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‘‘(A) which children may receive supportive per-
son-to-person services under such project, and
‘‘(B) the period of time during which such serv-
ices shall be continued in the case of each individual
child.
‘‘(2) If such agency or organization determines that
it is in the best interests of a mentally retarded child re-
ceiving, and of a particular foster grandparent providing,
services in such a project, such relationship may be contin-
ued after the child reaches the chronological age of 21 if
such child was receiving such services before attaining the
chronological age of 21. If the particular foster grand-
parent subject to the determination under this paragraph
becomes unavailable to serve after such determination is
made, such agency or organization may select another fos-
ter grandparent.
‘‘(3) Any determination made by a public or nonprofit
private agency or organization under paragraphs (1) and
(2) shall be made through mutual agreement by all parties
involved with respect to the provision of services to the
child involved.
‘‘(c) ALLOWANCES, STIPENDS, AND OTHER SUP-
PORT.—(1) The Assistant Secretary, in accordance with
rules the Assistant Secretary shall issue, may provide to
low-income older individuals serving as foster grand-
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parents under this subtitle, such allowances, stipends, and
other support as the Assistant Secretary determines are
necessary to carry out the purpose of this subtitle.
‘‘(2) Any stipend or allowance provided under this
section shall be not less than $2.45 per hour and shall
be adjusted once before December 31, 1997, to account
for inflation, as determined by the Assistant Secretary and
rounded to the nearest 5 cents, except that—
‘‘(A) such stipend or allowance shall not be in-
creased as a result of an amendment made to this
paragraph unless the funds appropriated for carry-
ing out this subtitle are sufficient to maintain for
the fiscal year in question a number of participants
to serve under this subtitle at least equal to the
number of such participants serving during the pre-
ceding fiscal year, and
‘‘(B) if sufficient appropriations for any fiscal
year are not available to increase any such stipend
or allowance provided to the minimum hourly rate
specified in this paragraph, the Assistant Secretary
shall increase the stipend or allowance to such
amount as appropriations for such year permit con-
sistent with subparagraph (A).
‘‘(3) In establishing the amount of, and the effective
date for, an adjustment under paragraph (2), the Assist-
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ant Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal
agencies, shall consider the effect such adjustment will
have on the ability of nonfederally funded volunteer pro-
grams similar to the programs under this title to maintain
their current level of volunteer hours.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—Older individuals
whose income is described in section 102(3)(B)(ii) shall
be given special consideration for participation in projects
under this subtitle.
‘‘(e) VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE NOT LOW-INCOME
OLDER INDIVIDUALS.—(1)(A) Except as provided in sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), individuals who are not low-in-
come older individuals may serve as volunteers under this
subtitle, in accordance with such rules as the Assistant
Secretary shall issue, if such individuals serve without re-
ceiving any allowance, stipend, or other financial support
under this subtitle except reimbursement for transpor-
tation, meals, and out-of-pocket expenses incident to serv-
ing under this subtitle.
‘‘(B) The rules issued by the Assistant Secretary to
carry out this subtitle (other than any rules relating to
allowances, stipends, and other financial support author-
ized by subsection (c) to be paid under this subtitle to
low-income older individuals) shall apply to all individuals
who provide services under this subtitle, without regard
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to whether such individuals are eligible to receive a stipend
under such subsection.
‘‘(C) Individuals who are not low-income older indi-
viduals may not serve as volunteers under this subtitle in
any community in which there are volunteers serving
under subtitle A unless—
‘‘(i) such individuals were referred previously
for possible placement as volunteers under subtitle
A, and
‘‘(ii) such placement did not occur.
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
each recipient of a grant or contract to carry out a project
under this subtitle shall give equal treatment to all individ-
uals who provide services under such project, without re-
gard to whether such individuals are eligible to receive a
stipend under subsection (c).
‘‘(B) An individual who is not a low-income older in-
dividual may not provide services under this subtitle if al-
lowing such individual to provide services under this sub-
title would prevent a low-income older individual from be-
ginning to participate in providing services under this sub-
title or would displace a low-income older individual from
providing services under this subtitle.
