In the Senate of the United States, 
March 26, 2009. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1388) entitled ‘‘An Act to reauthorize and reform 
the national service laws.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENTS: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Serve America Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
ACT OF 1990 
Sec. 1001. References. 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) 
Sec. 1101. Purposes. 
Sec. 1102. Definitions.
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Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle B (Learn and Serve America) 
Sec. 1201. School-based allotments. 
Sec. 1202. Higher education provisions. 
Sec. 1203. Campuses of Service. 
Sec. 1204. Innovative programs and research. 
Sec. 1205. Service-learning impact study. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) 
Sec. 1301. Prohibition on grants to Federal agencies; limits on Corporation costs. 
Sec. 1302. Eligible national service programs. 
Sec. 1303. Types of positions. 
Sec. 1304. Conforming repeal relating to training and technical assistance. 
Sec. 1305. Assistance to State Commissions; challenge grants. 
Sec. 1306. Allocation of assistance to States and other eligible entities. 
Sec. 1307. Additional authority. 
Sec. 1308. State selection of programs. 
Sec. 1309. National service program assistance requirements. 
Sec. 1310. Prohibited activities and ineligible organizations. 
Sec. 1311. Consideration of applications. 
Sec. 1312. Description of participants. 
Sec. 1313. Selection of national service participants. 
Sec. 1314. Terms of service. 
Sec. 1315. Adjustments to living allowance. 
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. 
Sec. 1402. Individuals eligible to receive an educational award from the Trust. 
Sec. 1403. Certifications. 
Sec. 1404. Determination of the amount of the educational award. 
Sec. 1405. Disbursement of educational awards. 
Sec. 1406. Approval process for approved positions. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) 
Sec. 1501. Purpose. 
Sec. 1502. Program components. 
Sec. 1503. Eligible participants. 
Sec. 1504. Summer national service program. 
Sec. 1505. National Civilian Community Corps. 
Sec. 1506. Training. 
Sec. 1507. Consultation with State Commissions. 
Sec. 1508. Authorized benefits for Corps members. 
Sec. 1509. Permanent cadre. 
Sec. 1510. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law. 
Sec. 1511. Contract and grant authority. 
Sec. 1512. Other departments. 
Sec. 1513. Advisory Board. 
Sec. 1514. Evaluations. 
Sec. 1515. Repeal of funding limitation. 
Sec. 1516. Definitions. 
Sec. 1517. Terminology.
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Subtitle F—Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) 
Sec. 1601. Family and medical leave. 
Sec. 1602. Reports. 
Sec. 1603. Use of funds. 
Sec. 1604. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures. 
Sec. 1605. Resolution of displacement complaints. 
Sec. 1606. State Commissions on National and Community Service. 
Sec. 1607. Evaluation and accountability. 
Sec. 1608. Civic Health Assessment. 
Sec. 1609. Contingent extension. 
Sec. 1610. Partnerships with schools. 
Sec. 1611. Rights of access, examination, and copying. 
Sec. 1612. Additional administrative provisions. 
Sec. 1613. Availability of assistance. 
Sec. 1614. Criminal history checks for individuals working with vulnerable popu-
lations. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and 
Community Service) 
Sec. 1701. Terms of office. 
Sec. 1702. Board of Directors authorities and duties. 
Sec. 1703. Chief Executive Officer compensation. 
Sec. 1704. Authorities and duties of the Chief Executive Officer. 
Sec. 1705. Chief Financial Officer status. 
Sec. 1706. Nonvoting members; personal services contracts. 
Sec. 1707. Donated services. 
Sec. 1708. Assignment to State Commissions. 
Sec. 1709. Study of involvement of veterans. 
Sec. 1710. Study to examine and increase service programs for displaced workers 
in services corps and community service and to develop pilot 
program planning study. 
Sec. 1711. Study to evaluate the effectiveness of agency coordination. 
Sec. 1712. Study of program effectiveness. 
Sec. 1713. Volunteer Management Corps study. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to Subtitle H (Investment for Quality and 
Innovation) 
Sec. 1801. Technical amendment to subtitle H. 
Sec. 1802. Additional Corporation activities to support national service. 
Sec. 1803. Repeals. 
Sec. 1804. Presidential awards. 
Sec. 1805. New fellowships. 
Sec. 1806. National Service Reserve Corps. 
Sec. 1807. Social Innovation Funds pilot program. 
Sec. 1808. Clearinghouses. 
Sec. 1809. Nonprofit Capacity Building Program. 
Subtitle I—Training and Technical Assistance 
Sec. 1821. Training and technical assistance. 
Subtitle J—Repeal of Title III (Points of Light Foundation) 
Sec. 1831. Repeal.
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Subtitle K—Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) 
Sec. 1841. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT OF 1973 
Sec. 2001. References. 
Sec. 2002. Volunteerism policy. 
Subtitle A—National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs 
CHAPTER 1—VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA 
Sec. 2101. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 2102. Selection and assignment of volunteers. 
Sec. 2103. Support service. 
Sec. 2104. Repeal. 
Sec. 2105. Redesignation. 
CHAPTER 2—UNIVERSITY YEAR FOR VISTA 
Sec. 2121. University year for VISTA. 
CHAPTER 3—SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS 
Sec. 2131. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 2132. Literacy challenge grants. 
Subtitle B—National Senior Service Corps 
Sec. 2141. Title. 
Sec. 2142. Statement of purpose. 
Sec. 2143. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program. 
Sec. 2144. Foster grandparent program. 
Sec. 2145. Senior companion program. 
Sec. 2146. General provisions. 
Subtitle C—Administration and Coordination 
Sec. 2151. Special limitations. 
Sec. 2152. Application of Federal law. 
Sec. 2153. Evaluation. 
Sec. 2154. Definitions. 
Sec. 2155. Protection against improper use. 
Sec. 2156. Provisions under the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 
Subtitle D—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 2161. Authorizations of appropriations. 
TITLE III—TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS 
Sec. 3101. Table of contents of the National and Community Service Act of 1990. 
Sec. 3102. Table of contents of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 
TITLE IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
Sec. 4101. Inspector General Act of 1978.
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TITLE V—VOLUNTEERS FOR PROSPERITY PROGRAM 
Sec. 5101. Findings. 
Sec. 5102. Definitions. 
Sec. 5103. Office of Volunteers for Prosperity. 
Sec. 5104. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 6101. Effective date. 
Sec. 6102. Sense of the Senate. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO NA-
TIONAL 
AND 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE ACT OF 1990 
SEC. 1001. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in 
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the amendment 
or repeal shall be considered to be made to a provision of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.). 
Subtitle A—Amendments to Subtitle 
A (General Provisions) 
SEC. 1101. PURPOSES. 
Section 2(b) (42 U.S.C. 12501(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘community 
throughout’’ and inserting ‘‘community and service 
throughout the varied and diverse communities of’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘in-
come,’’ the following: ‘‘geographic location,’’;
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(3) in paragraph (6), by inserting after ‘‘exist-
ing’’ the following: ‘‘national’’; 
(4) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘programs and agencies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘programs, agencies, and commu-
nities’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(5) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) expand and strengthen service-learning pro-
grams through year-round opportunities, including 
opportunities during the summer months, to improve 
the education of children and youth and to maximize 
the benefits of national and community service, in 
order to renew the ethic of civic responsibility and the 
spirit of community for children and youth through-
out the United States; 
‘‘(10) assist in coordinating and strengthening 
Federal and other service opportunities, including op-
portunities for participation in emergency and dis-
aster preparedness, relief, and recovery; 
‘‘(11) increase service opportunities for the Na-
tion’s retiring professionals, including such opportu-
nities for those retiring from the science, technical,
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service laws through which the participant is engag-
ing in service’’; 
(4) in paragraph (19)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 111(a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 112(a)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘117A(a),’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘119(b)(1), or 122(a),’’ and 
inserting ‘‘118A, or 118(b)(1), or subsection (a), 
(b), or (c) of section 122,’’; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘section 198B, 198C, 
198G, 198H, or 198K,’’ after ‘‘section 152(b),’’; 
and 
(E) by striking ‘‘198, 198C, or 198D’’ and 
inserting ‘‘179A, 198, 198O, 198P, or 199N’’; 
(5) in paragraph (21)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘602’’ and inserting 
‘‘602(3)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1401’’ and inserting 
‘‘1401(3)’’; 
(6) in paragraph (24), by striking ‘‘section 111’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 112’’; 
(7) in paragraph (26), by striking the second 
sentence; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(34) AUTHORIZING
COMMITTEES.—The term 
‘authorizing committees’ means the Committee on 
Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the Senate. 
‘‘(35) COMMUNITY-BASED
ENTITY.—The term 
‘community-based entity’ means a public or private 
nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(A) has experience with meeting unmet 
human, educational, environmental, or public 
safety needs; and 
‘‘(B) meets other such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish. 
‘‘(36) DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.—The term ‘dis-
advantaged youth’ includes those youth who are eco-
nomically disadvantaged and 1 or more of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Who are out-of-school youth, including 
out-of-school youth who are unemployed. 
‘‘(B) Who are in or aging out of foster care. 
‘‘(C) Who have limited English proficiency. 
‘‘(D) Who are homeless or who have run 
away from home. 
‘‘(E) Who are at-risk to leave secondary 
school without a diploma.
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‘‘(F) Who are former juvenile offenders or at 
risk of delinquency. 
‘‘(G) Who are individuals with disabilities. 
‘‘(37) ENCORE
SERVICE
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘encore service program’ means a program, carried 
out by an eligible entity as described in subsection 
(a), (b), or (c) of section 122, that— 
‘‘(A) involves a significant number of par-
ticipants age 55 or older in the program; and 
‘‘(B) takes advantage of the skills and expe-
rience that such participants offer in the design 
and implementation of the program. 
‘‘(38) 
HISPANIC-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘Hispanic-serving institution’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 502(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)). 
‘‘(39) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘historically black college or uni-
versity’ means a part B institution, as defined in sec-
tion 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1061). 
‘‘(40) MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION.— 
The term ‘medically underserved population’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 330(b)(3) of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3)).
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‘‘(41) NATIVE
AMERICAN-SERVING, NONTRIBAL 
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘Native American-serving, 
nontribal institution’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 319(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)). 
‘‘(42) 
NATIVE
HAWAIIAN-SERVING
INSTITU-
TION.—The term ‘Native Hawaiian-serving institu-
tion’ has the meaning given the term in section 
317(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1059d(b)). 
‘‘(43) PREDOMINANTLY
BLACK
INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘Predominantly Black Institution’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 318 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059e). 
