H. R. 1388 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine 
An Act 
Entitled The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, an Act to reauthorize and 
reform the national service laws 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Serve America 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 
1990 
Sec. 1001. References. 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 
Sec. 1101. Purposes. 
Sec. 1102. Definitions. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Learn and Serve America) 
Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 
Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions. 
Sec. 1203. Campuses of Service. 
Sec. 1204. Innovative programs and research. 
Sec. 1205. Service-learning impact study. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) 
Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation costs. 
Sec. 1302. Eligible national service programs. 
Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 
Sec. 1304. Conforming repeal relating to training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 1305. Assistance to State Commissions; challenge grants. 
Sec. 1306. Allocation of assistance to States and other eligible entities. 
Sec. 1307. Additional authority. 
Sec. 1308. State selection of programs. 
Sec. 1309. National service program assistance requirements. 
Sec. 1310. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 
Sec. 1311. Consideration of applications. 
Sec. 1312. Description of participants. 
Sec. 1313. Selection of national service participants. 
Sec. 1314. Terms of service. 
Sec. 1315. Adjustments to living allowance. 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and Provision of 
National Service Educational Awards) 
Sec. 1401. Availability of funds in the National Service Trust. 
Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust. 
Sec. 1403. Certifications. 
Sec. 1404. Determination of the amount of the educational award.
H. R. 1388—2 
Sec. 1405. Disbursement of educational awards. 
Sec. 1406. Approval process for approved positions. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Program components. 
Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 
Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 
Sec. 1505. National Civilian Community Corps. 
Sec. 1506. Training. 
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 
Sec. 1510. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 
Sec. 1511. Contract and grant authority. 
Sec. 1512. Other departments. 
Sec. 1513. Advisory Board. 
Sec. 1514. Evaluations. 
Sec. 1515. Repeal of funding limitation. 
Sec. 1516. Definitions. 
Sec. 1517. Terminology. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 
Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 
Sec. 1602. Reports. 
Sec. 1603. Use of funds. 
Sec. 1604. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
Sec. 1605. Resolution of displacement complaints. 
Sec. 1606. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
Sec. 1607. Evaluation and accountability. 
Sec. 1608. Civic Health Assessment. 
Sec. 1609. Contingent extension. 
Sec. 1610. Partnerships with schools. 
Sec. 1611. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 
Sec. 1612. Additional administrative provisions. 
Sec. 1613. Availability of assistance. 
Sec. 1614. Criminal history checks for individuals working with vulnerable popu-
lations. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and Community 
Service) 
Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 
Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 
Sec. 1703. Chief Executive Officer compensation. 
Sec. 1704. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 
Sec. 1705. Chief Financial Officer status. 
Sec. 1706. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 
Sec. 1707. Donated services. 
Sec. 1708. Assignment to State Commissions. 
Sec. 1709. Study of involvement of veterans. 
Sec. 1710. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced workers 
in services corps and community service and to develop pilot program 
planning study. 
Sec. 1711. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of agency coordination. 
Sec. 1712. Study of program effectiveness. 
Sec. 1713. Volunteer Management Corps study. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H (Investment for Quality and Innovation) 
Sec. 1801. Technical amendment to subtitle H. 
Sec. 1802. Additional Corporation activities to support national service. 
Sec. 1803. Repeals. 
Sec. 1804. Presidential awards. 
Sec. 1805. New fellowships. 
Sec. 1806. National Service Reserve Corps. 
Sec. 1807. Social Innovation Funds pilot program. 
Sec. 1808. Clearinghouses. 
Sec. 1809. Nonprofit Capacity Building Program. 
Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 
Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance.
H. R. 1388—4 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL 
AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT OF 1990 
SEC. 1001. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this 
title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amend-
ment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amendment or repeal shall 
be considered to be made to a provision of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A 
(General Provisions) 
SEC. 1101. PURPOSES. 
Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘community throughout’’ 
and inserting ‘‘community and service throughout the varied 
and diverse communities of’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘income,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘geographic location,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘existing’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘national’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘programs and agencies’’ and inserting 
‘‘programs, agencies, and communities’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(5) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting 
a semicolon; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) expand and strengthen service-learning programs 
through year-round opportunities, including opportunities 
during the summer months, to improve the education of chil-
dren and youth and to maximize the benefits of national and 
community service, in order to renew the ethic of civic responsi-
bility and the spirit of community for children and youth 
throughout the United States; 
‘‘(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening Federal and 
other service opportunities, including opportunities for partici-
pation in emergency and disaster preparedness, relief, and 
recovery; 
‘‘(11) increase service opportunities for the Nation’s retiring 
professionals, including such opportunities for those retiring 
from the science, technical, engineering, and mathematics 
professions, to improve the education of the Nation’s youth 
and keep America competitive in the global knowledge economy, 
and to further utilize the experience, knowledge, and skills 
of older individuals; 
‘‘(12) encourage the continued service of the alumni of 
the national service programs, including service in times of 
national need; 
‘‘(13) encourage individuals age 55 or older to partake 
of service opportunities; 
‘‘(14) focus national service on the areas of national need 
such service has the capacity to address, such as improving
H. R. 1388—5 
education, increasing energy conservation, improving the health 
status 
of 
economically 
disadvantaged 
individuals, 
and 
improving economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged 
individuals; 
‘‘(15) recognize and increase the impact of social entre-
preneurs and other nonprofit community organizations in 
addressing national and local challenges; 
‘‘(16) increase public and private investment in nonprofit 
community organizations that are effectively addressing 
national and local challenges and encourage such organizations 
to replicate and expand successful initiatives; 
‘‘(17) leverage Federal investments to increase State, local, 
business, and philanthropic resources to address national and 
local challenges; 
‘‘(18) support institutions of higher education that engage 
students in community service activities and provide high- 
quality service-learning opportunities; and 
‘‘(19) recognize the expertise veterans can offer to national 
service programs, expand the participation of the veterans in 
the national service programs, and assist the families of vet-
erans and members of the Armed Forces on active duty.’’. 
SEC. 1102. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘described in section 122’’; 
(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 101(a) 
and 102(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965’’; 
(3) in paragraph (17)(B), by striking ‘‘program in which 
the participant is enrolled’’ and inserting ‘‘organization 
receiving assistance under the national service laws through 
which the participant is engaging in service’’; 
(4) in paragraph (19)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 111(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
112(a)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘117A(a),’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘119(b)(1), or 122(a),’’ and inserting 
‘‘118A, or 118(b)(1), or subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
122,’’; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘section 198B, 198C, 198G, 198H, 
or 198K,’’ after ‘‘section 152(b),’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘198, 198C, or 198D’’ and inserting 
‘‘179A, 198, 198O, 198P, or 199N’’; 
(5) in paragraph (21)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting ‘‘602(3)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting ‘‘1401(3)’’; 
(6) in paragraph (24), by striking ‘‘section 111’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 112’’; 
(7) in paragraph (26), by striking the second sentence; 
and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(30) ALASKA
NATIVE-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Alaska Native-serving institution’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 
‘‘(31) APPROVED
SILVER
SCHOLAR
POSITION.—The term 
‘approved silver scholar position’ means a position, in a program
H. R. 1388—6 
described in section 198C(a), for which the Corporation has 
approved the provision of a silver scholarship educational award 
as one of the benefits to be provided for successful service 
in the position. 
‘‘(32) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term 
‘approved summer of service position’ means a position, in 
a program described in section 119(c)(8), for which the Corpora-
tion has approved the provision of a summer of service edu-
cational award as one of the benefits to be provided for success-
ful service in the position. 
‘‘(33) ASIAN
AMERICAN
AND
NATIVE
AMERICAN
PACIFIC 
ISLANDER-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Asian American 
and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 320(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b)). 
‘‘(34) AUTHORIZING
COMMITTEES.—The term ‘authorizing 
committees’ means the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 
‘‘(35) COMMUNITY-BASED
ENTITY.—The term ‘community- 
based entity’ means a public or private nonprofit organization 
that— 
‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 
‘‘(B) meets other such criteria as the Chief Executive 
Officer may establish. 
‘‘(36) DISADVANTAGED
YOUTH.—The term ‘disadvantaged 
youth’ includes those youth who are economically disadvantaged 
and 1 or more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, including out-of- 
school youth who are unemployed. 
‘‘(B) Who are in or aging out of foster care. 
‘‘(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 
‘‘(D) Who are homeless or who have run away from 
home. 
‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave secondary school without 
a diploma. 
‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at risk of 
delinquency. 
‘‘(G) Who are individuals with disabilities. 
‘‘(37) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAM.—The term ‘encore service 
program’ means a program, carried out by an eligible entity 
as described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122, that— 
‘‘(A) involves a significant number of participants age 
55 or older in the program; and 
‘‘(B) takes advantage of the skills and experience that 
such participants offer in the design and implementation 
of the program. 
‘‘(38) HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Hispanic- 
serving institution’ has the meaning given such term in section 
502(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 
‘‘(39) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘historically black college or university’ means a part 
B institution, as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
‘‘(40) MEDICALLY
UNDERSERVED
POPULATION.—The term 
‘medically underserved population’ has the meaning given that
H. R. 1388—7 
term in section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)). 
‘‘(41) NATIVE AMERICAN-SERVING, NONTRIBAL INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Native American-serving, nontribal institution’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 319(b) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)). 
‘‘(42) NATIVE
HAWAIIAN-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Native Hawaiian-serving institution’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 
‘‘(43) PREDOMINANTLY
BLACK
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1059e). 
‘‘(44) PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.—The term ‘prin-
ciples of scientific research’ means principles of research that— 
‘‘(A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objective method-
ology to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to 
the subject matter involved; 
‘‘(B) present findings and make claims that are appro-
priate to, and supported by, the methods that have been 
employed; and 
‘‘(C) include, appropriate to the research being con-
ducted— 
‘‘(i) use of systematic, empirical methods that draw 
on observation or experiment; 
‘‘(ii) use of data analyses that are adequate to 
support the general findings; 
‘‘(iii) reliance on measurements or observational 
methods that provide reliable and generalizable 
findings; 
‘‘(iv) strong claims of causal relationships, only 
with research designs that eliminate plausible com-
peting explanations for observed results, such as, but 
not limited to, random-assignment experiments; 
‘‘(v) presentation of studies and methods in suffi-
cient detail and clarity to allow for replication or, at 
a minimum, to offer the opportunity to build systemati-
cally on the findings of the research; 
‘‘(vi) acceptance by a peer-reviewed journal or cri-
tique by a panel of independent experts through a 
comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review; 
and 
‘‘(vii) consistency of findings across multiple 
studies or sites to support the generality of results 
and conclusions. 
‘‘(45) 
QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term 
‘qualified 
organization’ means a public or private nonprofit organization 
with experience working with school-age youth that meets such 
criteria as the Chief Executive Officer may establish. 
‘‘(46) SCIENTIFICALLY VALID RESEARCH.—The term ‘scientif-
ically valid research’ includes applied research, basic research, 
and field-initiated research in which the rationale, design, and 
interpretation are soundly developed in accordance with prin-
ciples of scientific research.
H. R. 1388—8 
‘‘(47) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(48) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘tribally controlled college or university’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges 
and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 
‘‘(49) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.’’. 
(b) 
REDESIGNATION.—Section 
101 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12511) 
is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (49) as para-
graphs (1), (3), (8), (9), (10), (12), (14), (15), (19), (20), (21), 
(22), (23), (24), (26), (29), (30), (31), (34), (35), (37), (39), (40), 
(41), (42), (43), (44), (45), (46), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), 
(16), (17), (18), (25), (27), (28), (32), (33), (36), (38), (47), (48), 
and (49); and 
(2) so that paragraphs (1) through (49), as so redesignated 
in paragraph (1), appear in numerical order. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B 
(Learn and Serve America) 
SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 
Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 
‘‘SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this part is to promote service-learning as 
a strategy to— 
‘‘(1) support high-quality service-learning projects that 
engage students in meeting community needs with demon-
strable results, while enhancing students’ academic and civic 
learning; and 
‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capacity, including 
the training of educators, and to strengthen the service infra-
structure to expand service opportunities. 
‘‘SEC. 111A. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(2) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term ‘State edu-
cational agency’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State educational agency (as defined in section 
101) of a State; or 
‘‘(B) for a State in which a State educational agency 
described in subparagraph (A) has designated a statewide 
entity under section 112(e), that designated statewide 
entity.
H. R. 1388—9 
‘‘SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND INDIAN TRIBES. 
