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(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘territory,’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, 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 education, or Federal agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
(8) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesig-
nated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT RECEIVING MUL-
TIPLE 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 RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 
(A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the community served, the munici-
pality and government of the county (if appro-
priate) 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 pro-
gram that a nonprofit organization seeks to operate 
in 2 or more States), consult with and coordinate ac-
tivities with the State Commission for each State in 
which the program will operate, and the Corporation 
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 ORGA-
NIZATIONS. 
Subtitle C of title I (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is amend-
ed by inserting after section 132 the following:
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‘‘SEC. 132A. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE OR-
GANIZATIONS. 
‘‘(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, peti-
tions, boycotts, or strikes. 
‘‘(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union or-
ganizing. 
‘‘(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or 
collective bargaining agreements. 
‘‘(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or 
other activities designed to influence the outcome of 
an election to Federal office or the outcome of an elec-
tion to a State or local public office. 
‘‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or ac-
tivities 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, con-
ducting worship services, providing instruction as 
part of a program that includes mandatory religious 
instruction or worship, constructing or operating fa-
cilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, 
maintaining facilities primarily or inherently de-
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voted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging 
in any form of proselytization, consistent with section 
132. 
‘‘(8) Consistent with section 132, providing a di-
rect 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, ex-
cept that nothing in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to prevent participants from engaging in 
advocacy activities undertaken at their own ini-
tiative; and 
‘‘(E) organization engaged in the religious 
activities described in paragraph (7), unless the 
position is not used to support those religious ac-
tivities. 
‘‘(9) Providing abortion services or referrals for 
receipt of such services. 
‘‘(10) Conducting a voter registration drive or 
using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registra-
tion drive.
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‘‘(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 VOLUNTEERS.—A participant in an approved na-
tional service position under this subtitle may not be di-
rected to perform any services or duties, or to engage in 
any activities, prohibited under the nonduplication, non-
displacement, or nonsupplantation requirements relating to 
employees and volunteers in section 177.’’. 
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 subpara-
graph (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)’’;
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(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 provided under sec-
tion 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, educational, 
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)—
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(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 ‘‘section 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 com-
petitive awards under section 129(d), the Corporation shall 
solicit and consider the views of a State Commission re-
garding any application for assistance to carry out a na-
tional 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), respec-
tively; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(2) or a program de-
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scribed in section 122(a)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 122(a)(3)(B)(x)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a)(4)’’. 
SEC. 1313. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI-
PANTS. 
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 enti-
ty’’ 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 considered, 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
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PUR-
POSES.— 
‘‘(A) EXTENSION.—An individual in an ap-
proved national service position performing serv-
ice 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 re-
ceive 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)—
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(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 com-
pleted 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 participant’s eli-
gibility for that portion of the national 
service educational award’’; and 
(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 ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 
(3)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2);
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(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
WORK-STUDY
STUDENTS.—The 
living allowance that may be provided under para-
graph (1) to an individual whose term of service in-
cludes hours for which the individual receives a Fed-
eral 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 individ-
ual’s Federal work study award.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a re-
duced 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 de-
scribed in this subsection.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)—
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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. 
(a) SUBTITLE HEADING.—The subtitle heading for 
subtitle D of title I is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘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 subpara-
graph (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 edu-
cational awards, and silver scholar edu-
cational awards’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘pursuant to section 
196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to sec-
tion 196(a)(2), if the terms of such dona-
tions direct that the donated amounts be de-
posited 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 educational awards in accordance with 
section 148; and 
‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with sec-
tion 148(e).’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CONGRESS’’ and inserting ‘‘THE AUTHORIZING 
COMMITTEES’’;
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(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
authorizing committees’’; 
(C) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by in-
serting ‘‘, summer of service educational awards, 
or silver scholar awards’’ after ‘‘national service 
educational awards’’ each place the term ap-
pears; and 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, additional approved 
summer of service positions, and additional 
approved silver scholar positions’’ after ‘‘ad-
ditional approved national service posi-
tions’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘under subtitle C’’. 
SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDU-
CATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST. 
Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN EDU-
CATIONAL AWARD FROM THE TRUST.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service 
educational award, or silver scholar edu-
cational award’’ after ‘‘national service edu-
cational award’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and 
inserting ‘‘if the organization responsible 
for the individual’s supervision in a na-
tional service program certifies that the in-
dividual’’; 
(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 position, or approved summer of service 
position, as appropriate, in which the individual 
served; 
‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time national 
service educational 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 accord-
ance with section 139(c)— 
‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being 
granted a release for compelling personal cir-
cumstances under such section; and
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‘‘(ii) completed at least 15 percent of the re-
quired 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 de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2) in an approved summer 
of service position, as certified through a process de-
termined by the Corporation through regulations con-
sistent with section 138(f); or 
‘‘(D) for a silver scholar educational award, suc-
cessfully completed the required term of service de-
scribed in subsection (b)(3) in an approved silver 
scholar position, as certified through a process deter-
mined by the Corporation through regulations con-
sistent 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
POSI-
TION.—The term of service for an approved summer
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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 po-
sition 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 
EDUCATIONAL 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 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 indi-
vidual may receive.’’; 
(5) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR REQUIRE-
MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an’’;
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(iii) by inserting ‘‘or a silver scholar 
educational award’’ after ‘‘national service 
educational award’’; 
(iv) by inserting ‘‘or an approved sil-
ver scholar position, as applicable,’’ after 
‘‘approved national service position’’; and 
(v) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an individual el-
igible to receive a summer of service edu-
cational award under this section may not 
use such award after the end of the 10-year 
period beginning on the date the individual 
completes the term of service in an ap-
proved summer of service position that is 
the basis of the award.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) and in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting ‘‘, 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
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘, approved summer of service position, or 
approved silver scholar position’’ after ‘‘ap-
proved 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 des-
ignated 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’’.
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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 (including disbursement for a des-
ignated 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 ap-
proved summer of service position, or an approved silver 
scholar position, the Corporation shall rely on a certifi-
cation. 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 indi-
vidual successfully completed a required term of service, in 
a national service program. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF ERRONEOUS CERTIFICATIONS.—If the 
Corporation determines that the certification under sub-
section (a) is erroneous 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
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and circumstances surrounding the erroneous or incorrect 
certification.’’. 
SEC. 1404. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDU-
CATIONAL AWARD. 
Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE EDU-
CATIONAL AWARD.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) AMOUNT FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERVICE.— 
Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual de-
scribed in section 146(a) who successfully completes a re-
quired 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 mandatory appropriations), for the award 
year for which the national service position is approved by 
the Corporation.’’;
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(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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, apprenticeship, 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 indi-
vidual 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 individual’s silver 
scholar educational award,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
‘‘the national service educational award’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, the summer of service educational
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award, or the silver scholar educational award, 
as applicable,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), by inserting after 
‘‘the national service educational award’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, the summer of service educational 
award, or the silver scholar educational 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 fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described 
in subparagraph (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.);
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‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 
‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by 
the Corporation to be eligible to receive dis-
bursements from the National Service 
Trust.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational award’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, an eligible individual under section 
146(a) who desires to apply the individual’s 
summer of service educational award, or an eli-
gible individual under section 146(a) who served 
in a silver scholar program and desires to apply 
that individual’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 edu-
cational award, or silver scholar edu-
cational award, as applicable,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by in-
serting after ‘‘national service educational 
awards’’ the following: ‘‘, summer of service
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educational awards, or silver scholar edu-
cational awards, as applicable,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational awards’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘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 edu-
cational 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 posi-
tions’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by inserting after ‘‘national 
service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, 
summer of service educational award, or sil-
ver scholar educational award’’;
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(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 as-
sistance 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 ‘‘na-
tional service educational awards’’ the following: ‘‘, 
summer of service educational 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 Executive Officer’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, summer of service edu-
cational 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.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is eligible 
to receive a national service educational award or sil-
ver scholar educational award due to service in a pro-
gram described in paragraph (2) may elect to receive 
the award (in the amount described in the cor-
responding provision of section 147) and transfer the 
award to a designated individual. Subsections (b), 
(c), and (d) shall apply to the designated individual 
in lieu of the individual who is eligible to receive the 
national service educational award or silver scholar 
educational award, except that amounts refunded to 
the account under subsection (c)(5) on behalf of a des-
ignated individual may be used by the Corporation to 
fund additional placements in the national service 
program in which the eligible individual who trans-
ferred the national service educational award or silver 
scholar educational award participated for such 
award. 
‘‘(2) CONDITIONS
FOR
TRANSFER.—An edu-
cational award may be transferred under this sub-
section if— 
‘‘(A)(i) the award is a national service edu-
cational award for service in a national service 
program that receives a grant under subtitle C; 
and
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‘‘(ii) before beginning the term of service in-
volved, the eligible individual is age 55 or older; 
or 
‘‘(B) the award is a silver scholarship edu-
cational award under section 198C(a). 
‘‘(3) MODIFICATION OR REVOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual transfer-
ring an educational award under this subsection 
may, on any date on which a portion of the edu-
cational award remains unused, modify or re-
voke the transfer of the educational award with 
respect to that portion. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE.—A modification or revoca-
tion of the transfer of an educational award 
under this paragraph shall be made by the sub-
mission of written notice to the Corporation. 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION
ON
TREATMENT
OF
TRANS-
FERRED
AWARD
AS
MARITAL
PROPERTY.—An edu-
cational award transferred under this subsection may 
not be treated as marital property, or the asset of a 
marital estate, subject to division in a divorce or 
other civil proceeding. 
‘‘(5) DEATH OF TRANSFEROR.—The death of an 
individual transferring an educational award under 
this subsection shall not affect the use of the edu-
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cational award by the child, foster child, or grand-
child to whom the educational award is transferred if 
such educational award is transferred prior to the 
death of the individual. 
‘‘(6) PROCEDURES TO PREVENT WASTE, FRAUD, 
OR ABUSE.—The Corporation shall establish require-
ments to prevent waste, fraud, or abuse in connection 
with the transfer of an educational award and to pro-
tect the integrity of the educational award under this 
subsection. 
‘‘(7) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation 
may, as appropriate, provide technical assistance, to 
individuals and eligible entities carrying out national 
service programs, concerning carrying out this sub-
section. 
‘‘(8) DEFINITION
OF
A
DESIGNATED
INDI-
VIDUAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘designated in-
dividual’ is an individual— 
‘‘(A) whom an individual who is eligible to 
receive a national service educational award or 
silver scholar educational award due to service 
in a program described in paragraph (2) des-
ignates to receive the educational award; 
‘‘(B) who meets the eligibility requirements 
of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 146(a); and
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‘‘(C) who is a child, foster child, or grand-
child of the individual described in subpara-
graph (A).’’. 
SEC. 1406. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 
12601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 149. APPROVAL PROCESS FOR APPROVED POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles C, 
D, and H, and any other provision of law, in approv-
ing a position as an approved national service posi-
tion, an approved summer of service position, or an 
approved silver scholar position, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time 
the Corporation— 
‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agree-
ment with an individual participant to 
serve in a program carried out under sub-
title E of title I of this Act, section 198B or 
198C(a), or under title I of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4951 et seq.), a summer of service program 
described in section 119(c)(8), or a silver
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scholarship program described in section 
198C(a); or 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 
awards a grant to (or enters into a contract 
or cooperative agreement with) an entity to 
carry out a program for which such a posi-
tion is approved under section 123; and 
‘‘(B) shall record as an obligation an esti-
mate of the net present value of the national 
service educational award, summer of service 
educational award, or silver scholar educational 
award associated with the position, based on a 
formula that takes into consideration historical 
rates of enrollment in such a program, and of 
earning and using national service educational 
awards, summer of service educational awards, 
or silver scholar educational awards, as appro-
priate, for such a program and remain avail-
able. 
‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall 
consult with the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office. 
‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer of the Corporation shall annually prepare
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and submit to the authorizing committees a report 
that contains a certification that the Corporation is 
in compliance with the requirements of paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this sub-
section shall apply to each approved national service 
position, approved summer of service position, or ap-
proved silver scholarship position that the Corpora-
tion approves— 
‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding 
subtitles C, D, and H, and any other provision 
of law, within the National Service Trust estab-
lished under section 145, the Corporation shall 
establish a reserve account. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the avail-
ability of adequate funds to support the awards 
of approved national service positions, approved 
summer of service positions, and approved silver 
scholar positions, for each fiscal year, the Cor-
poration shall place in the account—
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‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2010, a portion 
of the funds that were appropriated for fis-
cal year 2010 or a previous fiscal year 
under section 501 of this Act or section 501 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available 
to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, 
section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A of title 
I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973, or summer of service programs de-
scribed in section 119(c)(8), and remain 
available; and 
‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2011 or a sub-
sequent fiscal year, a portion of the funds 
that were appropriated for that fiscal year 
under section 501 of this Act or section 501 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 5081), were made available 
to carry out subtitle C, D, or E of this title, 
section 198B or 198C(a), subtitle A of title 
I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973, or summer of service programs de-
scribed in section 119(c)(8), and remain 
available.