‘‘(44) PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.— 
The term ‘principles of scientific research’ means 
principles of research that— 
‘‘(A) apply rigorous, systematic, and objec-
tive methodology to obtain reliable and valid 
knowledge relevant to the subject matter involved; 
‘‘(B) present findings and make claims that 
are appropriate to, and supported by, the meth-
ods that have been employed; and 
‘‘(C) include, appropriate to the research 
being conducted—
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‘‘(i) use of systematic, empirical meth-
ods that draw on observation or experiment; 
‘‘(ii) use of data analyses that are ade-
quate to support the general findings; 
‘‘(iii) reliance on measurements or ob-
servational methods that provide reliable 
and generalizable findings; 
‘‘(iv) strong claims of causal relation-
ships, only with research designs that elimi-
nate plausible competing explanations for 
observed results, such as, but not limited to, 
random-assignment experiments; 
‘‘(v) presentation of studies and meth-
ods in sufficient detail and clarity to allow 
for replication or, at a minimum, to offer 
the opportunity to build systematically on 
the findings of the research; 
‘‘(vi) acceptance by a peer-reviewed 
journal or critique by a panel of inde-
pendent experts through a comparably rig-
orous, objective, and scientific review; and 
‘‘(vii) consistency of findings across 
multiple studies or sites to support the gen-
erality of results and conclusions.
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‘‘(45) QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘qualified organization’ means a public or private 
nonprofit organization with experience working with 
school-age youth that meets such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish. 
‘‘(46) SCIENTIFICALLY
VALID
RESEARCH.—The 
term ‘scientifically valid research’ includes applied 
research, basic research, and field-initiated research 
in which the rationale, design, and interpretation are 
soundly developed in accordance with principles of 
scientific research. 
‘‘(47) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 
the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands. 
‘‘(48) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘tribally controlled college or 
university’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 2 of the Tribally Controlled Colleges and Univer-
sities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 
‘‘(49) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code.’’. 
(b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 101 (42 U.S.C. 12511) 
is amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (49) 
as paragraphs (1), (3), (8), (9), (10), (12), (14), (15), 
(19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (26), (29), (30), (31), 
(34), (35), (37), (39), (40), (41), (42), (43), (44), (45), 
(46), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), (16), (17), (18), 
(25), (27), (28), (32), (33), (36), (38), (47), (48), and 
(49); and 
(2) so that paragraphs (1) through (49), as so re-
designated in paragraph (1), appear in numerical 
order. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to Subtitle 
B (Learn and Serve America) 
SEC. 1201. SCHOOL-BASED ALLOTMENTS. 
Part I of subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘PART I—PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS 
‘‘SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 
‘‘The purpose of this part is to promote service-learn-
ing as a strategy to— 
‘‘(1) 
support 
high-quality 
service-learning 
projects that engage students in meeting community 
needs with demonstrable results, while enhancing stu-
dents’ academic and civic learning; and
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‘‘(2) support efforts to build institutional capac-
ity, including the training of educators, and to 
strengthen the service infrastructure to expand service 
opportunities. 
‘‘SEC. 111A. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this part: 
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the 
several States, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(2) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term 
‘State educational agency’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State educational agency (as defined 
in section 101) of a State; or 
‘‘(B) for a State in which a State edu-
cational agency described in subparagraph (A) 
has designated a statewide entity under section 
112(e), that designated statewide entity. 
‘‘SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES.—The Corporation, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, may make allotments to State edu-
cational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes to pay for 
the Federal share of—
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‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity within 
the State, territory, or Indian tribe involved to imple-
ment service-learning programs that are based prin-
cipally in elementary schools and secondary schools, 
including— 
‘‘(A) providing training and professional 
development for teachers, supervisors, personnel 
from community-based entities (particularly 
with regard to the recruitment, utilization, and 
management of participants), and trainers, to be 
conducted by qualified individuals or organiza-
tions that have experience with service-learning; 
‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula, 
consistent with State or local academic content 
standards, to be integrated into academic pro-
grams, including curricula for an age-appro-
priate learning component that provides partici-
pants an opportunity to analyze and apply their 
service experiences; 
‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described in 
paragraph (2) or (4)(D) to develop school-based 
service-learning programs in accordance with 
this part; 
‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for re-
search on and evaluation of the educational
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value of service-learning and the effect of service- 
learning activities on communities; 
‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and dis-
semination of information to ensure the broadest 
possible involvement of community-based entities 
with demonstrated effectiveness in working with 
school-age youth in their communities; and 
‘‘(F) establishing effective outreach and dis-
semination of information to ensure the broadest 
possible participation of schools throughout the 
State, throughout the territory, or serving the In-
dian tribe involved with particular attention to 
schools not making adequate yearly progress for 
two or more consecutive years under section 1111 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 
‘‘(2) implementing, operating, or expanding 
school-based service-learning programs, which may 
include paying for the cost of the recruitment, train-
ing, supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of 
service-learning coordinators, through distribution by 
State educational agencies, territories, and Indian 
tribes of Federal funds made available under this part 
to projects operated by local partnerships among— 
‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and
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‘‘(B) 1 or more community partners that— 
‘‘(i) shall include a public or private 
nonprofit organization that— 
‘‘(I) has a demonstrated expertise 
in the provision of services to meet 
unmet human, education, environ-
mental, or public safety needs; 
‘‘(II) will make projects available 
for participants, who shall be students; 
and 
‘‘(III) was in existence at least 1 
year before the date on which the orga-
nization submitted an application 
under section 113; and 
‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit 
business, private elementary school or sec-
ondary school, or Indian tribe (except that 
an Indian tribe distributing funds to a 
project under this paragraph is not eligible 
to be part of the partnership operating that 
project); 
‘‘(3) planning of school-based service-learning 
programs, through distribution by State educational 
agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of Federal 
funds made available under this part to local edu-
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cational agencies and Indian tribes, which planning 
may include paying for the cost of— 
‘‘(A) the salaries and benefits of service- 
learning coordinators; or 
‘‘(B) the recruitment, training and profes-
sional development, supervision, and placement 
of service-learning coordinators who may be par-
ticipants in a program under subtitle C or re-
ceive a national service educational award under 
subtitle D, who may be participants in a project 
under section 201 of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001), or who 
may participate in a Youthbuild program under 
section 173A of the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998 (29 U.S.C. 2918a), 
who will identify the community partners described 
in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and im-
plementation of a program described in paragraph 
(2); 
‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding 
school-based service-learning programs to utilize adult 
volunteers in service-learning to improve the edu-
cation of students, through distribution by State edu-
cational agencies, territories, and Indian tribes of 
Federal funds made available under this part to—
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‘‘(A) local educational agencies; 
‘‘(B) Indian tribes (except that an Indian 
tribe distributing funds under this paragraph is 
not eligible to be a recipient of those funds); 
‘‘(C) public or private nonprofit organiza-
tions; or 
‘‘(D) partnerships or combinations of local 
educational agencies, and entities described in 
subparagraph (B) or (C); and 
‘‘(5) developing, as service-learning programs, 
civic engagement programs that promote a better un-
derstanding of— 
‘‘(A) the principles of the Constitution, the 
heroes of United States history (including mili-
tary heroes), and the meaning of the Pledge of 
Allegiance; 
‘‘(B) how the Nation’s government func-
tions; and 
‘‘(C) the importance of service in the Na-
tion’s character. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.— 
A service-learning coordinator referred to in paragraph (2) 
or (3) of subsection (a) shall provide services to a local part-
nership described in subsection (a)(2) or entity described 
in subsection (a)(3), respectively, that may include—
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‘‘(1) providing technical assistance and informa-
tion to, and facilitating the training of, teachers and 
assisting in the planning, development, execution, and 
evaluation of service-learning in their classrooms; 
‘‘(2) assisting local partnerships described in 
subsection (a)(2) in the planning, development, and 
execution of service-learning projects, including sum-
mer of service programs; 
‘‘(3) assisting schools and local educational agen-
cies in developing school policies and practices that 
support the integration of service-learning into the 
curriculum; and 
‘‘(4) carrying out such other duties as the local 
partnership or entity, respectively, may determine to 
be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—An entity that receives fi-
nancial assistance under this part from a State, territory, 
or Indian tribe may, in carrying out the activities described 
in subsection (a), use such assistance to pay for the Federal 
share of reasonable costs related to the supervision of par-
ticipants, program administration, transportation, insur-
ance, and evaluations and for other reasonable expenses re-
lated to the activities. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—A State educational agency de-
scribed in section 111A(2)(A) may designate a statewide
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entity (which may be a community-based entity) with dem-
onstrated experience in supporting or implementing service- 
learning programs, to receive the State educational agency’s 
allotment under this part, and carry out the functions of 
the agency under this part. 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATION
WITH
SECRETARY
OF
EDU-
CATION.—The Corporation is authorized to enter into agree-
ments with the Secretary of Education for initiatives (and 
may use funds authorized under section 501(a)(6) to enter 
into the agreements if the additional costs of the initiatives 
are warranted) that may include— 
‘‘(1) identification and dissemination of research 
findings on service-learning and scientifically valid 
research based practices for service-learning; and 
‘‘(2) provision of professional development oppor-
tunities that— 
‘‘(A) improve the quality of service-learning 
instruction and delivery for teachers both 
preservice and in-service, personnel from commu-
nity-based entities and youth workers; and 
‘‘(B) create and sustain effective partner-
ships for service-learning programs between local 
educational agencies, community-based entities, 
businesses, and other stakeholders.
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‘‘SEC. 112A. ALLOTMENTS. 
‘‘(a) INDIAN
TRIBES
AND
TERRITORIES.—Of the 
amounts appropriated to carry out this part for any fiscal 
year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not less 
than 2 percent and not more than 3 percent for payments 
to Indian tribes, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their 
respective needs. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS THROUGH STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After reserving an amount 
under subsection (a), the Corporation shall use the re-
mainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this 
part for the fiscal year as follows: 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON SCHOOL-AGE 
YOUTH.—From 50 percent of such remainder, the 
Corporation shall allot to each State an amount 
that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of such 
remainder as the number of school-age youth in 
the State bears to the total number of school-age 
youth in all States. 
‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS BASED ON ALLOCATIONS 
UNDER
ELEMENTARY
AND
SECONDARY
EDU-
CATION ACT OF 1965.—From 50 percent of such 
remainder, the Corporation shall allot to each 
State an amount that bears the same ratio to 50
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percent of such remainder as the allocation to the 
State for the previous fiscal year under title I of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) bears to the total 
of such allocations to all States. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—For any fiscal year for 
which amounts appropriated for this subtitle exceed 
$50,000,000, the minimum allotment to each State 
under paragraph (1) shall be $75,000. 
