a service learning program in which members of an 
eligible partnership described in paragraph (4) col-
laborate to provide coordinated school-based or com-
munity-based service learning opportunities, to ad-
dress a specific community challenge, for an increas-
ing percentage of out-of-school youth and secondary 
school students served by local educational agencies 
where— 
‘‘(A) not less than 90 percent of the stu-
dents participate in service-learning activities as 
part of the program; or 
‘‘(B) service-learning is a mandatory part 
of the curriculum in all of the secondary schools 
served by the local educational agency. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
partnership’ means— 
‘‘(i) one or more community-based 
agencies that have demonstrated records of 
success in carrying out service-learning 
programs with disadvantaged students, 
and that meet such criteria as the Chief 
Executive Officer may establish; in com-
bination with;
‘‘(ii) (I) one or more local educational 
agencies for which— 
‘‘(aa) a high number or percent-
age of the students served by the 
agency, as determined by the Corpora-
tion, are disadvantaged students; and 
‘‘(bb) the graduation rate for the 
secondary school students served by 
the agency is less than 70 percent; or 
‘‘(II) a State Commission; or 
‘‘(III) a State educational agency. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ENTITIES.—An eligible 
partnership may also include— 
‘‘(i) a local government agency that is 
not described in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) the office of the chief executive 
officer of a unit of general local govern-
ment; or 
‘‘(iii) an institution of higher edu-
cation. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Funds under this 
part may be used to— 
‘‘(1) integrate service-learning programs into 
the science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics (STEM) curricula at the elementary, sec-
ondary, or post-secondary, and post-baccalaureate 
levels in coordination with practicing 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; 
‘‘(3) 
involve 
students 
in 
service-learning 
projects in emergency and disaster preparedness; 
‘‘(4) 
involve 
students 
in 
service-learning 
projects aimed at improving access to and obtaining 
benefits from computers and other emerging tech-
nologies, including improving such access to individ-
uals with disabilities, in low income or rural commu-
nities, in senior centers and communities, in schools, 
in libraries, and in other public spaces; 
‘‘(5) involve high school age youth in the men-
toring of middle school youth while involving all par-
ticipants in service-learning to seek to meet unmet 
human, educational, environmental, public safety, or 
emergency disaster preparedness needs in their com-
munity;
‘‘(6) conduct research and evaluations on serv-
ice-learning, including service-learning in middle 
schools, and disseminate such research and evalua-
tions widely; 
‘‘(7) conduct innovative and creative activities 
as described in section 111(b); 
‘‘(8) establish or implement summer of service 
programs (giving priority to programs that enroll 
youth in grades 6 through 9) during the summer 
months, including the cost of recruitment, training, 
and placement of service-learning coordinators— 
‘‘(A) for youth who will be enrolled in any 
grade from grade 6 through grade 12 at the 
end of the summer concerned; 
‘‘(B) for community-based service-learning 
projects that— 
‘‘(i) shall— 
‘‘(I) meet unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental (including en-
ergy conservation and stewardship), 
emergency and disaster preparedness, 
and public service needs; and 
‘‘(II) be intensive, structured, su-
pervised, and designed to produce
identifiable improvements to the com-
munity; and 
‘‘(ii) may include the extension of aca-
demic year service-learning programs into 
the summer months; 
‘‘(C) under which any student who com-
pletes 100 hours of service in an approved sum-
mer of service position, as certified through a 
process determined by the Corporation through 
regulations consistent with section 138(f), shall 
be eligible for a summer of service educational 
award of not more than $500 (or, at the discre-
tion of the Chief Executive Officer, not more 
than $1,000 in the case of a participant who is 
economically disadvantaged) from funds depos-
ited in the National Service Trust and distrib-
uted by the Corporation as described in section 
148; and 
‘‘(D) subject to the limitation that a stu-
dent may not receive more than 2 summer of 
service educational awards from funds deposited 
in the National Service Trust; 
‘‘(9) establish or implement youth engagement 
zone service learning programs in youth engagement 
zones for students in secondary school served by
local educational agencies where a majority of such 
students do not participate in service learning activi-
ties carried out by eligible partnerships as defined in 
paragraph (4) that are designed to— 
‘‘(A) involve all students in secondary 
school in the local educational agency in service- 
learning to address a specific community chal-
lenge; 
‘‘(B) improve student engagement, includ-
ing student attendance and student behavior, 
and student achievement, graduation rates, and 
college-going rates in secondary schools; 
‘‘(C) involve an increasing percentage of 
students in secondary school and out-of-school 
youth in the community in school-based or com-
munity based service-learning activities each 
year, with the goal of involving all students in 
secondary schools served by the local edu-
cational agency and involving an increasing per-
centage of the out-of-school youth in service 
learning activities; and 
‘‘(D) encourage participants to engage in 
service throughout their lives; and
‘‘(10) carry out any other innovative service- 
learning programs or research that the Corporation 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to programs 
that— 
‘‘(1) involve students and community stake-
holders in the design and implementation of the 
service-learning program; 
‘‘(2) implement service-learning programs in 
low-income or rural communities; and 
‘‘(3) utilize adult volunteers, including tapping 
the resource of retired and retiring adults, in the 
planning and implementation of the service-learning 
programs. 
‘‘(e) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program fund-
ed under this part shall be carried out over a period 
of three years, including one planning year and two 
additional grant years, with a 1-year extension pos-
sible, if the program meets performance measures 
developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any 
other criteria determined by the Corporation. 
‘‘(2) 
COLLABORATION
ENCOURAGED.—Each 
program funded under this part is encouraged to 
collaborate with other Learn and Serve programs,
AmeriCorps, VISTA, and the National Senior Serv-
ice Corps. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the 
program, the Corporation shall conduct an inde-
pendent evaluation of the program and widely dis-
seminate the results to the service community 
through multiple channels, including the Corpora-
tion’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse of effec-
tive strategies and recommendations for improve-
ment. 
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out a program for which a grant 
(that is not a fixed-amount grant as described in 
section 129(l)) is made under this part may not ex-
ceed 75 percent of the total cost of the program in 
the first year of the grant and 50 percent of the 
total cost of the program in the remaining years of 
the grant, including if the grant is extended for a 
fourth year. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In pro-
viding for the remaining share of the cost of car-
rying out such a program, each recipient of a grant 
under this part—
‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through 
a payment in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, 
including facilities, equipment, or services; and 
‘‘(B) may provide for such share through 
State sources or local sources, including private 
funds or donated services. 
‘‘(3) 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 fiscal year if the Corporation determines 
that such action would be equitable due to lack of 
resources at the local level. 
‘‘(g) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a 
program under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit 
to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 
at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require.’’. 
Subtitle C—Amendments to Sub-
title 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), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘subdivisions of 
States,’’ the following: ‘‘Territories,’’; 
(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) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a contract or coopera-
tive agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘an inter-
agency agreement other than a grant’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or otherwise sup-
ported’’ after ‘‘program carried out’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘by the agency.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by the agency, and may approve 
national service positions for a program 
carried out or otherwise supported by the 
agency.’’; and 
(iv) by striking the second sentence; 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON GRANTS.—The Corpora-
tion may not provide a grant under this section to 
a Federal agency.’’; and
(D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘receiv-
ing assistance under this subsection’’ and in-
serting ‘‘operating a national service program’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘to be 
provided’’ and inserting ‘‘to be provided or otherwise 
approved’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘FIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘SIX’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘5 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘6 percent’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘section 140’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Federal share of the 
cost’’ and inserting ‘‘Corporation share of 
the cost, including member living allow-
ances, employment-related taxes, health 
care coverage, and worker’s compensation 
and other necessary operation costs,’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘may not exceed 75 
percent of such cost.’’ and inserting ‘‘may 
not exceed—’’; and
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) for the first 3 years in which the re-
cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 
such cost; 
‘‘(B) for the fourth through ninth years in 
which the recipient receives such assistance, a 
decreasing share of such cost between 76 per-
cent and 50 percent, as established by the Cor-
poration in regulation; and 
‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 
thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 
assistance, 50 percent of such cost.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (3); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) ALTERNATIVE CORPORATION SHARE FOR 
PROGRAMS IN RURAL OR SEVERELY ECONOMICALLY 
DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the 
Corporation, the Corporation share of the cost, in-
cluding member living allowances, employment-re-
lated taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s com-
pensation, of carrying out a national service pro-
gram that receives assistance under subsection (a) 
and that is located in a rural or severely economi-
cally distressed community may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) for the first 6 years in which the re-
cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 
such cost; 
‘‘(B) for the seventh through ninth years 
in which the recipient receives such assistance, 
a decreasing share of such cost between 76 and 
65 percent as established by the Corporation in 
regulation; and 
‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 
thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 
assistance, 65 percent of such cost.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of 
assistance under section 121 (other than a re-
cipient of assistance of a fixed-amount grant) 
shall report to the Corporation the amount and 
source of any Federal funds used to carry out 
the program other than those provided by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(B) CORPORATION
REPORT.—The Cor-
poration shall report to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress on an annual basis information 
regarding each recipient under subparagraph 
(A) that uses Federal funds other than those 
provided by the Corporation to carry out the 
program, including amounts and sources of 
other Federal funds.’’. 
SEC. 1302. REQUIRED AND ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE 
PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 122. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGIBLE FOR 
PROGRAM ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRED NATIONAL SERVICE CORPS.—The 
recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each Federal 
agency operating or supporting a national service program 
under section 121(b) shall, directly or through grants or 
subgrants to other entities, carry out or support the fol-
lowing national service corps, as full- or part-time corps, 
including during the summer months, to address unmet 
educational, health, veteran, or environmental needs: 
‘‘(1) EDUCATION CORPS.—An Education Corps 
that identifies unmet educational needs within com-
munities through activities such as those described 
in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds the per-
formance indicators under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—An Education Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out ac-
tivities such as— 
‘‘(i) tutoring, or providing other aca-
demic support to students; 
‘‘(ii) mentoring students, including 
adult or peer mentoring; 
‘‘(iii) linking needed integrated serv-
ices and comprehensive supports with stu-
dents, their families, and their public 
schools; 
‘‘(iv) improving school climate; 
‘‘(v) providing assistance to a school 
in expanding the school day by strength-
ening the quality of staff and expanding 
the academic programming offered in an 
expanded learning time initiative, a pro-
gram of a 21st century community learn-
ing center (as 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, such as 
through recruiting, placing, training and 
supporting a full-time corps of Fellows who 
are graduates of 4-year institutions of
higher education or 2-year institutions of 
higher education with a certificate or de-
gree in youth development to administer 
the initiative or program at high-need 
school; 
‘‘(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 
providing service-learning coordinators; 
‘‘(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 pre-professional 
training program in which students en-
rolled in an institution of higher edu-
cation— 
‘‘(I) receive training in specified 
fields, which may include classes con-
taining 
service-learning, 
including 
early childhood education, elementary 
and secondary education and other 
professions such as those in health
care, criminal justice, environmental 
stewardship and conservation or pub-
lic 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) A campus-based program that is 
designed to provide substantial service in a 
community during the school term and 
during summer or other vacation periods 
through the use of— 
‘‘(I) students who are attending 
an institution of higher education, in-
cluding students participating in a 
work-study program assisted under 
part C of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751 
et seq.);
‘‘(II) teams composed of such 
students; 
‘‘(III) teams composed of a com-
bination of such students and commu-
nity residents; or 
‘‘(IV) students participating in 
service-learning programs at an insti-
tution of higher education; 
‘‘(xi) a program that provides special-
ized training to individuals in service-learn-
ing and places the individuals after such 
training in positions, including positions as 
service-learning coordinators, to facilitate 
service-learning in programs eligible for 
funding under part I of subtitle B; 
‘‘(xii) providing education or job 
training services that are designed to meet 
the needs of rural communities; and 
‘‘(xiii) 
other 
activities 
addressing 
unmet educational needs as the Corpora-
tion may designate. 