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS
TO
STATES, TERRITORIES, 
AND
INDIAN 
TRIBES.—The Corporation, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Education, may make allotments to State educational agencies, 
territories, and Indian tribes to pay for the Federal share of— 
‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity within the State, 
territory, or Indian tribe involved to implement service-learning 
programs that are based principally in elementary schools and 
secondary schools, including— 
‘‘(A) providing training and professional development 
for teachers, supervisors, personnel from community-based 
entities (particularly with regard to the recruitment, utili-
zation, and management of participants), and trainers, to 
be conducted by qualified individuals or organizations that 
have experience with service-learning; 
‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula, consistent 
with State or local academic content standards, to be 
integrated into academic programs, including curricula for 
an age-appropriate learning component that provides 
participants an opportunity to analyze and apply their 
service experiences; 
‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described in paragraph 
(2) or (4)(D) to develop school-based service-learning pro-
grams in accordance with this part; 
‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for research on and 
evaluation of the educational value of service-learning and 
the effect of service-learning activities on communities; 
‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and dissemination 
of information to ensure the broadest possible involvement 
of community-based entities with demonstrated effective-
ness in working with school-age youth in their commu-
nities; and 
‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and dissemination 
of information to ensure the broadest possible participation 
of schools throughout the State, throughout the territory, 
or serving the Indian tribe involved with particular atten-
tion to schools not making adequate yearly progress for 
two or more consecutive years under section 1111 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
service-learning programs, which may include paying for the 
cost of the recruitment, training, supervision, placement, sala-
ries, and benefits of service-learning coordinators, through dis-
tribution by State educational agencies, territories, and Indian 
tribes of Federal funds made available under this part to 
projects operated by local partnerships among— 
‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and 
‘‘(B) 1 or more community partners that— 
‘‘(i) shall include a public or private nonprofit 
organization that— 
‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise in the provi-
sion of services to meet unmet human, education, 
environmental, or public safety needs; 
‘‘(II) will make projects available for partici-
pants, who shall be students; and
H. R. 1388—10 
‘‘(III) was in existence at least 1 year before 
the date on which the organization submitted an 
application under section 113; and 
‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit business, pri-
vate elementary school or secondary school, or Indian 
tribe (except that an Indian tribe distributing funds 
to a project under this paragraph is not eligible to 
be part of the partnership operating that project); 
‘‘(3) planning of school-based service-learning programs, 
through distribution by State educational agencies, territories, 
and Indian tribes of Federal funds made available under this 
part to local educational agencies and Indian tribes, which 
planning may include paying for the cost of— 
‘‘(A) the salaries and benefits of service-learning 
coordinators; or 
‘‘(B) the recruitment, training and professional develop-
ment, supervision, and placement of service-learning 
coordinators who may be participants in a program under 
subtitle C or receive a national service educational award 
under subtitle D, who may be participants in a project 
under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001), or who may participate in a 
Youthbuild program under section 173A of the Workforce 
Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a), 
who will identify the community partners described in para-
graph (2)(B) and assist in the design and implementation of 
a program described in paragraph (2); 
‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding school-based 
service-learning programs to utilize adult volunteers in service- 
learning to improve the education of students, through distribu-
tion by State educational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes 
of Federal funds made available under this part to— 
‘‘(A) local educational agencies; 
‘‘(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian tribe distrib-
uting funds under this paragraph is not eligible to be 
a recipient of those funds); 
‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organizations; or 
‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local educational 
agencies, and entities described in subparagraph (B) or 
(C); and 
‘‘(5) developing, as service-learning programs, civic engage-
ment programs that promote a better understanding of— 
‘‘(A) the principles of the Constitution, the heroes of 
United States history (including military heroes), and the 
meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance; 
‘‘(B) how the Nation’s government functions; and 
‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Nation’s character. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—A service- 
learning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection 
(a) shall provide services to a local partnership described in sub-
section (a)(2) or entity described in subsection (a)(3), respectively, 
that may include— 
‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and information to, and 
facilitating the training of, teachers and assisting in the plan-
ning, development, execution, and evaluation of service-learning 
in their classrooms;
H. R. 1388—11 
‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in subsection 
(a)(2) in the planning, development, and execution of service- 
learning projects, including summer of service programs; 
‘‘(3) assisting schools and local educational agencies in 
developing school policies and practices that support the 
integration of service-learning into the curriculum; and 
‘‘(4) carrying out such other duties as the local partnership 
or entity, respectively, may determine to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives financial 
assistance under this part from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 
may, in carrying out the activities described in subsection (a), 
use such assistance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable 
costs related to the supervision of participants, program administra-
tion, transportation, insurance, and evaluations and for other 
reasonable expenses related to the activities. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency described in 
section 111A(2)(A) may designate a statewide entity (which may 
be a community-based entity) with demonstrated experience in 
supporting or implementing service-learning programs, to receive 
the State educational agency’s allotment under this part, and carry 
out the functions of the agency under this part. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION WITH SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—The Cor-
poration is authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary 
of Education for initiatives (and may use funds authorized under 
section 501(a)(6) to enter into the agreements if the additional 
costs of the initiatives are warranted) that may include— 
‘‘(1) identification and dissemination of research findings 
on service-learning and scientifically valid research based prac-
tices for service-learning; and 
‘‘(2) provision of professional development opportunities 
that— 
‘‘(A) improve the quality of service-learning instruction 
and delivery for teachers both preservice and in-service, 
personnel from community-based entities and youth 
workers; and 
‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partnerships for 
service-learning programs between local educational agen-
cies, community-based entities, businesses, and other 
stakeholders. 
‘‘SEC. 112A. ALLOTMENTS. 
‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES.—Of the amounts appro-
priated to carry out this part for any fiscal year, the Corporation 
shall reserve an amount of not less than 2 percent and not more 
than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the United States 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with 
their respective needs. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After reserving an amount under sub-
section (a), the Corporation shall use the remainder of the 
funds appropriated to carry out this part for the fiscal year 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—From 
50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall allot 
to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to 
50 percent of such remainder as the number of school-
H. R. 1388—12 
age youth in the State bears to the total number of school- 
age youth in all States. 
‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS
BASED
ON
ALLOCATIONS
UNDER 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— 
From 50 percent of such remainder, the Corporation shall 
allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio 
to 50 percent of such remainder as the allocation to the 
State for the previous fiscal year under title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) bears to the total of such allocations 
to all States. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for which 
amounts appropriated for this subtitle exceed $50,000,000, the 
minimum allotment to each State under paragraph (1) shall 
be $75,000. 
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines that the 
allotment of a State, territory, or Indian tribe under this section 
will not be required for a fiscal year because the State, territory, 
or Indian tribe did not submit and receive approval of an application 
for the allotment under section 113, the Corporation shall make 
the allotment for such State, territory, or Indian tribe available 
for grants to community-based entities to carry out service-learning 
programs as described in section 112(b) in such State, in such 
territory, or for such Indian tribe. After community-based entities 
apply for grants from the allotment, by submitting an application 
at such time and in such manner as the Corporation requires, 
and receive approval, the remainder of such allotment shall be 
available for reallotment to such other States, territories, or Indian 
tribes with approved applications submitted under section 113 as 
the Corporation may determine to be appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS TO CORPORATION FOR ALLOTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an allotment 
under section 112A, a State, acting through the State edu-
cational agency, territory, or Indian tribe shall prepare and 
submit to the Corporation an application at such time and 
in such manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably 
require, and obtain approval of the application. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application for an allotment under sec-
tion 112 shall include— 
‘‘(A) a proposal for a 3-year plan promoting service- 
learning, which shall contain such information as the Chief 
Executive Officer may reasonably require, including how 
the applicant will integrate service opportunities into the 
academic program of the participants; 
‘‘(B) information about the criteria the State edu-
cational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will use to 
evaluate and grant approval to applications submitted 
under subsection (b), including an assurance that the State 
educational agency, territory, or Indian tribe will comply 
with the requirement in section 114(a); 
‘‘(C) assurances about the applicant’s efforts to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that students of different ages, races, 
sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, and economic back-
grounds have opportunities to serve together;
H. R. 1388—13 
‘‘(ii) include any opportunities for students, 
enrolled in schools or programs of education providing 
elementary or secondary education, to participate in 
service-learning programs and ensure that such 
service-learning programs include opportunities for 
such students to serve together; 
‘‘(iii) involve participants in the design and oper-
ation of the programs; 
‘‘(iv) promote service-learning in areas of greatest 
need, including low-income or rural areas; and 
‘‘(v) otherwise integrate service opportunities into 
the academic program of the participants; and 
‘‘(D) assurances that the applicant will comply with 
the nonduplication and nondisplacement requirements of 
section 177 and the notice, hearing, and grievance proce-
dures required by section 176. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN TRIBE FOR 
ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 
‘‘(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, territory, local 
educational agency, for-profit business, private elementary 
school or secondary school, or institution of higher edu-
cation that desires to receive financial assistance under 
this subpart from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for 
an activity described in section 112(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) partnership described in section 112(a)(2) that 
desires to receive such assistance from a State, territory, 
or Indian tribe for an activity described in section 112(a)(2); 
‘‘(C) entity described in section 112(a)(3) that desires 
to receive such assistance from a State, territory, or Indian 
tribe for an activity described in such section; 
‘‘(D) entity or partnership described in section 112(a)(4) 
that desires to receive such assistance from a State, terri-
tory, or Indian tribe for an activity described in such sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(E) entity that desires to receive such assistance from 
a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity described 
in section 111(a)(5), 
shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency for the 
State, territory, or Indian tribe, and obtain approval of, an 
application for the program. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submitted at 
such time and in such manner, and shall contain such informa-
tion, as the agency, territory, or Indian tribe may reasonably 
require. 
‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) CRITERIA FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assist-
ance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or 
Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall 
consider criteria with respect to sustainability, replicability, innova-
tion, and quality of programs. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In providing assist-
ance under this part, a State educational agency, territory, or 
Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 112A(c) applies) shall 
give priority to entities that submit applications under section 113
H. R. 1388—14 
with respect to service-learning programs described in section 111 
that are in the greatest need of assistance, such as programs 
targeting low-income areas or serving economically disadvantaged 
youth. 
‘‘(c) REJECTION OF APPLICATIONS TO CORPORATION.—If the Cor-
poration rejects an application submitted by a State, territory, 
or Indian tribe under section 113 for an allotment, the Corporation 
shall promptly notify the State, territory, or Indian tribe of the 
reasons for the rejection of the application. The Corporation shall 
provide the State, territory, or Indian tribe with a reasonable oppor-
tunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall provide 
technical assistance, if needed, to the State, territory, or Indian 
tribe as part of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall 
promptly reconsider such resubmitted application. 
‘‘SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PRI-
VATE SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the number 
of students in the State, in the territory, or served by the Indian 
tribe or in the school district of the local educational agency involved 
who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools, such State, territory, or Indian tribe, or agency 
shall (after consultation with appropriate private school representa-
tives) make provision— 
‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrangements for 
the benefit of such students so as to allow for the equitable 
participation of such students in the programs implemented 
to carry out the objectives and provide the benefits described 
in this part; and 
‘‘(2) for the training of the teachers of such students so 
as to allow for the equitable participation of such teachers 
in the programs implemented to carry out the objectives and 
provide the benefits described in this part. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local edu-
cational agency is prohibited by law from providing for the participa-
tion of students or teachers from private nonprofit schools as 
required by subsection (a), or if the Corporation determines that 
a State, territory, Indian tribe, or local educational agency substan-
tially fails or is unwilling to provide for such participation on 
an equitable basis, the Chief Executive Officer shall waive such 
requirements and shall arrange for the provision of services to 
such students and teachers. 
‘‘SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) CORPORATION SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation share of the cost of 
carrying out a program for which a grant is made from an 
allotment under this part— 
‘‘(A) for new grants may not exceed 80 percent of 
the total cost of the program for the first year of the 
grant period, 65 percent for the second year, and 50 percent 
for each remaining year; and 
‘‘(B) for continuing grants, may not exceed 50 percent 
of the total cost of the program. 
‘‘(2) NONCORPORATION CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 
remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 
each recipient of such a grant under this part—
H. R. 1388—15 
‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through a payment 
in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
equipment, or services; 
‘‘(B) except as provided in subparagraph (C), may pro-
vide for such share through Federal, State, or local sources, 
including private funds or donated services; and 
‘‘(C) may not provide for such share through Federal 
funds made available under title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) 
or the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with respect 
to any such program for any fiscal year, on a determination that 
such a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of resources at 
the local level. 
