program.
Sec. 322. Selection and assignment of VISTA volunteers.
Sec. 323. Terms and periods of service.
Sec. 324. Support for VISTA volunteers.
Sec. 325. Participation of younger and older persons.
Sec. 326. Literacy activities.
Sec. 327. Applications for assistance.
Sec. 328. Repeal of authority for student community service programs.
Sec. 329. University year for VISTA.
Sec. 330. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and 
                            demonstration programs.
Sec. 331. Technical and financial assistance.
Sec. 332. Elimination of separate authority for drug abuse programs.

               Chapter 2--National Senior Volunteer Corps

Sec. 341. National Senior Volunteer Corps.
Sec. 342. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 343. Operation of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 344. Services under the Foster Grandparent Program.
Sec. 345. Stipends for low-income volunteers.
Sec. 346. Participation of non-low-income persons under parts B and C.
Sec. 347. Conditions of grants and contracts.
Sec. 348. Evaluation of the Senior Companion Program.
Sec. 349. Agreements with other Federal agencies.
Sec. 350. Programs of national significance.
Sec. 351. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance.
Sec. 352. Demonstration programs.

                       Chapter 3--Administration

Sec. 361. Purpose of agency.
Sec. 362. Authority of the Director.
Sec. 363. Compensation for volunteers.
Sec. 364. Repeal of report.
Sec. 365. Application of Federal law.
Sec. 366. Evaluation of programs.
Sec. 367. Nondiscrimination provisions.
Sec. 368. Elimination of separate requirements for setting regulations.
Sec. 369. Clarification of role of Inspector General.
Sec. 370. Copyright protection.
Sec. 371. Center for research and training.
Sec. 372. Deposit requirement credit for service as a volunteer.

    Chapter 4--Authorization of Appropriations and Other Amendments

Sec. 381. Authorization of appropriations for title I.
Sec. 382. Authorization of appropriations for title II.
Sec. 383. Authorization of appropriations for title IV.
Sec. 384. Conforming amendments; compensation for VISTA FECA claimants.
Sec. 385. Repeal of authority.

                     Chapter 5--General Provisions

Sec. 391. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 392. Effective date.

            Subtitle C--Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970

Sec. 399. Public Lands Corps.

             TITLE IV--TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Sec. 401. Definitions.
Sec. 402. References to the Commission on National and Community 
                            Service.
Sec. 403. References to Directors of the Commission on National and 
                            Community Service.
Sec. 404. Definition of Director.
Sec. 405. References to ACTION and the ACTION Agency.
Sec. 406. Effective date.

                    TITLE V--RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

Sec. 501. Rural community service.
Sec. 502. Demonstration project.

                   TITLE VI--FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT

Sec. 601. Federal Tort Claims Act.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) Throughout the United States, there are pressing 
        unmet human, educational, environmental, and public safety 
        needs.
            ``(2) Americans desire to affirm common responsibilities 
        and shared values, and join together in positive experiences, 
        that transcend race, religion, gender, age, disability, region, 
        income, and education.
            ``(3) The rising costs of postsecondary education are 
        putting higher education out of reach for an increasing number 
        of citizens.
            ``(4) Americans of all ages can improve their communities 
        and become better citizens through service to the United 
        States.
            ``(5) Nonprofit organizations, local governments, States, 
        and the Federal Government are already supporting a wide 
        variety of national service programs that deliver needed 
        services in a cost-effective manner.
            ``(6) Residents of low-income communities, especially youth 
        and young adults, can be empowered through their service, and 
        can help provide future community leadership.
    ``(b) Purposes.--It is the purpose of this Act to--
            ``(1) meet the unmet human, educational, environmental, and 
        public safety needs of the United States, without displacing 
        existing workers;
            ``(2) renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the 
        spirit of community throughout the United States;
            ``(3) expand educational opportunity by rewarding 
        individuals who participate in national service with an 
        increased ability to pursue higher education or job training;
            ``(4) encourage citizens of the United States, regardless 
        of race, religion, gender, age, disability, region, income, or 
        education, to engage in full-time or part-time national 
        service;
            ``(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplication in 
        national service programs, support locally established service 
        initiatives, encourage private sector investment and 
        involvement in national service programs, and require 
        measurable goals for performance in such programs and offer 
        flexibility in meeting those goals;
            ``(6) empower residents of low-income communities, 
        especially youth and young adults, through their service, and 
        help provide future community leadership;
            ``(7) build on the existing organizational service 
        infrastructure of Federal, State, and local programs and 
        agencies to expand full-time and part-time service 
        opportunities for all citizens;
            ``(8) provide tangible benefits to the communities in which 
        national service is performed;
            ``(9) build ties among Americans that transcend race, 
        religion, gender, age, disability, region, income, and 
        education;
            ``(10) encourage educational reform by introducing service-
        learning into curricula in elementary schools, secondary 
        schools, and institutions of higher education; and
            ``(11) enable service participants to gain personal, 
        academic, and occupational skills through service-learning 
        experiences.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 2 and inserting the following new 
item:

``Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.''.

                TITLE I--PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROVISIONS

                          Subtitle A--Programs

SEC. 101. FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL SERVICE.

    (a) Assistance Program Authorized.--Subtitle C of title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12541 et seq.) is 
amended to read as follows:

              ``Subtitle C--National Service Trust Program

                ``PART I--INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE

``SEC. 121. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL 
              SERVICE POSITIONS.

    ``(a) Provision of Assistance.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, the Corporation may make grants to States, subdivisions 
of States, Indian tribes, public and private not-for-profit 
organizations (including labor organizations and community action 
agencies), and institutions of higher education for the purpose of 
assisting the recipients of the grants by paying for the Federal share 
of--
            ``(1) carrying out full- or part-time national service 
        programs, including summer programs, described in section 
        122(a); and
            ``(2) making grants in support of other national service 
        programs described in section 122(a) that are carried out by 
        other entities, or grants described in section 129(d)(4).
    ``(b) Agreements With Federal Agencies.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Corporation may enter into a 
        contract or cooperative agreement with another Federal agency 
        to support a national service program carried out by the 
        agency. The support provided by the Corporation pursuant to the 
        contract or cooperative agreement may include the transfer to 
        the Federal agency of funds available to the Corporation under 
        this subtitle.
            ``(2) Nonduplication.--A Federal agency that enters into a 
        contract or cooperative agreement under paragraph (1) to 
        support a national service program within a State--
                    ``(A) shall consult with the State Commission 
                serving the State to avoid duplication with any service 
                program that is in existence in the State as of the 
                date of the contract or cooperative agreement; and
                    ``(B) shall, in an appropriate case, enter into a 
                contract or cooperative agreement with an entity that 
                is carrying out a service program described in 
                subparagraph (A) that is of high quality, in order to 
                support the national service program.
            ``(3) Application of requirements.--A Federal agency 
        receiving assistance under this subsection shall comply with 
        the Federal share requirements of section 129(d)(2)(B). The 
        supplementation requirements specified in section 173 shall 
        apply with respect to the Federal national service programs 
        supported with such assistance.
    ``(c) Provision of Approved National Service Positions.--As part of 
the provision of assistance under subsections (a) and (b), the 
Corporation shall--
            ``(1) approve the provision of national service educational 
        awards described in subtitle D for the participants who serve 
        in national service programs carried out using such assistance; 
        and
            ``(2) deposit in the National Service Trust established in 
        section 145(a) an amount equal to the product of--
                    ``(A) the value of a national service educational 
                award under section 147; and
                    ``(B) the total number of approved national service 
                positions to be provided.
    ``(d) Five Percent Limitation on Administrative Costs.--
            ``(1) Limitation.--Not more than 5 percent of the amount of 
        assistance provided to the original recipient of a grant or 
        transfer of assistance under subsection (a) or (b) for a fiscal 
        year may be used to pay for administrative costs (including 
        indirect costs) incurred by--
                    ``(A) the recipient of the assistance; and
                    ``(B) national service programs carried out or 
                supported with the assistance.
            ``(2) Rules on use.--The Corporation may by rule prescribe 
        the manner and extent to which--
                    ``(A) assistance provided under subsection (a) or 
                (b) may be used to cover administrative costs; and
                    ``(B) that portion of the assistance available to 
                cover administrative costs should be distributed 
                between--
                            ``(i) the original recipient of the grant 
                        or transfer of assistance under such 
                        subsection; and
                            ``(ii) national service programs carried 
                        out or supported with the assistance.
    ``(e) Matching Funds Requirements.--
            ``(1) Requirements.--Except as provided in sections 
        129(d)(2)(B) and 140, the Federal share of the cost of carrying 
        out a national service program that receives the assistance 
        under subsection (a), whether the assistance is provided 
        directly or as a subgrant from the original recipient of the 
        assistance, may not exceed 75 percent of such cost.
            ``(2) Calculation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In providing for the remaining 
                share of the cost of carrying out a national service 
                program, the program--
                            ``(i) shall provide for such share through 
                        a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
                        including facilities, equipment, or services; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) may provide for such share through 
                        State sources, local sources, or other Federal 
                        sources (other than the use of funds made 
                        available under the national service laws).
                    ``(B) Cost of health care.--In providing for such 
                remaining share through a payment in cash, a national 
                service program may count not more than 85 percent of 
                the cost of providing health care policy described in 
                section 140(d)(2) toward such share.
            ``(3) Waiver.--The Corporation may waive in whole or in 
        part the requirements of paragraph (1) with respect to a 
        national service program in any fiscal year if the Corporation 
        determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack 
        of available financial resources at the local level.

``SEC. 122. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM 
              ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Eligible National Service Programs.--The recipient of a grant 
under section 121(a) and each Federal agency receiving assistance under 
section 121(b) shall use the assistance, directly or through subgrants 
to other entities, to carry out full- or part-time national service 
programs, including summer programs, that address unmet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs. Subject to 
subsection (b)(1), these national service programs may include the 
following types of national service programs:
            ``(1) A community corps program that meets unmet human, 
        educational, environmental, or public safety needs and promotes 
        greater community unity through the use of organized teams of 
        participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, skill 
        levels, capabilities, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders.
            ``(2) A full-time youth corps program, carried out during 
        the summer or throughout the full calendar year, such as a 
        conservation corps or youth service corps (including a 
        conservation corps or youth service corps that performs service 
        on Federal or other public lands or on Indian lands), that--
                    ``(A) undertakes meaningful service projects with 
                visible benefits to a community, including natural 
                resource, urban renovation, rural development, or human 
                services projects;
                    ``(B) includes as participants youths and young 
                adults between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, 
                including out-of-school youths, other economically 
                disadvantaged youths, and individuals with 
                disabilities, who are between those ages; and
                    ``(C) provides those participants who are youths 
                and young adults with--
                            ``(i) crew-based, highly structured, and 
                        adult-supervised work experience, life skills, 
                        education, career guidance and counseling, 
                        employment training, and support services; and
                            ``(ii) the opportunity to develop 
                        citizenship values and skills through service 
                        to their community and the United States.
            ``(3) A program that provides specialized training to 
        individuals in service-learning and places the individuals 
        after such training in positions, including positions as 
        service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service-learning 
        in programs eligible for funding under part I subtitle B.
            ``(4) A service program that is targeted at specific unmet 
        human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs and 
        that--
                    ``(A) recruits individuals with special skills or 
                provides specialized preservice training to enable 
                participants to be placed individually or in teams in 
                positions in which the participants can meet such unmet 
                needs; and
                    ``(B) brings participants together for additional 
                training and other activities designed to foster civic 
                responsibility, increase the skills of participants, 
                and improve the quality of the service provided.
            ``(5) An individualized placement program that includes 
        regular group activities, such as leadership training and 
        special service projects.
            ``(6) A campus-based program that is designed to provide 
        substantial service in a community during the school term and 
        during summer or other vacation periods through the use of--
                    ``(A) students who are attending an institution of 
                higher education, including students participating in a 
                work-study program assisted under part C of title IV of 
                the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et 
                seq.);
                    ``(B) teams composed of such students; or
                    ``(C) teams composed of a combination of such 
                students and community residents.
            ``(7) A preprofessional training program in which students 
        enrolled in an institution of higher education--
                    ``(A) receive training in specified fields, which 
                may include classes containing service-learning;
                    ``(B) perform service related to such training 
                outside the classroom during the school term and during 
                summer or other vacation periods; and
                    ``(C) agree to provide service upon graduation to 
                meet unmet human, educational, environmental, or public 
                safety needs related to such training.
            ``(8) A professional corps program that recruits and places 
        qualified participants in positions--
                    ``(A) as teachers, nurses and other health care 
                providers, police officers, early childhood development 
                staff, engineers, or other professionals providing 
                service to meet educational, human, environmental, or 
                public safety needs in communities with an inadequate 
                number of such professionals;
                    ``(B) that may include a salary in excess of the 
                maximum living allowance authorized in subsection 
                (a)(3) of section 140, as provided in subsection (c) of 
                such section; and
                    ``(C) that are sponsored by public or private not-
                for-profit employers who agree to pay 100 percent of 
                the salaries and benefits (other than any national 
                service educational award under subtitle D) of the 
                participants.
            ``(9) A program in which economically disadvantaged 
        individuals who are between the ages of 16 and 24 years of age, 
        inclusive, are provided with opportunities to perform service 
        that, while enabling such individuals to obtain the education 
        and employment skills necessary to achieve economic self-
        sufficiency, will help their communities meet--
                    ``(A) the housing needs of low-income families and 
                the homeless; and
                    ``(B) the need for community facilities in low-
                income areas.
            ``(10) A national service entrepreneur program that 
        identifies, recruits, and trains gifted young adults of all 
        backgrounds and assists such adults in designing solutions to 
        community problems.
            ``(11) An intergenerational program that combines students, 
        out-of-school youths, and older adults as participants to 
        provide needed community services, including an 
        intergenerational component of a national service program 
        described in any of paragraphs (1) through (10), or in 
        paragraph (12) or (13).
            ``(12) A program, to be known as a `Communities in Action 
        program', carried out by not-for-profit organizations, 
        including community action agencies or combinations of such 
        agencies, to provide opportunities for individuals or teams of 
        individuals to engage in local community projects that meet 
        important unaddressed community and individual needs in low-
        income areas served by such a not-for-profit organization, 
        including service projects to meet the unaddressed needs of 
        economically disadvantaged youth age 18 and younger (including 
        providing safe locations for after-school programs that provide 
        opportunities for learning and recreation).
            ``(13) Such other national service programs addressing 
        unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs 
        as the Corporation may designate.
    ``(b) Qualification Criteria To Determine Eligibility.--
            ``(1) Establishment by corporation.--The Corporation shall 
        establish qualification criteria for different types of 
        national service programs for the purpose of determining 
        whether a particular national service program should be 
        considered to be a national service program eligible to receive 
        assistance or approved national service positions under this 
        subtitle.
            ``(2) Consultation.--In establishing qualification criteria 
        under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall consult with 
        organizations and individuals that have extensive experience in 
        developing and administering effective national service 
        programs.
            ``(3) Application to subgrants.--The qualification criteria 
        established by the Corporation under paragraph (1) shall also 
        be used by each recipient of assistance under section 121(a) 
        that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant 
        program to support other national service programs.
            ``(4) Encouragement of intergenerational components of 
        programs.--The Corporation shall encourage national service 
        programs eligible to receive assistance or approved national 
        service positions under this subtitle to establish, if 
        consistent with the purposes of the program, an 
        intergenerational component of the program that combines 
        students, out-of-school youths, and older adults as 
        participants to provide services to address unmet human, 
        education, environmental, or public safety needs.
    ``(c) National Service Priorities.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--
                    ``(A) By corporation.--In order to concentrate 
                national efforts on meeting certain unmet human, 
                educational, environmental, or public safety needs and 
                to achieve the other purposes of this Act, the 
                Corporation shall establish, and after reviewing the 
                strategic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1), 
                periodically alter priorities as appropriate regarding 
                the types of national service programs to be assisted 
                under subsection (b) or (d) of section 129 and the 
                purposes for which such assistance may be used.
                    ``(B) By states.--States shall establish, and 
                through the national service plan process described in 
                section 178(e)(1), periodically alter priorities as 
                appropriate regarding the national service programs to 
                be assisted under section 129(a)(1).
            ``(2) Notice to applicants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall provide to 
                potential applicants advance notice of any national 
                service priorities to be in effect under this 
                subsection for a fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Contents.--The notice shall specifically 
                include--
                            ``(i) a description of any alteration made 
                        in the priorities since the previous notice; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) a description of the national 
                        service programs that are designated by the 
                        Corporation under section 133(d)(2) as eligible 
                        for priority consideration in the next 
                        competitive distribution of assistance under 
                        section 121(a).
                    ``(C) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by 
                regulation establish procedures to ensure the equitable 
                treatment of national service programs that--
                            ``(i) receive funding under this subtitle 
                        for multiple years; and
                            ``(ii) would be adversely affected by 
                        annual revisions in such national service 
                        priorities.
            ``(3) Application to subgrants.--Any recipient of funds 
        under section 121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to 
        conduct a grant program to support other national service 
        programs shall, in conducting such a grant program, make 
        reasonable efforts to use any national service priorities 
        established by the Corporation under this subsection.
    ``(d) Existing Programs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section, any program that received financial assistance under 
subtitle C or D of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this subsection, 
shall be eligible to receive financial assistance under this subtitle 
for a period of 30 months from the date of enactment of this 
subsection.

``SEC. 123. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS ELIGIBLE FOR APPROVAL 
              FOR NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.

    ``The Corporation may approve of any of the following service 
positions as an approved national service position that includes the 
national service educational award described in subtitle D as one of 
the benefits to be provided for successful service in the position:
            ``(1) A position for a participant in a national service 
        program described in section 122(a) that receives assistance 
        under subsection (a) or (b) of section 121.
            ``(2) A position for a participant in a program that--
                    ``(A) is carried out by a State, a subdivision of a 
                State, an Indian tribe, a public or private not-for-
                profit organization (including a community action 
                agency), an institution of higher education, or a 
                Federal agency; and
                    ``(B) would be eligible to receive assistance under 
                section 121(a), based on criteria established by the 
                Corporation, but has not applied for such assistance.
            ``(3) A position involving service as a VISTA volunteer 
        under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
        U.S.C. 4951 et seq.).
            ``(4) A position facilitating service-learning in a program 
        described in section 122(a)(3) that is eligible for assistance 
        under part I of subtitle B.
            ``(5) A position for a participant in the Civilian 
        Community Corps under subtitle E.
            ``(6) A position involving service as a crew leader in a 
        youth corps program or a similar position supporting a national 
        service program that receives an approved national service 
        position.
            ``(7) Such other national service positions as the 
        Corporation considers to be appropriate.

``SEC. 124. TYPES OF PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Planning Assistance.--The Corporation may provide assistance 
under section 121 to a qualified applicant that submits an application 
under section 130 for the planning of a national service program. 
Assistance provided in accordance with this subsection may cover a 
period of not more than 1 year.
    ``(b) Operational Assistance.--The Corporation may provide 
assistance under section 121 to a qualified applicant that submits an 
application under section 130 for the establishment, operation, or 
expansion of a national service program. Assistance provided in 
accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more than 3 
years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon consideration of a 
new application under section 130.
    ``(c) Replication Assistance.--The Corporation may provide 
assistance under section 121 to a qualified applicant that submits an 
application under section 130 for the expansion of a proven national 
service program to another geographical location. Assistance provided 
in accordance with this subsection may cover a period of not more than 
3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon consideration of a 
new application under section 130.
    ``(d) Application to Subgrants.--The requirements of this section 
shall apply to any State or other applicant receiving assistance under 
section 121 that proposes to conduct a grant program using the 
assistance to support other national service programs.

``SEC. 125. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Training Programs.--The Corporation may conduct, directly or 
by grant or contract, appropriate training programs regarding national 
service in order to--
            ``(1) improve the ability of national service programs 
        assisted under section 121 to meet human, educational, 
        environmental, or public safety needs in communities--
                    ``(A) where services are needed most; and
                    ``(B) where programs do not exist, or are too 
                limited to meet community needs, as of the date on 
                which the Corporation makes the grant or enters into 
                the contract;
            ``(2) promote leadership development in such programs;
            ``(3) improve the instructional and programmatic quality of 
        such programs to build an ethic of civic responsibility;
            ``(4) develop the management and budgetary skills of 
        program operators; and
            ``(5) provide for or improve the training provided to the 
        participants in such programs.
    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--The Corporation shall, where 
necessary, make appropriate technical assistance available to States, 
Indian tribes, labor organizations, organizations operated by young 
adults, organizations serving economically disadvantaged individuals, 
and other entities described in section 121 that desire--
            ``(1) to develop national service programs; or
            ``(2) to apply for assistance under such section or under a 
        grant program conducted using assistance provided under such 
        section.

``SEC. 126. OTHER SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Support for State Commissions.--
            ``(1) Assistance authorized.--The Corporation may make 
        assistance available to assist a State to establish or operate 
        the State Commission on National and Community Service required 
        to be established by the State under section 178.
            ``(2) Amount of assistance.--The amount of assistance that 
        may be provided to a State Commission under this subsection, 
        together with other Federal funds available to establish or 
        operate the State Commission, may not exceed--
                    ``(A) 85 percent of the total cost to establish or 
                operate the State Commission for the first year for 
                which the State Commission receives assistance under 
                this subsection; and
                    ``(B) such smaller percentage of such cost as the 
                Corporation may establish for the second, third, and 
                fourth years of such assistance in order to ensure that 
                the Federal share does not exceed 50 percent of such 
                costs for the fifth year, and any subsequent year, for 
                which the State Commission receives assistance under 
                this subsection.
    ``(b) Disaster Service.--The Corporation may undertake activities, 
including activities carried out through part A of title I of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, to involve in disaster relief 
efforts youth corps programs described in section 122(a)(2) and other 
programs that receive assistance under the national service laws.
    ``(c) Challenge Grants for National Service Programs.--
            ``(1) Assistance authorized.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation may make 
                challenge grants under this subsection to national 
                service programs that receive assistance under section 
                121.
                    ``(B) Criteria.--The Corporation shall develop 
                criteria for the selection of recipients of such 
                challenge grants, so as to make the grants widely 
                available to a variety of programs that--
                            ``(i) are high-quality national service 
                        programs; and
                            ``(ii) are carried out by entities with 
                        demonstrated experience in establishing and 
                        implementing projects that provide benefits to 
                        participants and communities.
            ``(2) Amount of assistance.--A challenge grant under this 
        subsection may provide not more than $1 of assistance under 
        this subsection for each $1 in cash raised by the national 
        service program from private sources in excess of amounts 
        required to be provided by the program to satisfy matching 
        funds requirements under section 121(e). The Corporation shall 
        establish a ceiling on the amount of assistance that may be 
        provided to a national service program under this subsection.

              ``PART II--APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS

``SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE 
              POSITIONS BY COMPETITIVE AND OTHER MEANS.

    ``(a) Allotments of Assistance and Approved Positions to States and 
Indian Tribes.--
            ``(1) Allotment of assistance to certain states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Of the funds allocated by the 
                Corporation for provision of assistance under 
                subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal 
                year, the Corporation shall make a grant under section 
                121(a) (and a corresponding allotment of approved 
                national service positions) to each of the several 
                States (through the State Commission of the State), the 
                District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
                Rico that has an application approved by the 
                Corporation under section 133.
                    ``(B) Allotment amounts.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), the amount allotted as a grant to 
                each such State under this paragraph for a fiscal year 
                shall be equal to--
                            ``(i) in the first fiscal year for which 
                        funds are appropriated under section 501(a)(2), 
                        an amount that bears the same ratio to 40 
                        percent of the allocated funds for such fiscal 
                        year;
                            ``(ii) in the second such fiscal year, an 
                        amount that bears the same ratio to 45 percent 
                        of the allocated funds for such fiscal year; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) in the third such fiscal year, an 
                        amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent 
                        of the allocated funds for such fiscal year,
                as the population of the State bears to the total 
                population of the several States, the District of 
                Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
                    ``(C) Limitation.--In no case shall any State 
                receive a grant under this paragraph for a fiscal year 
                in an amount that is less than \1/2\ of 1 percent of 
                the allocated funds for the fiscal year.
            ``(2) Allotment of assistance to other jurisdictions and 
        indian tribes.--Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 
        provision of assistance under subsections (a) and (b) of 
        section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve up 
        to 1 percent of the allocated funds for grants under section 
        121(a) to Indian tribes, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
        Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to 
        be allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis in 
        accordance with their respective needs. Palau shall also be 
        eligible for a grant under this paragraph from the reserved 
        funds until such time as the Compact of Free Association with 
        Palau is ratified.
            ``(3) Effect of failure to apply.--If a State or Indian 
        tribe fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the 
        Corporation of its intent to apply for, an allotment under this 
        subsection, the Corporation shall use the amount that would 
        have been allotted under this subsection to the State or Indian 
        tribe--
                    ``(A) to make grants (and provide approved national 
                service positions in connection with such grants) to 
                other eligible entities under section 121 that propose 
                to carry out national service programs in the State or 
                on behalf of the Indian tribe; and
                    ``(B) after making grants under paragraph (1), to 
                make a reallotment to other States and Indian tribes 
                with approved applications under section 130.
    ``(b) Reservation of Approved Positions.--
            ``(1) Number reserved.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), the Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected 
        during a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under 
        title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
        U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the Civilian 
        Community Corps Demonstration Program under subtitle E shall 
        receive the national service educational award described in 
        subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility 
        requirements for the award. Funds for approved national service 
        positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be 
        deducted from the total funding for approved national service 
        positions for that fiscal year.
            ``(2) Transition.--The Corporation shall determine an 
        equitable procedure for providing post-service educational 
        awards to individuals who are selected for assignment as 
        described in paragraph (1) after the date of enactment of this 
        subtitle and before the effective date of section 203(c)(2) of 
        the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.
    ``(c) Reservation for Special Assistance.--Subject to section 
501(a)(2), of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of 
assistance under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal 
year, the Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corporation 
considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making assistance 
available under sections 125 and 126. The Corporation may not reserve 
more than $10,000,000 for a fiscal year for challenge grants under 
section 126(c).
    ``(d) Competitive Distribution of Remaining Funds.--
            ``(1) State competition.--Of the funds allocated by the 
        Corporation for provision of assistance under subsections (a) 
        and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall 
        use not less than 30 percent of the allocated funds in the 
        first fiscal year for which funds are appropriated under 
        section 501(a)(2), not less than 27\1/2\ percent of the 
        allocated funds in the second such fiscal year, and not less 
        than 25 percent of the allocated funds in the third such fiscal 
        year, to make grants to States (through the State Commissions) 
        on a competitive basis under section 121(a).
            ``(2) Federal agencies and other applicants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall distribute 
                on a competitive basis to subdivisions of States 
                (through the State Commissions), Indian tribes, public 
                and private not-for-profit organizations (including 
                labor organizations and community action agencies), 
                institutions of higher education, and Federal agencies 
                the remainder of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
                for provision of assistance under section 121 for a 
                fiscal year, after operation of paragraph (1) and 
                subsections (a) and (c).
                    ``(B) Federal share.--Notwithstanding section 
                121(e), if a Federal agency proposes to carry out a 
                national service program using funds made available 
                under subparagraph (A), and the Federal agency is 
                authorized to use funds made available under Federal 
                law (other than the national service laws) to carry out 
                such a program, the Federal share attributable to this 
                paragraph of the cost of carrying out the national 
                service program shall be 50 percent of such cost. The 
                President may by regulation specify the sources that 
                may be used by the Federal agency to provide for the 
                remaining share of such cost.
                    ``(C) Federal agencies.--The Corporation may not 
                distribute more than 30 percent of such remainder to 
                Federal agencies for a fiscal year under subparagraph 
                (A).
                    ``(D) Limitations.--The Corporation shall limit the 
                categories of eligible applicants for assistance under 
                this paragraph consistent with the priorities 
                established by the Corporation under section 133(d)(2).
            ``(3) Priority.--In distributing the funds allocated by the 
        Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121 for a 
        fiscal year, after operation of subsections (a) and (c) and 
        after using the appropriate percentage of such funds, as 
        described in paragraph (1), to make grants under paragraph (1), 
        in determining whether to--
                    ``(A) use an additional portion of the funds to 
                make a grant under paragraph (1) to a State applicant; 
                or
                    ``(B) distribute the portion of the funds to an 
                applicant that is a private not-for-profit organization 
                under paragraph (2),
        the Corporation shall give preference to the private not-for-
        profit organization in any case in which the Corporation 
        determines that the applicants have submitted applications of 
        equal quality under section 130.
            ``(4) Reservation.--
                    ``(A) Supplemental and other grants.--In 
                distributing the funds allocated by the Corporation for 
                provision of assistance under section 121 for a fiscal 
                year, after operation of subsections (a) and (c), the 
                President shall reserve, from the funds available to 
                make grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), an amount 
                that is not less than 2 percent and not more than 5 
                percent of such funds (except that such amount may not 
                exceed $10,000,000), in order to make supplemental 
                grants as provided in subparagraph (B) and grants as 
                provided in subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) Grants to assist entities in placing 
                applicants who are individuals with a disability.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The President shall make 
                        grants from a portion of the funds reserved 
                        under subparagraph (A) to entities that--
                                    ``(I) receive a grant to carry out 
                                a national service program under 
                                paragraph (1) or (2);
                                    ``(II) demonstrate that the entity 
                                has received a substantial number of 
                                applications for placement in the 
                                national service program of persons who 
                                are individuals with a disability, as 
                                defined in section 3(2) of the 
                                Americans with Disabilities Act of 
                                1990, and who require a reasonable 
                                accommodation, as defined in section 
                                101(9) of such Act or auxiliary aids 
                                and services, as defined in section 
                                3(1) of such Act, in order to perform 
                                national service; and
                                    ``(III) demonstrate that additional 
                                funding would assist the national 
                                service program in placing a 
                                substantial number of such individuals 
                                with a disability as participants in 
                                projects carried out through the 
                                program.
                            ``(ii) Requirements.--Funds made available 
                        through such a supplemental grant under clause 
                        (i) shall be made available for the same 
                        purposes, and subject to the same requirements, 
                        as funds made available through a grant made 
                        under paragraph (1) or (2).
                    ``(C) Grants for outreach to individuals with a 
                disability.--
                            ``(i) In general.--From the portion of the 
                        funds reserved under subparagraph (A) that is 
                        not used to make grants under subparagraph (B), 
                        the President shall make grants to public and 
                        private not-for-profit organizations to pay for 
                        the Federal share described in section 121(e) 
                        of--
                                    ``(I) providing information about 
                                the programs specified in section 
                                193A(d)(10) to such individuals with a 
                                disability who desire to perform 
                                national service; and
                                    ``(II) enabling the individuals to 
                                participate in activities carried out 
                                through such programs, which may 
                                include assisting the placement of the 
                                individuals in approved national 
                                service positions.
                            ``(ii) Application.--To be eligible to 
                        receive a grant under this subparagraph, an 
                        organization described in clause (i) shall 
                        submit an application to the President at such 
                        time, in such manner, and containing such 
                        information as the President may require.
    ``(e) Application Required.--The allotment of assistance and 
approved national service positions to a State or Indian tribe under 
subsection (a), and the competitive distribution of assistance under 
subsection (d), shall be made by the Corporation only pursuant to an 
application submitted by a State or other applicant under section 130 
and approved by the Corporation under section 133.
    ``(f) Approval of Positions Subject to Available Funds.--The 
Corporation may not approve positions as approved national service 
positions under this subtitle for a fiscal year in excess of the number 
of such positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available 
funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, taking into 
consideration funding needs for national service educational awards 
under subtitle D based on completed service. If appropriations are 
insufficient to provide the maximum allowable national service 
educational awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the 
Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reasonable adjustments 
to program rules.
    ``(g) Sponsorship of Approved National Service Positions.--
            ``(1) Sponsorship authorized.--The Corporation may enter 
        into agreements with persons or entities who offer to sponsor 
        national service positions for which the person or entity will 
        be responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a 
        national service educational award. The distribution of these 
        approved national service positions shall be made pursuant to 
        the agreement, and the creation of these positions shall not be 
        taken into consideration in determining the number of approved 
        national service positions to be available for distribution 
        under this section.
            ``(2) Deposit of contribution.--Funds provided pursuant to 
        an agreement under paragraph (1) and any other funds 
        contributed to the Corporation to support the activities of the 
        Corporation under the national service laws shall be deposited 
        in the National Service Trust established in section 145 until 
        such time as the funds are needed.

``SEC. 130. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE 
              POSITIONS.

