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SEC. 407. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first three years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, 
and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share re-
quirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code 
of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating 
costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member 
support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990, and subject 
to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 
45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 408. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, formula-based grants to States and territories under 
section 129(a)(1)–(2) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 to operate AmeriCorps programs may 
be made if the application describes proposed positions 
into which participants will be placed, the proposed min-
imum qualifications of such participants, and includes an 
assurance that the State will select national service pro-
grams for subgrants on a competitive basis, and an assur-
ance that the aforementioned information will be provided 
for each subgrant awarded prior to the execution of such 
subgrants. 
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 409. For fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise provided to the National Serv-
ice Trust, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year 
after the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated or 
otherwise made available, unobligated balances of appro-
priations available for grants under the National Service 
Trust Program under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act 
during such fiscal year may be transferred to the National 
Service Trust after notice is transmitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, if such funds are initially obligated before 
the expiration of their period of availability. 
SEC. 410. Of the amounts provided in this Act which 
the Corporation for National and Community Service 
(‘‘the Corporation’’) allocates for the provision of assist-
ance under subsections 129(a) and (b) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), the Cor-
poration shall apply the formula in section 129(a)(1) of 
the 1990 Act in such a manner so as to ensure that each 
State shall receive a minimum of $500,000: Provided, 
That, in no event shall the total amount allotted under 
section 129(a)(1) exceed 331⁄3 percent of the funds allo-
cated by the Corporation for the provision of assistance 
under subsections 129(a) and (b) of the 1990 Act. 
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SEC. 411. Notwithstanding section 139(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 
an individual in an approved national service position per-
forming full-time or part-time national service directly re-
lated to disaster relief efforts may continue in that term 
of service for a period of 6 months beyond the periods 
otherwise specified in sections 139(b) and 153(e) of the 
1990 Act or section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973. Service in an extended term as provided 
under this section shall constitute a single term of service 
for purposes of sections 146(b) and (c) of the 1990 Act. 
SEC. 412. Donations made to the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) under 
section 196 of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’) for the purposes of financing pro-
grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 
Act or subtitles B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-
grams and operations. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘Corporation’’), as authorized by the Commu-
nications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available 
within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 
2011, $430,000,000: Provided, That no funds made avail-
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able to the Corporation by this Act shall be used to pay 
for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment 
for Government officials or employees: Provided further, 
That none of the funds contained in this paragraph shall 
be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-
tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-
efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 
That no funds made available to the Corporation by this 
Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 
in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 
personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-
ployees of the Corporation: Provided further, That for fis-
cal year 2009, in addition to the amounts provided above, 
$34,591,000 shall be for costs related to digital program 
production, development, and distribution, associated with 
the transition of public broadcasting to digital broad-
casting, to be awarded as determined by the Corporation 
in consultation with public radio and television licensees 
or permittees, or their designated representatives: Pro-
vided further, That for fiscal year 2009, in addition to the 
amounts provided above, $26,642,000 is available pursu-
ant to section 396(k)(10) of the Communications Act of 
1934 for replacement and upgrade of the public radio 
interconnection system: Provided further, That none of the 
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funds made available to the Corporation by this Act, divi-
sion G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, or 
the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, shall be 
used to support the Television Future Fund or any similar 
purpose. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
Reform Act, $45,476,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 
special training activities and other conflict resolution 
services and technical assistance, including those provided 
to foreign governments and international organizations, 
and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 
merged with this account, and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-
ices shall be available only for education, training, and 
professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-
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