‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Corporation may waive the 
limit under paragraph (2) at the request of a State 
Commission.’’. 
(b) EDUCATION AWARD.—Section 146(c)(1) of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12602(c)(1)), as designated by section 201(c), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘4’’. 
SEC. 204. ALIGNMENT OF BENEFITS. 
Title I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 is amended— 
(1) 
in 
section 
139(b)(3) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12593(b)(3)), by inserting ‘‘or stipend’’ after ‘‘edu-
cational award’’; 
(2) in section 141 (42 U.S.C. 12595)— 
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
STIPEND’’ after ‘‘AWARDS’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘A par-
ticipant’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
subsection (c), a participant’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) PAYMENT OPTION.—A participant in a national 
service program carried out using assistance provided to 
an applicant under section 121 may elect to receive a sti-
pend described in section 149A in lieu of the national serv-
ice educational award.’’; and 
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(3) in subtitle D (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.)— 
(A) in the subtitle heading, by inserting 
‘‘or Stipend’’ after ‘‘Awards’’; 
(B) in section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601)— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘and silver scholar educational awards’’ 
and inserting ‘‘silver scholar educational 
awards, and stipends under section 149A’’; 
(ii) in subsection (c)(1), as amended 
by section 106(b)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(II) by redesignating subpara-
graph (B) as subparagraph (C); and 
(III) by inserting after subpara-
graph (A) the following: 
‘‘(B) stipends under section 149A; and’’; 
and 
(iii) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or 
silver scholar awards’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘silver scholar edu-
cational awards, or stipends under section 
149A’’; 
(C) in section 146 (29 U.S.C. 12602)— 
(i) in subsection (a)— 
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(I) in the matter preceding para-
graph (1) by striking ‘‘or silver schol-
ar educational award’’ and inserting 
‘‘silver scholar educational award, or 
stipends under section 149A’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (2)— 
(aa) in subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘award,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘award or a stipend under 
section 149A(a)(1)’’; and 
(bb) in subparagraph (B), in 
the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘award’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘award or stipend under sec-
tion 149A(a)(2)’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (c)(1), as designated 
by section 201(c), by striking ‘‘and silver 
scholar educational awards’’ and inserting 
‘‘silver scholar educational award, and pay-
ments under section 149A’’; 
(D) in section 147 (29 U.S.C. 12603)— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1), as designated 
by section 101(a)(2), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c) 
or section 149A(a)(1)’’; 
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(ii) in subsection (b), by striking 
‘‘subsection (c),’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(c) or section 149A(a)(2)’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘If’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sec-
tion 149A(a)(1), if’’; 
(E) in section 148 (29 U.S.C. 12604)— 
(i) in subsection (a), as amended by 
section 202(b), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(7) to provide stipends under section 149A in 
lieu of a national service educational award.’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (h), as redesignated 
by section 202(b), by striking ‘‘or silver 
scholar educational award’’ and inserting 
‘‘silver scholar educational award, or a sti-
pend under section 149A’’; 
(F) in section 149 (29 U.S.C. 12606)— 
(i) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by in-
serting ‘‘or stipends under section 
149A’’ after ‘‘national service edu-
cational awards’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by in-
serting ‘‘or stipends under section 
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149A’’ after ‘‘national service edu-
cational awards’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or 
stipends under section 149A’’ after ‘‘148’’; 
and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 149A. STIPEND. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) FULL-TIME.—An individual described in 
section 146(a) who, except as provided in paragraph 
(2), successfully completes a required full-time term 
of national service may elect to receive a stipend of 
an amount described in subsection (b) in lieu of a 
national service educational award. The Corporation 
may not provide a stipend under this subsection to 
an individual who receives a national service edu-
cational award under this subtitle for the completion 
of such term of national service. 
‘‘(2) PARTIAL COMPLETION OF SERVICE.—If an 
individual serving in an approved national service 
position is released in accordance with section 
139(c)(1)(A) from completing the full-time term of 
service agreed to by the individual, the Corporation 
may provide the individual with a stipend under 
paragraph (1) in the amount described under sub-
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