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‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not 
obligate the funds in the reserve account until the 
Corporation— 
‘‘(A) determines that the funds will not be 
needed for the payment of national service edu-
cational awards associated with previously ap-
proved national service positions, summer of 
service educational awards associated with pre-
viously approved summer of service positions, 
and silver scholar educational awards associated 
with previously approved silver scholar posi-
tions; or 
‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment of 
national service educational awards for such pre-
viously approved national service positions, sum-
mer of service educational awards for such pre-
viously approved summer of service positions, or 
silver scholar educational awards for such pre-
viously approved silver scholar positions, as ap-
plicable. 
‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation relat-
ing to the appropriated funds for approved national service 
positions, approved summer of service positions, and ap-
proved silver scholar positions, and the records dem-
onstrating the manner in which the Corporation has re-
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corded estimates described in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obliga-
tions, shall be audited annually by independent certified 
public accountants or independent licensed public account-
ants certified or licensed by a regulatory authority of a 
State or other political subdivision of the United States in 
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. A 
report containing the results of each such independent audit 
shall be included in the annual report required by sub-
section (a)(3). 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as provided 
in subsection (b), all amounts included in the National 
Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 
145(a) shall be available for payments of national service 
educational awards, summer of service educational awards, 
or silver scholar educational awards under section 148.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
REPEAL.—The 
Strengthen 
AmeriCorps Program Act (42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle 
E (National Civilian Community 
Corps) 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to read as 
follows:
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‘‘SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 
‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the oper-
ation of, and support for, residential and other service pro-
grams that combine the best practices of civilian service 
with the best aspects of military service, including leader-
ship and team building, to meet national and community 
needs. The needs to be met under such programs include 
those needs related to— 
‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 
‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 
‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conserva-
tion; 
‘‘(4) energy conservation; and 
‘‘(5) urban and rural development.’’. 
SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 
Section 152 (42 U.S.C. 12612) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COM-
MUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Com-
munity Corps Demonstration Program’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
(3) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 
subsection (b)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘a National Civilian Com-
munity Corps’’; and 
(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS.—Both programs re-
ferred to in subsection (b) may include a residential compo-
nent.’’. 
SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following:
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‘‘(1) is, or will be, at least 18 years of age on 
or before December 31 of the calendar year in which 
the individual enrolls in the program, but is not more 
than 24 years of age as of the date the individual be-
gins participating in the program; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and inserting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Director shall take appropriate steps, in-
cluding through outreach and recruitment activi-
ties, to increase the percentage of participants in 
the program who are disadvantaged youth to 50 
percent of all participants by year 2012. The Di-
rector shall report to the authorizing committees 
biennially on such steps, any challenges faced, 
and the annual participation rates of disadvan-
taged youth in the program.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (d); and 
(5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(d). 
SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 
Community Corps’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘shall be from economically and ethnically di-
verse backgrounds, including youth who are in foster 
care.’’. 
SEC. 1505. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS. 
Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community 
Corps shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Civil-
ian Community Corps shall’’;
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(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY 
CORPS.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) TEAM LEADERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director may select 
individuals with prior supervisory or service ex-
perience to be team leaders within units in the 
National Civilian Community Corps, to perform 
service that includes leading and supervising 
teams of Corps members. Each team leader shall 
be selected without regard to the age limitation 
under section 153(b). 
‘‘(B) RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—A team lead-
er shall be provided the same rights and benefits 
applicable to other Corps members, except that
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the Director may increase the limitation on the 
amount of the living allowance under section 
158(b) by not more than 10 percent for a team 
leader.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by amending the paragraph head-
ing to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in campuses’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Corps camp’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Corps campus’’; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘in the campuses’’; 
(C) by amending paragraphs (2) and (3) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—There shall be a cam-
pus director for each campus. The campus director is 
the head of the campus. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—A campus 
shall be cost effective and may, upon the completion
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of a feasibility study, be located in a facility referred 
to in section 162(c).’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘campuses are cost effective and 
are distributed’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘rural areas such that each Corps unit in a 
region can be easily deployed for disaster and 
emergency response to such region.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘superintendent of a 
camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director of a 
campus’’;
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(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘superintend-
ent’s’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tor’s’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘camp’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus 
director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp 
superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tor’’. 
SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 
Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Director shall ensure that, to the extent 
practicable, each member of the Corps is trained 
in CPR, first aid, and other skills related to dis-
aster preparedness and response.’’;
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(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, including a focus 
on energy conservation, environmental stewardship or 
conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban and 
rural development, or disaster preparedness needs, as 
appropriate’’; 
(3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.— 
Members of the cadre may provide, either directly or 
through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, 
the advanced service training referred to in subsection 
(b)(1) in coordination with vocational or technical 
schools, other employment and training providers, ex-
isting youth service programs, other qualified individ-
uals, or organizations with expertise in training 
youth, including disadvantaged youth, in the skills 
described in such subsection.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 
162(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’. 
SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS. 
Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com-
munity Corps’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘, with specific em-
phasis on projects in support of infrastructure 
improvement, energy conservation, and urban 
and rural development’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘service 
learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, the 
Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of 
Transportation, and the Chief of the Forest 
Service’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)—
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(I) by inserting ‘‘community- 
based entities and’’ before ‘‘representa-
tives of local communities’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both 
places such term appears and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State 
Commissions,’’ before ‘‘and persons involved in 
other youth service programs.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both 
places such term appears and inserting 
‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘campus’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘camp 
superintendents’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tors’’. 
SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 
Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘National’’ be-
fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Ci-
vilian Community Corps’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the colon the 
following: ‘‘, as the Director determines ap-
propriate’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Cloth-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Uniforms’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Rec-
reational services and supplies’’ and inserting 
‘‘Supplies’’. 
SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE. 
Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Dem-
onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 
Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ be-
fore ‘‘recommended’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’;
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(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 
before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘The Director shall 
establish a permanent cadre of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 
shall establish a permanent cadre that 
includes the Director and other ap-
pointed’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be-
fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘The Director shall appoint the members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 
shall consider the recommendations of the 
Director in appointing the other members’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Chief Executive Officer’’;
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(II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 162(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
162(b)’’; 
(III) in clause (iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(IV) by redesignating clause (iv) 
as clause (v); and 
(V) by inserting after clause (iii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and 
other former law enforcement, fire, rescue, 
and emergency personnel, and other indi-
viduals with backgrounds in disaster pre-
paredness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘to members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to other members’’; 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘tech-
niques’’ the following: ‘‘, including 
techniques for working with and en-
hancing the development of disadvan-
taged youth,’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘service learn-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 
and
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(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘the members’’ and inserting ‘‘other mem-
bers’’; and 
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking 
‘‘section 
162(a)(2)(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘162(b)(1)’’. 
SEC. 1510. STATUS OF CORPS MEMBERS AND CORPS PER-
SONNEL UNDER FEDERAL LAW. 
Section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
SEC. 1511. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY. 
Section 161 (42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘perform any 
program function under this subtitle’’ and inserting 
‘‘carry out the National Civilian Community Corps 
program’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 162(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 162(c)’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’.
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SEC. 1512. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 
Corps’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘the registry established by’’ and all 
that follows through the semicolon and in-
serting ‘‘the registry established by section 
1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘to be 
recommended for appointment’’ and inserting 
‘‘from which individuals may be selected for ap-
pointment by the Director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
(b) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 162 (42 
U.S.C. 12622), as amended by subsection (a), is further 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘OTHER 
DEPARTMENTS’’ and inserting ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE’’;
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
of subsection (a) as subsections (b), (c), and (d), re-
spectively, and aligning the margins of such sub-
sections with the margins of section 161(a) of the Act; 
(3) by striking ‘‘(a) SECRETARY’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘OFFICE.—’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) LIAISON OFFICE.—’’; 
(4) in subsection (a) (as amended by paragraph 
(3))— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, 
and aligning the margins of such paragraphs 
with the margins of section 161(b)(1) of the Act; 
and 
(B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of 
paragraph (2) (as redesignated by subparagraph 
(A)) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, 
and aligning the margins of such subparagraphs 
with the margins of section 161(b)(1)(A) of the 
Act; 
(5) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2))— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), re-
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spectively, and aligning the margins of such 
paragraphs with the margins of section 161(b)(1) 
of the Act; 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A)), by striking ‘‘paragraph’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection’’; and 
(6) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by para-
graph (2))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this paragraph’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 1513. ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of 
the Program, there shall also be’’ and inserting 
‘‘There shall be’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps Advisory Board’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and inserting
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‘‘to assist the Corps in responding rapidly and 
efficiently in times of natural and other disas-
ters. The Advisory Board members shall help co-
ordinate activities with the Corps as appro-
priate, including the mobilization of volunteers 
and coordination of volunteer centers to help 
local communities recover from the effects of nat-
ural and other disasters.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 
(9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency. 
‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 
‘‘(10) The Chief of the Forest Service. 
‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public 
and private organizations,’’. 
SEC. 1514. EVALUATIONS. 
Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended—
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL 
EVALUATION’’ and inserting ‘‘EVALUATIONS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘an annual evaluation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘periodic evaluations’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps pro-
grams’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Community 
Corps Program’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon 
completing each such evaluation, the Corporation 
shall transmit to the authorizing committees a report 
on the evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 1515. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 
Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 
SEC. 1516. DEFINITIONS. 
Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), as 
amended by this subtitle, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 166 as 165; and 
(2) in section 165 (as redesignated by paragraph 
(1))— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(9); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(4) 
through (8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), re-
spectively;
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus di-
rector’, with respect to a Corps campus, means the 
head of the campus under section 155(d). 
‘‘(3) CORPS.—The term ‘Corps’ means the Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps required under sec-
tion 155 as part of the National Civilian Community 
Corps Program. 
‘‘(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Corps campus’ 
means the facility or central location established as 
the operational headquarters and boarding place for 
particular Corps units.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Dem-
onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 
Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
(E) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), 
by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com-
munity Corps’’; 
(F) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘The terms’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘Demonstration Program’’ and inserting 
‘‘The term ‘Program’ means the National Civil-
ian Community Corps Program’’; and
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(G) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘SERVICE
LEARNING’’ and inserting 
‘‘SERVICE-LEARNING’’; and 
(ii) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘service learning’’ 
and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’. 
SEC. 1517. TERMINOLOGY. 
Subtitle E of title I (as so amended) (42 U.S.C. 12611 
et seq.) is further amended by striking the subtitle heading 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian 
Community Corps’’. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle 
F (Administrative Provisions) 
SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 
Section 171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘with respect to a project’’ and inserting ‘‘with 
respect to a project authorized under the national service 
laws’’. 
SEC. 1602. REPORTS. 
Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘appropriate 
authorizing and appropriations Committees of Con-
gress’’ and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees, the
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Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘the appro-
priate committees of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the au-
thorizing committees, the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate’’. 
SEC. 1603. USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) REFERRALS FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A pro-
gram may not receive assistance under the national service 
laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals to Federal 
assistance programs or State assistance programs funded 
in part by the Federal Government.’’. 
SEC. 1604. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCE-
DURES. 
Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days 
not to exceed a total of 90 days’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State 
or local applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 
as subparagraph (E); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) in a case in which the grievance is 
filed by an individual applicant or partici-
pant— 
‘‘(i) the applicant’s selection or the 
participant’s reinstatement, as the case may 
be; and 
‘‘(ii) other changes in the terms and 
conditions of service applicable to the indi-
vidual; and’’. 
SEC. 1605. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS. 
Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 
‘‘under this title’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘under the national service laws’’;
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‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning 
of which may be set by the State; 
‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief exec-
utive officer of the State; 
‘‘(D) includes measurable goals and out-
comes for the State national service programs in 
the State consistent with the performance levels 
for national service programs as described in sec-
tion 179(k); 
‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse commu-
nity-based agencies that serve underrepresented 
populations, through established networks and 
registries at the State level, or through the devel-
opment of such networks and registries; 
‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of 
funding applications submitted by the State and 
other organizations within the State under the 
national service laws; 
‘‘(G) is updated annually, reflecting changes 
in practices and policies that will improve the 
coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, 
and local resources for service and volunteerism 
within the State; 
‘‘(H) ensures outreach to, and coordination 
with, municipalities (including large cities) and
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county governments regarding the national serv-
ice laws; and 
‘‘(I) contains such information as the State 
Commission considers to be appropriate or as the 
Corporation may require.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sections 
117B and 130’’ and inserting ‘‘section 130’’; 
(6) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) 
as subsections (h) through (l), respectively; and 
(7) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) 
RELIEF
FROM
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan submitted under 
subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive for 
the State, or specify alternatives for the State to, adminis-
trative requirements (other than statutory provisions) oth-
erwise applicable to grants made to States under the na-
tional service laws, including those requirements identified 
by the State as impeding the coordination and effectiveness 
of Federal, State, and local resources for service and vol-
unteerism within the State. 
