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‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE AP-
PLICATIONS.—No applicant shall submit an application
under this section, and the Corporation shall reject an ap-
plication that is submitted under this section, if the appli-
cation describes a project proposed to be conducted using
assistance requested by the applicant and the project is al-
ready described in another application pending before the
Corporation.
‘‘SEC. 131. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE RE-
QUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES.—An application sub-
mitted 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, envi-
ronmental, 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 sub-
mitted under section 130 shall also include an assurance
by the applicant that any national service program carried
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out by the applicant using assistance provided under sec-
tion 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 nec-
essary 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 complet-
ing 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 partici-
pants 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
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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 op-
eration of the program for broad-based input from the
community served, individuals eligible to serve as
participants in the program, community-based agen-
cies (including community action agencies) with a
demonstrated record of experience in providing serv-
ices, and local labor organizations representing em-
ployees of service sponsors;
‘‘(2) prior to the placement of participants, con-
sult 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 activi-
ties 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—
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‘‘(A)(i) arrange for an independent evalua-
tion 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 sur-
veys of participants and persons served), which
are to be used as part of such evaluation to de-
termine the impact of the program—
‘‘(i) on communities and persons
served by the projects performed by the pro-
gram;
‘‘(ii) on participants who take part in
the projects; and
‘‘(iii) in such other areas as the Cor-
poration may require; and
‘‘(C) cooperate with any evaluation activi-
ties undertaken by the Corporation.
‘‘(2) 
ALTERNATIVE
EVALUATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—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 recipi-
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ent of assistance under such section. The determina-
tion 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 ap-
plication submitted under section 130 shall also include an
assurance by the applicant that the applicant will—
‘‘(1) provide a living allowance and other bene-
fits 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 ap-
plicant 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
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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 appli-
cant 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 assist-
ance provided under section 121 or participants to
give religious instruction, conduct worship services,
provide instruction as part of a program that in-
cludes mandatory religious education or worship, con-
struct, operate, or maintain facilities devoted to reli-