‘‘(B) EDUCATION
CORPS
INDICATORS.— 
The corps indicators for a corps described in 
this paragraph are—
‘‘(i) student engagement, including 
student attendance and student behavior; 
‘‘(ii) student academic achievement; 
‘‘(iii) high school graduation rates; 
‘‘(iv) rate of college enrollment and 
continued college enrollment for recipients 
of a high school diploma; 
‘‘(v) an additional indicator relating to 
improving education for students that the 
Corporation, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Education, establishes for a given 
year; 
‘‘(vi) a local indicator (applicable to a 
particular eligible entity and on which an 
improvement in performance is needed) re-
lating to improving education for students, 
proposed by that eligible entity in an appli-
cation submitted to, and approved by, a 
State Commission or the Corporation 
under this section; and 
‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular eligible entity 
and on which an improvement in perform-
ance is needed) that is approved by the 
Corporation.
‘‘(2) HEALTHY
FUTURES
CORPS.—A Healthy 
Futures Corps that identifies unmet health needs 
within communities through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 
the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(A) 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 
care system; 
‘‘(ii) assisting individuals in obtaining 
access to health care for themselves or 
their children; 
‘‘(iii) 
educating 
economically 
dis-
advantaged individuals and individuals who 
are members of medically underserved pop-
ulations about, and engaging individuals 
described in this clause in, initiatives re-
garding navigating the health care system 
and regarding disease prevention and 
health promotion, with a particular focus 
on common health conditions, chronic dis-
eases, and conditions, for which disease 
prevention and health promotion measures
exist and for which socioeconomic, geo-
graphic, and racial and ethnic health dis-
parities exist; 
‘‘(iv) improving health literacy of pa-
tients; 
‘‘(v) providing translation services at 
clinics and in emergency rooms to improve 
health care; 
‘‘(vi) providing services designed to 
meet the needs of rural communities in-
cluding the recruitment of youth to work 
in health professions in such communities; 
‘‘(vii) addressing childhood obesity by 
providing volunteers to organize and super-
vise physical education classes and after 
school physical activities at elementary and 
secondary schools and providing nutrition 
education to students; 
‘‘(viii) addressing issues faced by 
homebound elderly citizens through food 
deliveries, legal and medical services pro-
vided in the home, and providing transpor-
tation; 
‘‘(ix) assisting in health promotion 
interventions that improve health status,
and helping people adopt and maintain 
healthy lifestyles and habits to improve 
health status; and 
‘‘(x) other activities addressing unmet 
health needs as the Corporation may des-
ignate. 
‘‘(B) HEALTHY FUTURES CORPS INDICA-
TORS.—The corps indicators for a corps de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) access to health care among eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals and 
individuals who are members of medically 
underserved populations; 
‘‘(ii) access to health care for unin-
sured individuals, including such individ-
uals who are economically disadvantaged 
children; 
‘‘(iii) participation, among economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals and individ-
uals who are members of medically under-
served populations, in disease prevention 
and health promotion initiatives, particu-
larly those with a focus on addressing com-
mon health conditions, addressing chronic 
diseases, and decreasing health disparities;
‘‘(iv) health literacy of patients; 
‘‘(v) an additional indicator, relating 
to improving or protecting the health of 
economically disadvantaged individuals and 
individuals who are members of medically 
underserved populations, that the Corpora-
tion, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services and the Di-
rector of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, establishes for a given 
year; 
‘‘(vi) a local indicator (applicable to a 
particular eligible entity and on which an 
improvement in performance is needed) re-
lating to improving or protecting the 
health of economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals and individuals who are members 
of medically underserved populations, pro-
posed by that eligible entity in an applica-
tion submitted to, and approved by, a 
State Commission or the Corporation 
under this section; and 
‘‘(vii) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular eligible entity 
and on which an improvement in perform-
ance is needed) that is approved by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(3) CLEAN ENERGY CORPS.—A Clean Energy 
Corps that identifies unmet environmental needs 
within communities through activities such as those 
described in subparagraph (A) and meets or exceeds 
the performance indicators under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Clean Energy Corps 
described in this paragraph may carry out ac-
tivities such as— 
‘‘(i) 
weatherizing 
and 
retrofitting 
housing units for low-income households to 
significantly improve the energy efficiency 
and reduce carbon emissions of such hous-
ing units; 
‘‘(ii) building energy efficient housing 
units in low-income communities; 
‘‘(iii) conducting energy audits for 
low-income households and recommending 
ways for the households to improve energy 
efficiency; 
‘‘(iv) the enhancement of renewable 
energy production by facilitating the instal-
lation or repair of renewable energy tech-
nologies;
‘‘(v) assisting in emergency oper-
ations, such as disaster prevention and re-
lief; 
‘‘(vi) the repair, renovation, or reha-
bilitation of an existing infrastructure fa-
cility including, but not limited to, rail, 
mass transportation, ports, inland naviga-
tion, schools and hospitals; 
‘‘(vii) 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; 
‘‘(viii) assisting in the development of 
local recycling programs; 
‘‘(ix) improving national and State 
parks, city parks, county parks, forest pre-
serves, and trails owned or maintained by 
the Federal Government or a State, includ-
ing planting trees, carrying out reforest-
ation, and making trail enhancements; 
‘‘(x) cleaning and improving rivers 
maintained by the Federal Government or 
a State;
‘‘(xi) providing clean-energy-related 
services designed to meet the needs of 
rural communities; 
‘‘(xii) 
full-time, 
year-round 
youth 
corps program or full-time summer youth 
corps program, such as a conservation 
corps or youth service corps that— 
‘‘(I) undertakes meaningful serv-
ice projects with visible public bene-
fits, including projects involving urban 
renewal, sustaining natural resources, 
or improving human services; 
‘‘(II) includes as participants 
youths and young adults between the 
ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, including 
out-of-school youths and other dis-
advantaged youths (such as youths 
with limited basic skills, youths in fos-
ter care who are becoming too old for 
foster care, youths of limited-English 
proficiency, 
homeless 
youths, 
and 
youths who are individuals with dis-
abilities), who are between those ages; 
and
‘‘(III) provides those participants 
who are youths and young adults 
with— 
‘‘(aa) 
crew-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; 
‘‘(xiii) projects in partnership with the 
National Park Service designed to renew 
and rehabilitate National Park resources 
and enhance services and learning opportu-
nities for National Park visitors, commu-
nities, and schools; and 
‘‘(xiv) 
other 
activities 
addressing 
unmet environmental needs as the Cor-
poration may designate.
‘‘(B) CLEAN
ENERGY
CORPS
INDICA-
TORS.—The corps indicators for a corps de-
scribed in this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units of 
low-income households weatherized or ret-
rofitted to significantly improve energy ef-
ficiency and reduce carbon emissions; 
‘‘(ii) annual energy costs (to deter-
mine savings in those costs) at facilities 
where participants have provided service; 
‘‘(iii) the number of students and 
youth receiving education or training in en-
ergy-efficient and environmentally con-
scious practices; 
‘‘(iv) the number of national parks, 
State parks, city parks, county parks, for-
est preserves, or trails or rivers owned or 
maintained by the Federal Government or 
a State, that are cleaned or improved; 
‘‘(v) another indicator relating to 
clean energy that the Corporation, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency and the 
Secretary of Energy and the Department
of Interior, as appropriate, establishes for 
a given year; 
‘‘(vi) another indicator relating to 
education or skill attainment for clean en-
ergy jobs that the Corporation, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, estab-
lishes for a given year; 
‘‘(vii) a local indicator (applicable to a 
particular eligible entity and on which an 
improvement in performance is needed) re-
lating to clean energy, or education or skill 
attainment for clean energy jobs, proposed 
by that eligible entity in an application 
submitted to, and approved by, a State 
Commission or the Corporation under this 
section; and 
‘‘(viii) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular eligible entity 
and on which improvement in performance 
is needed) that is approved by the Cor-
poration. 
‘‘(4) VETERANS’ CORPS.—A Veterans’ Corps 
that identifies unmet needs of veterans through ac-
tivities such as those described in subparagraph (A)
and meets or exceeds the performance indicators 
under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(A) ACTIVITIES.—A Veterans’ Corps de-
scribed in this paragraph may carry out activi-
ties such as— 
‘‘(i) promoting community-based ef-
forts to meet the unique needs of military 
families while a family member is deployed 
and upon that family member’s return 
home; 
‘‘(ii) recruiting veterans, particularly 
returning veterans, into service opportuni-
ties, including such opportunities that re-
flect their military experience; 
‘‘(iii) working to assist veterans in de-
veloping their educational opportunities, 
including opportunities for professional 
certification, licensure, and credentials, in-
cluding coordinating with and assisting 
State and local agencies administering vet-
erans education benefits and programs for 
internships and fellowships that could lead 
to employment in the private and public 
sector;
‘‘(iv) promoting efforts within the 
community to serve the needs of veterans 
and members of the Armed Forces serving 
on active duty, including such efforts to 
help veterans file benefits claims and assist 
Federal agencies in providing services to 
veterans; 
‘‘(v) assisting veterans in developing 
mentoring relationships with economically 
disadvantaged students; 
‘‘(vi) developing projects to assist dis-
abled, rural, unemployed, and older vet-
erans, including such projects that assist 
such veterans with transportation; and 
‘‘(vii) 
other 
activities 
addressing 
unmet veterans’ needs as the Corporation 
may designate. 
‘‘(B) VETERANS’ CORPS
INDICATORS.— 
The corps indicators for a corps described in 
this paragraph are— 
‘‘(i) the number of housing units cre-
ated for veterans; 
‘‘(ii) the number of veterans who pur-
sue educational opportunities;
‘‘(iii) the number of veterans receiving 
professional certification; 
‘‘(iv) outreach efforts to service orga-
nizations serving the needs to veterans; 
‘‘(v) the number of veterans engaged 
in service opportunities; 
‘‘(vi) the number of military families 
assisted by organizations while the family 
member is deployed and when the family 
member returns from deployment; 
‘‘(vii) the number of economically dis-
advantaged students engaged in mentoring 
relationships with veterans; 
‘‘(viii) projects designed to meet iden-
tifiable public needs with a specific empha-
sis on projects in support of veterans, espe-
cially disabled and older veterans; 
‘‘(ix) another indicator relating to 
education or skill attainment that assists 
in providing veterans with the skills to ad-
dress identifiable public needs, that is ap-
proved by the Corporation; 
‘‘(x) other additional indicators that 
improve the lives of veterans and families 
of individuals deployed in service, that the
Corporation, in consultation with the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, establishes 
for a given year; and 
‘‘(xi) any additional local indicator 
(applicable to a particular eligible entity 
and on which an improvement in perform-
ance is needed) that is approved by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(5) PROGRAM MODELS FOR SERVICE CORPS.— 
In addition to any activities described in paragraphs 
(1) through (4), a recipient of a grant under section 
121(a) and a Federal agency operating or sup-
porting a national service program under section 
121(b) may directly or through grants or subgrants 
to other entities carry out a national service corps 
through the following program models: 
‘‘(A) A community corps program that 
meets unmet human, educational, heath, vet-
eran, environmental, or public safety needs and 
promotes greater community unity through the 
use of organized teams of participants of varied 
social and economic backgrounds, skill levels, 
physical and developmental capabilities, 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 
‘‘(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 
students 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 such stu-
dents; or
‘‘(E) Such other program models as ap-
proved by the Corporation or a State commis-
sion, as appropriate. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY CORPS PROGRAMS.— 
The recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each 
Federal agency operating or supporting a national service 
program under section 121(b) shall, directly or through 
grants or subgrants to other entities, carry out or support 
full-or part-time national service programs, including sum-
mer programs, to address unmet community needs. 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE
PROGRAMS.—National service 
programs under this subsection shall be known as 
‘Opportunity Corps’ and may include the following 
types of national service programs: 
‘‘(A) A community corps program that 
meets unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs and promotes 
greater community unity through the use of or-
ganized teams of participants of varied social 
and economic backgrounds, skill levels, physical 
and developmental capabilities, ages, ethnic 
backgrounds, or genders. 