‘‘(g) STATE SERVICE PLAN FOR ADULTS AGE 55 OR 
OLDER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a 
grant or allotment under subtitle B or C or to receive
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a distribution of approved national service positions 
under subtitle C, a State shall work with appropriate 
State agencies and private entities to develop a com-
prehensive State service plan for service by adults age 
55 or older. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The State service 
plan shall include— 
‘‘(A) recommendations for policies to in-
crease service for adults age 55 or older, includ-
ing how to best use such adults as sources of so-
cial capital, and how to utilize their skills and 
experience to address community needs; 
‘‘(B) recommendations to the State agency 
(as defined in section 102 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002)) on— 
‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to busi-
nesses; and 
‘‘(ii) outreach to— 
‘‘(I) nonprofit organizations; 
‘‘(II) the State educational agen-
cy; 
‘‘(III) institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(IV) other State agencies;
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SEC. 1607. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, di-
rectly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing 
evaluation of programs that receive assistance under the na-
tional service laws, including evaluations that measure the 
impact of such programs, to determine— 
‘‘(1) the effectiveness of programs receiving as-
sistance under the national service laws in achieving 
stated goals and the costs associated with such pro-
grams, including an evaluation of each such pro-
gram’s performance based on the performance levels 
established under subsection (k); and 
‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and mecha-
nisms for delivery of services, such as the effective uti-
lization of the participants’ time, the management of 
the participants, and the ease with which recipients 
were able to receive services, to maximize the cost ef-
fectiveness and the impact of such programs.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘National 
Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘National 
Senior Service Corps’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to public 
service’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘to engage in service 
that benefits the community.’’; 
(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of 
subsection (i)(2), by striking ‘‘Congress’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the authorizing committees’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS
FOR ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
addition to amounts appropriated to carry out this section, 
the Corporation may reserve not more than 1 percent of 
the total funds appropriated for a fiscal year under section 
501 of this Act and sections 501 and 502 of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to support program account-
ability activities under this section. 
‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—The Corporation shall, 
in consultation with each recipient of assistance under the 
national service laws, establish performance levels for such 
recipient to meet during the term of the assistance. The per-
formance levels may include, for each national service pro-
gram carried out by the recipient, performance levels based 
on the following performance measures: 
‘‘(1) Number of participants enrolled in the pro-
gram and completing terms of service, as compared to
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the stated participation and retention goals of the 
program. 
‘‘(2) Number of volunteers recruited from the 
community in which the program was implemented. 
‘‘(3) If applicable based on the program design, 
the number of individuals receiving or benefitting 
from the service conducted. 
‘‘(4) Number of disadvantaged and underrep-
resented youth participants. 
‘‘(5) Measures of the sustainability of the pro-
gram and the projects supported by the program, in-
cluding measures to ascertain the level of community 
support for the program or projects. 
‘‘(6) Measures to ascertain the change in attitude 
toward civic engagement among the participants and 
the beneficiaries of the service. 
‘‘(7) Other quantitative and qualitative measures 
as determined to be appropriate by the recipient of 
assistance and the Corporation. 
‘‘(l) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A recipient of assistance 
under the national service laws that fails, as deter-
mined by the Corporation, to meet or exceed the per-
formance levels agreed upon under subsection (k) for 
a national service program, shall reach an agreement
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with the Corporation on a corrective action plan to 
meet such performance levels. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that 
has received assistance under the national service 
laws for less than 3 years and for which the re-
cipient is failing to meet or exceed the perform-
ance levels agreed upon under subsection (k), the 
Corporation shall— 
‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the 
recipient to address targeted performance 
problems relating to the performance levels 
for the program; and 
‘‘(ii) require the recipient to submit 
quarterly reports on the program’s progress 
toward meeting the performance levels for 
the program to the— 
‘‘(I) appropriate State, territory, 
or Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(II) the Corporation. 
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS.—For a pro-
gram that has received assistance under the na-
tional service laws for 3 years or more and for 
which the recipient is failing to meet or exceed 
the performance levels agreed upon under sub-
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section (k), the Corporation shall require the re-
cipient to submit quarterly reports on the pro-
gram’s progress toward the performance levels for 
the program to— 
‘‘(i) the appropriate State, territory, or 
Indian tribe; and 
‘‘(ii) the Corporation. 
‘‘(m) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—If, 
after a period for correction as approved by the Corporation 
in accordance with subsection (l), a recipient of assistance 
under the national service laws fails to meet or exceed the 
performance levels for a national service program, the Cor-
poration shall— 
‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the assistance 
received by the underperforming recipient by at least 
25 percent, for each remaining year of the grant pe-
riod for that program; or 
‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underperforming 
recipient for that program, in accordance with section 
176(a). 
‘‘(n) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to the 
authorizing committees not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of the Serve America Act, and annually there-
after, a report containing information on the number of—
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‘‘(1) recipients of assistance under the national 
service laws implementing corrective action plans 
under subsection (l)(1); 
‘‘(2) recipients for which the Corporation pro-
vides technical assistance for a program under sub-
section (l)(2)(A)(i); 
‘‘(3) recipients for which the Corporation termi-
nates assistance for a program under subsection (m); 
‘‘(4) entities whose application for assistance 
under a national service law was rejected; and 
‘‘(5) recipients meeting or exceeding their per-
formance levels under subsection (k).’’. 
SEC. 1608. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 
12631 et seq.), as amended by this subtitle, is further 
amended by inserting after section 179 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 179A. CIVIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND VOLUN-
TEERING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF PARTNERSHIP.—In this section, 
the term ‘partnership’ means the Corporation, acting in 
conjunction with (consistent with the terms of an agreement 
entered into between the Corporation and the National Con-
ference) the National Conference on Citizenship referred to 
in section 150701 of title 36, United States Code, to carry 
out this section.
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‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall facilitate 
the establishment of a Civic Health Assessment by— 
‘‘(1) after identifying public and private sources 
of civic health data, selecting a set of civic health in-
dicators, in accordance with subsection (c), that shall 
comprise the Civic Health Assessment; 
‘‘(2) obtaining civic health data relating to the 
Civic Health Assessment, in accordance with sub-
section (d); and 
‘‘(3) conducting related analyses, and reporting 
the data and analyses, as described in paragraphs (4) 
and (5) of subsection (d) and subsections (e) and (f). 
‘‘(c) SELECTION OF INDICATORS FOR CIVIC HEALTH 
ASSESSMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IDENTIFYING
SOURCES.—The partnership 
shall select a set of civic health indicators that shall 
comprise the Civic Health Assessment. In making 
such selection, the partnership— 
‘‘(A) shall identify public and private 
sources of civic health data; 
‘‘(B) shall explore collaborating with other 
similar efforts to develop national indicators in 
the civic health domain; and 
‘‘(C) may sponsor a panel of experts, such 
as one convened by the National Academy of
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Sciences, to recommend civic health indicators 
and data sources for the Civic Health Assess-
ment. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ADVICE.—At the request of the 
partnership, the Director of the Bureau of the Census 
and the Commissioner of Labor Statistics shall pro-
vide technical advice to the partnership on the selec-
tion of the indicators for the Civic Health Assessment. 
‘‘(3) UPDATES.—The partnership shall periodi-
cally evaluate and update the Civic Health Assess-
ment, and may expand or modify the indicators de-
scribed in subsection (d)(1) as necessary to carry out 
the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(d) DATA ON THE INDICATORS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORED DATA COLLECTION.—In identi-
fying the civic health indicators for the Civic Health 
Assessment, and obtaining data for the Assessment, 
the partnership may sponsor the collection of data for 
the Assessment or for the various civic health indica-
tors being considered for inclusion in the Assessment, 
including indicators related to— 
‘‘(A) volunteering and community service; 
‘‘(B) voting and other forms of political and 
civic engagement; 
‘‘(C) charitable giving;
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‘‘(D) connecting to civic groups and faith- 
based organizations; 
‘‘(E) interest in employment, and careers, 
in public service in the nonprofit sector or gov-
ernment; 
‘‘(F) understanding and obtaining knowl-
edge of United States history and government; 
and 
‘‘(G) social enterprise and innovation. 
‘‘(2) DATA FROM STATISTICAL AGENCIES.—The 
Director of the Bureau of the Census and the Commis-
sioner of Labor Statistics shall collect annually, to the 
extent practicable, data to inform the Civic Health 
Assessment, and shall report data from such collection 
to the partnership. In determining the data to be col-
lected, the Director and the Commissioner shall exam-
ine privacy issues, response rates, and other relevant 
issues. 
‘‘(3) SOURCES OF DATA.—To obtain data for the 
Civic Health Assessment, the partnership shall con-
sider— 
‘‘(A) data collected through public and pri-
vate sources; and 
‘‘(B) data collected by the Bureau of the 
Census, through the Current Population Survey,
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or by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in accord-
ance with paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) 
DEMOGRAPHIC
CHARACTERISTICS.—The 
partnership shall seek to obtain data for the Civic 
Health Assessment that will permit the partnership to 
analyze the data by age group, race and ethnicity, 
education level, and other demographic characteristics 
of the individuals involved. 
‘‘(5) OTHER ISSUES.—In obtaining data for the 
Civic Health Assessment, the partnership may also 
obtain such information as may be necessary to ana-
lyze— 
‘‘(A) the role of Internet technology in 
strengthening and inhibiting civic activities; 
‘‘(B) the role of specific programs in 
strengthening civic activities; 
‘‘(C) the civic attitudes and activities of 
new citizens and immigrants; and 
‘‘(D) other areas related to civic activities. 
‘‘(e) REPORTING OF DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The partnership shall, not 
less often than once each year, prepare a report con-
taining—
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‘‘(A) detailed data obtained under sub-
section (d), including data on the indicators 
comprising the Civic Health Assessment; and 
‘‘(B) the analyses described in paragraphs 
(4) and (5) of subsection (d), to the extent prac-
ticable based on the data the partnership is able 
to obtain. 
‘‘(2) AGGREGATION
AND
PRESENTATION.—The 
partnership shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate 
the data on the civic health indicators comprising the 
Civic Health Assessment by community, by State, 
and nationally. The report described in paragraph 
(1) shall present the aggregated data in a form that 
enables communities and States to assess their civic 
health, as measured on each of the indicators com-
prising the Civic Health Assessment, and compare 
those measures with comparable measures of other 
communities and States. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—The partnership shall submit 
the report to the authorizing committees, and make 
the report available to the general public on the Cor-
poration’s website. 
‘‘(f) PUBLIC INPUT.—The partnership shall— 
‘‘(1) identify opportunities for public dialogue 
and input on the Civic Health Assessment; and
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‘‘(2) hold conferences and forums to discuss the 
implications of the data and analyses reported under 
subsection (e). 
‘‘(g) VOLUNTEERING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) RESEARCH.—The partnership shall provide 
for baseline research and tracking of domestic and 
international volunteering, and baseline research and 
tracking related to relevant data on the indicators de-
scribed in subsection (d). In providing for the re-
search and tracking under this subsection, the part-
nership shall consider data from the Supplements to 
the Current Populations Surveys conducted by the 
Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, and data from other public and private sources, 
including other data collected by the Bureau of the 
Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
‘‘(2) IMPACT RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.—The 
partnership shall sponsor an independent evaluation 
of the impact of domestic and international volun-
teering, including an assessment of best practices for 
such volunteering, and methods of improving such 
volunteering through enhanced collaboration among— 
‘‘(A) entities that recruit, manage, support, 
and utilize volunteers; 
‘‘(B) institutions of higher education; and
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‘‘(C) research institutions. 
‘‘(h) DATABASE PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to authorize the development, implemen-
tation, or maintenance of a Federal database of personally 
identifiable information on individuals participating in 
data collection for sources of information under this sec-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 1609. CONTINGENT EXTENSION. 
Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by striking 
‘‘Section 414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’. 
SEC. 1610. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 
Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL AGENCY SUBMISSION.—The head 
of each Federal agency and department shall prepare 
and submit to the Corporation a report concerning 
the implementation of this section, including an eval-
uation of the agency or department’s performance on 
performance goals and benchmarks for each partner-
ship program of the agency or department. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corporation 
shall prepare and submit to the authorizing commit-
tees a compilation of the information received under 
paragraph (1).’’.
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SEC. 1611. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPY-
ING. 
Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 
with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘terri-
tory,’’ after ‘‘local government,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 
with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘terri-
tory’’ after ‘‘local government,’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Consistent with otherwise 
applicable law, the Inspector General of the Corporation 
shall have access to, and the right to examine and copy, 
any books, documents, papers, records, and other recorded 
information in any form— 
‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Cor-
poration or any State or local government, territory, 
Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion receiving assistance directly or indirectly under 
the national service laws; and
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‘‘(2) that relates to— 
‘‘(A) such assistance; and 
‘‘(B) the duties of the Inspector General 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.).’’. 
SEC. 1612. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 185. CONSOLIDATED APPLICATION AND REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To promote efficiency and elimi-
nate duplicative requirements, the Corporation shall con-
solidate or modify application procedures and reporting re-
quirements for programs, projects, and activities funded 
under the national service laws. 
‘‘(b) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 
months after the effective date of the Serve America Act, 
the Corporation shall submit to the authorizing committees 
a report containing information on the actions taken to 
consolidate or modify the application procedures and re-
porting requirements for programs, projects, and activities 
funded under the national service laws, including a descrip-
tion of the procedures for consultation with recipients of 
the funding.
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ate a program that are not included in the grant award 
for operating the program. 
‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amounts 
specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted each 
year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Consumer 
Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Sec-
retary of Labor. 
‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 
increase the limitation under subsection (a) to not 
more than $19,500 per full-time equivalent position if 
necessary to meet the compelling needs of a particular 
program, such as— 
‘‘(A) exceptional training needs for a pro-
gram serving disadvantaged youth; 
‘‘(B) the need to pay for increased costs re-
lating to the participation of individuals with 
disabilities; 
‘‘(C) the needs of tribal programs or pro-
grams located in the territories; and 
‘‘(D) the need to pay for start-up costs asso-
ciated with a first-time recipient of assistance 
under a program of the national service laws.
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‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer 
shall report to the authorizing committees annually 
on all limitations increased under this subsection, 
with an explanation of the compelling needs justi-
fying such increases. 
‘‘SEC. 189A. MATCHING FUNDS FOR SEVERELY ECONOMI-
CALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a severely economically distressed community 
that receives assistance from the Corporation for any pro-
gram under the national service laws shall not be subject 
to any requirements to provide matching funds for any such 
program, and the Federal share of such assistance for such 
a community may be 100 percent. 
‘‘(b) SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMU-
NITY.—For the purposes of this section, the term ‘severely 
economically distressed community’ means— 
‘‘(1) an area that has a mortgage foreclosure 
rate, home price decline, and unemployment rate all 
of which are above the national average for such rates 
or level, for the most recent 12 months for which satis-
factory data are available; or 
‘‘(2) a residential area that lacks basic living ne-
cessities, such as water and sewer systems, electricity, 
paved roads, and safe, sanitary housing.
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‘‘SEC. 189B. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 
‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit 
and reporting requirements as provided in the Chief Finan-
cial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 901 note; Public Law 
101–576) and chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘Government Corporation Control 
Act’). The Corporation shall report to the authorizing com-
mittees any failure to comply with such requirements. 
‘‘SEC. 189C. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
AND USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—Nothing in the na-
tional service laws shall be construed to authorize an officer 
or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, 
or control a State, local educational agency, or school’s cur-
riculum, program of instruction, or allocation of State or 
local resources, or mandate a State or any subdivision 
thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not paid for 
under this Act. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION
ON
ENDORSEMENT
OF
CUR-
RICULUM.—Notwithstanding any other prohibition of Fed-
eral law, no funds provided to the Corporation under this 
Act may be used by the Corporation to endorse, approve, 
or sanction any curriculum designed to be used in an ele-
mentary school or secondary school. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING FEDERAL APPROVAL 
OR
CERTIFICATION
STANDARDS.—Notwithstanding any
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other provision of Federal law, not State shall be required 
to have academic content or student academic achievement 
standards approved or certified by the Federal Government, 
in order to receive assistance under this Act. 
‘‘SEC. 189D. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each entity selecting individuals 
to serve in a position in which the individuals receive a 
living allowance, stipend, national service educational 
award, or salary through a program receiving assistance 
under the national service laws, shall, subject to regulations 
and requirements established by the Corporation, conduct 
criminal history checks for such individuals. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check under 
subsection (a) shall, except in cases approved for good cause 
by the Corporation, include— 
‘‘(1) a name-based search of the National Sex Of-
fender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
16901 et seq.); and 
‘‘(2)(A) a search of the State criminal registry or 
repository in the State in which the program is oper-
ating and the State in which the individual resides 
at the time of application; or
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‘‘(B) submitting fingerprints to the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation for a national criminal history 
background check. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall 
be ineligible to serve in a position described under sub-
section (a) if such individual— 
‘‘(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history 
check described in subsection (b); 
‘‘(2) makes a false statement in connection with 
such criminal history check; 
‘‘(3) is registered, or is required to be registered, 
on a State sex offender registry or the National Sex 
Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
16901 et seq.); or 
‘‘(4) has been convicted of murder, as described 
in section 1111 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 1613. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle F of title I is further 
amended by inserting after section 184 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 184A. AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘A reference in subtitle C, D, E, or H of title I regard-
ing an entity eligible to receive direct or indirect assistance 
to carry out a national service program shall include a non- 
profit organization promoting competitive and non-com-
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petitive sporting events involving individuals with disabil-
ities (including the Special Olympics), which enhance the 
quality of life for individuals with disabilities.’’. 
SEC. 1614. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS 
WORKING WITH VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 189D, as added by section 
1612, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH 
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(b), on and after the date that is 2 years after the 
date of enactment of the Serve America Act, a crimi-
nal history check under subsection (a) for each indi-
vidual described in paragraph (2) shall, except for an 
entity described in paragraph (3), include— 
‘‘(A) a name-based search of the National 
Sex Offender Registry established under the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); 
‘‘(B) a search of the State criminal registry 
or repository in the State in which the program 
is operating and the State in which the indi-
vidual resides at the time of application; and
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‘‘(C) submitting fingerprints to the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal 
history background check. 
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS WITH ACCESS TO VULNERABLE 
POPULATIONS.—An individual described in this para-
graph is an individual age 18 or older who— 
‘‘(A) serves in a position in which the indi-
vidual receives a living allowance, stipend, na-
tional service educational award, or salary 
through a program receiving assistance under 
the national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) as a result of such individual’s service 
in such position, has or will have access, on a 
recurring basis, to— 
‘‘(i) children age 17 years or younger; 
‘‘(ii) individuals age 60 years or older; 
or 
‘‘(iii) individuals with disabilities. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.—The provisions of this sub-
section shall not apply to an entity— 
‘‘(A) where the service provided by individ-
uals serving with the entity to a vulnerable pop-
ulation described in paragraph (2)(B) is episodic 
in nature or for a 1-day period;
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‘‘(B) where the cost to the entity of com-
plying with this subsection is prohibitive; 
‘‘(C) where the entity is not authorized, or 
is otherwise unable, under State law, to access 
the national criminal history background check 
system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
‘‘(D) where the entity is not authorized, or 
is otherwise unable, under Federal law, to access 
the national criminal history background check 
system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or 
‘‘(E) to which the Corporation otherwise 
provides an exemption from this subsection for 
good cause.’’. 
(b) FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A SYSTEM OF CRIMINAL 
HISTORY CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS.— 
(1) FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EFFICIENCY AND EF-
FECTIVENESS
REGARDING
CRIMINAL
HISTORY 
CHECK.—The Attorney General of the United States 
shall conduct a study that shall examine, to the extent 
discernible and as of the date of the study, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The state of criminal history checks (in-
cluding the use of fingerprint collection) at the 
State and local level, including—
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(i) the available infrastructure for con-
ducting criminal history checks; 
(ii) the State system capacities to con-
duct such criminal history checks; and 
(iii) the time required for each State to 
process an individual’s fingerprints for a 
national criminal history background check 
through the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion, from the time of fingerprint collection 
to the submission to the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation. 
(B) The likelihood that each State would 
participate in a nationwide system of criminal 
history checks to provide information regarding 
participants to entities receiving assistance 
under the national service laws. 
(C) The number of participants that would 
require a fingerprint-based national criminal 
history background check under the national 
service laws. 
(D) The impact of the national service laws 
on the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identi-
fication System of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation in terms of capacity and impact on 
other users of the system, including the effect on
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the work practices and staffing levels of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation. 
(E) The fees charged by the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, States, local agencies, and pri-
vate companies to collect and process finger-
prints and conduct criminal history checks. 
(F) The existence of model or best practice 
programs regarding conducting criminal history 
checks that could easily be expanded and dupli-
cated in other States. 
(G) The extent to which private companies 
are 
currently 
performing 
criminal 
history 
checks, and the possibility of using private com-
panies in the future to perform any of the crimi-
nal history check process, including the collection 
and transmission of fingerprints and fitness de-
terminations. 
(H) The cost of development and operation 
of the technology and the infrastructure nec-
essary to establish a nationwide fingerprint- 
based and other criminal background check sys-
tem. 
(I) The extent of State participation in the 
procedures for background checks under the Na-
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tional Child Protection Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 
5119 et seq.). 
(J) The extent to which States provide ac-
cess to nationwide criminal history checks to or-
ganizations that serve children. 
(K) The extent to which States permit vol-
unteers and other individuals to appeal adverse 
fitness determinations, and whether similar pro-
cedures are required at the Federal level. 
(L) Any privacy concerns that may arise 
from nationwide criminal background checks for 
participants. 
(M) Any other information determined rel-
evant by the Attorney General. 
(2) INTERIM REPORT.—Based on the findings of 
the study under paragraph (1), the Attorney General 
shall, not later than 6 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress an interim report, which may in-
clude recommendations regarding criminal history 
checks for individuals that seek to volunteer with or-
ganizations that work with children, the elderly, or 
individuals with disabilities. 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney Gen-
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eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate and to the Committee on the 
Judiciary and the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives, a final report 
including recommendations regarding criminal his-
tory checks for participants under the national service 
laws, which may include— 
(A) a proposal for grants to States to de-
velop or improve programs to collect fingerprints 
and perform criminal history checks for individ-
uals that seek to volunteer with organizations 
that work with children, the elderly, or individ-
uals with disabilities; and 
(B) recommendations for amendments to the 
National Child Protection Act of 1993 and the 
Volunteers for Children Act so that entities re-
ceiving assistance under the national service 
laws can promptly and affordably conduct na-
tionwide criminal history background checks on 
their employees and volunteers. 
(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 
‘‘authorizing committees’’, ‘‘participants’’, and ‘‘na-
tional service laws’’ have the meanings given such
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terms in section 101 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, 
subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle 
G (Corporation for National and 
Community Service) 
SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 
Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each appointed 
member shall serve for a term of 5 years.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SERVICE UNTIL APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.— 
A voting member of the Board whose term has expired may 
continue to serve on the Board until the date on which the 
member’s successor takes office, which period shall not ex-
ceed 1 year.’’. 
SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DU-
TIES. 
Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall have responsi-
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bility for setting overall policy for the Corporation 
and shall—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and review the 
budget proposal in advance of submission to the Of-
fice of Management and Budget’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) review the performance of the Chief Execu-
tive Officer annually and forward a report on that re-
view to the President;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘the Congress’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the authorizing 
committees’’; 
(5) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(10) notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
‘‘(A) make grants to or contracts with Fed-
eral and other public departments or agencies, 
and private nonprofit organizations, for the as-
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signment or referral of volunteers under the pro-
visions of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Serv-
ice Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) (except 
as provided in section 108 of such Act), which 
may provide that the agency or organization 
shall pay all or a part of the costs of the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(B) enter into agreements with other Fed-
eral agencies or private nonprofit organizations 
for the support of programs under the national 
service laws, which— 
‘‘(i) may provide that the agency or 
organization shall pay all or a part of the 
costs of the program, except as is provided 
in section 121(b); and 
‘‘(ii) shall provide that the program 
(including any program operated by an-
other Federal agency) will comply with all 
requirements related to evaluation, perform-
ance, and other goals applicable to similar 
programs under the national service laws, 
as determined by the Corporation,’’; and 
(6) in paragraph (11)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘section 193A(b)(10)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 193A(b)(11)’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and 
inserting ‘‘January 1, 2012’’. 
SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 
Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘, plus 3 percent.’’. 
SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXEC-
UTIVE OFFICER. 
Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘, in collabo-
ration with the State Commissions, shall—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a 
strategic plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a plan 
for having 50 percent of all approved national 
service positions be full-time positions by 2012,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘, 
approved summer of service positions, and ap-
proved silver scholar positions’’ after ‘‘approved 
national service positions’’; 
(D) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(7) 
through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (12), re-
spectively;
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(E) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) prepare and submit to the authorizing com-
mittees and the Board an annual report on actions 
taken to achieve the goal of having 50 percent of all 
approved national service positions be full-time posi-
tions by 2012 as described in paragraph (1), includ-
ing an assessment of the progress made toward 
achieving that goal and the actions to be taken in the 
coming year toward achieving that goal;’’; 
(F) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (10) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
and inserting ‘‘authorizing committees’’; 
(G) in paragraph (11) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘by June 30, 1995,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘periodically,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘described in sec-
tion 122(c)(1)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘national prior-
ities designed to meet the’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘national priorities, as described
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in section 122(f)(1), designed to meet’’; 
and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after a semicolon; 
(H) in paragraph (12) (as so redesignated), 
by striking the period at the end and inserting 
a semicolon; and 
(I) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) bolster the public awareness of and recruit-
ment efforts for the wide range of service opportuni-
ties for citizens of all ages, regardless of socioeconomic 
status or geographic location, through a variety of 
methods, including— 
‘‘(A) print media; 
‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(C) television; 
‘‘(D) radio; 
‘‘(E) presentations at public or private fo-
rums; 
‘‘(F) other innovative methods of commu-
nication; and 
‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic develop-
ment, State employment security agencies, labor 
organizations and trade associations, local edu-
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cational agencies, institutions of higher edu-
cation, agencies and organizations serving vet-
erans and individuals with disabilities, and 
other institutions or organizations from which 
participants for programs receiving assistance 
from the national service laws can be recruited; 
‘‘(14) identify and implement methods of recruit-
ment to— 
‘‘(A) increase the diversity of participants 
in the programs receiving assistance under the 
national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) increase the diversity of service spon-
sors of programs desiring to receive assistance 
under the national service laws; 
‘‘(15) coordinate with organizations of former 
participants of national service programs for service 
opportunities that may include capacity building, 
outreach, and recruitment for programs receiving as-
sistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(16) collaborate with organizations with dem-
onstrated expertise in supporting and accommodating 
individuals with disabilities, including institutions of 
higher education, to identify and implement methods 
of recruitment to increase the number of participants
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who are individuals with disabilities in the programs 
receiving assistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(17) identify and implement recruitment strate-
gies and training programs for bilingual volunteers 
in the National Senior Service Corps under title II 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; 
‘‘(18) collaborate with organizations that have 
established volunteer recruitment programs to in-
crease the recruitment capacity of the Corporation; 
‘‘(19) where practicable, provide application ma-
terials in languages other than English for individ-
uals with limited English proficiency who wish to 
participate in a national service program; 
‘‘(20) collaborate with the training and technical 
assistance programs described in subtitle J with re-
spect to the activities described in section 199N(b)); 
‘‘(21) coordinate the clearinghouses described in 
section 198O; 
‘‘(22) coordinate with entities receiving funds 
under subtitle C in establishing the National Service 
Reserve Corps under section 198H, through which 
alumni of the national service programs and veterans 
can serve in disasters and emergencies (as such terms 
are defined in section 198H(a));
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‘‘(23) identify and implement strategies to in-
crease awareness among Indian tribes of the types 
and availability of assistance under the national serv-
ice laws, increase Native American participation in 
programs under the national service laws, collect in-
formation on challenges facing Native American com-
munities, and designate a Strategic Advisor for Na-
tive American Affairs to be responsible for the execu-
tion of those activities under the national service 
laws; 
‘‘(24) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion of 
economically disadvantaged individuals in national 
service programs and activities authorized under the 
national service laws; and 
‘‘(25) ensure that outreach, awareness, and re-
cruitment efforts are consistent with the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 
seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (9)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Congress’’ each place 
the term occurs and inserting ‘‘the author-
izing committees’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
paragraph (11); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in 
evaluating applications to the Corporation for assist-
ance under this title; and’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘date 
specified in subsection (b)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
first date that a report is submitted under subsection 
(b)(11) after the effective date of the Serve America 
Act’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH BUSINESSES.— 
The Chief Executive Officer may, through contracts or coop-
erative agreements, carry out the marketing duties described 
in subsection (b)(13), with priority given to those entities 
that have established expertise in the recruitment of dis-
advantaged youth, members of Indian tribes, and older 
adults. 
‘‘(i) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer may conduct a campaign to solicit funds to con-
duct outreach and recruitment campaigns to recruit a di-
verse population of service sponsors of, and participants in,
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programs and projects receiving assistance under the na-
tional service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1705. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STATUS. 
Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Cor-
poration a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be ap-
pointed by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 
subsections (a) and (b) of section 195.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 1706. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES 
CONTRACTS. 
Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘terri-
tory,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEM-
BER’’ and inserting ‘‘NONVOTING MEMBER’’; 
and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘nonvoting’’ before 
‘‘member’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Corpora-
tion may enter into personal services contracts to carry out 
research, evaluation, and public awareness related to the 
national service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1707. DONATED SERVICES. 
Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.— 
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 
States Code, the Corporation may solicit and ac-
cept the services of organizations and individuals 
(other than participants) to assist the Corpora-
tion in carrying out the duties of the Corpora-
tion under the national service laws, and may 
provide to such individuals the travel expenses 
described in section 192A(d).’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘A person who provides assistance, ei-
ther individually or as a member of an or-
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ganization, in accordance with subpara-
graph (A)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volun-
teer under this subtitle’’ and inserting ‘‘such 
a person’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volun-
teers under this subtitle’’ and inserting 
‘‘such persons’’; and 
(iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘such a 
volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a per-
son’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 1708. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 
Subtitle G of title I (42 U.S.C. 12651 et seq.) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 196B. ASSIGNMENT TO STATE COMMISSIONS. 
‘‘(a) ASSIGNMENT.—In accordance with section 
193A(c)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may assign to State 
Commissions specific programmatic functions upon a deter-
mination that such an assignment will increase efficiency 
in the operation or oversight of a program under the na-
tional service laws. In carrying out this section, and before
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SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE 
PROGRAMS FOR DISPLACED WORKERS IN 
SERVICES CORPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
AND TO DEVELOP PILOT PROGRAM PLAN-
NING STUDY. 
(a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation shall conduct 
a study to identify— 
(1) specific areas of need for displaced workers; 
(2) how existing programs and activities (as of 
the time of the study) carried out under the national 
service laws could better serve displaced workers and 
communities that have been adversely affected by 
plant closings and job losses; 
(3) prospects for better utilization of displaced 
workers as resources and volunteers; and 
(4) methods for ensuring the efficient financial 
organization of services directed towards displaced 
workers. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out in 
consultation with the Secretary of Labor, State labor agen-
cies, and other individuals and entities the Corporation 
considers appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the effective 
date of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the author-
izing committees a report on the results of the planning 
study required by subsection (a), together with a plan for
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implementation of a pilot program using promising strate-
gies and approaches for better targeting and serving dis-
placed workers. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 
to carry out this section, the Corporation shall develop and 
carry out a pilot program based on the findings and plan 
in the report submitted under subsection (c). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corpora-
tion’’, ‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service 
laws’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12511). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014. 
SEC. 1711. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 
AGENCY COORDINATION. 
(a) STUDY.—In order to reduce administrative bur-
dens and lower costs for national service programs carried 
out under the national service laws, the Corporation shall 
conduct a study to determine the feasibility and effective-
ness of implementing a data matching system under which 
the statements of an individual declaring that such indi-
vidual is in compliance with the requirements of section
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146(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602(a)(3)) shall be verified by the Cor-
poration by comparing information provided by the indi-
vidual with information relevant to such a declaration in 
the possession of other Federal agencies. Such study shall— 
(1) review the feasibility of— 
(A) expanding, and participating in, the 
data matching conducted by the Department of 
Education with the Social Security Administra-
tion and the Department of Homeland Security, 
pursuant to section 484(g) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(g)); or 
(B) establishing a comparable system of 
data matching with the Social Security Admin-
istration and the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity; and 
(2) identify— 
(A) the costs, for both the Corporation and 
the other Federal agencies identified in para-
graph (1), associated with expanding or estab-
lishing such a system of data matching; 
(B) the benefits or detriments of such an ex-
panded or comparable system both for the Cor-
poration and for the other Federal agencies so 
identified;
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(C) strategies for ensuring the privacy and 
security of participant information that is 
shared between Federal agencies and organiza-
tions receiving assistance under the national 
service laws; 
(D) the information that needs to be shared 
in order to fulfill the eligibility requirements of 
section 146(a)(3) of the National and Commu-
nity 
Service 
Act 
of 
1990 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12602(a)(3)); 
(E) an alternative system through which an 
individual’s compliance with section 146(a)(3) of 
such Act may be verified, should such an ex-
panded or comparable system fail to verify the 
individual’s declaration of compliance; and 
(F) recommendations for implementation of 
such an expanded or comparable system. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation shall carry out 
the study in consultation with the Secretary of Education, 
the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and other Federal 
agencies, entities, and individuals that the Corporation con-
siders appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the effec-
tive date of this Act, the Corporation shall submit to the
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authorizing committees a report on the results of the study 
required by subsection (a) and a plan for implementation 
of a pilot data matching program using promising strate-
gies and approaches identified in such study, if the Cor-
poration determines such program to be feasible. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 
to carry out this section, the Corporation may develop and 
carry out a pilot data matching program based on the re-
port submitted under subsection (c). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Corpora-
tion’’, ‘‘authorizing committees’’, and ‘‘national service 
laws’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12511). 
SEC. 1712. STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall develop performance measures for 
each program receiving Federal assistance under the na-
tional service laws. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The performance measures developed 
under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) to the maximum extent practicable draw on 
research-based, quantitative data;
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(2) take into account program purpose and pro-
gram design; 
(3) include criteria to evaluate the cost effective-
ness of programs receiving assistance under the na-
tional service laws; 
(4) include criteria to evaluate the administra-
tion and management of programs receiving Federal 
assistance under the national service laws; and 
(5) include criteria to evaluate oversight and ac-
countability of recipients of assistance through such 
programs under the national service laws. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the develop-
ment of the performance measures under subsection (a), and 
every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall prepare and submit to the authorizing 
committees and the Corporation’s Board of Directors a re-
port containing an assessment of each such program with 
respect to the performance measures developed under sub-
section (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘authorizing com-
mittees’’, ‘‘Corporation’’, and ‘‘national service laws’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 101 of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12511).
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(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means an 
entire program carried out by the Corporation under 
the national service laws, such as the entire 
AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C. 
SEC. 1713. VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CORPS STUDY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Many managers seek opportunities to give 
back to their communities and address the Nation’s 
challenges. 
(2) Managers possess business and technical 
skills that make them especially suited to help non-
profit organizations and State and local governments 
create efficiencies and cost savings and develop pro-
grams to serve communities in need. 
(3) There are currently a large number of busi-
nesses and firms who are seeking to identify savings 
through sabbatical opportunities for senior employees. 
(b) STUDY AND PLAN.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall— 
(1) conduct a study on how best to establish and 
implement a Volunteer Management Corps program; 
and 
(2) submit a plan regarding the establishment of 
such program to Congress and to the President.
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(c) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1), the Corporation may consult 
with experts in the private and nonprofit sectors. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Notwithstanding section 6101, 
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle 
H (Investment for Quality and 
Innovation) 
SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO SUBTITLE H. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after the subtitle heading and before 
section 198 the following: 
‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES 
TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 
SEC. 1802. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUP-
PORT NATIONAL SERVICE. 
(a) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Section 198 (42 
U.S.C. 12653) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection (r)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of 
subsection (b), by striking ‘‘to improve the quality’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘including—’’ and in-
serting ‘‘to address emergent needs through summer
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programs and other activities, and to support service- 
learning programs and national service programs, in-
cluding—’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), 
(i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating sub-
sections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as sub-
sections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respectively. 
(b) GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAYS.—Section 198 (42 
U.S.C. 12653), as amended in subsection (a), is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(3))— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘NATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘GLOBAL’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘National Youth’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Global Youth’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking the first sentence and 
inserting ‘‘April 24, 2009, and April 23, 
2010, are each designated as ‘Global Youth 
Service Days’.’’; and 
(ii) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘appropriate ceremonies and activities’’ 
and inserting ‘‘appropriate youth-led com-
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munity improvement and service-learning 
activities’’; 
(D) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and other Federal de-
partments and agencies’’ after ‘‘Corpora-
tion’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘ceremonies and activi-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘youth-led community 
improvement and service-learning activi-
ties’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and 
other Federal departments and agencies’’ after 
‘‘Corporation’’. 
(c) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN AND SEPTEMBER 
11TH DAY OF SERVICE.—Section 198 (42 U.S.C. 12653), 
as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of the Serve America Act, 
the Corporation shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call To Serv-
ice’ campaign, to encourage all people of the United States, 
regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion, or economic sta-
tus, to engage in full- or part-time national service, long- 
or short-term public service in the nonprofit sector or gov-
ernment, or volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the
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Corporation may collaborate with other Federal agencies 
and entities, State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and 
faith-based organizations, businesses, institutions of higher 
education, elementary schools, and secondary schools. 