‘‘SEC. 117. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance received 
by a State, territory, or Indian tribe that is the original recipient 
of an allotment under this part for a fiscal year may be used 
to pay, in accordance with such standards as the Corporation may 
issue, for administrative costs, incurred by that recipient.’’. 
SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) is redesig-
nated as section 118. 
(b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.—Section 118 
(as so redesignated) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘community service 
programs’’ the following: ‘‘through service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘consortium’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the institution or partnership may coordinate with 
service-learning curricula being offered in the academic 
curricula at the institution of higher education or at 1 
or more members of the partnership;’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘teachers at the elementary, secondary, and 
postsecondary levels’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions of 
higher education and their faculty’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘education 
of the institution; and’’ and inserting ‘‘curricula of the 
institution to strengthen the instructional capacity of 
teachers to provide service-learning at the elementary 
and secondary levels;’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C); and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing:
H. R. 1388—16 
‘‘(B) including service-learning as a component of other 
curricula or academic programs (other than education cur-
ricula or programs), such as curricula or programs relating 
to nursing, medicine, criminal justice, or public policy; and’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g); 
(4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of 
carrying out a program for which assistance is provided 
under this part may not exceed 50 percent of the total 
cost of the program. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—In providing for the 
remaining share of the cost of carrying out such a program, 
each recipient of a grant or contract under this part— 
‘‘(i) shall provide for such share through a payment 
in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, 
equipment, or services; and 
‘‘(ii) may provide for such share through State 
sources or local sources, including private funds or 
donated services. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive the 
requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or in part with respect 
to any such program for any fiscal year if the Corporation 
determines that such a waiver would be equitable due to a 
lack of available financial resources at the local level. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter into a con-
tract under this part, an institution or partnership shall prepare 
and submit to the Corporation, an application at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information and assur-
ances as the Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain 
approval of the application. In requesting applications for 
assistance under this part, the Corporation shall specify such 
required information and assurances. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under para-
graph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) assurances that— 
‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a participant, the 
applicant will consult with the appropriate local labor 
organization, if any, 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 prevent 
the displacement and protect the rights of such 
employees; and 
‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with the nonduplica-
tion and nondisplacement provisions of section 177 
and the notice, hearing, and grievance procedures 
required by section 176; and 
‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent practicable, in 
making grants and entering into contracts under subsection (b), 
the Corporation shall give special consideration to applications sub-
mitted by, or applications from partnerships including, institutions 
serving primarily low-income populations, including—
H. R. 1388—17 
‘‘(1) Alaska Native-serving institutions; 
‘‘(2) Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander- 
serving institutions; 
‘‘(3) Hispanic-serving institutions; 
‘‘(4) historically black colleges and universities; 
‘‘(5) Native American-serving, nontribal institutions; 
‘‘(6) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; 
‘‘(7) Predominantly Black Institutions; 
‘‘(8) tribally controlled colleges and universities; and 
‘‘(9) community colleges serving predominantly minority 
populations. 
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants and entering into con-
tracts under subsection (b), the Corporation shall take into consider-
ation whether the applicants submit applications containing pro-
posals that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institution of 
higher education involved, other than by demonstrating the 
commitment of the students, to supporting the community 
service projects carried out under the program; 
‘‘(2) specify the manner in which the institution will pro-
mote faculty, administration, and staff participation in the 
community service projects; 
‘‘(3) specify the manner in which the institution will provide 
service to the community through organized programs, 
including, where appropriate, clinical programs for students 
in professional schools and colleges; 
‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will participate in the 
community service projects, such as a partnership comprised 
of— 
‘‘(A) the institution; 
‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 
‘‘(ii) a local government agency; or 
‘‘(iii) a nonprofit entity that serves or involves school- 
age youth, older adults, or low-income communities; and 
‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 
‘‘(ii) a department of the institution; or 
‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of different depart-
ments, schools, or colleges at the institution; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the develop-
ment of the proposal and the extent to which the proposal 
will contribute to the goals of the involved community members; 
‘‘(6) demonstrate a commitment to perform community 
service projects in underserved urban and rural communities; 
‘‘(7) describe research on effective strategies and methods 
to improve service utilized in the design of the projects; 
‘‘(8) specify that the institution or partnership will use 
the assistance provided through the grant or contract to 
strengthen the service infrastructure in institutions of higher 
education; 
‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery of services, 
specify projects that involve leadership development of school- 
age youth; or 
‘‘(10) describe the needs that the proposed projects are 
designed to address, such as housing, economic development, 
infrastructure, health care, job training, education, crime 
prevention, urban planning, transportation, information tech-
nology, or child welfare.
H. R. 1388—18 
‘‘(g) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for assistance under 
this part, an institution of higher education shall demonstrate that 
it meets the minimum requirements under section 443(b)(2)(A) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(A)) relating 
to the participation of students employed under part C of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) 
(relating to Federal Work-Study programs) in community service 
activities, or has received a waiver of those requirements from 
the Secretary of Education. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as used in this 
part, the term ‘student’ means an individual who is enrolled in 
an institution of higher education on a full- or part-time basis.’’. 
SEC. 1203. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 118 (as redesignated by section 1202) 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 118A. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, may annually designate not more than 
25 institutions of higher education as Campuses of Service, from 
among institutions nominated by State Commissions. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomination to receive 
designation under subsection (a), and have an opportunity to 
apply for funds under subsection (d) for a fiscal year, an institu-
tion of higher education in a State shall submit an application 
to the State Commission at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the State Commission may 
require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the application shall 
include information specifying— 
‘‘(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, if applicable, 
graduate service-learning courses offered at such institu-
tion for the most recent full academic year preceding the 
fiscal year for which designation is sought; and 
‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of undergraduate stu-
dents and, if applicable, the number and percentage of 
graduate students at such institution who were enrolled 
in the corresponding courses described in clause (i), for 
such preceding academic year; 
‘‘(B) 
the 
percentage 
of 
undergraduate 
students 
engaging in and, if applicable, the percentage of graduate 
students engaging in activities providing community serv-
ices, as defined in section 441(c) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such preceding 
academic year, the quality of such activities, and the aver-
age amount of time spent, per student, engaged in such 
activities; 
‘‘(C) for such preceding academic year, the percentage 
of Federal work-study funds made available to the institu-
tion under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to com-
pensate students employed in providing community serv-
ices, as so defined, and a description of the efforts the 
institution undertakes to make available to students
H. R. 1388—19 
opportunities to provide such community services and be 
compensated through such work-study funds; 
‘‘(D) at the discretion of the institution, information 
demonstrating the degree to which recent graduates of 
the institution, and all graduates of the institution, have 
obtained full-time public service employment in the non-
profit sector or government, with a private nonprofit 
organization or a Federal, State, or local public agency; 
and 
‘‘(E) any programs the institution has in place to 
encourage or assist graduates of the institution to pursue 
careers in public service in the nonprofit sector or govern-
ment. 
‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State Commission that receives 
applications from institutions of higher education under 
subsection (b) may nominate, for designation under sub-
section (a), not more than 3 such institutions of higher 
education, consisting of— 
‘‘(i) not more than one 4-year public institution 
of higher education; 
‘‘(ii) not more than one 4-year private institution 
of higher education; and 
‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year institution of higher 
education. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—The State Commission shall submit 
to the Corporation the name and application of each institu-
tion nominated by the State Commission under subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall designate, under 
subsection (a), not more than 25 institutions of higher education 
from among the institutions nominated under paragraph (1). 
In making the designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible, 
designate various types of institutions, including institutions 
from each of the categories of institutions described in clauses 
(i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Using sums reserved under section 
501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service, the Corporation shall 
provide an award of funds to institutions designated under 
subsection (c), to be used by the institutions to develop or 
disseminate service-learning models and information on best 
practices regarding service-learning to other institutions of 
higher education. 
‘‘(2) PLAN.—To be eligible to receive funds under this sub-
section, an institution designated under subsection (c) shall 
submit a plan to the Corporation describing how the institution 
intends to use the funds to develop or disseminate service- 
learning models and information on best practices regarding 
service-learning to other institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall determine how 
the funds reserved under section 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses 
of Service for a fiscal year will be allocated among the institu-
tions submitting acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In deter-
mining the amount of funds to be allocated to such an institu-
tion, the Corporation shall consider the number of students
H. R. 1388—20 
at the institution, the quality and scope of the plan submitted 
by the institution under paragraph (2), and the institution’s 
current (as of the date of submission of the plan) strategies 
to encourage or assist students to pursue public service careers 
in the nonprofit sector or government.’’. 
SEC. 1204. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended 
by section 1203, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘PART 
III—INNOVATIVE 
AND 
COMMUNITY- 
BASED SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND 
RESEARCH 
‘‘SEC. 119. INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE-LEARNING 
PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’ means a 
State educational agency, a State Commission, a territory, an 
Indian tribe, an institution of higher education, or a public 
or private nonprofit organization (including community-based 
entities), a public or private elementary school or secondary 
school, a local educational agency, a consortium of such entities, 
or a consortium of 2 or more such entities and a for-profit 
organization. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligible partnership’ 
means a partnership that— 
‘‘(A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) 1 or more community-based entities that have 
demonstrated records of success in carrying out service- 
learning programs with economically disadvantaged 
students, and that meet such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish; and 
‘‘(ii) a local educational agency for which— 
‘‘(I) a high number or percentage, as deter-
mined by the Corporation, of the students served 
by the agency are economically disadvantaged stu-
dents; and 
‘‘(II) the graduation rate (as defined in section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) 
and as clarified in applicable regulations promul-
gated by the Department of Education for the sec-
ondary school students served by the agency is 
less than 70 percent; and 
‘‘(B) may also include— 
‘‘(i) a local government agency that is not described 
in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive officer of a 
unit of general local government; 
‘‘(iii) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(iv) a State Commission or State educational 
agency; or 
‘‘(v) more than 1 local educational agency described 
in subclause (I).
H. R. 1388—21 
‘‘(3) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE.—The term ‘youth engage-
ment zone’ means the area in which a youth engagement zone 
program is carried out. 