‘‘(B) A professional corps program that re-
cruits and places qualified participants in posi-
tions—
‘‘(i) such as teachers, nurses and 
other health care providers, police officers, 
early childhood development staff, engi-
neers, or other professionals providing 
service to meet educational, human, envi-
ronmental, or public safety needs in com-
munities with an inadequate number of 
such professionals; 
‘‘(ii) that may include a salary in ex-
cess of the maximum living allowance au-
thorized in subsection (a)(3) of section 
140, as provided in subsection (c) of such 
section; and 
‘‘(iii) that are sponsored by public or 
private employers who agree to pay 100 
percent of the salaries and benefits (other 
than any national service educational 
award under subtitle D) of the partici-
pants. 
‘‘(C) A community service program de-
signed to meet the needs of rural communities, 
using teams or individual placements to address 
the development needs of rural communities, in-
cluding the issues of rural poverty, health care, 
education, and job training.
‘‘(D) A program that seeks to eliminate 
hunger and improve nutrition in communities 
and rural areas through service in projects— 
‘‘(i) involving food banks, food pan-
tries, faith-based entities, and nonprofit or-
ganizations that provide food during emer-
gencies; 
‘‘(ii) involving the gleaning of pre-
pared and unprepared food that would oth-
erwise be discarded as unusable so that the 
usable portion of such food may be do-
nated to food banks, food pantries, faith- 
based entities, and other nonprofit organi-
zations; 
‘‘(iii) increasing access to and partici-
pation in federally supported nutrition pro-
grams; 
‘‘(iv) involving the preparation and 
delivery of nutritious food and the dissemi-
nation of nutrition education to critically 
and chronically ill individuals; 
‘‘(v) seeking to address the long-term 
causes of hunger through education and 
the delivery of appropriate services; or
‘‘(vi) providing training in basic 
health, nutrition, and life skills necessary 
to alleviate hunger in communities and 
rural areas. 
‘‘(E) An E-Corps program that involves 
participants who provide services in a commu-
nity by developing and assisting in carrying out 
technology programs which seek to increase ac-
cess to technology and the benefits thereof in 
such community. 
‘‘(F) A program that engages citizens in 
public safety, public health, and emergency and 
disaster preparedness, and may include the re-
cruitment and placing of qualified participants 
in positions to be trainees as law enforcement 
officers, firefighters, search and rescue per-
sonnel, and emergency medical service workers, 
and may engage Federal, State, and local stake-
holders in collaboration to organize more effec-
tive responses to issues of public safety and 
public health, emergencies, and disasters. 
‘‘(G) A program, initiative, or partnership 
that seeks to expand the number of mentors for 
youths (including by recruiting high-school and 
college-aged individuals to enter into mentoring
relationships), including mentors for disadvan-
taged youths, either through provision of direct 
mentoring services, provision of supportive serv-
ices to direct mentoring service organizations 
(in the case of a partnership), or through the 
creative utilization of current and emerging 
technologies to connect youth with mentors. 
‘‘(H) A program that has the primary pur-
pose of re-engaging court-involved youth and 
adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. 
‘‘(I) Programs to support the needs of vet-
erans or active duty service members and their 
families, including providing opportunities to 
participate in service projects, such as sending 
care packages to members of the Armed Forces 
deployed in combat zones overseas. 
‘‘(J) Providing financial literacy education 
to economically disadvantaged individuals, in-
cluding financial literacy education with regard 
to credit management, financial institutions in-
cluding banks and credit unions, and utilization 
of savings plans. 
‘‘(K) Assisting in building, improving, and 
preserving affordable housing and in the con-
struction and rehabilitation of housing units, in-
cluding energy efficient homes, for economically 
disadvantaged individuals. 
‘‘(L) Assisting individuals in obtaining ac-
cess to health care for themselves or their chil-
dren. 
‘‘(M) Assisting individuals in obtaining in-
formation about Federal, State, local, or private 
programs or benefits focused on assisting eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals, economi-
cally disadvantaged children, or low-income 
families. 
‘‘(N) Facilitating enrollment in and com-
pletion of job training for economically dis-
advantaged individuals. 
‘‘(O) Assisting economically disadvantaged 
individuals in obtaining access to job placement 
assistance. 
‘‘(P) Promoting community-based efforts 
to reduce crime and recruiting public safety of-
ficers into service opportunities to work with 
disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(Q) A musician and artist corps program 
that trains and deploys skilled musicians and 
artists to promote greater community unity 
through the use of music and arts education
and engagement through work in low income 
communities, education, healthcare and thera-
peutic settings, and other work in the public do-
main with citizens of all ages. 
‘‘(R) Such other national service programs 
addressing unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs as the Corpora-
tion may designate. 
‘‘(2) OPPORTUNITY
CORPS
INDICATORS.—The 
corps indicators for programs under this subsection 
are— 
‘‘(A) financial literacy among economically 
disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(B) housing units built or improved for 
economically disadvantaged individuals or low- 
income families; 
‘‘(C) economically disadvantaged individ-
uals with access to job training and other skill 
enhancement; 
‘‘(D) economically disadvantaged individ-
uals with access to information about job place-
ment services; 
‘‘(E) a reduced crime rate in the commu-
nity where service is provided;
served areas (as designated by the Secretary 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 
such eligible entities that propose to recruit individ-
uals for the Clean Energy Corps so that significant 
percentages of participants in the Corps are eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to 
such individuals support services and education and 
training to develop skills needed for clean energy 
jobs for which there is current demand or projected 
future demand. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION
ON PERFORMANCE INDICA-
TORS.—The Corporation shall consult with the Secretaries 
of Education, Health and Human Services, Energy, Vet-
erans Affairs, Department of Interior, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Attorney 
General, as appropriate, in developing additional perform-
ance indicators for the corps and programs described in 
subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(e) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELI-
GIBILITY.— 
‘‘(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 na-
tional service program eligible to receive assistance 
or approved 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 
delivery of human, educational, 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 por-
tion of the assistance to conduct a grant program to 
support other national service programs. 
‘‘(4) 
ENCOURAGEMENT
OF 
INTERGENERATIONAL
COMPONENTS
OF
PRO-
GRAMS.—The Corporation shall encourage national 
service programs eligible to receive assistance or ap-
proved national service positions under this subtitle 
to establish, if consistent with the purposes of the
program, an intergenerational component of the pro-
gram that combines students, out-of-school youths, 
disadvantaged youth, and older adults as partici-
pants to provide services to address unmet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to con-
centrate national efforts on meeting certain 
human, educational, environmental, or veterans’ 
needs and to achieve the other purposes of this 
Act, the Corporation, consistent with the stra-
tegic plan approved under section 192A(g)(1), 
shall establish (and may periodically alter) pri-
orities regarding the types of national service 
programs and corps to be assisted under section 
129 and the purposes for which such assistance 
may be used. In establishing such priorities, the 
Corporation— 
‘‘(i) shall select 2 or more of the corps 
described in subsection (a) to receive as-
sistance under section 129(d); and 
‘‘(ii) may select other programs de-
scribed in subsection (b) to receive assist-
ance under such section.
‘‘(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 
appropriate regarding the national service pro-
grams to be assisted under section 129(d) and 
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 Corpora-
tion shall provide advance notice to potential appli-
cants of any national service priorities to be in effect 
under this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice 
shall specifically include— 
‘‘(A) a description of any alteration made 
in the priorities since the previous notice; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the national service 
programs that are designated by the Corpora-
tion under section 133(d)(2) as eligible for pri-
ority consideration in the next competitive dis-
tribution of assistance under section 121(a). 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall by 
regulation establish procedures to ensure the equi-
table treatment of national service programs that—
‘‘(A) receive funding under this subtitle for 
multiple years; and 
‘‘(B) would be adversely affected by annual 
revisions in such national service priorities. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION
TO
SUBGRANTS.—Any na-
tional service priorities established by the Corpora-
tion under this subsection shall also be used by each 
recipient of funds under section 121(a) that uses 
any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant pro-
gram to support other national service programs. 
‘‘(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Corporation shall require that each 
recipient of assistance under the national service 
laws that operates a tutoring program involving ele-
mentary or secondary school students certifies that 
individuals serving in approved national service posi-
tions as tutors in such program have— 
‘‘(A) either— 
‘‘(i) obtained their high school di-
ploma; or 
‘‘(ii) passed a proficiency test dem-
onstrating that such individuals have the 
skills necessary to achieve program goals; 
and
‘‘(B) have 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 or secondary school and is pro-
viding tutoring services through a structured, school- 
managed cross-grade tutoring program. 
‘‘(h) 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 aca-
demic content standards required by section 1111 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional pro-
gram of the local educational agency; and 
‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and 
in-service training for tutors. 
‘‘(i) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall 
establish requirements for recipients of assistance under 
the national service laws relating to the promotion of citi-
zenship and civic engagement, that are consistent with the 
principles on which citizenship programs administered by 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based and
are appropriate to the age, education, and experience of 
the participants enrolled in approved national service posi-
tions and approved summer of service positions. 
‘‘(j) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants 
under section 121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
containing— 
‘‘(1) information describing how the Corpora-
tion allocated financial assistance and approved na-
tional service positions among eligible entities pro-
posed to carry out national service corps described 
in that subsection (a) for that fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) information describing the amount of fi-
nancial assistance and the number of approved na-
tional service positions the Corporation provided to 
each national service corps described in subsection 
(a) for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the na-
tional service corps improved performance on the 
corresponding indicators; and 
‘‘(4) information describing how the Corpora-
tion is coordinating— 
‘‘(A) the national service corps funded 
under subsection (a); with
‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined 
by the Corporation, carried out under subtitles 
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) that improve performance on those 
indicators or otherwise address identified com-
munity needs.’’. 
SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘sub-
division of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘a Territory,’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period ‘‘the 
Summer of Service program under section 
120(c)(8), the ServeAmerica Fellowship under 
198B or the Silver Scholarship under section 
198C(a)’’. 
SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGA-
NIZATIONS. 
Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read 
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGA-
NIZATIONS. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—A participant in an 
approved national service position under this subtitle may 
not engage in the following activities: 
‘‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation. 
‘‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, peti-
tions, boycotts, or strikes. 
‘‘(3) Assisting, promoting, or deterring union 
organizing. 
‘‘(4) Impairing existing contracts for services or 
collective bargaining agreements. 
‘‘(5) Engaging in partisan political activities, or 
other activities designed to influence the outcome of 
an election to any public office. 
‘‘(6) Participating in, or endorsing, events or 
activities that are likely to include advocacy for or 
against political parties, political platforms, political 
candidates, proposed legislation, or elected officials. 