    ``(a) Time, Manner, and Content of Application.--To be eligible to 
receive assistance under section 121 and approved national service 
positions for participants who serve in the national service programs 
to be carried out using the assistance, a State, subdivision of a 
State, Indian tribe, public or private not-for-profit organization 
(including a community action agency), institution of higher education, 
or Federal agency shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Corporation may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Types of Application Information.--In order to have adequate 
information upon which to consider an application under section 133, 
the Corporation--
            ``(1) may require that an applicant described in subsection 
        (a) submit an application under subsection (a) containing--
                    ``(A) a description of the national service 
                programs proposed to be carried out directly by the 
                applicant using assistance provided under section 121;
                    ``(B) a description of the national service 
                programs that are selected by the applicant to receive 
                a grant from assistance requested under section 121 and 
                a description of the process and criteria by which the 
                programs were selected;
                    ``(C) a description of other funding sources to be 
                used, or sought to be used, for the national service 
                programs referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B), and, 
                if the application is submitted for the purpose of 
                seeking a renewal of assistance, a description of the 
                success of the programs in reducing their reliance on 
                Federal funds;
                    ``(D) a description of the extent to which the 
                projects to be conducted using the assistance will 
                address unmet human, educational, environmental, or 
                public safety needs and produce a direct benefit for 
                the community in which the projects are performed;
                    ``(E) a description of the plan to be used to 
                recruit participants, including economically 
                disadvantaged youth, for the national service programs 
                referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
                    ``(F) a description of the manner in which the 
                national service programs referred to in subparagraphs 
                (A) and (B) build on existing programs, including 
                Federal programs;
                    ``(G) a description of the manner in which the 
                national service programs referred to in subparagraphs 
                (A) and (B) will involve participants--
                            ``(i) in projects that build an ethic of 
                        civic responsibility and produce a positive 
                        change in the lives of participants through 
                        training and participation in meaningful 
                        service experiences and opportunities for 
                        reflection on such experiences; and
                            ``(ii) in leadership positions in 
                        implementing and evaluating the program;
                    ``(H) measurable goals for the national service 
                programs referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B), and 
                a strategy to achieve such goals, in terms of--
                            ``(i) the impact to be made in meeting 
                        unmet human, educational, environmental, or 
                        public safety needs; and
                            ``(ii) the service experience to be 
                        provided to participants in the programs;
                    ``(I) a description of the manner and extent to 
                which the national service programs referred to in 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B) conform to the national 
                service priorities established by the Corporation under 
                section 122(c);
                    ``(J) a description of the past experience of the 
                applicant in operating a comparable program or in 
                conducting a grant program in support of other 
                comparable programs;
                    ``(K) a description of the type and number of 
                proposed service positions in which participants will 
                receive the national service educational award 
                described in subtitle D and a description of the manner 
                in which approved national service positions will be 
                apportioned by the applicant;
                    ``(L) a description of the manner and extent to 
                which participants, representatives of the community 
                served, community-based agencies with a demonstrated 
                record of experience in providing services, and labor 
                organizations contributed to the development of the 
                national service programs referred to in subparagraphs 
                (A) and (B), including the identity of the individual 
                representing the labor organization who was consulted 
                and the nature of the consultation;
                    ``(M) a description of a plan to be used to 
                encourage women to participate in programs referred to 
                in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
                    ``(N) such other information as the Corporation may 
                reasonably require; and
            ``(2) shall require that the applicant submit an 
        application under subsection (a) containing--
                    ``(A) a description of the jobs or positions into 
                which participants will be placed using the assistance 
                provided under section 121, including descriptions of 
                specific tasks to be performed by such participants; 
                and
                    ``(B) a description of the minimum qualifications 
                that individuals shall meet to become participants in 
                such programs.
    ``(c) Application To Receive Only Approved National Service 
Positions.--
            ``(1) Applicability of subsection.--This subsection shall 
        apply in the case of an application in which--
                    ``(A) the applicant is not seeking assistance under 
                subsection (a) or (b) of section 121, but requests 
                national service educational awards for individuals 
                serving in service positions described in section 123; 
                or
                    ``(B) the applicant requests national service 
                educational awards for service positions described in 
                section 123, but the positions are not positions in a 
                national service program described in section 122(a) 
                for which assistance may be provided under subsection 
                (a) or (b) of section 121.
            ``(2) Special application requirements.--For the 
        applications described in paragraph (1), the Corporation shall 
        establish special application requirements in order to 
        determine--
                    ``(A) whether the service positions meet unmet 
                human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
                needs and meet the criteria for assistance under this 
                subtitle; and
                    ``(B) whether the Corporation should approve the 
                positions as approved national service positions that 
                include the national service educational award 
                described in subtitle D as one of the benefits to be 
                provided for successful service in the position.
    ``(d) Special Rule for State Applicants.--
            ``(1) Submission by state commission.--The application of a 
        State for approved national service positions or for a grant 
        under section 121(a) shall be submitted by the State 
        Commission.
            ``(2) Competitive selection.--The application of a State 
        shall contain an assurance that all assistance provided under 
        section 121(a) to the State will be used to support national 
        service programs that were selected by the State on a 
        competitive basis.
            ``(3) Assistance to nonstate entities.--The application of 
        a State shall also contain an assurance that not less than 60 
        percent of the assistance will be used to make grants in 
        support of national service programs other than national 
        service programs carried out by a State agency. The Corporation 
        may permit a State to deviate from the percentage specified by 
        this paragraph if the State has not received a sufficient 
        number of acceptable applications to comply with the 
        percentage.
    ``(e) Special Rule for Certain Service Sponsors.--In the case of a 
program applicant that proposes to serve as the service sponsor, the 
application shall include the written concurrence of any local labor 
organization representing employees of the applicant who are engaged in 
the same or substantially similar work as that proposed to be carried 
out.
    ``(f) Limitation on Same Project in Multiple Applications.--No 
applicant shall submit an application under this section, and the 
Corporation shall reject an application that is submitted under this 
section, if the application describes a project proposed to be 
conducted using assistance requested by the applicant and the project 
is already described in another application pending before the 
Corporation.

``SEC. 131. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) Impact on Communities.--An application submitted under 
section 130 shall include an assurance by the applicant that any 
national service program carried out by the applicant using assistance 
provided under section 121 and any national service program supported 
by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance will--
            ``(1) address unmet human, educational, environmental, or 
        public safety needs through services that provide a direct 
        benefit to the community in which the service is performed; and
            ``(2) comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
        requirements of section 177.
    ``(b) Impact on Participants.--An application submitted under 
section 130 shall also include an assurance by the applicant that any 
national service program carried out by the applicant using assistance 
provided under section 121 and any national service program supported 
by a grant made by the applicant using such assistance will--
            ``(1) provide participants in the national service program 
        with the training, skills, and knowledge necessary for the 
        projects that participants are called upon to perform;
            ``(2) provide support services to participants, such as the 
        provision of appropriate information and support--
                    ``(A) to those participants who are completing a 
                term of service and making the transition to other 
                educational and career opportunities; and
                    ``(B) to those participants who are school dropouts 
                in order to assist those participants in earning the 
                equivalent of a high school diploma; and
            ``(3) provide structured opportunities for participants to 
        reflect on their service experiences.
    ``(c) Consultation.--An application submitted under section 130 
shall also include an assurance by the applicant that any national 
service program carried out by the applicant using assistance provided 
under section 121 and any national service program supported by a grant 
made by the applicant using such assistance will--
            ``(1) provide in the design, recruitment, and operation of 
        the program for broad-based input from the community served, 
        individuals eligible to serve as participants in the program, 
        community-based agencies (including community action agencies) 
        with a demonstrated record of experience in providing services, 
        and local labor organizations representing employees of service 
        sponsors;
            ``(2) prior to the placement of participants, consult with 
        any local labor organization representing employees in the area 
        who are engaged in the same or similar work as that proposed to 
        be carried out by such program to ensure compliance with the 
        nondisplacement requirements specified in section 177; and
            ``(3) in the case of a program that is not funded through a 
        State, consult with and coordinate activities with the State 
        Commission for the State in which the program operates.
    ``(d) Evaluation and Performance Goals.--
            ``(1) In general.--An application submitted under section 
        130 shall also include an assurance by the applicant that the 
        applicant will--
                    ``(A)(i) arrange for an independent evaluation of 
                any national service program carried out using 
                assistance provided to the applicant under section 121; 
                or
                    ``(ii) with the approval of the Corporation, 
                conduct an internal evaluation of the program;
                    ``(B) develop measurable performance goals and 
                evaluation methods (such as the use of surveys of 
                participants and persons served), which are to be used 
                as part of such evaluation to determine the impact of 
                the program--
                            ``(i) on communities and persons served by 
                        the projects performed by the program;
                            ``(ii) on participants who take part in the 
                        projects; and
                            ``(iii) in such other areas as the 
                        Corporation may require; and
                    ``(C) cooperate with any evaluation activities 
                undertaken by the Corporation.
            ``(2) Alternative evaluation requirements.--The Corporation 
        may establish alternative evaluation requirements for national 
        service programs based upon the amount of assistance received 
        under section 121 or received by a grant made by a recipient of 
        assistance under such section. The determination of whether a 
        national service program is covered by this paragraph shall be 
        made in such manner as the Corporation may prescribe.
    ``(e) Living Allowances and Other Inservice Benefits.--Except as 
provided in section 140(c), an application submitted under section 130 
shall also include an assurance by the applicant that the applicant 
will--
            ``(1) provide a living allowance and other benefits 
        specified in section 140 to participants in any national 
        service program carried out by the applicant using assistance 
        provided under section 121; and
            ``(2) require that each national service program that 
        receives a grant from the applicant using such assistance will 
        also provide a living allowance and other benefits specified in 
        section 140 to participants in the program.
    ``(f) Selection of Participants From Individuals Recruited by 
Corporation or State Commissions.--The Corporation may also require an 
assurance by the applicant that any national service program carried 
out by the applicant using assistance provided under section 121 and 
any national service program supported by a grant made by the applicant 
using such assistance will select a portion of the participants for the 
program from among prospective participants recruited by the 
Corporation or State Commissions under section 138(d). The Corporation 
may specify a minimum percentage of participants to be selected from 
the national leadership pool established under section 138(e) and may 
vary the percentage for different types of national service programs.

``SEC. 132. INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.

    ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), 
an application submitted to the Corporation under section 130 shall 
include an assurance by the applicant that any national service program 
carried out using assistance provided under section 121 and any 
approved national service position provided to an applicant will not be 
used to perform service that provides a direct benefit to any--
            ``(1) business organized for profit;
            ``(2) labor union;
            ``(3) partisan political organization;
            ``(4) organization engaged in religious activities, unless 
        such service does not involve the use of assistance provided 
        under section 121 or participants to give religious 
        instruction, conduct worship services, provide instruction as 
        part of a program that includes mandatory religious education 
        or worship, construct, operate, or maintain facilities devoted 
        to religious instruction or worship, or engage in any form of 
        proselytization; or
            ``(5) organization that expends more than 20 percent of the 
        annual budget of the organization, or whose primary purpose is, 
        to influence public policy or engage in legislative advocacy 
        activities.
    ``(b) Advocacy Activities.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to prevent participants from engaging in advocacy activities 
undertaken at their own initiative.
    ``(c) Regional Corporation.--The requirement of subsection (a) 
relating to an assurance regarding direct benefits to businesses 
organized for profit shall not apply with respect to a Regional 
Corporation, as defined in section 3(g) of the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(g)), that is established in accordance 
with such Act as a for-profit corporation but that is engaging in not-
for-profit activities.
    ``(d) Prohibition on Certain Political Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and 
        paragraph (2), an application submitted to the Corporation 
        under section 130 shall include an assurance by the applicant 
        that any national service program carried out using assistance 
        provided under section 121 and any approved national service 
        position provided to an applicant will not be used to--
                    ``(A) provide political seminars, training, 
                instruction, lectures, classes, or speeches; or
                    ``(B) assist political organizations, partisan 
                organizations, or political appointees.
            ``(2) Political appointees.--The requirement of paragraph 
        (1) relating to an assurance regarding speeches shall not apply 
        to political appointees who are responsible for the 
        administration of a national service program.
            ``(3) Enforcement.--If the Corporation determines that a 
        national service program has failed to comply with the 
        assurances provided under paragraph (1), the Corporation 
        shall--
                    ``(A) prohibit the program from recruiting or 
                selecting individuals to participate in the program 
                during the 2-year period beginning on the date the 
                Corporation determines the noncompliance commenced; and
                    ``(B) direct the program to terminate the 
                employment of the supervisors determined to be involved 
                in the noncompliance.

``SEC. 133. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Corporation Consideration of Certain Criteria.--The 
Corporation shall apply the criteria described in subsections (c) and 
(d) in determining whether--
            ``(1) to approve an application submitted under section 130 
        and provide assistance under section 121 to the applicant; and
            ``(2) to approve service positions described in the 
        application as national service positions that include the 
        national service educational award described in subtitle D and 
        provide such approved national service positions to the 
        applicant.
    ``(b) Application to Subgrants.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State or other entity that uses 
        assistance provided under section 121(a) to support national 
        service programs selected on a competitive basis to receive a 
        share of the assistance shall use the criteria described in 
        subsections (c) and (d) when considering an application 
        submitted by a national service program to receive a portion of 
        such assistance or an approved national service position.
            ``(2) Contents.--The application of the State or other 
        entity under section 130 shall contain--
                    ``(A) a certification that the State or other 
                entity complied with these criteria in the selection of 
                national service programs to receive assistance;
                    ``(B) a description of the jobs or positions into 
                which participants will be placed using such 
                assistance, including descriptions of specific tasks to 
                be performed by such participants; and
                    ``(C) a description of the minimum qualifications 
                that individuals shall meet to become participants in 
                such programs.
    ``(c) Assistance Criteria.--The criteria required to be applied in 
evaluating applications submitted under section 130 are as follows:
            ``(1) The quality of the national service program proposed 
        to be carried out directly by the applicant or supported by a 
        grant from the applicant.
            ``(2) The innovative aspects of the national service 
        program, and the feasibility of replicating the program.
            ``(3) The sustainability of the national service program, 
        based on evidence such as the existence--
                    ``(A) of strong and broad-based community support 
                for the program; and
                    ``(B) of multiple funding sources or private 
                funding for the program.
            ``(4) The quality of the leadership of the national service 
        program, the past performance of the program, and the extent to 
        which the program builds on existing programs.
            ``(5) The extent to which participants of the national 
        service program are recruited from among residents of the 
        communities in which projects are to be conducted, and the 
        extent to which participants and community residents are 
        involved in the design, leadership, and operation of the 
        program.
            ``(6) The extent to which projects would be conducted in 
        areas where such projects are needed most, such as--
                    ``(A) communities designated as enterprise zones or 
                redevelopment areas, targeted for special economic 
                incentives, or otherwise identifiable as having high 
                percentages or concentrations of low-income 
                individuals;
                    ``(B) areas that are environmentally distressed;
                    ``(C) areas adversely affected by reductions in 
                defense spending or the closure or realignment of 
                military installations; and
                    ``(D) areas--
                            ``(i) that have experienced a substantial 
                        reduction in population, as determined by the 
                        Corporation; and
                            ``(ii) with high numbers or percentages of 
                        economically disadvantaged older adults.
            ``(7) In the case of applicants other than States, the 
        extent to which the application is consistent with the 
        application under section 130 of the State in which the 
        projects would be conducted.
            ``(8) Such other criteria as the Corporation considers to 
        be appropriate.
    ``(d) Other Considerations.--
            ``(1) Geographic diversity.--The Corporation shall ensure 
        that recipients of assistance provided under section 121 are 
        geographically diverse and include projects to be conducted in 
        those urban and rural areas in a State with the highest rates 
        of poverty.
            ``(2) Priorities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation may designate, 
                under such criteria as may be established by the 
                Corporation, certain national service programs or types 
                of national service programs described in section 
                122(a) for priority consideration in the competitive 
                distribution of funds under section 129(d)(2).
                    ``(B) Programs designated to receive priority.--In 
                designating national service programs to receive 
                priority, the Corporation may include--
                            ``(i) national service programs carried out 
                        by another Federal agency;
                            ``(ii) national service programs that 
                        conform to the national service priorities in 
                        effect under section 122(c);
                            ``(iii) innovative national service 
                        programs;
                            ``(iv) national service programs that are 
                        well established in one or more States at the 
                        time of the application and are proposed to be 
                        expanded to additional States using assistance 
                        provided under section 121;
                            ``(v) grant programs in support of other 
                        national service programs if the grant programs 
                        are to be conducted by not-for-profit 
                        organizations (including community action 
                        agencies) with a demonstrated and extensive 
                        expertise in the provision of services to meet 
                        human, educational, environmental, or public 
                        safety needs;
                            ``(vi) professional corps programs 
                        described in section 122(a)(8); and
                            ``(vii) programs that--
                                    ``(I) received funding under 
                                subtitle D of this Act, as in effect on 
                                the day before the date of enactment of 
                                this subtitle;
                                    ``(II) the Corporation determines 
                                to meet the requirements of sections 
                                142 (other than subsection (g)), 143, 
                                and 148 through 150 of this Act, as in 
                                effect on such day, in addition to the 
                                requirements of this subtitle; and
                                    ``(III) include an evaluation 
                                component.
                    ``(C) Exception.--In making a competitive 
                distribution of funds under section 129(d)(2), the 
                President may give priority consideration to a national 
                service program that is--
                            ``(i) proposed in an application submitted 
                        by a State Commission; and
                            ``(ii) not one of the types of programs 
                        described in clauses (i) through (vi) of 
                        subparagraph (B),
                if the State Commission provides an adequate 
                explanation of the reasons why it should not be a 
                priority of such State to carry out any of such types 
                of programs in the State.
            ``(3) Review panel.--The President shall--
                    ``(A) establish panels of experts for the purpose 
                of securing recommendations on applications submitted 
                under section 130 for more than $100,000 in assistance, 
                or for national service positions that would require 
                more than $100,000 in national service educational 
                awards; and
                    ``(B) consider the opinions of such panels prior to 
                making such determinations.
    ``(e) Emphasis on Areas Most in Need.--In making assistance 
available under section 121 and in providing approved national service 
positions under section 123, the Corporation shall ensure that not less 
than 50 percent of the total amount of assistance to be distributed to 
States under subsections (a) and (d)(1) of section 129 for a fiscal 
year is provided to carry out or support national service programs and 
projects that--
            ``(1) are conducted in areas described in any of 
        subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (c)(6) or on 
        Federal or other public lands, to address unmet human, 
        educational, environmental, or public safety needs in such 
        areas or on such lands; and
            ``(2) place a priority on the recruitment of participants 
        who are residents of areas described in any of subparagraphs 
        (A) through (D) of subsection (c)(6) or Federal or other public 
        lands.
    ``(f) Rejection of State Applications.--
            ``(1) Notification of state applicants.--If the Corporation 
        rejects an application submitted by a State Commission under 
        section 130 for funds described in section 129(a)(1), the 
        Corporation shall promptly notify the State Commission of the 
        reasons for the rejection of the application.
            ``(2) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Corporation 
        shall provide a State Commission notified under paragraph (1) 
        with a reasonable opportunity to revise and resubmit the 
        application. At the request of the State Commission, the 
        Corporation shall provide technical assistance to the State 
        Commission as part of the resubmission process. The Corporation 
        shall promptly reconsider an application resubmitted under this 
        paragraph.
            ``(3) Reallotment.--The amount of any State's allotment 
        under section 129(a) for a fiscal year that the Corporation 
        determines will not be provided for that fiscal year shall be 
        available for distribution by the Corporation as provided in 
        paragraph (3) of such subsection.

               ``PART III--NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS

``SEC. 137. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--For purposes of this subtitle, an individual 
shall be considered to be a participant in a national service program 
carried out using assistance provided under section 121 if the 
individual--
            ``(1) meets such eligibility requirements, directly related 
        to the tasks to be accomplished, as may be established by the 
        program;
            ``(2) is selected by the program to serve in a position 
        with the program;
            ``(3) will serve in the program for a term of service 
        specified in section 139 to be performed before, during, or 
        after attendance at an institution of higher education;
            ``(4) is 17 years of age or older at the time the 
        individual begins the term of service;
            ``(5)(A)(i) has received a high school diploma or its 
        equivalent; or
            ``(ii) agrees to obtain a high school diploma or its 
        equivalent and the individual did not drop out of an elementary 
        or secondary school to enroll in the program; or
            ``(B)(i) is enrolled at an institution of higher education 
        on the basis of meeting the standard described in paragraph (1) 
        or (2) of section 484(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1091(d)); and
            ``(ii) meets the requirements of section 484(a) of such 
        Act; and
            ``(6) is a citizen of the United States or lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence.
    ``(b) Special Rules for Certain Youth Programs.--An individual 
shall be considered to be a participant in a youth corps program 
described in section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 
122(a)(9) that is carried out with assistance provided under section 
121(a) if the individual--
            ``(1) satisfies the requirements specified in subsection 
        (a), except paragraph (4) of such subsection; and
            ``(2) is between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, at the 
        time the individual begins the term of service.
    ``(c) Waiver.--The Corporation may waive the requirements of 
subsection (a)(5)(A) with respect to an individual if the program in 
which the individual seeks to become a participant conducts an 
independent evaluation demonstrating that the individual is incapable 
of obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent.

``SEC. 138. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.

    ``(a) Selection Process.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c) and 
section 131(f), the actual recruitment and selection of an individual 
to serve in a national service program receiving assistance under 
section 121 or to fill an approved national service position shall be 
conducted by the State, subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, public or 
private not-for-profit organization, institution of higher education, 
Federal agency, or other entity to which the assistance and approved 
national service positions are provided.
    ``(b) Nondiscrimination and Nonpolitical Selection of 
Participants.--The recruitment and selection of individuals to serve in 
national service programs receiving assistance under section 121 or to 
fill approved national service positions shall be consistent with the 
requirements of section 175.
    ``(c) Second Term.--Acceptance into a national service program to 
serve a second term of service under section 139 shall only be 
available to individuals who perform satisfactorily in their first term 
of service.
    ``(d) Recruitment and Placement.--The Corporation and each State 
Commission shall establish a system to recruit individuals who desire 
to perform national service and to assist the placement of these 
individuals in approved national service positions, including positions 
available under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4951). The Corporation and State Commissions shall 
disseminate information regarding available approved national service 
positions through cooperation with secondary schools, institutions of 
higher education, employment service offices, State vocational 
rehabilitation agencies within the meaning of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 and other State agencies that primarily serve individuals with 
disabilities, and other appropriate entities, particularly those 
organizations that provide outreach to economically disadvantaged 
youths or youths who are individuals with disabilities.
    ``(e) National Leadership Pool.--
            ``(1) Selection and training.--From among individuals 
        recruited under subsection (d), the Corporation may select 
        individuals with significant leadership potential, as 
        determined by the Corporation, to receive special training to 
        enhance their leadership ability. The leadership training shall 
        be provided by the Corporation directly or through a grant or 
        contract.
            ``(2) Emphasis on certain individuals.--In selecting 
        individuals to receive leadership training under this 
        subsection, the Corporation shall make special efforts to 
        select individuals who have served--
                    ``(A) in the Peace Corps;
                    ``(B) as VISTA volunteers;
                    ``(C) as participants in national service programs 
                receiving assistance under section 121; or
                    ``(D) as participants in programs receiving 
                assistance under subtitle D of the National and 
                Community Service Act of 1990, as in effect on the day 
                before the date of enactment of this subtitle.
            ``(3) Assignment.--At the request of a program that 
        receives assistance under the national service laws, the 
        Corporation may assign an individual who receives leadership 
        training under paragraph (1) to work with the program in a 
        leadership position and carry out assignments not otherwise 
        performed by regular participants. An individual assigned to a 
        program shall be considered to be a participant of the program.

``SEC. 139. TERMS OF SERVICE.

    ``(a) In General.--As a condition of receiving a national service 
educational award under subtitle D, a participant in an approved 
national service position shall be required to perform full- or part-
time national service for at least one term of service specified in 
subsection (b).
    ``(b) Term of Service.--
            ``(1) Full-time service.--An individual performing full-
        time national service in an approved national service position 
        shall agree to participate in the program sponsoring the 
        position for not less than 1,700 hours during a period of not 
        less than 9 months and not more than 1 year.
            ``(2) Part-time service.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (3), an individual performing part-time national service in an 
        approved national service position shall agree to participate 
        in the program sponsoring the position for not less than 900 
        hours during a period of--
                    ``(A) not more than 2 years; or
                    ``(B) not more than 3 years if the individual is 
                enrolled in an institution of higher education while 
                performing all or a majority of the hours of such 
                service.
            ``(3) Reduction in hours of part-time service.--The 
        Corporation may reduce the number of hours required to be 
        served to successfully complete part-time national service to a 
        level determined by the Corporation, except that any reduction 
        in the required term of service shall include a corresponding 
        reduction in the amount of any national service educational 
        award that may be available under subtitle D with regard to 
        that service.
    ``(c) Release From Completing Term of Service.--
            ``(1) Release authorized.--A recipient of assistance under 
        section 121 or a program sponsoring an approved national 
        service position may release a participant from completing a 
        term of service in the position--
                    ``(A) for compelling personal circumstances as 
                demonstrated by the participant; or
                    ``(B) for cause.
            ``(2) Effect of release.--If the released participant was 
        serving in an approved national service position, the 
        participant may receive a portion of the national service 
        educational award corresponding to that service in the manner 
        provided in section 147(b), except that a participant released 
        for cause may not receive any portion of the national service 
        educational award.

``SEC. 140. LIVING ALLOWANCES FOR NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.

    ``(a) Provision of Living Allowance.--
            ``(1) Living allowance permitted.--Subject to paragraph 
        (3), a national service program carried out using assistance 
        provided under section 121 shall provide to each participant in 
        the program a living allowance in such an amount as may be 
        established by the program.
            ``(2) Limitation on federal share.--The amount of the 
        annual living allowance provided under paragraph (1) that may 
        be paid using assistance provided under section 121 and using 
        any other Federal funds shall not exceed the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 85 percent of the total average annual 
                subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 
                under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
                of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955); and
                    ``(B) 85 percent of the annual living allowance 
                established by the national service program involved.
            ``(3) Maximum living allowance.--Except as provided in 
        subsection (c), the total amount of an annual living allowance 
        that may be provided to a participant in a national service 
        program shall not exceed 200 percent of the average annual 
        subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under 
        section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
        U.S.C. 4955).
            ``(4) Proration of living allowance.--The amount provided 
        as a living allowance under this subsection shall be prorated 
        in the case of a participant who is authorized to serve a 
        reduced term of service under section 139(b)(3).
    ``(b) Coverage of Certain Employment-Related Taxes.--To the extent 
a national service program that receives assistance under section 121 
is subject, with respect to the participants in the program, to the 
taxes imposed on an employer under sections 3111 and 3301 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3111, 3301) and taxes imposed 
on an employer under a workmen's compensation act, the assistance 
provided to the program under section 121 shall include an amount 
sufficient to cover 85 percent of such taxes based upon the lesser of--
            ``(1) the total average annual subsistence allowance 
        provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of the Domestic 
        Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955); and
            ``(2) the annual living allowance established by the 
        program.
    ``(c) Exception From Maximum Living Allowance for Certain 
Assistance.--A professional corps program described in section 
122(a)(8) that desires to provide a living allowance in excess of the 
maximum allowance authorized in subsection (a)(3) may still apply for 
such assistance, except that--
            ``(1) any assistance provided to the applicant under 
        section 121 may not be used to pay for any portion of the 
        allowance;
            ``(2) the applicant shall apply for such assistance only by 
        submitting an application to the Corporation for assistance on 
        a competitive basis; and
            ``(3) the national service program shall be operated 
        directly by the applicant and shall meet urgent, unmet human, 
        educational, environmental, or public safety needs, as 
        determined by the Corporation.
    ``(d) Health Insurance.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State or other recipient of assistance 
        under section 121 shall provide a basic health care policy for 
        each full-time participant in a national service program 
        carried out or supported using the assistance if the 
        participant is not otherwise covered by a health care policy. 
        Not more than 85 percent of the cost of a premium shall be 
        provided by the Corporation, with the remaining cost paid by 
        the entity receiving assistance under section 121. The 
        Corporation shall establish minimum standards that all plans 
        shall meet in order to qualify for payment under this part, any 
        circumstances in which an alternative health care policy may be 
        substituted for the basic health care policy, and mechanisms to 
        prohibit participants from dropping existing coverage.
            ``(2) Option.--A State or other recipient of assistance 
        under section 121 may elect to provide from the funds of the 
        State or recipient a health care policy for participants that 
        does not meet all of the standards established by the 
        Corporation if the fair market value of such policy is equal to 
        or greater than the fair market value of a plan that meets the 
        minimum standards established by the Corporation, and is 
        consistent with other applicable laws.
    ``(e) Child Care.--
            ``(1) Availability.--A State or other recipient of 
        assistance under section 121 shall--
                    ``(A) make child care available for children of 
                each full-time participant who needs child care in 
                order to participate in a national service program 
                carried out or supported by the recipient using the 
                assistance; or
                    ``(B) provide a child care allowance to each full-
                time participant in a national service program who 
                needs such assistance in order to participate in the 
                program.
            ``(2) Guidelines.--The Corporation shall establish 
        guidelines regarding the circumstances under which child care 
        shall be made available under this subsection and the value of 
        any allowance to be provided.
    ``(f) Waiver of Limitation on Federal Share.--The Corporation may 
waive in whole or in part the limitation on the Federal share specified 
in this section with respect to a particular national service program 
in any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such a waiver 
would be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at 
the local level.
    ``(g) Limitation on Number of Terms of Service for Federally 
Subsidized Living Allowance.--No national service program may use 
assistance provided under section 121, or any other Federal funds, to 
provide a living allowance under subsection (a), a health care policy 
under subsection (d), or child care or a child care allowance under 
subsection (e), to an individual for a third, or subsequent, term of 
service described in section 139(b) by the individual in a national 
service program carried out under this subtitle.

``SEC. 141. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.

    ``(a) Eligibility Generally.--A participant in a national service 
program carried out using assistance provided to an applicant under 
section 121 shall be eligible for the national service educational 
award described in subtitle D if the participant--
            ``(1) serves in an approved national service position; and
            ``(2) satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in 
        section 146 with respect to service in that approved national 
        service position.
    ``(b) Special Rule for VISTA Volunteers.--A VISTA volunteer who 
serves in an approved national service position shall be ineligible for 
a national service educational award if the VISTA volunteer accepts the 
stipend authorized under section 105(a)(1) of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1).''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the items relating to subtitle C of title I of such Act and 
inserting the following new items:

              ``Subtitle C--National Service Trust Program

                ``Part I--Investment in National Service

``Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national 
                            service positions.
``Sec. 122. Types of national service programs eligible for program 
                            assistance.
``Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval 
                            for national service educational awards.
``Sec. 124. Types of program assistance.
``Sec. 125. Training and technical assistance.
``Sec. 126. Other special assistance.

              ``Part II--Application and Approval Process

``Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service 
                            positions by competitive and other means.
``Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service 
                            positions.
``Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements.
``Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories.
``Sec. 133. Consideration of applications.

               ``Part III--National Service Participants

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

SEC. 102. NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST AND PROVISION OF NATIONAL SERVICE 
              EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.

    (a) Establishment of Trust; Provision of Awards.--Subtitle D of 
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12571 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

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

``SEC. 145. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States an account to be known as the National Service Trust. The 
Trust shall consist of--
            ``(1) from the amounts appropriated to the Corporation and 
        made available to carry out this subtitle pursuant to section 
        501(a)(2), such amounts as the Corporation may designate to be 
        available for the payment of--
                    ``(A) national service educational awards; and
                    ``(B) interest expenses pursuant to subsection 
                148(e);
            ``(2) any amounts received by the Corporation as gifts, 
        bequests, devise, or otherwise pursuant to section 196(a)(2); 
        and
            ``(3) the interest on, and proceeds from the sale or 
        redemption of, any obligations held by the Trust.
    ``(b) Investment of Trust.--It shall be the duty of the Secretary 
of the Treasury to invest in full the amounts appropriated to the 
Trust. Except as otherwise expressly provided in instruments concerning 
a gift, bequest, devise, or other donation and agreed to by the 
Corporation, such investments may be made only in interest-bearing 
obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to 
both principal and interest by the United States. For such purpose, 
such obligations may be acquired (1) on original issue at the issue 
price, or (2) by purchase of outstanding obligations at the 
marketplace. Any obligation acquired by the Trust may be sold by the 
Secretary at the market price.
    ``(c) Expenditures From Trust.--Amounts in the Trust shall be 
available, to the extent provided for in advance by appropriation, for 
payments of national service educational awards in accordance with 
section 148.
    ``(d) Reports to Congress on Receipts and Expenditures.--The 
Corporation shall submit an annual report to the Congress on the 
financial status of the Trust. Such report shall--
            ``(1) specify the amount deposited to the Trust from the 
        most recent appropriation to the Corporation, the amount 
        received by the Corporation as gifts or bequest during the 
        period covered by the report, and any amounts obtained by the 
        Trust pursuant to subsection (a)(3);
            ``(2) identify the number of individuals who are currently 
        performing service to qualify, or have qualified, for national 
        service educational awards;
            ``(3) identify the number of individuals whose expectation 
        to receive national service educational awards during the 
        period covered by the report--
                    ``(A) has been reduced pursuant to section 147(b); 
                or
                    ``(B) has lapsed pursuant to section 146(d); and
            ``(4) estimate the number of additional approved national 
        service positions which the Corporation will be able to make 
        available under subtitle C on the basis of any accumulated 
        surplus in the Trust above the amount required to provide 
        national service educational awards to individuals identified 
        under paragraph (2), including any amounts available as a 
        result of the circumstances referred to in paragraph (3).

``SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NATIONAL SERVICE 
              EDUCATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST.

    ``(a) Eligible Individuals.--An individual shall be eligible to 
receive a national service educational award from the National Service 
Trust if the individual--
            ``(1) successfully completes the required term of service 
        described in subsection (b) in an approved national service 
        position;
            ``(2) was 17 years of age or older at the time the 
        individual began serving in the approved national service 
        position or was an out-of-school youth serving in an approved 
        national service position with a youth corps program described 
        in section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 
        122(a)(9);
            ``(3) at the time the individual uses the national service 
        educational award--
                    ``(A) has received a high school diploma, or the 
                equivalent of such diploma;
                    ``(B)(i) is enrolled at an institution of higher 
                education on the basis of meeting the standard 
                described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 484(d) of 
                the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(d)); 
                and
                    ``(ii) meets the requirements of section 484(a) of 
                such Act; or
                    ``(C) has received a waiver described in section 
                137(c); and
            ``(4) is a citizen of the United States or lawfully 
        admitted for permanent residence.
    ``(b) Term of Service.--The term of service for an approved 
national service position shall not be less than the full- or part-time 
term of service specified in section 139(b).
    ``(c) Limitation on Number of Terms of Service for Awards.--
Although an individual may serve more than 2 terms of service described 
in subsection (b) in an approved national service position, the 
individual shall receive a national service educational award from the 
National Service Trust only on the basis of the first and second of 
such terms of service.
    ``(d) Time for Use of Educational Award.--
            ``(1) Five-year requirement.--An individual eligible to 
        receive a national service educational award under this section 
        may not use such award after the end of the 5-year period 
        beginning on the date the individual completes the term of 
        service in an approved national service position that is the 
        basis of the award.
            ``(2) Exception.--The Corporation may extend the period 
        within which an individual may use a national service 
        educational award if the Corporation determines that the 
        individual--
                    ``(A) was unavoidably prevented from using the 
                national service educational award during the original 
                5-year period; or
                    ``(B) performed another term of service in an 
                approved national service position during that period.

``SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE 
              EDUCATIONAL AWARD.

    ``(a) Amounts Generally.--Except as provided in subsection (b), an 
individual described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a 
required term of service in an approved national service position shall 
receive a national service education award having a value, for each of 
not more than 2 of such term of service, equal to 90 percent of--
            ``(1) one-half of the aggregate minimum basic educational 
        assistance allowance calculated under sections 3013(d)(1) and 
        3015(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code (as in effect on 
        July 28, 1993), for a member of the Armed Forces who is 
        entitled to such an allowance under section 3011 of such title 
        and whose initial obligation period of active duty is two 
        years; less
            ``(2) one-half of the aggregate basic contribution required 
        to be made by the member under section 3011(b) of such title 
        (as in effect on July 28, 1993).
    ``(b) Award for Partial Completion of Service.--If an individual 
serving in an approved national service position is released in 
accordance with section 139(c)(1)(A) from completing the term of 
service agreed to by the individual, the Corporation may provide the 
individual with that portion of the national service educational award 
approved for the individual that corresponds to the quantity of the 
term of service actually completed by the individual.

``SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.

