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(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘through education, 
prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation’’ before the period 
at the end; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) Programs that establish and support mentoring pro-
grams for low-income youth, including mentoring programs that 
match such youth with mentors and match such youth with 
employment and training programs, including apprenticeship 
programs.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, including literacy 
programs that serve youth, and adults, with limited English 
proficiency’’ before the period at the end; 
(D) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(6) Programs that provide respite care, including care 
for elderly individuals and for children and individuals with 
disabilities or chronic illnesses who are living at home. 
‘‘(7) Programs that provide before-school and after-school 
activities, serving children in low-income communities, that 
may engage participants in mentoring relationships, tutoring, 
life skills, and study skills programs, service-learning, physical, 
nutrition, and health education programs, and other activities 
addressing the needs of the children in the communities, 
including children of working parents.’’; 
(E) by striking paragraph (8); 
(F) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as 
paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively; 
(G) in paragraph (10) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (F))— 
(i) by striking ‘‘educationally disadvantaged chil-
dren’’ and inserting ‘‘students’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the basic skills of such children’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the academic achievement of such stu-
dents’’; 
(H) by striking paragraph (11) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(11) Programs that engage older individuals with children 
and youth to complete service in energy conservation, environ-
mental stewardship, or other environmental needs of a commu-
nity, including service relating to conducting energy audits, 
insulating homes, or conducting other activities to promote 
energy efficiency.’’; 
(I) by striking paragraph (14) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (F)) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(14) Programs in which the grant recipients involved 
collaborate with criminal justice professionals and organizations 
in order to provide prevention programs that serve low-income 
youth or youth reentering society after incarceration and their 
families, which prevention programs may include mentoring, 
counseling, or employment counseling.’’; 
(J) by striking paragraph (16); and 
(K) by redesignating paragraphs (17) and (18) as para-
graphs (15) and (16), respectively; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘and that such 
applicant has expertise applicable to implementing the proposed
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program for which the applicant is requesting the grant’’ before 
the period at the end; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘widely’’ after ‘‘shall’’. 
(e) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.—Part D of title II (42 U.S.C. 
5021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 228. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), an 
entity receiving assistance under this title may accept donations, 
including donations in cash or in kind fairly evaluated, including 
plant, equipment, or services. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—An entity receiving assistance under this title 
to carry out an activity shall not accept donations from the bene-
ficiaries of the activity.’’. 
Subtitle C—Administration and 
Coordination 
SEC. 2151. SPECIAL LIMITATIONS. 
Section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5044(a)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or other volunteers (not including participants under this Act 
and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12501 et seq.)),’’ after ‘‘employed workers’’ both places such term 
appears. 
SEC. 2152. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW. 
Section 415 (42 U.S.C. 5055) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘(as such part was in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve 
America Act)’’ after ‘‘part B’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘(as such part was in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Serve 
America Act)’’ after ‘‘A, B’’. 
SEC. 2153. EVALUATION. 
Section 416 (42 U.S.C. 5056) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘(including’’ and all that follows through ‘‘3 years)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate’’ and inserting 
‘‘authorizing committees’’. 
SEC. 2154. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 421 (42 U.S.C. 5061) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (7); 
(3) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 
(4) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Service Corps’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (20) as para-
graphs (7) through (19), respectively; 
(6) in paragraph (18) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 
by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end;
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(7) in paragraph (19) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 
by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) the term ‘authorizing committees’ means the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 2155. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE. 
Section 425 (42 U.S.C. 5065) is amended, in the matter fol-
lowing paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting 
‘‘Service Corps’’. 
SEC. 2156. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 
Title IV (42 U.S.C. 5043 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 426. PROVISIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 
‘‘The Corporation shall carry out this Act in accordance with 
the provisions of this Act and the relevant provisions of the National 
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), 
particularly the provisions of section 122 and subtitle F of title 
I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12572, 12631 et seq.) relating to the national service laws.’’. 
Subtitle D—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) NATIONAL VOLUNTEER ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS.—Section 
501 (42 U.S.C. 5081) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) VOLUNTEERS
IN
SERVICE
TO
AMERICA.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title I 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part C of title I such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014.’’; and 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3); 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘part B or C’’ and inserting 
‘‘part C’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e). 
(b) NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS.—Section 502 (42 U.S.C. 
5082) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 502. NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS. 
‘‘(a) RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part A of title II, 
$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.
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‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out part B of title II, $115,000,000 
for fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out part C of title II, $55,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014. 
‘‘(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 2010 through 2014.’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION
AND
COORDINATION.—Section 504 (42 
U.S.C. 5084) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1994 through 
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1994 through 
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2010 through 2014’’. 
TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS 
TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 
SEC. 3101. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990. 
Section 1(b) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose. 