‘‘(7) Engaging in religious instruction, con-
ducting worship services, providing instruction as 
part of a program that includes mandatory religious 
instruction or worship, constructing or operating fa-
cilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, 
maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted
to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in 
any form of religious proselytization. 
‘‘(8) Providing a direct benefit to— 
‘‘(A) a business organized for profit; 
‘‘(B) a labor organization; 
‘‘(C) a partisan political organization; 
‘‘(D) a nonprofit organization that fails to 
comply with the restrictions contained in sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 except that nothing in this section shall 
be construed to prevent participants from en-
gaging in advocacy activities undertaken at 
their own initiative; and 
‘‘(E) an organization engaged in the reli-
gious activities described in paragraph (7), un-
less Corporation assistance is not used to sup-
port those religious activities. 
‘‘(9) Conducting a voter registration drive or 
using Corporation funds to conduct a voter registra-
tion drive. 
‘‘(10) Such other activities as the Corporation 
may prohibit. 
‘‘(b) INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—No assistance 
provided under this subtitle may be provided to the fol-
lowing types of organizations (including the participation
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of a participant in an approved national service position 
under this subtitle in activities conducted by such organi-
zations) or to organizations that are co-located on the 
same premises as the following organizations: 
‘‘(1) Organizations that provide or promote 
abortion services, including referral for such serv-
ices. 
‘‘(2) For-profit organizations, political parties, 
labor organizations, or organizations engaged in po-
litical or legislative advocacy. 
‘‘(3) Organizations that have been indicted for 
voter fraud. 
‘‘(c) NONDISPLACEMENT OF EMPLOYED WORKERS 
OR OTHER VOLUNTEERS.—A participant in an approved 
national service position under this subtitle may not per-
form any services or duties or engage in activities which— 
‘‘(1) would otherwise be performed by an em-
ployed worker as part of his or her assigned duties 
as an employee or by another volunteer who is not 
a participant in an approved national service posi-
tion; or 
‘‘(2) will supplant the hiring of employed work-
ers or work of such other volunteers.’’.
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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), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$125,000 
and 
$750,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$250,000 and $1,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—In making 
grants to a State under this subsection, the Cor-
poration shall require the State to provide matching 
funds of $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 
provided by the Corporation. 
‘‘(3) 
ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a 
State that demonstrates hardship or a new State 
Commission to use an alternative match as follows: 
‘‘(A) 
FIRST
$100,000.—For 
the 
first 
$100,000 of grant amounts provided by the 
Corporation, a State shall not be required to 
provide matching funds. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and 
not exceeding $250,000 provided by the Cor-
poration, a State shall provide $1 from non-
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Federal sources for every $2 provided by the 
Corporation in excess of $100,000. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $250,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $250,000 pro-
vided by the Corporation, a State shall provide 
$1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 pro-
vided by the Corporation in excess of $250,000. 
‘‘(4) RESERVATION
OF
FUNDS.—From the 
amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection 
each fiscal year, the corporation shall ensure that it 
reserves funds for assistance provided under this 
subsection at an aggregate amount equal to that of 
at least 150 percent allocated in fiscal year 2004 for 
the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment 
of the GIVE Act. Each subsequent year the corpora-
tion shall increase the amount reserved proportion-
ately including minimum and maximum amounts de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to the amount of program 
funding allocated in subtitle C.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘and to support, including through mis-
sion-assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5147), nonprofit organizations and public
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agencies responding to the needs of communities in 
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 insert-
ing 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 
required to be provided by the program to satisfy 
matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year 
grant period, grants under this subsection may pro-
vide not more than $1 of assistance 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 as matching funds if the Corporation 
determines that such use would be equitable due to
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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 na-
tional 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) 1-PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRI-
TORIES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 
provision 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 upon approval by the Corporation of an applica-
tion submitted under section 130. The amount allotted as 
a grant to each such Territory under this subsection for 
a fiscal year shall be equal to the 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 such Territories. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT
FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the 
funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assist-
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ance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corpora-
tion 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 
Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program under 
subtitle E shall receive the national service educational 
award described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the 
eligibility requirements 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 dis-
tribution under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Of 
the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of as-
sistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year and subject 
to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve up to 
62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis 
to States for national service programs and to nonprofit 
organizations seeking to operate a national service pro-
gram in 2 or more States.
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‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA 
BASIS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under sub-
section (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Cor-
poration shall make a grant to each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application 
under section 130 that is approved by the Corpora-
tion. 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The amount allotted as a 
grant to each such State under this subsection for 
a fiscal year shall be equal to the 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 Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, in compliance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) 
MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (2), the minimum grant made available to 
each State approved by the Corporation under para-
graph (1) for each fiscal year must be at least 
$600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for 
the State formula under this section, whichever is 
greater.
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‘‘(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 a reallotment to other States or Ter-
ritories with approved applications submitted under 
section 130, to the extent community-based organi-
zations do not apply as described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as-
sistance and approved national service positions to a re-
cipient under this section shall be made by the Corpora-
tion only pursuant to an application submitted by a State 
or other applicant under section 130. 
‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAIL-
ABLE FUNDS.—The Corporation may not approve posi-
tions as approved national service positions under this 
subtitle for a fiscal year in excess of the number of such
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positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available 
funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, 
taking into consideration funding needs for national serv-
ice educational awards under subtitle D based on com-
pleted service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide 
the maximum allowable national service educational 
awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the 
Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reason-
able adjustments to program rules. 
‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERV-
ICE POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP
AUTHORIZED.—The Cor-
poration may enter into agreements with persons or 
entities who offer to sponsor national service posi-
tions for which the person or entity will be respon-
sible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a 
national service educational award. The distribution 
of these approved national service positions shall be 
made pursuant to the agreement, and the creation 
of these positions shall not be taken into consider-
ation in determining the number of approved na-
tional service positions to be available for distribu-
tion under this section. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds pro-
vided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph
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(1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust 
established in section 145 until such time as the 
funds are needed. 
‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, 
the Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corpora-
tion considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making 
assistance available under subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 126. 
‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE 
PARTICIPATION 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 limita-
tion in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer 
shall reserve not less than 1 percent from the 
amount allocated to carry out program grants under 
the national service laws. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved in 
paragraph (1) may not exceed $10,000,000.
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‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—After making grants under 
subsection (k), excess funds may be used by the 
Chief Executive Officer for other activities under 
section 501(a)(2). 
‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appro-
priated for a fiscal year to provide financial as-
sistance under the national service laws, the 
Corporation, subject to the limitation in sub-
paragraph (B) may provide assistance in the 
form of fixed-amount grants in an amount de-
termined by the Corporation under paragraph 
(2) rather than on the basis of actual costs in-
curred 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 date of enactment of the GIVE Act, the 
Corporation may provide assistance in the form 
of fixed-amount grants only to support full-time 
positions. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED- 
AMOUNT GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized
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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 receiving the grant; and 
‘‘(B) based on the amount per individual 
enrolled in the program receiving the grant, 
taking into account— 
‘‘(i) the program’s capacity to manage 
funds and achieve programmatic results; 
‘‘(ii) the number of national service 
positions approved for the program; 
‘‘(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 Cor-
poration may consider under section 133 in 
considering applications for assistance. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
GRANT
RECIPI-
ENTS.—In awarding a fixed-amount grant under 
this subsection, the Corporation—
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‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 
‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of 
the grant funds based upon the difference 
between the number of hours served by a 
participant and the minimum number of 
hours for completion of a term of service 
(as established by the Corporation); 
‘‘(ii) to report on standardized and 
other performance measures established by 
the Corporation; 
‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation 
activities undertaken by the Corporation; 
and 
‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that addi-
tional funds shall be raised in support of 
the proposed program, in addition to those 
received under the national service laws; 
and 
‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and condi-
tions as it considers necessary or appropriate 
based on the relative risks (as determined by 
the Corporation) associated with any applica-
tion for a fixed-amount grant. 
‘‘(4) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS
NOT
APPLICA-
BLE.—Limitations on administrative costs and
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matching fund documentation requirements shall not 
apply to fixed-amount grants provided in accordance 
with this subsection. 
‘‘(5) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the 
responsibility to comply with the requirements of the 
Single Audit Act (31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) or other 
requirements of Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–133. 
‘‘(m) NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR SE-
VERELY ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a severely eco-
nomically distressed community that receives assistance 
from the Corporation for any program under the national 
service laws shall not be subject to any requirement to pro-
vide matching funds for any such program, and the Fed-
eral share of such assistance for such a community may 
be 100 percent.’’. 
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. EDUCATION 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),
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the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in ac-
cordance with section 129(l)), provide operational assist-
ance to programs that receive approved national service 
positions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 
‘‘(b) LIMIT
ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.— 
Operational support under this section may not exceed 
$800 per individual enrolled in an approved national serv-
ice position and may reach $1000 per individual if the pro-
gram supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—For each year 
after 2009, the amounts specified in subsection (b) shall 
be adjusted for inflation as measured by the Consumer 
Price Index for all Urban Consumers published by the 
Secretary of Labor. 
‘‘(d) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The provisions 
under section 129(l)(4) and the living allowances and 
other benefits under sections 131(e) and section 140 
(other than individualized support services for disabled 
members under section 140(f)) shall not apply to pro-
grams that receive assistance under this section.’’. 
SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘State,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Territory,’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in-
stitution of higher education’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 
122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(f)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘mu-
nicipalities and county governments in the areas 
being served,’’ after ‘‘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 op-
erating programs in 2 or more States, a description 
of the manner and extent to which the State Com-
missions of each State in which the nonprofit organi-
zation intends to operate were consulted and the na-
ture of the consultation.’’;
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(4) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 
as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and in-
serting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFOR-
MATION.—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 on 1 or more of the 
corresponding performance indicators; 
‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant 
proposes to utilize funds to improve performance on 
the corresponding performance indicators utilizing 
participants, including the activities in which such 
participants will engage to improve performance on 
those indicators; 
‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical 
area in which the eligible entity proposed to carry 
out the program proposes to use funds to improve 
performance on the corresponding performance indi-
cators including demographic information on the 
students or individuals, as appropriate, in such area, 
and statistics demonstrating 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
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agencies to carry out activities to improve perform-
ance on the corresponding performance indicators 
using such funds.’’; 
(5) in subsection (f)(2) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will 
be selected’’; 
(6) 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 appli-
cant’’ and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and
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(iv) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
(7) by amending subsection (h) (as so redesig-
nated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) LIMITATION
ON SAME PROJECT RECEIVING 
MULTIPLE GRANTS.—Unless specifically authorized by 
law, the Corporation may not provide more than 1 grant 
under the national service laws to support the same 
project.’’. 
SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) the community served, including, if 
appropriate, municipal and county governments 
in the area served, and potential participants in 
the program;’’;
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after ‘‘program;’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) municipalities and county govern-
ments in the areas being served;’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) in the case of a program that is not fund-
ed through a State, including programs operated by 
nonprofit organizations seeking to operate a national 
service program in 2 or more States— 
‘‘(A) consult with and coordinate with the 
State Commission for the State in which the 
program operates; and 
‘‘(B) obtain confirmation from the State 
Commission that the applicant seeking assist-
ance under this Act has consulted with and co-
ordinated with the State Commission when 
seeking to operate a program in that State.’’. 