‘‘(3) The Assistant Secretary may not require as a
condition of receiving a grant or contract to carry out a
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project under this subtitle, any applicant for such grant
or contract—
‘‘(A) to accept or to recruit individuals who are
not low-income older individuals to provide services
under this subtitle, or
‘‘(B) to solicit locally generated contributions,
in cash or in kind, to support such individuals.
The Assistant Secretary may not coerce any applicant for
or recipient of such grant or contract to engage in conduct
described in subparagraph (A) or (B), and may not take
into consideration whether such applicant or such recipi-
ent engages in such conduct.
‘‘(4) Funds appropriated to carry out this subtitle
may not be used to pay any cost, including any adminis-
trative cost, incurred in connection with volunteers under
this subtitle who do not receive a stipend under subsection
(d). Such cost incurred with respect to a volunteer may
be paid with—
‘‘(A) funds received by the Assistant Secretary
as unrestricted gifts,
‘‘(B) funds received by the Assistant Secretary
as gifts to pay such cost,
‘‘(C) funds contributed by such volunteer, or
‘‘(D) in the discretion of the recipient of a
grant or contract under such subsection, locally gen-
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erated contributions in excess of the amount re-
quired by subsection (a) to be contributed to pay the
non-Federal cost of the project in which such volun-
teer participates.
‘‘Subtitle C—Senior Companion
Volunteer Program
‘‘SEC. 431. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS FOR VOLUNTEER
SERVICE PROJECTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS
AND CON-
TRACTS.—(1) To carry out a Senior Companion Volunteer
Program under this subtitle, the Assistant Secretary may
make grants to or contracts with public and nonprofit pri-
vate agencies and organizations to pay part or all of the
cost of development and operation of projects (including
direct payments to individuals serving under this subtitle
in the same manner as provided in section 421(a)) de-
signed to provide opportunities for low-income older indi-
viduals to provide services under this subtitle as senior
companion volunteers to individuals with exceptional
needs.
‘‘(2) Only older individuals will be enrolled, and indi-
viduals 60 years of age or older will be given priority for
enrollment, as volunteers to provide services under this
subtitle.
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‘‘(3) Senior companion volunteers may provide serv-
ices designed to help individuals 60 years of age or older
who require—
‘‘(A) long-term care, including services to such
individuals who receive home health care, nursing
care, and home-delivered nutrition services or other
nutritional services,
‘‘(B) services designed to help individuals dein-
stitutionalized from mental hospitals, nursing homes,
and other institutions, and
‘‘(C) services designed to assist individuals who
have developmental disabilities and other special
needs for companionship.
‘‘(b) OTHER PROVISIONS APPLICABLE.—Subsections
(a)(2)(A), (c), (d), and (e) of section 421, and such other
provisions of subtitle B as the Assistant Secretary may
determine to be necessary, shall apply to this subtitle, ex-
cept that for purposes of this subtitle any reference to sub-
title B in such subsections and such provisions shall be
deemed to be a reference to this subtitle.
‘‘(c) HOME-BOUND INDIVIDUALS.—The Assistant
Secretary may make grants or contracts under subsection
(a) for senior companion volunteer projects to assist home-
bound individuals 60 years of age or older to remain in
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their own homes and to enable institutionalized individuals
60 years of age or older to return to home-care settings.
‘‘Subtitle D—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 441. PROMOTION OF NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER
SERVICE CORPS.
‘‘(a) CONSULTATION.—(1) In carrying out this title,
the Assistant Secretary shall consult with Federal agen-
cies administering related programs with a view to achiev-
ing optimal coordination with such other programs, and
shall promote the coordination of projects under this title
with other public or private programs or projects carried
out at State and local levels. Such Federal agencies shall
cooperate with the Assistant Secretary in disseminating
information about the availability of assistance under this
title and in promoting the identification and interest of
low-income older individuals and other older individuals
whose services may be utilized in projects under this title.