    ``(a) In General.--Amounts in the Trust shall be available--
            ``(1) to repay student loans in accordance with subsection 
        (b);
            ``(2) to pay all or part of the cost of attendance at an 
        institution of higher education in accordance with subsection 
        (c);
            ``(3) to pay expenses incurred in participating in an 
        approved school-to-work program in accordance with subsection 
        (d); and
            ``(4) to pay interest expenses in accordance with 
        regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (e).
    ``(b) Use of Educational Award To Repay Outstanding Student 
Loans.--
            ``(1) Application by eligible individuals.--An eligible 
        individual under section 146 who desires to apply the national 
        service educational award of the individual to the repayment of 
        qualified student loans shall submit, in a manner prescribed by 
        the Corporation, an application to the Corporation that--
                    ``(A) identifies, or permits the Corporation to 
                identify readily, the holder or holders of such loans;
                    ``(B) indicates, or permits the Corporation to 
                determine readily, the amounts of principal and 
                interest outstanding on the loans;
                    ``(C) specifies the qualified student loan to which 
                the individual desires to apply the national service 
                educational award, in any case in which the total of 
                the amounts described in subparagraph (B) is greater 
                than the amount of the national service educational 
                award to which the individual is entitled; and
                    ``(D) contains or is accompanied by such other 
                information as the Corporation may require.
            ``(2) Disbursement of repayments.--Upon receipt of an 
        application from an eligible individual of an application that 
        complies with paragraph (1), the Corporation shall, as promptly 
        as practicable consistent with paragraph (5), disburse the 
        amount of the national service educational award that the 
        participant has earned. Such disbursement shall be made by 
        check or other means that is payable to the holder of the loan 
        and requires the endorsement or other certification by the 
        eligible individual.
            ``(3) Application of disbursed amounts.--If the amount 
        disbursed under paragraph (2) is less than the principal and 
        accrued interest on any qualified student loan, such amount 
        shall first be applied to the repayment of principal. In a case 
        described in paragraph (1)(C), such amount shall be applied to 
        the loan described in paragraph (1)(C).
            ``(4) Reports by holders.--Any holder receiving a loan 
        payment pursuant to this subsection shall submit to the 
        Corporation such information as the Corporation may require to 
        verify that such payment was applied in accordance with this 
        subsection and any regulations prescribed to carry out this 
        subsection.
            ``(5) Authority to aggregate payments.--The Corporation 
        may, by regulation, provide for the aggregation of payments to 
        holders under this subsection.
            ``(6) Notification.--On disbursing a national service 
        educational award to which an individual is entitled under 
        paragraph (2) and applying the award to a loan, the Corporation 
        shall notify the individual of the amount disbursed for each 
        such loan and the date of the disbursal.
            ``(7) Definitions.--As used in this subsection:
                    ``(A) Qualified student loan.--The term `qualified 
                student loan' means--
                            ``(i) any loan made, insured, or guaranteed 
                        pursuant to title IV of the Higher Education 
                        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), other 
                        than a loan to a parent of a student pursuant 
                        to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078-2); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) any loan made pursuant to title VII 
                        or VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 
                        U.S.C. 292a et seq.).
                    ``(B) Holder.--The term `holder' with respect to 
                any eligible loan means the original lender or, if the 
                loan is subsequently sold, transferred, or assigned to 
                some other person, and such other person acquires a 
                legally enforceable right to receive payments from the 
                borrower, such other person.
    ``(c) Use of Educational Awards To Pay Current Educational 
Expenses.--
            ``(1) Application by eligible individual.-- An eligible 
        individual under section 146 who desires to apply the national 
        service educational award of the individual to the payment of 
        full-time or part-time educational expenses, that have been 
        incurred by the individual prior to the service of the 
        individual under subtitle C, shall, on a form prescribed by the 
        Corporation, submit an application to the institution of higher 
        education in which the student will be enrolled that contains 
        such information as the Corporation may require to verify the 
        individual's eligibility.
            ``(2) Submission of requests for payment by institutions.--
        An institution of higher education that receives one or more 
        applications that comply with paragraph (1) shall submit to the 
        Corporation a statement, in a manner prescribed by the 
        Corporation, that--
                    ``(A) identifies each eligible individual filing an 
                application under paragraph (1) for a disbursement of 
                the individual's national service educational award 
                under this subsection;
                    ``(B) specifies the amounts for which such eligible 
                individuals are, consistent with paragraph (6), 
                qualified for disbursement under this subsection;
                    ``(C) certifies that--
                            ``(i) the institution of higher education 
                        has in effect a program participation agreement 
                        under section 487 of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094);
                            ``(ii) the institution's eligibility to 
                        participate in any of the programs under title 
                        IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) has not 
                        been limited, suspended, or terminated; and
                            ``(iii) individuals using national service 
                        educational awards received under this subtitle 
                        to pay for educational costs do not comprise 
                        more than 15 percent of the total student 
                        population of the institution; and
                    ``(D) contains such provisions concerning financial 
                compliance as the Corporation may require.
            ``(3) Disbursement of payments.--Upon receipt of a 
        statement from an institution of higher education that complies 
        with paragraph (2), the Corporation shall, subject to paragraph 
        (4), disburse the total amount of the national service 
        educational awards for which eligible individuals who have 
        submitted applications to that institution under paragraph (1) 
        are scheduled to receive. Such disbursement shall be made by 
        check or other means that is payable to the institution and 
        requires the endorsement or other certification by the eligible 
        individual.
            ``(4) Multiple disbursements required.--The total amount 
        required to be disbursed to an institution of higher education 
        under paragraph (3) for any period of enrollment shall be 
        disbursed by the Corporation in 2 or more installments, none of 
        which exceeds \1/2\ of such total amount. The interval between 
        the first and second such installment shall not be less than 
        \1/2\ of such period of enrollment, except as necessary to 
        permit the second installment to be paid at the beginning of 
        the second semester, quarter, or similar division of such 
        period of enrollment.
            ``(5) Refund rules.--The Corporation shall, by regulation, 
        provide for the refund to the Corporation (and the crediting to 
        the national service educational award of an eligible 
        individual) of amounts disbursed to institutions for the 
        benefit of eligible individuals who withdraw or otherwise fail 
        to complete the period of enrollment for which the assistance 
        was provided. Such regulations shall be consistent with the 
        fair and equitable refund policies required of institutions 
        pursuant to section 484B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1091b). Amounts refunded to the Trust pursuant to 
        this paragraph may be used by the Corporation to fund 
        additional approved national service positions under subtitle 
        C.
            ``(6) Maximum award.--The portion of an eligible 
        individual's total available national service educational award 
        that may be disbursed under this subsection for any period of 
        enrollment shall not exceed the difference between--
                    ``(A) the eligible individual's cost of attendance 
                for such period of enrollment, determined in accordance 
                with section 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
                (20 U.S.C. 1087ll); and
                    ``(B) the sum of--
                            ``(i) the student's estimated financial 
                        assistance for such period under part A of 
                        title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the student's veterans' education 
                        benefits, determined in accordance with section 
                        480(c) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(c)).
    ``(d) Use of Educational Award To Participate in Approved School-
To-Work Programs.--The Corporation shall by regulation provide for the 
payment of national service educational awards to permit eligible 
individuals to participate in school-to-work programs approved by the 
Secretaries of Labor and Education.
    ``(e) Interest Payments During Forbearance on Loan Repayment.--The 
Corporation may provide by regulation for the payment on behalf of an 
eligible individual of interest that accrues during a period for which 
such individual has obtained forbearance in the repayment of a 
qualified student loan (as defined in subsection (b)(7)), if the 
eligible individual successfully completes the required term of service 
(as determined under section 146(b)) of the individual. Such 
regulations shall be prescribed after consultation with the Secretary 
of Education.
    ``(f) Exception.--
            ``(1) Option.--With the approval of the President, a 
        national service program that receives assistance under section 
        121 may offer to each participant in the program the option 
        of--
                    ``(A) waiving the right of the participant to 
                receive a national service educational award; and
                    ``(B) receiving an alternative post-service 
                benefit.
            ``(2) Sources of funding.--In providing for the alternative 
        post-service benefit, the program may not use funds made 
        available under this Act or any other Federal law.
    ``(g) Definition of Institution of Higher Education.--
Notwithstanding section 101 of this Act, for purposes of this section 
the term `institution of higher education' has the meaning provided by 
section 481(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1088(a)).''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the items relating to subtitle D of title I of such Act and 
inserting the following new items:

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

``Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust.
``Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service 
                            educational award from the Trust.
``Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service 
                            educational award.
``Sec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Eligibility for subsidized stafford loans.--Section 
        428(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1078(a)(2)(C)(i)) is amended by inserting ``any national 
        service educational award such student will receive under 
        subtitle D of title I of the National and Community Service Act 
        of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12751 et seq.),'' after ``parts C and E of 
        this title,''.
            (2) Forbearance in the collection of stafford loans.--
        Section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1)--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (W), 
                        (X), and (Y) as subparagraphs (X), (Y), and 
                        (Z), respectively; and
                            (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (V) 
                        the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(W)(i) provides that, upon written request, a 
                lender shall grant a borrower forbearance on such terms 
                as are otherwise consistent with the regulations of the 
                Secretary, during periods in which the borrower is 
                serving in a national service position, for which the 
                borrower receives a national service educational award 
                under the National and Community Service Trust Act of 
                1993;
                    ``(ii) provides that clauses (iii) and (iv) of 
                subparagraph (V) shall also apply to a forbearance 
                granted under this subparagraph; and
                    ``(iii) provides that interest shall continue to 
                accrue on a loan for which a borrower receives 
                forbearance under this subparagraph and shall be 
                capitalized or paid by the borrower;''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking 
                ``subsection (b)(1)(V)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs 
                (V) and (W) of subsection (b)(1)''.
            (3) Eligibility for stafford loan forgiveness.--Section 
        428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1), is amended by striking 
                ``October 1, 1992'' and inserting ``October 1, 1989''; 
                and
                    (B) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Ineligibility of national service educational award 
        recipients.--No student borrower may, for the same volunteer 
        service, receive a benefit under both this section and subtitle 
        D of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
        (42 U.S.C. 12751 et seq.).''.
            (4) Eligibility for perkins loan forgiveness.--Section 
        465(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1087ee(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(6) No borrower may, for the same volunteer service, receive a 
benefit under both this section and subtitle D of title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12751 et 
seq.).''.
            (5) Impact on general needs analysis.--Section 480(j) of 
        such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(j)) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any national service 
educational award such student will receive under subtitle D of title I 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12751 et 
seq.) shall not be taken into account in determining estimated 
financial assistance not received under this title.''.

SEC. 103. SCHOOL-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.

    (a) Amendments to Serve-America Programs.--
            (1) Purpose.--The purpose of this subsection is to improve 
        the Serve-America programs established under part I of subtitle 
        B of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and to 
        enable the Corporation for National and Community Service, and 
        the entities receiving financial assistance under such part, 
        to--
                    (A) work with teachers in elementary schools and 
                secondary schools within a community, and with 
                community-based agencies, to create and offer service-
                learning opportunities for all school-age youth;
                    (B) educate teachers, and faculty providing teacher 
                training and retraining, about service-learning, and 
                incorporate service-learning opportunities into 
                classroom teaching to strengthen academic learning;
                    (C) coordinate the work of adult volunteers who 
                work with elementary and secondary schools as part of 
                their community service activities; and
                    (D) work with employers in the communities to 
                ensure that projects introduce the students to various 
                careers and expose the students to needed further 
                education and training.
            (2) Programs.--Subtitle B of title I of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is 
        amended by striking the subtitle heading and all that follows 
        through the end of part I and inserting the following:

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

                    ``PART I--SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS

            ``Subpart A--School-Based Programs for Students

``SEC. 111. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES.

    ``(a) Use of Funds.--The Corporation, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, may make grants under section 112(b)(1), and 
allotments under subsections (a) and (b)(2) of section 112, to States 
(through State educational agencies), and to Indian tribes, to pay for 
the Federal share of--
            ``(1) planning and building the capacity of the States or 
        Indian tribes (which may be accomplished through grants or 
        contracts with qualified organizations) to implement school-
        based service-learning programs, including--
                    ``(A) providing training for teachers, supervisors, 
                personnel from community-based agencies (particularly 
                with regard to the utilization of participants), and 
                trainers, to be conducted by qualified individuals or 
                organizations that have experience with service-
                learning;
                    ``(B) developing service-learning curricula to be 
                integrated into academic programs, including the age-
                appropriate learning component described in section 
                114(d)(1)(B);
                    ``(C) forming local partnerships described in 
                paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based service-
                learning programs in accordance with this subpart;
                    ``(D) devising appropriate methods for research and 
                evaluation of the educational value of service-learning 
                and the effect of service-learning activities on 
                communities; and
                    ``(E) establishing effective outreach and 
                dissemination of information to ensure the broadest 
                possible involvement of community-based agencies with 
                demonstrated effectiveness in working with school-age 
                youth in their communities;
            ``(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
        service-learning programs, which may include paying for the 
        cost of the recruitment, training, supervision, placement, 
        salaries, and benefits of service-learning coordinators, 
        through State distribution of Federal funds made available 
        under this subpart to projects operated by local partnerships 
        among--
                    ``(A) local educational agencies; and
                    ``(B) one or more community partners that--
                            ``(i) shall include a public or private 
                        not-for-profit organization that--
                                    ``(I) has demonstrated expertise in 
                                the provision of services to meet 
                                human, educational, environmental, or 
                                public safety needs;
                                    ``(II) was in existence 1 year 
                                before the date on which the 
                                organization submitted an application 
                                under section 114; and
                                    ``(III) will make projects 
                                available for participants, who shall 
                                be students; and
                            ``(ii) may include a private for-profit 
                        business or private elementary or secondary 
                        school;
            ``(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs 
        through State distribution of Federal funds made available 
        under this subpart to local educational agencies, which 
        planning may include paying for the cost of--
                    ``(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning 
                coordinators; or
                    ``(B) the recruitment, training, supervision, and 
                placement of service-learning coordinators who are 
                participants in a program under subtitle C or receive a 
                national service educational award under subtitle D,
        who will identify the community partners described in paragraph 
        (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of a program 
        described in paragraph (2); and
            ``(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
        service-learning programs involving adult volunteers to utilize 
        service-learning to improve the education of students through 
        State distribution of Federal funds made available under this 
        part to local partnerships among--
                    ``(A) local educational agencies; and
                    ``(B) one or more--
                            ``(i) public or private not-for-profit 
                        organizations;
                            ``(ii) other educational agencies; or
                            ``(iii) private for-profit businesses,
        that coordinate and operate projects for participants, who 
        shall be students.
    ``(b) Related Expenses.--A partnership, local educational agency, 
or other qualified organization that receives financial assistance 
under this subpart may, in carrying out the activities described in 
subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the Federal share of 
reasonable costs related to the supervision of participants, program 
administration, transportation, insurance, evaluations, and for other 
reasonable expenses related to the activities.

``SEC. 111A. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL APPLICANTS IN NONPARTICIPATING 
              STATES.

    ``In any fiscal year in which a State does not submit an 
application under section 113, for an allotment under subsection (a) or 
(b)(2) of section 112, that meets the requirements of section 113 and 
such other requirements as the President may determine to be 
appropriate, the Corporation may use the allotment of that State to 
make direct grants to pay for the Federal share of the cost of--
            ``(1) carrying out the activities described in paragraph 
        (2) or (4) of section 111(a), to a local partnership described 
        in such paragraph; or
            ``(2) carrying out the activities described in paragraph 
        (3) of such section, to an agency described in such paragraph,
that is located in the State.

``SEC. 111B. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST PUBLIC OR PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Corporation may make a grant under section 
112(b)(1) to a public or private not-for-profit organization that--
            ``(1) has experience with service-learning;
            ``(2) was in existence 1 year before the date on which the 
        organization submitted an application under section 114(a); and
            ``(3) meets such other criteria as the President may 
        establish.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--Such an organization may use a grant made 
under subsection (a) to make grants to partnerships described in 
paragraph (2) or (4) of section 111(a) to implement, operate, or expand 
school-based service-learning programs as described in such section and 
provide technical assistance and training to appropriate persons.

``SEC. 112. GRANTS AND ALLOTMENTS.

    ``(a) Indian Tribes and Territories.--Of the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this subpart for any fiscal year, the Corporation shall 
reserve an amount of not more than 3 percent for payments to Indian 
tribes, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with 
their respective needs. The Corporation may also make payments from 
such amount to Palau, in accordance with its needs, until such time as 
the Compact of Free Association with Palau is ratified.
    ``(b) Grants and Allotments Through States.--The Corporation shall 
use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this subpart 
for any fiscal year as follows:
            ``(1) Grants.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), from 25 
        percent of such funds, the Corporation may make grants, on a 
        competitive basis, to--
                    ``(A) States and Indian tribes; or
                    ``(B) as described in section 111B, to grantmaking 
                entities.
            ``(2) Allotments.--
                    ``(A) School-age youth.--Except as provided in 
                paragraph (3), from 37.5 percent of such funds, the 
                Corporation shall allot to each State an amount that 
                bears the same ratio to 37.5 percent of such funds as 
                the number of school-age youth in the State bears to 
                the total number of school-age youth of all States.
                    ``(B) Allocation under elementary and secondary 
                education act of 1965.--Except as provided in paragraph 
                (3), from 37.5 percent of such funds, the Corporation 
                shall allot to each State an amount that bears the same 
                ratio to 37.5 percent of such funds as the allocation 
                to the State for the previous fiscal year under chapter 
                1 of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2711 et seq.) bears to such 
                allocations to all States.
            ``(3) Minimum amount.--No State shall receive, under 
        paragraph (2), an allotment that is less than the allotment 
        such State received for fiscal year 1993 under section 112(b) 
        of this Act, as in effect on the day before the date of 
        enactment of this part. If the amount of funds made available 
        in a fiscal year to carry out paragraph (2) is insufficient to 
        make such allotments, the Corporation shall make available sums 
        from the 25 percent described in paragraph (1) for such fiscal 
        year to make such allotments.
            ``(4) Definition.--Notwithstanding section 101(27), for 
        purposes of this subsection, the term `State' means each of the 
        several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, and an Indian tribe.
    ``(c) Reallotment.--If the Corporation determines that the 
allotment of a State or Indian tribe under this section will not be 
required for a fiscal year because the State or Indian tribe does not 
submit an application for the allotment under section 113 that meets 
the requirements of such section and such other requirements as the 
President may determine to be appropriate, the Corporation shall, after 
making any grants under section 111A to a partnership or agency 
described in such section, make any remainder of such allotment 
available for reallotment to such other States, and Indian tribes, with 
approved applications submitted under section 113, as the Corporation 
may determine to be appropriate.
    ``(d) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), if less 
than $20,000,000 is appropriated for any fiscal year to carry out this 
subpart, the Corporation shall award grants to States and Indian 
tribes, from the amount so appropriated, on a competitive basis to pay 
for the Federal share of the activities described in section 111.

``SEC. 113. STATE OR TRIBAL APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Submission.--To be eligible to receive a grant under section 
112(b)(1), an allotment under subsection (a) or (b)(2) of section 112, 
a reallotment under section 112(c), or a grant under section 112(d), a 
State, acting through the State educational agency, or an Indian tribe, 
shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an 
application at such time and in such manner as the President may 
reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents.--An application that is submitted under subsection 
(a) with respect to service-learning programs described in section 111 
shall include--
            ``(1) a 3-year strategic plan, or a revision of a 
        previously approved 3-year strategic plan, for promoting 
        service-learning through the programs, which plan shall contain 
        such information as the President may reasonably require, 
        including information demonstrating that the programs will be 
        carried out in a manner consistent with the approved strategic 
        plan;
            ``(2) assurances that--
                    ``(A) the applicant will keep such records and 
                provide such information to the Corporation with 
                respect to the programs as may be required for fiscal 
                audits and program evaluation; and
                    ``(B) the applicant will comply with the 
                nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of 
                section 177 and the grievance procedure requirements of 
                section 176(f); and
            ``(3) such additional information as the President may 
        reasonably require.

``SEC. 114. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Application to Corporation to Make Grants for School-Based 
Service-Learning Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant in 
        accordance with section 111B(a) to make grants relating to 
        school-based service-learning programs described in section 
        111(a)(2), a grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit to the 
        Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application.
            ``(2) Submission.--Such application shall be submitted at 
        such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 
        information, as the President may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Direct Application to Corporation to Carry Out School-Based 
Service-Learning Programs in Nonparticipating States.--To be eligible 
to receive a grant from the Corporation in the circumstances described 
in section 111A to carry out an activity described in such section, a 
partnership or agency described in such section shall prepare, submit 
to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application. Such 
application shall be submitted at such time and in such manner, and 
shall contain such information, as the President may reasonably 
require.
    ``(c) Application to State or Indian Tribe to Receive Assistance to 
Carry Out School-Based Service-Learning Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any--
                    ``(A) qualified organization that desires to 
                receive financial assistance under this subpart from a 
                State or Indian tribe for an activity described in 
                section 111(a)(1);
                    ``(B) partnership described in section 111(a)(2) 
                that desires to receive such assistance from a State, 
                Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity for an activity 
                described in section 111(a)(2);
                    ``(C) agency described in section 111(a)(3) that 
                desires to receive such assistance from a State or 
                Indian tribe for an activity described in such section; 
                or
                    ``(D) partnership described in section 111(a)(4) 
                that desires to receive such assistance from a State or 
                Indian tribe for an activity described in such section,
        to be carried out through a service-learning program described 
        in section 111, shall prepare, submit to the State educational 
        agency, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity, and obtain 
        approval of, an application for the program.
            ``(2) Submission.--Such application shall be submitted at 
        such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 
        information, as the agency, tribe, or entity may reasonably 
        require.
    ``(d) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by regulation establish 
standards for the information and assurances required to be contained 
in an application submitted under subsection (a) or (b) with respect to 
a service-learning program described in section 111, including, at a 
minimum--
            ``(1) assurances that--
                    ``(A) prior to the placement of a participant, the 
                entity carrying out the program will consult with any 
                local labor organization representing employees in the 
                area who are engaged in the same or similar work as 
                that proposed to be carried out by such program, to 
                prevent the displacement and protect the rights of such 
                employees;
                    ``(B) the entity carrying out the program will 
                develop an age-appropriate learning component for 
                participants in the program that shall include a chance 
                for participants to analyze and apply their service 
                experiences; and
                    ``(C) the entity carrying out the program will 
                comply with the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
                requirements of section 177 and the grievance procedure 
                requirements of section 176(f); and
            ``(2) in the case of an application submitted by a 
        grantmaking entity, information demonstrating that the entity 
        will make grants for a program to--
                    ``(A) carry out activities described in section 
                111B(b) in two or more States, under circumstances in 
                which the activities carried out under such program can 
                be carried out more efficiently through one program 
                than through two or more programs; and
                    ``(B) carry out the same activities, such as 
                training activities or activities related to exchanging 
                information on service experiences, through each of the 
                projects assisted through the program.
    ``(e) Limitation on Same Project in Multiple Applications.--No 
applicant shall submit an application under section 113 or this 
section, and the Corporation shall reject an application that is 
submitted under section 113 or this section, if the application 
describes a project proposed to be conducted using assistance requested 
by the applicant and the project is already described in another 
application pending before the Corporation.

``SEC. 115. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Criteria for Applications.--In approving applications for 
financial assistance under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 
112, the Corporation shall consider such criteria with respect to 
sustainability, replicability, innovation, and quality of programs 
under this subpart as the President may by regulation specify. In 
providing assistance under this subpart, a State educational agency, 
Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity shall consider such criteria.
    ``(b) Priority for Local Applications.--In providing assistance 
under this subpart, a State educational agency or Indian tribe, or the 
Corporation if section 111A or 111B applies, shall give priority to 
entities that submit applications under section 114 with respect to 
service-learning programs described in section 111 that--
            ``(1) involve participants in the design and operation of 
        the program;
            ``(2) are in the greatest need of assistance, such as 
        programs targeting low-income areas;
            ``(3) involve--
                    ``(A) students from public elementary or secondary 
                schools, and students from private elementary or 
                secondary schools, serving together; or
                    ``(B) students of different ages, races, sexes, 
                ethnic groups, disabilities, or economic backgrounds, 
                serving together; or
            ``(4) are integrated into the academic program of the 
        participants.
    ``(c) Rejection of Applications.--If the Corporation rejects an 
application submitted by a State under section 113 for an allotment 
under subsection (b)(2) of section 112, the Corporation shall promptly 
notify the State of the reasons for the rejection of the application. 
The Corporation shall provide the State with a reasonable opportunity 
to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide technical 
assistance, if needed, to the State as part of the resubmission 
process. The Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted 
application.

``SEC. 115A. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRIVATE 
              SCHOOLS.

    ``(a) In General.--To the extent consistent with the number of 
students in the State or Indian tribe or in the school district of the 
local educational agency involved who are enrolled in private not-for-
profit elementary and secondary schools, such State, Indian tribe, or 
agency shall (after consultation with appropriate private school 
representatives) make provision--
            ``(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for 
        the benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable 
        participation of such students in the programs implemented to 
        carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described in 
        this subpart; and
            ``(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so 
        as to allow for the equitable participation of such teachers in 
        the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and 
        provide the benefits described in this subpart.
    ``(b) Waiver.--If a State, Indian tribe, or local educational 
agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participation of 
students or teachers from private not-for-profit schools as required by 
subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that a State, Indian 
tribe, or local educational agency substantially fails or is unwilling 
to provide for such participation on an equitable basis, the President 
shall waive such requirements and shall arrange for the provision of 
services to such students and teachers. Such waivers shall be subject 
to consultation, withholding, notice, and judicial review requirements 
in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 1017(b) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2727(b)).

``SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

    ``(a) Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Federal share attributable to this 
        subpart of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant 
        or allotment is made under this subpart may not exceed--
                    ``(A) 90 percent of the total cost of the program 
                for the first year for which the program receives 
                assistance under this subpart;
                    ``(B) 80 percent of the total cost of the program 
                for the second year for which the program receives 
                assistance under this subpart;
                    ``(C) 70 percent of the total cost of the program 
                for the third year for which the program receives 
                assistance under this subpart; and
                    ``(D) 50 percent of the total cost of the program 
                for the fourth year, and for any subsequent year, for 
                which the program receives assistance under this 
                subpart.
            ``(2) Calculation.--In providing for the remaining share of 
        the cost of carrying out such a program, each recipient of 
        assistance under this subpart--
                    ``(A) shall provide for such share through a 
                payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including 
                facilities, equipment, or services; and
                    ``(B) may provide for such share through State 
                sources, local sources, or Federal sources (other than 
                funds made available under the national service laws).
    ``(b) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements of 
subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect to any such program in 
any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such a waiver would 
be equitable due to a lack of available financial resources at the 
local level.

``SEC. 116A. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Administrative Costs.--
            ``(1) Limitation.--Not more than 5 percent of the amount of 
        assistance provided to a State educational agency, Indian 
        tribe, or grantmaking entity that is the original recipient of 
        a grant or allotment under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of 
        section 112 for a fiscal year may be used to pay for 
        administrative costs incurred by--
                    ``(A) the original recipient; or
                    ``(B) the entity carrying out the service-learning 
                programs supported with the assistance.
            ``(2) Rules on use.--The President may by rule prescribe 
        the manner and extent to which--
                    ``(A) such assistance may be used to cover 
                administrative costs; and
                    ``(B) that portion of the assistance available to 
                cover administrative costs should be distributed 
                between--
                            ``(i) the original recipient; and
                            ``(ii) the entity carrying out the service-
                        learning programs supported with the 
                        assistance.
    ``(b) Capacity-Building Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), not 
        less than 10 percent and not more than 15 percent of the amount 
        of assistance provided to a State educational agency or Indian 
        tribe that is the original recipient of a grant or allotment 
        under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 112 for a 
        fiscal year may be used to build capacity through training, 
        technical assistance, curriculum development, and coordination 
        activities, described in section 111(a)(1).
            ``(2) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements of 
        paragraph (1) in order to permit an agency or a tribe to use 
        not less than 10 percent and not more than 25 percent of such 
        amount to build capacity as provided in paragraph (1). To be 
        eligible to receive such a waiver such an agency or tribe shall 
        submit an application to the President at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the President may 
        require.
    ``(c) Local Uses of Funds.--Funds made available under this subpart 
may not be used to pay any stipend, allowance, or other financial 
support to any student who is a participant under this subtitle, except 
reimbursement for transportation, meals, and other reasonable out-of-
pocket expenses directly related to participation in a program assisted 
under this subpart.

``SEC. 116B. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this subpart:
            ``(1) Grantmaking entity.--The term `grantmaking entity' 
        means an organization described in section 111B(a).
            ``(2) School-based.--The term `school-based' means based in 
        an elementary school or a secondary school.
            ``(3) Student.--Notwithstanding section 101(30), the term 
        `student' means an individual who is enrolled in an elementary 
        or secondary school on a full- or part-time basis.

   ``Subpart B--Community-Based Service Programs for School-Age Youth

``SEC. 117. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this subpart:
            ``(1) Community-based service program.--The term 
        `community-based service program' means a program described in 
        section 117A(b)(1)(A).
            ``(2) Grantmaking entity.--The term `grantmaking entity' 
        means a qualified organization that--
                    ``(A) submits an application under section 117C(a) 
                to make grants to qualified organizations;
                    ``(B) was in existence 1 year before the date on 
                which the organization submitted the application;
                    ``(C) has experience with service-learning; and
                    ``(D) meets such other criteria as the President 
                shall establish.
            ``(3) Qualified organization.--The term `qualified 
        organization' means a public or private not-for-profit 
        organization with experience working with school-age youth that 
        meets such criteria as the President may establish.

``SEC. 117A. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

    ``(a) Grants.--From the funds appropriated to carry out this 
subpart for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make grants to State 
Commissions, grantmaking entities, and qualified organizations to pay 
for the Federal share of the implementation, operation, expansion, or 
replication of community-based service programs.
    ``(b) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) State commissions and grantmaking entities.--A State 
        Commission or grantmaking entity may use a grant made under 
        subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) to make a grant to a qualified organization 
                to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a 
                community-based service program that provides for 
                meaningful human, educational, environmental, or public 
                safety service by participants, who shall be school-age 
                youth; or
                    ``(B) to provide training and technical assistance 
                to such an organization.
            ``(2) Qualified organizations.--A qualified organization, 
        other than a grantmaking entity, may use a grant made under 
        subsection (a) to implement, operate, expand, or replicate a 
        program described in paragraph (1)(A).

``SEC. 117B. STATE APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--To be eligible to receive a grant under section 
117A(a), a State Commission shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, 
and obtain approval of, an application.
    ``(b) Submission.--Such application shall be submitted to the 
Corporation at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 
information, as the President may reasonably require.
    ``(c) Contents.--Such an application shall include, at a minimum, a 
State plan that contains the information and assurance described in 
section 117C(d) with respect to each community-based service program 
proposed to be carried out through funding distributed by the State 
Commission under this subpart.

``SEC. 117C. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Application to Corporation to Make Grants for Community-Based 
Service Programs.--To be eligible to receive a grant from the 
Corporation under section 117A(a) to make grants under section 
117A(b)(1), a grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit to the 
Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application that proposes a 
community-based service program to be carried out through grants made 
to qualified organizations. Such application shall be submitted at such 
time and in such manner, and shall contain such information, as the 
President may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Direct Application to Corporation to Carry Out Community-
Based Service Programs.--To be eligible to receive a grant from the 
Corporation under section 117A(a) to implement, operate, expand, or 
replicate a community service program, a qualified organization shall 
prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an 
application that proposes a community-based service program to be 
carried out at multiple sites, or that proposes a model or an 
innovative community-based service program. Such application shall be 
submitted at such time and in such manner, and shall contain such 
information, as the President may reasonably require.
    ``(c) Application to State Commission or Grantmaking Entity to 
Receive Grants to Carry Out Community-Based Service Programs.--To be 
eligible to receive a grant from a State Commission or grantmaking 
entity under section 117A(b)(1), a qualified organization shall 
prepare, submit to the Commission or entity, and obtain approval of, an 
application. Such application shall be submitted at such time and in 
such manner, and shall contain such information, as the Commission or 
entity may reasonably require.
    ``(d) Regulations.--The Corporation shall by regulation establish 
standards for the information and assurances required to be contained 
in an application submitted under subsection (a) or (b) with respect to 
a service-learning program described in section 117, including, at a 
minimum--
            ``(1) an assurance that the entity carrying out the program 
        proposed by the applicant will comply with the nonduplication 
        and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 and the grievance 
        procedure requirements of section 176(f);
            ``(2) an assurance that the entity carrying out the program 
        will, prior to placing a participant in the program, consult 
        with any local labor organization representing employees in the 
        area in which the program will be carried out that are engaged 
        in the same or similar work as the work proposed to be carried 
        out by the program, to prevent the displacement of such 
        employees; and
            ``(3) in the case of an application submitted by a 
        grantmaking entity, information demonstrating that the entity 
        will make grants for a program to--
                    ``(A) carry out activities described in section 
                117A(b)(1) in two or more States, under circumstances 
                in which the activities carried out under such program 
                can be carried out more efficiently through one program 
                than through two or more programs; and
                    ``(B) carry out the same activities, such as 
                training activities or activities related to exchanging 
                information on service experiences, through each of the 
                projects assisted through the program.
    ``(e) Limitation on Same Project in Multiple Applications.--No 
applicant shall submit an application under section 117B or this 
section, and the Corporation shall reject an application that is 
submitted under section 117B or this section, if the application 
describes a project proposed to be conducted using assistance requested 
by the applicant and the project is already described in another 
application pending before the Corporation.

``SEC. 117D. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) Application of Criteria.--The Corporation shall apply the 
criteria described in subsection (b) in determining whether to approve 
an application submitted under section 117B or under subsection (a) or 
(b) of section 117C and to provide assistance under section 117A to the 
applicant on the basis of the application.
    ``(b) Assistance Criteria.--In evaluating such an application with 
respect to a program under this subpart, the Corporation shall consider 
the criteria established for national service programs under section 
133(c).
    ``(c) Application to Subgrants.--A State Commission or grantmaking 
entity shall apply the criteria described in subsection (b) in 
determining whether to approve an application under section 117C(c) and 
to make a grant under section 117A(b)(1) to the applicant on the basis 
of the application.

``SEC. 117E. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

    ``(a) Federal Share.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Federal share attributable to this 
        subpart of the cost of carrying out a program for which a grant 
        is made under this subpart may not exceed the percentage 
        specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 
        116(a)(1), as appropriate.
            ``(2) Calculation.--Each recipient of assistance under this 
        subpart shall comply with section 116(a)(2).
    ``(b) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements of 
subsection (a), in whole or in part, as provided in section 116(b).

``SEC. 117F. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Administrative Costs.--Not more than 5 percent of the amount 
of assistance provided to a State Commission, grantmaking entity, or 
qualified organization that is the original recipient of a grant under 
section 117A(a) for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative 
costs incurred by--
            ``(1) the original recipient; or
            ``(2) the entity carrying out the community-based service 
        programs supported with the assistance.
    ``(b) Rules on Use.--The President may by rule prescribe the manner 
and extent to which--
            ``(1) such assistance may be used to cover administrative 
        costs; and
            ``(2) that portion of the assistance available to cover 
        administrative costs should be distributed between--
                    ``(A) the original recipient; and
                    ``(B) the entity carrying out the community-based 
                service programs supported with the assistance.