SEC. 1310. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
Section 133 (42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(6), insert after subpara-
graph (E) the following: 
‘‘(F) Areas that have a mortgage fore-
closure rate or home price decline greater than
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the national average mortgage foreclosure rate 
or home price decline for the most recent 12 
months for which satisfactory data are avail-
able.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘National before’’ ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period ‘‘the 
Summer of Service program under section 
120(c)(8), the ServeAmerica Fellowship under 
198B or the Silver Scholarship under section 
198C(a)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(5) DIVERSITY IN PROGRAM SIZE.—The Cor-
poration shall ensure that recipients of assistance 
provided under section 121 are diverse in terms of 
program size, as reflected in the number of partici-
pants.’’. 
SEC. 1311. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 137 (42 U.S.C. 12591) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and
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(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘between 
the ages of 16 and 25’’ and inserting ‘‘a 16- 
year-old out of school youth or an individual be-
tween the ages of 17 and 25’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a)(4)’’. 
SEC. 1312. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI-
PANTS. 
Section 138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘conducted by 
the State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or other en-
tity’’ and inserting ‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(C) by inserting before 
the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, particu-
larly those who were considered at the time of their 
service disadvantaged youth’’. 
SEC. 1313. TERMS OF SERVICE. 
Section 139 (42 U.S.C. 12593) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 9 months and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘during a 
period of—’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘during a period of not 
more than 2 years.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (b) by inserting at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) EXTENSION OF TERM FOR DISASTER PUR-
POSES.— 
‘‘(A) An individual in an approved national 
service position performing service directly re-
lated to disaster relief efforts may continue in 
a term of service for a period of 90 days beyond 
the period otherwise specified in sections 139(b) 
and 153 (e) or in section 104 of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973. 
‘‘(B) Service performed by an individual in 
an originally-agreed to term of service and serv-
ice performed under this paragraph shall con-
stitute a single term of service for purposes of 
sections 146(b) and (c) but may not receive an 
additional education award under section 141.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)—
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(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘as 
demonstrated by the participant’’ and inserting 
‘‘as determined by the organization responsible 
for granting a release, if the participant has 
otherwise performed satisfactorily and has com-
pleted at least 15 percent of the original term 
of service’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘pro-
vide to the participant that portion of the na-
tional service educational award’’ and inserting 
‘‘certify the participant’s eligibility for that por-
tion of the national service educational award’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to 
allow return to the program with which the in-
dividual was serving in order’’. 
SEC. 1314. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 
Section 140 (42 U.S.C. 12594) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 
(3)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (2);
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(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY STUDENTS.—The 
living allowance that may be provided to an indi-
vidual whose term of service includes hours for 
which the individual receives Federal work study 
wages shall be reduced by the amount of the individ-
ual’s Federal work study award.’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a re-
duced term of service under section 139(b)(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a term of service that is less 
than 12 months’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include 
an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of such 
taxes’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘may be used to pay such taxes.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (2); 
(4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking the second 
sentence; and 
(5) by striking subsections (g) and (h).
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Subtitle D—Amendments to Sub-
title D (National Service Trust 
and Provision of National Serv-
ice Educational Awards) 
SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL 
SERVICE TRUST. 
Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 148(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 148(f)’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such 
donations direct that they be deposited in the 
National Service Trust’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments 
of national service educational awards in accordance 
with section 148.’’ and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(1) payments of summer of service educational 
awards and national service educational awards in 
accordance with section 148; and 
‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with 
section 148(f).’’.
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SEC. 1402. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NA-
TIONAL 
SERVICE 
EDUCATIONAL 
AWARD 
FROM THE TRUST. 
Section 146 (42 U.S.C. 12602) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘if the individual’’ and inserting ‘‘if 
the organization responsible for an individual’s 
supervision certifies that the individual’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) met the applicable eligibility requirements 
for the position, including in the Summer of Service 
program under section 120(c)(8), the ServeAmerica 
program under section 198B, or the Silver Scholar-
ship program under section 198E; and 
‘‘(2)(A) for a full-time or part-time educational 
award, successfully completed the required term of 
service described in subsection (b) in an approved 
national service position; or 
‘‘(B) for a partial educational award— 
‘‘(i) satisfactorily performed prior to being 
granted a release for compelling personal cir-
cumstances under section 139(c); and
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‘‘(ii) served at least 15 percent of the re-
quired term of service described in subsection 
(b); and’’; and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (3); 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON RECEIPT OF NATIONAL SERV-
ICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—An individual may not re-
ceive, in national service educational awards, more than 
an amount equal to the aggregate value of 2 such awards 
for full-time service. The aggregate value of summer of 
service educational awards that an individual receives shall 
have no effect on the aggregate value of national service 
educational awards the individual may receive.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘SEVEN-YEAR
RE-
QUIREMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘IN
GEN-
ERAL’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘An’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subject to paragraph (2), an’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end;
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(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) is an individual eligible to receive a 
summer of service educational award, in which 
case the individual shall have a 10-year period 
to use such educational award beginning on the 
date that the individual completes the term of 
service that is the basis of such educational 
award.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e)(1)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘qualifying under 
this section’’ the following: ‘‘or under section 
120(c)(8)’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘to receive a na-
tional service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or a summer of service educational award’’. 
SEC. 1403. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF NATIONAL 
SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
Section 147 (42 U.S.C. 12603) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘(a) AMOUNT
FOR FULL-TIME NATIONAL SERV-
ICE.—Except as provided in subsection (c), an individual 
described in section 146(a) who successfully completes a 
required term of full-time national service in an approved 
national service position shall receive a national service 
educational award having a value equal to the maximum 
amount of a Federal Pell Grant that a student eligible 
under section 401(b)(2)(A) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 may receive for the award year for which the na-
tional service position is approved by the Corporation.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ‘‘for 
each of not more than 2 of such terms of service’’ 
the following: ‘‘in the period of one year’’. 
SEC. 1404. DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS. 
Section 148 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘cost of 
attendance’’ and inserting ‘‘cost of attendance 
or other educational expenses’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (5); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following:
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‘‘(4) to pay expenses incurred in enrolling in an 
educational institution or training establishment that 
meets the requirements of chapter 36 of title 38, 
United States Code (38 U.S.C. 3451 et seq.); and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting after ‘‘the 
national service educational award of the individual’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or an eligible individual under sec-
tion 120(c)(8) who received a summer of service 
educational award’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2) by inserting after ‘‘the 
national service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap-
plicable,’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the 
national service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or the summer of service educational award, as ap-
plicable’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)(7)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, 
other than a loan to a parent of a student pur-
suant to section 428B of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1078–2); and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(C) any loan (other than a loan described 
in subparagraph (A) or (B)) determined by an 
institution of higher education to be necessary 
to cover a student’s educational expenses and 
made, insured, or guaranteed by— 
‘‘(i) an eligible lender, as defined in 
section 435 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085); 
‘‘(ii) the direct student loan program 
under part D of title IV of such Act; 
‘‘(iii) a State agency; or 
‘‘(iv) a lender otherwise determined by 
the Corporation to be eligible to receive 
disbursements from the National Service 
Trust.’’; 
(6) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘na-
tional service educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or 
an eligible individual under section 120(c)(8) who 
desires to apply the individual’s summer of service 
educational award,’’; 
(7) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by inserting after 
‘‘national service educational award’’ the following: 
‘‘or summer of service educational award, as applica-
ble,’’;
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(8) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(iii), by inserting 
after ‘‘national service educational awards received 
under this subtitle’’ the following: ‘‘or summer of 
service educational awards received under section 
120(c)(8)’’; 
(9) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting after ‘‘na-
tional service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 
(10) in subsection (c)(5)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘national service 
educational award’’ the following: ‘‘, or summer 
of service educational award, as applicable,’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘additional’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘summer of service educational awards 
and additional’’; 
(11) in section (c)(6)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by inserting after ‘‘national service edu-
cational award’’ the following: ‘‘and summer of 
service educational award’’; and 
(B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read 
as follows:
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‘‘(B) the student’s estimated financial as-
sistance for such period under part A of title IV 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).’’; 
(12) in subsection (d), by inserting after ‘‘na-
tional service educational awards’’ the following: 
‘‘and summer of service educational awards’’; 
(13) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(b)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(7)’’; and 
(14) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘Director’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’. 
SEC. 1405. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE 
POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title I (42 U.S.C. 
12601 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 149. PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF NATIONAL SERVICE 
POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) TIMING AND RECORDING REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subtitles 
C, D, and H, and any other provision of law, in ap-
proving a position as an approved national service 
position, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall approve the position at the time 
the Corporation—
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‘‘(i) enters into an enforceable agree-
ment with an individual participant to 
serve in a program carried out under sub-
title E of title I of this Act or under title 
I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), or a sum-
mer of service educational award; or 
‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 
awards a grant to (or enters into a con-
tract or cooperative agreement with) an 
entity to carry out a program for which 
such a position is approved under section 
123; and 
‘‘(B) shall record as an obligation an esti-
mate of the net present value of the national 
service educational award associated with the 
position, based on a formula that takes into 
consideration historical rates of enrollment in 
such a program, and of earning and using na-
tional service educational awards for such a 
program and remain available. 
‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In determining the formula 
described in paragraph (1)(B), the Corporation shall 
consult with the Director of the Congressional Budg-
et Office.
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‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION REPORT.—The Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer of the Corporation shall annually pre-
pare and submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report that contains a certification that 
the Corporation is in compliance with the require-
ments of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—The requirements of this 
subsection shall apply to each approved national 
service position that the Corporation approves— 
‘‘(A) during fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(B) during any subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RESERVE ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Notwithstanding 
subtitles C, D, and H, and any other provision 
of law, within the National Service Trust estab-
lished under section 145, the Corporation shall 
establish a reserve account. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—To ensure the avail-
ability of adequate funds to support the awards 
of approved national service positions for each 
fiscal year, the Corporation shall place in the 
account— 
‘‘(i) during fiscal year 2010, a portion 
of the funds that were appropriated for fis-
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cal year 2010 or a previous fiscal year 
under section 501(a)(2), were made avail-
able to carry out subtitle C, D, E, or H of 
this title, subtitle A of title I of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 
summer of service under section 120(c)(8), 
Silver Scholarship under section 198C, or 
ServeAmerica Fellowship under section 
198B and remain available; and 
‘‘(ii) during fiscal year 2010 or a sub-
sequent fiscal year, a portion of the funds 
that were appropriated for that fiscal year 
under section 501(a)(2) and were made 
available to carry out subtitle C, D, E, or 
H of this title, subtitle A of title I of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, 
summer of service under section 111(a)(5), 
Silver Scholarship under section 198C, or 
ServeAmerica Fellowship under section 
198B and remain available. 
‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—The Corporation shall not 
obligate the funds in the reserve account until the 
Corporation— 
‘‘(A) determines that the funds will not be 
needed for the payment of national service edu-
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cational awards associated with previously ap-
proved national service positions and summer of 
service educational awards; or 
‘‘(B) obligates the funds for the payment 
of national service educational awards for such 
previously approved national service positions or 
summer of service educational awards, as appli-
cable. 
‘‘(c) AUDITS.—The accounts of the Corporation re-
lating to the appropriated funds for approved national 
service positions, and the records demonstrating the man-
ner in which the Corporation has recorded estimates de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(B) as obligations, shall be au-
dited annually by independent certified public accountants 
or independent licensed public accountants certified or li-
censed by a regulatory authority of a State or other polit-
ical subdivision of the United States in accordance with 
generally accepted auditing standards. A report containing 
the results of each such independent audit shall be in-
cluded in the annual report required by subsection (a)(3). 