‘‘(4) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.—The term ‘youth 
engagement zone program’ means a service-learning program 
in which members of an eligible partnership collaborate to 
provide coordinated school-based or community-based service- 
learning opportunities— 
‘‘(A) in order to address a specific community challenge; 
‘‘(B) for an increasing percentage of out-of-school youth 
and secondary school students served by a local educational 
agency; and 
‘‘(C) in circumstances under which— 
‘‘(i) not less than 90 percent of such students 
participate in service-learning activities as part of the 
program; or 
‘‘(ii) service-learning is a part of the curriculum 
in all of the secondary schools served by the local 
educational agency. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Corporation may make 
grants (which may include approved summer of service positions 
in the case of a grant for a program described in subsection (c)(8)) 
and fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to 
eligible entities or eligible partnerships, as appropriate, for pro-
grams and activities described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this part may be 
used to— 
‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into the science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics (referred to in this 
part as ‘STEM’) curricula at the elementary, secondary, postsec-
ondary, or postbaccalaureate levels in coordination with prac-
ticing or retired STEM professionals; 
‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning programs focusing 
on energy conservation in their community, including con-
ducting educational outreach on energy conservation and 
working to improve energy efficiency in low-income housing 
and in public spaces; 
‘‘(3) involve students in service-learning programs in emer-
gency and disaster preparedness; 
‘‘(4) involve students in service-learning programs aimed 
at improving access to and obtaining the benefits from com-
puters and other emerging technologies, including improving 
such access for individuals with disabilities, in low-income or 
rural communities, in senior centers and communities, in 
schools, in libraries, and in other public spaces; 
‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the mentoring of 
middle school youth while involving all participants in service- 
learning to seek to meet unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, public safety, or emergency and disaster preparedness 
needs in their community; 
‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on service-learning, 
including service-learning in middle schools, and disseminate 
such research and evaluations widely; 
‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities as described 
in section 112(a);
H. R. 1388—22 
‘‘(8) establish or implement summer of service programs 
(giving priority to programs that enroll youth who will be 
enrolled in any of grades 6 through 9 at the end of the summer 
concerned) during the summer months (including recruiting, 
training, and placing service-learning coordinators)— 
‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any of grades 
6 through 12 at the end of the summer concerned; and 
‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning projects— 
‘‘(i) that shall— 
‘‘(I) meet unmet human, educational, environ-
mental 
(including 
energy 
conservation 
and 
stewardship), 
and 
emergency 
and 
disaster 
preparedness and other public safety needs; and 
‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, supervised, and 
designed to produce identifiable improvements to 
the community; 
‘‘(ii) that may include the extension of academic 
year service-learning programs into the summer 
months; and 
‘‘(iii) under which a student who completes 100 
hours of service as described in section 146(b)(2), shall 
be eligible for a summer of service educational award 
of $500 or $750 as described in sections 146(a)(2)(C) 
and 147(d); 
‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement zone pro-
grams in youth engagement zones, for students in secondary 
schools served by local educational agencies for which a 
majority of such students do not participate in service-learning 
activities that are— 
‘‘(A) carried out by eligible partnerships; and 
‘‘(B) designed to— 
‘‘(i) involve all students in secondary schools served 
by the local educational agency in service-learning to 
address a specific community challenge; 
‘‘(ii) improve student engagement, including stu-
dent attendance and student behavior, and student 
achievement, graduation rates, and college-going rates 
at secondary schools; and 
‘‘(iii) involve an increasing percentage of students 
in secondary school and out-of-school youth in the 
community 
in 
school-based 
or 
community-based 
service-learning activities each year, with the goal of 
involving all students in secondary schools served by 
the local educational agency and involving an 
increasing percentage of the out-of-school youth in 
service-learning activities; and 
‘‘(10) conduct semester of service programs that— 
‘‘(A) provide opportunities for secondary school stu-
dents to participate in a semester of coordinated school- 
based or community-based service-learning opportunities 
for a minimum of 70 hours (of which at least a third 
will be spent participating in field-based activities) over 
a semester, to address specific community challenges; 
‘‘(B) engage as participants high percentages or num-
bers of economically disadvantaged students; 
‘‘(C) allow participants to receive academic credit, for 
the time spent in the classroom and in the field for the
H. R. 1388—23 
program, that is equivalent to the academic credit for any 
class of equivalent length and with an equivalent time 
commitment; and 
‘‘(D) ensure that the classroom-based instruction 
component of the program is integrated into the academic 
program of the local educational agency involved; and 
‘‘(11) carry out any other innovative service-learning pro-
grams or research that the Corporation considers appropriate. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant to carry 
out a program or activity under this part, an entity or partnership, 
as appropriate, shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an 
application at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require, and obtain approval of the applica-
tion. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this part, the Corpora-
tion shall give priority to applicants proposing to— 
‘‘(1) involve students and community stakeholders in the 
design and implementation of service-learning programs carried 
out using funds received under this part; 
‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in low-income 
or rural communities; and 
‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping the 
resources of retired and retiring adults, in the planning and 
implementation of service-learning programs. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) TERM.—Each program or activity funded under this 
part shall be carried out over a period of 3 years, which may 
include 1 planning year. In the case of a program funded 
under this part, the 3-year period may be extended by 1 year, 
if the program meets performance levels established in accord-
ance with section 179(k) and any other criteria determined 
by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each entity carrying 
out a program or activity funded under this part shall, to 
the extent practicable, collaborate with entities carrying out 
programs under this subtitle, subtitle C, and titles I and II 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 
et seq., 5001 et seq.). 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Not later than 4 years after the effective 
date of the Serve America Act, the Corporation shall conduct 
an independent evaluation of the programs and activities car-
ried out using funds made available under this part, and deter-
mine best practices relating to service-learning and rec-
ommendations for improvement of those programs and activi-
ties. The Corporation shall widely disseminate the results of 
the evaluations, and information on the best practices and 
recommendations to the service community through multiple 
channels, including the Corporation’s Resource Center or a 
clearinghouse of effective strategies.’’. 
SEC. 1205. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as amended 
by section 1204, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
H. R. 1388—24 
‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 
‘‘SEC. 120. STUDY AND REPORT. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the sums reserved under section 
501(a)(1)(B) for this section, the Corporation shall enter into 
a contract with an entity that is not otherwise a recipient 
of financial assistance under this subtitle, to conduct a 10- 
year longitudinal study on the impact of the activities carried 
out under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the entity shall 
consider the impact of service-learning activities carried out 
under this subtitle on students participating in such activities, 
including in particular examining the degree to which the 
activities— 
‘‘(A) improved student academic achievement; 
‘‘(B) improved student engagement; 
‘‘(C) improved graduation rates, as defined in section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as 
clarified in applicable regulations promulgated by the 
Department of Education; and 
‘‘(D) improved the degree to which the participants 
in the activities engaged in subsequent national service, 
volunteering, or other service activities, or pursued careers 
in public service, in the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(3) ANALYSIS.—In carrying out such study, the entity shall 
examine the impact of the service-learning activities on the 
4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of para-
graph (2), analyzed in terms of how much time participants 
were engaged in service-learning activities. 
‘‘(4) BEST PRACTICES.—The entity shall collect information 
on best practices concerning using service-learning activities 
to improve the 4 factors. 
‘‘(b) INTERIM REPORTS.—The entity shall periodically submit 
reports to the Corporation containing the interim results of the 
study and the information on best practices. The Corporation shall 
submit such reports to the authorizing committees. 
‘‘(c) FINAL REPORT.—The entity shall submit a report to the 
Corporation containing the results of the study and the information 
on best practices. The Corporation shall submit such report to 
the authorizing committees, and shall make such report available 
to the public on the Corporation’s website. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION
AND DISSEMINATION.—On receiving the 
report described in subsection (c), the Corporation shall consult 
with the Secretary of Education to review the results of the study, 
and to identify best practices concerning using service-learning 
activities to improve the 4 factors described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D) of subsection (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate 
information on the identified best practices.’’.
H. R. 1388—25 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C 
(National Service Trust Program) 
SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGENCIES; LIMITS 
ON CORPORATION COSTS. 
Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
after ‘‘subdivisions of States,’’ the following: ‘‘territories,’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking ‘‘section 
122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
122’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGREEMENTS WITH 
FEDERAL
AGENCIES’’ and inserting ‘‘RESTRICTIONS
ON 
AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may enter 
into an interagency agreement (other than a grant agreement) 
with another Federal agency to support a national service pro-
gram carried out or otherwise supported by the agency. The 
Corporation, in entering into the interagency agreement may 
approve positions as approved national service positions for 
a program carried out or otherwise supported by the agency.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corporation may not 
provide a grant under this section to a Federal agency.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance under this sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘carrying out or supporting a 
national service program’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘using such assistance’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through that program’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a contract or coopera-
tive agreement’’ the first place it appears and inserting 
‘‘an interagency agreement’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—A requirement under 
this Act that applies to an entity receiving assistance under 
section 121 (other than a requirement limited to an entity 
receiving assistance under section 121(a)) shall be considered 
to apply to a Federal agency that enters into an interagency 
agreement under this subsection, even though no Federal 
agency may receive financial assistance under such an agree-
ment.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘subsections (a) and (b),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), 
and in providing approved national service positions under 
subsection (b),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be provided’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise approved’’;
H. R. 1388—26 
(4) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), by striking 
‘‘or (b)’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Federal share of 
the cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of the cost 
(including the costs of member living allowances, employ-
ment-related taxes, health care coverage, and workers’ com-
pensation and other necessary operation costs)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) RECIPIENT
REPORT.—A recipient of assistance 
under this section (other than a recipient of assistance 
through a fixed-amount grant in accordance with section 
129(l)) shall report to the Corporation the amount and 
source of any Federal funds used to carry out the program 
for which the assistance is made available other than those 
provided by the Corporation. 
‘‘(B) CORPORATION
REPORT.—The Corporation shall 
report to the authorizing committees on an annual basis 
information regarding each recipient of such assistance 
that uses Federal funds other than those provided by the 
Corporation to carry out such a program, including the 
amounts and sources of the other Federal funds.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—The 
Corporation shall— 
‘‘(1) develop a plan to— 
‘‘(A) establish the number of the approved national 
service positions as 88,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(B) increase the number of the approved positions 
to— 
‘‘(i) 115,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(ii) 140,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iii) 170,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
‘‘(iv) 200,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
‘‘(v) 210,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(vi) 235,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 
‘‘(vii) 250,000 for fiscal year 2017; 
‘‘(C) ensure that the increases described in subpara-
graph (B) are achieved through an appropriate balance 
of full- and part-time service positions; 
‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of the Serve America Act, submit a report to the authorizing 
committees on the status of the plan described in paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(3) subject to the availability of appropriations and quality 
service opportunities, implement the plan described in para-
graph (1).’’. 
SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR PROGRAM 
ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The recipient of a grant under 
section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a 
national service program under section 121(b) shall use a portion 
of the financial assistance or positions involved, directly or through
H. R. 1388—27 
subgrants to other entities, to support or carry out the following 
national service corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or 
programs, to address unmet needs: 
‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through an Education Corps that identi-
fies and meets unmet educational needs within commu-
nities through activities such as those described in subpara-
graph (B) and improves performance on the indicators 
described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps described in this 
paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other academic support 
to elementary school and secondary school students; 
‘‘(ii) improving school climate; 
‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including adult or peer 
mentoring; 
‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated services and com-
prehensive supports with students, their families, and 
their public schools; 
‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school in expanding 
the school day by strengthening the quality of staff 
and expanding the academic programming offered in 
an expanded learning time initiative, a program of 
a 21st century community learning center (as defined 
in section 4201 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality 
after-school program; 
‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local educational agen-
cies in improving and expanding high-quality service- 
learning programs that keep students engaged in 
schools by carrying out programs that provide special-
ized training to individuals in service-learning, and 
place the individuals (after such training) in positions 
as service-learning coordinators, to facilitate service- 
learning in programs eligible for funding under part 
I of subtitle B; 
‘‘(vii) assisting students in being prepared for col-
lege-level work; 
‘‘(viii) involving family members of students in sup-
porting teachers and students; 
‘‘(ix) conducting a preprofessional training program 
in which students enrolled in an institution of higher 
education— 
‘‘(I) receive training (which may include classes 
containing service-learning) in specified fields 
including early childhood education and care, 
elementary and secondary education, and other 
fields such as those relating to health services, 
criminal justice, environmental stewardship and 
conservation, or public safety; 
‘‘(II) perform service related to such training 
outside the classroom during the school term and 
during summer or other vacation periods; and 
‘‘(III) agree to provide service upon graduation 
to meet unmet human, educational, environmental, 
or public safety needs related to such training;
H. R. 1388—28 
‘‘(x) assisting economically disadvantaged students 
in navigating the college admissions process; 
‘‘(xi) providing other activities, addressing unmet 
educational needs, that the Corporation may designate; 
or 
‘‘(xii) providing skilled musicians and artists to 
promote greater community unity through the use of 
music and arts education and engagement through 
work in low-income communities, and education, health 
care, and therapeutic settings, and other work in the 
public domain with citizens of all ages. 
‘‘(C) EDUCATION CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators for 
a corps program described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) student engagement, including student attend-
ance and student behavior; 
‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 
‘‘(iii) secondary school graduation rates as defined 
in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in applicable regula-
tions promulgated by the Department of Education; 
‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and continued col-
lege enrollment for recipients of a high school diploma; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 
education for students that the Corporation, in con-
sultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, establishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to improving edu-
cation for students, that is approved by the Corporation 
or a State Commission. 
‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through a Healthy Futures Corps that 
identifies and meets unmet health needs within commu-
nities through activities such as those described in subpara-
graph (B) and improves performance on the indicators 
described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Healthy Futures Corps described 
in this paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals in navigating the health services system; 
‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining access to 
health services, including oral health services, for 
themselves or their children; 
‘‘(iii) 
educating 
economically 
disadvantaged 
individuals and individuals who are members of medi-
cally underserved populations about, and engaging 
individuals described in this clause in, initiatives 
regarding navigating the health services system and 
regarding disease prevention and health promotion, 
with a particular focus on common health conditions, 
chronic diseases, and conditions, for which disease 
prevention and health promotion measures exist and 
for which socioeconomic, geographic, and racial and 
ethnic health disparities exist;
H. R. 1388—29 
‘‘(iv) improving the literacy of patients regarding 
health, including oral health; 
‘‘(v) providing translation services at clinics and 
in emergency rooms to improve health services; 
‘‘(vi) providing services designed to meet the health 
needs of rural communities, including the recruitment 
of youth to work in health professions in such commu-
nities; 
‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion interventions 
that improve health status, and helping people adopt 
and maintain healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 
health status; 
‘‘(viii) addressing childhood obesity through in- 
school and after-school physical activities, and pro-
viding nutrition education to students, in elementary 
schools and secondary schools; or 
‘‘(ix) providing activities, addressing unmet health 
needs, that the Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(C) 
HEALTHY
FUTURES
CORPS
INDICATORS.—The 
indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph 
are— 
‘‘(i) access to health services among economically 
disadvantaged individuals and individuals who are 
members of medically underserved populations; 
‘‘(ii) access to health services for uninsured individ-
uals, including such individuals who are economically 
disadvantaged children; 
‘‘(iii) participation, among economically disadvan-
taged individuals and individuals who are members 
of medically underserved populations, in disease 
prevention and health promotion initiatives, particu-
larly those with a focus on addressing common health 
conditions, addressing chronic diseases, and decreasing 
health disparities; 
‘‘(iv) literacy of patients regarding health; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator, relating to improving 
or protecting the health of economically disadvantaged 
individuals and individuals who are members of medi-
cally underserved populations, that the Corporation, 
in consultation (as appropriate) with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estab-
lishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to improving or 
protecting the health of economically disadvantaged 
individuals and individuals who are members of medi-
cally underserved populations, that is approved by the 
Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service projects through a Clean Energy Service Corps 
that identifies and meets unmet environmental needs 
within communities through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (B) and improves performance 
on the indicators described in subparagraph (C).