                       ``Subpart C--Clearinghouse

``SEC. 118. SERVICE-LEARNING CLEARINGHOUSE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Corporation shall provide financial 
assistance, from funds appropriated to carry out subtitle H, to 
agencies described in subsection (b) to establish a clearinghouse, 
which shall carry out activities, either directly or by arrangement 
with another such entity, with respect to information about service-
learning.
    ``(b) Public and Private Not-For-Profit Agencies.--Public and 
private not-for-profit agencies that have extensive experience with 
service-learning, including use of adult volunteers to foster service-
learning, shall be eligible to receive assistance under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Function of Clearinghouse.--An entity that receives 
assistance under subsection (a) may--
            ``(1) assist entities carrying out State or local service-
        learning programs with needs assessments and planning;
            ``(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning service-
        learning;
            ``(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to 
        State and local service-learning program administrators, 
        supervisors, service sponsors, and participants; and
            ``(B) provide training to persons who can provide the 
        leadership development and training described in subparagraph 
        (A);
            ``(4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out 
        service-learning programs and participants in such programs;
            ``(5) provide information, curriculum materials, and 
        technical assistance relating to planning and operation of 
        service-learning programs, to States and local entities 
        eligible to receive financial assistance under this title;
            ``(6)(A) gather and disseminate information on successful 
        service-learning programs, components of such successful 
        programs, innovative youth skills curricula related to service-
        learning, and service-learning projects; and
            ``(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearinghouse with 
        appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort;
            ``(7) make recommendations to State and local entities on 
        quality controls to improve the quality of service-learning 
        programs;
            ``(8) assist organizations in recruiting, screening, and 
        placing service-learning coordinators; and
            ``(9) carry out such other activities as the President 
        determines to be appropriate.''.
    (b) Higher Education Innovative Projects.--Subtitle B of title I of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12531 et 
seq.) is amended by striking part II and inserting the following:

 ``PART II--HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE

``SEC. 119. HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    ``(a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part to expand 
participation in community service by supporting innovative community 
service programs carried out through institutions of higher education, 
acting as civic institutions to meet the human, educational, 
environmental, or public safety needs of neighboring communities.
    ``(b) General Authority.--The Corporation, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, is authorized to make grants to, and enter into 
contracts with, institutions of higher education (including a 
combination of such institutions), and partnerships comprised of such 
institutions and of other public agencies or not-for-profit private 
organizations, to pay for the Federal share of the cost of--
            ``(1) enabling such an institution or partnership to create 
        or expand an organized community service program that--
                    ``(A) engenders a sense of social responsibility 
                and commitment to the community in which the 
                institution is located; and
                    ``(B) provides projects for participants, who shall 
                be students, faculty, administration, or staff of the 
                institution, or residents of the community;
            ``(2) supporting student-initiated and student-designed 
        community service projects through the program;
            ``(3) strengthening the leadership and instructional 
        capacity of teachers at the elementary, secondary, and post 
        secondary levels, with respect to service-learning, by--
                    ``(A) including service-learning as a key component 
                of the preservice teacher education of the institution; 
                and
                    ``(B) encouraging the faculty of the institution to 
                use service-learning methods throughout their 
                curriculum;
            ``(4) facilitating the integration of community service 
        carried out under the program into academic curricula, 
        including integration of clinical programs into the curriculum 
        for students in professional schools, so that students can 
        obtain credit for their community service projects;
            ``(5) supplementing the funds available to carry out work-
        study programs under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to support service-
        learning and community service through the community service 
        program;
            ``(6) strengthening the service infrastructure within 
        institutions of higher education in the United States through 
        the program; and
            ``(7) providing for the training of teachers, prospective 
        teachers, related education personnel, and community leaders in 
        the skills necessary to develop, supervise, and organize 
        service-learning.
    ``(c) Federal Share.--
            ``(1) Share.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Federal share of the cost of 
                carrying out a community service project for which a 
                grant or contract is awarded under this part may not 
                exceed 50 percent.
                    ``(B) Calculation.--Each recipient of assistance 
                under this part shall comply with section 116(a)(2).
            ``(2) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements of 
        paragraph (1), in whole or in part, as provided in section 
        116(b).
    ``(d) Application for Grant.--
            ``(1) Submission.--To receive a grant or enter into a 
        contract under this part, an institution or partnership 
        described in subsection (b) shall prepare, submit to the 
        Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application at such 
        time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
        Corporation may reasonably require. In requesting applications 
        for assistance under this part, the Corporation shall specify 
        such required information.
            ``(2) Contents.--An application submitted under paragraph 
        (1) shall, at a minimum, contain--
                    ``(A) assurances that--
                            ``(i) prior to the placement of a 
                        participant, the applicant will consult with 
                        any local labor organization representing 
                        employees in the area who are engaged in the 
                        same or similar work as that proposed to be 
                        carried out by such program, to prevent the 
                        displacement and protect the rights of such 
                        employees; and
                            ``(ii) the applicant will comply with the 
                        nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions 
                        of section 177 and the grievance procedure 
                        requirements of section 176(f); and
                    ``(B) such other assurances as the President may 
                reasonably require.
    ``(e) Priority.--
            ``(1) In general.--In making grants and entering into 
        contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall give 
        priority to applicants that submit applications containing 
        proposals that--
                    ``(A) demonstrate the commitment of the institution 
                of higher education, other than by demonstrating the 
                commitment of the students, to supporting the community 
                service projects carried out under the program;
                    ``(B) specify the manner in which the institution 
                will promote faculty, administration, and staff 
                participation in the community service projects;
                    ``(C) specify the manner in which the institution 
                will provide service to the community through organized 
                programs, including, where appropriate, clinical 
                programs for students in professional schools;
                    ``(D) describe any partnership that will 
                participate in the community service projects, such as 
                a partnership comprised of--
                            ``(i) the institution;
                            ``(ii)(I) a community-based agency;
                            ``(II) a local government agency; or
                            ``(III) a not-for-profit entity that serves 
                        or involves school-age youth or older adults; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) a student organization;
                    ``(E) demonstrate community involvement in the 
                development of the proposal;
                    ``(F) specify that the institution will use such 
                assistance to strengthen the service infrastructure in 
                institutions of higher education; or
                    ``(G) with respect to projects involving delivery 
                of service, specify projects that involve leadership 
                development of school-age youth.
            ``(2) Determination.--In giving priority to applicants 
        under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall give increased 
        priority to such an applicant for each characteristic described 
        in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1) that is 
        reflected in the application submitted by the applicant.
    ``(f) National Service Educational Award.--A participant in a 
program funded under this part shall be eligible for the national 
service educational award described in subtitle D, if the participant 
served in an approved national service position.
    ``(g) Definition.--Notwithstanding section 101(30), as used in this 
part, the term `student' means an individual who is enrolled in an 
institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.''.
    (c) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the items relating to subtitle B of title I of such Act and 
inserting the following:

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

                    ``Part I--Serve-America Programs

            ``subpart a--school-based programs for students
``Sec. 111. Authority to assist States and Indian tribes.
``Sec. 111A. Authority to assist local applicants in nonparticipating 
                            States.
``Sec. 111B. Authority to assist public or private not-for-profit 
                            organizations.
``Sec. 112. Grants and allotments.
``Sec. 113. State or tribal applications.
``Sec. 114. Local applications.
``Sec. 115. Consideration of applications.
``Sec. 115A. Participation of students and teachers from private 
                            schools.
``Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions.
``Sec. 116A. Limitations on uses of funds.
``S``subpart b--community-based service programs for school-age youth
``Sec. 117. Definitions.
``Sec. 117A. General authority.
``Sec. 117B. State applications.
``Sec. 117C. Local applications.
``Sec. 117D. Consideration of applications.
``Sec. 117E. Federal, State, and local contributions.
``Sec. 117F. Limitation``subpart c--clearinghouse
``Sec. 118. Service-learning clearinghouse.

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

``Sec. 119. Higher education innovative programs for community 
                            service.''.

SEC. 104. QUALITY AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Repeal.--Subtitle E of title I of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12591 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Transfer.--Title I of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subtitle H (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) 
        as subtitle E;
            (2) by inserting subtitle E (as redesignated by paragraph 
        (1) of this subsection) after subtitle D; and
            (3) by redesignating sections 195 through 195O as sections 
        151 through 166, respectively.
    (c) Investment for Quality and Innovation.--Title I of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (as amended by subsection (b) of this 
section) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:

          ``Subtitle H--Investment for Quality and Innovation

``SEC. 198. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL 
              SERVICE.

    ``(a) Methods of Conducting Activities.--The Corporation may carry 
out this section directly or through grants, contracts, and cooperative 
agreements with other entities.
    ``(b) Innovation and Quality Improvement.--
            ``(1) Activities.--The Corporation may undertake activities 
        to improve the quality of national service programs and to 
        support innovative and model programs, including--
                    ``(A) programs, including programs for rural youth, 
                under subtitle B or C;
                    ``(B) employer-based retiree programs;
                    ``(C) intergenerational programs;
                    ``(D) programs involving individuals with 
                disabilities as participants providing service; and
                    ``(E) programs sponsored by Governors.
            ``(2) Intergenerational program.--An intergenerational 
        program referred to in paragraph (1)(C) may include a program 
        in which older adults provide services to children who 
        participate in Head Start programs.
    ``(c) Summer Programs.--The Corporation may support service 
programs intended to be carried out between May 1 and October 1, except 
that such a program may also include a year-round component.
    ``(d) Community-Based Agencies.--The Corporation may provide 
training and technical assistance and other assistance to service 
sponsors and other community-based agencies that provide volunteer 
placements in order to improve the ability of such agencies to use 
participants and other volunteers in a manner that results in high-
quality service and a positive service experience for the participants 
and volunteers.
    ``(e) Improve Ability To Apply for Assistance.--The Corporation 
shall provide training and technical assistance, where necessary, to 
individuals, programs, local labor organizations, State educational 
agencies, State Commissions, local educational agencies, local 
governments, community-based agencies, and other entities to enable 
them to apply for funding under one of the national service laws, to 
conduct high-quality programs, to evaluate such programs, and for other 
purposes.
    ``(f) National Service Fellowships.--The Corporation may award 
national service fellowships.
    ``(g) Conferences and Materials.--The Corporation may organize and 
hold conferences, and prepare and publish materials, to disseminate 
information and promote the sharing of information among programs for 
the purpose of improving the quality of programs and projects.
    ``(h) Peace Corps and VISTA Training.--The Corporation may provide 
training assistance to selected individuals who volunteer to serve in 
the Peace Corps or a program authorized under title I of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.). The training 
shall be provided as part of the course of study of the individual at 
an institution of higher education, shall involve service-learning, and 
shall cover appropriate skills that the individual will use in the 
Peace Corps or VISTA.
    ``(i) Promotion and Recruitment.--The Corporation may conduct a 
campaign to solicit funds for the National Service Trust and other 
programs and activities authorized under the national service laws and 
to promote and recruit participants for programs that receive 
assistance under the national service laws.
    ``(j) Training.--The Corporation may support national and regional 
participant and supervisor training, including leadership training and 
training in specific types of service and in building the ethic of 
civic responsibility.
    ``(k) Research.--The Corporation may support research on national 
service, including service-learning.
    ``(l) Intergenerational Support.--The Corporation may assist 
programs in developing a service component that combines students, out-
of-school youths, and older adults as participants to provide needed 
community services.
    ``(m) Planning Coordination.--The Corporation may coordinate 
community-wide planning among programs and projects.
    ``(n) Youth Leadership.--The Corporation may support activities to 
enhance the ability of youth and young adults to play leadership roles 
in national service.
    ``(o) National Program Identity.--The Corporation may support the 
development and dissemination of materials, including training 
materials, and arrange for uniforms and insignia, designed to promote 
unity and shared features among programs that receive assistance under 
the national service laws.
    ``(p) Service-Learning.--The Corporation shall support innovative 
programs and activities that promote service-learning.
    ``(q) National Youth Service Day.--
            ``(1) Designation.--April 19, 1994, and April 18, 1995 are 
        each designated as `National Youth Service Day'. The President 
        of the United States is authorized and directed to issue a 
        proclamation calling on the people of the United States to 
        observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
            ``(2) Federal activities.--In order to observe National 
        Youth Service Day at the Federal level, the Corporation may 
        organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies and activities.
            ``(3) Activities.--The Corporation may make grants to not-
        for-profit organizations with demonstrated ability to carry out 
        appropriate activities, in order to support such activities on 
        National Youth Service Day.

``SEC. 198A. CLEARINGHOUSES.

    ``(a) Assistance.--The Corporation shall provide assistance to 
appropriate entities to establish one or more clearinghouses, including 
the clearinghouse described in section 118.
    ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive assistance under 
subsection (a), an entity shall submit an application to the 
Corporation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Corporation may require.
    ``(c) Function of Clearinghouses.--An entity that receives 
assistance under subsection (a) may--
            ``(1) assist entities carrying out State or local community 
        service programs with needs assessments and planning;
            ``(2) conduct research and evaluations concerning community 
        service;
            ``(3)(A) provide leadership development and training to 
        State and local community service program administrators, 
        supervisors, and participants; and
            ``(B) provide training to persons who can provide the 
        leadership development and training described in subparagraph 
        (A);
            ``(4) facilitate communication among entities carrying out 
        community service programs and participants;
            ``(5) provide information, curriculum materials, technical 
        assistance relating to planning and operation of community 
        service programs, to States and local entities eligible to 
        receive funds under this title;
            ``(6)(A) gather and disseminate information on successful 
        community service programs, components of such successful 
        programs, innovative youth skills curriculum, and community 
        service projects; and
            ``(B) coordinate the activities of the clearinghouse with 
        appropriate entities to avoid duplication of effort;
            ``(7) make recommendations to State and local entities on 
        quality controls to improve the delivery of community service 
        programs and on changes in the programs under this title; and
            ``(8) carry out such other activities as the President 
        determines to be appropriate.

``SEC. 198B. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR SERVICE.

    ``(a) Presidential Awards.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President of the United States, 
        acting through the Corporation, may make Presidential awards 
        for service to individuals providing significant service, and 
        to outstanding service programs.
            ``(2) Individuals and programs.--Notwithstanding section 
        101(20)--
                    ``(A) an individual receiving an award under this 
                subsection need not be a participant in a program 
                authorized under this Act; and
                    ``(B) a program receiving an award under this 
                subsection need not be a program authorized under this 
                Act.
            ``(3) Nature of award.--In making an award under this 
        section to an individual or program, the President of the 
        United States, acting through the Corporation--
                    ``(A) is authorized to incur necessary expenses for 
                the honorary recognition of the individual or program; 
                and
                    ``(B) is not authorized to make a cash award to 
                such individual or program.
    ``(b) Information.--The President of the United States, acting 
through the Corporation, shall ensure that information concerning 
individuals and programs receiving awards under this section is widely 
disseminated.

``SEC. 198C. MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to--
            ``(1) provide meaningful training and paid employment to 
        economically disadvantaged youth;
            ``(2) fully utilize military installations affected by 
        closures or realignments;
            ``(3) encourage communities affected by such closures or 
        realignments to convert the installations to community use; and
            ``(4) foster a sense of community pride in the youth in the 
        community.
    ``(b) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            ``(1) Affected military installation.--The term `affected 
        military installation' means a military installation described 
        in section 325(e)(1) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 
        U.S.C. 1662d(e)(1)).
            ``(2) Community.--The term `community' includes a county.
            ``(3) Convert to community use.--The term `convert to 
        community use', used with respect to an affected military 
        installation, includes--
                    ``(A) conversion of the installation or a part of 
                the installation to--
                            ``(i) a park;
                            ``(ii) a community center;
                            ``(iii) a recreational facility; or
                            ``(iv) a facility for a Head Start program 
                        under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et 
                        seq.); and
                    ``(B) carrying out, at the installation, a 
                construction or economic development project that is of 
                substantial benefit, as determined by the President, 
                to--
                            ``(i) the community in which the 
                        installation is located; or
                            ``(ii) a community located within such 
                        distance of the installation as the President 
                        may determine by regulation to be appropriate.
            ``(4) Demonstration program.--The term `demonstration 
        program' means a program described in subsection (c).
    ``(c) Demonstration Programs.--
            ``(1) Grants.--The Corporation may make grants to 
        communities and community-based agencies to pay for the Federal 
        share of establishing and carrying out military installation 
        conversion demonstration programs, to assist in converting to 
        community use affected military installations located--
                    ``(A) within the community; or
                    ``(B) within such distance from the community as 
                the President may by regulation determine to be 
                appropriate.
            ``(2) Duration.--In carrying out such a demonstration 
        program, the community or community-based agency may carry 
        out--
                    ``(A) a program of not less than 6 months in 
                duration; or
                    ``(B) a full-time summer program.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Salary.--A community or community-based agency that 
        receives a grant under subsection (c) to establish and carry 
        out a project through a demonstration program may use the funds 
        made available through such grant to pay for a portion of the 
        salary of the participants in the project.
            ``(2) Limitation on amount of salary.--The amount of the 
        salary provided to a participant under paragraph (1) that may 
        be paid using assistance provided under this section and using 
        any other Federal funds shall not exceed the lesser of--
                    ``(A) 85 percent of the total average annual 
                subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 
                under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
                of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955); and
                    ``(B) 85 percent of the salary established by the 
                demonstration program involved.
    ``(e) Participants.--
            ``(1) Eligibility.--A person shall be eligible to be 
        selected as a participant in a project carried out through a 
        demonstration program if the person is--
                    ``(A) an economically disadvantaged individual; and
                    ``(B)(i) a person described in section 153(b);
                    ``(ii) a youth described in section 154(a); or
                    ``(iii) an eligible youth described in section 423 
                of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1693).
            ``(2) Participation.--Persons desiring to participate in 
        such a project shall enter into an agreement with the service 
        sponsor of the project to participate--
                    ``(A) on a full-time or a part-time basis; and
                    ``(B) for the duration referred to in subsection 
                (f)(2)(C).
    ``(f) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        subsection (c), a community or community-based agency shall 
        submit an application to the President at such time, in such 
        manner, and containing such information as the President may 
        require.
            ``(2) Contents.--At a minimum, such application shall 
        contain--
                    ``(A) a description of the demonstration program 
                proposed to be conducted by the applicant;
                    ``(B) a proposal for carrying out the program that 
                describes the manner in which the applicant will--
                            ``(i) provide preservice and inservice 
                        training, for supervisors and participants, 
                        that will be conducted by qualified individuals 
                        or qualified organizations;
                            ``(ii) conduct an appropriate evaluation of 
                        the program; and
                            ``(iii) provide for appropriate community 
                        involvement in the program;
                    ``(C) information indicating the duration of the 
                program; and
                    ``(D) an assurance that the applicant will comply 
                with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provisions 
                of section 177 and the grievance procedure requirements 
                of section 176(f).
    ``(g) Limitation on Grant.--In making a grant under subsection (c) 
with respect to a demonstration program to assist in converting an 
affected military installation, the Corporation shall not make a grant 
for more than 25 percent of the total cost of the conversion.''.
    (d) Table of Contents.--
            (1) Civilian community corps.--Section 1(b) of the National 
        and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 
        Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the items relating to 
        subtitle E of title I of such Act and inserting the following:

                 ``Subtitle E--Civilian Community Corps

``Sec. 151. Purpose.
``Sec. 152. Establishment of Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
                            Program.
``Sec. 153. National service program.
``Sec. 154. Summer national service program.
``Sec. 155. Civilian Community Corps.
``Sec. 156. Training.
``Sec. 157. Service projects.
``Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps personnel under Federal law.
``Sec. 159. Administrative provisions.
``Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal 
                            law.
``Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority.
``Sec. 162. Responsibilities of other departments.
``Sec. 163. Advisory board.
``Sec. 164. Annual evaluation.
``Sec. 165. Funding limitation.
``Sec. 166. Definitions.''.
            (2) Quality and innovation.--Section 1(b) of the National 
        and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 
        Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the items relating to 
        subtitle H of title I of such Act and inserting the following:

          ``Subtitle H--Investment for Quality and Innovation

``Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national 
                            service.
``Sec. 198A. Clearinghouses.
``Sec. 198B. Presidential awards for service.
``Sec. 198C. Military installation conversion demonstration 
                            programs.''.
    (e) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) National defense authorization act for fiscal year 
        1993.--
                    (A) Section 1091(f)(2) of the National Defense 
                Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-
                484) is amended by striking ``195G'' and inserting 
                ``158''.
                    (B) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1092(b), and 
                sections 1092(c), 1093(a), and 1094(a) of such Act are 
                amended by striking ``195A'' and inserting ``152''.
                    (C) Sections 1091(f)(2), 1092(b)(1), and 1094(a), 
                and subsections (a) and (c) of section 1095 of such Act 
                are amended by striking ``subtitle H'' and inserting 
                ``subtitle E''.
                    (D) Section 1094(b)(1) and subsections (b) and 
                (c)(1) of section 1095 of such Act are amended by 
                striking ``subtitles B, C, D, E, F, and G'' and 
                inserting ``subtitles B, C, D, F, G, and H''.
            (2) National and community service act of 1990.--
                    (A) Section 153(a) of the National and Community 
                Service Act of 1990 (as redesignated in subsection 
                (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653b(a)) is 
                amended by striking ``195A(a)'' and inserting 
                ``152(a)''.
                    (B) Section 154(a) of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 
                12653c(a)) is amended by striking ``195A(a)'' and 
                inserting ``152(a)''.
                    (C) Section 155 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653d) 
                is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a), by striking 
                        ``195H(c)(1)'' and inserting ``159(c)(1)'';
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking 
                        ``195H(c)(2)'' and inserting ``159(c)(2)''; and
                            (iii) in subsection (d)(3), by striking 
                        ``195K(a)(3)'' and inserting ``162(a)(3)''.
                    (D) Section 156 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653e) 
                is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
                        ``195H(c)(2)'' and inserting ``159(c)(2)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (d), by striking 
                        ``195K(a)(3)'' and inserting ``162(a)(3)''.
                    (E) Section 159 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653h) 
                is amended--
                            (i) in subsection (a)--
                                    (I) by striking ``195A'' and 
                                inserting ``152''; and
                                    (II) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                                ``195'' and inserting ``151''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(i), by 
                        striking ``195K(a)(2)'' and inserting ``section 
                        162(a)(2)''.
                    (F) Section 161(b)(1)(B) of such Act (as 
                redesignated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 
                U.S.C. 12653j(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking 
                ``195K(a)(3)'' and inserting ``162(a)(3)''.
                    (G) Section 162(a)(2)(A) of such Act (as 
                redesignated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 
                U.S.C. 12653k(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking 
                ``195(3)'' and inserting ``151(3)''.
                    (H) Section 166 of such Act (as redesignated in 
                subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653o) 
                is amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``195D'' 
                        and inserting ``155'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (8), by striking ``195A'' 
                        and inserting ``152'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (10), by striking 
                        ``195D(d)'' and inserting ``155(d)''; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (11), by striking 
                        ``195D(c)'' and inserting ``155(c)''.
    (f) Extension of Authority To Conduct Civilian Community Corps.--
Section 1092(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 2534), as amended by 
subsection (e)(1) of this section, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new sentence: ``The amount made available for the 
Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program pursuant to this 
subsection shall remain available for expenditure during fiscal years 
1993 and 1994.''.
    (g) Participants.--
            (1) National service program.--Section 153 of the National 
        and Community Service Act of 1990 (as redesignated in 
        subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653b) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (d); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
                (d).
            (2) Summer national service program.--Section 154 of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990 (as redesignated in 
        subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653c) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking subsection (b); and
                    (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
                (b).
    (h) Additional Amendment Regarding Civilian Community Corps.--
Section 158 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (as 
redesignated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653g) 
is amended by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and inserting the 
following new subsections:
    ``(f) National Service Educational Awards.--A Corps member who 
successfully completes a period of agreed service in the Corps may 
receive the national service educational award described in subtitle D 
if the Corps member--
            ``(1) serves in an approved national service position; and
            ``(2) satisfies the eligibility requirements specified in 
        section 146 with respect to service in that approved national 
        service position.
    ``(g) Alternative Benefit.--If a Corps member who successfully 
completes a period of agreed service in the Corps is ineligible for the 
national service educational award described in subtitle D, the 
Director may provide for the provision of a suitable alternative 
benefit for the Corps member.''.

                     Subtitle B--Related Provisions

SEC. 111. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 101 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this title:
            ``(1) Adult volunteer.--The term `adult volunteer' means an 
        individual, such as an older adult, an individual with a 
        disability, a parent, or an employee of a business or public or 
        private not-for-profit agency, who--
                    ``(A) works without financial remuneration in an 
                educational institution to assist students or out-of-
                school youth; and
                    ``(B) is beyond the age of compulsory school 
                attendance in the State in which the educational 
                institution is located.
            ``(2) Approved national service position.--The term 
        `approved national service position' means a national service 
        position for which the Corporation has approved the provision 
        of a national service educational award described in section 
        147 as one of the benefits to be provided for successful 
        service in the position.
            ``(3) Carry out.--The term `carry out', when used in 
        connection with a national service program described in section 
        122, means the planning, establishment, operation, expansion, 
        or replication of the program.
            ``(4) Community action agency.--The term `community action 
        agency' means an entity or organization referred to in section 
        675(c)(2)(A) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
        U.S.C. 9904(c)(2)(A)).
            ``(5) Community-based agency.--The term `community-based 
        agency' means a private not-for-profit organization, including 
        a church or other religious entity, that is representative of a 
        community and that is engaged in meeting human, educational, 
        environmental, or public safety community needs.
            ``(6) Corporation.--The term `Corporation' means the 
        Corporation for National and Community Service established 
        under section 191.
            ``(7) Economically disadvantaged.--The term `economically 
        disadvantaged' means, with respect to an individual, an 
        individual who is determined by the President to be low-income 
        according to the latest available data from the Department of 
        Commerce.
            ``(8) Elementary school.--The term `elementary school' has 
        the same meaning given such term in section 1471(8) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        2891(8)).
            ``(9) Indian.--The term `Indian' means a person who is a 
        member of an Indian tribe, or is a `Native', as defined in 
        section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
        U.S.C. 1602(b)).
            ``(10) Indian lands.--The term `Indian lands' means any 
        real property owned by an Indian tribe, any real property held 
        in trust by the United States for an Indian or Indian tribe, 
        and any real property held by an Indian or Indian tribe that is 
        subject to restrictions on alienation imposed by the United 
        States.
            ``(11) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means--
                    ``(A) an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other 
                organized group or community, including--
                            ``(i) any Native village, as defined in 
                        section 3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims 
                        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)), whether 
                        organized traditionally or pursuant to the Act 
                        of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the `Indian 
                        Reorganization Act'; 48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; 
                        25 U.S.C 461 et seq.); and
                            ``(ii) any Regional Corporation or Village 
                        Corporation, as defined in subsection (g) or 
                        (j), respectively, of section 3 of the Alaska 
                        Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 
                        (g) or (j)),
                that is recognized as eligible for the special programs 
                and services provided by the United States under 
                Federal law to Indians because of their status as 
                Indians; and
                    ``(B) any tribal organization controlled, 
                sanctioned, or chartered by an entity described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(12) Individual with a disability.--Except as provided in 
        section 175(a), the term `individual with a disability' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation 
        Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706(8)).
            ``(13) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        `institution of higher education' has the same meaning given 
        such term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).
            ``(14) Local educational agency.--The term `local 
        educational agency' has the same meaning given such term in 
        section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(12)).
            ``(15) National service laws.--The term `national service 
        laws' means this Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
        1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.).
            ``(16) Out-of-school youth.--The term `out-of-school youth' 
        means an individual who--
                    ``(A) has not attained the age of 27;
                    ``(B) has not completed college or the equivalent 
                thereof; and
                    ``(C) is not enrolled in an elementary or secondary 
                school or institution of higher education.
            ``(17) Participant.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `participant' means--
                            ``(i) for purposes of subtitle C, an 
                        individual in an approved national service 
                        position; and
                            ``(ii) for purposes of any other provision 
                        of this Act, an individual enrolled in a 
                        program that receives assistance under this 
                        title.
                    ``(B) Rule.--A participant shall not be considered 
                to be an employee of the program in which the 
                participant is enrolled.
            ``(18) Partnership program.--The term `partnership program' 
        means a program through which an adult volunteer, a public or 
        private not-for-profit agency, an institution of higher 
        education, or a business assists a local educational agency.
            ``(19) President.--The term `President', except when used 
        as part of the term `President of the United States' means the 
        President of the Corporation appointed under section 193.
            ``(20) Program.--The term `program', except when used as 
        part of the term `academic program', means a program described 
        in section 111(a) (other than a program referred to in 
        paragraph (3)(B) of such section), 117A(a), 119(b)(1), or 
        122(a), in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 152(b), or in 
        section 198.
            ``(21) Project.--The term `project' means an activity, 
        carried out through a program that receives assistance under 
        this title, that results in a specific identifiable service or 
        improvement that otherwise would not be done with existing 
        funds, and that does not duplicate the routine services or 
        functions of the employer to whom participants are assigned.
            ``(22) School-age youth.--The term `school-age youth' 
        means--
                    ``(A) individuals between the ages of 5 and 17, 
                inclusive; and
                    ``(B) children with disabilities, as defined in 
                section 602(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities 
                Education Act, who receive services under part B of 
                such Act.
            ``(23) Secondary school.--The term `secondary school' has 
        the same meaning given such term in section 1471(21) of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        2891(21)).
            ``(24) Service-learning.--The term `service-learning' means 
        a method--
                    ``(A) under which students or participants learn 
                and develop through active participation in 
                thoughtfully organized service that--
                            ``(i) is conducted in and meets the needs 
                        of a community;
                            ``(ii) is coordinated with an elementary 
                        school, secondary school, institution of higher 
                        education, or community service program, and 
                        with the community; and
                            ``(iii) helps foster civic responsibility; 
                        and
                    ``(B) that--
                            ``(i) is integrated into and enhances the 
                        academic curriculum of the students, or the 
                        educational components of the community service 
                        program in which the participants are enrolled; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) provides structured time for the 
                        students or participants to reflect on the 
                        service experience.
            ``(25) Service-learning coordinator.--The term `service-
        learning coordinator' means an individual who provides services 
        as described in section 111(a)(3).
            ``(26) Service sponsor.--The term `service sponsor' means 
        an organization, or other entity, that has been selected to 
        provide a placement for a participant.
            ``(27) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The term also 
        includes Palau, until such time as the Compact of Free 
        Association is ratified.
            ``(28) State commission.--The term `State Commission' means 
        a State Commission on National and Community Service maintained 
        by a State pursuant to section 178. Except when used in section 
        178, the term includes an alternative administrative entity for 
        a State approved by the Corporation under such section to act 
        in lieu of a State Commission.
            ``(29) State educational agency.--The term `State 
        educational agency' has the same meaning given such term in 
        section 1471(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(23)).
            ``(30) Student.--The term `student' means an individual who 
        is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school or institution 
        of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 182(a)(2) of the National and Community Service 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(2)) is amended by striking 
        ``adult volunteer and partnership'' each place the term appears 
        and inserting ``partnership''.
            (2) Section 182(a)(3) of the National and Community Service 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(3)) is amended by striking 
        ``adult volunteer and partnership'' and inserting 
        ``partnership''.
            (3) Section 441(c)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``service 
        opportunities or youth corps as defined in section 101 of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990, and service in the 
        agencies, institutions and activities designated in section 
        124(a) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990'' and 
        inserting ``a project, as defined in section 101(21) of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
        12511(18))''.
            (4) Section 1122(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 1137a(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``youth 
        corps as defined in section 101(30) of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990'' and inserting ``youth corps 
        programs, as described in section 122(a)(1) of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990''.
            (5) Section 1201(p) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1141(p)) is amended by striking ``section 101(22) of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990'' and inserting 
        ``section 101(24) of the National and Community Service Act of 
        1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(21))''.

SEC. 112. AUTHORITY TO MAKE STATE GRANTS.

    Section 102 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12512) is repealed.

SEC. 113. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.

    (a) In General.--Section 171 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12631) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 171. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE.

    ``(a) Participants in Private, State, and Local Projects.--For 
purposes of title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), if--
            ``(1) a participant has provided service for the period 
        required by section 101(2)(A)(i) (29 U.S.C. 2611(2)(A)(i)), and 
        has met the hours of service requirement of section 
        101(2)(A)(ii), of such Act with respect to a project; and
            ``(2) the service sponsor of the project is an employer 
        described in section 101(4) of such Act (other than an 
        employing agency within the meaning of subchapter V of chapter 
        63 of title 5, United States Code),
the participant shall be considered to be an eligible employee of the 
service sponsor.
    ``(b) Participants in Federal Projects.--For purposes of subchapter 
V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, if--
            ``(1) a participant has provided service for the period 
        required by section 6381(1)(B) of such title with respect to a 
        project; and
            ``(2) the service sponsor of the project is an employing 
        agency within the meaning of such subchapter,
the participant shall be considered to be en employee of the service 
sponsor.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 171 of such Act and inserting the 
following:

``Sec. 171. Family and medical leave.''.

SEC. 114. REPORTS.

    Section 172 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12632) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by striking ``sections 177 and 
        113(9)'' and inserting ``section 177'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking ``Report to Congress''; and 
                inserting ``Report to Congress by Corporation''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``this title'' 
                and inserting ``the national service laws''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Report to Congress by Secretary of Defense.--
            ``(1) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall annually 
        conduct a study of the effect of the programs carried out under 
        this title on recruitment for the Armed Forces.
            ``(2) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall annually 
        submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress 
        containing the findings of the study described in paragraph (1) 
        and such recommendations for legislative and administrative 
        reform as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.''.

SEC. 115. NONDISCRIMINATION.

    Section 175 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12635) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 175. NONDISCRIMINATION.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Basis.--An individual with responsibility for the 
        operation of a project that receives assistance under this 
        title shall not discriminate against a participant in, or 
        member of the staff of, such project on the basis of race, 
        color, national origin, sex, age, or political affiliation of 
        such participant or member, or on the basis of disability, if 
        the participant or member is a qualified individual with a 
        disability.
            ``(2) Definition.--As used in paragraph (1), the term 
        `qualified individual with a disability' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 101(8) of the Americans with Disabilities 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111(8)).
    ``(b) Federal Financial Assistance.--Any assistance provided under 
this title shall constitute Federal financial assistance for purposes 
of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), 
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), 
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the 
Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), and shall 
constitute Federal financial assistance to an education program or 
activity for purposes of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1681 et seq.).
    ``(c) Religious Discrimination.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an 
        individual with responsibility for the operation of a project 
        that receives assistance under this title shall not 
        discriminate on the basis of religion against a participant in 
        such project or a member of the staff of such project who is 
        paid with funds received under this title.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        employment, with assistance provided under this title, of any 
        member of the staff, of a project that receives assistance 
        under this title, who was employed with the organization 
        operating the project on the date the grant under this title 
        was awarded.
    ``(d) Rules and Regulations.--The President shall promulgate rules 
and regulations to provide for the enforcement of this section that 
shall include provisions for summary suspension of assistance for not 
more than 30 days, on an emergency basis, until notice and an 
opportunity to be heard can be provided.''.

SEC. 116. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.