‘‘(k) SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation 
may organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies 
and activities, which may include activities that are 
part of the broader Call to Service Campaign under 
subsection (j), in order to observe the September 11th 
National Day of Service and Remembrance at the 
Federal level. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make 
grants and provide other support to community-based 
organizations to assist in planning and carrying out 
appropriate service, charity, and remembrance oppor-
tunities in conjunction with the September 11th Na-
tional Day of Service and Remembrance. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation may 
consult with and make grants or provide other forms 
of support to nonprofit organizations with expertise 
in representing families of victims of the September 
11, 2001 terrorist attacks and other impacted con-
stituencies, and in promoting the establishment of
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September 11 as an annually recognized National 
Day of Service and Remembrance.’’. 
SEC. 1803. REPEALS. 
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) 
CLEARINGHOUSES.—Section 
198A 
(42 
U.S.C. 12653a). 
(2) MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEM-
ONSTRATION
PROGRAMS.—Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 
12653c). 
(3) SPECIAL
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.—Sec-
tion 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d). 
(b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 198B (42 U.S.C. 
12653b) is redesignated as section 198A. 
SEC. 1804. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS. 
Section 198A(a)(2) (as redesignated by section 
1803(b)) (42 U.S.C. 12653b(a)(2)) is further amended by 
striking ‘‘section 101(19)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101’’. 
SEC. 1805. NEW FELLOWSHIPS. 
Part I of subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
sections: 
‘‘SEC. 198B. SERVEAMERICA FELLOWSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) AREA OF NATIONAL NEED.—The term ‘area 
of national need’ means an area involved in efforts 
to— 
‘‘(A) improve education in schools for eco-
nomically disadvantaged students; 
‘‘(B) expand and improve access to health 
care; 
‘‘(C) improve energy efficiency and conserve 
natural resources; 
‘‘(D) improve economic opportunities for 
economically disadvantaged individuals; or 
‘‘(E) improve disaster preparedness and re-
sponse. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
FELLOWSHIP
RECIPIENT.—The 
term ‘eligible fellowship recipient’ means an indi-
vidual who is selected by a State Commission under 
subsection (c) and, as a result of such selection, is eli-
gible for a ServeAmerica Fellowship. 
‘‘(3) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means an eligi-
ble 
fellowship 
recipient 
who 
is 
awarded 
a 
ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a fellow 
under subsection (e)(2). 
‘‘(4) SMALL SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘small service sponsor organization’ means 
a service sponsor organization described in subsection
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(d)(1) that has not more than 10 full-time employees 
and 10 part-time employees. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under section 501(a)(4)(B) and allotted under 
paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation shall make grants 
(including financial assistance and a corresponding 
allotment of approved national service positions), to 
the State Commission of each of the several States, the 
District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico with an application approved under this sec-
tion, to enable such State Commissions to award 
ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allotted to 
a State Commission for a fiscal year shall be 
equal to an amount that bears the same ratio to 
the 
amount 
appropriated 
under 
section 
501(a)(4)(B), as the population of the State 
bears to the total population of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(B) REALLOTMENT.—If a State Commis-
sion does not apply for an allotment under this 
subsection for any fiscal year, or if the State
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Commission’s application is not approved, the 
Corporation shall reallot the amount of the State 
Commission’s allotment to the remaining State 
Commissions in accordance with subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(C) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—Of 
the 
amount allotted to a State Commission under 
subparagraph (A), not more than 1.5 percent of 
such amount may be used for administrative 
costs. 
‘‘(3) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of ap-
proved national service positions under this sub-
section during each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014; 
‘‘(B) establish the number of approved posi-
tions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved 
positions to— 
‘‘(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(4) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.—
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‘‘(A) REQUIRED USES.—A grant awarded 
under this subsection shall be used to enable fel-
lows to carry out service projects in areas of na-
tional need. 
‘‘(B) PERMITTED USES.—A grant awarded 
under this subsection may be used for— 
‘‘(i) oversight activities and mecha-
nisms for the service sites of the fellows, as 
determined necessary by the State Commis-
sion or the Corporation, which may include 
site visits; 
‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experi-
ence of fellows, including activities to en-
gage the fellows in networking opportunities 
with other national service participants; 
and 
‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activi-
ties for fellows. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, a State Commission shall 
submit an application to the Corporation at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Corporation may require, including infor-
mation on the criteria and procedures that the State 
Commission will use for overseeing ServeAmerica Fel-
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lowship placements for service projects, under sub-
section (e). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An applicant desiring 
to become an eligible fellowship recipient shall 
submit an application to a State Commission 
that has elected to participate in the program 
authorized under this section, at such time and 
in such manner as the Commission may require, 
and containing the information described in sub-
paragraph (B) and such additional information 
as the Commission may require. An applicant 
may submit such application to only 1 State 
Commission for a fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall 
specify information to be provided in an appli-
cation submitted under this subsection, which— 
‘‘(i) shall include— 
‘‘(I) a description of the area of 
national need that the applicant in-
tends to address in the service project; 
‘‘(II) a description of the skills 
and experience the applicant has to 
address the area of national need;
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‘‘(III) a description of the type of 
service the applicant plans to provide 
as a fellow; and 
‘‘(IV) information identifying the 
local area within the State served by 
the Commission in which the applicant 
plans to serve for the service project; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may include, if the applicant 
chooses, the size of the registered service 
sponsor organization with which the appli-
cant hopes to serve. 
‘‘(2) 
SELECTION.—Each 
State 
Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(A) select, from the applications received 
by the State Commission for a fiscal year, the 
number of eligible fellowship recipients that may 
be supported for that fiscal year based on the 
amount of the grant received by the State Com-
mission under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) make an effort to award one-third of 
the fellowships available to the State Commission 
for a fiscal year, based on the amount of the 
grant received under subsection (b), to applicants 
who propose to serve the fellowship with small
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service sponsor organizations registered under 
subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor organi-
zation shall— 
‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(B) satisfy qualification criteria estab-
lished by the Corporation or the State Commis-
sion, including standards relating to organiza-
tional capacity, financial management, and pro-
grammatic oversight; 
‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other assistance, 
approved national service positions, or approved 
summer of service positions under the national 
service laws; and 
‘‘(D) at the time of registration with a 
State Commission, enter into an agreement pro-
viding that the service sponsor organization 
shall— 
‘‘(i) abide by all program require-
ments; 
‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in 
subsection (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving 
with 
the 
organization 
through 
the 
ServeAmerica Fellowship;
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‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying 
whether each fellow serving with the organi-
zation 
successfully 
completed 
the 
ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and 
certify in a manner specified by the Cor-
poration the number of hours served by a 
fellow for purposes of determining the fel-
low’s eligibility for benefits; and 
‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records 
relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to 
the State Commission, the Corporation, and 
the Inspector General of the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—No service sponsor 
organization may receive a fellow under this sec-
tion until the organization registers with the 
State Commission. 
‘‘(B) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The State Com-
mission shall maintain a list of registered service 
sponsor organizations on a public website. 
‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—If a State Commission 
determines that a service sponsor organization is 
in violation of any of the applicable provisions 
of this section—
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‘‘(i) the State Commission shall revoke 
the registration of the organization; 
‘‘(ii) the organization shall not be eli-
gible to receive assistance, approved na-
tional service positions, or approved sum-
mer of service positions under this title for 
not less than 5 years; and 
‘‘(iii) the State Commission shall have 
the right to remove a fellow from the orga-
nization and relocate the fellow to another 
site. 
‘‘(e) FELLOWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate 
in a service project as a fellow and receive a 
ServeAmerica Fellowship, an eligible fellowship re-
cipient shall— 
‘‘(A) within 3 months after being selected as 
an eligible fellowship recipient by a State Com-
mission, select a registered service sponsor orga-
nization described in subsection (d)— 
‘‘(i) with which the recipient is inter-
ested in serving under this section; and 
‘‘(ii) that is located in the State served 
by the State Commission;
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‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with the orga-
nization— 
‘‘(i) that specifies the service the recipi-
ent will provide if the placement is ap-
proved; and 
‘‘(ii) in which the recipient agrees to 
serve for 1 year on a full-time or part-time 
basis (as determined by the Corporation); 
and 
‘‘(C) submit such agreement to the State 
Commission. 
‘‘(2) AWARD.—Upon receiving the eligible fellow-
ship recipient’s agreement under paragraph (1), the 
State Commission shall award a ServeAmerica Fel-
lowship to the recipient and designate the recipient as 
a fellow. 
‘‘(3) FELLOWSHIP AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From amounts received 
under subsection (b), each State Commission 
shall award each of the State’s fellows a 
ServeAmerica Fellowship amount that is equal 
to 50 percent of the amount of the average an-
nual VISTA subsistence allowance. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT FROM SERVICE SPONSOR OR-
GANIZATION.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii) and subparagraph (E), the 
service sponsor organization shall award to 
the fellow serving such organization an 
amount that will ensure that the total 
award received by the fellow for service in 
the service project (consisting of such 
amount and the ServeAmerica Fellowship 
amount the fellow receives under subpara-
graph (A)) is equal to or greater than 70 
percent of the average annual VISTA sub-
sistence allowance. 
‘‘(ii) SMALL SERVICE SPONSOR ORGA-
NIZATIONS.—In the case of a small service 
sponsor organization, the small service 
sponsor organization may decrease the 
amount of the service sponsor organization 
award required under clause (i) to not less 
than an amount that will ensure that the 
total award received by the fellow for service 
in the service project (as calculated in 
clause (i)) is equal to or greater than 60 
percent of the average annual VISTA sub-
sistence allowance.
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‘‘(C) MAXIMUM
LIVING
ALLOWANCE.—The 
total amount that may be provided to a fellow 
under this subparagraph shall not exceed 100 
percent of the average annual VISTA subsistence 
allowance. 
‘‘(D) PRORATION OF AMOUNT.—In the case 
of a fellow who is authorized to serve a part-time 
term of service under the agreement described in 
paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the amount provided to a 
fellow under this paragraph shall be prorated ac-
cordingly. 
‘‘(E) WAIVER.—The Corporation may allow 
a State Commission to waive the amount re-
quired under subparagraph (B) from the service 
sponsor organization for a fellow serving the or-
ganization if— 
‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent 
with the objectives of the ServeAmerica Fel-
lowship program; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fellow 
under subparagraph (A) is sufficient to 
meet the necessary costs of living (including 
food, housing, and transportation) in the 
area in which the ServeAmerica Fellowship 
program is located.
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‘‘(F) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘average annual VISTA subsistence allow-
ance’ means the total average annual subsistence 
allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under 
section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CAT-
EGORIES.—Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall 
comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that 
section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall be 
considered to be a reference to assistance provided under 
this section. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization 
that receives a fellow under this section shall, on a biweekly 
basis, report to the Corporation on the number of hours 
served and the services provided by that fellow. The Cor-
poration shall establish a web portal for the organizations 
to use in reporting the information. 
‘‘(h) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves in 
a service project under this section shall be considered to 
have served in an approved national service position and, 
upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for full-time 
or part-time national service, shall be eligible for a national 
service educational award described in such section. The 
Corporation shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds
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to the National Service Trust to provide for the national 
service educational award for such fellow. 
‘‘SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOW-
SHIPS. 
‘‘(a) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 
award fixed-amount grants (in accordance with sec-
tion 129(l)) to community-based entities to carry out 
a Silver Scholarship Grant Program for individuals 
age 55 or older, in which such individuals complete 
not less than 350 hours of service in a year carrying 
out projects of national need and receive a Silver 
Scholarship in the form of a $1,000 national service 
educational award. Under such a program, the Cor-
poration shall establish criteria for the types of the 
service required to be performed to receive such 
award. 
‘‘(2) TERM.—Each program funded under this 
subsection shall be carried out over a period of 3 
years (which may include 1 planning year), with a 
1-year extension possible, if the program meets per-
formance levels developed in accordance with section 
179(k) and any other criteria determined by the Cor-
poration.
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‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this subsection, a community-based entity 
shall— 
‘‘(A) submit to the Corporation an applica-
tion at such time and in such manner as the 
Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require; 
and 
‘‘(B) be a listed organization as described in 
subsection (b)(4). 
‘‘(4) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—A commu-
nity-based entity awarded a grant under this sub-
section is encouraged to collaborate with programs 
funded under title II of the Domestic Volunteer Serv-
ice Act of 1973 in carrying out this program. 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY FOR FELLOWSHIP.—An indi-
vidual is eligible to receive a Silver Scholarship if the 
community-based entity certifies to the Corporation 
that the individual has completed not less than 350 
hours of service under this section in a 1-year period. 