H. R. 1388—30 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Service Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out activities such 
as— 
‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting housing units for 
low-income households to significantly improve the 
energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions of such 
housing units; 
‘‘(ii) building energy-efficient housing units in low- 
income communities; 
‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for low-income 
households and recommending ways for the households 
to improve energy efficiency; 
‘‘(iv) 
providing 
clean 
energy-related 
services 
designed to meet the needs of rural communities; 
‘‘(v) working with schools and youth programs to 
educate students and youth about ways to reduce home 
energy use and improve the environment, including 
conducting service-learning projects to provide such 
education; 
‘‘(vi) assisting in the development of local recycling 
programs; 
‘‘(vii) renewing and rehabilitating national and 
State parks and forests, city parks, county parks and 
other public lands, and trails owned or maintained 
by the Federal Government or a State, including 
planting trees, carrying out reforestation, carrying out 
forest health restoration measures, carrying out erosion 
control measures, fire hazard reduction measures, and 
rehabilitation and maintenance of historic sites and 
structures throughout the national park system, and 
providing trail enhancements, rehabilitation, and 
repairs; 
‘‘(viii) cleaning and improving rivers maintained 
by the Federal Government or a State; 
‘‘(ix) carrying out projects in partnership with the 
National Park Service, designed to renew and rehabili-
tate national park resources and enhance services and 
learning opportunities for national park visitors, and 
nearby communities and schools; 
‘‘(x) providing service through a full-time, year- 
round youth corps program or full-time summer youth 
corps program, such as a conservation corps or youth 
service corps program that— 
‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful service projects 
with visible public benefits, including projects 
involving 
urban 
renewal, 
sustaining 
natural 
resources, or improving human services; 
‘‘(II) includes as participants youths and young 
adults who are age 16 through 25, including out- 
of-school youth and other disadvantaged youth 
(such as youth who are aging out of foster care, 
youth who have limited English proficiency, home-
less youth, and youth who are individuals with 
disabilities), who are age 16 through 25; and 
‘‘(III) provides those participants who are 
youth and young adults with—
H. R. 1388—31 
‘‘(aa) team-based, highly structured, and 
adult-supervised work experience, life skills, 
education, career guidance and counseling, 
employment training, and support services 
including mentoring; and 
‘‘(bb) the opportunity to develop citizen-
ship values and skills through service to their 
community and the United States; 
‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing 
unmet environmental and workforce needs, that the 
Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(C) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS INDICATORS.—The 
indicators for a corps program described in this paragraph 
are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units of low-income 
households weatherized or retrofitted to significantly 
improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions; 
‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to determine savings in 
those costs) at facilities where participants have pro-
vided service; 
‘‘(iii) the number of students and youth receiving 
education or training in energy-efficient and environ-
mentally conscious practices; 
‘‘(iv)(I) the number of acres of national parks, State 
parks, city parks, county parks, or other public lands, 
that are cleaned or improved; and 
‘‘(II) the number of acres of forest preserves, or 
miles of trails or rivers, owned or maintained by the 
Federal Government or a State, that are cleaned or 
improved; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to clean 
energy, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or 
education and skill attainment for clean energy jobs, 
that the Corporation, in consultation (as appropriate) 
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
of the Interior, or the Secretary of Labor, as appro-
priate, establishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to clean energy, 
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, or education 
or skill attainment for clean energy jobs, that is 
approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(4) VETERANS CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through a Veterans Corps that identifies 
and meets unmet needs of veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces who are on active duty through activities 
such as those described in subparagraph (B) and improves 
performance on the indicators described in subparagraph 
(C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans Corps described in this 
paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) promoting community-based efforts to meet the 
unique needs of military families while a family
H. R. 1388—32 
member is deployed and upon that family member’s 
return home; 
‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly returning vet-
erans, into service opportunities, including opportuni-
ties that utilize their military experience; 
‘‘(iii) assisting veterans in developing their edu-
cational opportunities (including opportunities for 
professional certification, licensure, or credentials), 
coordinating activities with and assisting State and 
local agencies administering veterans education bene-
fits, and coordinating activities with and assisting enti-
ties administering veterans programs with internships 
and fellowships that could lead to employment in the 
private and public sectors; 
‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within a community to serve 
the needs of veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces who are on active duty, including helping vet-
erans file benefits claims and assisting Federal agen-
cies in providing services to veterans, and sending 
care packages to Members of the Armed Forces who 
are deployed; 
‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing mentoring 
relationships with economically disadvantaged stu-
dents; 
‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist veterans with 
disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, older vet-
erans, and veterans in rural communities, including 
assisting veterans described in this clause with 
transportation; or 
‘‘(vii) other activities, addressing unmet needs of 
veterans, that the Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(C) VETERANS’ CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators for 
a corps program described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units created for vet-
erans; 
‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pursue edu-
cational opportunities; 
‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving professional 
certification, licensure, or credentials; 
‘‘(iv) the number of veterans engaged in service 
opportunities; 
‘‘(v) the number of military families assisted by 
organizations while a family member is deployed and 
upon that family member’s return home; 
‘‘(vi) the number of economically disadvantaged 
students engaged in mentoring relationships with vet-
erans; 
‘‘(vii) the number of projects designed to meet 
identifiable public needs of veterans, especially vet-
erans with disabilities, veterans who are unemployed, 
older veterans, and veterans in rural communities; 
‘‘(viii) any additional indicator that relates to edu-
cation or skill attainment that assists in providing 
veterans with the skills to address identifiable public 
needs, or that relates to improving the lives of veterans, 
of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, and 
of families of the veterans and the members on active
H. R. 1388—33 
duty, and that the Corporation, in consultation (as 
appropriate) with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
establishes; or 
‘‘(ix) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) relating to the education 
or skill attainment, or the improvement, described in 
clause (viii), that is approved by the Corporation or 
a State Commission. 
‘‘(5) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The recipient may carry out national 
service programs through an Opportunity Corps that identi-
fies and meets unmet needs relating to economic oppor-
tunity for economically disadvantaged individuals within 
communities, through activities such as those described 
in subparagraph (B) and improves performance on the 
indicators described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Opportunity Corps described in 
this paragraph may carry out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) providing financial literacy education to 
economically 
disadvantaged 
individuals, 
including 
financial literacy education with regard to credit 
management, financial institutions including banks 
and credit unions, and utilization of savings plans; 
‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction, rehabilitation, 
or preservation of housing units, including energy effi-
cient homes, for economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; 
‘‘(iii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals, including homeless individuals, in finding place-
ment in and maintaining housing; 
‘‘(iv) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals in obtaining access to health services for them-
selves or their children; 
‘‘(v) assisting individuals in obtaining information 
about Federal, State, local, or private programs or 
benefits focused on assisting economically disadvan-
taged individuals, economically disadvantaged chil-
dren, or low-income families; 
‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and completion of 
job training for economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; 
‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals in obtaining access to job placement assistance; 
‘‘(viii) carrying out a program that seeks to elimi-
nate hunger in low-income communities and rural 
areas through service in projects— 
‘‘(I) involving food banks, food pantries, and 
nonprofit organizations that provide food during 
emergencies; 
‘‘(II) seeking to address the long-term causes 
of hunger through education and the delivery of 
appropriate services; 
‘‘(III) providing training in basic health, nutri-
tion, and life skills necessary to alleviate hunger 
in communities and rural areas; or
H. R. 1388—34 
‘‘(IV) 
assisting 
individuals 
in 
obtaining 
information about federally supported nutrition 
programs; 
‘‘(ix) addressing issues faced by homebound citi-
zens, such as needs for food deliveries, legal and med-
ical services, nutrition information, and transportation; 
‘‘(x) implementing an E–Corps program that 
involves participants who provide services in a commu-
nity by developing and assisting in carrying out tech-
nology programs that seek to increase access to tech-
nology and the benefits of technology in such commu-
nity; and 
‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, addressing 
unmet needs relating to economic opportunity for 
economically disadvantaged individuals, that the Cor-
poration may designate. 
‘‘(C) OPPORTUNITY CORPS INDICATORS.—The indicators 
for a corps program described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the degree of financial literacy among economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(ii) the number of housing units built or improved 
for economically disadvantaged individuals or low- 
income families; 
‘‘(iii) the number of economically disadvantaged 
individuals with access to job training and other skill 
enhancement; 
‘‘(iv) the number of economically disadvantaged 
individuals with access to information about job place-
ment services; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating to improving 
economic opportunity for economically disadvantaged 
individuals that the Corporation, in consultation (as 
appropriate) with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary 
of the Treasury, establishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator (applicable to 
a particular recipient and on which an improvement 
in performance is needed) that is approved by the 
Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The recipient of a grant under section 
121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 
service program under section 121(b) may use the financial 
assistance or positions involved, directly or through subgrants 
to other entities, to carry out national service programs and 
model programs under this subsection that are focused on 
meeting community needs and improve performance on the 
indicators described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The programs may include the following 
types of national service programs: 
‘‘(A) A community service program designed to meet 
the needs of rural communities, using teams or individual 
placements to address the development needs of rural 
communities, including addressing rural poverty, or the 
need for health services, education, or job training. 
‘‘(B) A program—
H. R. 1388—35 
‘‘(i) that engages participants in public health, 
emergency and disaster preparedness, and other public 
safety activities; 
‘‘(ii) that may include the recruitment of qualified 
participants for, and placement of the participants in, 
positions to be trainees as law enforcement officers, 
firefighters, search and rescue personnel, and emer-
gency medical service workers; and 
‘‘(iii) that may engage Federal, State, and local 
stakeholders, in collaboration, to organize more effec-
tive responses to issues of public health, emergencies 
and disasters, and other public safety issues. 
‘‘(C) A program that seeks to expand the number of 
mentors for disadvantaged youths and other youths 
(including by recruiting high school-, and college-age 
individuals to enter into mentoring relationships), either 
through— 
‘‘(i) provision of direct mentoring services; 
‘‘(ii) provision of supportive services to direct men-
toring service organizations (in the case of a partner-
ship); 
‘‘(iii) the creative utilization of current and 
emerging technologies to connect youth with mentors; 
or 
‘‘(iv) supporting mentoring partnerships (including 
statewide and local mentoring partnerships that 
strengthen direct service mentoring programs) by— 
‘‘(I) increasing State resources dedicated to 
mentoring; 
‘‘(II) supporting the creation of statewide and 
local mentoring partnerships and programs of 
national 
scope 
through 
collaborative 
efforts 
between entities such as local or direct service 
mentoring partnerships, or units of State or local 
government; and 
‘‘(III) assisting direct service mentoring pro-
grams. 
‘‘(D) A program— 
‘‘(i) in which not less than 75 percent of the partici-
pants are disadvantaged youth; 
‘‘(ii) that may provide life skills training, employ-
ment training, educational counseling, assistance to 
complete a secondary school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent, counseling, or a mentoring relationship 
with an adult volunteer; and 
‘‘(iii) for which, in awarding financial assistance 
and approved national service positions, the Corpora-
tion shall give priority to programs that engage retirees 
to serve as mentors. 
‘‘(E) A program— 
‘‘(i) that reengages court-involved youth and adults 
with the goal of reducing recidivism; 
‘‘(ii) that may create support systems beginning 
in correctional facilities; and 
‘‘(iii) that may have life skills training, employment 
training, an education program (including a program
H. R. 1388—36 
to complete a secondary school diploma or its recog-
nized equivalent), educational and career counseling, 
and postprogram placement services. 