‘‘(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the Assist-
ant Secretary shall enter into agreements—
‘‘(A)(i) to involve retired and senior volunteers
and foster grandparents in Head Start programs,
‘‘(ii) to involve retired and senior volunteers
and senior companion volunteers in providing serv-
ices authorized by title III of this Act, and
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‘‘(iii) to promote the recognition of such volun-
teers who are qualified to provide in-home services
for reimbursement under title XVIII of the Social
Security Act for providing such services,
‘‘(B) with the Department of Education to pro-
mote intergenerational tutoring and mentoring for
at-risk children, and
‘‘(C) with the Environmental Protection Agency
to support conservation efforts.
‘‘(b) EFFORTS TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION.—(1) In
carrying out this title, the Assistant Secretary shall en-
courage and facilitate the efforts of private organizations
to promote the programs established in subtitles A, B, and
C and the involvement of older individuals as volunteers
in such programs.
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary shall take appropriate
actions to ensure that special efforts are made to publicize
the programs established in subtitles A, B, and C, in order
to facilitate recruitment efforts, to encourage greater par-
ticipation of volunteers, and to emphasize the value of vol-
unteering to the health and well-being of volunteers and
the communities of such volunteers. Such actions shall in-
clude informing recipients of grants and contracts under
this title of all informational materials available from the
Assistant Secretary.
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‘‘(3) From funds appropriated under section 491, the
Assistant Secretary shall expend not less than $375,000
in each fiscal year to carry out paragraph (2).
‘‘SEC. 442. PAYMENTS.
‘‘Payments under this title pursuant to a grant or
contract may be made (after necessary adjustment, in the
case of grants, on account of previously made overpay-
ments or underpayments) in advance or by way of reim-
bursement, in such installments and on such conditions,
as the Assistant Secretary may determine.
‘‘SEC. 443. USE OF LOCALLY GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS
IN NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER SERVICE
CORPS.
‘‘Whenever locally generated contributions made to
volunteer projects for older individuals under this title are
in excess of the amount required by the Assistant Sec-
retary, the Assistant Secretary may not restrict the man-
ner in which contributions are expended if expenditures
from locally generated contributions are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this title.
‘‘SEC. 444. ADJUSTMENTS TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE; REPORTS.
‘‘(a) ADJUSTMENTS.—(1)(A) In determining the
amount of Federal financial assistance to be provided
under this title to applicants, the Assistant Secretary shall
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consider the impact of changes in the Consumer Price
Index For All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor on the
administrative costs of operating the projects for which
such assistance will be provided.
‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, make appropriate adjustments in the
amount referred to in subparagraph (A) to ensure the ef-
fective administration of such projects.
‘‘(2) The Assistant Secretary shall take reasonable
actions to inform applicants for such assistance that such
adjustments may be available.
‘‘(b) REPORTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall sub-
mit, at 2-year intervals, to the Committee on Economic
and Educational Opportunities of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources
of the Senate, a report on the extent to which adjustments
are made under subsection (a).
‘‘SEC. 445. MULTIYEAR GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.
‘‘(a) COMPLIANCE; FUNDING.—(1) Subject to para-
graph (2) and the availability of funds, the Assistant Sec-
retary may make a grant or enter into a contract under
subtitle A, B, or C for a period not to exceed 3 years.
Each applicant who receives a grant, or enters into a con-
tract, under such subtitle for a period exceeding 1 year
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shall comply with such rules as the Assistant Secretary
may issue to require such applicant—
‘‘(A) to demonstrate that such applicant is in
compliance with such subtitle and with the terms
and conditions of such grant or contract, and
‘‘(B) to provide information to update the appli-
cation submitted to obtain such grant or contract.
‘‘(2) If the amount appropriated for any fiscal year
to carry out subtitle A, B, or C in a period during which
multiyear grants or contracts are in effect under such sub-
title is less than the amount appropriated to carry out
such subtitle in the first fiscal year in such period, then
the amounts payable under all such grants and contracts
in effect in such period under such part shall be reduced
pro rata.