    (a) Decertification of Positions.--Section 176(a) of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12636(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, or revoke the 
        designation of positions, related to the grant or contract, as 
        approved national service positions,'' before ``whenever the 
        Commission''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ``or revoked'' after 
        ``terminated''.
    (b) Construction.--Section 176(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12636(e)) 
is amended by adding before the period the following ``, other than 
assistance provided pursuant to this Act''.
    (c) Grievance Procedure.--Section 176(f) of such Act is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(f) Grievance Procedure.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State or local applicant that receives 
        assistance under this title shall establish and maintain a 
        procedure for the filing and adjudication of grievances from 
        participants, labor organizations, and other interested 
        individuals concerning projects that receive assistance under 
        this title, including grievances regarding proposed placements 
        of such participants in such projects.
            ``(2) Deadline for grievances.--Except for a grievance that 
        alleges fraud or criminal activity, a grievance shall be made 
        not later than 1 year after the date of the alleged occurrence 
        of the event that is the subject of the grievance.
            ``(3) Deadline for hearing and decision.--
                    ``(A) Hearing.--A hearing on any grievance 
                conducted under this subsection shall be conducted not 
                later than 30 days after the filing of such grievance.
                    ``(B) Decision.--A decision on any such grievance 
                shall be made not later than 60 days after the filing 
                of such grievance.
            ``(4) Arbitration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--
                            ``(i) Jointly selected arbitrator.--In the 
                        event of a decision on a grievance that is 
                        adverse to the party who filed such grievance, 
                        or 60 days after the filing of such grievance 
                        if no decision has been reached, such party 
                        shall be permitted to submit such grievance to 
                        binding arbitration before a qualified 
                        arbitrator who is jointly selected and 
                        independent of the interested parties.
                            ``(ii) Appointed arbitrator.--If the 
                        parties cannot agree on an arbitrator, the 
                        President shall appoint an arbitrator from a 
                        list of qualified arbitrators within 15 days 
                        after receiving a request for such appointment 
                        from one of the parties to the grievance.
                    ``(B) Deadline for proceeding.--An arbitration 
                proceeding shall be held not later than 45 days after 
                the request for such arbitration proceeding, or, if the 
                arbitrator is appointed by the President in accordance 
                with subparagraph (A)(ii), not later than 30 days after 
                the appointment of such arbitrator.
                    ``(C) Deadline for decision.--A decision concerning 
                a grievance shall be made not later than 30 days after 
                the date such arbitration proceeding begins.
                    ``(D) Cost.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), the cost of an arbitration 
                        proceeding shall be divided evenly between the 
                        parties to the arbitration.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--If a participant, labor 
                        organization, or other interested individual 
                        described in paragraph (1) prevails under a 
                        binding arbitration proceeding, the State, 
                        local agency, public or private not-for-profit 
                        organization, or partnership of such agencies 
                        and organizations, that is a party to such 
                        grievance shall pay the total cost of such 
                        proceeding and the attorneys' fees of such 
                        participant, labor organization, or individual, 
                        as the case may be.
            ``(5) Proposed placement.--If a grievance is filed 
        regarding a proposed placement of a participant in a project 
        that receives assistance under this title, such placement shall 
        not be made unless the placement is consistent with the 
        resolution of the grievance pursuant to this subsection.
            ``(6) Remedies.--Remedies for a grievance filed under this 
        subsection include--
                    ``(A) suspension of payments for assistance under 
                this title;
                    ``(B) termination of such payments;
                    ``(C) prohibition of the placement described in 
                paragraph (5); and
                    ``(D) in a case in which the grievance involves a 
                violation of subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 and 
                the employer of the displaced employee is the recipient 
                of assistance under this title--
                            ``(i) reinstatement of the displaced 
                        employee to the position held by such employee 
                        prior to displacement;
                            ``(ii) payment of lost wages and benefits 
                        of the displaced employee;
                            ``(iii) reestablishment of other relevant 
                        terms, conditions, and privileges of employment 
                        of the displaced employee; and
                            ``(iv) such equitable relief as is 
                        necessary to correct any violation of 
                        subsection (a) or (b) of section 177 or to make 
                        the displaced employee whole.
            ``(7) Enforcement.--Suits to enforce arbitration awards 
        under this section may be brought in any district court of the 
        United States having jurisdiction of the parties, without 
        regard to the amount in controversy and without regard to the 
        citizenship of the parties.''.

SEC. 117. NONDISPLACEMENT.

    Section 177(b)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12637(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Supplantation of hiring.--A participant in 
                any program receiving assistance under this title shall 
                not perform any services or duties, or engage in 
                activities, that--
                            ``(i) will supplant the hiring of employed 
                        workers; or
                            ``(ii) are services, duties, or activities 
                        with respect to which an individual has recall 
                        rights pursuant to a collective bargaining 
                        agreement or applicable personnel 
                        procedures.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(iii), to read as follows:
                            ``(iii) employee who--
                                    ``(I) is subject to a reduction in 
                                force; or
                                    ``(II) has recall rights pursuant 
                                to a collective bargaining agreement or 
                                applicable personnel procedures;''.

SEC. 118. EVALUATION.

    Section 179 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C 12639) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``for purposes of the reports required by 
                subsection (j),'' and inserting ``with respect to the 
                programs authorized under subtitle C,''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``older 
                American volunteer programs'' and inserting ``National 
                Senior Volunteer Corps programs'';
            (2) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``subtitle D'' and inserting ``subtitle C''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraphs (3) and (9), by striking ``older 
                American volunteer programs'' and inserting ``National 
                Senior Volunteer Corps programs'';
            (3) by striking subsections (i) and (j); and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Independent Evaluation and Report of Demographics of National 
Service Participants and Communities.--
            ``(1) Independent evaluation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall, on an 
                annual basis, arrange for an independent evaluation of 
                the programs assisted under subtitle C.
                    ``(B) Participants.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The entity conducting 
                        such evaluation shall determine the demographic 
                        characteristics of the participants in such 
                        programs.
                            ``(ii) Characteristics.--The entity shall 
                        determine, for the year covered by the 
                        evaluation, the total number of participants in 
                        the programs, and the number of participants 
                        within the programs in each State, by sex, age, 
                        economic background, education level, ethnic 
                        group, disability classification, and 
                        geographic region.
                            ``(iii) Categories.--The Corporation shall 
                        determine appropriate categories for analysis 
                        of each of the characteristics referred to in 
                        clause (ii) for purposes of such an evaluation.
                    ``(C) Communities.--In conducting the evaluation, 
                the entity shall determine the amount of assistance 
                provided under section 121 during the year that has 
                been expended for projects conducted under the programs 
                in areas described in section 133(c)(6).
            ``(2) Report.--The entity conducting the evaluation shall 
        submit a report to the President, Congress, the Corporation, 
        and each State Commission containing the results of the 
        evaluation--
                    ``(A) with respect to the evaluation covering the 
                year beginning on the date of enactment of this 
                subsection, not later than 18 months after such date; 
                and
                    ``(B) with respect to the evaluation covering each 
                subsequent year, not later than 18 months after the 
                first day of each such year.''.

SEC. 119. ENGAGEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS.

    Section 180 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12640) is amended by striking ``post-service benefits'' and 
inserting ``national service educational awards''.

SEC. 120. CONTINGENT EXTENSION.

    (a) In General.--Section 181 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 181. CONTINGENT EXTENSION.

    ``Section 414 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 
1226a) shall apply to this Act.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the item relating to sections 181 of such Act and inserting 
the following:

``Sec. 181. Contingent extension.''.

SEC. 121. AUDITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 183 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 183. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPYING.

    ``(a) Comptroller General.--The Comptroller General, or any of the 
duly authorized representatives of the Comptroller General, shall have 
access to, and the right to examine and copy, any books, documents, 
papers, records, and other recorded information in any form--
            ``(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation 
        or any State or local government, Indian tribe, or public or 
        private not-for-profit organization receiving assistance 
        directly or indirectly under this Act; and
            ``(2) that the Comptroller General, or his representative, 
        considers necessary to the performance of an evaluation, audit, 
        or review.
    ``(b) Chief Financial Officer.--The Chief Financial Officer of the 
Corporation shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, 
any books, documents, papers, records, and other recorded information 
in any form--
            ``(1) within the possession or control of the Corporation 
        or any State or local government, Indian tribe, or public or 
        private not-for-profit organization receiving assistance 
        directly or indirectly under this Act; and
            ``(2) that relate to the duties of the Chief Financial 
        Officer.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 183 of such Act and inserting the 
following:

``Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying.''.

SEC. 122. REPEALS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle F of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amended by 
repealing sections 185 and 186.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 185 of such Act.

SEC. 123. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall take 
effect on October 1, 1993.

                         TITLE II--ORGANIZATION

SEC. 201. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    (a) Composition and Duties of State Commissions.--Subtitle F of 
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 is amended by 
striking section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) and inserting the following new 
section:

``SEC. 178. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    ``(a) Existence Required.--
            ``(1) State commission.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), to be eligible to receive a grant or allotment under 
        subtitle B or C or to receive a distribution of approved 
        national service positions under subtitle C, a State shall 
        maintain a State Commission on National and Community Service 
        that satisfies the requirements of this section.
            ``(2) Alternative administrative entity.--The chief 
        executive officer of a State may apply to the Corporation for 
        approval to use an alternative administrative entity to carry 
        out the duties otherwise entrusted to a State Commission under 
        this Act. The chief executive officer shall ensure that any 
        alternative administrative entity used in lieu of a State 
        Commission still provides for the individuals described in 
        paragraph (1), and some of the individuals described in 
        paragraph (2), of subsection (c) to play a significant 
        policymaking role in carrying out the duties otherwise 
        entrusted to a State Commission, including the submission of 
        applications on behalf of the State under sections 117B and 
        130.
    ``(b) Appointment and Size.--Except as provided in subsection 
(c)(3), the members of a State Commission for a State shall be 
appointed by the chief executive officer of the State. A State 
Commission shall consist of not less than 7 voting members and not more 
than 25 voting members.
    ``(c) Composition and Membership.--
            ``(1) Required members.--The State Commission for a State 
        shall include as voting members at least one representative 
        from each of the following categories:
                    ``(A) Individuals between the ages of 16 and 25 who 
                are participants or supervisors in programs.
                    ``(B) National service programs, such as youth 
                corps programs.
                    ``(C) School-based or community-based programs for 
                school-age youth.
                    ``(D) Programs in which older adults are 
                participants.
                    ``(E) Local and State governmental entities in the 
                State, including the State educational agency (from 
                which at least one such member shall be appointed).
                    ``(F) Local labor organizations.
            ``(2) Sources of other members.--The State Commission for a 
        State may include as voting members the following:
                    ``(A) Representatives of community-based 
                organizations or community-based agencies, including 
                community action agencies.
                    ``(B) Members selected from among participants in 
                service programs who are youths.
                    ``(C) Members selected from among local educators.
                    ``(D) Members selected from among experts in the 
                delivery of human, educational, environmental, or 
                public safety services to communities and persons.
                    ``(E) Representatives of businesses and business 
                groups.
                    ``(F) Representatives of Indian tribes.
                    ``(G) Representatives of groups serving 
                economically disadvantaged individuals.
                    ``(H) Members selected from among out-of-school 
                youth or other at-risk youth.
                    ``(I) Members selected from among older adults who 
                are volunteers or participants in national service 
                programs.
            ``(3) Corporation representative.--The representative of 
        the Corporation designated under section 195(b) for a State 
        shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the State Commission 
        or alternative administrative entity for that State.
            ``(4) Ex officio state representatives.--The chief 
        executive officer of a State shall appoint, as an ex officio 
        nonvoting member of the State Commission for the State, the 
        Corporation employee responsible for volunteer service programs 
        in the State, if such employee is not the representative 
        described in paragraph (3). The chief executive officer may 
        appoint, as ex officio nonvoting members of the State 
        Commission for the State, representatives selected from among 
        officers and employees of State agencies operating community 
        service, youth service, education, social service, senior 
        service, and job training programs.
            ``(5) Limitation on number of state employees as members.--
        The number of voting members of a State Commission selected 
        under paragraph (1) or (2) who are officers or employees of the 
        State may not exceed 25 percent (reduced to the nearest whole 
        number) of the total membership of the State Commission.
    ``(d) Miscellaneous Matters.--
            ``(1) Membership balance.--The chief executive officer of a 
        State shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that the 
        membership of the State Commission for the State is diverse 
        with respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability 
        characteristics. Not more than 50 percent of the voting members 
        of a State Commission, plus one additional member, may be from 
        the same political party.
            ``(2) Terms.--Each member of the State Commission for a 
        State shall serve for a term of 3 years, except that the chief 
        executive officer of a State shall initially appoint a portion 
        of the members to terms of 1 year and 2 years.
            ``(3) Vacancies.--As vacancies occur on a State Commission, 
        new members shall be appointed by the chief executive of the 
        State and serve for the remainder of the term for which the 
        predecessor of such member was appointed. The vacancy shall not 
        affect the power of the remaining members to execute the duties 
        of the State Commission.
            ``(4) Compensation.--A member of a State Commission or 
        alternative administrative entity shall not receive any 
        additional compensation by reason of service on the State 
        Commission or alternative administrative entity, except that 
        the State may authorize the reimbursement of travel expenses, 
        including a per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner 
        as other employees serving intermittently in the service of the 
        State.
            ``(5) Chairperson.--The voting members of a State 
        Commission shall elect one of the voting members to serve as 
        chairperson of the State Commission.
    ``(e) Duties of a State Commission.--The State Commission or 
alternative administrative entity for a State shall be responsible for 
the following duties:
            ``(1) Preparation of a national service plan for the State 
        that may build on any comprehensive State plan submitted 
        pursuant to regulations issued under the National and Community 
        Service Act of 1990, and that--
                    ``(A) covers a 3-year period;
                    ``(B) is updated annually;
                    ``(C) contains such information as the State 
                Commission or alternative administrative entity 
                considers to be appropriate or as the Corporation may 
                require; and
                    ``(D) ensures outreach to diverse community-based 
                agencies that serve underrepresented populations, by--
                            ``(i) using established networks, and 
                        registries, at the State level; or
                            ``(ii) establishing such networks and 
                        registries.
            ``(2) Preparation of the applications of the State under 
        sections 117B and 130 for financial assistance, in such a 
        manner as to ensure that any decision regarding whether to 
        include a program in the application shall be made on the basis 
        of the criteria described in section 133(c), applied in a fair 
        and equitable manner by an impartial decisionmaker.
            ``(3) Assistance in the preparation of the application of 
        the State educational agency for assistance under section 113.
            ``(4) Preparation of the application of the State under 
        section 130 for the approval of service positions that include 
        the national service educational award described in subtitle D.
            ``(5) Assistance in the provision of health care and child 
        care benefits under section 140 to participants in national 
        service programs that receive assistance under section 121.
            ``(6) Development of a State system for the recruitment and 
        placement of participants in national service programs that 
        receive assistance under section 121 and dissemination of 
        information concerning national service programs that receive 
        assistance and approved national service positions.
            ``(7) Administration of the grant program in support of 
        national service programs that is conducted by the State using 
        assistance provided to the State under section 121, including 
        selection, oversight, and evaluation of grant recipients.
            ``(8) Development of projects, training methods, curriculum 
        materials, and other materials and activities related to 
        national service programs that receive assistance directly from 
        the Corporation (to be made available in a case in which such a 
        program requests such a project, method, material, or activity) 
        or from the State using assistance provided under section 121, 
        for use by programs that request such projects, methods, 
        materials, and activities.
    ``(f) Activity Ineligible for Assistance.--A State Commission or 
alternative administrative entity may not directly carry out any 
national service program that receives assistance under section 121.
    ``(g) Delegation.--Subject to such requirements as the Corporation 
may prescribe, a State Commission may delegate nonpolicymaking duties 
to a State agency or public or private not-for-profit organization.
    ``(h) Approval of State Commission or Alternative.--
            ``(1) Submission to corporation.--The chief executive 
        officer for a State shall notify the Corporation of the 
        establishment or designation of the State Commission or use of 
        an alternative administrative entity for the State. The 
        notification shall include a description of--
                    ``(A) the composition and membership of the State 
                Commission or alternative administrative entity; and
                    ``(B) the authority of the State Commission or 
                alternative administrative entity regarding national 
                service activities carried out by the State.
            ``(2) Approval of alternative administrative entity.--Any 
        designation of a State Commission or use of an alternative 
        administrative entity to carry out the duties of a State 
        Commission shall be subject to the approval of the Corporation, 
        which shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Corporation shall 
        approve an alternative administrative entity if such entity 
        provides for individuals described in subsection (c) to play a 
        significant policymaking role in carrying out the duties 
        otherwise entrusted to a State Commission, including the duties 
        described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (e).
            ``(3) Rejection.--The Corporation may reject a State 
        Commission if the Corporation determines that the composition, 
        membership, or duties of the State Commission do not comply 
        with the requirements of this section. The Corporation may 
        reject a request to use an alternative administrative entity in 
        lieu of a State Commission if the Corporation determines that 
        the entity does not provide for individuals described in 
        subsection (c) to play a significant policymaking role as 
        described in paragraph (2). If the Corporation rejects a State 
        Commission or alternative administrative entity under this 
        paragraph, the Corporation shall promptly notify the State of 
        the reasons for the rejection.
            ``(4) Resubmission and reconsideration.--The Corporation 
        shall provide a State notified under paragraph (3) with a 
        reasonable opportunity to revise the rejected State Commission 
        or alternative administrative entity. At the request of the 
        State, the Corporation shall provide technical assistance to 
        the State as part of the revision process. The Corporation 
        shall promptly reconsider any resubmission of a notification 
        under paragraph (1) or application to use an alternative 
        administrative entity under paragraph (2).
            ``(5) Subsequent changes.--This subsection shall also apply 
        to any change in the composition or duties of a State 
        Commission or an alternative administrative entity made after 
        approval of the State Commission or the alternative 
        administrative entity.
            ``(6) Rights, benefits, and support.--An alternative 
        administrative entity approved by the Corporation under this 
        subsection shall have the same rights as a State Commission, 
        and shall receive from the Corporation the same benefits and 
        support as the Corporation provides to a State Commission.
    ``(i) Coordination.--
            ``(1) Coordination with other state agencies.--The State 
        Commission or alternative administrative entity for a State 
        shall coordinate the activities of the Commission or entity 
        under this Act with the activities of other State agencies that 
        administer Federal financial assistance programs under the 
        Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) or 
        other appropriate Federal financial assistance programs.
            ``(2) Coordination with volunteer service programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The State Commission or 
                alternative administrative entity for a State shall 
                coordinate functions of the Commission or entity 
                (including recruitment, public awareness, and training 
                activities) with such functions of any division of 
                ACTION, or of the Corporation, that carries out 
                volunteer service programs in the State.
                    ``(B) Agreement.--In coordinating functions under 
                this paragraph, such Commission or entity, and such 
                division, may enter into an agreement to--
                            ``(i) carry out such a function jointly;
                            ``(ii) to assign responsibility for such a 
                        function to the Commission or entity; or
                            ``(iii) to assign responsibility for such a 
                        function to the division.
                    ``(C) Information.--The State Commission or 
                alternative entity for a State, and the head of any 
                such division, shall exchange information about--
                            ``(i) the programs carried out in the State 
                        by the Commission, entity, or division, as 
                        appropriate; and
                            ``(ii) opportunities to coordinate 
                        activities.
    ``(j) Liability.--
            ``(1) Liability of state.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (2)(B), a State shall agree to assume liability with respect to 
        any claim arising out of or resulting from any act or omission 
        by a member of the State Commission or alternative 
        administrative entity of the State, within the scope of the 
        service of the member on the State Commission or alternative 
        administrative entity.
            ``(2) Other claims.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A member of the State Commission 
                or alternative administrative entity shall have no 
                personal liability with respect to any claim arising 
                out of or resulting from any act or omission by such 
                person, within the scope of the service of the member 
                on the State Commission or alternative administrative 
                entity.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--This paragraph shall not be 
                construed to limit personal liability for criminal acts 
                or omissions, willful or malicious misconduct, acts or 
                omissions for private gain, or any other act or 
                omission outside the scope of the service of such 
                member on the State Commission or alternative 
                administrative entity.
            ``(3) Effect on other law.--This subsection shall not be 
        construed--
                    ``(A) to affect any other immunities and 
                protections that may be available to such member under 
                applicable law with respect to such service;
                    ``(B) to affect any other right or remedy against 
                the State under applicable law, or against any person 
                other than a member of the State Commission or 
                alternative administrative entity; or
                    ``(C) to limit or alter in any way the immunities 
                that are available under applicable law for State 
                officials and employees not described in this 
                subsection.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 178 and inserting the following 
new item:

``Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 1993.
    (d) Transitional Provisions.--
            (1) Use of alternatives to state commission.--If a State 
        does not have a State Commission on National and Community 
        Service that satisfies the requirements specified in section 
        178 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as 
        amended by subsection (a), the Corporation for National and 
        Community Service may authorize the chief executive of the 
        State to use an existing agency of the State to perform the 
        duties otherwise reserved to a State Commission under 
        subsection (e) of such section.
            (2) Application of subsection.--This subsection shall apply 
        only during the 1-year period beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.

SEC. 202. INTERIM AUTHORITIES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 
              COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTION AGENCY.

    (a) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--Subtitle G of 
title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12651) is amended to read as follows:

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

``SEC. 191. CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    ``There is established a Corporation for National and Community 
Service that shall administer the programs established under this Act. 
The Corporation shall be a Government corporation, as defined in 
section 103 of title 5, United States Code.

``SEC. 192. BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

    ``(a) Composition.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be in the Corporation a 
        Board of Directors (referred to in this subtitle as the 
        `Board') that shall be composed of--
                    ``(A) 15 members, including an individual between 
                the ages of 16 and 25 who--
                            ``(i) has served in a school-based or 
                        community-based service-learning program; or
                            ``(ii) is a participant or a supervisor in 
                        a program,
                to be appointed by the President of the United States, 
                by and with the advice and consent of the Senate;
                    ``(B) the President of the Corporation, who shall 
                serve as an ex officio nonvoting member; and
                    ``(C) the ex officio nonvoting members described in 
                paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Qualifications.--To the maximum extent practicable, 
        the President of the United States shall appoint members--
                    ``(A) who have extensive experience in volunteer or 
                service activities, such as--
                            ``(i) activities funded under the national 
                        service laws; and
                            ``(ii) Federal financial assistance 
                        activities, such as--
                                    ``(I) activities under the Head 
                                Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);
                                    ``(II) activities under the 
                                Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
                                U.S.C. 9901 et seq.); or
                                    ``(III) antipoverty activities 
                                under other Federal law;
                        that have a volunteer or service focus;
                    ``(B) who represent a broad range of viewpoints;
                    ``(C) who are experts in the delivery of human, 
                educational, environmental, or public safety services, 
                or are experts in the delivery of services by veterans;
                    ``(D) that include at least one representative of 
                local educators and at least one representative of 
                community-based agencies;
                    ``(E) so that the Board shall be diverse with 
                respect to race, ethnicity, age, gender, and disability 
                characteristics; and
                    ``(F) so that no more than 8 appointed members of 
                the Board are from a single political party.
            ``(3) Ex officio members.--The Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 
        the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
        Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Defense, the 
        Attorney General, the Director of the Peace Corps, and the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
        serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the Board.
    ``(b) Officers.--
            ``(1) Chairperson and vice chairperson.--The Board shall 
        elect a Chairperson and a Vice Chairperson from among its 
        membership.
            ``(2) Other officers.--The Board may elect from among its 
        membership such additional officers of the Board as the Board 
        determines to be appropriate.
    ``(c) Terms.--Each appointed member of the Board shall serve for a 
term of 3 years, except that 5 of the members first appointed to the 
Board after the date of enactment of this section shall serve for a 
term of 1 year and 5 shall serve for a term of 2 years, as designated 
by the President of the United States.
    ``(d) Vacancies.--As vacancies occur on the Board, new members 
shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, and serve for the remainder of 
the term for which the predecessor of such member was appointed. The 
vacancy shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute 
the duties of the Board.

``SEC. 192A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

    ``(a) Meetings.--The Board shall meet not less than 3 times each 
year. The Board shall hold additional meetings at the call of the 
Chairperson of the Board, or if 6 members of the Board request such 
meetings in writing.
    ``(b) Quorum.--A majority of the appointed members of the Board 
shall constitute a quorum.
    ``(c) Authorities of Officers.--
            ``(1) Chairperson.--The Chairperson of the Board may call 
        and conduct meetings of the Board.
            ``(2) Vice chairperson.--The Vice Chairperson of the Board 
        may conduct meetings of the Board in the absence of the 
        Chairperson.
    ``(d) Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular places of 
business on the business of the Board, members of such Board shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, for persons employed 
intermittently in the Government service.
    ``(e) Special Government Employees.--For purposes of the provisions 
of chapter 11 of part I of title 18, United States Code, and any other 
provision of Federal law, a member of the Board (to whom such 
provisions would not otherwise apply except for this subsection) shall 
be a special Government employee.
    ``(f) Status of Members.--
            ``(1) Tort claims.--For the purposes of the tort claims 
        provisions of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, a 
        member of the Board shall be considered to be a Federal 
        employee.
            ``(2) Other claims.--A member of the Board shall have no 
        personal liability under Federal law with respect to any claim 
        arising out of or resulting from any act or omission by such 
        person, within the scope of the service of the member on the 
        Board, in connection with any transaction involving the 
        provision of financial assistance by the Corporation. This 
        paragraph shall not be construed to limit personal liability 
        for criminal acts or omissions, willful or malicious 
        misconduct, acts or omissions for private gain, or any other 
        act or omission outside the scope of the service of such member 
        on the Board.
            ``(3) Effect on other law.--This subsection shall not be 
        construed--
                    ``(A) to affect any other immunities and 
                protections that may be available to such member under 
                applicable law with respect to such transactions;
                    ``(B) to affect any other right or remedy against 
                the Corporation, against the United States under 
                applicable law, or against any person other than a 
                member of the Board participating in such transactions; 
                or
                    ``(C) to limit or alter in any way the immunities 
                that are available under applicable law for Federal 
                officials and employees not described in this 
                subsection.
    ``(g) Duties.--The Board shall--
            ``(1) review and approve the strategic plan described in 
        section 193A(b)(1), and annual updates of the plan;
            ``(2) review and approve the proposal described in section 
        193A(b)(2)(A), with respect to the grants, allotments, 
        contracts, financial assistance, payment, and positions 
        referred to in such section;
            ``(3) review and approve the proposal described in section 
        193A(b)(3)(A), regarding the regulations, standards, policies, 
        procedures, programs, and initiatives referred to in such 
        section;
            ``(4) review and approve the evaluation plan described in 
        section 193A(b)(4)(A);
            ``(5)(A) review, and advise the President regarding, the 
        actions of the President with respect to the personnel of the 
        Corporation, and with respect to such standards, policies, 
        procedures, programs, and initiatives as are necessary or 
        appropriate to carry out this Act; and
            ``(B) inform the President of any aspects of the actions of 
        the President that are not in compliance with the annual 
        strategic plan referred to in paragraph (1), the proposals 
        referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), or the plan referred to 
        in paragraph (4), or are not consistent with the objectives of 
        this Act;
            ``(6) receive any report as provided under section 8E (b), 
        (c), or (d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978;
            ``(7) make recommendations relating to a program of 
        research for the Corporation with respect to national and 
        community service programs, including service-learning 
        programs;
            ``(8) advise the President of the United States and the 
        Congress concerning developments in national and community 
        service that merit the attention of the President of the United 
        States and the Congress;
            ``(9) ensure effective dissemination of information 
        regarding the programs and initiatives of the Corporation; and
            ``(10) prepare and make recommendations to the Congress and 
        the President of the United States for changes in this Act 
        resulting from the studies and demonstrations the President of 
        the Corporation is required to carry out under section 
        193A(b)(10), which recommendations shall be submitted to the 
        Congress and President of the United States not later than 
        September 30, 1995.
    ``(h) Administration.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall not apply with respect to the Board.

``SEC. 193. PRESIDENT.

    ``(a) Appointment.--The Corporation shall be headed by an 
individual who shall serve as President of the Corporation, and who 
shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate.
    ``(b) Compensation.--The President shall be compensated at the rate 
provided for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of 
title 5, United States Code.
    ``(c) Regulations.--The President shall prescribe such rules and 
regulations as are necessary or appropriate to carry out this Act.

``SEC. 193A. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT.

    ``(a) General Powers and Duties.--The President shall be 
responsible for the exercise of the powers and the discharge of the 
duties of the Corporation that are not reserved to the Board, and shall 
have authority and control over all personnel of the Corporation, 
except as provided in section 194(b)(4).
    ``(b) Duties.--In addition to the duties conferred on the President 
under any other provision of this Act, the President shall--
            ``(1) prepare and submit to the Board a strategic plan 
        every 3 years, and annual updates of the plan, for the 
        Corporation with respect to the major functions and operations 
        of the Corporation;
            ``(2)(A) prepare and submit to the Board a proposal with 
        respect to such grants and allotments, contracts, other 
        financial assistance, and designation of positions as approved 
        national service positions, as are necessary or appropriate to 
        carry out this Act; and
            ``(B) after receiving and reviewing an approved proposal 
        under section 192A(g)(2), make such grants and allotments, 
        enter into such contracts, award such other financial 
        assistance, make such payments (in lump sum or installments, 
        and in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in the case of 
        financial assistance otherwise authorized under this Act, with 
        necessary adjustments on account of overpayments and 
        underpayments), and designate such positions as approved 
        national service positions as are necessary or appropriate to 
        carry out this Act;
            ``(3)(A) prepare and submit to the Board a proposal 
        regarding, the regulations established under section 
        195(a)(4)(B)(i), and such other standards, policies, 
        procedures, programs, and initiatives as are necessary or 
        appropriate to carry out this Act; and
            ``(B) after receiving and reviewing an approved proposal 
        under section 192A(g)(3)--
                    ``(i) establish such standards, policies, and 
                procedures as are necessary or appropriate to carry out 
                this Act; and
                    ``(ii) establish and administer such programs and 
                initiatives as are necessary or appropriate to carry 
                out this Act;
            ``(4)(A) prepare and submit to the Board a plan for the 
        evaluation of programs established under this Act, in 
        accordance with section 179; and
            ``(B) after receiving an approved proposal under section 
        192A(g)(4)--
                    ``(i) establish measurable performance goals and 
                objectives for such programs, in accordance with 
                section 179; and
                    ``(ii) provide for periodic evaluation of such 
                programs to assess the manner and extent to which the 
                programs achieve the goals and objectives, in 
                accordance with such section;
            ``(5) consult with appropriate Federal agencies in 
        administering the programs and initiatives;
            ``(6) suspend or terminate payments and positions described 
        in paragraph (2)(B), in accordance with section 176;
            ``(7) prepare and submit to the Board an annual report, and 
        such interim reports as may be necessary, describing the major 
        actions of the President with respect to the personnel of the 
        Corporation, and with respect to such standards, policies, 
        procedures, programs, and initiatives;
            ``(8) inform the Board of, and provide an explanation to 
        the Board regarding, any substantial differences regarding the 
        implementation of this Act between--
                    ``(A) the actions of the President; and
                    ``(B)(i) the strategic plan approved by the Board 
                under section 192A(g)(1);
                    ``(ii) the proposals approved by the Board under 
                paragraph (2) or (3) of section 192A(g); or
                    ``(iii) the evaluation plan approved by the Board 
                under section 192A(g)(4);
            ``(9) prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress an annual report, and such interim reports as may be 
        necessary, describing--
                    ``(A) the services referred to in paragraph (1), 
                and the money and property referred to in paragraph 
                (2), of section 196(a) that have been accepted by the 
                Corporation;
                    ``(B) the manner in which the Corporation used or 
                disposed of such services, money, and property; and
                    ``(C) information on the results achieved by the 
                programs funded under this Act during the year 
                preceding the year in which the report is prepared; and
            ``(10) provide for studies and demonstrations that 
        evaluate, and prepare and submit to the Board by June 30, 1995 
        a report containing recommendations regarding, issues related 
        to--
                    ``(A) the administration and organization of 
                programs authorized under the national service laws or 
                under Public Law 91-378 (referred to in this 
                subparagraph as `service programs'), including--
                            ``(i) whether the State and national 
                        priorities designed to meet the unmet human, 
                        education, environmental, or public safety 
                        needs described in section 122(c)(1) are being 
                        addressed by this Act;
                            ``(ii) the manner in which--
                                    ``(I) educational and other 
                                outcomes of both stipended and 
                                nonstipended service and service-
                                learning are defined and measured in 
                                such service programs; and
                                    ``(II) such outcomes should be 
                                defined and measured in such service 
                                programs;
                            ``(iii) whether stipended service programs, 
                        and service programs providing educational 
                        benefits in return for service, should focus on 
                        economically disadvantaged individuals or at-
                        risk youth or whether such programs should 
                        include a mix of individuals, including 
                        individuals from middle- and upper-income 
                        families;
                            ``(iv) the role and importance of stipends 
                        and educational benefits in achieving desired 
                        outcomes in the service programs;
                            ``(v) the potential for cost savings and 
                        coordination of support and oversight services 
                        from combining functions performed by ACTION 
                        State offices and State Commissions;
                            ``(vi) the implications of the results from 
                        such studies and demonstrations for authorized 
                        funding levels for the service programs; and
                            ``(vii) other issues that the Director 
                        determines to be relevant to the administration 
                        and organization of the service programs; and
                    ``(B) the number, potential consolidation, and 
                future organization of national service or domestic 
                volunteer service programs that are authorized under 
                Federal law, including VISTA, service corps assisted 
                under subtitle C and other programs authorized by this 
                Act, programs administered by the Public Health 
                Service, the Department of Defense, or other Federal 
                agencies, programs regarding teacher corps, and 
                programs regarding work-study and higher education loan 
                forgiveness or forbearance programs authorized by the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 related to community 
                service.
    ``(c) Powers.--In addition to the authority conferred on the 
President under any other provision of this Act, the President may--
            ``(1) establish, alter, consolidate, or discontinue such 
        organizational units or components within the Corporation as 
        the President considers necessary or appropriate, consistent 
        with Federal law, and shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
        consolidate such units or components of the division of the 
        Corporation that carries out volunteer service programs and the 
        division of the Corporation that carries out financial 
        assistance programs as may be appropriate to enable the two 
        divisions to coordinate common support functions, such as 
        recruiting, public awareness, or training functions;
            ``(2) with the approval of the President of the United 
        States, arrange with and reimburse the heads of other Federal 
        agencies for the performance of any of the provisions of this 
        Act;
            ``(3) with their consent, utilize the services and 
        facilities of Federal agencies with or without reimbursement, 
        and, with the consent of any State, or political subdivision of 
        a State, accept and utilize the services and facilities of the 
        agencies of such State or subdivisions without reimbursement;
            ``(4) allocate and expend funds made available under this 
        Act, including expenditure for construction, repairs, and 
        capital improvements;
            ``(5) disseminate, without regard to the provisions of 
        section 3204 of title 39, United States Code, data and 
        information, in such form as the President shall determine to 
        be appropriate to public agencies, private organizations, and 
        the general public;
            ``(6) collect or compromise all obligations to or held by 
        the President and all legal or equitable rights accruing to the 
        President in connection with the payment of obligations in 
        accordance with chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code 
        (commonly known as the `Federal Claims Collection Act of 
        1966');
            ``(7) expend funds made available for purposes of this Act 
        for rent of buildings and space in buildings and for repair, 
        alteration, and improvement of buildings and space in buildings 
        rented by the President;
            ``(8) file a civil action in any court of record of a State 
        having general jurisdiction or in any district court of the 
        United States, with respect to a claim arising under this Act;
            ``(9) exercise the authorities of the Corporation under 
        section 196;
            ``(10) consolidate the reports to Congress required under 
        this Act, and the report required under section 9106 of title 
        31, United States Code, into a single report, and submit the 
        report to Congress on an annual basis; and
            ``(11) generally perform such functions and take such steps 
        consistent with the objectives and provisions of this Act, as 
        the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to 
        carry out such provisions.
    ``(d) Delegation.--
            ``(1) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        `function' means any duty, obligation, power, authority, 
        responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.
            ``(2) In general.--Except as otherwise prohibited by law or 
        provided in this Act, the President may delegate any function 
        under this Act, and authorize such successive redelegations of 
        such function as may be necessary or appropriate. No delegation 
        of a function by the President under this subsection or under 
        any other provision of this Act shall relieve such President of 
        responsibility for the administration of such function.
            ``(3) Function of board.--The President may not delegate a 
        function of the Board without the permission of the Board.
    ``(e) Actions.--In an action described in subsection (c)(8)--
            ``(1) a district court referred to in such subsection shall 
        have jurisdiction of such a civil action without regard to the 
        amount in controversy;
            ``(2) such an action brought by the President shall survive 
        notwithstanding any change in the person occupying the office 
        of President or any vacancy in that office;
            ``(3) no attachment, injunction, garnishment, or other 
        similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the 
        President or the Board or property under the control of the 
        President or the Board; and
            ``(4) nothing in this section shall be construed to except 
        litigation arising out of activities under this Act from the 
        application of sections 509, 517, 547, and 2679 of title 28, 
        United States Code.