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines 
that the allotment of a State, territory, or Indian tribe 
under this section will not be required for a fiscal year be-
cause the State, territory, or Indian tribe did not submit 
and receive approval of an application for the allotment 
under section 113, the Corporation shall make the allotment 
for such State, territory, or Indian tribe available for grants 
to community-based entities to carry out service-learning 
programs as described in section 112(b) in such State, in 
such territory, or for such Indian tribe. After community- 
based entities apply for grants from the allotment, by sub-
mitting an application at such time and in such manner 
as the Corporation requires, and receive approval, the re-
mainder of such allotment shall be available for reallotment 
to such other States, territories, or Indian tribes with ap-
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proved applications submitted under section 113 as the Cor-
poration may determine to be appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 113. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS
TO CORPORATION
FOR ALLOT-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an 
allotment under section 112A, a State, acting through 
the State educational agency, territory, or Indian 
tribe shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an 
application at such time and in such manner as the 
Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require, and 
obtain approval of the application. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application for an allot-
ment under section 112 shall include— 
‘‘(A) a proposal for a 3-year plan pro-
moting service-learning, which shall contain such 
information as the Chief Executive Officer may 
reasonably require, including how the applicant 
will integrate service opportunities into the aca-
demic program of the participants; 
‘‘(B) information about the criteria the 
State educational agency, territory, or Indian 
tribe will use to evaluate and grant approval to 
applications submitted under subsection (b), in-
cluding an assurance that the State educational
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agency, territory, or Indian tribe will comply 
with the requirement in section 114(a); 
‘‘(C) assurances about the applicant’s efforts 
to— 
‘‘(i) ensure that students of different 
ages, races, sexes, ethnic groups, disabilities, 
and economic backgrounds have opportuni-
ties to serve together; 
‘‘(ii) include any opportunities for stu-
dents, enrolled in schools or programs of 
education providing elementary or sec-
ondary education, to participate in service- 
learning programs and ensure that such 
service-learning programs include opportu-
nities for such students to serve together; 
‘‘(iii) involve participants in the de-
sign and operation of the programs; 
‘‘(iv) promote service-learning in areas 
of greatest need, including low-income or 
rural areas; and 
‘‘(v) otherwise integrate service oppor-
tunities into the academic program of the 
participants; and 
‘‘(D) assurances that the applicant will 
comply with the nonduplication and non-
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displacement requirements of section 177 and the 
notice, hearing, and grievance procedures re-
quired by section 176. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION TO STATE, TERRITORY, OR INDIAN 
TRIBE FOR ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED 
SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any— 
‘‘(A) qualified organization, Indian tribe, 
territory, local educational agency, for-profit 
business, private elementary school or secondary 
school, or institution of higher education that de-
sires to receive financial assistance under this 
subpart from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 
for an activity described in section 112(a)(1); 
‘‘(B) 
partnership 
described 
in 
section 
112(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance 
from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for an 
activity described in section 112(a)(2); 
‘‘(C) entity described in section 112(a)(3) 
that desires to receive such assistance from a 
State, territory, or Indian tribe for an activity 
described in such section; 
‘‘(D) entity or partnership described in sec-
tion 112(a)(4) that desires to receive such assist-
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ance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe for 
an activity described in such section; and 
‘‘(E) entity that desires to receive such as-
sistance from a State, territory, or Indian tribe 
for an activity described in section 111(a)(5), 
shall prepare, submit to the State educational agency 
for the State, territory, or Indian tribe, and obtain 
approval of, an application for the program. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be 
submitted at such time and in such manner, and 
shall contain such information, as the agency, terri-
tory, or Indian tribe may reasonably require. 
‘‘SEC. 114. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) CRITERIA FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In pro-
viding assistance under this part, a State educational agen-
cy, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 
112A(c) applies) shall consider criteria with respect to sus-
tainability, replicability, innovation, and quality of pro-
grams. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—In pro-
viding assistance under this part, a State educational agen-
cy, territory, or Indian tribe (or the Corporation if section 
112A(c) applies) shall give priority to entities that submit 
applications under section 113 with respect to service-learn-
ing programs described in section 111 that are in the great-
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est need of assistance, such as programs targeting low-in-
come areas or serving economically disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) REJECTION
OF APPLICATIONS
TO CORPORA-
TION.—If the Corporation rejects an application submitted 
by a State, territory, or Indian tribe under section 113 for 
an allotment, the Corporation shall promptly notify the 
State, territory, or Indian tribe of the reasons for the rejec-
tion of the application. The Corporation shall provide the 
State, territory, or Indian tribe with a reasonable oppor-
tunity to revise and resubmit the application and shall pro-
vide technical assistance, if needed, to the State, territory, 
or Indian tribe as part of the resubmission process. The 
Corporation shall promptly reconsider such resubmitted ap-
plication. 
‘‘SEC. 115. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 
FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the 
number of students in the State, in the territory, or served 
by the Indian tribe or in the school district of the local edu-
cational agency involved who are enrolled in private non-
profit elementary schools and secondary schools, such State, 
territory, or Indian tribe, or agency shall (after consulta-
tion with appropriate private school representatives) make 
provision—
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‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may waive 
the requirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with 
respect to any such program for any fiscal year, on a deter-
mination that such a waiver would be equitable due to a 
lack of resources at the local level. 
‘‘SEC. 117. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Not more than 6 percent of the amount of assistance 
received by a State, territory, or Indian tribe that is the 
original recipient of an allotment under this part for a fis-
cal year may be used to pay, in accordance with such stand-
ards as the Corporation may issue, for administrative costs, 
incurred by that recipient.’’. 
SEC. 1202. HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION.—Section 119 (42 U.S.C. 12561) 
is redesignated as section 118. 
(b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS.— 
Section 118 (as so redesignated) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘commu-
nity service programs’’ the following: ‘‘through serv-
ice-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘combination’’ and inserting ‘‘con-
sortium’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) the institution or partnership may co-
ordinate with service-learning curricula being of-
fered in the academic curricula at the institution 
of higher education or at 1 or more members of 
the partnership;’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘teachers at the ele-
mentary, secondary, and postsecondary lev-
els’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions of higher 
education and their faculty’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘education of the institution; and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘curricula of the institution to 
strengthen the instructional capacity of 
teachers to provide service-learning at the 
elementary and secondary levels;’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); and
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(iv) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) including service-learning as a compo-
nent of other curricula or academic programs 
(other than education curricula or programs), 
such as curricula or programs relating to nurs-
ing, medicine, criminal justice, or public policy; 
and’’; 
(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), and (g); 
(4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
(i); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a program for which as-
sistance is provided under this part may not ex-
ceed 50 percent of the total cost of the program. 
‘‘(B) 
NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In 
providing for the remaining share of the cost of 
carrying out such a program, each recipient of 
a grant or contract under this part— 
‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 
through a payment in cash or in kind, fair-
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ly evaluated, including facilities, equip-
ment, or services; and 
‘‘(ii) may provide for such share 
through State sources or local sources, in-
cluding private funds or donated services. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer may 
waive the requirements of paragraph (1) in whole or 
in part with respect to any such program for any fis-
cal year if the Corporation determines that such a 
waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available 
financial resources at the local level. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter 
into a contract under this part, an institution or 
partnership shall prepare and submit to the Corpora-
tion, an application at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information and assurances as 
the Corporation may reasonably require, and obtain 
approval of the application. In requesting applica-
tions for assistance under this part, the Corporation 
shall specify such required information and assur-
ances. 
‘‘(2) 
CONTENTS.—An 
application 
submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) assurances that—
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‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a partic-
ipant, the applicant will consult with the 
appropriate local labor organization, if 
any, representing employees in the area who 
are engaged in the same or similar work as 
that proposed to be carried out by such pro-
gram, to prevent the displacement and pro-
tect the rights of such employees; and 
‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with 
the nonduplication and nondisplacement 
provisions of section 177 and the notice, 
hearing, and grievance procedures required 
by section 176; and 
‘‘(B) such other assurances as the Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—To the extent prac-
ticable, in making grants and entering into contracts under 
subsection (b), the Corporation shall give special consider-
ation to applications submitted by, or applications from 
partnerships including, institutions serving primarily low- 
income populations, including— 
‘‘(1) Alaska Native-serving institutions; 
‘‘(2) Asian American and Native American Pa-
cific Islander-serving institutions; 
‘‘(3) Hispanic-serving institutions;
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‘‘(4) historically black colleges and universities; 
‘‘(5) Native American-serving, nontribal institu-
tions; 
‘‘(6) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions; 
‘‘(7) Predominantly Black Institutions; 
‘‘(8) tribally controlled colleges and universities; 
and 
‘‘(9) community colleges serving predominantly 
minority populations. 
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS.—In making grants and enter-
ing into contracts under subsection (b), the Corporation 
shall take into consideration whether the applicants submit 
applications containing proposals that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrate the commitment of the institu-
tion of higher education involved, other than by dem-
onstrating the commitment of the students, to sup-
porting the community service projects carried out 
under the program; 
‘‘(2) specify the manner in which the institution 
will promote faculty, administration, and staff par-
ticipation in the community service projects; 
‘‘(3) specify the manner in which the institution 
will provide service to the community through orga-
nized programs, including, where appropriate, clin-
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ical programs for students in professional schools and 
colleges; 
‘‘(4) describe any partnership that will partici-
pate in the community service projects, such as a 
partnership comprised of— 
‘‘(A) the institution; 
‘‘(B)(i) a community-based agency; 
‘‘(ii) a local government agency; or 
‘‘(iii) a nonprofit entity that serves or in-
volves school-age youth, older adults, or low-in-
come communities; and 
‘‘(C)(i) a student organization; 
‘‘(ii) a department of the institution; or 
‘‘(iii) a group of faculty comprised of dif-
ferent departments, schools, or colleges at the in-
stitution; 
‘‘(5) demonstrate community involvement in the 
development of the proposal and the extent to which 
the proposal will contribute to the goals of the in-
volved community members; 
‘‘(6) demonstrate a commitment to perform com-
munity service projects in underserved urban and 
rural communities;
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‘‘(7) describe research on effective strategies and 
methods to improve service utilized in the design of 
the projects; 
‘‘(8) specify that the institution or partnership 
will use the assistance provided through the grant or 
contract to strengthen the service infrastructure in in-
stitutions of higher education; 
‘‘(9) with respect to projects involving delivery of 
services, specify projects that involve leadership devel-
opment of school-age youth; or 
‘‘(10) describe the needs that the proposed 
projects are designed to address, such as housing, eco-
nomic development, infrastructure, health care, job 
training, education, crime prevention, urban plan-
ning, transportation, information technology, or child 
welfare. 
‘‘(g) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY.—To be eligible for as-
sistance under this part, an institution of higher education 
shall demonstrate that it meets the minimum requirements 
under section 443(b)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(A)) relating to the participa-
tion of students employed under part C of title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) (re-
lating to Federal Work-Study programs) in community
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service activities, or has received a waiver of those require-
ments from the Secretary of Education. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding section 101, as 
used in this part, the term ‘student’ means an individual 
who is enrolled in an institution of higher education on 
a full- or part-time basis.’’. 
SEC. 1203. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.) is amend-
ed by inserting after section 118 (as redesignated by section 
1202) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 118A. CAMPUSES OF SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, after consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, may annually des-
ignate not more than 25 institutions of higher education 
as Campuses of Service, from among institutions nomi-
nated by State Commissions. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a nomina-
tion to receive designation under subsection (a), and 
have an opportunity to apply for funds under sub-
section (d) for a fiscal year, an institution of higher 
education in a State shall submit an application to 
the State Commission at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the State Com-
mission may require.