‘‘(F) A demonstration program— 
‘‘(i) that has as 1 of its primary purposes the 
recruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth and 
adults as participants, volunteers, or members; and 
‘‘(ii) that may serve any purpose otherwise per-
mitted under this Act. 
‘‘(G) A program that provides education or job training 
services that are designed to meet the needs of rural 
communities. 
‘‘(H) A program that seeks to expand the number of 
mentors for youth in foster care through— 
‘‘(i) the provision of direct academic mentoring 
services for youth in foster care; 
‘‘(ii) the provision of supportive services to men-
toring service organizations that directly provide men-
toring to youth in foster care, including providing 
training of mentors in child development, domestic 
violence, foster care, confidentiality requirements, and 
other matters related to working with youth in foster 
care; or 
‘‘(iii) supporting foster care mentoring partner-
ships, including statewide and local mentoring partner-
ships that strengthen direct service mentoring pro-
grams. 
‘‘(I) Such other national service programs addressing 
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs as the Corporation may designate. 
‘‘(3) INDICATORS.—The indicators for a program described 
in this subsection are the indicators described in subparagraph 
(C) of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) 
or any additional local indicator (applicable to a participant 
or recipient and on which an improvement in performance 
is needed) relating to meeting unmet community needs, that 
is approved by the Corporation or a State Commission. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM MODELS FOR SERVICE CORPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any activities described 
in subparagraph (B) of paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection 
(a), and subsection (b)(2), a recipient of a grant under section 
121(a) and a Federal agency operating or supporting a national 
service program under section 121(b) may directly or through 
grants or subgrants to other entities carry out a national service 
corps program through the following program models: 
‘‘(A) A community corps program that meets unmet 
health, veteran, and other human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs and promotes greater 
community unity through the use of organized teams of 
participants of varied social and economic backgrounds, 
skill levels, physical and developmental capabilities, ages, 
ethnic backgrounds, or genders. 
‘‘(B) A service program that— 
‘‘(i) recruits individuals with special skills or pro-
vides specialized preservice training to enable partici-
pants to be placed individually or in teams in positions
H. R. 1388—37 
in which the participants can meet such unmet needs; 
and 
‘‘(ii) if consistent with the purposes of the program, 
brings participants together for additional training and 
other activities designed to foster civic responsibility, 
increase the skills of participants, and improve the 
quality of the service provided. 
‘‘(C) A campus-based program that is designed to pro-
vide substantial service in a community during the school 
term and during summer or other vacation periods through 
the use of— 
‘‘(i) students who are attending an institution of 
higher education, including students participating in 
a work-study program assisted under part C of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) teams composed of students described in 
clause (i); or 
‘‘(iii) teams composed of a combination of such 
students and community residents. 
‘‘(D) A professional corps program that recruits and 
places qualified participants in positions— 
‘‘(i) as teachers, nurses and other health care pro-
viders, police officers, early childhood development 
staff, engineers, or other professionals providing service 
to meet human, educational, environmental, or public 
safety needs in communities with an inadequate 
number of such professionals; 
‘‘(ii) for which the salary may exceed the maximum 
living allowance authorized in subsection (a)(2) of sec-
tion 140, as provided in subsection (c) of such section; 
and 
‘‘(iii) that are sponsored by public or private 
employers who agree to pay 100 percent of the salaries 
and benefits (other than any national service edu-
cational award under subtitle D) of the participants. 
‘‘(E) A program that provides opportunities for veterans 
to participate in service projects. 
‘‘(F) A program carried out by an intermediary that 
builds the capacity of local nonprofit and faith-based 
organizations to expand and enhance services to meet local 
or national needs. 
‘‘(G) Such other program models as may be approved 
by the Corporation or a State Commission, as appropriate. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM MODELS WITHIN CORPS.—A recipient of finan-
cial assistance or approved national service positions for a 
corps program described in subsection (a) may use the assist-
ance or positions to carry out the corps program, in whole 
or in part, using a program model described in this subsection. 
The corps program shall meet the applicable requirements of 
subsection (a) and this subsection. 
‘‘(d) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
CORPORATION.—The Corporation 
shall establish qualification criteria for different types of 
national service programs for the purpose of determining
H. R. 1388—38 
whether a particular national service program should be consid-
ered to be a national service program eligible to receive assist-
ance or approved national service positions under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualification criteria 
under paragraph (1), the Corporation shall consult with 
organizations and individuals with extensive experience in 
developing and administering effective national service pro-
grams or regarding the delivery of veteran services, and other 
human, educational, environmental, or public safety services, 
to communities or persons. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The qualification criteria 
established by the Corporation under paragraph (1) shall also 
be used by each recipient of assistance under section 121(a) 
that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant 
program to support other national service programs. 
‘‘(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL COMPONENTS 
OF
PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall encourage national 
service programs eligible to receive assistance or approved 
national service positions under this subtitle to establish, if 
consistent 
with 
the 
purposes 
of 
the 
program, 
an 
intergenerational component of the program that combines stu-
dents, out-of-school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older 
adults as participants to provide services to address unmet 
human, educational, environmental, or public safety needs. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITIES
FOR CERTAIN CORPS.—In awarding financial 
assistance and approved national service positions to eligible enti-
ties proposed to carry out the corps described in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(2)— 
‘‘(A) the Corporation may give priority to eligible enti-
ties that propose to provide support for participants who, 
after completing service under this section, will undertake 
careers to improve performance on health indicators 
described in subsection (a)(2)(C); and 
‘‘(B) the Corporation shall give priority to eligible enti-
ties that propose to carry out national service programs 
in medically underserved areas (as designated individually, 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as an 
area with a shortage of personal health services); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in subsection (a)(3), 
the Corporation shall give priority to eligible entities that pro-
pose to recruit individuals for the Clean Energy Service Corps 
so that significant percentages of participants in the Corps 
are economically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such 
individuals support services and education and training to 
develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for which there 
is current demand or projected future demand. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(A) 
BY
CORPORATION.—In 
order 
to 
concentrate 
national efforts on meeting human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs and to achieve the other 
purposes of this Act, the Corporation, after reviewing the 
strategic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1,) shall 
establish, and may periodically alter, priorities regarding 
the types of national service programs and corps to be 
assisted under section 129 and the purposes for which 
such assistance may be used.
H. R. 1388—39 
‘‘(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with paragraph (4), States 
shall establish, and through the national service plan 
process described in section 178(e)(1), periodically alter 
priorities as appropriate regarding the national service pro-
grams to be assisted under section 129(e). The State prior-
ities shall be subject to Corporation review as part of 
the application process under section 130. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corporation shall provide 
advance notice to potential applicants of any national service 
priorities to be in effect under this subsection for a fiscal 
year. The notice shall specifically include— 
‘‘(A) a description of any alteration made in the prior-
ities since the previous notice; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the national service programs 
that are designated by the Corporation under section 
133(d)(2) as eligible for priority consideration in the next 
competitive distribution of assistance under section 121(a). 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall by regulation 
establish procedures to ensure the equitable treatment of 
national service programs that— 
‘‘(A) receive funding under this subtitle for multiple 
years; and 
‘‘(B) would be adversely affected by annual revisions 
in such national service priorities. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION
TO
SUBGRANTS.—Any national service 
priorities established by the Corporation under this subsection 
shall also be used by each recipient of funds under section 
121(a) that uses any portion of the assistance to conduct a 
grant program to support other national service programs. 
‘‘(g) CONSULTATION ON INDICATORS.—The Corporation shall con-
sult with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, the Secretary of the Interior, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of 
the Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indicators 
for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
the Corporation shall require that each recipient of assistance 
under the national service laws that operates a tutoring pro-
gram involving elementary school or secondary school students 
certifies that individuals serving in approved national service 
positions as tutors in such program have— 
‘‘(A) obtained their high school diplomas; and 
‘‘(B) successfully completed pre- and in-service training 
for tutors. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in paragraph (1) do 
not apply to an individual serving in an approved national 
service position who is enrolled in an elementary school or 
secondary school and is providing tutoring services through 
a structured, school-managed cross-grade tutoring program. 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.—Each tutoring 
program that receives assistance under the national service laws 
shall—
H. R. 1388—40 
‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, research-based, 
and consistent with the State academic content standards 
required by section 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional 
program of the local educational agency; and 
‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and in-service 
training for tutors. 
‘‘(j) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall establish 
guidelines for recipients of assistance under the national service 
laws, that are consistent with the principles on which citizenship 
programs administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices are based, relating to the promotion of citizenship and civic 
engagement among participants in approved national service posi-
tions and approved summer of service positions, and appropriate 
to the age, education, and experience of the participants. 
‘‘(k) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end of each 
fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants under section 
121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and submit to the authorizing 
committees a report containing— 
‘‘(1) information describing how the Corporation allocated 
financial assistance and approved national service positions 
among eligible entities proposed to carry out corps and national 
service programs described in this section for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) information describing the amount of financial assist-
ance and the number of approved national service positions 
the Corporation provided to each corps and national service 
program described in this section for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the corps and national 
service programs improved performance on the corresponding 
indicators; and 
‘‘(4) information describing how the Corporation is coordi-
nating— 
‘‘(A) the national service programs funded under this 
section; with 
‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined by the Cor-
poration, carried out under subtitle B of this title, and 
part A of title I and parts A and B of title II of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 
et seq., 5001, 5011) that improve performance on those 
indicators or otherwise address identified community 
needs.’’. 
SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the 
following: ‘‘a territory,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
agency (under an interagency agreement described in sec-
tion 121(b))’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi)’’;
H. R. 1388—41 
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 
‘‘(7) A position involving service in the ServeAmerica 
Fellowship program carried out under section 198B.’’. 
SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING AND TECH-
NICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is repealed. 
SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHALLENGE GRANTS. 
Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘$125,000 and $750,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$250,000 and $1,000,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘501(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘501(a)(5)’’; 
and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—In making a grant to a 
State under this subsection, the Corporation shall require the 
State to agree to provide matching funds from non-Federal 
sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided by the Corpora-
tion through the grant. 
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the 
Chief Executive Officer may permit a State that demonstrates 
hardship or a new State Commission to meet alternative 
matching requirements for such a grant as follows: 
‘‘(A) FIRST $100,000.—For the first $100,000 of grant 
funds provided by the Corporation, the State involved shall 
not be required to provide matching funds. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNTS
GREATER
THAN
$100,000.—For grant 
amounts of more than $100,000 and not more than 
$250,000 provided by the Corporation, the State shall agree 
to provide matching funds from non-Federal sources of 
not less than $1 for every $2 provided by the Corporation, 
in excess of $100,000. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS
GREATER
THAN
$250,000.—For grant 
amounts of more than $250,000 provided by the Corpora-
tion, the State shall agree to provide matching funds from 
non-Federal sources of not less than $1 for every $1 pro-
vided by the Corporation, in excess of $250,000.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may undertake activi-
ties, including activities carried out through part A of title I of 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et 
seq.), to involve programs that receive assistance under the national 
service laws in disaster relief efforts, and to support, including 
through mission assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
nonprofit organizations and public agencies responding to the needs 
of communities experiencing disasters.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to national service 
programs that receive assistance under section 121’’ and
H. R. 1388—42 
inserting ‘‘to programs supported under the national service 
laws’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A challenge grant under this 
subsection may provide, for an initial 3-year grant period, not 
more than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each 
$1 in cash raised from private sources by the program supported 
under the national service laws in excess of amounts required 
to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds 
requirements. After an initial 3-year grant period, a grant 
under this subsection may provide not more than $1 of assist-
ance under this subsection for each $2 in cash raised from 
private sources by the program in excess of amounts required 
to be provided by the program to satisfy matching funds 
requirements. The Corporation may permit the use of local 
or State funds under this paragraph in lieu of cash raised 
from private sources if the Corporation determines that such 
use would be equitable due to a lack of available private funds 
at the local level. The Corporation shall establish a ceiling 
on the amount of assistance that may be provided to a national 
service program under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND OTHER 
ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NATIONAL 
SERVICE POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRITORIES.— 
Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance 
under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 
1 percent for grants to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an application sub-
mitted under section 130. The Corporation shall allot for a grant 
to each such territory under this subsection for a fiscal year an 
amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated 
funds for that fiscal year as the population of the territory bears 
to the total population of all such territories. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the funds allocated 
by the Corporation for provision of assistance under section 121(a) 
for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve at least 1 percent 
for grants to Indian tribes to be allotted by the Corporation on 
a competitive basis. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The Corporation 
shall ensure that each individual selected during a fiscal year 
for assignment as a VISTA volunteer under title I of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a 
participant in the National Civilian Community Corps Program 
under subtitle E shall receive the national service educational award 
described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility 
requirements for the award. Funds for approved national service 
positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall be 
deducted from the total funding for approved national service posi-
tions to be available for distribution under subsections (d) and 
(e) for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—
H. R. 1388—43 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal 
year and subject to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall 
reserve not more than 62.7 percent for grants awarded on 
a competitive basis to States specified in subsection (e)(1) for 
national service programs, to nonprofit organizations seeking 
to operate a national service program in 2 or more of those 
States, and to Indian tribes. 
