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‘‘(10) establishing networks and collaboration 
among employers, educators, and other key stake-
holders in the community to further leverage re-
sources to increase local participation and to coordi-
nate community-wide planning and service; 
‘‘(11) providing training and technical assist-
ance for the National Senior Service Corps, includ-
ing providing such training and assistance to pro-
grams of the National Senior Service Corps subject 
to section 412 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 prior to termination of any assistance under 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 or 
under section 186 of this Act; and 
‘‘(12) carrying out such other activities as the 
Chief Executive Officer determines to be appro-
priate. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From amounts ap-
propriated for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve 
up to 1 percent to carry out this subtitle. Amounts so re-
served shall be available only for the fiscal year for which 
they are reserved. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—The Corporation shall give priority 
to programs under the national service laws and those en-
tities wishing to establish programs under the national 
service laws seeking training or technical assistance that— 
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‘‘(1) seek to carry out (as defined in section 
101) high quality programs where the services are 
needed most; 
‘‘(2) seek to carry out (as defined in section 
101) high quality programs where national service 
programs do not currently exist or where the pro-
grams are too limited to meet community needs; 
‘‘(3) seek to carry out (as defined in section 
101) high quality programs that focus on and pro-
vide service opportunities for underserved rural and 
urban areas and populations; and 
‘‘(4) assist programs in developing a service 
component that combines students, out-of-school 
youths, and older adults as participants to provide 
needed community services.’’. 
Subtitle K—Repeal of Title III 
(Points of Light Foundation) 
SEC. 1831. REPEAL. 
Title III (42 U.S.C. 12661 et seq.) is repealed. 
Subtitle L—Amendments to Title V 
(Authorization of Appropriations) 
SEC. 1841. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 501 (42 U.S.C. 12681) is amended to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) TITLE I.— 
‘‘(1) SUBTITLE B.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to provide financial assist-
ance under subtitle B of title I— 
‘‘(i) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
of which $10,000,000 shall be for summer 
of service grants and $10,000,000 shall be 
deposited in the National Service Trust to 
support summer of service educational 
awards; and 
‘‘(ii) such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2012. 
‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(i) not more than 63.75 percent shall 
be available to provide financial assistance 
under part I of subtitle B of title I; 
‘‘(ii) not more than 25 percent shall 
be available to provide financial assistance 
under part II of such subtitle; and 
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‘‘(iii) not less than 11.25 percent shall 
be available to provide financial assistance 
under part III of such subtitle. 
‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AND H.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to provide financial assist-
ance under subtitles C and H of title I, to ad-
minister the National Service Trust and dis-
burse national service educational awards and 
scholarships under subtitle D of title I, and to 
carry out such audits and evaluations as the 
Chief Executive Officer or the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Corporation may determine to be 
necessary, $485,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 
‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 
year, up to 15 percent shall be made available 
to provide financial assistance under sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 126, and under 
subtitle H of title I. 
‘‘(C) SUBTITLE C.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subparagraph (A), the following 
amounts shall be made available to provide fi-
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nancial assistance under section 121 of subtitle 
C of title I: 
‘‘(i) For fiscal year 2008, not more 
than $324,000,000. 
‘‘(ii) For fiscal year 2009, not more 
than $357,000,000. 
‘‘(iii) For fiscal year 2010, not more 
than $397,000,000. 
‘‘(iv) For each of fiscal years 2011 
through 2012, such sums as may be nec-
essary. 
‘‘(3) SUBTITLE E.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to operate the National Civilian Com-
munity Corps and provide financial assistance under 
subtitle E of title I, $25,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2009 through 2012. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated for the administration of 
this Act, including financial assistance under 
sections 126(a) and 196B, $51,000,000 for fis-
cal year 2008 and such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2012. 
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‘‘(B) CORPORATION.—Of the amounts ap-
propriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(i) up to 69 percent shall be made 
available to the Corporation for the admin-
istration of this Act, including to provide 
financial assistance under section 196B; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the remainder shall be available 
to provide financial assistance under sec-
tion 126(a). 
‘‘(5) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year under 
subtitles B, C, and H of title I of this Act and under 
titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973, the Corporation shall reserve up to 2.5 per-
cent to carry out subtitle J of this Act. Notwith-
standing subsection (b), amounts so reserved shall 
be available only for the fiscal year for which they 
are reserved. 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
appropriated under this section shall remain available 
until expended.’’. 
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TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERV-
ICE ACT OF 1973 
SEC. 2001. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or repeal of a provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a provision of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et 
seq.). 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Title I 
(National Volunteer Antipoverty 
Programs) 
SEC. 2101. PURPOSE. 
Section 2 (42 U.S.C. 4950) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘both young 
and older citizens’’ and inserting ‘‘citizens of all ages 
and backgrounds’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘local agen-
cies’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘local agencies, expand relation-
ships with, and support for, the efforts of civic, com-
munity, and educational organizations, and utilize 
the energy, innovative spirit, experience, and skills of 
all Americans.’’. 