``SEC. 194. OFFICERS.

    ``(a) Managing Directors.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be in the Corporation 2 
        Managing Directors, who shall be appointed by the President of 
        the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the 
        Senate, and who shall report to the President.
            ``(2) Compensation.--The Managing Directors shall be 
        compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(3) Duties.--
                    ``(A) Volunteer service programs.--One of the 
                Managing Directors shall be primarily responsible for 
                the volunteer service programs carried out by the 
                Corporation.
                    ``(B) Investment programs.--The other Managing 
                Director shall be primarily responsible for the 
                financial assistance programs carried out by the 
                Corporation.
    ``(b) Inspector General.--
            ``(1) Office.--There shall be in the Corporation an Office 
        of the Inspector General.
            ``(2) Appointment.--The Office shall be headed by an 
        Inspector General, appointed in accordance with the Inspector 
        General Act of 1978.
            ``(3) Compensation.--The Inspector General shall be 
        compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(c) Chief Financial Officer.--
            ``(1) Office.--There shall be in the Corporation a Chief 
        Financial Officer, who shall be appointed by the President of 
        the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the 
        Senate.
            ``(2) Compensation.--The Chief Financial Officer shall be 
        compensated at the rate provided for level IV of the Executive 
        Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(3) Duties.--The Chief Financial Officer shall--
                    ``(A) report directly to the President regarding 
                financial management matters;
                    ``(B) oversee all financial management activities 
                relating to the programs and operations of the 
                Corporation;
                    ``(C) develop and maintain an integrated accounting 
                and financial management system for the Corporation, 
                including financial reporting and internal controls;
                    ``(D) develop and maintain any joint financial 
                management systems with the Department of Education 
                necessary to carry out the programs of the Corporation; 
                and
                    ``(E) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance 
                and oversight of the financial management personnel, 
                activities, and operations of the Corporation.

``SEC. 195. EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL.

    ``(a) Employees.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in section 194(b)(4), 
        it is within the exclusive discretion of the President to 
        appoint and determine the compensation of such employees as the 
        President determines to be necessary to carry out the duties of 
        the Corporation.
            ``(2) Civil service protections.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the provisions of title 5, United 
                States Code, shall apply with respect to the 
                Corporation and the employees of the Corporation.
                    ``(B) Appointment and compensation.--Except as 
                provided in section 194(b)(4), it is within the 
                exclusive discretion of the President to appoint and 
                determine the compensation of employees under this 
                subsection without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
                United States Code, governing appointments in the 
                competitive service, and without regard to the 
                provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
                53 of such title relating to classification and General 
                Schedule pay rates (other than the provisions described 
                in clauses (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (4)(B)).
            ``(3) Appointment in the competitive service after 
        employment in the corporation.--
                    ``(A) Employees with not less than 3 years of 
                employment.--If an employee, other than a 
                representative described in subsection (b), is 
                separated from the Corporation (other than by removal 
                for cause), and has been continuously employed by the 
                Corporation for a period of not less than 3 years, such 
                period shall be treated as a period of service in the 
                competitive service for purposes of chapter 33 of title 
                5, United States Code.
                    ``(B) Employees with not less than 1 but less than 
                3 years of employment.--If an employee, other than a 
                representative described in subsection (b), is 
                separated from the Corporation (other than by removal 
                for cause), and has been continuously employed by the 
                Corporation for a period of not less than 1 year, but 
                less than 3 years, such period shall be treated as a 
                period of service in the competitive service for 
                purposes of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, 
                until the date that is 3 years after the date of 
                separation.
                    ``(C) Definition.--As used in this paragraph, the 
                term `competitive service' has the meaning given the 
                term in section 2102 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(4) Appointment and compensation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Chairperson shall appoint 
                and determine the compensation of employees referred to 
                in paragraph (1), in accordance with the appointment 
                and compensation systems referred to in subparagraph 
                (B).
                    ``(B) Corporation appointment and compensation 
                systems.--
                            ``(i) Establishment of system.--The 
                        President, after reviewing the approved 
                        proposal of the Board under section 192A(g)(3) 
                        and after obtaining the approval of the 
                        Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 
                        shall issue regulations establishing 
                        appointment and compensation systems for the 
                        Corporation.
                            ``(ii) Content and considerations.--In 
                        issuing such regulations, the President shall--
                                    ``(I) establish appropriate 
                                appointment and compensation mechanisms 
                                for the representatives described in 
                                subsection (b); and
                                    ``(II) take into consideration the 
                                need for flexibility in such a system.
                            ``(iii) Appointment system.--The 
                        appointment system shall require that the 
                        appointment of such an employee be--
                                    ``(I) on the basis of the 
                                qualifications of applicants and the 
                                requirements of the position, in 
                                accordance with the merit system 
                                principles set forth in section 2301(b) 
                                of title 5, United States Code; and
                                    ``(II) through a competitive 
                                process.
                            ``(iv) Compensation system.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The compensation 
                                system shall include a scheme for the 
                                classification of positions in the 
                                Corporation. The system shall require 
                                that the compensation of such an 
                                employee be determined based in part on 
                                the job performance of the employee, 
                                and in a manner consistent with the 
                                principles described in section 5301 of 
                                title 5, United States Code.
                                    ``(II) Limitation on employee 
                                compensation.--The rate of compensation 
                                for each employee compensated through 
                                the system shall not exceed the annual 
                                rate of basic pay payable for level IV 
                                of the Executive Schedule under section 
                                5315 of title 5, United States Code.
                                    ``(III) Limitation on compensation 
                                of representative.--The rate of pay for 
                                a representative described in 
                                subsection (b) shall not exceed the 
                                maximum rate of basic pay payable for 
                                grade GS-13 of the General Schedule 
                                under section 5332 of title 5, United 
                                States Code.
            ``(5) Retention of civil service rights.--
                    ``(A) Retention of competitive service rights.--An 
                individual who--
                            ``(i) was an employee of ACTION or the 
                        Commission on National and Community Service 
                        who served under a permanent appointment on the 
                        day before the date of enactment of this 
                        subtitle in--
                                    ``(I) a position in the competitive 
                                service; or
                                    ``(II) a career appointee position 
                                in the Senior Executive Service;
                            ``(ii) is transferred to the Corporation 
                        under section 202(c) or 203(c) of the National 
                        and Community Service Trust Act of 1993; and
                            ``(iii) accepts a position established 
                        under paragraph (4) in the Corporation,
                shall be appointed to a position in the competitive 
                service of the Corporation.
                    ``(B) Duration of position in competitive 
                service.--During the period of employment of such an 
                employee in a position, the position shall be a 
                position in the competitive service. After such period 
                of employment, the position shall be a position in the 
                excepted service unless the President appoints an 
                individual to such position in accordance with the 
                provisions described in subsection (a)(2).
                    ``(C) Establishment of positions.--With respect to 
                a position vacancy or a position to be established in 
                the Corporation, the President--
                            ``(i) shall select the individual to be 
                        appointed to such position in accordance with 
                        the regulations promulgated under paragraph 
                        (4);
                            ``(ii) if the individual to be appointed to 
                        the position is an individual described in 
                        subparagraph (A), shall establish the position 
                        as a position in the competitive service; and
                            ``(iii) if the individual to be so 
                        appointed is not an individual described in 
                        subparagraph (A)--
                                    ``(I) may establish the position as 
                                a position in the excepted service; and
                                    ``(II) in an exceptional case in 
                                which the individual, immediately prior 
                                to accepting the position, served under 
                                a permanent appointment in a position 
                                described in subclause (I) or (II) of 
                                subparagraph (A)(i), may establish the 
                                position as a position in the 
                                competitive service,
                in any case in which an individual described in 
                subparagraph (A) is an employee of the Corporation and 
                is eligible to be appointed to such position.
                    ``(D) Definitions.--As used in this paragraph:
                            ``(i) Competitive service.--The term 
                        `competitive service' has the meaning given the 
                        term in section 2102 of title 5, United States 
                        Code.
                            ``(ii) Excepted service.--The term 
                        `excepted service' has the meaning given the 
                        term in section 2103 of title 5, United States 
                        Code.
                            ``(iii) Senior executive service.--The term 
                        `Senior Executive Service' has the meaning 
                        given the term in section 2101a of title 5, 
                        United States Code.
    ``(b) Corporation Representative in Each State.--
            ``(1) Designation of representative.--The Corporation shall 
        designate 1 employee of the Corporation for each State or group 
        of States to serve as the representative of the Corporation in 
        the State or States and to assist the Corporation in carrying 
        out the activities described in this Act in the State or 
        States.
            ``(2) Duties.--The representative designated under this 
        subsection for a State or group of States shall serve as the 
        liaison between--
                    ``(A) the Corporation and the State Commission that 
                is established in the State or States;
                    ``(B) the Corporation and any subdivision of a 
                State, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit 
                organization, or institution of higher education, in 
                the State or States, that is awarded a grant under 
                section 121 directly from the Corporation; and
                    ``(C) the State Commission and the Corporation 
                employee responsible for volunteer service programs in 
                the State, if the employee is not the representative 
                described in paragraph (1) for the State.
            ``(3) Member of state commission.--The representative 
        designated under this subsection for a State or group of States 
        shall also serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of the State 
        Commission established in the State or States.
    ``(c) Consultants.--The President may procure the temporary and 
intermittent services of experts and consultants and compensate the 
experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code.
    ``(d) Details of Personnel.--The head of any Federal department or 
agency may detail on a reimbursable basis, or on a nonreimbursable 
basis for not to exceed 180 calendar days during any fiscal year, as 
agreed upon by the President and the head of the Federal agency, any of 
the personnel of that department or agency to the Corporation to assist 
the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corporation under 
this Act. Any detail shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil 
service status or privileges of the Federal employee.
    ``(e) Advisory Committees.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The President, acting upon the 
        recommendation of the Board, may establish advisory committees 
        in the Corporation to advise the Board with respect to national 
        service issues, such as the type of programs to be established 
        or assisted under the national service laws, priorities and 
        criteria for such programs, and methods of conducting outreach 
        for, and evaluation of, such programs.
            ``(2) Composition.--Such an advisory committee shall be 
        composed of members appointed by the President, with such 
        qualifications as the President may specify.
            ``(3) Expenses.--Members of such an advisory committee may 
        be allowed travel expenses as described in section 192A(d).
            ``(4) Staff.--The President is authorized to appoint and 
        fix the compensation of such staff as the President determines 
        to be necessary to carry out the functions of the advisory 
        committee, in accordance with subsection (a)(2), and without 
        regard to the selection and compensation systems described in 
        subsection (a)(4)(B). Such compensation shall not exceed the 
        rate described in subsection (a)(4)(B)(iv)(III).

``SEC. 196. ADMINISTRATION.

    ``(a) Donations.--
            ``(1) Services.--
                    ``(A) Volunteers.--Notwithstanding section 1342 of 
                title 31, United States Code, the Corporation may 
                solicit and accept the voluntary services of 
                individuals to assist the Corporation in carrying out 
                the duties of the Corporation under this Act, and may 
                provide to such individuals the travel expenses 
                described in section 192A(d).
                    ``(B) Limitation.--Such a volunteer shall not be 
                considered to be a Federal employee and shall not be 
                subject to the provisions of law relating to Federal 
                employment, including those relating to hours of work, 
                rates of compensation, leave, unemployment 
                compensation, and Federal employee benefits, except 
                that--
                            ``(i) for the purposes of the tort claims 
                        provisions of chapter 171 of title 28, United 
                        States Code, a volunteer under this subtitle 
                        shall be considered to be a Federal employee;
                            ``(ii) for the purposes of subchapter I of 
                        chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
                        relating to compensation to Federal employees 
                        for work injuries, volunteers under this 
                        subtitle shall be considered to be employees, 
                        as defined in section 8101(1)(B) of title 5, 
                        United States Code, and the provisions of such 
                        subchapter shall apply; and
                            ``(iii) for purposes of the provisions of 
                        chapter 11 of part I of title 18, United States 
                        Code, such a volunteer (to whom such provisions 
                        would not otherwise apply except for this 
                        subsection) shall be a special Government 
                        employee.
                    ``(C) Inherently governmental function.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Such a volunteer shall 
                        not carry out an inherently governmental 
                        function.
                            ``(ii) Regulations.--The President shall 
                        promulgate regulations to carry out this 
                        subparagraph.
                            ``(iii) Inherently governmental function.--
                        As used in this subparagraph, the term 
                        `inherently governmental function' means any 
                        activity that is so intimately related to the 
                        public interest as to mandate performance by an 
                        officer or employee of the Federal Government, 
                        including an activity that requires either the 
                        exercise of discretion in applying the 
                        authority of the Government or the use of value 
                        judgment in making a decision for the 
                        Government.
            ``(2) Property.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation may solicit, 
                accept, hold, administer, use, and dispose of, in 
                furtherance of the purposes of this Act, donations of 
                any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, 
                tangible or intangible, received by gift, devise, 
                bequest, or otherwise. Donations accepted under this 
                subparagraph shall be used as nearly as possible in 
                accordance with the terms, if any, of such donation.
                    ``(B) Tax.--For purposes of Federal income, estate, 
                and gift taxes, money or property accepted under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be a gift, 
                devise, or bequest to, or for the use of, the United 
                States.
                    ``(C) Rules.--The President shall establish written 
                rules to ensure that the solicitation, acceptance, 
                holding, administration, and use of property described 
                in subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) will not reflect unfavorably upon the 
                        ability of the Corporation, or of any officer 
                        or employee of the Corporation, to carry out 
                        the responsibilities or official duties of the 
                        Corporation in a fair and objective manner; and
                            ``(ii) will not compromise the integrity of 
                        the programs of the Corporation or any official 
                        or employee of the Corporation involved in such 
                        programs.
                    ``(D) Disposition.--Upon completion of the use by 
                the Corporation of any property accepted pursuant to 
                subparagraph (A) (other than money or monetary proceeds 
                from sales of property so accepted), such completion 
                shall be reported to the General Services 
                Administration and such property shall be disposed of 
                in accordance with title II of the Federal Property and 
                Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 et 
                seq.).
            ``(3) Volunteer.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        `volunteer' does not include a participant.
    ``(b) Contracts.--Subject to the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949, the Corporation may enter into 
contracts, and cooperative and interagency agreements, with Federal and 
State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individuals to conduct 
activities necessary to assist the Corporation in carrying out the 
duties of the Corporation under this Act.
    ``(c) Office of Management and Budget.--Appropriate circulars of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall apply to the Corporation.''.
    (b) Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.--Section 401 of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5041) is amended by 
inserting after the second sentence the following: ``The Director shall 
report directly to the President of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service.''.
    (c) Transfer of Functions of Commission on National and Community 
Service.--
            (1) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, unless 
        otherwise provided or indicated by the context, each term 
        specified in section 203(c)(1) shall have the meaning given the 
        term in such section.
            (2) Transfer of functions.--There are transferred to the 
        Corporation the functions that the Board of Directors or 
        Executive Director of the Commission on National and Community 
        Service exercised before the effective date of this subsection 
        (including all related functions of any officer or employee of 
        the Commission).
            (3) Application.--The provisions of paragraphs (3) through 
        (10) of section 203(c) shall apply with respect to the transfer 
        described in paragraph (2), except that--
                    (A) for purposes of such application, references to 
                the term ``ACTION Agency'' shall be deemed to be 
                references to the Commission on National and Community 
                Service; and
                    (B) paragraph (10) of such section shall not 
                preclude the transfer of the members of the Board of 
                Directors of the Commission to the Corporation if, on 
                the effective date of this subsection, the Board of 
                Directors of the Corporation has not been confirmed.
    (d) Continuing Performance of Certain Functions.--The individuals 
who, on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, are 
performing any of the functions required by section 190 of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12651), as in effect on 
such date, to be performed by the members of the Board of Directors of 
the Commission on National and Community Service may, subject to 
section 193A of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section, continue to perform such 
functions until the date on the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service conducts the first meeting of the 
Board. The service of such individuals as members of the Board of 
Directors of such Commission, and the employment of such individuals as 
special government employees, shall terminate on such date.
    (e) Job Search Assistance.--The President of the Corporation shall 
establish a program to provide, or shall seek to enter into a 
memorandum of understanding with the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management to provide, job search and related assistance to 
employees of the ACTION agency who are not transferred to the 
Corporation for National and Community Service under section 203(c). 
The President of the Corporation shall make available funds 
appropriated under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 in order to provide such assistance.
    (f) Government Corporation Control.--
            (1) Wholly owned government corporation.--Section 9101(3) 
        of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
        subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) the Corporation for National and Community 
                Service.''.
            (2) Audits.--Section 9105(a)(1) of title 31, United States 
        Code, is amended by inserting ``, or under other Federal law,'' 
        before ``or by an independent''.
    (g) Disposal of Property.--Section 203(k) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 484(k)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5)(A) Under such regulations as the Administrator may prescribe, 
the Administrator is authorized, in the discretion of the 
Administrator, to assign to the President of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service for disposal such surplus property as is 
recommended by the President as being needed for national service 
activities.
    ``(B) Subject to the disapproval of the Administrator, within 30 
days after notice to the Administrator by the President of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service of a proposed transfer 
of property for such activities, the President, through such officers 
or employees of the Corporation as the President may designate, may 
sell, lease, or donate such property to any entity that receives 
financial assistance under the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 for such activities.
    ``(C) In fixing the sale or lease value of such property, the 
President of the Corporation for National and Community Service shall 
comply with the requirements of paragraph (1)(C).''.
    (h) Inspector General.--
            (1) Special provisions in inspector general act of 1978.--
        The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
        redesignating sections 8E and 8F as sections 8F and 8G, 
        respectively, and inserting after section 8D the following new 
        section:

   ``special provisions concerning the corporation for national and 
                           community service

    ``Sec. 8E. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 6(a) (7) 
and (8), it is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Inspector 
General of the Corporation for National and Community Service to--
            ``(1) appoint and determine the compensation of such 
        officers and employees in accordance with section 195(a)(4) of 
        the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993; and
            ``(2) procure the temporary and intermittent services of 
        and compensate such experts and consultants, in accordance with 
        section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,
as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and duties of 
the Inspector General.
    ``(b) No later than the date on which the President of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service transmits any report to 
the Congress under section 5 (a) or (b), the President shall transmit 
such report to the Board of Directors of such Corporation.
    ``(c) No later than the date on which the President of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service transmits a report 
described under section 5(b) to the Board of Directors as provided 
under subsection (b) of this section, the President shall also transmit 
any audit report which is described in the statement required under 
section 5(b)(4) to the Board of Directors. All such audit reports shall 
be placed on the agenda for review at the next scheduled meeting of the 
Board of Directors following such transmittal. The President of the 
Corporation shall be present at such meeting to provide any information 
relating to such audit reports.
    ``(d) No later than the date on which the Inspector General of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service reports a problem, 
abuse, or deficiency under section 5(d) to the President of the 
Corporation, the President shall report such problem, abuse, or 
deficiency to the Board of Directors.''.
            (2) Termination of status as designated federal entity.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 8F(a)(2) of the Inspector 
                General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) (as redesignated by 
                paragraph (1) of this subsection) is amended by 
                striking out ``ACTION,''.
                    (B) Effective date.--This paragraph shall take 
                effect on the effective date of section 203(c)(2).
            (3) Transfer.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 9(a)(1) of the Inspector 
                General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
                            (i) in subparagraph (T), by striking out 
                        ``and'' at the end thereof; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end thereof the 
                        following new subparagraph:
                    ``(V) of the Corporation for National and Community 
                Service, the Office of Inspector General of ACTION; 
                and''.
                    (B) Effective date.--This paragraph shall take 
                effect on the effective date of section 203(c)(2).
            (4) Head of establishment and establishment.--Section 11 of 
        the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``; the President 
                of the Corporation for National and Community 
                Service;'' after ``Thrift Depositor Protection 
                Oversight Board''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``, the 
                Corporation for National and Community Service,'' after 
                ``United States Information Agency''.
            (5) Technical and conforming amendments to the inspector 
        general act of 1978.--The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
        U.S.C. App.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 4(b)(2)--
                            (i) by striking out ``section 8E(a)(2), and 
                        any'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                        8F(a)(2), and any'';
                            (ii) by striking out ``section 8E(a)(1)'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                        8F(a)(1)''; and
                            (iii) by striking out ``section 8E(a)(2).'' 
                        and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
                        8F(a)(2).''; and
                    (B) section 8G (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of 
                this subsection)--
                            (i) by striking out ``or 8D'' and inserting 
                        in lieu thereof ``8D, or 8E''; and
                            (ii) by striking out ``section 8E(a)'' and 
                        inserting in lieu thereof ``section 8F(a)''.
            (6) Postal service technical and conforming amendments.--
        Section 410(b) of title 39, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (8) by striking out ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) in the first paragraph (9) by striking out the 
                period and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and 
                ``and''; and
                    (C) by striking out the second paragraph (9) and 
                inserting in lieu thereof the following:
            ``(10) the provisions of section 8F of the Inspector 
        General Act of 1978.''.
    (i) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
striking the items relating to subtitle G of title I of such Act and 
inserting the following:

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

``Sec. 191. Corporation for National and Community Service.
``Sec. 192. Board of Directors.
``Sec. 192A. Authorities and duties of the Board of Directors.
``Sec. 193. President.
``Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the President. 
``Sec. 194. Officers.
``Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel.
``Sec. 196. Administration.''.
    (j) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) or 
        subsection (h)(2) or (3), the amendments made by this section 
        shall take effect on October 1, 1993.
            (2) Establishment and appointment authorities.--Sections 
        191, 192, and 193 of the National and Community Service Act of 
        1990, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date 
        of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 203. FINAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 
              COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    (a) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--
            (1) Application.--
                    (A) Evaluation.--Subsections (a), (d), and (e) of 
                section 179 of the National and Community Service Act 
                of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended by striking ``this 
                title'' and inserting ``the national service laws''.
                    (B) Corporation.--Subtitle I of the National and 
                Community Service Act of 1990 (as amended by section 
                202 of this Act) is amended in section 191, section 
                192A(g)(5), section 193(c), subsections (b) (other than 
                paragraph (10)), (c) (other than paragraph (8)), and 
                (d) of section 193A, subsections (b) and (d) of section 
                195, and subsections (a) and (b) of section 196, by 
                striking ``this Act'' each place the term appears and 
                inserting ``the national service laws''.
            (2) Grants.--Section 192A(g) of the National and Community 
        Service Act of 1990 (as added by section 202 of this Act) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (8);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph 
                (10); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) notwithstanding any other provision of law, make 
        grants to or contracts with Federal or other public departments 
        or agencies and private nonprofit organizations for the 
        assignment or referral of volunteers under the provisions of 
        the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (except as provided 
        in section 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973), 
        which may provide that the agency or organization shall pay all 
        or a part of the costs of the program; and''.
            (3) Recruitment and Public Awareness Functions.--Section 
        193A of the National and Community Service Act of 1993 (as 
        added by section 202 of this Act) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following:
    ``(f) Recruitment and Public Awareness functions.--
            ``(1) Effort.--The President shall ensure that the 
        Corporation, in carrying out the recruiting and public 
        awareness functions of the Corporation, shall expend at least 
        the level of effort on recruitment and public awareness 
        activities related to the programs referred to in section 
        194(a)(3)(A) as ACTION expended on recruitment and public 
        awareness activities related to programs under the Domestic 
        Volunteer Service Act of 1973 during fiscal year 1993.
            ``(2) Personnel.--The President shall assign or hire, as 
        necessary, such additional national, regional, and State 
        personnel to carry out such recruiting and public awareness 
        functions as may be necessary to ensure that such functions are 
        carried out in a timely and effective manner. The President 
        shall give priority in the hiring of such additional personnel 
        to individuals who have formerly served as volunteers in the 
        programs referred to in section 194(a)(3)(A), or similar 
        programs, and to individual who have specialized experience in 
        the recruitment of volunteers.
            ``(3) Funds.--For the first fiscal year after the effective 
        date of this subsection, and for each fiscal year thereafter, 
        for the purpose of carrying out such recruiting and public 
        awareness functions, the President shall obligate not less than 
        1.5 percent of the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year 
        under section 501(a) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
        1973.''.
            (4) Assistant directors.--Section 194 of the National and 
        Community Service Act of 1990 (as added by section 202 of this 
        Act) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Assistant Directors.--
            ``(1) In general.--There shall be in the Corporation four 
        Assistant Directors, each of whom shall be appointed by the 
        President, and who shall report directly to the Managing 
        Director described in subsection (a)(3)(A).
            ``(2) Duties.--
                    ``(A) Vista and other antipoverty programs.--One of 
                the Assistant Directors shall be primarily responsible 
                for the VISTA and other antipoverty programs under 
                title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.
                    ``(B) Retired and senior volunteer programs.--One 
                of the Assistant Directors shall be primarily 
                responsible for the Retired and Senior Volunteer 
                Program established under part A of title II of such 
                Act.
                    ``(C) Foster grandparent program.--One of the 
                Assistant Directors shall be primarily responsible for 
                the Foster Grandparent Program established under part B 
                of title II of such Act.
                    ``(D) Senior companion program.--One of the 
                Assistant Directors shall be primarily responsible for 
                the Senior Companion Program established under part C 
                of title II of such Act.''.
    (b) Authorities of ACTION Agency.--Sections 401 and 402 of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5041 and 5042) are 
repealed.
    (c) Transfer of Functions From ACTION Agency.--
            (1) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, unless 
        otherwise provided or indicated by the context--
                    (A) the term ``Corporation'' means the Corporation 
                for National and Community Service, established under 
                section 191 of the National and Community Service Act 
                of 1990;
                    (B) the term ``Federal agency'' has the meaning 
                given to the term ``agency'' by section 551(1) of title 
                5, United States Code;
                    (C) the term ``function'' means any duty, 
                obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, 
                privilege, activity, or program;
                    (D) the term ``office'' includes any office, 
                administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational 
                entity, or component thereof; and
                    (E) the term ``President'', except as used as part 
                of the term ``President of the United States'', means 
                the President of the Corporation.
            (2) Transfer of functions.--There are transferred to the 
        Corporation such functions as the President of the United 
        States determines to be appropriate that the Director of the 
        ACTION Agency exercised before the effective date of this 
        subsection (including all related functions of any officer or 
        employee of the ACTION Agency).
            (3) Determinations of certain functions by the office of 
        management and budget.--The President of the United States may 
        delegate to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
        the authority to make any determination of the functions that 
        are transferred under paragraph (2), if the President 
        determines that such a delegation would be appropriate.
            (4) Reorganization.--The President is authorized to 
        allocate or reallocate any function transferred under paragraph 
        (2) among the officers of the Corporation, after providing 
        notice of the allocation or reallocation to Congress.
            (5) Transfer and allocations of appropriations and 
        personnel.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, 
        the personnel employed in connection with, and the assets, 
        liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended 
        balances of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and 
        other funds employed, used, held, arising from, available to, 
        or to be made available in connection with the functions 
        transferred by this subsection, subject to section 1531 of 
        title 31, United States Code, shall be transferred to the 
        Corporation. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this 
        paragraph shall be used only for the purposes for which the 
        funds were originally authorized and appropriated.
            (6) Incidental transfer.--The Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget is authorized to make such additional 
        incidental dispositions of personnel, assets, liabilities, 
        grants, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balances 
        of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds 
        held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available 
        in connection with such functions, as may be necessary to carry 
        out the provisions of this subsection. The Director of the 
        Office of Management and Budget shall provide for the 
        termination of the affairs of all entities terminated by this 
        subsection and for such further measures and dispositions as 
        may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subsection.
            (7) Effect on personnel.--
                    (A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided by 
                this subsection, the transfer pursuant to this 
                subsection of full-time personnel (except special 
                Government employees) and part-time personnel holding 
                permanent positions shall not cause any such employee 
                to be separated or reduced in grade or compensation, or 
                to have the benefits of the employee reduced, for 1 
                year after the date of transfer of such employee under 
                this subsection.
                    (B) Executive schedule positions.--Except as 
                otherwise provided in this subsection, any person who, 
                on the day preceding the effective date of this 
                subsection, held a position compensated in accordance 
                with the Executive Schedule prescribed in chapter 53 of 
                title 5, United States Code, and who, without a break 
                in service, is appointed in the Corporation to a 
                position having duties comparable to the duties 
                performed immediately preceding such appointment shall 
                continue to be compensated in such new position at not 
                less than the rate provided for such previous position, 
                for the duration of the service of such person in such 
                new position.
                    (C) Termination of certain positions.--Positions 
                whose incumbents are appointed by the President of the 
                United States, by and with the advice and consent of 
                the Senate, the functions of which are transferred by 
                this subsection, shall terminate on the effective date 
                of this subsection.
            (8) Savings provisions.--
                    (A) Continuing effect of legal documents.--All 
                orders, determinations, rules, regulations, permits, 
                agreements, grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, 
                registrations, privileges, and other administrative 
                actions--
                            (i) that have been issued, made, granted, 
                        or allowed to become effective by the President 
                        of the United States, any Federal agency or 
                        official thereof, or by a court of competent 
                        jurisdiction, in the performance of functions 
                        that are transferred under this subsection; and
                            (ii) that are in effect at the time this 
                        subsection takes effect, or were final before 
                        the effective date of this subsection and are 
                        to become effective on or after the effective 
                        date of this subsection,
                shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
                modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked 
                in accordance with law by the President of the United 
                States, the President of the Corporation, or other 
                authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, 
                or by operation of law.
                    (B) Proceedings not affected.--The provisions of 
                this subsection shall not affect any proceedings, 
                including notices of proposed rulemaking, or any 
                application for any license, permit, certificate, or 
                financial assistance pending before the ACTION Agency 
                at the time this subsection takes effect, with respect 
                to functions transferred by this subsection. Such 
                proceedings and applications shall be continued. Orders 
                shall be issued in such proceedings, appeals shall be 
                taken therefrom, and payments shall be made pursuant to 
                such orders, as if this subsection had not been 
                enacted, and orders issued in any such proceedings 
                shall continue in effect until modified, terminated, 
                superseded, or revoked by a duly authorized official, 
                by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation 
                of law. Nothing in this subparagraph shall be deemed to 
                prohibit the discontinuance or modification of any such 
                proceeding under the same terms and conditions and to 
                the same extent that such proceeding could have been 
                discontinued or modified if this subsection had not 
                been enacted.
                    (C) Suits not affected.--The provisions of this 
                subsection shall not affect suits commenced before the 
                effective date of this subsection, and in all such 
                suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals taken, and 
                judgments rendered in the same manner and with the same 
                effect as if this subsection had not been enacted.
                    (D) Nonabatement of actions.--No suit, action, or 
                other proceeding commenced by or against the ACTION 
                Agency, or by or against any individual in the official 
                capacity of such individual as an officer of the ACTION 
                Agency, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
                subsection.
                    (E) Administrative actions relating to promulgation 
                of regulations.--Any administrative action relating to 
                the preparation or promulgation of a regulation by the 
                ACTION Agency relating to a function transferred under 
                this subsection may be continued by the Corporation 
                with the same effect as if this subsection had not been 
                enacted.
            (9) Severability.--If a provision of this subsection or its 
        application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, 
        neither the remainder of this subsection nor the application of 
        the provision to other persons or circumstances shall be 
        affected.
            (10) Transition.--Prior to, or after, any transfer of a 
        function under this subsection, the President is authorized to 
        utilize--
                    (A) the services of such officers, employees, and 
                other personnel of the ACTION Agency with respect to 
                functions that will be or have been transferred to the 
                Corporation by this subsection; and
                    (B) funds appropriated to such functions for such 
                period of time as may reasonably be needed to 
                facilitate the orderly implementation of this 
                subsection.
    (d) Development of Transfer Schedule.--The President of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, in consultation with 
the Director of ACTION, shall, not later than 9 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, prepare a schedule that specifies the date on 
which the employees of ACTION will be notified about--
            (1) whether their functions will be transferred to the 
        Corporation; and
            (2) if such functions will be transferred, the date on 
        which the transfer will occur.
    (e) Appointment of ACTION Employees.--During the period beginning 
on October 1, 1993 and ending on the effective date of subsection 
(c)(2), in making appointments to the Corporation under the appointment 
system described in section 195(a)(4)(B)(iii) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990, the President of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service shall ensure that individuals who are 
employees of ACTION shall receive fair and equitable treatment.
    (f) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this 
        section, and the amendments made by this section, shall take 
        effect--
                    (A) 18 months after the date of enactment of this 
                Act; or
                    (B) on such earlier date (which shall be not 
                earlier than 12 months after the date of the enactment 
                of this Act) as the President of the United States 
                shall determine to be appropriate and announce by 
                proclamation published in the Federal Register.
            (2) Transition.--Subsections (c)(10), (d), and (e) shall 
        take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 204. BUSINESS PLAN.