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‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, the applica-
tion shall include information specifying— 
‘‘(A)(i) the number of undergraduate and, if 
applicable, graduate service-learning courses of-
fered at such institution for the most recent full 
academic year preceding the fiscal year for 
which designation is sought; and 
‘‘(ii) the number and percentage of under-
graduate students and, if applicable, the number 
and percentage of graduate students at such in-
stitution who were enrolled in the corresponding 
courses described in clause (i), for such preceding 
academic year; 
‘‘(B) the percentage of undergraduate stu-
dents engaging in and, if applicable, the percent-
age of graduate students engaging in activities 
providing community services, as defined in sec-
tion 441(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 2751(c)), during such preceding aca-
demic year, the quality of such activities, and 
the average amount of time spent, per student, 
engaged in such activities; 
‘‘(C) for such preceding academic year, the 
percentage of Federal work-study funds made 
available to the institution under part C of title
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IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) that is used to compensate 
students employed in providing community serv-
ices, as so defined, and a description of the ef-
forts the institution undertakes to make available 
to students opportunities to provide such commu-
nity services and be compensated through such 
work-study funds; 
‘‘(D) at the discretion of the institution, in-
formation demonstrating the degree to which re-
cent graduates of the institution, and all grad-
uates of the institution, have obtained full-time 
public service employment in the nonprofit sector 
or government, with a private nonprofit organi-
zation or a Federal, State, or local public agen-
cy; and 
‘‘(E) any programs the institution has in 
place to encourage or assist graduates of the in-
stitution to pursue careers in public service in 
the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(c) NOMINATIONS AND DESIGNATION.— 
‘‘(1) NOMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State Commission 
that receives applications from institutions of 
higher education under subsection (b) may nomi-
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nate, for designation under subsection (a), not 
more than 3 such institutions of higher edu-
cation, consisting of— 
‘‘(i) not more than one 4-year public 
institution of higher education; 
‘‘(ii) not more than one 4-year private 
institution of higher education; and 
‘‘(iii) not more than one 2-year insti-
tution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—The State Commission 
shall submit to the Corporation the name and 
application of each institution nominated by the 
State Commission under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—The Corporation shall des-
ignate, under subsection (a), not more than 25 insti-
tutions of higher education from among the institu-
tions nominated under paragraph (1). In making the 
designations, the Corporation shall, if feasible, des-
ignate various types of institutions, including institu-
tions from each of the categories of institutions de-
scribed in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of paragraph 
(1)(A). 
‘‘(d) AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Using sums reserved under 
section 501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service, the Cor-
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poration shall provide an award of funds to institu-
tions designated under subsection (c), to be used by 
the institutions to develop or disseminate service- 
learning models and information on best practices re-
garding service-learning to other institutions of higher 
education. 
‘‘(2) PLAN.—To be eligible to receive funds under 
this subsection, an institution designated under sub-
section (c) shall submit a plan to the Corporation de-
scribing how the institution intends to use the funds 
to develop or disseminate service-learning models and 
information on best practices regarding service-learn-
ing to other institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION.—The Corporation shall deter-
mine 
how 
the 
funds 
reserved 
under 
section 
501(a)(1)(C) for Campuses of Service for a fiscal year 
will be allocated among the institutions submitting 
acceptable plans under paragraph (2). In determining 
the amount of funds to be allocated to such an insti-
tution, the Corporation shall consider the number of 
students at the institution, the quality and scope of 
the plan submitted by the institution under para-
graph (2), and the institution’s current (as of the date 
of submission of the plan) strategies to encourage or
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assist students to pursue public service careers in the 
nonprofit sector or government.’’. 
SEC. 1204. INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as 
amended by section 1203, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘PART III—INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED 
SERVICE–LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH 
‘‘SEC. 119. INNOVATIVE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE- 
LEARNING PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means a State educational agency, a State Com-
mission, a territory, an Indian tribe, an institution 
of higher education, or a public or private nonprofit 
organization (including community-based entities), a 
public or private elementary school or secondary 
school, a local educational agency, a consortium of 
such entities, or a consortium of 2 or more such enti-
ties and a for-profit organization. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘eligi-
ble partnership’ means a partnership that— 
‘‘(A) shall include— 
‘‘(i) 1 or more community-based enti-
ties that have demonstrated records of suc-
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cess in carrying out service-learning pro-
grams with economically disadvantaged stu-
dents, and that meet such criteria as the 
Chief Executive Officer may establish; and 
‘‘(ii) a local educational agency for 
which— 
‘‘(I) a high number or percentage, 
as determined by the Corporation, of 
the students served by the agency are 
economically disadvantaged students; 
and 
‘‘(II) the graduation rate (as de-
fined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in 
applicable regulations promulgated by 
the Department of Education for the 
secondary school students served by the 
agency is less than 70 percent; and 
‘‘(B) may also include— 
‘‘(i) a local government agency that is 
not described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive of-
ficer of a unit of general local government;
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‘‘(iii) an institution of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(iv) a State Commission or State edu-
cational agency; or 
‘‘(v) more than 1 local educational 
agency described in subclause (I). 
‘‘(3) YOUTH
ENGAGEMENT
ZONE.—The term 
‘youth engagement zone’ means the area in which a 
youth engagement zone program is carried out. 
‘‘(4) YOUTH ENGAGEMENT ZONE PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘youth engagement zone program’ means a serv-
ice-learning program in which members of an eligible 
partnership collaborate to provide coordinated school- 
based or community-based service-learning opportuni-
ties— 
‘‘(A) in order to address a specific commu-
nity challenge; 
‘‘(B) for an increasing percentage of out-of- 
school youth and secondary school students 
served by a local educational agency; and 
‘‘(C) in circumstances under which— 
‘‘(i) not less than 90 percent of such 
students participate in service-learning ac-
tivities as part of the program; or
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‘‘(ii) service-learning is a part of the 
curriculum in all of the secondary schools 
served by the local educational agency. 
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—From the amounts ap-
propriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Cor-
poration may make grants (which may include approved 
summer of service positions in the case of a grant for a 
program described in subsection (c)(8)) and fixed-amount 
grants (in accordance with section 129(l)) to eligible entities 
or eligible partnerships, as appropriate, for programs and 
activities described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this 
part may be used to— 
‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into the 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (re-
ferred to in this part as ‘STEM’) curricula at the ele-
mentary, 
secondary, 
postsecondary, 
or 
postbaccalaureate levels in coordination with prac-
ticing or retired STEM professionals; 
‘‘(2) involve students in service-learning pro-
grams focusing on energy conservation in their com-
munity, including conducting educational outreach 
on energy conservation and working to improve en-
ergy efficiency in low-income housing and in public 
spaces;
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summer months (including recruiting, training, and 
placing service-learning coordinators)— 
‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any 
of grades 6 through 12 at the end of the summer 
concerned; and 
‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning 
projects— 
‘‘(i) that shall— 
‘‘(I) meet unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental (including en-
ergy conservation and stewardship), 
and emergency and disaster prepared-
ness and other public safety needs; and 
‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, su-
pervised, and designed to produce iden-
tifiable improvements to the commu-
nity; 
‘‘(ii) that may include the extension of 
academic year service-learning programs 
into the summer months; and 
‘‘(iii) under which a student who com-
pletes 100 hours of service as described in 
section 146(b)(2), shall be eligible for a 
summer of service educational award of
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by the local educational agency and involv-
ing an increasing percentage of the out-of- 
school youth in service-learning activities; 
and 
‘‘(10) conduct semester of service programs 
that— 
‘‘(A) provide opportunities for secondary 
school students to participate in a semester of co-
ordinated school-based or community-based serv-
ice-learning opportunities for a minimum of 70 
hours (of which at least a third will be spent 
participating in field-based activities) over a se-
mester, to address specific community challenges; 
‘‘(B) engage as participants high percent-
ages or numbers of economically disadvantaged 
students; 
‘‘(C) allow participants to receive academic 
credit, for the time spent in the classroom and 
in the field for the program, that is equivalent 
to the academic credit for any class of equivalent 
length and with an equivalent time commitment; 
and 
‘‘(D) ensure that the classroom-based in-
struction component of the program is integrated
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into the academic program of the local edu-
cational agency involved; and 
‘‘(11) carry out any other innovative service- 
learning programs or research that the Corporation 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
to carry out a program or activity under this part, an enti-
ty or partnership, as appropriate, shall prepare and submit 
to the Corporation an application at such time and in such 
manner as the Chief Executive Officer may reasonably re-
quire, and obtain approval of the application. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—In making grants under this part, the 
Corporation shall give priority to applicants proposing 
to— 
‘‘(1) involve students and community stake-
holders in the design and implementation of service- 
learning programs carried out using funds received 
under this part; 
‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in 
low-income or rural communities; and 
‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping 
the resources of retired and retiring adults, in the 
planning and implementation of service-learning pro-
grams. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENTS.—
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‘‘(1) TERM.—Each program or activity funded 
under this part shall be carried out over a period of 
3 years, which may include 1 planning year. In the 
case of a program funded under this part, the 3-year 
period may be extended by 1 year, if the program 
meets performance levels established in accordance 
with section 179(k) and any other criteria determined 
by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—Each enti-
ty carrying out a program or activity funded under 
this part shall, to the extent practicable, collaborate 
with entities carrying out programs under this sub-
title, subtitle C, and titles I and II of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 
5001 et seq.). 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Not later than 4 years after 
the effective date of the Serve America Act, the Cor-
poration shall conduct an independent evaluation of 
the programs and activities carried out using funds 
made available under this part, and determine best 
practices 
relating 
to 
service-learning 
and 
rec-
ommendations for improvement of those programs 
and activities. The Corporation shall widely dissemi-
nate the results of the evaluations, and information 
on the best practices and recommendations to the
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service community through multiple channels, includ-
ing the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearing-
house of effective strategies.’’. 
SEC. 1205. SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY. 
Subtitle B of title I (42 U.S.C. 12521 et seq.), as 
amended by section 1204, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘PART IV—SERVICE-LEARNING IMPACT STUDY 
‘‘SEC. 120. STUDY AND REPORT. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—From the sums reserved 
under section 501(a)(1)(B) for this section, the Cor-
poration shall enter into a contract with an entity 
that is not otherwise a recipient of financial assist-
ance under this subtitle, to conduct a 10-year longitu-
dinal study on the impact of the activities carried out 
under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—In conducting the study, the 
entity shall consider the impact of service-learning ac-
tivities carried out under this subtitle on students 
participating in such activities, including in par-
ticular examining the degree to which the activities— 
‘‘(A) improved student academic achieve-
ment; 
‘‘(B) improved student engagement;
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‘‘(C) improved graduation rates, as defined 
in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in ap-
plicable regulations promulgated by the Depart-
ment of Education; and 
‘‘(D) improved the degree to which the par-
ticipants in the activities engaged in subsequent 
national service, volunteering, or other service 
activities, or pursued careers in public service, 
in the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(3) ANALYSIS.—In carrying out such study, the 
entity shall examine the impact of the service-learn-
ing activities on the 4 factors described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (2), analyzed in 
terms of how much time participants were engaged in 
service-learning activities. 
‘‘(4) BEST PRACTICES.—The entity shall collect 
information on best practices concerning using serv-
ice-learning activities to improve the 4 factors. 
