ice of that type during such a 12-month period, 
based on compelling personal circumstances; 
and 
‘‘(2) has received, during the 5-year period pre-
ceding the date that the scholarship is awarded, 
fewer than 2 scholarships under this section. 
‘‘(f) SERVICES, CRITERIA, AND PRIORITIES
FOR 
SCHOLARSHIPS.—The Corporation shall— 
‘‘(1) specify the types of volunteer service a vol-
unteer may engage in to meet term of service re-
quirements for a scholarship under this section, 
which shall include— 
‘‘(A) tutoring or mentoring in a school, 
after-school program, or other community-based 
educational setting; and 
‘‘(B) assisting persons with special needs, 
including persons who are homebound, to con-
tinue living independently; and 
‘‘(2) establish criteria and priorities for eligible 
entities to use in awarding scholarships under this 
section. 
‘‘(g) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP.—The entities shall 
award the scholarships— 
‘‘(1) in an amount of not more than $1,000; or 
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‘‘(2) in a amount that is prorated based on the 
individual’s hours of service, for an individual who 
meets the requirements of subsection (e) with a term 
of service described in subsection (e)(1)(B). 
‘‘(h) USE OF SCHOLARSHIPS.—A scholarship award-
ed under this section may be used— 
‘‘(1) by the volunteer or the person designated 
by the volunteer, in accordance with subsection (e); 
‘‘(2) only for qualified tuition and related ex-
penses, as defined in section 117 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, and only under such condi-
tions as are set forth by the Corporation through 
regulation; and 
‘‘(3) not later than 20 years after the date of 
the award of the scholarship, to allow time for ‘an 
individual’ designated under subsection (e)(1) to use 
the scholarship. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
funds appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) not more than 15 percent shall be used for 
administrative purposes by the Corporation; 
‘‘(2) not less than 50 percent shall be made 
available for grants under subsection (a) and used to 
award scholarships to volunteers who have met the 
term of service requirements for the scholarships by 
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providing tutoring or mentoring described in sub-
section (f)(1)(A); 
‘‘(3) not less than 10 percent shall be made 
available for such grants and used to award scholar-
ships to volunteers who have met the requirements 
by providing assistance described in subsection 
(f)(1)(B); and 
‘‘(4) not more than 10 percent shall be made 
available for such grants and used for administrative 
purposes by the eligible entities receiving the 
grants.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
501(a)(2), as amended by section 202(b) of this Act, is 
further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘section 198E’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘sections 198E and 198F’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) SILVER
SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to 
carry out section 198F, $20,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2010 and such sums as may be necessary 
for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
the Act is further amended in the items relating to subtitle 
H of title I, by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 198F. Silver scholarship programs.’’. 
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TITLE IV—EXPANSION OF 
SENIOR CORPS 
SEC. 401. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. 
(a) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—Section 211 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
5011) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and 
inserting ‘‘55’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘125’’ and 
inserting ‘‘200’’. 
(b) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—Section 213(a) 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
5013(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘60’’ and inserting ‘‘55’’. 
(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—Section 223 of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5023) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘55’’. 
SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 502 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subsection 
(a), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$45,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘$136,700,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such sums 
as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal 
year.’’; 
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(2) 
in 
subsection 
(b), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$85,000,000’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘$228,000,000 for each of fiscal year 2010, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each succeeding 
fiscal year.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘$92,000,000 for 
each of fiscal year 2010, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
Æ 
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