‘‘(2) EQUITABLE
TREATMENT.—In the consideration of 
applications for such grants, the Corporation shall ensure the 
equitable treatment of applicants from urban areas, applicants 
from rural areas, applicants of diverse sizes (as measured by 
the number of participants served), applicants from States, 
and applicants from national nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(3) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAMS.—In making grants under 
this subsection for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make 
an effort to allocate not less than 10 percent of the financial 
assistance and approved national service positions provided 
through the grants for that fiscal year to eligible entities pro-
posing to carry out encore service programs, unless the Corpora-
tion does not receive a sufficient number of applications of 
adequate quality to justify making that percentage available 
to those eligible entities. 
‘‘(4) CORPS PROGRAMS.—In making grants under this sub-
section for a fiscal year, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall select 2 or more of the national service 
corps described in section 122(a) to receive grants under 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) may select national service programs described 
in section 122(b) to receive such grants. 
‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA BASIS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation 
for provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal 
year, the Corporation shall make a grant to each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico that submits an application under section 130 
that is approved by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Corporation shall allot for a grant 
to each such State under this subsection for a fiscal year 
an amount that bears the same ratio to 35.3 percent of the 
allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population of the 
State bears to the total population of the several States, the 
District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
in compliance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), 
the minimum grant made available to each State approved 
by the Corporation under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year 
shall be at least $600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated 
for the State formula under this subsection for the fiscal year, 
whichever is greater. 
‘‘(f) EFFECT
OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or territory 
fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the Corporation of 
its intent to apply for, an allotment under this section, or the 
Corporation does not approve the application consistent with section 
133, the Corporation may use the amount that would have been 
allotted under this section to the State or territory to—
H. R. 1388—44 
‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved national service 
positions in connection with such grants) to other community- 
based entities under section 121 that propose to carry out 
national service programs in such State or territory; and 
‘‘(2) make reallotments to other States or territories with 
approved applications submitted under section 130, from the 
allotment funds not used to make grants as described in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The Corporation shall make an 
allotment of assistance (including the provision of approved national 
service positions) to a recipient under this section only pursuant 
to an application submitted by a State or other applicant under 
section 130. 
‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.— 
The Corporation may not approve positions as approved national 
service positions under this subtitle for a fiscal year in excess 
of the number of such positions for which the Corporation has 
sufficient available funds in the National Service Trust for that 
fiscal year, taking into consideration funding needs for national 
service educational awards under subtitle D based on completed 
service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide the maximum 
allowable national service educational awards under subtitle D 
for all eligible participants, the Corporation is authorized to make 
necessary and reasonable adjustments to program rules. 
‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP
AUTHORIZED.—The Corporation may 
enter into agreements with persons or entities who offer to 
sponsor national service positions for which the person or entity 
will be responsible for supplying the funds necessary to provide 
a national service educational award. The distribution of those 
approved national service positions shall be made pursuant 
to the agreement, and the creation of those positions shall 
not be taken into consideration in determining the number 
of approved national service positions to be available for dis-
tribution under this section. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds provided pursuant 
to an agreement under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in 
the National Service Trust established in section 145 until 
such time as the funds are needed. 
‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal 
year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
501(a)(2) and allocated to carry out subtitle C and subject 
to the limitation in such section, the Corporation may reserve 
such amount as the Corporation considers to be appropriate 
for the purpose of making assistance available under sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 126. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $10,000,000. 
‘‘(3) TIMING.—The Corporation shall reserve such amount, 
and any amount reserved under subsection (k) from funds 
appropriated and allocated to carry out subtitle C, before allo-
cating funds for the provision of assistance under any other 
provision of this subtitle. 
‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION 
OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.—
H. R. 1388—45 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—To make grants to public or private 
nonprofit organizations to increase the participation of individ-
uals with disabilities in national service and for demonstration 
activities in furtherance of this purpose, and subject to the 
limitation in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer shall 
reserve not less than 2 percent from the amounts, appropriated 
to carry out subtitles C, D, E, and H for each fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year may not exceed $20,000,000. 
‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The Chief Executive Officer may use the 
funds reserved under paragraph (1), and not distributed to 
make grants under this subsection for other activities described 
in section 501(a)(2). 
‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appropriated for a 
fiscal year to provide financial assistance under the 
national service laws, the Corporation may provide assist-
ance in the form of fixed-amount grants in an amount 
determined by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather 
than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a program. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Other than fixed-amount grants to 
support programs described in section 129A, for the 1- 
year period beginning on the effective date of the Serve 
America Act, the Corporation may provide assistance in 
the form of fixed-amount grants to programs that only 
offer full-time positions. 
‘‘(2) 
DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
OF
FIXED-AMOUNT 
GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized by this subsection 
shall be in an amount determined by the Corporation that 
is— 
‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable and nec-
essary costs of administering the program supported by 
the grant; and 
‘‘(B) based on an amount per individual enrolled in 
the program receiving the grant, taking into account— 
‘‘(i) the capacity of the entity carrying out the 
program to manage funds and achieve programmatic 
results; 
‘‘(ii) the number of approved national service posi-
tions, approved silver scholar positions, or approved 
summer of service positions for the program, if 
applicable; 
‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the program; 
‘‘(iv) whether the program provides service to, or 
involves the participation of, disadvantaged youth or 
otherwise would reasonably incur a relatively higher 
level of costs; and 
‘‘(v) such other factors as the Corporation may 
consider under section 133 in considering applications 
for assistance. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.—In awarding 
a fixed-amount grant under this subsection, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 
‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of the grant funds 
based upon the difference between the number of hours 
served by a participant and the minimum number
H. R. 1388—46 
of hours for completion of a term of service (as estab-
lished by the Corporation); 
‘‘(ii) to report on the program’s performance on 
standardized measures and performance levels estab-
lished by the Corporation; 
‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation activities 
undertaken by the Corporation; and 
‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that additional funds 
will be raised in support of the program, in addition 
to those received under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and conditions that the 
Corporation considers necessary or appropriate based on 
the relative risks (as determined by the Corporation) associ-
ated with any application for a fixed-amount grant. 
‘‘(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.—Limitations 
on administrative costs and matching fund documentation 
requirements shall not apply to fixed-amount grants provided 
in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall relieve a grant recipient of the responsibility to comply 
with the requirements of chapter 75 of title 31, United States 
Code, or other requirements of Office of Management and 
Budget Circular A–133.’’. 
SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 
Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting after 
section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 129A. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year 
to provide financial assistance under this subtitle and consistent 
with the restriction in subsection (b), the Corporation may, through 
fixed-amount grants (in accordance with section 129(l)), provide 
operational support to programs that receive approved national 
service positions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 
‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—The Corporation 
may provide the operational support under this section for a pro-
gram in an amount that is not more than $800 per individual 
enrolled in an approved national service position, or not more 
than $1,000 per such individual if at least 50 percent of the persons 
enrolled in the program are disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following provisions shall 
not apply to programs funded under this section: 
‘‘(1) The limitation on administrative costs under section 
121(d). 
‘‘(2) The matching funds requirements under section 121(e). 
‘‘(3) The living allowance and other benefits under sections 
131(e) and 140 (other than individualized support services for 
participants with disabilities under section 140(f)).’’. 
SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
121(a)’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘assistance, a State,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘territory,’’; and
H. R. 1388—47 
(C) by striking ‘‘institution of higher education, or Fed-
eral agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher edu-
cation’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 122(c)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘municipalities and 
governments of counties in which such a community is 
located,’’ after ‘‘providing services,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and inserting 
‘‘proposed positions’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘proposed’’ before 
‘‘minimum’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization intending to 
operate programs in 2 or more States, a description of the 
manner in which and extent to which the organization consulted 
with the State Commissions of each State in which the 
organization intends to operate and the nature of the consulta-
tion.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a) or (b) of section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
121(a)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as sub-
sections (e) through (h), respectively and inserting after sub-
section (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMATION.—An 
application submitted under subsection (a) for programs described 
in 122(a) shall also contain— 
‘‘(1) measurable goals, to be used for annual measurements 
of the program’s performance on 1 or more of the corresponding 
indicators described in section 122; 
‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant proposes to 
utilize funds to improve performance on the corresponding 
indicators utilizing participants, including describing the activi-
ties in which such participants will engage to improve perform-
ance on those indicators; 
‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical area in which 
the eligible entity proposing to carry out the program proposes 
to use funds to improve performance on the corresponding 
indicators, and demographic information on the students or 
individuals, as appropriate, in such area, and statistics dem-
onstrating the need to improve such indicators in such area; 
and 
‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligible entity 
will work with other community-based entities to carry out 
activities to improve performance on the corresponding indica-
tors using such funds.’’;
H. R. 1388—48 
(6) in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (f) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will be 
selected’’; 
(7) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a program applicant’’ 
and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) 
in 
the 
heading, 
by 
striking 
‘‘PROGRAM 
APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLICANT’’; 
(ii) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘program applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ 
the following: ‘‘territory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
institution of higher education’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ 
the following: ‘‘territory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or 
institution of higher education’’; and 
(8) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesignated) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION
ON
SAME
PROJECT
RECEIVING
MULTIPLE 
GRANTS.—Unless specifically authorized by law, the Corporation 
may not provide more than 1 grant under the national service 
laws for a fiscal year to support the same project under the national 
service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the community served, the municipality and 
government of the county (if appropriate) in which the 
community is located, and potential participants in the 
program; and’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) in the case of a program that is not funded through 
a State (including a national service program that a nonprofit 
organization seeks to operate in 2 or more States), consult 
with and coordinate activities with the State Commission for 
each State in which the program will operate, and the Corpora-
tion shall obtain confirmation from the State Commission that 
the applicant seeking assistance under this Act has consulted 
with and coordinated with the State Commission when seeking 
to operate the program in that State.’’. 
SEC. 1310. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS. 
Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 132 the following:
H. R. 1388—49 
‘‘SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—An approved national service 
position under this subtitle may not be used for the following 
activities: 
‘‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation. 
‘‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, 
or strikes. 
‘‘(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union organizing. 
‘‘(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or collective 
bargaining agreements. 
‘‘(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or other activi-
ties designed to influence the outcome of an election to Federal 
office or the outcome of an election to a State or local public 
office. 
‘‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or activities that 
are likely to include advocacy for or against political parties, 
political platforms, political candidates, proposed legislation, 
or elected officials. 
‘‘(7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship 
services, providing instruction as part of a program that 
includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, con-
structing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction 
or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently 
devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in 
any form of proselytization, consistent with section 132. 
‘‘(8) Consistent with section 132, providing a direct benefit 
to any— 
‘‘(A) business organized for profit; 
‘‘(B) labor union; 
‘‘(C) partisan political organization; 
‘‘(D) nonprofit organization that fails to comply with 
the restrictions contained in section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, except that nothing in this para-
graph shall be construed to prevent participants from 
engaging in advocacy activities undertaken at their own 
initiative; and 
‘‘(E) organization engaged in the religious activities 
described in paragraph (7), unless the position is not used 
to support those religious activities. 
‘‘(9) Providing abortion services or referrals for receipt of 
such services. 
‘‘(10) Conducting a voter registration drive or using Cor-
poration funds to conduct a voter registration drive. 
‘‘(11) Carrying out such other activities as the Corporation 
may prohibit. 
‘‘(b) INELIGIBILITY.—No assistance provided under this subtitle 
may be provided to any organization that has violated a Federal 
criminal statute. 
‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYED WORKERS OR OTHER VOL-
UNTEERS.—A participant in an approved national service position 
under this subtitle may not be directed to perform any services 
or duties, or to engage in any activities, prohibited under the 
nonduplication, nondisplacement, or nonsupplantation requirements 
relating to employees and volunteers in section 177.’’.