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SEC. 2102. PURPOSE OF THE VISTA PROGRAM. 
Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 4951) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘af-
flicted with’’ and inserting ‘‘affected by’’; and 
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘local 
level’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘local level, to support efforts by 
local agencies and organizations to achieve long-term 
sustainability of projects, consistent with section 186 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, 
initiated or expanded under the VISTA program ac-
tivities, and to strengthen local agencies and commu-
nity organizations to carry out the purpose of this 
part.’’. 
SEC. 2103. APPLICATIONS. 
Section 103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands,’’ after ‘‘American Samoa,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘handicapped’’ and in-
serting ‘‘disabled’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘handicaps’’ and in-
serting ‘‘disabilities’’; 
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(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘jobless, 
the hungry, and low-income’’ and inserting ‘‘un-
employed, the hungry, and low-income’’; 
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘preven-
tion, 
education, 
treatment’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘through prevention, education, rehabilitation, 
and treatment,’’; 
(E) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, men-
tal illness,’’ after ‘‘including’’; 
(F) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(G) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a semicolon; and 
(H) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(8) in the re-entry and re-integration of for-
merly incarcerated youth and adults into society, in-
cluding life skills training, employment training, 
counseling, educational training, and educational 
counseling; 
‘‘(9) in developing and carrying out financial 
literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and 
reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 
communities, including those programs which edu-
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cate on financing home ownership and higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(10) in initiating and supporting before-school 
and after-school programs servicing children in low- 
income communities that may engage participants in 
mentoring relationships, tutoring, life skills, or study 
skills programs, service-learning, physical, nutrition, 
and health education programs, including programs 
aimed at fighting childhood obesity, and other activi-
ties addressing the needs of the community’s chil-
dren; 
‘‘(11) in establishing and supporting community 
economic development initiatives, including micro-en-
terprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 
areas and other areas where such programs are 
needed most; 
‘‘(12) in assisting veterans and their families 
through establishing or augmenting programs which 
assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 
health care (including mental health), employment 
counseling or training, education counseling or train-
ing, affordable housing, and other support services; 
and 
‘‘(13) in addressing the health and wellness of 
low-income and underserved communities, including 
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programs to increase access to preventive services, 
insurance, and health care.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘recruit-
ment and placement procedures’’ and inserting 
‘‘recruitment and placement procedures that in-
volve sponsoring organizations and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘central information system that shall, on 
request, promptly provide’’ and inserting 
‘‘database that provides’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘timely and effec-
tive’’ and inserting ‘‘timely and cost- 
effective’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the recruitment 
of volunteers’’ and inserting ‘‘recruit-
ment and management of volunteers’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘The Director shall give priority 
to— 
‘‘(A) disadvantaged youth (as defined in section 
101 of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990) and low-income adults; and 
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‘‘(B) retired adults of any profession, but with 
an emphasis on those professions whose services and 
training are most needed in a community, such as 
the health care professions, teaching, counseling, 
and engineering and other professions requiring a 
high level of technical and project management 
skills, to utilize their experience, including profes-
sional skills, in the VISTA program.’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘in-
formation system’’ and inserting ‘‘database’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘personnel de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2)(C)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘personnel described in subsection 
(b)(2)(C), sponsoring organizations, and 
the National Office of Outreach and Re-
cruitment’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘the Internet and related technologies,’’ 
after ‘‘television,’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘Internet and related technologies,’’ after 
‘‘through the’’; 
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(iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 
after ‘‘senior citizens organizations,’’ the 
following: ‘‘offices of economic develop-
ment, State employment security agencies, 
employment offices,’’; 
(v) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘National and Community Service Trust 
Act of 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘National and 
Community Service Act of 1990’’; and 
(vi) in subparagraph (G), by striking 
‘‘, on request,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘this 
subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection and 
related public awareness and recruitment activi-
ties under the national service laws and through 
the National Office of Outreach and Recruit-
ment’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Beginning’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘for the purpose’’ and 
inserting ‘‘For the purpose’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘1.5 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2 percent’’; 
(4) by amending the second sentence of sub-
section (d) to read as follows: ‘‘Whenever feasible, 
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such efforts shall be coordinated with an appropriate 
local workforce investment board established under 
section 117 of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998.’’; 
(5) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘and has been 
submitted to the Governor’’ and all that follows and 
inserting a period; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) The Director may enter into agreements under 
which public and private nonprofit organizations, with suf-
ficient financial capacity and size, pay for all or a portion 
of the costs of supporting the service of volunteers under 
this title, consistent with the provisions of section 186 of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990.’’. 