‘‘(b) SAVINGS.—The Assistant Secretary shall re-
quire each applicant for a multiyear grant or contract
under this section, to document or describe in the applica-
tion any meaningful administrative savings that will result
from such multiyear grant or contract.
‘‘(c) ALTERNATIVE CONSIDERATION.—If an appli-
cant does not receive a multiyear grant or contract under
this section, the Assistant Secretary shall consider such
applicant for a single-year grant or contract.
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‘‘(d) SIMILAR TREATMENT.—If the Assistant Sec-
retary approves an application for a contract or grant to
carry out a project for a multiyear period as referred to
in subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall ensure that
such project shall be treated in the same manner as a sin-
gle-year contract or grant with respect to—
‘‘(1) the overall level of funding for such
project,
‘‘(2) any adjustments to Federal financial as-
sistance that may be available under section 444,
and
‘‘(3) the renewal of funding on the expiration of
the term of such contract or grant.
‘‘Subtitle E—Administration and
Coordination
‘‘SEC. 461. ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE.
‘‘To administer this title, the Assistant Secretary
shall establish in the Administration an organizational
structure that, to the maximum extent practicable, retains
the organizational structure that existed to carry out title
II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 as in
effect immediately before the effective date of this Act.
Such structure shall include State offices, and multistate
regional offices, that have responsibilities under this title
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that are similar to the responsibilities of such offices had
under such Act.
‘‘SEC. 462. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No part of any funds appro-
priated to carry out this title shall be used—
‘‘(1) to finance, directly or indirectly—
‘‘(A) any activity designed to influence the
outcome of any election to Federal office or the
outcome of any election to any State or local
public office, or
‘‘(B) any voter registration activity, or
‘‘(2) to pay the salary of any officer or em-
ployee of the Administration, who engages in any
such activity in an official capacity as such an offi-
cer or employee.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF PERSONNEL.—Pro-
grams assisted under this title shall not be carried on in
a manner involving the use of funds, the provision of serv-
ices, or the employment or assignment of personnel in a
manner supporting or resulting in the identification of
such programs with—
‘‘(1) any partisan or nonpartisan political activ-
ity associated with a candidate, or a contending fac-
tion or group, in an election for public or party of-
fice,
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‘‘(2) any activity to provide voters or prospec-
tive voters with transportation to the polls or similar
assistance in connection with any such election, or
‘‘(3) any voter registration activity.
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES RELAT-
ING TO LEGISLATION.—No funds appropriated to carry
out this title shall be used by any program assisted under
this title in any activity for the purpose of influencing the
passage or defeat of legislation or proposals by initiative
petition, except—
‘‘(1) in any case in which a legislative body, a
committee of a legislative body, or a member of a
legislative body requests any volunteer in, or em-
ployee of, such a program to draft, review, or testify
regarding measures or to make representations to
such legislative body, committee, or member, or
‘‘(2) in connection with an authorization or ap-
propriations measure directly affecting the operation
of the program.
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT.—The Assistant Secretary, after
consultation with the Office of Personnel Management,
shall issue rules to provide for the enforcement of this sec-
tion, which shall include provisions for summary suspen-
sion of assistance for not more than 30 days until notice
and an opportunity to be heard can be provided or other
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action necessary to permit enforcement on an emergency
basis can be taken.
‘‘SEC. 463. SPECIAL LIMITATIONS.
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE OF RULES.—The Assistant Secretary
shall issue rules and shall carry out this title so as to en-
sure that the service of volunteers assigned, referred, or
serving pursuant to grants, contracts, or agreements made
under this title is limited to activities that would not other-
wise be performed by employed workers and that will not
supplant the hiring of or result in the displacement of em-
ployed workers, or impair existing contracts for service.
‘‘(b) COST REQUIREMENT.—All support, including
transportation provided to volunteers under this title, shall
be furnished at the lowest possible cost consistent with the
effective operation of volunteer programs assisted under
this title.