‘‘(6) TRANSFER
TO
TRUST.—The Corporation 
shall transfer an appropriate amount of funds to the 
National Service Trust to provide for the national 
service educational award for each silver scholar 
under this subsection.
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‘‘(7) SUPPORT SERVICES.—A community-based 
entity receiving a fixed-amount grant under this sub-
section may use a portion of the grant to provide 
transportation services to an eligible individual to 
allow such individual to participate in a service 
project. 
‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 
award 1-year Encore Fellowships to enable individ-
uals age 55 or older to— 
‘‘(A) carry out service projects in areas of 
national need; and 
‘‘(B) receive training and development in 
order to transition to full- or part-time public 
service in the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the program, 
the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain a list of eligible organiza-
tions for which Encore Fellows may be placed to 
carry out service projects through the program 
and shall provide the list to all Fellowship re-
cipients; and 
‘‘(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipi-
ent—
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‘‘(i) determine whether the requesting 
recipient is able to meet the service needs of 
a listed organization, or another organiza-
tion that the recipient requests in accord-
ance with paragraph (5)(B), for a service 
project; and 
‘‘(ii) upon making a favorable deter-
mination under clause (i), award the re-
cipient with an Encore Fellowship, and 
place the recipient with the organization as 
an Encore Fellow under paragraph (5)(C). 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual desiring 
to be selected as a Fellowship recipient shall— 
‘‘(i) be an individual who— 
‘‘(I) is age 55 or older as of the 
time the individual applies for the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(II) is not engaged in, but who 
wishes to engage in, full- or part-time 
public service in the nonprofit sector or 
government; and 
‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Cor-
poration, at such time, in such manner,
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and containing such information as the 
Corporation may require, including— 
‘‘(I) a description of the area of 
national need that the applicant hopes 
to address through the service project; 
‘‘(II) a description of the skills 
and experience the applicant has to 
address an area of national need; and 
‘‘(III) information identifying the 
region of the United States in which 
the applicant wishes to serve. 
‘‘(B) SELECTION
BASIS.—In determining 
which individuals to select as Fellowship recipi-
ents, the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(i) select not more than 10 individ-
uals from each State; and 
‘‘(ii) give priority to individuals with 
skills and experience for which there is an 
ongoing high demand in the nonprofit sec-
tor and government. 
‘‘(4) LISTED
ORGANIZATIONS.—To be listed 
under paragraph (2)(A), an organization shall— 
‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; and 
‘‘(B) submit an application to the Corpora-
tion at such time, in such manner, and con-
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taining such information as the Corporation 
may require, including— 
‘‘(i) a description of— 
‘‘(I) the services and activities the 
organization carries out generally; 
‘‘(II) the area of national need 
that the organization seeks to address 
through a service project; and 
‘‘(III) the services and activities 
the organization seeks to carry out 
through the proposed service project; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex-
perience that an eligible Encore Fellowship 
recipient needs to be placed with the organi-
zation as an Encore Fellow for the service 
project; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the training and 
leadership development the organization 
shall provide an Encore Fellow placed with 
the organization to assist the Encore Fellow 
in obtaining a public service job in the non-
profit sector or government after the period 
of the Encore Fellowship; and 
‘‘(iv) evidence of the organization’s fi-
nancial stability.
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‘‘(5) PLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH LIST-
ED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be placed with a listed 
organization in accordance with paragraph 
(2)(B) for a service project, an eligible Encore 
Fellowship recipient shall submit an application 
for such placement to the Corporation at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Corporation may require. 
‘‘(B) REQUEST
FOR
PLACEMENT
WITH 
OTHER ORGANIZATION.—An eligible Encore Fel-
lowship recipient may apply to the Corporation 
to serve the recipient’s Encore Fellowship year 
with a nonprofit organization that is not a listed 
organization. Such application shall be sub-
mitted to the Corporation at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the 
Corporation shall require, and shall include— 
‘‘(i) an identification and description 
of— 
‘‘(I) the organization; 
‘‘(II) the area of national need the 
organization seeks to address; and
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‘‘(III) the services or activities the 
organization carries out to address 
such area of national need; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the services the 
eligible Encore Fellowship recipient shall 
provide for the organization as an Encore 
Fellow; and 
‘‘(iii) a letter of support from the lead-
er of the organization, including— 
‘‘(I) a description of the organiza-
tion’s need for the eligible Encore Fel-
lowship recipient’s services; 
‘‘(II) evidence that the organiza-
tion is financially sound; 
‘‘(III) an assurance that the orga-
nization will provide training and 
leadership development to the eligible 
Encore Fellowship recipient if placed 
with the organization as an Encore 
Fellow, to assist the Encore Fellow in 
obtaining a public service job in the 
nonprofit sector or government after 
the period of the Encore Fellowship; 
and
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‘‘(IV) a description of the training 
and leadership development to be pro-
vided to the Encore Fellowship recipi-
ent if so placed. 
‘‘(C) PLACEMENT AND AWARD OF FELLOW-
SHIP.—If the Corporation determines that the el-
igible Encore Fellowship recipient is able to meet 
the service needs (including skills and experience 
to address an area of national need) of the orga-
nization that the eligible fellowship recipient re-
quests under subparagraph (A) or (B), the Cor-
poration shall— 
‘‘(i) approve the placement of the eligi-
ble Encore Fellowship recipient with the or-
ganization; 
‘‘(ii) award the eligible Encore Fellow-
ship recipient an Encore Fellowship for a 
period of 1 year and designate the eligible 
Encore Fellowship recipient as an Encore 
Fellow; and 
‘‘(iii) in awarding the Encore Fellow-
ship, make a payment, in the amount of 
$11,000, to the organization to enable the 
organization to provide living expenses to
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the Encore Fellow for the year in which the 
Encore Fellow agrees to serve. 
‘‘(6) MATCHING FUNDS.—An organization that 
receives an Encore Fellow under this subsection shall 
agree to provide, for the living expenses of the Encore 
Fellow during the year of service, non-Federal con-
tributions in an amount equal to not less than $1 for 
every $1 of Federal funds provided to the organiza-
tion for the Encore Fellow through the Encore Fellow-
ship. 
‘‘(7) TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—Each organi-
zation that receives an Encore Fellow under this sub-
section shall provide training, leadership develop-
ment, and assistance to the Encore Fellow, and con-
duct oversight of the service provided by the Encore 
Fellow. 
‘‘(8) LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT.—Each year, 
the Corporation shall convene current and former En-
core Fellows to discuss the Encore Fellows’ experiences 
related to service under this subsection and discuss 
strategies for increasing leadership and careers in 
public service in the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—The Corporation shall conduct 
an independent evaluation of the programs authorized 
under subsections (a) and (b) and widely disseminate the
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results, including recommendations for improvement, to the 
service community through multiple channels, including the 
Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effective 
strategies.’’. 
SEC. 1806. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART II—NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS 
‘‘SEC. 198H. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘National Service Reserve Corps 
member’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has completed a term of national serv-
ice or is a veteran; 
‘‘(B) has successfully completed training de-
scribed in subsection (c) within the previous 2 
years; 
‘‘(C) completes not less than 10 hours of vol-
unteering each year (which may include the 
training session described in subparagraph (B)); 
and 
‘‘(D) has indicated interest to the Corpora-
tion in responding to disasters and emergencies 
in a timely manner through the National Service 
Reserve Corps; and
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‘‘(2) the term ‘term of national service’ means a 
term or period of service under section 123. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF NATIONAL SERVICE RE-
SERVE CORPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In consultation with the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Cor-
poration shall establish a National Service Reserve 
Corps to prepare and deploy National Service Reserve 
Corps members to respond to disasters and emer-
gencies in support of national service programs and 
other requesting programs and agencies. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.—In carrying out 
this section, the Corporation may enter into a grant 
or contract with an organization experienced in re-
sponding to disasters or in coordinating individuals 
who have completed a term of national service or are 
veterans, or may directly deploy National Service Re-
serve Corps members, as the Corporation determines 
necessary. 
‘‘(c) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall con-
duct or coordinate annual training sessions, consistent with 
the training requirements of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, for individuals who have completed a term 
of national service or are veterans, and who wish to join 
the National Service Reserve Corps.
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‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall des-
ignate organizations with demonstrated experience in 
responding to disasters or emergencies, including 
through using volunteers, for participation in the pro-
gram under this section. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Corporation shall 
ensure that every designated organization is— 
‘‘(A) prepared to respond to disasters or 
emergencies; 
‘‘(B) prepared and able to utilize National 
Service Reserve Corps members in responding to 
disasters or emergencies; and 
‘‘(C) willing to respond in a timely manner 
when notified by the Corporation of a disaster or 
emergency. 
‘‘(e) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or 
contract with an outside organization to develop— 
‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve 
Corps members; and 
‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations 
that have been designated by the Corporation under 
subsection (d). 
‘‘(f) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE 
CORPS.—
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‘‘(1) MAJOR DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—If a 
major disaster or emergency is declared by the Presi-
dent pursuant to section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, in consultation with the Corporation, 
may task the National Service Reserve Corps to assist 
in response. 
‘‘(2) OTHER DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES.—For 
a disaster or emergency that is not declared a major 
disaster or emergency under section 102 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122), the Corporation may directly, or 
through a grant or contract, deploy the National 
Service Reserve Corps. 
‘‘(3) DEPLOYMENT.—Under paragraph (1) or 
(2), the Corporation may— 
‘‘(A) deploy interested National Service Re-
serve Corps members on assignments of not more 
than 30 days to assist with local needs related to 
preparing or recovering from the incident in the 
affected area, either directly or through organiza-
tions designated under subsection (d);
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‘‘(B) make travel arrangements for the de-
ployed National Service Reserve Corps members 
to the site of the incident; and 
‘‘(C) provide funds to those organizations 
that are responding to the incident with de-
ployed National Service Reserve Corps members, 
to enable the organizations to coordinate and 
provide housing, living stipends, and insurance 
for those deployed members. 
‘‘(4) ALLOWANCE.—Any amounts that are uti-
lized by the Corporation from funds appropriated 
under section 501(a)(4)(D) to carry out paragraph 
(1) for a fiscal year shall be kept in a separate fund. 
Any amounts in such fund that are not used during 
a fiscal year shall remain available to use to pay Na-
tional Service Reserve Corps members an allowance, 
determined by the Corporation, for out-of-pocket ex-
penses. 
‘‘(5) INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS.— 
The Corporation, the State Commissions, and 
entities receiving financial assistance for pro-
grams under subtitle C of this Act, or under part 
A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform
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participants about the National Service Reserve 
Corps upon the participants’ completion of their 
term of national service. 
‘‘(B) VETERANS.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Defense, shall inform veterans who are re-
cently discharged, released, or separated from the 
Armed Forces about the National Service Reserve 
Corps. 
‘‘(6) COORDINATION.—In deploying National 
Service Reserve Corps members under this subsection, 
the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) avoid duplication of activities directed 
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; 
and 
‘‘(B) consult and, as appropriate, partner 
with Citizen Corps programs and other local dis-
aster agencies, including State and local emer-
gency management agencies, voluntary organiza-
tions active in disaster, State Commissions, and 
similar organizations, in the affected area.’’. 
SEC. 1807. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT PROGRAM. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUNDS PILOT 
PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 198K. FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 
community organizations are developing innovative 
and effective solutions to national and local chal-
lenges. 
‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in 
replicating and expanding proven effective solutions, 
and supporting new solutions, developed by social en-
trepreneurs and other nonprofit community organiza-
tions could allow those entrepreneurs and organiza-
tions to replicate and expand proven initiatives, and 
support new initiatives, in communities. 
‘‘(3) A network of Social Innovation Funds could 
leverage Federal investments to increase State, local, 
business, and philanthropic resources to replicate and 
expand proven solutions and invest in supporting 
new innovations to tackle specific identified commu-
nity challenges. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of so-
cial entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community or-
ganizations in tackling national and local challenges;
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‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a network 
of Social Innovation Funds that will increase private 
and public investment in nonprofit community orga-
nizations that are effectively addressing national and 
local challenges to allow such organizations to rep-
licate and expand proven initiatives or support new 
initiatives; 
‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of such Funds 
in— 
‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to in-
crease State, local, business, and philanthropic 
resources to address national and local chal-
lenges; 
‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and 
expand effective initiatives; and 
‘‘(C) seeding experimental initiatives fo-
cused on improving outcomes in the areas de-
scribed in subsection (f)(3); and 
‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to identify, 
invest in, replicate, and expand initiatives with effec-
tive solutions to national and local challenges. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘community organization’ means a nonprofit organi-
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zation that carries out innovative, effective initiatives 
to address community challenges. 