‘‘TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE STATE GRANT PROGRAM 
‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 101. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 102. Authority to make State grants. 
‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs 
‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 
‘‘Sec. 111. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 111A. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 112. Assistance to States, territories, and Indian tribes. 
‘‘Sec. 112A. Allotments. 
‘‘Sec. 113. Applications. 
‘‘Sec. 114. Consideration of applications. 
‘‘Sec. 115. Participation of students and teachers from private schools. 
‘‘Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions. 
‘‘Sec. 117. Limitations on uses of funds. 
‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE 
‘‘Sec. 118. Higher education innovative programs for community service. 
‘‘Sec. 118A. Campuses of Service. 
‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS AND 
RESEARCH 
‘‘Sec. 119. Innovative and community-based service-learning programs and re-
search. 
‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 
‘‘Sec. 120. Study and report.
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‘‘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. National service programs eligible for program assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national serv-
ice educational awards. 
‘‘Sec. 124. Types of program assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 126. Other special assistance. 
‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS 
‘‘Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions. 
‘‘Sec. 129A. Educational awards only program. 
‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions. 
‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories. 
‘‘Sec. 132A. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 
‘‘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. 
‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of Educational Awards 
‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust. 
‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust. 
‘‘Sec. 146A. Certifications of successful completion of terms of service. 
‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the educational award. 
‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of educational awards. 
‘‘Sec. 149. Approval process for approved positions. 
‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian Community Corps 
‘‘Sec. 151. Purpose. 
‘‘Sec. 152. Establishment of National Civilian Community Corps Program. 
‘‘Sec. 153. National service program. 
‘‘Sec. 154. Summer national service program. 
‘‘Sec. 155. National Civilian Community Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 156. Training. 
‘‘Sec. 157. Service projects. 
‘‘Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
‘‘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 Department of Defense. 
‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board. 
‘‘Sec. 164. Evaluations. 
‘‘Sec. 165. Definitions. 
‘‘Subtitle F—Administrative Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 171. Family and medical leave. 
‘‘Sec. 172. Reports. 
‘‘Sec. 173. Supplementation. 
‘‘Sec. 174. Prohibition on use of funds. 
‘‘Sec. 175. Nondiscrimination. 
‘‘Sec. 176. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
‘‘Sec. 177. Nonduplication and nondisplacement. 
‘‘Sec. 178. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
‘‘Sec. 179. Evaluation. 
‘‘Sec. 179A. Civic Health Assessment and volunteering research and evaluation. 
‘‘Sec. 180. Engagement of participants. 
‘‘Sec. 181. Contingent extension. 
‘‘Sec. 182. Partnerships with schools. 
‘‘Sec. 183. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 
‘‘Sec. 184. Drug-free workplace requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 184A. Availability of assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 185. Consolidated application and reporting requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 186. Sustainability.
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‘‘Sec. 187. Grant periods. 
‘‘Sec. 188. Generation of volunteers. 
‘‘Sec. 189. Limitation on program grant costs. 
‘‘Sec. 189A. Matching requirements for severely economically distressed commu-
nities. 
‘‘Sec. 189B. Audits and reports. 
‘‘Sec. 189C. Restrictions on Federal Government and uses of Federal funds. 
‘‘Sec. 189D. Criminal history checks. 
‘‘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. Chief Executive Officer. 
‘‘Sec. 193A. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 
‘‘Sec. 194. Officers. 
‘‘Sec. 195. Employees, consultants, and other personnel. 
‘‘Sec. 196. Administration. 
‘‘Sec. 196A. Corporation State offices. 
‘‘Sec. 196B. Assignment to State Commissions. 
‘‘Sec. 196C. Study of involvement of veterans. 
‘‘Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation 
‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE 
‘‘Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service. 
‘‘Sec. 198A. Presidential awards for service. 
‘‘Sec. 198B. ServeAmerica Fellowships. 
‘‘Sec. 198C. Silver Scholarships and Encore Fellowships. 
‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS 
‘‘Sec. 198H. National Service Reserve Corps. 
‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 198K. Funds. 
‘‘PART IV—NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CLEARINGHOUSES; VOLUNTEER 
GENERATION FUND 
‘‘Sec. 198O. National service programs clearinghouses. 
‘‘Sec. 198P. Volunteer generation fund. 
‘‘ ‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM 
‘‘ ‘‘Sec. 198S. Nonprofit capacity building. 
‘‘Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps 
‘‘Sec. 199. Short title. 
‘‘Sec. 199A. General authority. 
‘‘Sec. 199B. Limitation on purchase of capital equipment. 
‘‘Sec. 199C. State application. 
‘‘Sec. 199D. Focus of programs. 
‘‘Sec. 199E. Related programs. 
‘‘Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands. 
‘‘Sec. 199G. Training and education services. 
‘‘Sec. 199H. Preference for certain projects. 
‘‘Sec. 199I. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment. 
‘‘Sec. 199J. Use of volunteers. 
‘‘Sec. 199K. Living allowance. 
‘‘Sec. 199L. Joint programs. 
‘‘Sec. 199M. Federal and State employee status. 
‘‘Subtitle J—Training and Technical Assistance 
‘‘Sec. 199N. Training and technical assistance. 
‘‘TITLE II—MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING PROGRAMS 
‘‘Subtitle A—Publication 
‘‘Sec. 201. Information for students. 
‘‘Sec. 202. Exit counseling for borrowers. 
‘‘Sec. 203. Department information on deferments and cancellations. 
‘‘Sec. 204. Data on deferments and cancellations.
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‘‘Subtitle B—Youthbuild Projects 
‘‘Sec. 211. Youthbuild projects. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Amendments to Student Literacy Corps 
‘‘Sec. 221. Amendments to Student Literacy Corps. 
‘‘TITLE IV—PROJECTS HONORING VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 
‘‘Sec. 401. Projects. 
‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
‘‘Sec. 601. Amtrak waste disposal. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism to 
democracy.’’. 
SEC. 3102. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER 
SERVICE ACT OF 1973. 
Section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
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. Applications for assistance. 
‘‘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. 
‘‘TITLE II—NATIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS 
‘‘Sec. 200. Statement of purpose. 
‘‘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 Service Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 222. Payments. 
‘‘Sec. 223. Minority population participation. 
‘‘Sec. 224. Use of locally generated contributions in National Senior Service Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 225. Programs of national significance. 
‘‘Sec. 226. Adjustments to Federal financial assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 227. Multiyear grants or contracts. 
‘‘Sec. 228. Acceptance of donations.
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‘‘PART E—DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS 
‘‘Sec. 231. Authority of Director. 
‘‘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 finan-
cial 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. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 
‘‘TITLE V—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
‘‘Sec. 501. National volunteer antipoverty programs. 
‘‘Sec. 502. National Senior Service Corps. 
‘‘Sec. 504. Administration and coordination. 
‘‘Sec. 505. 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.’’. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER 
LAWS 
SEC. 4101. INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT OF 1978. 
Section 8F(a)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended by striking ‘‘National and Community Service 
Trust Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘National and Community Service 
Act of 1990’’. 
TITLE V—VOLUNTEERS FOR 
PROSPERITY PROGRAM 
SEC. 5101. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Americans engaged in international volunteer service, 
and the organizations deploying them— 
(A) play critical roles in responding to the needs of 
people living throughout the developing world; and 
(B) advance the international public diplomacy of the 
United States. 
(2) The Volunteers for Prosperity Program has successfully 
promoted international volunteer service by skilled American 
professionals.
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(3) In its first 4 years, the VfP Program helped to mobilize 
74,000 skilled Americans, including doctors, nurses, engineers, 
businesspeople, and teachers, through a network of 250 non-
profit organizations and companies in the United States, to 
carry out development and humanitarian efforts for those 
affected by great global challenges in health, the environment, 
poverty, illiteracy, financial literacy, disaster relief, and other 
challenges. 
(4) The VfP Program has undertaken activities, including— 
(A) direct outreach to leading nonprofit organizations 
and companies in the United States; 
(B) promotion of the work of skilled Americans and 
nonprofit organizations and companies in the United States 
as it relates to international volunteer service; 
(C) public recognition of skilled American volunteers; 
(D) support for organizations that utilize skilled Ameri-
cans as volunteers; 
(E) participation in the development of special initia-
tives to further opportunities for skilled Americans; and 
(F) leadership of an innovative public-private partner-
ship to provide eligible skilled with financial assistance 
for volunteer assignments. 
SEC. 5102. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) VFP OFFICE.—The term ‘‘VfP Office’’ means the Office 
of Volunteers for Prosperity of the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
(2) VFP PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘VfP Program’’ means the 
Volunteers for Prosperity Program established through Execu-
tive Order 13317. 
(3) VFPSERVE.—The term ‘‘VfPServe’’ means a program 
established by the VfP Office, in cooperation with the USA 
Freedom Corps, to provide eligible skilled professionals with 
fixed amount stipends to offset the travel and living costs 
of volunteering abroad. 
SEC. 5103. OFFICE OF VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY. 
(a) FUNCTIONS.—The VfP Office shall pursue the objectives 
of the VfP Program described in subsection (b) by— 
(1) implementing the VfPServe Program to provide eligible 
skilled professionals with matching grants to offset the travel 
and living expenses of volunteering abroad with nonprofit 
organizations; 
(2) otherwise promoting short- and long-term international 
volunteer service by skilled American professionals, including 
connecting such professionals with nonprofit organizations, to 
achieve such objectives; 
(3) helping nonprofit organizations in the United States 
recruit and effectively manage additional skilled American 
professionals for volunteer assignments throughout the devel-
oping world; 
(4) providing recognition for skilled American volunteers 
and the organizations deploying them; 
(5) helping nonprofit organizations and corporations in the 
United States to identify resources and opportunities in inter-
national volunteer service utilizing skilled Americans;
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(6) encouraging the establishment of international volun-
teer programs for employees of United States corporations; 
and 
(7) encouraging international voluntary service by highly 
skilled Americans to promote health and prosperity throughout 
the world. 
(b) VFP PROGRAM OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the VfP Pro-
gram should include— 
(1) eliminating extreme poverty; 
(2) reducing world hunger and malnutrition; 
(3) increasing access to safe potable water; 
(4) enacting universal education; 
(5) reducing child mortality and childhood diseases; 
(6) combating the spread of preventable diseases, including 
HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis; 
(7) providing educational and work skill support for girls 
and empowering women to achieve independence; 
(8) creating sustainable business and entrepreneurial 
opportunities; and 
(9) increasing access to information technology. 
(c) VOLUNTEERS
FOR PROSPERITY SERVICE INCENTIVE PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The VfP Office may provide matching 
grants to offset the travel and living costs of volunteering 
abroad to any eligible organization that— 
(A) has members who possess skills relevant to 
addressing any objective described in subsection (b); and 
(B) provides a dollar-for-dollar match for such grant— 
(i) through the organization with which the indi-
vidual is serving; or 
(ii) by raising private funds. 
(2) NONDISCRIMINATION
REQUIREMENT.—The VfP Office 
may not provide a stipend to an individual under paragraph 
(1) unless the nonprofit organization to which the individual 
is assigned has certified to the VfP Office that it does not 
discriminate with respect to any project or activity receiving 
Federal financial assistance, including a stipend under this 
title, because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, polit-
ical affiliation, or beliefs. 
(3) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.— 
Service carried out by a volunteer receiving funds under this 
section may not provide a direct benefit to any— 
(A) business organized for profit; 
(B) labor union; 
(C) partisan political organization; or 
(D) religious or faith-based organization for the purpose 
of proselytization, worship or any other explicitly religious 
activity. 
(d) FUNDING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development shall make available 
the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 5104 to the VfP 
Office to pursue the objectives described in subsection (b) by 
carrying out the functions described in subsection (a). 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available under para-
graph (1) may be used by the VfP Office to provide personnel 
and other resources to develop, manage, and expand the VfP
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Program, under the supervision of the United States Agency 
for International Development. 
(e) COORDINATION.—The VfP Office shall coordinate its efforts 
with other public and private efforts that aim to send skilled profes-
sionals to serve in developing nations. 
(f) REPORT.—The VfP Office shall submit an annual report 
to Congress on the activities of the VfP Office. 
SEC. 5104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out this title $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 
2014. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may be expended 
for the administrative costs of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development to manage the VfP Program. 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 6101. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act, and the amendments made by 
this Act, take effect on October 1, 2009. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Effective on the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National 
and Community Service may issue such regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out this Act and the amendments made by 
this Act. 
SEC. 6102. SENSE OF THE SENATE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds the following: 
(1) President John F. Kennedy said, ‘‘The raising of extraor-
dinarily large sums of money, given voluntarily and freely 
by millions of our fellow Americans, is a unique American 
tradition . . . Philanthropy, charity, giving voluntarily and 
freely . . . call it what you like, but it is truly a jewel of 
an American tradition’’. 
(2) Americans gave more than $300,000,000,000 to chari-
table causes in 2007, an amount equal to roughly 2 percent 
of the gross domestic product. 
(3) The vast majority of those donations, roughly 75 percent 
or $229,000,000,000, came from individuals. 
(4) Studies have shown that Americans give far more to 
charity than the people of any other industrialized nation— 
more than twice as much, measured as a share of gross domestic 
product, than the citizens of Great Britain, and 10 times more 
than the citizens of France. 
(5) 7 out of 10 American households donate to charities 
to support a wide range of religious, educational, cultural, 
health care, and environmental goals. 
(6) These charities provide innumerable valuable public 
services to society’s most vulnerable citizens during difficult 
economic times. 
(7) Congress has provided incentives through the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable giving by 
allowing individuals to deduct contributions made to tax-exempt 
charities.
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(8) 41,000,000 American households, constituting 86 per-
cent of taxpayers who itemize deductions, took advantage of 
this deduction to give to the charities of their choice. 
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate that 
Congress should preserve the income tax deduction for charitable 
contributions through the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and look 
for additional ways to encourage charitable giving. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.