‘‘(b) INTERIM REPORTS.—The entity shall periodically 
submit reports to the Corporation containing the interim 
results of the study and the information on best practices. 
The Corporation shall submit such reports to the author-
izing committees.
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‘‘(c) FINAL REPORT.—The entity shall submit a report 
to the Corporation containing the results of the study and 
the information on best practices. The Corporation shall 
submit such report to the authorizing committees, and shall 
make such report available to the public on the Corpora-
tion’s website. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION AND DISSEMINATION.—On receiv-
ing the report described in subsection (c), the Corporation 
shall consult with the Secretary of Education to review the 
results of the study, and to identify best practices con-
cerning using service-learning activities to improve the 4 
factors described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub-
section (a)(2). The Corporation shall disseminate informa-
tion on the identified best practices.’’. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Subtitle 
C (National Service Trust Program) 
SEC. 1301. PROHIBITION ON GRANTS TO FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES; LIMITS ON CORPORATION COSTS. 
Section 121 (42 U.S.C. 12571) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting after ‘‘subdivisions of States,’’ the 
following: ‘‘territories,’’; and
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(B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 
‘‘section 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), 
(b), or (c) of section 122’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AGREE-
MENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘RESTRICTIONS
ON
AGREEMENTS
WITH 
FEDERAL AGENCIES’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora-
tion may enter into an interagency agreement (other 
than a grant agreement) with another Federal agency 
to support a national service program carried out or 
otherwise supported by the agency. The Corporation, 
in entering into the interagency agreement may ap-
prove positions as approved national service positions 
for a program carried out or otherwise supported by 
the agency.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corpora-
tion may not provide a grant under this section to a 
Federal agency.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘receiving assistance 
under this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘car-
rying out or supporting a national service 
program’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘using such assistance’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through that program’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a con-
tract or cooperative agreement’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘an interagency agree-
ment’’; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) APPLICATION
OF
REQUIREMENTS.—A re-
quirement under this Act that applies to an entity re-
ceiving assistance under section 121 (other than a re-
quirement limited to an entity receiving assistance 
under section 121(a)) shall be considered to apply to 
a Federal agency that enters into an interagency 
agreement under this subsection, even though no Fed-
eral agency may receive financial assistance under 
such an agreement.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b),’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a), and in providing approved
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national service positions under subsection (b),’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be 
provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be provided or oth-
erwise approved’’; 
(4) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), 
by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Federal 
share of the cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation 
share of the cost (including the costs of member 
living allowances, employment-related taxes, 
health care coverage, and workers’ compensation 
and other necessary operation costs)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of 
assistance under this section (other than a re-
cipient of assistance through a fixed-amount 
grant in accordance with section 129(l)) shall re-
port to the Corporation the amount and source 
of any Federal funds used to carry out the pro-
gram for which the assistance is made available 
other than those provided by the Corporation.
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‘‘(B) CORPORATION REPORT.—The Corpora-
tion shall report to the authorizing committees 
on an annual basis information regarding each 
recipient of such assistance that uses Federal 
funds other than those provided by the Corpora-
tion to carry out such a program, including the 
amounts and sources of the other Federal 
funds.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PLAN FOR APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSI-
TIONS.—The Corporation shall— 
‘‘(1) develop a plan to— 
‘‘(A) establish the number of the approved 
national service positions as 88,000 for fiscal 
year 2010; 
‘‘(B) increase the number of the approved 
positions to— 
‘‘(i) 115,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(ii) 140,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iii) 170,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
‘‘(iv) 200,000 for fiscal year 2014; 
‘‘(v) 210,000 for fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(vi) 235,000 for fiscal year 2016; and 
‘‘(vii) 250,000 for fiscal year 2017;
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‘‘(C) ensure that the increases described in 
subparagraph (B) are achieved through an ap-
propriate balance of full- and part-time service 
positions; 
‘‘(2) not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of the Serve America Act, submit a report to the 
authorizing committees on the status of the plan de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) subject to the availability of appropriations 
and quality service opportunities, implement the plan 
described in paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 1302. ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR 
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The recipient of a 
grant under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating 
or supporting a national service program under section 
121(b) shall use a portion of the financial assistance or po-
sitions involved, directly or through subgrants to other enti-
ties, to support or carry out the following national service 
corps or programs, as full- or part-time corps or programs, 
to address unmet needs: 
‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient may 
carry out national service programs through an 
Education Corps that identifies and meets unmet 
educational needs within communities through 
activities such as those described in subpara-
graph (B) and improves performance on the in-
dicators described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps de-
scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi-
ties such as— 
‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other aca-
demic support to elementary school and sec-
ondary school students; 
‘‘(ii) improving school climate; 
‘‘(iii) mentoring students, including 
adult or peer mentoring; 
‘‘(iv) linking needed integrated services 
and comprehensive supports with students, 
their families, and their public schools; 
‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school in 
expanding the school day by strengthening 
the quality of staff and expanding the aca-
demic programming offered in an expanded 
learning time initiative, a program of a 
21st century community learning center (as
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defined in section 4201 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7171)), or a high-quality after-school 
program; 
‘‘(vi) assisting schools and local edu-
cational agencies in improving and expand-
ing high-quality service-learning programs 
that keep students engaged in schools by 
carrying out programs that provide special-
ized training to individuals in service- 
learning, and place the individuals (after 
such training) in positions as service-learn-
ing coordinators, to facilitate service-learn-
ing in programs eligible for funding under 
part I of subtitle B; 
‘‘(vii) assisting students in being pre-
pared for college-level work; 
‘‘(viii) involving family members of 
students in supporting teachers and stu-
dents; 
‘‘(ix) 
conducting 
a 
preprofessional 
training program in which students en-
rolled in an institution of higher edu-
cation—
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‘‘(I) receive training (which may 
include 
classes 
containing 
service- 
learning) in specified fields including 
early childhood education and care, el-
ementary and secondary education, 
and other fields such as those relating 
to health services, criminal justice, en-
vironmental stewardship and conserva-
tion, or public safety; 
‘‘(II) perform service related to 
such training outside the classroom 
during the school term and during 
summer or other vacation periods; and 
‘‘(III) agree to provide service 
upon 
graduation 
to 
meet 
unmet 
human, educational, environmental, or 
public safety needs related to such 
training; 
‘‘(x) assisting economically disadvan-
taged students in navigating the college ad-
missions process; 
‘‘(xi) providing other activities, ad-
dressing unmet educational needs, that the 
Corporation may designate; or
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‘‘(xii) providing skilled musicians and 
artists to promote greater community unity 
through the use of music and arts education 
and engagement through work in low-in-
come communities, and education, health 
care, and therapeutic settings, and other 
work in the public domain with citizens of 
all ages. 
‘‘(C) EDUCATION CORPS INDICATORS.—The 
indicators for a corps program described in this 
paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) student engagement, including stu-
dent attendance and student behavior; 
‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 
‘‘(iii) 
secondary 
school 
graduation 
rates as defined in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(vi) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(C)(vi)) and as clarified in ap-
plicable regulations promulgated by the De-
partment of Education; 
‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and 
continued college enrollment for recipients 
of a high school diploma;
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‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating 
to improving education for students that the 
Corporation, in consultation (as appro-
priate) with the Secretary of Education, es-
tablishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular recipient and on 
which an improvement in performance is 
needed) relating to improving education for 
students, that is approved by the Corpora-
tion or a State Commission. 
‘‘(2) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient may 
carry out national service programs through a 
Healthy Futures Corps that identifies and meets 
unmet health needs within communities through 
activities such as those described in subpara-
graph (B) and improves performance on the in-
dicators described in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) 
ACTIVITIES.—A 
Healthy 
Futures 
Corps described in this paragraph may carry 
out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) assisting economically disadvan-
taged individuals in navigating the health 
services system;
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‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 
access to health services, including oral 
health services, for themselves or their chil-
dren; 
‘‘(iii) 
educating 
economically 
dis-
advantaged individuals and individuals 
who are members of medically underserved 
populations about, and engaging individ-
uals described in this clause in, initiatives 
regarding navigating the health services sys-
tem and regarding disease prevention and 
health promotion, with a particular focus 
on common health conditions, chronic dis-
eases, and conditions, for which disease pre-
vention and health promotion measures 
exist and for which socioeconomic, geo-
graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis-
parities exist; 
‘‘(iv) improving the literacy of patients 
regarding health, including oral health; 
‘‘(v) providing translation services at 
clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 
health services; 
‘‘(vi) providing services designed to 
meet the health needs of rural communities,
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including the recruitment of youth to work 
in health professions in such communities; 
‘‘(vii) assisting in health promotion 
interventions that improve health status, 
and helping people adopt and maintain 
healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 
health status; 
‘‘(viii) addressing childhood obesity 
through in-school and after-school physical 
activities, and providing nutrition edu-
cation to students, in elementary schools 
and secondary schools; or 
‘‘(ix) providing activities, addressing 
unmet health needs, that the Corporation 
may designate. 
‘‘(C) HEALTHY
FUTURES
CORPS
INDICA-
TORS.—The indicators for a corps program de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) access to health services among 
economically disadvantaged individuals and 
individuals who are members of medically 
underserved populations; 
‘‘(ii) access to health services for unin-
sured individuals, including such individ-
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the health of economically disadvantaged in-
dividuals and individuals who are members 
of medically underserved populations, that 
is approved by the Corporation or a State 
Commission. 
‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient may 
carry out national service projects through a 
Clean Energy Service Corps that identifies and 
meets unmet environmental needs within com-
munities through activities such as those de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) and improves per-
formance on the indicators described in subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Service 
Corps described in this paragraph may carry 
out activities such as— 
‘‘(i) weatherizing and retrofitting hous-
ing units for low-income households to sig-
nificantly improve the energy efficiency and 
reduce carbon emissions of such housing 
units; 
‘‘(ii) building energy-efficient housing 
units in low-income communities;
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‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 
low-income households and recommending 
ways for the households to improve energy 
efficiency; 
‘‘(iv) providing clean energy-related 
services designed to meet the needs of rural 
communities; 
‘‘(v) working with schools and youth 
programs to educate students and youth 
about ways to reduce home energy use and 
improve the environment, including con-
ducting service-learning projects to provide 
such education; 
‘‘(vi) assisting in the development of 
local recycling programs; 
‘‘(vii) renewing and rehabilitating na-
tional and State parks and forests, city 
parks, county parks and other public lands, 
and trails owned or maintained by the Fed-
eral Government or a State, including 
planting trees, carrying out reforestation, 
carrying out forest health restoration meas-
ures, carrying out erosion control measures, 
fire hazard reduction measures, and reha-
bilitation and maintenance of historic sites
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and structures throughout the national park 
system, and providing trail enhancements, 
rehabilitation, and repairs; 
‘‘(viii) cleaning and improving rivers 
maintained by the Federal Government or a 
State; 
‘‘(ix) carrying out projects in partner-
ship with the National Park Service, de-
signed to renew and rehabilitate national 
park resources and enhance services and 
learning opportunities for national park 
visitors, and nearby communities and 
schools; 
‘‘(x) providing service through a full- 
time, year-round youth corps program or 
full-time summer youth corps program, 
such as a conservation corps or youth serv-
ice corps program that— 
‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful serv-
ice projects with visible public benefits, 
including projects involving urban re-
newal, sustaining natural resources, or 
improving human services; 
‘‘(II) includes as participants 
youths and young adults who are age
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16 through 25, including out-of-school 
youth and other disadvantaged youth 
(such as youth who are aging out of 
foster care, youth who have limited 
English proficiency, homeless youth, 
and youth who are individuals with 
disabilities), who are age 16 through 
25; and 
‘‘(III) provides those participants 
who are youth and young adults 
with— 
‘‘(aa) 
team-based, 
highly 
structured, and adult-supervised 
work experience, life skills, edu-
cation, career guidance and coun-
seling, employment training, and 
support services including men-
toring; and 
‘‘(bb) the opportunity to de-
velop citizenship values and skills 
through service to their commu-
nity and the United States; 
‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, ad-
dressing unmet environmental and work-
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force needs, that the Corporation may des-
ignate. 
