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forts to address educational inequity in low-income rural 
and urban communities. 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS, 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (the ‘‘Corporation’’) in car-
rying out programs, activities, and initiatives under the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 
(42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), $523,087,000 (reduced by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2007: Provided, That not more than $270,000,000 (re-
duced by $2,500,000) of the amount provided under this 
heading shall be available for grants under the National 
Service Trust Program authorized under subtitle C of title 
I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activi-
ties of the AmeriCorps program), including grants to orga-
nizations operating projects under the AmeriCorps Edu-
cation Awards Program (without regard to the require-
ments of sections 121 (d) and (e), section 131(e), section 
132, and sections 140 (a), (d), and (e) of the Act): Pro-
vided further, That not less than $146,000,000 of the 
amount provided under this heading, to remain available 
without fiscal year limitation, shall be transferred to the 
National Service Trust for educational awards authorized
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under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), 
of which up to $4,000,000 shall be available to support 
national service scholarships for high school students per-
forming community service, and of which $10,000,000 
shall be held in reserve as defined in Public Law 108– 
45: Provided further, That in addition to amounts other-
wise provided to the National Service Trust under the sec-
ond proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from the 
amount provided under the first proviso, to the National 
Service Trust authorized under subtitle D of title I of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12601) upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to Con-
gress: Provided further, That of the amount provided 
under this heading for grants under the National Service 
Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I of 
the Act, not more than $55,000,000 may be used to ad-
minister, reimburse, or support any national service pro-
gram authorized under section 121(d)(2) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)): Provided further, That not more 
than $9,945,000 shall be available for quality and innova-
tion activities authorized under subtitle H of title I of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12853 et seq.), of which $4,000,000 shall 
be available for challenge grants to non-profit organiza-
tions: Provided further, That notwithstanding subtitle H
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of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12853), none of the funds 
provided under the previous proviso shall be used to sup-
port salaries and related expenses (including travel) attrib-
utable to Corporation employees: Provided further, That 
to the maximum extent feasible, funds appropriated under 
subtitle C of title I of the Act shall be provided in a man-
ner that is consistent with the recommendations of peer 
review panels in order to ensure that priority is given to 
programs
that
demonstrate
quality,
innovation, 
replicability, and sustainability: Provided further, That 
$25,500,000 of the funds made available under this head-
ing shall be available for the Civilian Community Corps 
authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12611 et seq.): Provided further, That $40,000,000 (re-
duced by $2,500,000) shall be available for school-based 
and community-based service-learning programs author-
ized under subtitle B of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12521 
et seq.): Provided further, That $4,000,000 shall be avail-
able for audits and other evaluations authorized under sec-
tion 179 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12639): Provided further, 
That $10,000,000 of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be made available for the Points of Light 
Foundation for activities authorized under title III of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.), of which not more than 
$2,500,000 may be used to support an endowment fund,
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the corpus of which shall remain intact and the interest 
income from which shall be used to support activities de-
scribed in title III of the Act, provided that the Founda-
tion may invest the corpus and income in federally insured 
bank savings accounts or comparable interest bearing ac-
counts, certificates of deposit, money market funds, mu-
tual funds, obligations of the United States, and other 
market instruments and securities but not in real estate 
investments: Provided further, That no funds shall be 
available for national service programs run by Federal 
agencies authorized under section 121(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 12571(b)): Provided further, That $5,000,000 of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be made 
available to America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth, 
Inc.: Provided further, That to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Corporation shall increase significantly the 
level of matching funds and in-kind contributions provided 
by the private sector, and shall reduce the total Federal 
costs per participant in all programs: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of the Act, of the 
funds
provided
under
this
heading,
not
more
than 
$12,642,000 shall be made available to provide assistance 
to state commissions on national and community service 
under section 126(a) of the Act: Provided further, That 
the Corporation may use up to one percent of program
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grant funds made available under this heading to defray 
its costs of conducting grant application reviews, including 
the use of outside peer reviewers. 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) including 
payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the employment of experts and consult-
ants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed 
$2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$27,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $6,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2007. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term 
‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to national service 
education awards shall mean any loan determined by an 
institution of higher education to be necessary to cover 
a student’s cost of attendance at such institution and 
made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a student by a
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State agency, in addition to other meanings under section 
148(b)(7) of the National and Community Service Act. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of the National 
and Community Service Act to assist entities in placing 
applicants who are individuals with disabilities may be 
provided to any entity that receives a grant under section 
121 of the Act. 
The Inspector General of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service shall conduct random au-
dits of the grantees that administer activities under the 
AmeriCorps programs and shall levy sanctions in accord-
ance with standard Inspector General audit resolution pro-
cedures which include, but are not limited to, debarment 
of any grantee (or successor in interest or any entity with 
substantially the same person or persons in control) that 
has been determined to have committed any substantial 
violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps pro-
grams, including any grantee that has been determined 
to have violated the prohibition of using Federal funds to 
lobby the Congress: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall obtain reimbursements in the amount of any misused 
funds from any grantee that has been determined to have 
committed any substantial violations of the requirements 
of the AmeriCorps programs.