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‘‘(B) distribute the portion of the funds to
an applicant that is a private not-for-profit or-
ganization under paragraph (2),
the Corporation shall give preference to the private
not-for-profit organization in any case in which the
Corporation determines that the applicants have sub-
mitted applications of equal quality under section
130.
‘‘(4) RESERVATION.—
‘‘(A) 
SUPPLEMENTAL
AND
OTHER
GRANTS.—In distributing the funds allocated by
the Corporation for provision of assistance under
section 121 for a fiscal year, after operation of
subsections (a) and (c), the President shall re-
serve, from the funds available to make grants
under paragraphs (1) and (2), an amount that
is not less than 2 percent and not more than 5
percent of such funds (except that such amount
may not exceed $10,000,000), in order to make
supplemental grants as provided in subpara-
graph (B) and grants as provided in subpara-
graph (C).
‘‘(B) GRANTS TO ASSIST ENTITIES IN PLAC-
ING APPLICANTS WHO ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH A
DISABILITY.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The President shall
make grants from a portion of the funds re-
served under subparagraph (A) to entities
that—
‘‘(I) receive a grant to carry out
a national service program under
paragraph (1) or (2);
‘‘(II) demonstrate that the entity
has received a substantial number of
applications for placement in the na-
tional service program of persons who
are individuals with a disability, as
defined in section 3(2) of the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and
who require a reasonable accommoda-
tion, as defined in section 101(9) of
such Act or auxiliary aids and serv-
ices, as defined in section 3(1) of such
Act, in order to perform national serv-
ice; and
‘‘(III) demonstrate that additional
funding would assist the national serv-
ice program in placing a substantial
number of such individuals with a dis-
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ability as participants in projects car-
ried out through the program.
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds made
available through such a supplemental
grant under clause (i) shall be made avail-
able for the same purposes, and subject to
the same requirements, as funds made
available through a grant made under para-
graph (1) or (2).
‘‘(C) GRANTS FOR OUTREACH TO INDIVID-
UALS WITH A DISABILITY.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—From the portion
of the funds reserved under subparagraph
(A) that is not used to make grants under
subparagraph (B), the President shall make
grants to public and private not-for-profit
organizations to pay for the Federal share
described in section 121(e) of—
‘‘(I) providing information about
the programs specified in section
193A(d)(10) to such individuals with a
disability who desire to perform na-
tional service; and
‘‘(II) enabling the individuals to
participate in activities carried out
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through such programs, which may in-
clude assisting the placement of the in-
dividuals in approved national service
positions.
‘‘(ii) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to
receive a grant under this subparagraph, an
organization described in clause (i) shall
submit an application to the President at
such time, in such manner, and containing
such information as the President may re-
quire.
‘‘(e) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as-
sistance and approved national service positions to a State
or Indian tribe under subsection (a), and the competitive
distribution of assistance under subsection (d), shall be
made by the Corporation only pursuant to an application
submitted by a State or other applicant under section 130
and approved by the Corporation under section 133.
‘‘(f) 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
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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.
‘‘(g) 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-
ice educational award. The distribution of these ap-
proved national service positions shall be made pur-
suant to the agreement, and the creation of these 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)
and any other funds contributed to the Corporation
to support the activities of the Corporation under the
national service laws shall be deposited in the Na-
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tional Service Trust established in section 145 until
such time as the funds are needed.
‘‘SEC. 130. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.