SEC. 2104. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
Part A of title I is amended by inserting after section 
103 (42 U.S.C. 4953) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 103A. VISTA PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With not less than one-third of 
the funds made available under subsection (d) in each fis-
cal year, the Director shall make grants for VISTA posi-
tions to support programs of national significance. Each 
program for which a grant is received under this sub-
section shall be carried out in accordance with the require-
ments applicable to that program. 
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‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—The Director shall 
make grants under subsection (a) to support one or more 
of the following programs to address problems that con-
cern low-income and rural communities in the Nation: 
‘‘(1) In developing and carrying-out financial 
literacy, financial planning, budgeting, savings, and 
reputable credit accessibility programs in low-income 
communities, including those programs which edu-
cate on financing home ownership and higher edu-
cation. 
‘‘(2) In initiating and supporting before-school 
and after-school programs in low-income commu-
nities that may include such activities as establishing 
mentoring relationships, physical education, tutor-
ing, instruction in 21st century thinking skills, life 
skills, and study skills, community service, service- 
learning, nutrition and health education, and other 
activities aimed at keeping children, safe, educated, 
and healthy, which serve the children in such com-
munity. 
‘‘(3) In establishing and supporting community 
economic development initiatives, including micro-en-
terprises, with a priority on such programs in rural 
areas and areas where such programs are needed 
most. 
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‘‘(4) In assisting veterans and their families 
through establishing or augmenting programs which 
assist such persons with access to legal assistance, 
health care (including mental health), employment 
counseling or training, education counseling or train-
ing, affordable housing, and other support services. 
‘‘(5) In addressing the health and wellness of 
low-income and underserved communities across our 
Nation, including programs to fight childhood obe-
sity through nutrition, physical fitness, and other as-
sociated life skills education programs and programs 
to increase access to preventive services, insurance, 
and health care. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to receive a grant 
under subsection (a), an applicant shall submit an 
application to the Director at such time and in such 
manner as the Director requires and receive ap-
proval of the application. Such application shall, at 
a minimum, demonstrate to the Director a level of 
expertise in carrying out such a program. 
‘‘(2) SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Funds 
made available under subsection (d) shall be used to 
supplement and not supplant the number of VISTA 
volunteers engaged in programs addressing the prob-
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lem for which such funds are awarded unless such 
sums are an extension of funds previously provided 
under this title. 
‘‘(d) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priate under section 501 for each fiscal year there 
shall be available to the Director such sums as may 
be necessary to make grants under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No funds shall be made 
available to the Director to make grants under sub-
section (a) unless the amounts appropriated under 
section 501 available for such fiscal year to carry 
out part A are sufficient to maintain the number of 
projects and volunteers funded under part A in the 
preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) INFORMATION.—The Director shall widely dis-
seminate information on grants that may be made under 
this section, including through the National Office of Out-
reach and Recruitment and other volunteer recruitment 
programs being carried out by public or private non-profit 
organizations.’’. 
SEC. 2105. TERMS AND PERIODS OF SERVICE. 
Section 104(d) (42 U.S.C. 4954(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘with the 
terms and conditions of their service.’’ and inserting 
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‘‘with the terms and conditions of their service or 
any adverse action, including termination, proposed 
by the sponsoring organization. The procedure shall 
provide for an appeal to the Director of any pro-
posed termination.’’; and 
(2) in the third sentence (as amended by this 
section), by striking ‘‘and the terms and conditions 
of their service’’. 
SEC. 2106. SUPPORT SERVICE. 
Section 105(a)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘Such stipend’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘in the case of persons’’ and inserting ‘‘Such sti-
pend shall be set at a minimum of $125 per month and 
a maximum of $150 per month, subject to the availability 
of funds to accomplish such a maximum. The Director 
may provide a stipend of $250 per month in the case of 
persons’’. 
SEC. 2107. SECTIONS REPEALED. 
The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) VISTA LITERACY CORPS.—Section 109 (42 
U.S.C. 4959). 
(2) UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA.—Part B of 
title I (42 U.S.C. 4971 et seq.). 
(3) LITERACY
CHALLENGE
GRANTS.—Section 
124 (42 U.S.C. 4995). 
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SEC. 2108. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 
Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 4991) is amended in the sec-
ond sentence by striking ‘‘situations’’ and inserting ‘‘orga-
nizations’’. 
SEC. 2109. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 4993) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘TECH-
NICAL AND’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘technical and’’. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Title II 
(National Senior Volunteer Corps) 
SEC. 2201. CHANGE IN NAME. 
Title II (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.) is amended in the 
title heading by striking ‘‘NATIONAL SENIOR 
VOLUNTEER 
CORPS’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘NA-
TIONAL SENIOR SERVICE CORPS’’. 
SEC. 2202. PURPOSE. 
Section 200 (42 U.S.C. 5000) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 200. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
‘‘It is the purpose of this title to provide— 
‘‘(1) opportunities for senior service to meet 
unmet local, State, and national needs in the areas 
of education, public safety, emergency and disaster 
preparedness, relief, and recovery, health and human 
needs, and the environment; 
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