‘‘(C) CLEAN ENERGY SERVICE CORPS INDI-
CATORS.—The indicators for a corps program 
described in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units of 
low-income households weatherized or retro-
fitted to significantly improve energy effi-
ciency and reduce carbon emissions; 
‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to determine 
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 conscious 
practices; 
‘‘(iv)(I) the number of acres of na-
tional parks, State parks, city parks, coun-
ty parks, or other public lands, that are 
cleaned or improved; and 
‘‘(II) the number of acres of forest pre-
serves, or miles of trails or rivers, owned or 
maintained by the Federal Government or a 
State, that are cleaned or improved;
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‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating 
to clean energy, the reduction of greenhouse 
gas emissions, or education and skill attain-
ment for clean energy jobs, that the Cor-
poration, in consultation (as appropriate) 
with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, the Secretary of 
Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, or the 
Secretary of Labor, as appropriate, estab-
lishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular recipient and on 
which an improvement in performance is 
needed) relating to clean energy, the reduc-
tion of greenhouse gas emissions, or edu-
cation or skill attainment for clean energy 
jobs, that is approved by the Corporation or 
a State Commission. 
‘‘(4) VETERANS CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient may 
carry out national service programs through a 
Veterans Corps that identifies and meets unmet 
needs of veterans and members of the Armed 
Forces who are on active duty through activities 
such as those described in subparagraph (B) and
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improves performance on the indicators described 
in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) 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; 
‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly 
returning veterans, into service opportuni-
ties, including opportunities that utilize 
their military experience; 
‘‘(iii) assisting veterans in developing 
their educational opportunities (including 
opportunities for professional certification, 
licensure, or credentials), coordinating ac-
tivities with and assisting State and local 
agencies administering veterans education 
benefits, and coordinating activities with 
and assisting entities administering vet-
erans programs with internships and fel-
lowships that could lead to employment in 
the private and public sectors;
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‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within a com-
munity to serve the needs of veterans and 
members of the Armed Forces who are on 
active duty, including helping veterans file 
benefits claims and assisting Federal agen-
cies in providing services to veterans, and 
sending care packages to Members of the 
Armed Forces who are deployed; 
‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing 
mentoring relationships with economically 
disadvantaged students; 
‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist vet-
erans with disabilities, veterans who are 
unemployed, older veterans, and veterans in 
rural communities, including assisting vet-
erans described in this clause with trans-
portation; or 
‘‘(vii) 
other 
activities, 
addressing 
unmet needs of veterans, that the Corpora-
tion may designate. 
‘‘(C) VETERANS’ CORPS INDICATORS.—The 
indicators for a corps program described in this 
paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units cre-
ated for veterans;
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‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pur-
sue educational opportunities; 
‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving 
professional certification, licensure, or cre-
dentials; 
‘‘(iv) the number of veterans engaged 
in service opportunities; 
‘‘(v) the number of military families 
assisted by organizations while a family 
member is deployed and upon that family 
member’s return home; 
‘‘(vi) the number of economically dis-
advantaged students engaged in mentoring 
relationships with veterans; 
‘‘(vii) the number of projects designed 
to meet identifiable public needs of veterans, 
especially veterans with disabilities, vet-
erans who are unemployed, older veterans, 
and veterans in rural communities; 
‘‘(viii) any additional indicator that 
relates to education or skill attainment that 
assists in providing veterans with the skills 
to address identifiable public needs, or that 
relates to improving the lives of veterans, of 
members of the Armed Forces on active
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duty, and of families of the veterans and the 
members on active duty, and that the Cor-
poration, in consultation (as appropriate) 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, es-
tablishes; or 
‘‘(ix) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular recipient and on 
which an improvement in performance is 
needed) relating to the education or skill at-
tainment, or the improvement, described in 
clause (viii), that is approved by the Cor-
poration or a State Commission. 
‘‘(5) OPPORTUNITY CORPS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient may 
carry out national service programs through an 
Opportunity Corps that identifies and meets 
unmet needs relating to economic opportunity 
for economically disadvantaged individuals with-
in communities, through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (B) and improves 
performance on the indicators described in sub-
paragraph (C). 
‘‘(B) ACTIVITIES.—An Opportunity Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out ac-
tivities such as—
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‘‘(i) providing financial literacy edu-
cation to economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals, including financial literacy edu-
cation with regard to credit management, 
financial institutions including banks and 
credit unions, and utilization of savings 
plans; 
‘‘(ii) assisting in the construction, re-
habilitation, or preservation of housing 
units, including energy efficient homes, for 
economically disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(iii) assisting economically disadvan-
taged individuals, including homeless indi-
viduals, in finding placement in and main-
taining housing; 
‘‘(iv) assisting economically disadvan-
taged individuals in obtaining access to 
health services for themselves or their chil-
dren; 
‘‘(v) assisting individuals in obtaining 
information about Federal, State, local, or 
private programs or benefits focused on as-
sisting economically disadvantaged individ-
uals, economically disadvantaged children, 
or low-income families;
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‘‘(vi) facilitating enrollment in and 
completion of job training for economically 
disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(vii) assisting economically disadvan-
taged individuals in obtaining access to job 
placement assistance; 
‘‘(viii) carrying out a program that 
seeks to eliminate hunger in low-income 
communities and rural areas through serv-
ice in projects— 
‘‘(I) involving food banks, food 
pantries, and nonprofit organizations 
that provide food during emergencies; 
‘‘(II) seeking to address the long- 
term causes of hunger through edu-
cation and the delivery of appropriate 
services; 
‘‘(III) providing training in basic 
health, nutrition, and life skills nec-
essary to alleviate hunger in commu-
nities and rural areas; or 
‘‘(IV) assisting individuals in ob-
taining information about federally 
supported nutrition programs;
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‘‘(ix) addressing issues faced by home-
bound citizens, such as needs for food deliv-
eries, legal and medical services, nutrition 
information, and transportation; 
‘‘(x) implementing an E–Corps pro-
gram that involves participants who pro-
vide services in a community by developing 
and assisting in carrying out technology 
programs that seek to increase access to 
technology and the benefits of technology in 
such community; and 
‘‘(xi) carrying out other activities, ad-
dressing unmet needs relating to economic 
opportunity for economically disadvantaged 
individuals, that the Corporation may des-
ignate. 
‘‘(C) OPPORTUNITY
CORPS
INDICATORS.— 
The indicators for a corps program described in 
this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the degree of financial literacy 
among economically disadvantaged individ-
uals; 
‘‘(ii) the number of housing units built 
or improved for economically disadvantaged 
individuals or low-income families;
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‘‘(iii) the number of economically dis-
advantaged individuals with access to job 
training and other skill enhancement; 
‘‘(iv) the number of economically dis-
advantaged individuals with access to infor-
mation about job placement services; 
‘‘(v) any additional indicator relating 
to improving economic opportunity for eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals that 
the Corporation, in consultation (as appro-
priate) with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
establishes; or 
‘‘(vi) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular recipient and on 
which an improvement in performance is 
needed) that is approved by the Corporation 
or a State Commission. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient of a grant 
under section 121(a) and a Federal agency operating 
or supporting a national service program under sec-
tion 121(b) may use the financial assistance or posi-
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tions involved, directly or through subgrants to other 
entities, to carry out national service programs and 
model programs under this subsection that are focused 
on meeting community needs and improve perform-
ance on the indicators described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS.—The programs may include 
the following types of national service programs: 
‘‘(A) 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 addressing rural poverty, or the need for 
health services, education, or job training. 
‘‘(B) A program— 
‘‘(i) that engages participants in pub-
lic health, emergency and disaster prepared-
ness, and other public safety activities; 
‘‘(ii) that may include the recruitment 
of qualified participants for, and placement 
of the participants in, positions to be train-
ees as law enforcement officers, firefighters, 
search and rescue personnel, and emergency 
medical service workers; and 
‘‘(iii) that may engage Federal, State, 
and local stakeholders, in collaboration, to
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organize more effective responses to issues of 
public health, emergencies and disasters, 
and other public safety issues. 
‘‘(C) A program that seeks to expand the 
number of mentors for disadvantaged youths and 
other youths (including by recruiting high 
school-, and college-age individuals to enter into 
mentoring relationships), either through— 
‘‘(i) provision of direct mentoring serv-
ices; 
‘‘(ii) provision of supportive services to 
direct mentoring service organizations (in 
the case of a partnership); 
‘‘(iii) the creative utilization of current 
and emerging technologies to connect youth 
with mentors; or 
‘‘(iv) supporting mentoring partner-
ships (including statewide and local men-
toring partnerships that strengthen direct 
service mentoring programs) by— 
‘‘(I) increasing State resources 
dedicated to mentoring; 
‘‘(II) supporting the creation of 
statewide and local mentoring partner-
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through collaborative efforts between 
entities such as local or direct service 
mentoring partnerships, or units of 
State or local government; and 
‘‘(III) 
assisting 
direct 
service 
mentoring programs. 
‘‘(D) A program— 
‘‘(i) in which not less than 75 percent 
of the participants are disadvantaged 
youth; 
‘‘(ii) that may provide life skills train-
ing, 
employment 
training, 
educational 
counseling, assistance to complete a sec-
ondary school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent, counseling, or a mentoring rela-
tionship with an adult volunteer; and 
‘‘(iii) for which, in awarding financial 
assistance and approved national service 
positions, the Corporation shall give pri-
ority to programs that engage retirees to 
serve as mentors. 
‘‘(E) A program— 
‘‘(i) 
that 
reengages 
court-involved 
youth and adults with the goal of reducing 
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‘‘(ii) that may create support systems 
beginning in correctional facilities; and 
‘‘(iii) that may have life skills train-
ing, employment training, an education 
program (including a program to complete 
a secondary school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent), educational and career coun-
seling, and postprogram placement services. 