‘‘(2) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered enti-
ty’ means— 
‘‘(A) an existing grantmaking institution 
(existing as of the date on which the institution 
applies for a grant under this section); or 
‘‘(B) a partnership between— 
‘‘(i) such an existing grantmaking in-
stitution; and 
‘‘(ii) an additional grantmaking insti-
tution, a State Commission, or a chief exec-
utive officer of a unit of general local gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(3) ISSUE AREA.—The term ‘issue area’ means 
an area described in subsection (f)(3). 
‘‘(d) PROGRAM.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section that are not reserved under sub-
sections (l) and (m), the Corporation shall establish a Social 
Innovation Funds grant program to make grants on a com-
petitive basis to eligible entities for Social Innovation 
Funds. 
‘‘(e) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.—The Corporation shall 
make such grants for periods of 5 years, and may renew 
the grants for additional periods of 5 years, in amounts
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of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than $10,000,000 
per year. 
‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (d), an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 
‘‘(2) propose to focus on— 
‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical 
area; or 
‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area; 
‘‘(3) propose to focus on improving measurable 
outcomes relating to— 
‘‘(A) education for economically disadvan-
taged elementary or secondary school students; 
‘‘(B) child and youth development; 
‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in 
economic opportunity for economically disadvan-
taged individuals; 
‘‘(D) health, including access to health serv-
ices and health education; 
‘‘(E) resource conservation and local envi-
ronmental quality; 
‘‘(F) individual or community energy effi-
ciency; 
‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 
‘‘(H) reductions in crime;
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‘‘(4) have an evidence-based decisionmaking 
strategy, including— 
‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig-
orous evaluations of program effectiveness in-
cluding, where available, well-implemented ran-
domized controlled trials; and 
‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 
‘‘(i)(I) replicate and expand research- 
proven initiatives that have been shown to 
produce sizeable, sustained benefits to par-
ticipants or society; or 
‘‘(II) support new initiatives with a 
substantial likelihood of significant impact; 
or 
‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza-
tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to as-
sess the effectiveness of such initiatives; and 
‘‘(5) have appropriate policies, as determined by 
the Corporation, that protect against conflict of inter-
est, self-dealing, and other improper practices. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eli-
gible entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
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mation as the Corporation may specify, including, at a 
minimum— 
‘‘(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will— 
‘‘(A) use the funds received through that 
capital in order to make subgrants to commu-
nity organizations that will use the funds to rep-
licate or expand proven initiatives, or support 
new initiatives, in low-income communities; 
‘‘(B) in making decisions about subgrants 
for communities, consult with a diverse cross sec-
tion of community representatives in the deci-
sions, including individuals from the public, 
nonprofit private, and for-profit private sectors; 
and 
‘‘(C) make subgrants of a sufficient size and 
scope to enable the community organizations to 
build their capacity to manage initiatives, and 
sustain replication or expansion of the initia-
tives; 
‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will not 
make any subgrants to the parent organizations of the 
eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the par-
ent organization, or, if the eligible entity applied for 
funds under this section as a partnership, any mem-
ber of the partnership;
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‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 
‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area re-
ferred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eligible 
entity is proposing to serve; or 
‘‘(B) the issue area referred to in subsection 
(f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity will address, 
and the geographical areas that the eligible enti-
ty is likely to serve in addressing such issue 
area; 
‘‘(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas 
in which the eligible entity will work to improve 
measurable outcomes; 
‘‘(B) statistics on the needs related to those issue 
areas in, as appropriate— 
‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(A); or 
‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in 
paragraph (3)(B), including statistics dem-
onstrating that those geographical areas have 
high need in the specific issue area that the eligi-
ble entity is proposing to address; and 
‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable out-
comes related to the issue areas involved that the eli-
gible entity will seek to improve;
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‘‘(5) information describing the process by which 
the eligible entity selected, or will select, community 
organizations to receive the subgrants, to ensure that 
the community organizations— 
‘‘(A) are institutions— 
‘‘(i) with proven initiatives and a 
demonstrated track record of achieving spe-
cific outcomes related to the measurable out-
comes for the eligible entity; or 
‘‘(ii) that articulate a new solution 
with a significant likelihood for substantial 
impact; 
‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for the 
use of the subgrant funds that are connected to 
the measurable outcomes for the eligible entity; 
‘‘(C) will use the funds to replicate, expand, 
or support their initiatives; 
‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for repli-
cating, expanding, or supporting the initiatives 
funded; 
‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the 
subgrant period concludes through reliable public 
revenues, earned income, or private sector fund-
ing;
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‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial 
and management systems; 
‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data collec-
tion and evaluation for improvement of the ini-
tiatives; 
‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innova-
tive initiatives, to be important contributors to 
knowledge in their fields; and 
‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for pro-
viding matching funds specified in subsection 
(k); 
‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, in-
cluding its experience managing collaborative initia-
tives, or assessing applicants for grants and evalu-
ating the performance of grant recipients for outcome- 
focused initiatives, and any other relevant informa-
tion; 
‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of 
subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the require-
ments, including information on any funding that the 
eligible entity has secured to provide the matching 
funds required under that subsection; 
‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan for 
providing technical assistance and support, other 
than financial support, to the community organiza-
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tions that will increase the ability of the community 
organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes; 
‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institu-
tional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity 
concerning— 
‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required 
for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other 
purposes; 
‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 
‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Cor-
poration, including information on the initia-
tives of the community organizations, and the 
replication or expansion of such initiatives; 
‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evaluations 
to improve the eligible entity’s own model and to im-
prove the initiatives funded by the eligible entity; and 
‘‘(11) a commitment to cooperate with any eval-
uation activities undertaken by the Corporation. 
‘‘(h) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible enti-
ties to receive grants under subsection (d), the Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive basis; 
‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the 
quality of their selection process, as described in sub-
section (g)(5), the capacity of the eligible entities to
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manage Social Innovation Funds, and the potential 
of the eligible entities to sustain the Funds after the 
conclusion of the grant period; 
‘‘(3) include among the grant recipients eligible 
entities that propose to provide subgrants to serve 
communities (such as rural low-income communities) 
that the eligible entities can demonstrate are signifi-
cantly philanthropically underserved; 
‘‘(4) select a geographically diverse set of eligible 
entities; and 
‘‘(5) take into account broad community perspec-
tives and support. 
‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not 
make a grant to an eligible entity under subsection 
(d) for a Social Innovation Fund unless the entity 
agrees that, with respect to the cost described in sub-
section (d) for that Fund, the entity will make avail-
able matching funds in an amount equal to not less 
than $1 for every $1 of funds provided under the 
grant. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) TYPE AND SOURCES.—The eligible en-
tity shall provide the matching funds in cash. 
The eligible entity shall provide the matching
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funds from State, local, or private sources, which 
may include State or local agencies, businesses, 
private philanthropic organizations, or individ-
uals. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES INCLUDING STATE 
COMMISSIONS
OR
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
OF-
FICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which 
a State Commission, a local government of-
fice, or both entities are a part of the eligi-
ble entity, the State involved, the local gov-
ernment involved, or both entities, respec-
tively, shall contribute not less than 30 per-
cent and not more than 50 percent of the 
matching funds. 
‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—In 
this subparagraph, the term ‘local govern-
ment office’ means the office of the chief ex-
ecutive officer of a unit of general local gov-
ernment. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION.—The Corporation may reduce 
by 50 percent the matching funds required by para-
graph (1) for an eligible entity serving a community 
(such as a rural low-income community) that the eli-
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‘‘(iii) expand the number of volunteers 
nationally. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under this sec-
tion for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of 
such funds to award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to State Commissions and nonprofit orga-
nizations for such fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) the Corporation shall use 50 percent of 
such funds make an allotment to the State Com-
missions of each of the several States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico based on the formula described in 
subsections (e) and (f) of section 129, subject to 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—In order to en-
sure that each State Commission is able to improve 
efforts to recruit, manage, or support volunteers, the 
Corporation may determine a minimum grant 
amount for allotments under paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION
ON ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not 
more than 5 percent of the amount of any grant provided 
under this section for a fiscal year may be used to pay for
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administrative costs incurred by either the recipient of the 
grant or any community-based entity receiving assistance 
or a subgrant under such grant. 
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUND REQUIREMENTS.—The Corpora-
tion share of the cost of carrying out a program that re-
ceives assistance under this section, whether the assistance 
is provided directly or as a subgrant from the original re-
cipient of the assistance, may not exceed— 
‘‘(1) 80 percent of such cost for the first year in 
which the recipient receives such assistance; 
‘‘(2) 70 percent of such cost for the second year 
in which the recipient receives such assistance; 
‘‘(3) 60 percent of such cost for the third year in 
which the recipient receives such assistance; and 
‘‘(4) 50 percent of such cost for the fourth year 
in which the recipient receives such assistance and 
each year thereafter.’’. 
SEC. 1809. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM. 
Subtitle H of title I (42 U.S.C. 12653 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART V—NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING 
PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 198S. NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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‘‘(1) INTERMEDIARY NONPROFIT GRANTEE.—The 
term ‘intermediary nonprofit grantee’ means an 
intermediary nonprofit organization that receives a 
grant under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) 
INTERMEDIARY
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘intermediary nonprofit organiza-
tion’ means an experienced and capable nonprofit en-
tity with meaningful prior experience in providing 
organizational development assistance, or capacity 
building assistance, focused on small and midsize 
nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(3) NONPROFIT.—The term ‘nonprofit’, used 
with respect to an entity or organization, means— 
‘‘(A) an entity or organization described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code; and 
‘‘(B) an entity or organization described in 
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 170(c) of such 
Code. 
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the 
several States, and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Corporation shall establish a Non-
profit Capacity Building Program to make grants to inter-
mediary nonprofit organizations to serve as intermediary
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nonprofit grantees. The Corporation shall make the grants 
to enable the intermediary nonprofit grantees to pay for 
the Federal share of the cost of delivering organizational 
development assistance, including training on best prac-
tices, financial planning, grantwriting, and compliance 
with the applicable tax laws, for small and midsize non-
profit organizations, especially those nonprofit organiza-
tions facing resource hardship challenges. Each of the grant-
ees shall match the grant funds by providing a non-Federal 
share as described in subsection (f). 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—To the extent practicable, the Corpora-
tion shall make such a grant to an intermediary nonprofit 
organization in each State, and shall make such grant in 
an amount of not less than $200,000. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an intermediary nonprofit organization 
shall submit an application to the Corporation at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Corporation may require. The intermediary nonprofit 
organization shall submit in the application information 
demonstrating that the organization has secured sufficient 
resources to meet the requirements of subsection (f). 
‘‘(e) PREFERENCE AND CONSIDERATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PREFERENCE.—In making such grants, the 
Corporation shall give preference to intermediary
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nonprofit organizations seeking to become inter-
mediary nonprofit grantees in areas where nonprofit 
organizations face significant resource hardship chal-
lenges. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining whether 
to make a grant the Corporation shall consider— 
‘‘(A) the number of small and midsize non-
profit organizations that will be served by the 
grant; 
‘‘(B) the degree to which the activities pro-
posed to be provided through the grant will assist 
a wide number of nonprofit organizations within 
a State, relative to the proposed amount of the 
grant; and 
‘‘(C) the quality of the organizational devel-
opment assistance to be delivered by the inter-
mediary nonprofit grantee, including the quali-
fications of its administrators and representa-
tives, and its record in providing services to 
small and midsize nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(f) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost 
as referenced in subsection (b) shall be 50 percent. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost as referenced in subsection (b) shall be 
50 percent and shall be provided in cash. 
‘‘(B) THIRD PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), an intermediary nonprofit 
grantee shall provide the non-Federal share 
of the cost through contributions from third 
parties. The third parties may include char-
itable 
grantmaking 
entities 
and 
grantmaking vehicles within existing orga-
nizations, entities of corporate philan-
thropy, corporations, individual donors, 
and regional, State, or local government 
agencies, or other non-Federal sources. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If the intermediary 
nonprofit grantee is a private foundation 
(as defined in section 509(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986), a donor advised 
fund (as defined in section 4966(d)(2) of 
such Code), an organization which is de-
scribed in section 4966(d)(4)(A)(i) of such 
Code, or an organization which is described 
in section 4966(d)(4)(B) of such Code, the
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grantee shall provide the non-Federal share 
from within that grantee’s own funds. 
‘‘(iii) 
MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT, 
PRIOR
YEAR
THIRD-PARTY
FUNDING
LEV-
ELS.—For purposes of maintaining private 
sector support levels for the activities speci-
fied by this program, a non-Federal share 
that includes donations by third parties 
shall be composed in a way that does not 
decrease prior levels of funding from the 
same third parties granted to the nonprofit 
intermediary grantee in the preceding year. 
‘‘(g) RESERVATION.—Of the amount authorized to pro-
vide financial assistance under this subtitle, there shall be 
made available to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 
Subtitle I—Training and Technical 
Assistance 
SEC. 1821. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Title I is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subtitle: