‘‘(i) the number of housing units of 
low-income households weatherized or ret-
rofitted to significantly improve energy ef-
ficiency and reduce carbon emissions; 
‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to deter-
mine savings in those costs) at facilities 
where participants have provided service; 
‘‘(iii) the number of students and 
youth receiving education or training in en-
ergy-efficient and environmentally con-
scious practices; 
‘‘(iv) the number of national parks, 
State parks, city parks, county parks, for-
est preserves, or trails or rivers owned or 
maintained by the Federal Government or 
a State, that are cleaned or improved; 
‘‘(v) another indicator relating to 
clean energy that the Corporation, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency and the 
Secretary of Energy and the Department 
of Interior, as appropriate, establishes for 
a given year; 
‘‘(vi) another indicator relating to 
education or skill attainment for clean en-
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ergy jobs that the Corporation, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, estab-
lishes for a given year; and 
‘‘(vii) a local indicator (applicable to a 
particular eligible entity and on which an 
improvement in performance is needed) re-
lating to clean energy, or education or skill 
attainment for clean energy jobs, proposed 
by that eligible entity in an application 
submitted to, and approved by, a State 
Commission or the Corporation under this 
section. 
‘‘(4) VETERANS’ CORPS.—A Veterans’ Corps 
that identifies unmet needs of veterans through ac-
tivities such as those described in subparagraph (A) 
and meets or exceeds the performance indicators 
under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans’ Corps de-
scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi-
ties such as— 
‘‘(i) promoting community-based ef-
forts to meet the unique needs of military 
families while a family member is deployed 
and upon that family member’s return 
home; 
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‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly 
returning veterans, into service opportuni-
ties; 
‘‘(iii) working to assist veterans in de-
veloping their educational opportunities, 
including opportunities for professional 
certification; 
‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within the 
community to serve the needs of veterans 
and active duty military members; 
‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing 
mentoring relationships with economically 
disadvantaged students; and 
‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist dis-
abled and older veterans. 
‘‘(B) VETERANS’ CORPS
INDICATORS.— 
The corps indicators for a corps described in 
this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units cre-
ated for veterans; 
‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pur-
sue educational opportunities; 
‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving 
professional certification; 
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‘‘(iv) outreach efforts to service orga-
nizations serving the needs to veterans; 
‘‘(v) the number of veterans engaged 
in service opportunities; 
‘‘(vi) the number of military families 
assisted by organizations while the family 
member is deployed and when the family 
member returns from deployment; 
‘‘(vii) the number of economically dis-
advantaged students engaged in mentoring 
relationships with veterans; 
‘‘(viii) projects designed to meet iden-
tifiable public needs with a specific empha-
sis on projects in support of veterans, espe-
cially disabled and older veterans; 
‘‘(ix) another indicator relating to 
education or skill attainment that assists 
in providing veterans with the skills to ad-
dress identifiable public needs, that is ap-
proved by the Corporation; and 
‘‘(x) other additional indicators that 
improve the lives of veterans and families 
of individuals deployed in service, that the 
Corporation, in consultation with the De-
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partment of Veterans Affairs, establishes 
for a given year. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY CORPS PROGRAMS.— 
The recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each 
Federal agency operating or supporting a national service 
program under section 121(b) shall, directly or through 
grants or subgrants to other entities, carry out or support 
full- or part-time national service programs, including 
summer programs, to address unmet community needs. 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
PROGRAMS.—National service 
programs under this subsection shall be known as 
‘Opportunity Corps’ and may include the following 
types of national service programs: 
‘‘(A) A community corps program that 
meets unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs and promotes 
greater community unity through the use of or-
ganized teams of participants of varied social 
and economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical 
and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic 
backgrounds, or genders. 
‘‘(B) A professional corps program that re-
cruits and places qualified participants in posi-
tions— 
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‘‘(i) as teachers, nurses and other 
health care providers, police officers, early 
childhood development staff, engineers, or 
other professionals providing service to 
meet educational, human, environmental, 
or public safety needs in communities with 
an inadequate number of such profes-
sionals; 
‘‘(ii) that may include a salary in ex-
cess of the maximum living allowance au-
thorized in subsection (a)(3) of section 
140, as provided in subsection (c) of such 
section; and 
‘‘(iii) that are sponsored by public or 
private employers who agree to pay 100 
percent of the salaries and benefits (other 
than any national service educational 
award under subtitle D) of the partici-
pants. 
‘‘(C) A community service program de-
signed to meet the needs of rural communities, 
using teams or individual placements to address 
the development needs of rural communities, in-
cluding the issues of rural poverty, health care, 
education, and job training. 
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