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION RELATING TO COMPENSATION.—
No agency or organization to which volunteers are as-
signed under this title, or which operates or supervises any
volunteer program under this title, shall request or receive
any compensation from such volunteers or from bene-
ficiaries for services of such volunteers provided or super-
vised by such agency or organization.
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION RELATING
TO LABOR ACTIV-
ITY.—No funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out
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this title shall be directly or indirectly used to finance
labor or anti-labor organization or related activity.
‘‘(e) INFORMATION
ON
VOLUNTEER
QUALIFICA-
TIONS.—Individuals serving as volunteers under this title
shall provide such information concerning their qualifica-
tions, including their integrity and their ability to perform
their assigned tasks, as the Assistant Secretary shall re-
quire and shall be subject to such procedures for selection
and approval as the Assistant Secretary determines are
necessary to carry out the purposes of this title. The As-
sistant Secretary may establish such special procedures
for the recruitment, selection, training, and assignment of
low-income residents of the area to be served by a program
under this title who wish to become volunteers as the As-
sistant Secretary determines will carry out the purposes
of this title.
‘‘SEC. 464. COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.
‘‘The Assistant Secretary shall take necessary steps
to coordinate volunteer programs authorized under this
title with one another and shall consult with representa-
tives of the head of such programs, with community action
programs, and with other related Federal, State, and local
programs. The Assistant Secretary shall also consult with
the heads of other Federal, State, and local agencies re-
sponsible for programs related to the purposes of this title
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in order to encourage greater use of volunteer services in
such programs and establish in connection with such pro-
grams systematic procedures for the recruitment, referral,
or necessary preservice orientation or training of volun-
teers serving pursuant to this title. The Assistant Sec-
retary (in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of the
Office of Personnel Management, the Secretary of Labor,
the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Treasury,
and officials of other appropriate departments and agen-
cies) shall take all appropriate steps to encourage State
and local governments, charitable and service organiza-
tions, and private employers—
‘‘(1) to take into account experience in volun-
teer work in the consideration of applicants for em-
ployment, and
‘‘(2) to make provision for the listing and de-
scription of volunteer work on all employment appli-
cation forms.
‘‘SEC. 465. NOTICE AND HEARING PROCEDURES FOR SUS-
PENSION AND TERMINATION OF FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Assistant Secretary may, in
accordance with this section, suspend or terminate pay-
ments under any grant or contract providing assistance
under this title, whenever the Assistant Secretary deter-
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mines there is a material failure to comply with the appli-
cable terms and conditions of any such grant or contract.
The Assistant Secretary shall establish procedures to en-
sure that—
‘‘(1) assistance under this title shall not be sus-
pended for failure to comply with applicable terms
and conditions, except in emergency situations for
30 days,
‘‘(2) an application for refunding under this
title may not be denied unless the recipient has been
given—
‘‘(A) notice at least 75 days before the de-
nial of such application of the possibility of
such denial and the grounds for any such de-
nial, and
‘‘ (B) opportunity to show cause why such
action should not be taken,
‘‘(3) in any case where an application for re-
funding is denied for failure to comply with the
terms and conditions of the grant or contract, the
recipient shall be afforded an opportunity for an in-
formal hearing before an impartial hearing officer
who has been agreed to by the recipient and the As-
sistant Secretary, and
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‘‘(4) assistance under this title shall not be ter-
minated for failure to comply with applicable terms
and conditions unless the recipient has been afforded
reasonable notice and opportunity for a full and fair
hearing.
‘‘(b) LOCATION OF HEARING.—In order to assure
equal access to all recipients, such hearings or other meet-
ings as may be necessary to fulfill the requirements of this
section shall be held at locations convenient to the recipi-
ent agency.
‘‘SEC. 466. DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS BETWEEN RURAL
AND URBAN AREAS.
‘‘The Assistant Secretary shall establish appropriate
administrative measures to ensure that the benefits of and
services under this title will be distributed equitably be-
tween residents of rural areas and residents of urban
areas.