‘‘(F) A demonstration program— 
‘‘(i) that has as 1 of its primary pur-
poses the recruitment and acceptance of 
court-involved youth and adults as partici-
pants, volunteers, or members; and 
‘‘(ii) that may serve any purpose oth-
erwise permitted under this Act. 
‘‘(G) A program that provides education or 
job training services that are designed to meet 
the needs of rural communities. 
‘‘(H) A program that seeks to expand the 
number of mentors for youth in foster care 
through— 
‘‘(i) the provision of direct academic 
mentoring services for youth in foster care; 
‘‘(ii) the provision of supportive serv-
ices to mentoring service organizations that
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directly provide mentoring to youth in fos-
ter care, including providing training of 
mentors in child development, domestic vio-
lence, foster care, confidentiality require-
ments, and other matters related to working 
with youth in foster care; or 
‘‘(iii) supporting foster care mentoring 
partnerships, including statewide and local 
mentoring partnerships that strengthen di-
rect service mentoring programs. 
‘‘(I) Such other national service programs 
addressing unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs as the Corporation 
may designate. 
‘‘(3) INDICATORS.—The indicators for a program 
described in this subsection are the indicators de-
scribed in subparagraph (C) of paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), (4), or (5) of subsection (a) or any additional 
local indicator (applicable to a participant or recipi-
ent and on which an improvement in performance is 
needed) relating to meeting unmet community needs, 
that is approved by the Corporation or a State Com-
mission. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM MODELS FOR SERVICE CORPS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any activities 
described in subparagraph (B) of paragraphs (1) 
through (5) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), a 
recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and a Fed-
eral agency operating or supporting a national serv-
ice program under section 121(b) may directly or 
through grants or subgrants to other entities carry out 
a national service corps program through the fol-
lowing program models: 
‘‘(A) A community corps program that 
meets unmet health, veteran, and other human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs and promotes greater community unity 
through the use of organized teams of partici-
pants of varied social and economic backgrounds, 
skill levels, physical and developmental capabili-
ties, ages, ethnic backgrounds, or genders. 
‘‘(B) A service program that— 
‘‘(i) recruits individuals with special 
skills or provides specialized preservice 
training to enable participants to be placed 
individually or in teams in positions in 
which the participants can meet such unmet 
needs; and
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‘‘(ii) if consistent with the purposes of 
the program, brings participants together 
for additional training and other activities 
designed to foster civic responsibility, in-
crease the skills of participants, and im-
prove the quality of the service provided. 
‘‘(C) A campus-based program that is de-
signed to provide substantial service in a com-
munity during the school term and during sum-
mer or other vacation periods through the use 
of— 
‘‘(i) students who are attending an in-
stitution of higher education, including stu-
dents participating in a work-study pro-
gram assisted under part C of title IV of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.); 
‘‘(ii) teams composed of students de-
scribed in clause (i); or 
‘‘(iii) teams composed of a combination 
of such students and community residents. 
‘‘(D) 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 
human, educational, environmental, or pub-
lic safety needs in communities with an in-
adequate number of such professionals; 
‘‘(ii) for which the salary may exceed 
the maximum living allowance authorized 
in subsection (a)(2) of section 140, as pro-
vided 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 participants. 
‘‘(E) A program that provides opportunities 
for veterans to participate in service projects. 
‘‘(F) A program carried out by an inter-
mediary that builds the capacity of local non-
profit and faith-based organizations to expand 
and enhance services to meet local or national 
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‘‘(G) Such other program models as may be 
approved by the Corporation or a State Commis-
sion, as appropriate. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM MODELS WITHIN CORPS.—A re-
cipient of financial assistance or approved national 
service positions for a corps program described in 
subsection (a) may use the assistance or positions to 
carry out the corps program, in whole or in part, 
using a program model described in this subsection. 
The corps program shall meet the applicable require-
ments of subsection (a) and this subsection. 
‘‘(d) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELIGI-
BILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
CORPORATION.—The 
Corporation shall establish qualification criteria for 
different types of national service programs for the 
purpose of determining whether a particular national 
service program should be considered to be a national 
service program eligible to receive assistance or ap-
proved national service positions under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—In establishing qualifica-
tion criteria under paragraph (1), the Corporation 
shall consult with organizations and individuals with 
extensive experience in developing and administering 
effective national service programs or regarding the
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delivery of veteran services, and other human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety services, to 
communities or persons. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—The quali-
fication criteria established by the Corporation under 
paragraph (1) shall also be used by each recipient of 
assistance under section 121(a) that uses any portion 
of the assistance to conduct a grant program to sup-
port other national service programs. 
‘‘(4) ENCOURAGEMENT OF INTERGENERATIONAL 
COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—The Corporation shall 
encourage national service programs eligible to receive 
assistance or approved national service positions 
under this subtitle to establish, if consistent with the 
purposes of the program, an intergenerational compo-
nent of the program that combines students, out-of- 
school youths, disadvantaged youth, and older adults 
as participants to provide services to address unmet 
human, educational, environmental, or public safety 
needs. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITIES FOR CERTAIN CORPS.—In awarding 
financial assistance and approved national service posi-
tions to eligible entities proposed to carry out the corps de-
scribed in subsection (a)—
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‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in sub-
section (a)(2)— 
‘‘(A) the Corporation may give priority to 
eligible entities that propose to provide support 
for participants who, after completing service 
under this section, will undertake careers to im-
prove performance on health indicators described 
in subsection (a)(2)(C); and 
‘‘(B) the Corporation shall give priority to 
eligible entities that propose to carry out na-
tional service programs in medically underserved 
areas (as designated individually, by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services as an 
area with a shortage of personal health services); 
and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in sub-
section (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to 
eligible entities that propose to recruit individuals for 
the Clean Energy Service Corps so that significant 
percentages of participants in the Corps are economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals, and provide to such 
individuals support services and education and train-
ing to develop skills needed for clean energy jobs for 
which there is current demand or projected future de-
mand.
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‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to con-
centrate national efforts on meeting human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs 
and to achieve the other purposes of this Act, the 
Corporation, after reviewing the strategic plan 
approved under section 192A(g)(1,) shall estab-
lish, and may periodically alter, priorities re-
garding the types of national service programs 
and corps to be assisted under section 129 and 
the purposes for which such assistance may be 
used. 
‘‘(B) BY
STATES.—Consistent with para-
graph (4), States shall establish, and through the 
national service plan process described in section 
178(e)(1), periodically alter priorities as appro-
priate regarding the national service programs 
to be assisted under section 129(e). The State 
priorities shall be subject to Corporation review 
as part of the application process under section 
130. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corporation 
shall provide advance notice to potential applicants of 
any national service priorities to be in effect under
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary 
of the Interior, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury, as appropriate, in developing additional indica-
tors for the corps and programs described in subsections (a) 
and (b). 
‘‘(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Corporation shall require that each re-
cipient of assistance under the national service laws 
that operates a tutoring program involving elemen-
tary school or secondary school students certifies that 
individuals serving in approved national service posi-
tions as tutors in such program have— 
‘‘(A) obtained their high school diplomas; 
and 
‘‘(B) successfully completed pre- and in- 
service training for tutors. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in para-
graph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in 
an approved national service position who is enrolled 
in an elementary school or secondary school and is
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providing tutoring services through a structured, 
school-managed cross-grade tutoring program. 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS
FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.— 
Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the 
national service laws shall— 
‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, re-
search-based, and consistent with the State academic 
content standards required by section 1111 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional program of the 
local educational agency; and 
‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and 
in-service training for tutors. 
‘‘(j) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall 
establish guidelines for recipients of assistance under the 
national service laws, that are consistent with the principles 
on which citizenship programs administered by U.S. Citi-
zenship and Immigration Services are based, relating to the 
promotion of citizenship and civic engagement among par-
ticipants in approved national service positions and ap-
proved summer of service positions, and appropriate to the 
age, education, and experience of the participants. 
‘‘(k) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants
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under section 121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and 
submit to the authorizing committees a report containing— 
‘‘(1) information describing how the Corporation 
allocated financial assistance and approved national 
service positions among eligible entities proposed to 
carry out corps and national service programs de-
scribed in this section for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) information describing the amount of finan-
cial assistance and the number of approved national 
service positions the Corporation provided to each 
corps and national service program described in this 
section for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the corps 
and national service programs improved performance 
on the corresponding indicators; and 
‘‘(4) information describing how the Corporation 
is coordinating— 
‘‘(A) the national service programs funded 
under this section; with 
‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined by 
the Corporation, carried out under subtitle B of 
this title, and part A of title I and parts A and 
B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service 
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 5001, 5011)
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that improve performance on those indicators or 
otherwise address identified community needs.’’. 
SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 122’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘or (b)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision of a 
State,’’ the following: ‘‘a territory,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Federal agency’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Federal agency (under an interagency 
agreement described in section 121(b))’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘section 
122(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(a)(1)(B)(vi)’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘National’’ 
before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(5) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (8); and 
(6) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(7) A position involving service in the 
ServeAmerica Fellowship program carried out under 
section 198B.’’. 
SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING 
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is repealed. 
SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHAL-
LENGE GRANTS. 
Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$125,000 
and 
$750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000 and 
$1,000,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘501(a)(4)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘501(a)(5)’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—In making a 
grant to a State under this subsection, the Corpora-
tion shall require the State to agree to provide match-
ing funds from non-Federal sources of not less than 
$1 for every $1 provided by the Corporation through 
the grant.
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‘‘(3) 
ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a 
State that demonstrates hardship or a new State 
Commission to meet alternative matching require-
ments for such a grant as follows: 
‘‘(A) FIRST $100,000.—For the first $100,000 
of grant funds provided by the Corporation, the 
State involved shall not be required to provide 
matching funds. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and 
not more than $250,000 provided by the Cor-
poration, the State shall agree to provide match-
ing funds from non-Federal sources of not less 
than $1 for every $2 provided by the Corpora-
tion, in excess of $100,000. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $250,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $250,000 pro-
vided by the Corporation, the State shall agree to 
provide 
matching 
funds 
from 
non-Federal 
sources of not less than $1 for every $1 provided 
by the Corporation, in excess of $250,000.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following:
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‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may un-
dertake activities, including activities carried out through 
part A of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), to involve programs that re-
ceive assistance under the national service laws in disaster 
relief efforts, and to support, including through mission as-
signments under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), non-
profit organizations and public agencies responding to the 
needs of communities experiencing disasters.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to na-
tional service programs that receive assistance 
under section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘to programs 
supported under the national service laws’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—A challenge 
grant under this subsection may provide, for an ini-
tial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assist-
ance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised 
from private sources by the program supported under 
the national service laws in excess of amounts re-
quired to be provided by the program to satisfy 
matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year
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grant period, a grant under this subsection may pro-
vide not more than $1 of assistance under this sub-
section for each $2 in cash raised from private sources 
by the program in excess of amounts required to be 
provided by the program to satisfy matching funds 
requirements. The Corporation may permit the use of 
local or State funds under this paragraph in lieu of 
cash raised from private sources if the Corporation 
determines that such use would be equitable due to a 
lack of available private funds at the local level. The 
Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the amount of 
assistance that may be provided to a national service 
program under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND 
OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA-
TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) ONE PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRI-
TORIES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for pro-
vision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, 
the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants to the 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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upon approval by the Corporation of an application sub-
mitted under section 130. The Corporation shall allot for 
a grant to each such territory under this subsection for a 
fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio to 1 percent 
of the allocated funds for that fiscal year as the population 
of the territory bears to the total population of all such ter-
ritories. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the funds 
allocated by the Corporation for provision of assistance 
under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall 
reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian tribes to be 
allotted by the Corporation on a competitive basis. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The 
Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected dur-
ing a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer 
under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
(42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the National 
Civilian Community Corps Program under subtitle E shall 
receive the national service educational award described in 
subtitle D if the individual satisfies the eligibility require-
ments for the award. Funds for approved national service 
positions required by this paragraph for a fiscal year shall 
be deducted from the total funding for approved national 
service positions to be available for distribution under sub-
sections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year.
