SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 
Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 196D. INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP. 
‘‘The Administrator shall establish an interagency 
working group (and consult directly with the heads of Fed-
eral agencies as necessary) to— 
‘‘(1) evaluate the eligibility for tuition and stu-
dent loan repayment assistance outlined in this sec-
tion for participation in national or volunteer service 
programs not administered under this Act; 
‘‘(2) evaluate the feasibility and advisability of 
granting Federal hiring preference under chapter 33 
of title 5, United States Code, to an individual who 
has completed at least one year of service and is eli-
gible for the entitlement established under sub-
section (a); and 
‘‘(3) examine the participation of seniors age 55 
and older in national service programs and establish 
methods for increasing the participation rate of such 
individuals.’’. 
SEC. 8. NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION. 
Title I is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subtitle: 
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‘‘Subtitle K—National Service 
Foundation 
‘‘SEC. 199P. NATIONAL SERVICE FOUNDATION. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In order to encourage pri-
vate gifts of real and personal property or any income 
therefrom or other interest therein for the benefit of, or 
in connection with, the National and Community Service 
Administration, its activities, or its services, and thereby 
to further the mission and purpose of the Administration 
and to provide greater opportunities for volunteer service, 
there is hereby established a charitable and nonprofit cor-
poration to be known as the National Service Foundation 
(referred to in this subtitle as the ‘Foundation’) to accept 
and administer such gifts. 
‘‘(b) BOARD OF THE FOUNDATION.— 
‘‘(1) MEMBERS.—The National Service Foun-
dation shall consist of a Board of the Foundation 
having as members the Administrator, ex officio, 
and no less than six private citizens of the United 
States appointed by the Administrator, who shall 
take into consideration appointing— 
‘‘(A) an individual who is between the ages 
of 18 and 25 who has served in a school-based 
or community-based service program; and 
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‘‘(B) an individual who has served as a su-
pervisor in the Senior Corps. 
‘‘(2) TERMS.—The initial terms of members 
first appointed shall be staggered to assure con-
tinuity of administration. Members appointed there-
after shall be appointed for a term of six years, un-
less a successor is chosen to fill a vacancy occurring 
prior to the expiration of the term for which his 
predecessor was chosen, in which event the successor 
shall be chosen only for the remainder of that term. 
‘‘(3) CHAIRMAN.—The Administrator shall be 
the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation. 
‘‘(4) STATUS.—Membership on the Board of 
the Foundation shall not be deemed to be an office 
within the meaning of the statutes of the United 
States. 
‘‘(5) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Board of the Foundation serving at any one 
time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business, and the Foundation shall have an official 
seal, which shall be judicially noticed. 
‘‘(6) MEETINGS.—The Board of the Founda-
tion shall meet at the call of the Chairman and there 
shall be at least one meeting each year. 
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‘‘(7) COMPENSATION.—No compensation shall 
be paid to the members of the Board of the Founda-
tion for their services as members, but they shall be 
reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling and 
subsistence expenses incurred by them in the per-
formance of their duties as such members out of Na-
tional Service Foundation funds available to the 
Board of the Foundation for such purposes. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION TO ACCEPT AND USE GIFTS 
AND BEQUESTS.—The Foundation is authorized to ac-
cept, receive, solicit, hold, administer, and use any gifts, 
devises, or bequests, either absolutely or in trust of real 
or personal property or any income therefrom or other in-
terest therein for the benefit of or in connection with, the 
Administration, its activities, or its services. The Founda-
tion may not accept any such gift, devise, or bequest which 
entails any expenditure other than from the resources of 
the Foundation. An interest in the real property includes, 
among other things, easements or other rights for preser-
vation, conservation, protection, or enhancement by and 
for the public of natural, scenic, historic, scientific, edu-
cational, inspirational, or recreational resources. A gift, 
devise, or bequest may be accepted by the Foundation 
even though it is encumbered, restricted, or subject to ben-
eficial interests of private persons if any current or future 
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interest therein is for the benefit of the Administration, 
its activities, or its services. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS, INVESTMENT.—Except as oth-
erwise required by the instrument of transfer, the Founda-
tion may sell, lease, invest, reinvest, retain, or otherwise 
dispose of or deal with any property or income thereof as 
the Board of the Foundation may from time to time deter-
mine. The Foundation shall not engage in any business, 
nor shall the Foundation make any investment that may 
not lawfully be made by a trust company in the District 
of Columbia, except that the Foundation may make any 
investment authorized by the instrument of transfer, and 
may retain any property accepted by the Foundation. The 
Foundation may utilize the services and facilities of the 
Administration, and such services and facilities may be 
made available on request to the extent practicable with-
out reimbursement therefor. 
‘‘(e) SUCCESSION, POWERS
AND LIABILITY.—The 
Foundation shall have perpetual succession, with all the 
usual powers and obligations of a corporation acting as 
a trustee, including the power to sue and to be sued in 
its own name, but the members of the Board of the Foun-
dation shall not be personally liable, except for malfea-
sance. The Foundation shall have the power to enter into 
contracts, to execute instruments, and generally to do any 
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