‘‘SEC. 467. VOLUNTEERS NOT FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
‘‘Volunteers under this title shall not be considered
to be Federal employees and shall not be subject to the
provisions of law relating to officers and employees of the
Federal Government and to Federal employment.
‘‘SEC. 468. EVALUATION.
‘‘(a) EVALUATION.—The Assistant Secretary may
measure and evaluate the impact of all programs, projects,
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and activities authorized by this title, their effectiveness
in achieving stated goals in general, and in relation to
their cost, their impact on related programs, projects, and
activities, and their structure and mechanisms for delivery
of services. Evaluations shall be conducted by persons not
immediately involved in the administration of the program
or project evaluated.
‘‘(c) SPECIFIC MATTERS
FOR EVALUATION.—The
Assistant Secretary may—
‘‘(1) evaluate the impact that volunteers who
participate without receiving a stipend in programs,
projects, and activities under subtitles B and C,
have on such programs, projects, and activities, and
shall include in such evaluation—
‘‘(A) information on administrative costs
associated with such volunteers,
‘‘(B) a comparison of the quality of serv-
ices provided by such volunteers and the quality
of services provided by volunteers who receive a
stipend under such subtitles, including the rate
of absenteeism and turnover, and
‘‘(C) a review of the effect that participa-
tion by volunteers who do not receive such sti-
pend have on the administration of such pro-
grams, projects, and activities, and
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‘‘(2) submit to the Committee on Economic and
Educational Opportunities of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Labor and
Human Resources of the Senate a report summariz-
ing in detail the results of the evaluations made
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(d) PUBLICATION OF SUMMARIES.—The Assistant
Secretary shall publish summaries of the results of evalua-
tions of program, project, and activity impact and effec-
tiveness.
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Assistant Sec-
retary may to use such sums as are required, but not to
exceed 1 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out
this title, to conduct program, project, and activity evalua-
tions (directly, or by grant or contract) as authorized by
this title.
‘‘SEC. 469. ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER BENEFITS.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no re-
imbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to individ-
uals serving pursuant to subtitles A, B, and C shall be
subject to any tax or charge or be treated as wages or
compensation for the purposes of unemployment, tem-
porary disability, retirement, public assistance, workers’
compensation or similar benefit payments, or minimum
wage laws.
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‘‘SEC. 470. LEGAL EXPENSES.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law and pur-
suant to rules which the Assistant Secretary shall issue,
counsel may be employed and counsel fees, court costs,
bail, and other expenses incidental to the defense of volun-
teers may be paid in judicial and administrative proceed-
ings to which full-time volunteers (or part-time volunteers
if such proceedings arise directly out of the performance
of activities pursuant to this title), serving under this title
have been made parties.
‘‘Subtitle F—Authorization of
Appropriations
‘‘SEC. 491. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR PRO-
GRAMS.
‘‘(a) RETIRED
AND
SENIOR
VOLUNTEER
PRO-
GRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out subtitle A, $39,000,000 for fiscal year 1997 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years
1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.
‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out subtitle B,
$62,200,000 for fiscal year 1997 and such sums as may
be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000,
and 2001.
‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out subtitle C,
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1, 1996, shall not be affected by the amendment made
by section 3.
(b) FISCAL YEARS 1997–2001.—(1) The amendment
made by section 3 shall not apply with respect to fiscal
years beginning before October 1, 1996.
(2)(A) On and after October 1, 1996, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall have the authority
to enforce compliance with the requirements applicable to
title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1975 and
to funds made available to carry out such title.
SEC. 9. TRANSFERS; SAVINGS PROVISIONS.
(a) TRANSFERS.—The Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall provide for the transfer to the
Administration on Aging for the purpose of implementing
title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1995, of personnel,
assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property, records, and
unexpended balances of appropriations, authorizations, al-
locations, and other funds held, used, arising, available,
or to be made available in connection with the implementa-
tion of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000–5028a) by the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service.
(b) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—(1) An amendment or re-
peal made by this Act shall not apply with respect to—