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), all amounts included in the Na-
tional Service Trust under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
of section 145(a) shall be available for payments of na-
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tional service educational awards or summer of service 
educational awards under section 148.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
REPEAL.—Section 2 of the 
Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act (Public Law 108– 
145; 117 Stat. 844; 42 U.S.C. 12605) is repealed. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Sub-
title E (National Civilian Com-
munity Corps) 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 
Section 151 (42 U.S.C. 12611) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 151. PURPOSE. 
‘‘It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the 
operation of, and support for, residential and other service 
programs that combine the best practices of civilian serv-
ice with the best aspects of military service, including lead-
ership and team building, to meet national and community 
needs. Such needs to be met under such programs include 
those related to— 
‘‘(1) natural and other disasters; 
‘‘(2) infrastructure improvement; 
‘‘(3) environmental stewardship and conserva-
tion; 
‘‘(4) energy conservation; 
‘‘(5) urban and rural development; and
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‘‘(6) other unmet needs consistent with the pur-
pose as described in this section.’’. 
SEC. 1502. PROGRAM COMPONENTS. 
Section 152 (42 U.S.C. 12612) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COM-
MUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’’. 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Civilian Com-
munity Corps Demonstration Program’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘a National Civilian Com-
munity Corps’’; 
(4) in the heading of subsection (c), by striking 
‘‘PROGRAMS’’ and inserting ‘‘COMPONENTS’’; and 
(5) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘program 
components are residential programs’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘programs referred to in sub-
section (b) may include a residential component.’’.
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SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘if the per-
son’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘if the person will be at least 18 
years of age on or before December 31 in the cal-
endar year in which the individual enrolls in the pro-
gram.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘BACKROUNDS’’ and in-
serting ‘‘BACKGROUNDS’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Director shall take appropriate steps, in-
cluding through outreach and recruitment ac-
tivities carried out by the chief executive officer, 
to increase the percentage of participants in the 
program who are disadvantaged youth toward 
50 percent of all participants by year 2012. The
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Director shall report to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress biennially on such efforts, any 
challenges faced, and the annual participation 
rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’’; 
and 
(4) by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 1504. SUMMER NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 154 (42 U.S.C. 12614) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘on Civilian Community 
Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘on National Civilian 
Community Corps’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and 
all that follows through the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘shall be from economically and ethnically 
diverse backgrounds, including youth who are in fos-
ter care.’’. 
SEC. 1505. TEAM LEADERS. 
Section 155 (42 U.S.C. 12615) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows:
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‘‘SEC. 155. NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps 
Demonstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Civilian Community 
Corps shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the National Civil-
ian Community Corps shall’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMU-
NITY CORPS.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) TEAM LEADERS.—The Director may select 
individuals with prior supervisory or service experi-
ence to be team leaders within units in the National 
Civilian Community Corps to perform service that
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includes leading and supervising teams of Corps 
members. Team leaders shall— 
‘‘(A) be selected without regard to the age 
limitation under section 153(b); 
‘‘(B) be members of the National Civilian 
Community Corps; and 
‘‘(C) be provided the rights and benefits 
applicable to Corps members, except that the 
Director may establish a separate living allow-
ance amount consistent with the limitation in 
section 158(b).’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by amending the subsection heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by amending the paragraph head-
ing to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) UNITS TO BE ASSIGNED TO CAMPUSES.— 
’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘in camps’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in campuses’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and
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(iv) by striking ‘‘in the camps’’ and 
inserting ‘‘in the campuses’’; 
(C) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS
DIRECTOR.—There shall be a 
campus director for each campus. The campus direc-
tor is the head of the campus.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by amending the paragraph head-
ing to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE SITE FOR CAMPUS.—’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘A camp may be lo-
cated’’ and inserting ‘‘A campus must be 
cost-effective and may, upon the comple-
tion of a feasibility study, be located’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by amending the paragraph heading to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(e) DISTRIBUTION OF UNITS AND CAMPUSES.—’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘camps are distributed’’ 
and inserting ‘‘campuses are cost-effective and 
are distributed’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘rural areas’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘rural areas such that each Corps unit
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in a region can be easily deployed for disaster 
and emergency response to such region.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘campus director’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam-
pus’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘superintendent of 
a camp’’ and inserting ‘‘campus director of 
a campus’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘campus director’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘superintend-
ent’s’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tor’s’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘camp’’ each 
place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘campus’’; and
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus 
director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘camp 
superintendent’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tor’’. 
SEC. 1506. TRAINING. 
Section 156 (42 U.S.C. 12616) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘The Director shall ensure that to the extent 
practicable, each member of the Corps is 
trained in CPR, first aid, and other skills re-
lated to disaster preparedness and response.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘, including a focus 
on energy conservation, environmental stewardship 
or conservation, infrastructure improvement, urban 
and rural development, or disaster preparedness 
needs’’; and 
(3) by amending subsection (c)(2) to read as 
follows:
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‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES.— 
Members of the cadre may provide, either directly or 
through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments, the advanced service training referred to in 
subsection (b)(1) in coordination with vocational or 
technical schools, other employment and training 
providers, existing youth service programs, other 
qualified individuals, or organizations with expertise 
in training youth, including disadvantaged youth, in 
the skill areas described in such subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1507. CONSULTATION WITH STATE COMMISSIONS. 
Section 157 (42 U.S.C. 12617) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Com-
munity Corps’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
the semicolon the following: ‘‘with specific em-
phasis on projects in support of infrastructure 
improvement, disaster relief and recovery, the 
environment, energy conservation, and urban 
and rural development’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘service 
learning’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
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(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘and 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec-
retary of Transportation, and the Chief of the 
United States Forest Service’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘community-based or-
ganizations and’’ before ‘‘representatives of 
local communities’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam-
pus’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘State 
Commissions,’’ before ‘‘and persons involved in 
other youth service programs.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘superintendent’’ both 
places such term appears and inserting 
‘‘campus director’’; and
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(ii) by striking ‘‘camp’’ both places 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘cam-
pus’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘camp 
superintendents’’ and inserting ‘‘campus direc-
tors’’. 
SEC. 1508. AUTHORIZED BENEFITS FOR CORPS MEMBERS. 
Section 158 (42 U.S.C. 12618) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘National’’ 
before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the colon the 
following: ‘‘, as the Director determines 
appropriate’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Cloth-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Uniforms’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘Rec-
reational services and supplies’’ and inserting 
‘‘Supplies’’. 
SEC. 1509. PERMANENT CADRE. 
Section 159 (42 U.S.C. 12619) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Dem-
onstration Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National 
Civilian Community Corps Program’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘including those’’ be-
fore ‘‘recommended’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before 
‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘The Director 
shall establish a permanent cadre of’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive 
Officer shall establish a permanent 
cadre that includes the Director and 
other appointed’’; and
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(II) by inserting ‘‘National’’ be-
fore ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘The Director shall appoint the members’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The Chief Executive Officer 
shall consider the recommendations of the 
Director in appointing the other mem-
bers’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the Chief Executive Officer’’; 
(II) in clause (iii) by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(III) by redesignating clause (iv) 
as (v); and 
(IV) by inserting after clause (iii) 
the following: 
‘‘(iv) give consideration to retired and 
other former law enforcement, fire, rescue, 
and emergency personnel, and other indi-
viduals with backgrounds in disaster pre-
paredness, relief, and recovery; and’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E)—
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(I) by inserting after ‘‘tech-
niques’’ the following: ‘‘, including 
techniques for working with and en-
hancing the development of disadvan-
taged youth,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘service learn-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘service-learning’’; 
and 
(C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), 
by striking ‘‘the members’’ and inserting ‘‘other 
members’’. 
SEC. 1510. CONTRACT AND GRANT AUTHORITY. 
Section 161 (42 U.S.C. 12621) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘perform any 
program function under this subtitle’’ and inserting 
‘‘carry out the National Civilian Community Corps 
program’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
SEC. 1511. OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
Section 162 (42 U.S.C. 12622) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)—
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 
Corps’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘the registry established by’’ and all 
that follows through the semicolon and in-
serting ‘‘the registry established by section 
1143a of title 10, United States Code;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘to be 
recommended for appointment’’ and inserting 
‘‘from which individuals may be selected for ap-
pointment by the Director’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘Na-
tional’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 1512. ADVISORY BOARD. 
Section 163 (42 U.S.C. 12623) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Upon the establishment of 
the Program, there shall also be’’ and inserting 
‘‘There shall be’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civil-
ian Community Corps Advisory Board’’; and
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(C) by striking ‘‘to assist’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘to assist the Corps in responding rapidly 
and efficiently in times of natural and other 
disasters. Consistent with the needs outlined in 
section 151, the Advisory Board members shall 
help coordinate activities with the Corps as ap-
propriate, including the mobilization of volun-
teers and coordination of volunteer centers to 
help local communities recover from the effects 
of natural and other disasters.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 
(9) as paragraphs (13) and (14), respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
following: 
‘‘(8) The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency. 
‘‘(9) The Secretary of Transportation. 
‘‘(10) The Chief of the United States Forest 
Service. 
‘‘(11) The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency. 
‘‘(12) The Secretary of Energy.’’; and
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(C) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘industry,’’ and inserting ‘‘public 
and private organizations,’’. 
SEC. 1513. EVALUATION. 
Section 164 (42 U.S.C. 12624) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian 
Community Corps’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon 
completing each such evaluation, the Corporation 
shall transmit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a report on the evaluation.’’. 
SEC. 1514. REPEAL OF FUNDING LIMITATION. 
Section 165 (42 U.S.C. 12625) is repealed. 
SEC. 1515. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 166 (42 U.S.C. 12626) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (9); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(8) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) CAMPUS
DIRECTOR.—The term ‘campus 
director’, with respect to a Corps campus, means the 
head of the campus under section 155(d). 
‘‘(3) CORPS.—The term ‘Corps’ means the Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps required under sec-
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tion 155 as part of the Civilian Community Corps 
Program. 
‘‘(4) CORPS CAMPUS.—The term ‘Corps cam-
pus’ means the facility or central location estab-
lished as the operational headquarters and boarding 
place for particular Corps units.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘Civilian Community Corps Demonstration 
Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Civilian Commu-
nity Corps Program’’; 
(5) in paragraph (6) (as so redesignated), by 
inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 
Corps’’; 
(6) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘The terms’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘Demonstration Program’’ the first place such term 
appears and inserting ‘‘The term ‘Program’ means 
the National Civilian Community Corps Program’’; 
and 
(7) in paragraph (9) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘SERVICE 
LEARNING’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE-LEARN-
ING’’; and
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(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) by striking ‘‘service learning’’ and inserting 
‘‘service-learning’’. 
SEC. 1516. TERMINOLOGY. 
Subtitle E of title I (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the subtitle heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Subtitle E—National Civilian 
Community Corps’’; 
and 
(2) in section 160(a) (42 U.S.C. 12620(a)) by 
inserting ‘‘National’’ before ‘‘Civilian Community 
Corps’’. 
Subtitle F—Amendments to Sub-
title F (Administrative Provi-
sions) 
SEC. 1601. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE AND REPORTS. 
(a) 
FAMILY
AND
MEDICAL
LEAVE.—Section 
171(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 12631(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘with respect to a project’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect 
to a project authorized under the national service laws’’. 
(b) REPORTS.—Section 172 (42 U.S.C. 12632) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(d) EVALUATION USING PROGRAM ASSESSMENT 
RATING TOOL.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall conduct a study to 
evaluate the programs authorized by this Act, in-
cluding the amendments made by this Act, under 
the Program Assessment Rating Tool or a successor 
performance assessment tool that is developed by the 
Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Director shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the results of the study con-
ducted under paragraph (1) within 1 year of the 
date of enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(e) GAO STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall 
conduct a study of the National Civilian Community 
Corps program authorized under subtitle E of title 
I. 