    (a) Business Plan Required.--
            (1) In general.--The Corporation for National and Community 
        Service (referred to in this section as the ``Corporation'') 
        shall prepare and submit to Congress a business plan. The 
        Corporation may not provide assistance under section 121 of the 
        National and Community Service Act of 1990 before the twentieth 
        day of continuous session of Congress after the date on which 
        the Corporation submits the business plan to Congress.
            (2) Computation.--For purposes of the computation of the 
        20-day period referred to in paragraph (1), continuity of a 
        session of the Congress shall be considered to be broken only 
        by--
                    (A) an adjournment of the Congress sine die; and
                    (B) the days on which either House is not in 
                session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days 
                to a date certain.
    (b) Required Elements of Business Plan.--
            (1) Allocation of funds.--The business plan shall contain--
                    (A) a description of the manner in which the 
                Corporation will allocate funds for programs carried 
                out by the Corporation after October 1, 1993;
                    (B) information on the principal offices and 
                officers of the Corporation that will allocate such 
                funds; and
                    (C) information that indicates how accountability 
                for such funds can be determined, in terms of the 
                office or officer responsible for such funds.
            (2) Investigative and audit functions.--The business plan 
        shall include a description of the plans of the Corporation--
                    (A) to ensure continuity, during the transition 
                period, and after the transition period, in the 
                investigative and audit functions carried out by the 
                Inspector General of ACTION prior to such period, 
                consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
                U.S.C. App.); and
                    (B) to carry out investigative and audit functions 
                and implement financial management controls regarding 
                programs carried out by the Corporation after October 
                1, 1993, consistent with the Inspector General Act of 
                1978, including a specific description of--
                            (i) the manner in which the Office of 
                        Inspector General shall be established in the 
                        Corporation, in accordance with section 194(b) 
                        of the National Community Service Act of 1990, 
                        as added by section 202 of this Act; and
                            (ii) the manner in which grants made by the 
                        Corporation shall be audited by such Office and 
                        the financial management controls that shall 
                        apply with regard to such grants and programs.
            (3) Accountability measures.--The business plan shall 
        include a detailed description of the accountability measures 
        to be established by the Corporation to ensure effective 
        control of all funds for programs carried out by the 
        Corporation after October 1, 1993.
            (4) Information resources.--The business plan shall include 
        a description of an information resource management program 
        that will support the program and financial management needs of 
        the Corporation.
            (5) Corporation staffing and integration of action.--
                    (A) Transfers.--The business plan shall include a 
                report on the progress and plans of the President for 
                transferring the functions, programs, and related 
                personnel of ACTION to the Corporation, and shall 
                include a timetable for the transfer. Not later than 9 
                months after the date of enactment of this section, the 
                President shall identify all functions of ACTION to be 
                transferred to the Corporation.
                    (B) Details and assignments.--The report shall 
                specify the number of ACTION employees detailed or 
                assigned to the Corporation, and describe the hiring 
                activity of the Corporation, during the transition 
                period.
                    (C) Structure.--The business plan shall include a 
                description of the organizational structure of the 
                Corporation during the transition period.
                    (D) Staffing.--The business plan shall include a 
                description of--
                            (i) measures to ensure adequate staffing 
                        during the transition period with respect to 
                        programs carried out by the Corporation after 
                        October 1, 1993; and
                            (ii) the responsibilities and authorities 
                        of the Managing Directors and other key 
                        personnel of the Corporation.
                    (E) Senior executive service.--The business plan 
                shall include--
                            (i) an explanation of the number of the 
                        employees of the Corporation who will be paid 
                        at or above the rate of pay for level 1 of the 
                        Senior Executive Service Schedule under section 
                        5382 of title 5, United States Code; and
                            (ii) information justifying such pay for 
                        such employees.
            (6) Duplication of functions.--The business plan shall 
        include a description of the measures that the Corporation is 
        taking or will take to minimize duplication of functions in the 
        Corporation caused by the transfer of the functions of the 
        Commission on National and Community Service, and the transfer 
        of the functions of ACTION, to the Corporation. This 
        description shall address functions at both the national and 
        State levels.
    (c) Definition.--The term ``transition period'' means the period 
beginning on October 1, 1993 and ending on the day before the effective 
date of section 203(c)(2).

                       TITLE III--REAUTHORIZATION

         Subtitle A--National and Community Service Act of 1990

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 501 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Title I.--
            ``(1) Subtitle b.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated to provide financial assistance under 
                subtitle B of title I, $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 
                and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
                fiscal years 1995 through 1996.
                    ``(B) Programs.--Of the amount appropriated under 
                subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year--
                            ``(i) not more than 63.75 percent shall be 
                        available to provide financial assistance under 
                        subpart A of part I of subtitle B of title I;
                            ``(ii) not more than 11.25 percent shall be 
                        available to provide financial assistance under 
                        subpart B of part I of such subtitle; and
                            ``(iii) not more than 25 percent shall be 
                        available to provide financial assistance under 
                        part II of such subtitle.
            ``(2) Subtitles c, d, and h.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated to provide financial assistance under 
                subtitles C and H of title I, to provide national 
                service educational awards under subtitle D of title I, 
                and to carry out such audits and evaluations as the 
                President or the Inspector General of the Corporation 
                may determine to be necessary, $300,000,000 for fiscal 
                year 1994, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and 
                $700,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.
                    ``(B) Programs.--Of the amount appropriated under 
                subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, up to 15 percent 
                shall be made available to provide financial assistance 
                under sections 125 and 126 and under subtitle H of 
                title I.
            ``(3) Subtitle e.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to provide financial assistance under subtitle E of title I, 
        such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1995 
        through 1996.
            ``(4) Administration.--
                    ``(A) In general.--There are authorized to be 
                appropriated for the administration of this Act such 
                sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
                1994 through 1996.
                    ``(B) Limitation.--For fiscal year 1994, the sums 
                appropriated under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 15 
                percent of the amounts appropriated to carry out 
                subtitles B, C, D, and H of title I of this Act for 
                such fiscal year. For each subsequent fiscal year, the 
                sums appropriated under subparagraph (A) shall not 
                exceed 10 percent of the amounts appropriated to carry 
                out such subtitles for such subsequent fiscal year.
                    ``(C) State commissions and corporation.--Of the 
                amounts appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a 
                fiscal year, up to 50 percent shall be made available 
                to the State Commissions, and up to 50 percent shall be 
                made available to the Corporation, for the 
                administration of this Act.
    ``(b) Title III.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out title III $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 
1996.
    ``(c) Availability of Appropriations.--Funds appropriated under 
this section shall remain available until expended.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 1993.

           Subtitle B--Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973

SEC. 311. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This subtitle may be cited as the ``Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1993''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
whenever in this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the 
reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
provision of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 
et seq.).

            CHAPTER 1--VISTA AND OTHER ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS

SEC. 321. PURPOSE OF THE VISTA PROGRAM.

    The last sentence of section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended to 
read as follows: ``In addition, the objectives of this part are to 
generate the commitment of private sector resources, to encourage 
volunteer service at the local level, and to strengthen local agencies 
and organizations to carry out the purpose of this part.''.

SEC. 322. SELECTION AND ASSIGNMENT OF VISTA VOLUNTEERS.

    (a) Volunteer Assignments.--Section 103(a) (42 U.S.C. 4953(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``a 
        public'' and inserting ``public'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``illiterate or 
        functionally illiterate youth and other individuals,'';
            (4) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (5) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) by striking ``the Headstart act, or the 
                Community Economic'' and inserting ``the Head Start 
                Act, the Community Economic'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or other similar Acts,'' after 
                ``1981,''; and
                    (C) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; 
                and
            (6) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) in strengthening, supplementing, and expanding 
        efforts to address the problem of illiteracy throughout the 
        United States.''.
    (b) Recruitment Procedures.--Section 103(b) (42 U.S.C. 4953(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (2), (4), (5) and (6);
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (7) as paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), respectively;
            (3) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated in paragraph (2) of 
        this subsection), by striking ``paragraph (7)'' and inserting 
        ``paragraph (3)''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated in paragraph (2) of 
        this subsection)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``paragraph 
                (4)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraphs (B), (C), and (E);
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (F) as 
                subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
                following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) A sponsoring organization may recruit volunteers for service 
under this part, subject to final approval by the Director.''.
    (c) Public Awareness and Recruitment.--Subsection (c) of section 
103 (42 U.S.C. 4953(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), to read as follows:
    ``(1)(A) The Director shall conduct national and local public 
awareness and recruitment activities in order to meet the volunteer 
goals of the program. In conducting such activities, the Director shall 
place special emphasis on recruiting volunteers for local, community-
based programs that serve underrepresented populations, in situations 
in which volunteers might not otherwise learn about the programs. Such 
activities shall be coordinated with recruitment authorized under 
subtitle C or E of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and 
may include public service announcements, advertisements, publicity on 
loan deferments, repayments, and cancellations available to VISTA 
volunteers, maintenance of a toll-free telephone system, and provision 
of technical assistance for the recruitment of volunteers to programs 
and projects receiving assistance under this part.
    ``(B) The Director shall take steps to recruit individuals 18 
through 27 years of age, 55 years of age and older, recent graduates of 
institutions of higher education, and special skilled volunteers and to 
promote diverse participation in the program.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``In addition, the Director shall take steps to 
        provide opportunities for returned Peace Corps volunteers to 
        serve in the VISTA program.'';
            (3) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (6); and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(4) From the amounts appropriated under section 501(a) for fiscal 
year 1994 and each subsequent fiscal year, the Director shall obligate 
such sums as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out this 
subsection in such fiscal year.''.
    (d) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--Section 103 (42 
U.S.C. 4953) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(h) The Director is encouraged to enter into agreements with 
other Federal agencies to use VISTA volunteers in furtherance of 
program objectives that are consistent with the purposes described in 
section 101.''.

SEC. 323. TERMS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE.

    (a) Clarification and Periods of Service.--Subsection (b) of 
section 104 (42 U.S.C. 4954(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b)(1) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled 
initially for periods of service of not less than 1 year, nor more than 
2 years, except as provided in paragraph (2) or subsection (e).
    ``(2) Volunteers serving under this part may be enrolled for 
periods of service of less than 1 year if the Director determines, on 
an individual basis, that a period of service of less than 1 year is 
necessary to meet a critical scarce skill need.
    ``(3) Volunteers serving under this part may be reenrolled for 
periods of service in a manner to be determined by the Director. No 
volunteer shall serve for more than a total of 5 years under this 
part.''.
    (b) Summer Program.--Section 104 (42 U.S.C. 4954) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the 
Director may enroll full-time VISTA summer associates in a program for 
the summer months only, under such terms and conditions as the Director 
shall determine to be appropriate. Such individuals shall be assigned 
to projects that meet the criteria set forth in section 103(a).
    ``(2) In preparing reports relating to programs under this Act, the 
Director shall report on participants, costs, and accomplishments under 
the summer program separately.
    ``(3) The limitation on funds appropriated for grants and 
contracts, as contained in section 108, shall not apply to the summer 
program.''.

SEC. 324. SUPPORT FOR VISTA VOLUNTEERS.

    (a) Postservice Stipend.--Section 105(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(a)(1)''; and
            (2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(B) Such stipend shall not exceed $95 per month in fiscal year 
1994, but shall be set at a minimum of $125 per month during the 
service of the volunteer after October 1, 1994, assuming the 
availability of funds to accomplish this increase.
    ``(C) The Director shall not provide a stipend under this 
subsection to an individual who elects to receive a national service 
education award under subtitle D of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990.''.
    (b) Subsistence Allowance.--Section 105(b) (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A);
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                subparagraph designation; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``The Director shall review such adjustments 
                on an annual basis to ensure that the adjustments are 
                current.''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (4).
    (c) Child Care.--Section 105 (42 U.S.C. 4955) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c)(1) The Director shall--
            ``(A) make child care available for children of each 
        volunteer enrolled under this part who need such child care in 
        order to participate as volunteers; or
            ``(B) provide a child care allowance to each such volunteer 
        who needs such assistance in order to participate as 
        volunteers.
    ``(2) The Corporation shall establish guidelines regarding the 
circumstances under which child care shall be made available under this 
subsection and the value of any child care allowance to be provided.''.

SEC. 325. PARTICIPATION OF YOUNGER AND OLDER PERSONS.

    Section 107 (42 U.S.C. 4957) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 107. PARTICIPATION OF YOUNGER AND OLDER PERSONS.

    ``In carrying out this part and part C, the Director shall take 
necessary steps, including the development of special projects, where 
appropriate, to encourage the fullest participation of individuals 18 
through 27 years of age, and individuals 55 years of age and older, in 
the various programs and activities authorized under such parts.''.

SEC. 326. LITERACY ACTIVITIES.

    Section 109 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1); and
                    (B) by striking the paragraph designation of 
                paragraph (2); and
            (2) in subsection (h), by striking paragraph (3).

SEC. 327. APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE.

    Section 110 (42 U.S.C. 4960) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 110. APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE.

    ``In reviewing an application for assistance under this part, the 
Director shall not deny such assistance to any project or program, or 
any public or private nonprofit organization, solely on the basis of 
the duration of the assistance such project, program, or organization 
has received under this part prior to the date of submission of the 
application. The Director shall grant assistance under this part on the 
basis of merit and to accomplish the goals of the VISTA program, and 
shall consider the needs and requirements of projects in existence on 
such date as well as potential new projects.''.

SEC. 328. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR STUDENT COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS.

    Section 114 (42 U.S.C. 4974) is repealed.

SEC. 329. UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA.

    (a) Program Title.--Part B of title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in the part heading, to read as follows:

                 ``Part B--University Year for VISTA'';

            (2) by striking ``University Year for ACTION'' each place 
        that such term appears in such part and inserting ``University 
        Year for VISTA'';
            (3) by striking ``UYA'' each place that such term appears 
        in such part and inserting ``UYV''; and
            (4) in section 112 (42 U.S.C. 4972) by striking the section 
        heading and inserting the following new section heading:

      ``authority to operate university year for vista program''.

    (b) Special Conditions.--Section 113(a) (42 U.S.C. 4973(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``of not less than the duration of an 
        academic year'' and inserting ``of not less than the duration 
        of an academic semester or its equivalent''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
        ``Volunteers may receive a living allowance and such other 
        support or allowances as the Director determines to be 
        appropriate.''.

SEC. 330. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE SPECIAL VOLUNTEER AND 
              DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 4992) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 122. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE SPECIAL VOLUNTEER AND 
              DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director is authorized to conduct special 
volunteer programs for demonstration programs, or award grants to or 
enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations to carry 
out such programs. Such programs shall encourage wider volunteer 
participation on a full-time, part-time, or short-term basis to further 
the purpose of this part, and identify particular segments of the 
poverty community that could benefit from volunteer and other 
antipoverty efforts.
    ``(b) Assignment and Support of Volunteers.--The assignment of 
volunteers under this section, and the provision of support for such 
volunteers, including any subsistence allowances and stipends, shall be 
on such terms and conditions as the Director shall determine to be 
appropriate, but shall not exceed the level of support provided under 
section 105. Projects using volunteers who do not receive stipends may 
also be supported under this section.
    ``(c) Criteria and Priorities.--In carrying out this section and 
section 123, the Director shall establish criteria and priorities for 
awarding grants and entering into contracts under this part in each 
fiscal year. No grant or contract exceeding $100,000 shall be made 
under this part unless the recipient of the grant or contractor has 
been selected by a competitive process that includes public 
announcement of the availability of funds for such grant or contract, 
general criteria for the selection of recipients or contractors, and a 
description of the application process and application review 
process.''.

SEC. 331. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 123. TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``The Director may provide technical and financial assistance to 
Federal agencies, State and local governments and agencies, private 
nonprofit organizations, employers, and other private organizations 
that utilize or desire to utilize volunteers in carrying out the 
purpose of this part.''.

SEC. 332. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE AUTHORITY FOR DRUG ABUSE PROGRAMS.

    Title I (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by repealing section 124; and
            (2) by redesignating section 125 as section 124.

               CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS

SEC. 341. NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS.

    (a) Title Heading.--The heading for title II is amended to read as 
follows:

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

    (b) References.--
            (1) Section 200(1) (42 U.S.C. 5000(1)) is amended by 
        striking ``Older American Volunteer Programs'' and inserting 
        ``National Senior Volunteer Corps''.
            (2) The heading for section 221 (42 U.S.C. 5021) is amended 
        by striking ``older american volunteer programs'' and inserting 
        ``national senior volunteer corps''.
            (3) Section 224 (42 U.S.C. 5024) is amended--
                    (A) in the section heading by striking ``older 
                american volunteer programs'' and inserting ``national 
                senior volunteer corps''; and
                    (B) by striking ``volunteer projects for older 
                Americans'' and inserting ``National Senior Volunteer 
                Corps projects''.
            (4) Section 205(c) of the Older Americans Amendments of 
        1975 (Public Law 94-135; 89 Stat. 727; 42 U.S.C. 5001 note) is 
        amended by striking ``national older American volunteer 
        programs'' each place the term appears and inserting ``National 
        Senior Volunteer Corps programs''.

SEC. 342. THE RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

    (a) Part Heading.--The heading for part A of title II is amended by 
striking ``Retired Senior Volunteer Program'' and inserting ``Retired 
and Senior Volunteer Program''.
    (b) References.--Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended by 
striking ``retired senior volunteer program'' each place that such term 
appears in such section and inserting ``Retired and Senior Volunteer 
Program''.

SEC. 343. OPERATION OF THE RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligibility for Participants in the Program.--Section 201(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 5001(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
        ``and older working persons'' after ``retired persons''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``aged sixty'' and 
        inserting ``age 55''.
    (b) Deletion of Requirement for State Agency Review.--Section 201 
(42 U.S.C. 5001) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (c); and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).

SEC. 344. SERVICES UNDER THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.

    Section 211(a) (42 U.S.C. 5011(a)) is amended by striking ``, 
including services'' and all that follows through ``with special 
needs.'' and inserting a period and the following: ``Such services may 
include services by individuals serving as foster grandparents to 
children who are individuals with disabilities, who have chronic health 
conditions, who are receiving care in hospitals, who are residing in 
homes for dependent and neglected children, or who are receiving 
services provided by day care centers, schools, early intervention 
programs under part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), Head Start agencies under the Head Start 
Act, or any of a variety of other programs, establishments, and 
institutions providing services for children with special or 
exceptional needs. Individual foster grandparents may provide person-
to-person services to one or more children, depending on the needs of 
the project and local site.''.

SEC. 345. STIPENDS FOR LOW-INCOME VOLUNTEERS.

    The second sentence of section 211(d) (42 U.S.C. 5011(d)) is 
amended by striking ``Any stipend or allowance provided under this 
subsection shall not be less than $2.20 per hour until October 1, 1990, 
$2.35 per hour during fiscal year 1991, and $2.50 per hour on and after 
October 1, 1992,'' and inserting ``Any stipend or allowance provided 
under this section shall not be less than $2.45 per hour on and after 
October 1, 1993, and shall be adjusted once prior to December 31, 1997, 
to account for inflation, as determined by the Director and rounded to 
the nearest five cents,''.

SEC. 346. PARTICIPATION OF NON-LOW-INCOME PERSONS UNDER PARTS B AND C.

    Subsection (f) of section 211(f) (42 U.S.C. 5011(f)) is amended to 
read as follows:
    ``(f) Individuals who are not low-income persons may serve as 
volunteers under parts B and C, in accordance with such regulations as 
the Director shall issue, at the discretion of the local project. Such 
individuals shall not receive any allowance, stipend, or other 
financial support for such service except reimbursement for 
transportation, meals, and out-of-pocket expenses related to such 
service.''.

SEC. 347. CONDITIONS OF GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.

    Section 212 (42 U.S.C. 5012) is repealed.

SEC. 348. EVALUATION OF THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.

    Section 213(c) (42 U.S.C. 5013(c)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(3).

SEC. 349. AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    Section 221(a) (42 U.S.C. 5021(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(a)(1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) The Director is encouraged to enter into agreements with--
            ``(A) the Department of Health and Human Services to--
                    ``(i) involve retired or senior volunteers and 
                foster grandparents in Head Start projects; and
                    ``(ii) promote in-home care in cooperation with the 
                Administration on Aging;
            ``(B) the Department of Education to promote 
        intergenerational tutoring and mentoring for at-risk children; 
        and
            ``(C) the Environmental Protection Agency to support 
        conservation efforts.''.

SEC. 350. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

    Section 225 (42 U.S.C. 5025) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following new paragraph:
    ``(1) The Director is authorized to make grants under parts A, B, 
and C to support programs that address national problems that are also 
of local concern. The Director may, in any fiscal year, determine which 
programs of national significance will receive priority in that year. 
In determining the priority of programs to address problems of local 
concern in a particular area, the Director shall solicit and consider 
the views of representatives of local groups serving the area.'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``paragraph 
                (10)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (10) and (12)''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``and (10)'' 
                and inserting ``(10), (12), (15), and (16)'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
        new paragraphs:
            ``(12) Programs that address environmental needs.
            ``(13) Programs that reach out to organizations not 
        previously involved in addressing local needs, such as labor 
        unions and profitmaking organizations.
            ``(14) Programs that provide for ethnic outreach.
            ``(15) Programs that support criminal justice activities.
            ``(16) Programs that involve older volunteers working with 
        young people in apprenticeship programs.
            ``(17) Programs that support the integration of individuals 
        with disabilities into the community.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) and 
        inserting the following new paragraph:
    ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), from the amounts 
appropriated under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 502, for 
each fiscal year there shall be available to the Director such sums as 
may be necessary to make grants under subsection (a).''.

SEC. 351. ADJUSTMENTS TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 226 (42 U.S.C. 5026) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(A)''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``(1)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``annually'' and inserting 
                        ``, once every 2 years''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2).

SEC. 352. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.

    Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new part:

                    ``Part E--Demonstration Programs

``SEC. 231. AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.

    ``(a) In General.--The Director is authorized to make grants to or 
enter into contracts with public or nonprofit organizations, including 
organizations funded under part A, B, or C, for the purposes of 
demonstrating innovative activities involving older Americans as 
volunteers. The Director may support under this part both volunteers 
receiving stipends and volunteers not receiving stipends.
    ``(b) Activities.--An organization that receives a grant or enters 
into a contract under subsection (a) may use funds made available 
through the grant or contract for activities such as--
            ``(1) linking youth groups and older American organizations 
        in volunteer activities;
            ``(2) involving older volunteers in programs and activities 
        different from programs and activities supported in the 
        community; and
            ``(3) testing whether older American volunteer programs may 
        contribute to new objectives or certain national priorities.

``SEC. 232. PROHIBITION.

    ``The Director may not reduce the activities, projects, or 
volunteers funded under the other parts of this title in order to 
support projects under this part.''.

                       CHAPTER 3--ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 361. PURPOSE OF AGENCY.

    Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 5041) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
        ``Such Agency shall also promote the coordination of volunteer 
        efforts among Federal, State, and local agencies and 
        organizations, exchange technical assistance information among 
        such agencies and organizations.''; and
            (2) by striking ``Older American Volunteer Programs'' each 
        place the term appears and inserting ``National Senior 
        Volunteer Corps''.

SEC. 362. AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR.

    Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 5042) is amended in paragraphs (5) and (6) 
by inserting ``solicit and'' before ``accept'' each place the term 
appears.

SEC. 363. COMPENSATION FOR VOLUNTEERS.

    Section 404 (42 U.S.C. 5044) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by inserting ``from such volunteers 
        or from beneficiaries'' after ``compensation'';
            (2) by striking subsection (f); and
            (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).

SEC. 364. REPEAL OF REPORT.

    Section 407 (42 U.S.C. 5047) is repealed.

SEC. 365. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW.

    Section 415(b)(4)(A) (42 U.S.C. 5055(b)(4)(A)) is amended by 
striking ``a grade GS-7 employee'' and inserting ``an employee at grade 
GS-5 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United 
States Code''.

SEC. 366. EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS.

    Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 5056) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``(including 
                the VISTA Literacy Corps which shall be evaluated as a 
                separate program at least once every 3 years)''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``at least 
                once every 3 years'' and inserting ``periodically'';
            (2) in subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) In carrying out evaluations of programs under this Act, the 
Director shall create appropriate management information systems that 
will summarize information on volunteer activities and accomplishments 
across the programs supported under this Act. The Director shall 
periodically prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report containing such information.''; and
            (3) by striking subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g).

SEC. 367. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS.

    Section 417 (42 U.S.C. 5057) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 417. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Basis.--An individual with responsibility for the 
        operation of a program that receives assistance under this Act 
        shall not discriminate against a participant in, or member of 
        the staff of, such program on the basis of race, color, 
        national origin, sex, age, or political affiliation of such 
        participant or member, or on the basis of disability, if the 
        participant or member is a qualified individual with a 
        disability.
            ``(2) Definition.--As used in paragraph (1), the term 
        `qualified individual with a disability' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 101(8) of the Americans with Disabilities 
        Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12111(8)).
    ``(b) Federal Financial Assistance.--Any assistance provided under 
this Act shall constitute Federal financial assistance for purposes of 
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), 
title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), 
section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the 
Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.).
    ``(c) Religious Discrimination.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), an 
        individual with responsibility for the operation of a program 
        that receives assistance under this Act shall not discriminate 
        on the basis of religion against a participant in such program 
        or a member of the staff of such program who is paid with funds 
        received under this Act.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the 
        employment, with assistance provided under this Act, of any 
        member of the staff, of a program that receives assistance 
        under this Act, who was employed with the organization 
        operating the program on the date the grant under this Act was 
        awarded.
    ``(d) Rules and Regulations.--The Director shall promulgate rules 
and regulations to provide for the enforcement of this section that 
shall include provisions for summary suspension of assistance for not 
more than 30 days, on an emergency basis, until notice and an 
opportunity to be heard can be provided.''.

SEC. 368. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS FOR SETTING REGULATIONS.

    Section 420 (42 U.S.C. 5060) is repealed.

SEC. 369. CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.

    Section 422 (42 U.S.C. 5062) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or the Inspector 
        General'' after ``Director''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, the Inspector 
        General,'' after ``Director'' each place that such term 
        appears.

SEC. 370. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION.

    Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5041 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section:

``SEC. 425. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE.

    ``Whoever falsely--
            ``(1) advertises or represents; or
            ``(2) publishes or displays any sign, symbol, or 
        advertisement, reasonably calculated to convey the impression,
that an entity is affiliated with, funded by, or operating under the 
authority of ACTION, VISTA, or any of the programs of the National 
Senior Volunteer Corps may be enjoined under an action filed by the 
Attorney General, on a complaint by the Director.''.

SEC. 371. CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING.

    Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5041 et seq.) (as amended by section 370 of 
this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 426. CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING.

    ``The Director may establish, directly or by grant or contract, a 
Center for Research and Training on Volunteerism to carry out research 
concerning the impact of volunteerism on individuals, organizations, 
and communities, provide training at a State, regional, or local level 
to help improve programs across the United States, and carry out such 
other functions as the Director determines to be appropriate.''.

SEC. 372. DEPOSIT REQUIREMENT CREDIT FOR SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER.

    (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--
            (1) Creditable service.--Section 8332(j) of title 5, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
                        ``the period of an individual's services as a 
                        full-time volunteer enrolled in a program of at 
                        least 1 year in duration under part A, B, or C 
                        of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
                        Act of 1973,'' after ``Economic Opportunity Act 
                        of 1964,'';
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by inserting 
                        ``, as a full-time volunteer enrolled in a 
                        program of at least 1 year in duration under 
                        part A, B, or C of title I of the Domestic 
                        Volunteer Service Act of 1973,'' after 
                        ``Economic Opportunity Act of 1964,''; and
                            (iii) in the last sentence--
                                    (I) by inserting ``or under the 
                                Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
                                1973'' after ``Economic Opportunity Act 
                                of 1964''; and
                                    (II) by inserting ``or the Director 
                                of ACTION, as appropriate,'' after 
                                ``Director of the Office of Economic 
                                Opportunity''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) The provisions of paragraph (1) relating to credit 
        for service as a volunteer or volunteer leader under the 
        Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or the Domestic Volunteer 
        Service Act of 1973 shall not apply to any period of service as 
        a volunteer or volunteer leader of an employee or Member with 
        respect to which the employee or Member has made the deposit 
        with interest, if any, required by section 8334(l).''.
            (2) Deductions, contributions, and deposits.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 8334 of title 5, United 
                States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
                following new subsection:
    ``(l)(1) Each employee or Member who has performed service as a 
volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, or as a full-time volunteer enrolled 
in a program of at least 1 year in duration under part A, B, or C of 
title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, before the date 
of the separation from service on which the entitlement to any annuity 
under this subchapter is based may pay, in accordance with such 
regulations as the Office of Personnel Management shall issue, to the 
agency by which the employee is employed or, in the case of a Member or 
a congressional employee, to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives, as appropriate, an amount equal to 7 
percent of the readjustment allowance paid to the employee or Member 
under title VIII of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 or title I of 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 for each period of service 
as such a volunteer or volunteer leader.
    ``(2) Any deposit made under paragraph (1) more than 2 years after 
the later of--
            ``(A) the date of enactment of this subsection; or
            ``(B) the date on which the employee or Member making the 
        deposit first becomes an employee or Member,
shall include interest on such amount, computed and compounded annually 
beginning on the date of the expiration of the 2-year period. The 
interest rate that is applicable in computing interest in any year 
under this paragraph shall be equal to the interest rate that is 
applicable for such year under subsection (e).
    ``(3) Any payment received by an agency, the Secretary of the 
Senate, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives under this 
subsection shall be immediately remitted to the Office of Personnel 
Management for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the Fund.
    ``(4) The Director shall furnish such information to the Office of 
Personnel Management as the Office may determine to be necessary for 
the administration of this subsection.''.
                    (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 8334(e) of title 
                5, United States Code, is amended in paragraphs (1) and 
                (2) by striking ``or (k)'' each place that such term 
                appears and inserting ``(k), or (l)''.
    (b) Federal Employees Retirement System.--
            (1) Creditable service.--Section 8411 of title 5, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ``subsection 
                (f)'' and inserting ``subsection (f) or (h)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(h) An employee or Member shall be allowed credit for service as 
a volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, or as a full-time volunteer enrolled 
in a program of at least 1 year in duration under part A, B, or C of 
title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, performed at any 
time prior to the separation from service on which the entitlement to 
any annuity under this subchapter is based if the employee or Member 
has made a deposit with interest, if any, with respect to such service 
under section 8422(f).''.
            (2) Deductions, contributions.--Section 8422 of title 5, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) Each employee or Member who has performed service as a 
volunteer or volunteer leader under part A of title VIII of the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, or as a full-time volunteer enrolled 
in a program of at least 1 year in duration under part A, B, or C of 
title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, before the date 
of the separation from service on which the entitlement to any annuity 
under this subchapter, or subchapter V of this chapter, is based may 
pay, in accordance with such regulations as the Office of Personnel 
Management shall issue, to the agency by which the employee is employed 
or, in the case of a Member or a congressional employee, to the 
Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
as appropriate, an amount equal to 3 percent of the readjustment 
allowance paid to the employee or Member under title VIII of the 
Economic Opportunity Service Act of 1964 or title I of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 for each period of service as such a 
volunteer or volunteer leader.
    ``(2) Any deposit made under paragraph (1) more than 2 years after 
the later of--
            ``(A) the date of enactment of this subsection, or
            ``(B) the date on which the employee or Member making the 
        deposit first becomes an employee or Member,
shall include interest on such amount computed and compounded annually 
beginning on the date of the expiration of the 2-year period. The 
interest rate that is applicable in computing interest in any year 
under this paragraph shall be equal to the interest rate that is 
applicable for such year under section 8334(e).
    ``(3) Any payment received by an agency, the Secretary of the 
Senate, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives under this 
subsection shall be immediately remitted to the Office of Personnel 
Management for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the Fund.
    ``(4) The Director shall furnish such information to the Office of 
Personnel Management as the Office may determine to be necessary for 
the administration of this subsection.''.
    (c) Applicability and Other Provisions.--
            (1) Applicability.--
                    (A) Timing.--The amendments made by subsections (a) 
                and (b) shall apply with respect to credit for service 
                as a volunteer or volunteer leader under the Economic 
                Opportunity Act of 1964 or the Domestic Volunteer 
                Service Act of 1973 to individuals who are entitled to 
                an annuity on the basis of a separation from service 
                occurring before, on, or after the effective date of 
                this subtitle.
                    (B) Separation.--In the case of any individual 
                whose entitlement to an annuity is based on a 
                separation from service occurring before the date of 
                enactment of this Act, any increase in such 
                individual's annuity on the basis of a deposit made 
                pursuant to section 8334(l) or section 8442(f) of title 
                5, United States Code, as amended by this Act, shall be 
                effective only with respect to annuity payments payable 
                for calendar months beginning after the date of 
                enactment of this Act.
            (2) Action to inform individuals.--The Director of the 
        Office of Personnel Management shall take such action as may be 
        necessary and appropriate to inform individuals entitled to 
        credit under this section for service as a volunteer or 
        volunteer leader, or to have any annuity recomputed, or to make 
        a deposit under this section, of such entitlement.

   CHAPTER 4--AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO- PRIATIONS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS

SEC. 381. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE I.

    Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 501. NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) Authorizations.--
            ``(1) Volunteers in service to america.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title I, 
        excluding sections 104(e) and 109, $45,800,000 for fiscal year 
        1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
        years 1995 and 1996.
            ``(2) Summer program.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out section 104(e), such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.
            ``(3) Literacy activities.--There are authorized to be 
        appropriated to carry out section 109, $5,600,000 for fiscal 
        year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
        fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
            ``(4) University year for vista.--There are authorized to 
        be appropriated to carry out part B of title I, such sums as 
        may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 
        1996.
            ``(5) Special volunteer programs.--There are authorized to 
        be appropriated to carry out part C of title I, excluding 
        section 124, such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
        fiscal years 1994 through 1996.
            ``(6) Literacy challenge grants.--There are authorized to 
        be appropriated to carry out section 124, such sums as may be 
        necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.
    ``(b) Subsistence.--The minimum level of an allowance for 
subsistence required under section 105(b)(2), to be provided to each 
volunteer under title I, may not be reduced or limited in order to 
provide for an increase in the number of volunteer service years under 
part A of title I.
    ``(c) Limitation.--No part of the funds appropriated to carry out 
part A of title I may be used to provide volunteers or assistance to 
any program or project authorized under part B or C of title I, or 
under title II, unless the program or project meets the antipoverty 
criteria of part A of title I.
    ``(d) Availability.--Amounts appropriated for part A of title I 
shall remain available for obligation until the end of the fiscal year 
following the fiscal year for which the amounts were appropriated.
    ``(e) Volunteer Service Requirement.--
            ``(1) Volunteer service years.--Of the amounts appropriated 
        under this section for parts A, B, and C of title I, including 
        section 124, there shall first be available for part A of title 
        I, including sections 104(e) and 109, an amount not less than 
        the amount necessary to provide 3,700 volunteer service years 
        in fiscal year 1994, 4,000 volunteer service years in fiscal 
        year 1995, and 4,500 volunteer service years in fiscal year 
        1996.
            ``(2) Plan.--If the Director determines that funds 
        appropriated to carry out part A, B, or C of title I are 
        insufficient to provide for the years of volunteer service 
        required by paragraph (1), the Director shall submit a plan to 
        the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees of 
        Congress that will detail what is necessary to fully meet this 
        requirement.''.

SEC. 382. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE II.

    Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS.

    ``(a) Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, $37,054,000 for 
fiscal year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
fiscal years 1995 and 1996.
    ``(b) Foster Grandparent Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $71,284,000 for fiscal 
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1995 and 1996.
    ``(c) Senior Companion Program.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $32,509,000 for fiscal 
year 1994, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 
years 1995 and 1996.
    ``(d) Demonstration Programs.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out part E of title II, such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1996.''.

SEC. 383. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TITLE IV.

    Title V (42 U.S.C. 5081 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 504;
            (2) by inserting the following after section 502:

``SEC. 503. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION.

    ``(a) In General.--For each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1998, 
there are authorized to be appropriated for the administration of this 
Act as provided for in title IV, 15 percent of the total amount 
appropriated under sections 501 and 502 with respect to such year.
    ``(b) Evaluation and Center for Research and Training.--For each of 
the fiscal years 1994 through 1998, the Director is authorized to 
expend not less than one-half of 1 percent, and not more than 1 
percent, from the amounts appropriated under sections 501 and 502, for 
the purposes prescribed in sections 416 and 426.''; and
            (3) by redesignating section 505 as section 504.

SEC. 384. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; COMPENSATION FOR VISTA FECA CLAIMANTS.

    Section 8143(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``GS-7'' and inserting ``GS-5 of the General Schedule under 
section 5332 of title 5, United States Code''.

SEC. 385. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY.

    Title VII (42 U.S.C. 5091 et seq.) is repealed.

                     CHAPTER 5--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 391. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) 
is amended by striking ``That this Act'' and all that follows through 
the end of the table of contents and inserting the following:

``SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    ``(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the `Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973'.
    ``(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows:

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

           ``TITLE I--NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS

               ``Part A--Volunteers in Service to America

``Sec. 101. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 102. Authority to operate VISTA program.
``Sec. 103. Selection and assignment of volunteers.
``Sec. 104. Terms and periods of service.
``Sec. 105. Support service.
``Sec. 106. Participation of beneficiaries.
``Sec. 107. Participation of younger and older persons.
``Sec. 108. Limitation.
``Sec. 109. VISTA Literacy Corps.
``Sec. 110. Applications for assistance.

                  ``Part B--University Year for VISTA

``Sec. 111. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 112. Authority to operate University Year for VISTA program.
``Sec. 113. Special conditions.

                  ``Part C--Special Volunteer Programs

``Sec. 121. Statement of purpose.
``Sec. 122. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and 
                            demonstration programs.
``Sec. 123. Technical and financial assistance.
``Sec. 124. Literacy challenge grants.

              ``TITLE II--NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS

``Sec. 200. Statement of purposes.

             ``Part A--Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

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

                  ``Part B--Foster Grandparent Program

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

                   ``Part C--Senior Companion Program

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

                      ``Part D--General Provisions

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

                    ``Part E--Demonstration Programs

``Sec. 231. Authority of Director.
``Sec. 232. Prohibition.

              ``TITLE IV--ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION

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

               ``TITLE V--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

``Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs.
``Sec. 502. National Senior Volunteer Corps.
``Sec. 503. Administration and coordination.
``Sec. 504. Availability of appropriations.

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

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

SEC. 392. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This subtitle, and the amendments made by this subtitle shall take 
effect on October 1, 1993.

            Subtitle C--Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970

SEC. 399. PUBLIC LANDS CORPS.

    (a) In General.--Public Law 91-378 (16 U.S.C. 1701-1706; commonly 
known as the ``Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970'') is amended--
            (1) by inserting before section 1 the following:

                 ``TITLE I--YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS'';

            (2) by striking ``Act'' each place such term appears and 
        inserting ``title'';
            (3) by redesignating sections 1 through 6 as sections 101 
        through 106, respectively;
            (4) in subsection (a) of section 102 (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (3)), by inserting ``in this title'' after 
        ``hereinafter'';
            (5) in subsection (d) of section 104 (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (3)), by striking ``section 6'' and inserting 
        ``section 106''; and
            (6) by adding at the end the following new title:

                     ``TITLE II--PUBLIC LANDS CORPS

``SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This title may be cited as the `Public Lands Corps Act of 1993'.

``SEC. 202. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            ``(1) Conserving or developing natural and cultural 
        resources and enhancing and maintaining environmentally 
        important lands and waters through the use of the Nation's 
        young men and women in a Public Lands Corps can benefit those 
        men and women by providing such men and women with education 
        and work opportunities, furthering their understanding and 
        appreciation of the natural and cultural resources, and 
        providing a means to pay for higher education or to repay 
        indebtedness such men and women have incurred to obtain higher 
        education while at the same time benefiting the Nation's 
        economy and environment.
            ``(2) Many facilities and natural resources located on 
        public lands and on Indian lands are in disrepair or degraded 
        and in need of labor intensive rehabilitation, restoration, and 
        enhancement work that cannot be carried out by Federal agencies 
        at existing personnel levels.
            ``(3) Youth conservation corps have established a good 
        record of restoring and maintaining these kinds of facilities 
        and resources in a cost-effective and efficient manner, 
        especially when the corps have worked in partnership 
        arrangements with government land management agencies.
    ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this title to--
            ``(1) perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate 
        conservation projects on public lands and Indian lands where 
        such projects will not be performed by existing employees;
            ``(2) assist governments and Indian tribes in performing 
        research and public education tasks associated with natural and 
        cultural resources on public lands and Indian lands;
            ``(3) expose young men and women to public service while 
        furthering their understanding and appreciation of the Nation's 
        natural and cultural resources;
            ``(4) expand educational opportunities by rewarding 
        individuals who participate in national service with an 
        increased ability to pursue higher education or job training; 
        and
            ``(5) stimulate interest among the Nation's young men and 
        women in conservation careers by exposing such men and women to 
        conservation professionals in land managing agencies.

``SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this title:
            ``(1) Appropriate conservation project.--The term 
        `appropriate conservation project' means any project for the 
        conservation, restoration, construction, or rehabilitation of 
        natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or 
        scenic resources.
            ``(2) Corps and public lands corps.--The terms `Corps' and 
        `Public Lands Corps' mean the Public Lands Corps established 
        under section 204.
            ``(3) Indian.--The term `Indian' means a person who is a 
        member of an Indian tribe, or is a `Native', as defined in 
        section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
        U.S.C. 1602(b)).
            ``(4) Indian lands.--The term `Indian lands' means--
                    ``(A) any Indian reservation;
                    ``(B) any public domain Indian allotments;
                    ``(C) any former Indian reservation in the State of 
                Oklahoma;
                    ``(D) any land held by incorporated Native groups, 
                regional corporations, and village corporations under 
                the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
                et seq.); and
                    ``(E) any land held by dependent Indian communities 
                within the borders of the United States whether within 
                the original or subsequently acquired territory 
                thereof, and whether within or without the limits of a 
                State.
            ``(5) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian tribe' means--
                    ``(A) an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other 
                organized group or community, including--
                            ``(i) any Native village, as defined in 
                        section 3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims 
                        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)), whether 
                        organized traditionally or pursuant to the Act 
                        of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the `Indian 
                        Reorganization Act'; 48 Stat. 984, chapter 576; 
                        25 U.S.C 461 et seq.); and
                            ``(ii) any Regional Corporation or Village 
                        Corporation, as defined in subsection (g) or 
                        (j), respectively, of section 3 of the Alaska 
                        Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 
                        (g) or (j)),
                that is recognized as eligible for the special programs 
                and services provided by the United States under 
                Federal law to Indians because of their status as 
                Indians; and
                    ``(B) any tribal organization controlled, 
                sanctioned, or chartered by an entity described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            ``(6) Public lands.--The term `public lands' means any 
        lands or waters (or interest therein) owned or administered by 
        the United States, except that such term does not include any 
        Indian lands.
            ``(7) Qualified youth or conservation corps.--The term 
        `qualified youth or conservation corps' means any program 
        established by a State or local government, by the governing 
        body of any Indian tribe, or by a nonprofit organization, 
        that--
                    ``(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-time, 
                productive work for individuals between the ages of 16 
                and 25, inclusive, in a natural or cultural resource 
                setting;
                    ``(B) gives participants a mix of work experience, 
                basic and life skills, education, training, and support 
                services; and
                    ``(C) provides participants with the opportunity to 
                develop citizenship values and skills through service 
                to their community and the United States.
            ``(8) Resource assistant.--The term `resource assistant' 
        means a resource assistant selected under section 206.
            ``(9) State.--The term `State' means any State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

``SEC. 204. PUBLIC LANDS CORPS PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment of Public Lands Corps.--There is hereby 
established in the Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture a Public Lands Corps.
    ``(b) Participants.--The Corps shall consist of individuals between 
the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are enrolled as participants in 
the Corps by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
Agriculture. To be eligible for enrollment in the Corps, an individual 
shall satisfy the criteria specified in section 137(b) of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990. The Secretaries may enroll such 
individuals in the Corps without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, 
and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates. The Secretaries may establish a preference for the 
enrollment in the Corps of individuals who are economically, 
physically, or educationally disadvantaged.
    ``(c) Qualified Youth or Conservation Corps.--The Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are authorized to enter into 
contracts and cooperative agreements with any qualified youth or 
conservation corps to perform appropriate conservation projects 
referred to in subsection (d).
    ``(d) Projects To Be Carried Out.--The Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture may each utilize the Corps or any 
qualified youth or conservation corps to carry out appropriate 
conservation projects that such Secretary is authorized to carry out 
under other authority of law on public lands. Appropriate conservation 
projects may also be carried out under this title on Indian lands with 
the approval of the Indian tribe involved.
    ``(e) Preference for Certain Projects.--In selecting appropriate 
conservation projects to be carried out under this title, the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall give preference 
to those projects that--
            ``(1) will provide long-term benefits to the public;
            ``(2) will instill in the enrollee involved a work ethic 
        and a sense of public service;
            ``(3) will be labor intensive;
            ``(4) can be planned and initiated promptly; and
            ``(5) will provide academic, experiential, or environmental 
        education opportunities.
    ``(f) Consistency.--Each appropriate conservation project carried 
out under this title on any public lands or Indian lands shall be 
consistent with the provisions of law and policies relating to the 
management and administration of such lands, with all other applicable 
provisions of law, and with all management, operational, and other 
plans and documents that govern the administration of the area.

``SEC. 205. CONSERVATION CENTERS.

    ``(a) Establishment and Use.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to provide such quarters, 
board, medical care, transportation, and other services, facilities, 
supplies, and equipment as such Secretary determines to be necessary in 
connection with the Public Lands Corps and appropriate conservation 
projects carried out under this title and to establish and use 
conservation centers owned and operated by such Secretary for purposes 
of the Corps and such projects. The Secretaries shall establish basic 
standards of health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety for all 
conservation centers established under this section and shall assure 
that such standards are enforced. Where necessary or appropriate, the 
Secretaries may enter into contracts and other appropriate arrangements 
with State and local government agencies and private organizations for 
the management of such conservation centers.
    ``(b) Logistical Support.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture may make arrangements with the Secretary of 
Defense to have logistical support provided by the Armed Forces to the 
Corps and any conservation center established under this section, where 
feasible. Logistical support may include the provision of temporary 
tent shelters where needed, transportation, and residential 
supervision.
    ``(c) Use of Military Installations.--The Secretary of the Interior 
and the Secretary of Agriculture may make arrangements with the 
Secretary of Defense to identify military installations and other 
facilities of the Department of Defense and, in consultation with the 
adjutant generals of the State National Guards, National Guard 
facilities that may be used, in whole or in part, by the Corps for 
training or housing Corps participants.

``SEC. 206. RESOURCE ASSISTANTS.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to provide individual 
placements of resource assistants with any Federal land managing agency 
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary to carry out research or 
resource protection activities on behalf of the agency. To be eligible 
for selection as a resource assistant, an individual shall be at least 
17 years of age. The Secretaries may select resource assistants without 
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
appointments in the competitive service, and without regard to the 
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title 
relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. The 
Secretaries shall give a preference to the selection of individuals who 
are enrolled in an institution of higher education or are recent 
graduates from an institution of higher education, as defined in 
section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)) 
with particular attention given to ensure the full representation of 
women and participants from historically black, Hispanic, and Native 
American schools.
    ``(b) Use of Existing Nonprofit Organizations.--Whenever one or 
more existing nonprofit organizations can provide, in the judgment of 
the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, 
appropriate recruitment and placement services to fulfill the 
requirements of this section, the Secretary may implement this section 
through such existing organizations. Participating nonprofit 
organizations shall contribute to the expenses of providing and 
supporting the resource assistants, through private sources of funding, 
at a level equal to 25 percent of the total costs of each participant 
in the resource assistant program who has been recruited and placed 
through that organization. Any such participating nonprofit 
conservation service organization shall be required, by the respective 
land managing agency, to submit an annual report evaluating the scope, 
size, and quality of the program, including the value of work 
contributed by the resource assistants, to the mission of the agency.

``SEC. 207. LIVING ALLOWANCES AND TERMS OF SERVICE.

    ``(a) Living Allowances.--The Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall provide each participant in the Public 
Lands Corps and each resource assistant with a living allowance in an 
amount not to exceed the maximum living allowance authorized by section 
140(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 for 
participants in a national service program assisted under subtitle C of 
title I of such Act.
    ``(b) Terms of Service.--Each participant in the Corps and each 
resource assistant shall agree to participate in the Corps or serve as 
a resource assistant, as the case may be, for such term of service as 
may be established by the Secretary enrolling or selecting the 
individual.

``SEC. 208. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.

    ``(a) Educational Benefits and Awards.--If a participant in the 
Public Lands Corps or a resource assistant also serves in an approved 
national service position designated under subtitle C of title I of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990, the participant or resource 
assistant shall be eligible for a national service educational award in 
the manner prescribed in subtitle D of such title upon successfully 
complying with the requirements for the award. The period during which 
the national service educational award may be used, the purposes for 
which the award may be used, and the amount of the award shall be 
determined as provided under such subtitle.
    ``(b) Forbearance in the Collection of Stafford Loans.--For 
purposes of section 428 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, in the 
case of borrowers who are either participants in the Corps or resource 
assistants, upon written request, a lender shall grant a borrower 
forbearance on such terms as are otherwise consistent with the 
regulations of the Secretary of Education, during periods in which the 
borrower is serving as such a participant or a resource assistant.

``SEC. 209. NONDISPLACEMENT.

    ``The nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 shall be applicable to all activities 
carried out by the Public Lands Corps, to all activities carried out 
under this title by a qualified youth or conservation corps, and to the 
selection and service of resource assistants.

``SEC. 210. FUNDING.

    ``(a) Cost Sharing.--
            ``(1) Projects by qualified youth or conservation corps.--
        The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
        are each authorized to pay not more than 75 percent, and shall 
        collectively pay 75 percent, of the costs of any appropriate 
        conservation project carried out pursuant to this title on 
        public lands by a qualified youth or conservation corps. The 
        remaining 25 percent of the costs of such a project may be 
        provided from non-Federal sources in the form of funds, 
        services, facilities, materials, equipment, or any combination 
        of the foregoing. No cost sharing shall be required in the case 
        of any appropriate conservation project carried out on Indian 
        lands under this title.
            ``(2) Public lands corps projects.--The Secretary of the 
        Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized 
        to accept donations of funds, services, facilities, materials, 
        or equipment for the purposes of operating the Public Lands 
        Corps and carrying out appropriate conservation projects by the 
        Corps. The Department of the Interior and the Department of 
        Agriculture shall comply with the Federal share requirements of 
        section 129(d)(2)(B) of the National and Community Service Act 
        of 1990.
    ``(b) Funds Available Under National and Community Service Act.--In 
order to carry out the Public Lands Corps or to support resource 
assistants and qualified youth or conservation corps under this title, 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall be 
eligible to apply for and receive assistance described in section 
121(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, from funds 
available under section 129(d)(2).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 1993.

             TITLE IV--TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 5061) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(8) the term `Corporation' means the Corporation for 
        National and Community Service established under section 191 of 
        the National and Community Service Act of 1990;
            ``(9) the term `foster grandparent' means a volunteer in 
        the Foster Grandparent Program;
            ``(10) the term `Foster Grandparent Program' means the 
        program established under part B of title II;
            ``(11) except as provided in section 417, the term 
        `individual with a disability' has the meaning given the term 
        in section 7(8) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
        706(8));
            ``(12) the term `Inspector General' means the Inspector 
        General of ACTION;
            ``(13) the term `national senior volunteer' means a 
        volunteer in the National Senior Volunteer Corps;
            ``(14) the term `National Senior Volunteer Corps' means the 
        programs established under parts A, B, C, and E of title II;
            ``(15) the term `Retired and Senior Volunteer Program' 
        means the program established under part A of title II;
            ``(16) the term `retired or senior volunteer' means a 
        volunteer in the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program;
            ``(17) the term `senior companion' means a volunteer in the 
        Senior Companion Program;
            ``(18) the term `Senior Companion Program' means the 
        program established under part C of title II;
            ``(19) the terms `VISTA' and `Volunteers in Service to 
        America' mean the program established under part A of title I; 
        and
            ``(20) the term `VISTA volunteer' means a volunteer in 
        VISTA.''.

SEC. 402. REFERENCES TO THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
              SERVICE.

    (a) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993.--
            (1) Section 1092(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
        Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (42 U.S.C. 12653a note) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Commission on National 
                        Community Service'' and inserting ``Corporation 
                        for National and Community Service''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Commission shall 
                        prepare'' and inserting ``Board of Directors of 
                        the Corporation shall prepare''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Board of 
                Directors of the Commission on National and Community 
                Service'' and inserting ``Board of Directors of the 
                Corporation for National and Community Service''.
            (2) Section 1093(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12653a note) is 
        amended by striking ``the Board of Directors and Executive 
        Director of the Commission on National and Community Service'' 
        and inserting ``the Board of Directors and President of the 
        Corporation for National and Community Service''.
            (3) Section 1094 of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 
        2535) is amended--
                    (A) in the title, by striking ``commission on 
                national and community service'' and inserting 
                ``corporation for national and community service'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``Commission'' and inserting ``Corporation'';
                            (ii) in the first sentence, by striking 
                        ``Commission on National and Community 
                        Service'' and inserting ``Corporation for 
                        National and Community Service''; and
                            (iii) in the second sentence, by striking 
                        ``The Commission'' and inserting ``The 
                        President of the Corporation''; and
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Board 
                        of Directors of the Commission on National and 
                        Community Service'' and inserting ``President 
                        of the Corporation for National and Community 
                        Service''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the 
                        Commission'' and inserting ``the President of 
                        the Corporation for National and Community 
                        Service''.
            (4) Section 1095 of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 
        2535) is amended in the heading for subsection (b) by striking 
        ``Commission on National and Community Service'' and inserting 
        ``Corporation for National and Community Service''.
            (5) Section 2(b) of such Act (Public Law 102-484; 106 Stat. 
        2315) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1094 
        of such Act and inserting the following:

``Sec. 1094. Other programs of the Corporation for National and 
                            Community Service.''.
    (b) National and Community Service Act of 1990.--
            (1) Sections 159(b)(2) (as redesignated in section 
        104(b)(3) of this Act) and 165 (as redesignated in section 
        104(b)(3) of this Act), subsections (a) and (b) of section 172, 
        sections 176(a) and 177(c), and subsections (a), (b), and (d) 
        through (h) of section 179, of the National and Community 
        Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)(2), 12653n, 12632 (a) 
        and (b), 12636(a), 12637(c), and 12639 (a), (b), and (d) 
        through (h)) are each amended by striking the term 
        ``Commission'' each place the term appears and inserting 
        ``Corporation''.
            (2) Sections 152, 157(b)(2), 162(a)(2)(C), 164, and 166(1) 
        of such Act (in each case, as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) 
        of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653a, 12653f(b)(2), 12653k(a)(2)(C), 
        12653m, and 12653o(1)) are each amended by striking 
        ``Commission on National and Community Service'' and inserting 
        ``Corporation''.
            (3) Section 163(b)(9) of such Act (as redesignated in 
        section 104(b)(3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12635l(b)(9)) is 
        amended by striking ``Chair of the Commission on National and 
        Community Service'' and inserting ``President''.
            (4) Section 303(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12662(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The President'' and inserting 
                ``The President of the United States, acting through 
                the Corporation,'';
                    (B) by inserting ``in furtherance of activities 
                under section 302'' after ``section 501(b)''; and
                    (C) by striking ``the President'' both places it 
                appears and inserting ``the Corporation''.

SEC. 403. REFERENCES TO DIRECTORS OF THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL AND 
              COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    (a) President.--
            (1) Section 159(a) of such Act (as redesignated in section 
        104(b)(3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Board.--The Board'' and inserting 
                ``Supervision.--The President'';
                    (B) by striking ``the Board'' in the matter 
                preceding paragraph (1), and in paragraph (1), and 
                inserting ``the President''; and
                    (C) by striking ``the Director'' in paragraph (1) 
                and inserting ``the Board''.
            (2) Section 159(b) of such Act (as redesignated in section 
        104(b)(3) of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(b)) is amended by 
        striking ``(b)'' and all that follows through ``Commission on 
        National and Community Service'' and inserting ``(b) Monitoring 
        and Coordination.--The President''.
            (3) Section 159(c)(1) (as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) 
        of this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653h(c)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Board, 
                in consultation with the Executive Director,'' and 
                inserting ``the President''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``the 
                Board through the Executive Director'' and inserting 
                ``the President''.
            (4) Section 166(6) (as redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of 
        this Act) (42 U.S.C. 12653o(6)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (6); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (11) as 
                paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively.
    (b) Director of Civilian Community Corps.--Sections 155(a), 
157(b)(1)(A), 158(a), 159(c)(1)(A), and 163(a) (in each case, as 
redesignated in section 104(b)(3) of this Act) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12653d(a), 12653f(b)(1)(A), 
12653g(a), 12653h(c)(1)(A), and 12653l(a)) are amended by striking 
``Director of the Civilian Community Corps'' each place the term 
appears and inserting ``Director''.

SEC. 404. DEFINITION OF DIRECTOR.

    Section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 5061) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(1) the term `Director' means the President of the 
        Corporation for National and Community Service appointed under 
        section 193 of the National and Community Service Act of 
        1990;''.

SEC. 405. REFERENCES TO ACTION AND THE ACTION AGENCY.

    (a) Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.--
            (1) Section 2(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
        1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``ACTION, the Federal domestic 
                volunteer agency,'' and inserting ``this Act''; and
                    (B) by striking ``ACTION shall'' and inserting 
                ``the Corporation for National and Community Service 
                shall''.
            (2) Subtitle (b) of section 124 of such Act (as 
        redesignated by section 322(2) of this Act) is amended by 
        striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation''.
            (3) Section 225(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5025(e)) is 
        amended by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation''.
            (4) Section 403(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5043(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' the first 
                place such term appears and inserting ``the Corporation 
                under this Act''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' the second 
                place such term appears and inserting ``the 
                Corporation''.
            (5) Section 408 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5048) is amended by 
        striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation''.
            (6) Section 421(12) of such Act (as added by section 401 of 
        this Act) is further amended by striking ``ACTION'' and 
        inserting ``the Corporation''.
            (7) Section 425 of such Act (as added by section 370 of 
        this Act) is further amended by striking ``ACTION'' and 
        inserting ``the Corporation''.
    (b) Civil Service Retirement System.--Section 8332(j)(1) of title 
5, United States Code (as amended by section 372(a)(1)(A)(iii)(II) of 
this Act) is amended by striking ``the Director of ACTION'' and 
inserting ``the President of the Corporation for National and Community 
Service''.
    (c) Public Housing Security.--Section 207(c) of the Public Housing 
Security Demonstration Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-557; 92 Stat. 2093; 
12 U.S.C. 1701z-6 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)(ii), by striking ``ACTION'' and 
        inserting ``the Corporation for National and Community 
        Service''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``ACTION'' and inserting 
        ``the Corporation for National and Community Service''.
    (d) National Forest Volunteers.--Section 1 of the Volunteers in the 
National Forests Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a) is amended by striking 
``ACTION'' and inserting ``the Corporation for National and Community 
Service''.
    (e) Peace Corps.--Section 2A of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 
2501-1) is amended by inserting after ``the ACTION Agency'' the 
following: ``, the successor to the ACTION Agency,''.
    (f) Indian Economic Development.--Section 502 of the Indian 
Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1542) is amended by striking ``ACTION 
Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation for National and Community 
Service''.
    (g) Older Americans.--The Older Americans Act of 1965 is amended--
            (1) in section 202(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3012(c)(1)), by 
        striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency'' and inserting 
        ``the Corporation for National and Community Service'';
            (2) in section 203(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 3013(a)(1)), by 
        striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the Corporation 
        for National and Community Service''; and
            (3) in section 422(b)(12)(C) (42 U.S.C. 3035a(b)(12)(C)), 
        by striking ``the ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``the 
        Corporation for National and Community Service''.
    (h) VISTA Service Extension.--Section 101(c)(1) of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act Amendments of 1989 (Public Law 101-204; 103 Stat. 
1810; 42 U.S.C. 4954 note) is amended by striking ``Director of the 
ACTION Agency'' and inserting ``President of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service''.
    (i) Aging Resource Specialists.--Section 205(c) of the Older 
Americans Amendments of 1975 (Public Law 94-135; 89 Stat. 727; 42 
U.S.C. 5001 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``the ACTION Agency,'' and 
                inserting ``the Corporation for National and Community 
                Service,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Director of the ACTION 
                Agency'' and inserting ``the President of the 
                Corporation'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``ACTION Agency'' and 
        inserting ``Corporation''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
        inserting the following new subparagraph:
            ``(A) the term `Corporation' means the Corporation for 
        National and Community Service established by section 191 of 
        the National and Community Service Act of 1990.''.
    (j) Promotion of Photovoltaic Energy.--Section 11(a) of the Solar 
Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 
1978 (42 U.S.C. 5590) is amended by striking ``the Director of 
ACTION,''.
    (k) Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice.--Section 206(a)(1) of 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5616(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``the Director of the ACTION 
Agency'' and inserting ``the President of the Corporation for National 
and Community Service''.
    (l) Energy Conservation.--Section 413(b)(1) of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6863(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency,''.
    (m) Interagency Council on the Homeless.--Section 202(a) of the 
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11312(a)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (12) and inserting the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(12) The President of the Corporation for National and 
        Community Service, or the designee of the President.''.
    (n) Anti-Drug Abuse.--Section 3601 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 
1988 (42 U.S.C. 11851) is amended by striking paragraph (5) and 
inserting the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) the term `Director' means the President of the 
        Corporation for National and Community Service,''.
    (o) Administration on Children, Youth, and Families.--Section 
916(b) of the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12312(b)) is amended by striking ``the Director of the ACTION Agency'' 
and inserting ``the President of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service''.

SEC. 406. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Commission.--The amendments made by sections 401 through 402 
will take effect on October 1, 1993.
    (b) ACTION.--The amendments made by sections 404 and 405 shall take 
effect on the effective date of section 203(c)(2).

                    TITLE V--RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

SEC. 501. RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE.

    Title XI of the of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1136 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

                   ``PART C--RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE

``SEC. 1171. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

    ``(a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            ``(1) the Nation's rural centers are facing increasingly 
        pressing problems and needs in the areas of economic 
        development, community infrastructure and service, social 
        policy, public health, housing, crime, education, environmental 
        concerns, planning and work force preparation;
            ``(2) there are, in the Nation's rural institutions, people 
        with underutilized skills, knowledge, and experience who are 
        capable of providing a vast range of services towards the 
        amelioration of the problems described in paragraph (1);
            ``(3) the skills, knowledge, and experience in these rural 
        institutions, if applied in a systematic and sustained manner, 
        can make a significant contribution to the solution of such 
        problems; and
            ``(4) the application of such skills, knowledge, and 
        experience is hindered by the limited funds available to 
        redirect attention to solutions to such rural problems.
    ``(b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this part to provide 
incentives to rural academic institutions to enable such institutions 
to work with private and civic organizations to devise and implement 
solutions to pressing and severe problems in their communities.

``SEC. 1172. PROGRAM.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to carry out a program of providing 
assistance to eligible institutions to enable such institutions to 
carry out the authorized activities described in section 1174 in 
accordance with the provisions of this part.

``SEC. 1173. APPLICATIONS FOR RURAL COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANTS.

    ``(a) Application.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each eligible institution desiring a 
        grant under this part shall submit to the Secretary an 
        application at such time, in such form, and containing or 
        accompanied by such information and assurances, as the 
        Secretary may require by regulation.
            ``(2) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) describe the activities and services for 
                which assistance is sought; and
                    ``(B) contain assurances that the eligible 
                institution will enter into a consortium to carry out 
                the provisions of this part that includes, in addition 
                to the eligible institution, one or more of the 
                following entities:
                            ``(i) A community college.
                            ``(ii) A rural local educational agency.
                            ``(iii) A local government.
                            ``(iv) A business or other employer.
                            ``(v) A nonprofit institution.
            ``(3) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the consortium 
        requirements described in paragraph (2) for any applicant who 
        can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the 
        applicant has devised an integrated and coordinated plan which 
        meets the purpose of this part.
    ``(b) Priority in Selection of Applications.--The Secretary shall 
give priority to applications that propose to conduct joint projects 
supported by other local, State, and Federal programs.
    ``(c) Selection Procedures.--The Secretary, by regulation, shall 
develop a formal procedure for the submission of applications under 
this part and shall publish in the Federal Register an announcement of 
that procedure and the availability of funds under this part.

``SEC. 1174. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

    ``Grant funds made available under this part shall be used to 
support planning, applied research, training, resource exchanges or 
technology transfers, the delivery of services, or other activities the 
purpose of which is to design and implement programs to assist rural 
communities to meet and address their pressing and severe problems, 
such as any of the following:
            ``(1) Work force preparation.
            ``(2) Rural poverty and the alleviation of such poverty.
            ``(3) Health care, including health care delivery and 
        access as well as health education, prevention and wellness.
            ``(4) Underperforming school systems and students.
            ``(5) Problems faced by the elderly and individuals with 
        disabilities in rural settings.
            ``(6) Problems faced by families and children.
            ``(7) Campus and community crime prevention, including 
        enhanced security and safety awareness measures as well as 
        coordinated programs addressing the root causes of crime.
            ``(8) Rural housing.
            ``(9) Rural infrastructure.
            ``(10) Economic development.
            ``(11) Rural farming and environmental concerns.
            ``(12) Other problem areas which participants in the 
        consortium described in section 1173(a)(2)(B) concur are of 
        high priority in rural areas.
            ``(13)(A) Problems faced by individuals with disabilities 
        and economically disadvantaged individuals regarding 
        accessibility to institutions of higher education and other 
        public and private community facilities.
            ``(B) Amelioration of existing attitudinal barriers that 
        prevent full inclusion of individuals with disabilities in 
        their community.

``SEC. 1175. PEER REVIEW.

    ``The Secretary shall designate a peer review panel to review 
applications submitted under this part and make recommendations for 
funding to the Secretary. In selecting the peer review panel, the 
Secretary may consult with other appropriate Cabinet-level Federal 
officials and with non-Federal organizations, to ensure that the panel 
will be geographically balanced and be composed of representatives from 
public and private institutions of higher education, labor, business, 
and State and local government, who have expertise in rural community 
service or in education.

``SEC. 1176. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Multiyear Availability.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, grants under this part may be made on a multiyear 
basis, except that no institution, individually or as a participant in 
a consortium, may receive a grant for more than 5 years.
    ``(b) Equitable Geographic Distribution.--The Secretary shall award 
grants under this part in a manner that achieves equitable geographic 
distribution of such grants.
    ``(c) Matching Requirement.--An applicant under this part and the 
local governments associated with its application shall contribute to 
the conduct of the program supported by the grant an amount from non-
Federal funds equal to at least one-fourth of the amount grant, which 
contribution may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated.

``SEC. 1177. DESIGNATION OF RURAL GRANT INSTITUTIONS.

    ``The Secretary shall publish a list of eligible institutions under 
this part and shall designate such institutions of higher education as 
`Rural Grant Institutions'. The Secretary shall establish a national 
network of Rural Grant Institutions so that the results of individual 
projects achieved in 1 rural area can be generalized, disseminated, 
replicated and applied throughout the Nation.

``SEC. 1178. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this part:
            ``(1) Rural area.--The term `rural area' means any area 
        that is--
                    ``(A) outside an urbanized area, as such term is 
                defined by the Bureau of the Census; and
                    ``(B) outside any place that--
                            ``(i) is incorporated or Bureau of the 
                        Census designated; and
                            ``(ii) has a population of 75,000 or more.
            ``(2) Eligible institution.--The term `eligible 
        institution' means an institution of higher education, or a 
        consortium of such institutions any one of which meets all the 
        requirements of this paragraph, which--
                    ``(A) is located in a rural area;
                    ``(B) draws a substantial portion of its 
                undergraduate students from the rural area in which 
                such institution is located, or from contiguous areas;
                    ``(C) carries out programs to make postsecondary 
                educational opportunities more accessible to residents 
                of such rural areas, or contiguous areas;
                    ``(D) has the present capacity to provide resources 
                responsive to the needs and priorities of such rural 
                areas and contiguous areas;
                    ``(E) offers a range of professional, technical, or 
                graduate programs sufficient to sustain the capacity of 
                such institution to provide such resources; and
                    ``(F) has demonstrated and sustained a sense of 
                responsibility to such rural area and contiguous areas 
                and the people of such areas.

``SEC. 1179. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; FUNDING RULE.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary in each fiscal year to carry out the 
provisions of this part.
    ``(b) Funding Rule.--If in any fiscal year the amount appropriated 
pursuant to the authority of subsection (a) is less than 50 percent of 
the funds appropriated to carry out part A in such year, then the 
Secretary shall make available in such year from funds appropriated to 
carry out part A an amount equal to the difference between 50 percent 
of the funds appropriated to carry out part A and the amount 
appropriated pursuant to the authority of subsection (a).''.

SEC. 502. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle H of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (as added by section 104(c) of this Act) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 198D. SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    ``(a) Special Demonstration Project for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta 
of Alaska.--The President may award grants to, and enter into contracts 
with, organizations to carry out programs that address significant 
human needs in the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska.
    ``(b) Application.--
            ``(1) General requirements.--To be eligible to receive a 
        grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a) with 
        respect to a program, an organization shall submit an 
        application to the President at such time, in such manner, and 
        containing such information as the President may require.
            ``(2) Contents.--The application submitted by the 
        organization shall, at a minimum--
                    ``(A) include information describing the manner in 
                which the program will utilize VISTA volunteers, 
                individuals who have served in the Peace Corps, and 
                other qualified persons, in partnership with the local 
                not-for-profit organizations known as the Yukon-
                Kuskokwim Health Corporation and the Alaska Village 
                Council Presidents;
                    ``(B) take into consideration--
                            ``(i) the primarily noncash economy of the 
                        region; and
                            ``(ii) the needs and desires of residents 
                        of the local communities in the region; and
                    ``(C) include specific strategies, developed in 
                cooperation with the Yupi'k speaking population that 
                resides in such communities, for comprehensive and 
                intensive community development for communities in the 
                Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region.''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--Section 1(b) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 198C of such Act the 
following:

``Sec. 198D. Special demonstration project.''.

                   TITLE VI--FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT

SEC. 601. FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.

    Individuals participating in programs receiving funding under this 
Act shall be covered by the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act 
to the same extent as participants in other federally funded service 
programs.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.

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