H. R. 1388—50 
SEC. 1311. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
Section 133 (42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘jobs or’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; and 
(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
129(d)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting ‘‘section 129(d)’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraphs (A) through (G) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) national service programs that— 
‘‘(i) conform to the national service priorities in 
effect under section 122(f); 
‘‘(ii) are innovative; and 
‘‘(iii) are well established in 1 or more States at 
the time of the application and are proposed to be 
expanded to additional States using assistance pro-
vided under section 121; 
‘‘(B) grant programs in support of other national service 
programs if the grant programs are to be conducted by 
nonprofit organizations with demonstrated and extensive 
expertise in the provision of services to meet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs; and 
‘‘(C) professional corps programs described in section 
122(c)(1)(D).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 129(d)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 129(d)’’; 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (d)(1) 
of section 129’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d) and (e) of section 
129’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 129(a)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 129(e)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 129(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 129(e)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3) of such subsection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 129(f)’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and 
(6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) VIEWS
OF STATE COMMISSION.—In making competitive 
awards under section 129(d), the Corporation shall solicit and con-
sider the views of a State Commission regarding any application 
for assistance to carry out a national service program within the 
State.’’. 
SEC. 1312. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 137 (42 U.S.C. 12591) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as 
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
H. R. 1388—51 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘section 122(a)(2) or a program described in section 
122(a)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(3)(B)(x)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a)(4)’’. 
SEC. 1313. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘conducted by the State’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘or other entity’’ and inserting 
‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘, particularly those who were consid-
ered, at the time of their service, disadvantaged youth’’. 
SEC. 1314. TERMS OF SERVICE. 
Section 139 (42 U.S.C. 12593) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘not less than 9 
months and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘during a period of— 
’’ and all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘during a period of not more than 2 years.’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(A) EXTENSION.—An individual in an approved 
national service position performing service directly related 
to disaster relief efforts may continue in a term of service 
for a period of 90 days beyond the period otherwise specified 
in, as appropriate, this subsection or section 153(d) or 
in section 104 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4954). 
‘‘(B) SINGLE
TERM
OF
SERVICE.—A period of service 
performed by an individual in an originally-agreed to term 
of service and service performed under this paragraph shall 
constitute a single term of service for purposes of sub-
sections (b)(1) and (c) of section 146. 
‘‘(C) BENEFITS.—An individual performing service 
under this paragraph may continue to receive a living 
allowance and other benefits under section 140 but may 
not receive an additional national service educational 
award under section 141.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘as demonstrated 
by the participant’’ and inserting ‘‘as determined by the 
organization responsible for granting the release, if the 
participant has otherwise performed satisfactorily and has 
completed at least 15 percent of the term of service’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘provide to 
the participant that portion of the national service 
educational award’’ and inserting ‘‘certify the partici-
pant’s eligibility for that portion of the national service 
educational award’’; and
H. R. 1388—52 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to allow 
return to the program with which the individual was 
serving in order’’. 
SEC. 1315. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 
Section 140 (42 U.S.C. 12594) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesig-
nated) the following: 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The living allowance 
that may be provided under paragraph (1) to an individual 
whose term of service includes hours for which the individual 
receives a Federal work-study award under part C of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.) shall be reduced by the amount of the individual’s Federal 
work study award.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a reduced term of 
service under section 139(b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘a term of 
service that is less than 12 months’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include an amount 
sufficient to cover 85 percent of such taxes’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘may be used 
to pay the taxes described in this subsection.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(8)’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 122(c)(1)(D)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 
provide or make available’’; and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘provide from its 
own funds’’ and inserting ‘‘provide from its own funds or 
make available’’; and 
(5) by striking subsections (g) and (h). 
Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle D (Na-
tional Service Trust and Provision of Na-
tional Service Educational Awards) 
SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST. 
(a) SUBTITLE HEADING.—The subtitle heading for subtitle D 
of title I is amended to read as follows:
H. R. 1388—53 
‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and 
Provision of Educational Awards’’. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST.—Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘pursuant to section 501(a)(2)’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘, summer of service educational awards, and silver 
scholar educational awards’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms 
of such donations direct that the donated amounts 
be deposited in the National Service Trust’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) any amounts recovered by the Corporation pursuant 
to section 146A; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments of national 
service educational awards in accordance with section 148.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(1) payments of national service educational awards, 
summer of service educational awards, and silver scholar edu-
cational awards in accordance with section 148; and 
‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with section 
148(e).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘CONGRESS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘THE AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘the Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; 
(C) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by inserting ‘‘, 
summer of service educational awards, or silver scholar 
awards’’ after ‘‘national service educational awards’’ each 
place the term appears; and 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, additional approved summer of 
service positions, and additional approved silver 
scholar positions’’ after ‘‘additional approved national 
service positions’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘under subtitle C’’. 
SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD FROM THE TRUST. 
Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing:
H. R. 1388—54 
‘‘SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD FROM THE TRUST.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service educational 
award, or silver scholar educational award’’ after 
‘‘national service educational award’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and inserting 
‘‘if the organization responsible for the individual’s 
supervision in a national service program certifies that 
the individual’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements for the 
approved national service position, approved silver scholar posi-
tion, or approved summer of service position, as appropriate, 
in which the individual served; 
‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time national service edu-
cational award, successfully completed the required term of 
service described in subsection (b)(1) in the approved national 
service position; 
‘‘(B) for a partial educational award in accordance with 
section 139(c)— 
‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being granted a 
release for compelling personal circumstances under such 
section; and 
‘‘(ii) completed at least 15 percent of the required term 
of service described in subsection (b) for the approved 
national service position; 
‘‘(C) for a summer of service educational award, successfully 
completed the required term of service described in subsection 
(b)(2) in an approved summer of service position, as certified 
through a process determined by the Corporation through regu-
lations consistent with section 138(f); or 
‘‘(D) for a silver scholar educational award, successfully 
completed the required term of service described in subsection 
(b)(3) in an approved silver scholar position, as certified through 
a process determined by the Corporation through regulations 
consistent with section 138(f); and’’. 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITION.—The term’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) APPROVED SUMMER OF SERVICE POSITION.—The term 
of service for an approved summer of service position shall 
not be less than 100 hours of service during the summer 
months. 
‘‘(3) APPROVED
SILVER
SCHOLAR
POSITION.—The term of 
service for an approved silver scholar position shall be not 
less than 350 hours during a 1-year period.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION
ON
RECEIPT
OF
NATIONAL
SERVICE
EDU-
CATIONAL
AWARDS.—An individual may not receive, through 
national service educational awards and silver scholar educational 
awards, more than an amount equal to the aggregate value of
H. R. 1388—55 
2 such awards for full-time service. The value of summer of service 
educational awards that an individual receives shall have no effect 
on the aggregate value of the national service educational awards 
the individual may receive.’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR
REQUIREMENT’’ and 
inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para-
graph (2), an’’; 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or a silver scholar educational 
award’’ after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 
(iv) by inserting ‘‘or an approved silver scholar 
position, as applicable,’’ after ‘‘approved national 
service position’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Subject 
to paragraph (2), an individual eligible to receive a 
summer of service educational award under this section 
may not use such award after the end of the 10- 
year period beginning on the date the individual com-
pletes the term of service in an approved summer 
of service position that is the basis of the award.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and 
in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, summer of service 
educational award, or silver scholar educational award’’ 
after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or 10- 
year period, as appropriate’’ after ‘‘7-year period’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, approved 
summer of service position, or approved silver scholar 
position’’ after ‘‘approved national service position’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) TERM FOR TRANSFERRED EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—For 
purposes of applying paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) to an individual 
who is eligible to receive an educational award as a designated 
individual (as defined in section 148(f)(8)), references to a seven- 
year period shall be considered to be references to a 10-year 
period that begins on the date the individual who transferred 
the educational award to the designated individual completed 
the term of service in the approved national service position 
or approved silver scholar position that is the basis of the 
award.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under this section’’ 
the following: ‘‘or under section 119(c)(8)’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a national service 
educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, a summer of service 
educational award, or a silver scholar educational award’’. 
SEC. 1403. CERTIFICATIONS. 
The Act is amended by adding after section 146 (42 U.S.C. 
12602) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 146A. CERTIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TERMS 
OF SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATIONS.—In making any authorized disbursement 
from the National Service Trust in regard to an eligible individual
H. R. 1388—56 
(including disbursement for a designated individual, as defined 
in section 148(f)(8), due to the service of an eligible individual) 
under section 146 who served in an approved national service 
position, an approved summer of service position, or an approved 
silver scholar position, the Corporation shall rely on a certification. 
The certification shall be made by the entity that selected the 
individual for and supervised the individual in the approved 
national service position in which such individual successfully com-
pleted a required term of service, in a national service program. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF ERRONEOUS CERTIFICATIONS.—If the Corpora-
tion determines that the certification under subsection (a) is erro-
neous or incorrect, the Corporation shall assess against the national 
service program a charge for the amount of any associated payment 
or potential payment from the National Service Trust. In assessing 
the amount of the charge, the Corporation shall consider the full 
facts and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect 
certification.’’. 
SEC. 1404. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD. 
Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICE.—Except as 
provided in subsection (c), an individual described in section 146(a) 
who successfully completes a required term of full-time national 
service in an approved national service position shall receive a 
national service educational award having a value equal to the 
maximum amount of a Federal Pell Grant under section 401 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) that a student 
eligible for such Grant may receive in the aggregate (without regard 
to whether the funds are provided through discretionary or manda-
tory appropriations), for the award year for which the national 
service position is approved by the Corporation.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, for each of not more 
than 2 of such terms of service,’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) AMOUNT
FOR
SUMMER
OF
SERVICE.—An individual 
described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required 
summer of service term shall receive a summer of service edu-
cational award having a value, for each of not more than 2 of 
such terms of service, equal to $500 (or, at the discretion of the 
Chief Executive Officer, equal to $750 in the case of a participant 
who is economically disadvantaged). 
‘‘(e) AMOUNT FOR SILVER SCHOLARS.—An individual described 
in section 146(a) who successfully completes a required silver 
scholar term shall receive a silver scholar educational award having 
a value of $1,000.’’. 
SEC. 1405. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
Section 148 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol-
lowing:
H. R. 1388—57 
‘‘SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘cost of attendance’’ 
and inserting ‘‘cost of attendance or other educational 
expenses’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an educational 
institution or training establishment that is approved under 
chapter 36 of title 38, United States Code, or other applicable 
provisions of law, for offering programs of education, apprentice-
ship, or on-job training for which educational assistance may 
be provided by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘the national 
service educational award of the individual’’ the following: 
‘‘, an eligible individual under section 146(a) who served 
in a summer of service program and desires to apply that 
individual’s summer of service educational award, or an 
eligible individual under section 146(a) who served in a 
silver scholar program and desires to apply that individ-
ual’s silver scholar educational award,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘the national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, the summer 
of service educational award, or the silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting after ‘‘the national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, the summer 
of service educational award, or the silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B)) determined by an institution of higher 
education to be necessary to cover a student’s educational 
expenses and made, insured, or guaranteed by— 
‘‘(i) an eligible lender, as defined in section 435 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 
‘‘(ii) the direct student loan program under part 
D of title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); 
‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 
‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by the Cor-
poration to be eligible to receive disbursements from 
the National Service Trust.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, an eligible indi-
vidual under section 146(a) who desires to apply the 
individual’s summer of service educational award, or an 
eligible individual under section 146(a) who served in a
H. R. 1388—58 
silver scholar program and desires to apply that individ-
ual’s silver scholar educational award,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, summer 
of service educational award, or silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘, summer of service educational awards, or silver 
scholar educational awards, as applicable,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational awards’’ the following: ‘‘summer of 
service educational awards, or silver scholar educational 
awards’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, summer 
of service educational award, or silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable,’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by inserting before the 
period the following: ‘‘, additional approved summer 
of service positions, and additional approved silver 
scholar positions’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting after ‘‘national service educational award’’ 
the following: ‘‘, summer of service educational award, 
or silver scholar educational award’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘and other 
educational expenses’’ after ‘‘cost of attendance’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) the student’s estimated financial assistance for 
such period under part A of title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1070 et seq.).’’; 
(5) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘national service 
educational awards’’ the following: ‘‘, summer of service edu-
cational awards, and silver scholar educational awards’’; 
(6) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(6)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; 
(7) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief Execu-
tive Officer’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service educational 
award, or silver scholar educational award, as appropriate,’’ 
after ‘‘national service educational award’’; 
(8) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
(g) and (h) respectively; and 
(9) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) TRANSFER OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is eligible to receive 
a national service educational award or silver scholar edu-
cational award due to service in a program described in para-
graph (2) may elect to receive the award (in the amount 
described in the corresponding provision of section 147) and 
transfer the award to a designated individual. Subsections (b),