‘‘(2) COMPONENTS OF STUDY.—The study con-
ducted under paragraph (1) shall consist of— 
‘‘(A) a comprehensive examination of the 
program; 
‘‘(B) an examination of the programs cost- 
effectiveness, particularly in relation to other 
comparable AmeriCorps service programs;
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‘‘(C) whether the program has data and 
quantifiable measures to adequately assess the 
program’s progress toward achieving its stra-
tegic goals; 
‘‘(D) a review of the Office of Management 
and Budget’s 2005 Program Assessment Rat-
ing Tool assessment of the program; and 
‘‘(E) recommendations for future Congres-
sional treatment of the program, particularly 
assessing whether the program is duplicative or 
could be more efficiently managed. 
‘‘(3) SUBMISSION.—The results of the study 
conducted under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
within 6 months of the date of enactment of this 
subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1602. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 174 (42 U.S.C. 12634) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) REFERRALS
FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—A 
program may not receive assistance under the national 
service laws for the sole purpose of referring individuals 
to Federal assistance programs or State assistance pro-
grams funded in part by the Federal Government.’’.
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SEC. 1603. NOTICE, HEARING, AND GRIEVANCE PROCE-
DURES. 
Section 176 (42 U.S.C. 12636) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘30 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more periods of 30 days 
not to exceed 90 days in total’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘A State 
or local applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘An entity’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (E); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C) the following: 
‘‘(D) in a grievance filed by an individual 
applicant or participant— 
‘‘(i) the applicant’s selection or the 
participant’s reinstatement, as the case 
may be; and 
‘‘(ii) other changes in the terms and 
conditions of service; and’’. 
SEC. 1604. RESOLUTION OF DISPLACEMENT COMPLAINTS. 
Section 177 (42 U.S.C. 12637) is amended—
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(1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 
‘‘under this title’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘under the national service laws’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘employee 
or position’’ and inserting ‘‘employee, position, or 
volunteer (other than a participant under the na-
tional service laws)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Programs that receive as-
sistance under the national service laws shall consult 
with the parents or legal guardians of children in de-
veloping and operating programs that include and 
serve children. 
‘‘(2) PARENTAL PERMISSION.—Programs that 
receive assistance under the national service laws 
shall, consistent with State law, before transporting 
minor children, provide the reason for and obtain 
written permission of the children’s parents.’’. 
SEC. 1605. STATE COMMISSIONS ON NATIONAL AND COM-
MUNITY SERVICE. 
Section 178 (42 U.S.C. 12638) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by adding at the end 
the following:
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‘‘(J) A representative of the volunteer sec-
tor.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘, unless 
the State permits the representative to serve as a 
voting member of the State Commission or alter-
native administrative entity’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (e)(1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) Preparation of a national service plan for 
the State that— 
‘‘(A) is developed through an open and 
public process (such as through regional fo-
rums, hearings, and other means) that provides 
for maximum participation and input from com-
panies, organizations, and public agencies using 
service and volunteerism as a strategy to meet 
critical community needs, including programs 
funded under the national service laws; 
‘‘(B) covers a 3-year period, the beginning 
of which may be set by the State; 
‘‘(C) is subject to approval by the chief ex-
ecutive officer of the State; 
‘‘(D) includes measurable goals and out-
comes for the State consistent with those for
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national service programs as described in sec-
tion 179(a)(1)(A); 
‘‘(E) ensures outreach to diverse commu-
nity-based 
agencies 
that 
serve 
under-rep-
resented populations, by using established net-
works and registries at the State level, or estab-
lishing such networks and registries; 
‘‘(F) provides for effective coordination of 
funding applications submitted by the State and 
others within the State under the national serv-
ice laws; 
‘‘(G) 
is 
updated 
annually, 
reflecting 
changes in practices and policies that will im-
prove the coordination and effectiveness of Fed-
eral, State, and local resources for service and 
volunteerism within the State; 
‘‘(H) contains such information as the 
State Commission considers to be appropriate 
or as the Corporation may require; and 
‘‘(I) ensures outreach to and coordination 
with municipalities and county governments, in-
cluding large cities.’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) 
as subsections (h) through (l), respectively;
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(5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) RELIEF
FROM
ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Upon approval of a State plan submitted under 
subsection (e)(1), the Chief Executive Officer may waive, 
or specify alternatives to, administrative requirements 
(other than statutory provisions) otherwise applicable to 
grants made to States under the national service laws, in-
cluding those requirements identified by a State as imped-
ing the coordination and effectiveness of Federal, State, 
and local resources for service and volunteerism within a 
State. 
‘‘(g) STATE PLAN FOR BABY BOOMER AND OLDER 
ADULT VOLUNTEER AND PAID SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, to be eligible to receive a 
grant or allotment under subtitle C or to receive a 
distribution of approved national service positions 
under subtitle C, a State must work with appro-
priate State agencies and private entities to develop 
a comprehensive State plan for volunteer and paid 
service by members of the Baby Boom generation 
and older adults. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The State plan 
shall include—
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‘‘(A) recommendations for public policy ini-
tiatives, including how to best tap the popu-
lation of members of the Baby Boom generation 
and older adults as sources of social capital and 
as ways to address community needs; 
‘‘(B) recommendations to the State unit on 
aging on— 
‘‘(i) a marketing outreach plan to 
businesses; 
‘‘(ii) outreach to— 
‘‘(I) non-profit organizations; 
‘‘(II) the State’s Department of 
Education; 
‘‘(III) institutions of higher edu-
cation; and 
‘‘(IV) other State agencies; and 
‘‘(C) recommendations for civic engage-
ment and multigenerational activities, such 
as— 
‘‘(i) early childhood education, family 
literacy, and after school programs; 
‘‘(ii) respite services for older adults 
and caregivers; and
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‘‘(iii) transitions for members of the 
Baby Boom generation and older adults to 
purposeful work in their post career lives. 
‘‘(3) KNOWLEDGE INCORPORATED.—The State 
plan shall incorporate the current knowledge base 
regarding— 
‘‘(A) the economic impact of older workers’ 
roles in the economy; 
‘‘(B) the social impact of older workers’ 
roles in the community; and 
‘‘(C) the health and social benefits of ac-
tive engagement for members of the Baby 
Boom generation and older adults. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—The State plan must be 
made public and be transmitted to the Chief Execu-
tive Officer.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (k)(1) (as redesignated by this 
section), by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘, consistent with section 174(d).’’. 
SEC. 1606. EVALUATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
Section 179 (42 U.S.C. 12639) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide, 
directly or through grants or contracts, for the continuing
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evaluation of programs that receive assistance under the 
national service laws, including evaluations that measure 
the impact of such programs, to determine— 
‘‘(1) the effectiveness of programs receiving as-
sistance under the national service laws in achieving 
stated goals and the costs associated with such, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) an evaluation of performance meas-
ures, as established by the Corporation in con-
sultation with each grantee receiving assistance 
under the national service laws, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) number of participants enrolled 
and completing terms of service compared 
to the stated goals of the program; 
‘‘(ii) number of volunteers recruited 
from the community in which the program 
was implemented; 
‘‘(iii) if applicable based on the pro-
gram design, the number of individuals re-
ceiving or benefitting from the service con-
ducted; 
‘‘(iv) number of disadvantaged and 
under-represented youth participants;
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‘‘(v) sustainability of project or pro-
gram, including measures to ascertain the 
level of community support for the project 
or program; 
‘‘(vi) 
measures 
to 
ascertain 
the 
change in attitude toward civic engagement 
among the participants and the bene-
ficiaries of the service; and 
‘‘(vii) other quantitative and quali-
tative measures as determined to be appro-
priate by the recipient of assistance; and 
‘‘(B) review of the implementation plan for 
reaching such measures described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(2) the effectiveness of the structure and 
mechanisms for delivery of services, such as the ef-
fective utilization of the participants’ time, the man-
agement of the participants, and the ease with which 
recipients were able to receive services, to maximize 
the cost-effectiveness and the impact of such pro-
grams.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Na-
tional Senior Volunteer Corps’’ and inserting 
‘‘National Senior Service Corps’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘to pub-
lic service’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘to engage in 
service that benefits the community.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ACCOUNT-
ABILITY.—In addition to amounts appropriated to carry 
out this section, the Corporation may reserve up to 1 per-
cent of total program funds appropriated for a fiscal year 
under the national service laws to support program ac-
countability activities under this section. 
‘‘(k) CORRECTIVE PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A grantee that fails to 
reach the performance measures in subsection 
(a)(1)(A) as determined by the Corporation, shall 
reach an agreement with the Corporation on a cor-
rective action plan to achieve the agreed upon per-
formance measures. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) NEW PROGRAM.—For a program that 
has received assistance for less than 3 years 
and is failing to achieve the performance meas-
ures agreed upon under subsection (a)(1)(A), 
the Corporation shall—
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‘‘(i) provide technical assistance to the 
grantee to address targeted performance 
problems relating to the performance 
measures in subsection (a)(1)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) require quarterly reports from 
the grantee on the program’s progress to-
ward achieving the performance measures 
in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appropriate 
State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(B) ESTABLISHED
PROGRAMS.—For a 
program that has received assistance for 3 
years or more and is failing to achieve the per-
formance measures agreed upon under sub-
section (a)(1)(A), the Corporation shall require 
quarterly reports from the grantee on the pro-
gram’s progress towards achieving performance 
measures in subsection (a)(1)(A) to the appro-
priate State, Territory, or Indian tribe and the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(l) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEVELS.— 
If, after a period for correction as approved by the Cor-
poration, a grantee or subgrantee fails to achieve the es-
tablished levels of performance, the Corporation shall—
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‘‘(1) reduce the annual amount of the grant 
award attributable to the underperforming grantee 
or subgrantee by at least 25 percent; or 
‘‘(2) terminate assistance to the underper-
forming grantee or subgrantee, consistent with sec-
tion 176(a). 
‘‘(m) REPORTS.—The Corporation shall submit to 
the appropriate committees of Congress not later than two 
years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
and annually thereafter, a report containing information 
on the number of— 
‘‘(1) grantees implementing corrective action 
plans; 
‘‘(2) grantees for which the Corporation offers 
technical assistance under subsection (k); 
‘‘(3) grantees for which the Corporation termi-
nates assistance for a program under subsection (l); 
‘‘(4) entities whose application was rejected; 
and 
‘‘(5) grantees meeting or exceeding their per-
formance measures in subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 1607. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 
Section 181 (42 U.S.C. 12641) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Section 414’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 422’’.
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SEC. 1608. PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS. 
Section 182(b) (42 U.S.C. 12642(b)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
AGENCY
SUBMISSION.—The 
head of each Federal agency shall prepare and sub-
mit to Corporation for Community and National 
Service a report concerning the implementation of 
this section, including an evaluation of the perform-
ance goals and benchmarks of the partnership pro-
grams. 
‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Corporation 
for National and Community Service shall prepare 
and submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress a compilation of the information received 
under paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 1609. RIGHTS OF ACCESS, EXAMINATION, AND COPY-
ING. 
Section 183 (42 U.S.C. 12643) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 
with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘local government,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Consistent 
with otherwise applicable law, the’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘local government,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Consistent with other-
wise applicable law, the Inspector General of the Corpora-
tion shall have access to, and the right to examine and 
copy, any books, documents, papers, records, and other 
recorded information in any form— 
‘‘(1) within the possession or control of the Cor-
poration or any State or local government, Territory, 
Indian tribe, or public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion receiving assistance directly or indirectly under 
this Act that relates to the assistance received, di-
rectly or indirectly, under this Act; and 
‘‘(2) that relates to the duties of the Inspector 
General under the Inspector General Act of 1978.’’. 