‘‘(a) TIME, MANNER, AND CONTENT
OF APPLICA-
TION.—To be eligible to receive assistance under section 121
and approved national service positions for participants
who serve in the national service programs to be carried
out using the assistance, a State, subdivision of a State,
Indian tribe, public or private not-for-profit organization
(including a community action agency), institution of high-
er education, or Federal agency shall prepare and submit
to the Corporation an application at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Corpora-
tion may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) TYPES OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.—In order
to have adequate information upon which to consider an
application under section 133, the Corporation—
‘‘(1) may require that an applicant described in
subsection (a) submit an application under subsection
(a) containing—
‘‘(A) a description of the national service
programs proposed to be carried out directly by
the applicant using assistance provided under
section 121;
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‘‘(B) a description of the national service
programs that are selected by the applicant to
receive a grant from assistance requested under
section 121 and a description of the process and
criteria by which the programs were selected;
‘‘(C) a description of other funding sources
to be used, or sought to be used, for the national
service programs referred to in subparagraphs
(A) and (B), and, if the application is submitted
for the purpose of seeking a renewal of assist-
ance, a description of the success of the programs
in reducing their reliance on Federal funds;
‘‘(D) a description of the extent to which the
projects to be conducted using the assistance will
address unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs and produce a di-
rect benefit for the community in which the
projects are performed;
‘‘(E) a description of the plan to be used to
recruit participants, including economically dis-
advantaged youth, for the national service pro-
grams referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
‘‘(F) a description of the manner in which
the national service programs referred to in sub-
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paragraphs (A) and (B) build on existing pro-
grams, including Federal programs;
‘‘(G) a description of the manner in which
the national service programs referred to in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) will involve partici-
pants—
‘‘(i) in projects that build an ethic of
civic responsibility and produce a positive
change in the lives of participants through
training and participation in meaningful
service experiences and opportunities for re-
flection on such experiences; and
‘‘(ii) in leadership positions in imple-
menting and evaluating the program;
‘‘(H) measurable goals for the national serv-
ice programs referred to in subparagraphs (A)
and (B), and a strategy to achieve such goals, in
terms of—
‘‘(i) the impact to be made in meeting
unmet human, educational, environmental,
or public safety needs; and
‘‘(ii) the service experience to be pro-
vided to participants in the programs;
‘‘(I) a description of the manner and extent
to which the national service programs referred
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to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) conform to the
national service priorities established by the Cor-
poration under section 122(c);
‘‘(J) a description of the past experience of
the applicant in operating a comparable pro-
gram or in conducting a grant program in sup-
port of other comparable programs;
‘‘(K) a description of the type and number
of proposed service positions in which partici-
pants will receive the national service edu-
cational award described in subtitle D and a de-
scription of the manner in which approved na-
tional service positions will be apportioned by
the applicant;
‘‘(L) a description of the manner and extent
to which participants, representatives of the com-
munity served, community-based agencies with a
demonstrated record of experience in providing
services, and labor organizations contributed to
the development of the national service programs
referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B), in-
cluding the identity of the individual represent-
ing the labor organization who was consulted
and the nature of the consultation;
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‘‘(M) a description of a plan to be used to
encourage women to participate in programs re-
ferred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B); and
‘‘(N) such other information as the Corpora-
tion may reasonably require; and
‘‘(2) shall require that the applicant submit an
application under subsection (a) containing—
‘‘(A) a description of the jobs or positions
into which participants will be placed using the
assistance provided under section 121, including
descriptions of specific tasks to be performed by
such participants; and
‘‘(B) a description of the minimum quali-
fications that individuals shall meet to become
participants in such programs.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO RECEIVE ONLY APPROVED NA-
TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICABILITY OF SUBSECTION.—This sub-
section shall apply in the case of an application in
which—
‘‘(A) the applicant is not seeking assistance
under subsection (a) or (b) of section 121, but re-
quests national service educational awards for
individuals serving in service positions described
in section 123; or
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‘‘(B) the applicant requests national service
educational awards for service positions de-
scribed in section 123, but the positions are not
positions in a national service program de-
scribed in section 122(a) for which assistance
may be provided under subsection (a) or (b) of
section 121.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL
APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—
For the applications described in paragraph (1), the
Corporation shall establish special application re-
quirements in order to determine—
‘‘(A) whether the service positions meet
unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs and meet the criteria for as-
sistance under this subtitle; and
‘‘(B) whether the Corporation should ap-
prove the positions as approved national service
positions that include the national service edu-
cational award described in subtitle D as one of
the benefits to be provided for successful service
in the position.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE APPLICANTS.—
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION BY STATE COMMISSION.—The
application of a State for approved national service
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positions or for a grant under section 121(a) shall be
submitted by the State Commission.
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE SELECTION.—The application
of a State shall contain an assurance that all assist-
ance provided under section 121(a) to the State will
be used to support national service programs that
were selected by the State on a competitive basis.
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE TO NONSTATE ENTITIES.—The
application of a State shall also contain an assurance
that not less than 60 percent of the assistance will be
used to make grants in support of national service
programs other than national service programs car-
ried out by a State agency. The Corporation may
permit a State to deviate from the percentage speci-
fied by this paragraph if the State has not received
a sufficient number of acceptable applications to com-
ply with the percentage.
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN SERVICE SPON-
SORS.—In the case of a program applicant that proposes
to serve as the service sponsor, the application shall include
the written concurrence of any local labor organization rep-
resenting employees of the applicant who are engaged in
the same or substantially similar work as that proposed to
be carried out.