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‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under section 
121(a) for a fiscal year and subject to section 
133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve not more 
than 62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competi-
tive basis to States specified in subsection (e)(1) for 
national service programs, to nonprofit organizations 
seeking to operate a national service program in 2 or 
more of those States, and to Indian tribes. 
‘‘(2) EQUITABLE TREATMENT.—In the consider-
ation of applications for such grants, the Corporation 
shall ensure the equitable treatment of applicants 
from urban areas, applicants from rural areas, appli-
cants of diverse sizes (as measured by the number of 
participants served), applicants from States, and ap-
plicants from national nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(3) ENCORE SERVICE PROGRAMS.—In making 
grants under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Cor-
poration shall make an effort to allocate not less than 
10 percent of the financial assistance and approved 
national service positions provided through the grants 
for that fiscal year to eligible entities proposing to 
carry out encore service programs, unless the Cor-
poration does not receive a sufficient number of ap-
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plications of adequate quality to justify making that 
percentage available to those eligible entities. 
‘‘(4) CORPS
PROGRAMS.—In making grants 
under this subsection for a fiscal year, the Corpora-
tion— 
‘‘(A) shall select 2 or more of the national 
service corps described in section 122(a) to re-
ceive grants under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) may select national service programs 
described in section 122(b) to receive such grants. 
‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA 
BASIS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under section 
121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corporation shall make 
a grant to each of the several States, the District of 
Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
that submits an application under section 130 that is 
approved by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Corporation shall allot 
for a grant to each such State under this subsection 
for a fiscal year an amount that bears the same ratio 
to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds for that fiscal 
year as the population of the State bears to the total 
population of the several States, the District of Co-
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lumbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in 
compliance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (2), the minimum grant made available to each 
State approved by the Corporation under paragraph 
(1) for each fiscal year shall be at least $600,000, or 
0.5 percent of the amount allocated for the State for-
mula under this subsection for the fiscal year, which-
ever is greater. 
‘‘(f) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or 
territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the 
Corporation of its intent to apply for, an allotment under 
this section, or the Corporation does not approve the appli-
cation consistent with section 133, the Corporation may use 
the amount that would have been allotted under this section 
to the State or territory to— 
‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved na-
tional service positions in connection with such 
grants) to other community-based entities under sec-
tion 121 that propose to carry out national service 
programs in such State or territory; and 
‘‘(2) make reallotments to other States or terri-
tories with approved applications submitted under 
section 130, from the allotment funds not used to 
make grants as described in paragraph (1).
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‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The Corporation shall 
make an allotment of assistance (including the provision 
of approved national service positions) to a recipient under 
this section only pursuant to an application submitted by 
a State or other applicant under section 130. 
‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE 
FUNDS.—The Corporation may not approve positions as 
approved national service positions under this subtitle for 
a fiscal year in excess of the number of such positions for 
which the Corporation has sufficient available funds in the 
National Service Trust for that fiscal year, taking into con-
sideration funding needs for national service educational 
awards under subtitle D based on completed service. If ap-
propriations are insufficient to provide the maximum al-
lowable national service educational awards under subtitle 
D for all eligible participants, the Corporation is authorized 
to make necessary and reasonable adjustments to program 
rules. 
‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE 
POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora-
tion may enter into agreements with persons or enti-
ties who offer to sponsor national service positions for 
which the person or entity will be responsible for sup-
plying the funds necessary to provide a national serv-
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ice educational award. The distribution of those ap-
proved national service positions shall be made pur-
suant to the agreement, and the creation of those posi-
tions shall not be taken into consideration in deter-
mining the number of approved national service posi-
tions to be available for distribution under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds pro-
vided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph (1) 
shall be deposited in the National Service Trust estab-
lished in section 145 until such time as the funds are 
needed. 
‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
‘‘(1) 
RESERVATION.—From 
amounts 
appro-
priated for a fiscal year pursuant to the authoriza-
tion of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and allo-
cated to carry out subtitle C and subject to the limita-
tion in such section, the Corporation may reserve 
such amount as the Corporation considers to be ap-
propriate for the purpose of making assistance avail-
able under subsections (b) and (c) of section 126. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under 
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed 
$10,000,000.
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‘‘(3) TIMING.—The Corporation shall reserve 
such amount, and any amount reserved under sub-
section (k) from funds appropriated and allocated to 
carry out subtitle C, before allocating funds for the 
provision of assistance under any other provision of 
this subtitle. 
‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PAR-
TICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—To make grants to public 
or private nonprofit organizations to increase the 
participation of individuals with disabilities in na-
tional service and for demonstration activities in fur-
therance of this purpose, and subject to the limitation 
in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer shall re-
serve not less than 2 percent from the amounts, ap-
propriated to carry out subtitles C, D, E, and H for 
each fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved under 
paragraph (1) for a fiscal year may not exceed 
$20,000,000. 
‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—The Chief Executive Officer 
may use the funds reserved under paragraph (1), and 
not distributed to make grants under this subsection 
for other activities described in section 501(a)(2). 
‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appro-
priated for a fiscal year to provide financial as-
sistance under the national service laws, the Cor-
poration may provide assistance in the form of 
fixed-amount grants in an amount determined 
by the Corporation under paragraph (2) rather 
than on the basis of actual costs incurred by a 
program. 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATION.—Other 
than 
fixed- 
amount grants to support programs described in 
section 129A, for the 1-year period beginning on 
the effective date of the Serve America Act, the 
Corporation may provide assistance in the form 
of fixed-amount grants to programs that only 
offer full-time positions. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION
OF
AMOUNT
OF
FIXED- 
AMOUNT GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized 
by this subsection shall be in an amount determined 
by the Corporation that is— 
‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable 
and necessary costs of administering the pro-
gram supported by the grant; and
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‘‘(B) based on an amount per individual 
enrolled in the program receiving the grant, tak-
ing into account— 
‘‘(i) the capacity of the entity carrying 
out the program to manage funds and 
achieve programmatic results; 
‘‘(ii) the number of approved national 
service positions, approved silver scholar po-
sitions, or approved summer of service posi-
tions for the program, if applicable; 
‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(iv) whether the program provides 
service to, or involves the participation of, 
disadvantaged youth or otherwise would 
reasonably incur a relatively higher level of 
costs; and 
‘‘(v) such other factors as the Corpora-
tion may consider under section 133 in con-
sidering applications for assistance. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 
In awarding a fixed-amount grant under this sub-
section, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient—
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‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of the 
grant funds based upon the difference be-
tween the number of hours served by a par-
ticipant and the minimum number of hours 
for completion of a term of service (as estab-
lished by the Corporation); 
‘‘(ii) to report on the program’s per-
formance on standardized measures and 
performance levels established by the Cor-
poration; 
‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation 
activities undertaken by the Corporation; 
and 
‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that addi-
tional funds will be raised in support of the 
program, in addition to those received 
under the national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and conditions 
that the Corporation considers necessary or ap-
propriate based on the relative risks (as deter-
mined by the Corporation) associated with any 
application for a fixed-amount grant. 
‘‘(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.— 
Limitations on administrative costs and matching 
fund documentation requirements shall not apply to
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fixed-amount grants provided in accordance with this 
subsection. 
‘‘(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the re-
sponsibility to comply with the requirements of chap-
ter 75 of title 31, United States Code, or other re-
quirements of Office of Management and Budget Cir-
cular A–133.’’. 
SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 
Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting 
after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 129A. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for 
a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this sub-
title and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), 
the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in ac-
cordance with section 129(l)), provide operational support 
to programs that receive approved national service posi-
tions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 
‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—The 
Corporation may provide the operational support under 
this section for a program in an amount that is not more 
than $800 per individual enrolled in an approved national 
service position, or not more than $1,000 per such indi-
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vidual if at least 50 percent of the persons enrolled in the 
program are disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following pro-
visions shall not apply to programs funded under this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(1) The limitation on administrative costs 
under section 121(d). 
‘‘(2) The matching funds requirements under sec-
tion 121(e). 
‘‘(3) The living allowance and other benefits 
under sections 131(e) and 140 (other than individual-
ized support services for participants with disabilities 
under section 140(f)).’’. 
SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 121’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 121(a)’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘assistance, a State,’’ 
the following: ‘‘territory,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in-
stitution of higher education’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
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(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 
122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘mu-
nicipalities and governments of counties in 
which such a community is located,’’ after ‘‘pro-
viding services,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and 
inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘pro-
posed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization in-
tending to operate programs in 2 or more States, a 
description of the manner in which and extent to 
which the organization consulted with the State Com-
missions of each State in which the organization in-
tends to operate and the nature of the consultation.’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(1)—
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(A) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section 121’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 121(a)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 122(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), 
or (c) of section 122’’; 
(5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 
as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and insert-
ing after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFORMA-
TION.—An application submitted under subsection (a) for 
programs described in 122(a) shall also contain— 
‘‘(1) measurable goals, to be used for annual 
measurements of the program’s performance on 1 or 
more of the corresponding indicators described in sec-
tion 122; 
‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant 
proposes to utilize funds to improve performance on 
the corresponding indicators utilizing participants, 
including describing the activities in which such par-
ticipants will engage to improve performance on those 
indicators; 
‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical 
area in which the eligible entity proposing to carry 
out the program proposes to use funds to improve per-
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formance on the corresponding indicators, and demo-
graphic information on the students or individuals, 
as appropriate, in such area, and statistics dem-
onstrating the need to improve such indicators in 
such area; and 
‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligi-
ble entity will work with other community-based enti-
ties to carry out activities to improve performance on 
the corresponding indicators using such funds.’’; 
(6) in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (f) (as so 
redesignated), by striking ‘‘were selected’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘were or will be selected’’; 
(7) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a pro-
gram applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRO-
GRAM
APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLI-
CANT’’; 
(ii) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘program applicant’’ 
and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘section 122(a)(8)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 122(c)(1)(D)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘shall provide’’ and in-
serting ‘‘shall provide or make available’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking the second sentence; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘provide 
from its own funds’’ and inserting ‘‘provide from 
its own funds or make available’’; and 
(5) by striking subsections (g) and (h).