SEC. 1610. ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
Subtitle F of title I (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘SEC. 185. SUSTAINABILITY. 
‘‘(a) GOALS.—To ensure that recipients of assistance 
under the national service laws are carrying out sustain-
able projects or programs, the Corporation, after collabo-
ration with State Commissions and consultation with re-
cipients of assistance under the national service laws, may 
set sustainability goals supported by policies and proce-
dures to— 
‘‘(1) build the capacity of the projects that re-
ceive assistance under the national service laws to 
meet community needs and lessen the dependence on 
Federal dollars to do so, taking into consideration 
challenges that programs in underserved rural or 
urban areas may face; 
‘‘(2) provide technical assistance to aid the re-
cipients of assistance under the national service laws 
in acquiring and leveraging non-Federal funds for 
the projects; and 
‘‘(3) implement measures to ascertain whether 
the projects are generating sufficient community 
support. 
‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—If a recipient does not meet 
the sustainability goals in subsection (a) for a project, the 
Corporation may take action as described in sections 176 
and 179.
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‘‘SEC. 186. GRANT PERIODS. 
‘‘Unless otherwise specifically provided, the Corpora-
tion has authority to make a grant under the national 
service laws for a period of 3 years. 
‘‘SEC. 187. GENERATION OF VOLUNTEERS. 
‘‘In making decisions on applications for assistance 
or approved national service positions under the national 
service laws, the Corporation shall take into consideration 
the extent to which the applicant’s proposal will increase 
the involvement of volunteers in meeting community 
needs. In reviewing the application for this purpose, the 
Corporation may take into account the mission of the ap-
plicant. 
‘‘SEC. 188. LIMITATION ON PROGRAM GRANT COSTS. 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as 
otherwise provided by this section, the amount of funds 
approved by the Corporation in a grant to operate a pro-
gram authorized under the national service laws sup-
porting individuals serving in approved national service 
positions may not exceed $17,000 per full-time equivalent 
position. 
‘‘(b) COSTS SUBJECT TO LIMITATION.—The limita-
tion in subsection (a) applies to the Corporation’s share 
of member support costs, staff costs, and other costs borne 
by the grantee or subgrantee to operate a program.
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‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT
TO LIMITATION.—The 
limitation in subsection (a) and (e)(1) shall not apply to 
expenses that are not included in the program operating 
grant award. 
‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS FOR INFLATION.—The amount 
specified in subsections (a) and (e)(1) shall be adjusted 
each year after 2008 for inflation as measured by the Con-
sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by 
the Secretary of Labor. 
‘‘(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) WAIVER.—The Chief Executive Officer 
may waive the requirements of this section, up to a 
maximum of $19,500, if necessary to meet the com-
pelling needs of a particular program, such as excep-
tional training needs for a program serving dis-
advantaged youth, increased costs relating to the 
participation of individuals with disabilities, tribal 
programs or programs located in the Territories and 
start-up costs associated with a first-time grantee, 
and up to a maximum of $22,000 for Tribal residen-
tial programs. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Chief Executive Officer 
shall report to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress annually on all waivers granted under this sec-
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tion, with an explanation of the compelling needs 
justifying such waivers. 
‘‘SEC. 189. AUDITS AND REPORTS. 
‘‘The Corporation shall comply with applicable audit 
and reporting requirements as provided in the Chief Fi-
nancial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 501 et seq.) and 
the Government Corporation Control Act of 1945 (31 
U.S.C. 9101 et seq.). The Corporation shall report to the 
appropriate committees of Congress any failure to comply 
with the requirements of such audits. 
‘‘SEC. 189A. RESTRICTIONS ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
AND USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of 
the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a 
State, local educational agency, or school’s curriculum, 
program of instruction, specific instructional content, aca-
demic achievement standards, assessments, or allocation 
of State or local resources, or mandate a State or any sub-
division thereof to spend any funds or incur any costs not 
paid for under this Act. 
‘‘(b) PROHIBITION
ON ENDORSEMENT
OF CUR-
RICULUM.—No funds provided to the Chief Executive Of-
ficer under this Act may be used by the Corporation to
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endorse, approve, or sanction any curriculum designed to 
be used in an elementary school or secondary school. 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION
ON REQUIRING FEDERAL AP-
PROVAL OR CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.—No State shall 
be required to have academic content or student academic 
achievement standards approved or certified by the Fed-
eral Government, in order to receive assistance under this 
Act. 
‘‘SEC. 190. CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Entities selecting individuals to 
serve in a position in which the individual receives a Cor-
poration grant-funded living allowance, stipend, education 
award, salary, or other remuneration in a program receiv-
ing assistance under the national service laws, shall, sub-
ject to regulations and requirements established by the 
Corporation, conduct criminal history checks for such indi-
viduals. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A criminal history check 
shall, except in cases approved for good cause by the Cor-
poration, include a name-based search of the National Sex 
Offender Registry established under the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (42 U.S.C. 
16901 et seq.) and— 
‘‘(1) a search of the State criminal registry or 
repository in the State in which the program is oper-
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ating and the State in which the individual resides 
at the time of application; or 
‘‘(2) a Federal Bureau of Investigation finger-
print check. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY PROHIBITION.—An individual shall 
be ineligible to serve in a position described under sub-
section (a) if such individual— 
‘‘(1) refuses to consent to the criminal history 
check described in subsection (b); 
‘‘(2) makes a false statement in connection with 
such criminal history check; 
‘‘(3) is registered, or is required to be reg-
istered, on a State sex offender registry or the Na-
tional Sex Offender Registry established under the 
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.); or 
‘‘(4) has been convicted of murder, as described 
in section 1111 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘SEC. 190A. REPORT ON PARTICIPANT INFORMATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall annually 
collect and report to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress any demographic and socioeconomic information on 
the participants of all programs or projects receiving as-
sistance under the national service laws. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION COLLECTED AND REPORTED.—
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‘‘(1) PARTICIPANTS AGES 18 AND OLDER.—The 
information collected and reported under this section 
for participants ages 18 and older shall include age, 
gender, race, ethnicity, annual income, employment 
status, disability status, veteran status, marital sta-
tus, educational attainment, and household size, 
type, and income. 
‘‘(2) PARTICIPANTS UNDER AGE 18.—The infor-
mation collected and reported under this section for 
participants under age 18 shall only include age, 
gender, race, ethnicity, and eligibility for free or re-
duced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The information col-
lected and reported under this section shall be available 
to the public. 
‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The information collected 
and reported under this section shall not contain any per-
sonally identifiable information of any participant.’’. 
Subtitle G—Amendments to Sub-
title G (Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service) 
SEC. 1701. TERMS OF OFFICE. 
Section 192 (42 U.S.C. 12651a) is amended—
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(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) TERMS.—Subject to subsection (e), each ap-
pointed member shall serve for a term of 5 years.’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) SERVICE
UNTIL
APPOINTMENT
OF
SUC-
CESSOR.—A voting member of the Board whose term has 
expired may continue to serve for one year beyond expira-
tion of the term if no successor is appointed or until the 
date on which a successor has taken office.’’. 
SEC. 1702. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUTHORITIES AND DU-
TIES. 
Section 192A(g) (42 U.S.C. 12651b(g)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘shall have respon-
sibility for setting overall policy for the Corporation 
and shall—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, and review the 
budget proposal in advance of submission to the Of-
fice of Management and Budget and to Congress’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end;
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(B) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) review the performance of the Chief 
Executive Officer annually and forward a report 
on that review to the President;’’; 
(4) by amending paragraph (10) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(10) notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
‘‘(A) make grants to or contracts with 
Federal and other public departments or agen-
cies, and private nonprofit organizations for the 
assignment or referral of volunteers under the 
provisions of Title I of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (except as provided in sec-
tion 108 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973) which may provide that the agency or 
organization shall pay all or a part of the costs 
of the program; and 
‘‘(B) enter into agreements with other 
Federal agencies for the support of programs 
under the national service laws which—
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‘‘(i) may provide that the agency or 
organization shall pay all or a part of the 
costs of the program; and 
‘‘(ii) shall provide that the program 
(including any program operated by an-
other Federal agency) will comply with all 
requirements related to evaluation, per-
formance, and other goals applicable to 
similar programs under the national serv-
ice laws, as determined by the Corporation; 
and’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2012’’. 
SEC. 1703. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 
Section 193(b) (42 U.S.C. 12651c(b)) is amended by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘, plus 3 percent.’’. 
SEC. 1704. AUTHORITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXEC-
UTIVE OFFICER. 
Section 193A (42 U.S.C. 12651d) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and inserting ‘‘, in col-
laboration with State Commissions, shall—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘a 
strategic plan’’ the following: ‘‘, including a
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plan for achieving 50 percent full-time approved 
national service positions by 2012,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (10)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘June 30, 1995,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘June 30 of each even-num-
bered year,’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘section 122(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 122(c)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(12) bolster the public awareness of and re-
cruitment efforts for the wide range of service op-
portunities for citizens of all ages, regardless of so-
cioeconomic status or geographic location, through a 
variety of methods, including— 
‘‘(A) print media; 
‘‘(B) the Internet and related emerging 
technologies; 
‘‘(C) television; 
‘‘(D) radio; 
‘‘(E) presentations at public or private fo-
rums; 
‘‘(F) other innovative methods of commu-
nication; and
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‘‘(G) outreach to offices of economic devel-
opment, State employment security agencies, 
labor unions and trade associations, local edu-
cation agencies, institutions of higher education, 
agencies and organizations serving veterans and 
people with disabilities, cultural institutions, 
and other institutions or organizations from 
which participants for programs receiving as-
sistance from the national service laws can be 
recruited; 
‘‘(13) identify and implement methods of re-
cruitment to— 
‘‘(A) increase the diversity of participants 
in the programs receiving assistance under the 
national service laws; and 
‘‘(B) increase the diversity of service spon-
sors of programs desiring to receive assistance 
under the national service laws; 
‘‘(14) coordinate with organizations of former 
participants of national service programs for service 
opportunities that may include capacity building, 
outreach, and recruitment for programs receiving as-
sistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(15) collaborate with organizations with dem-
onstrated expertise in supporting and accommo-
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dating individuals with disabilities, including institu-
tions of higher education, to identify and implement 
methods of recruitment to increase the number of 
participants with disabilities in the programs receiv-
ing assistance under the national service laws; 
‘‘(16) identify and implement recruitment strat-
egies and training programs for bilingual volunteers 
in the National Senior Service Corps under title II 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973; 
‘‘(17) collaborate with organizations which have 
established volunteer recruitment programs, includ-
ing those on the Internet, to increase the recruit-
ment capacity of the Corporation; 
‘‘(18) where practicable, provide application 
materials in languages other than English for those 
with limited English proficiency who wish to partici-
pate in a national service program; 
‘‘(19) collaborate with the training and tech-
nical assistance programs described in subtitle J and 
in appropriate paragraphs of section 199N(b); 
‘‘(20) coordinate the clearinghouses described in 
section 198G; 
‘‘(21) identify and implement strategies to in-
crease awareness among Indian tribes of the types 
and availability of assistance under the national
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service laws, increase Native American participation 
in national service, and collect information on chal-
lenges facing Native American communities; 
‘‘(22) conduct outreach to ensure the inclusion 
of low-income persons in national service programs 
and activities authorized under the National Senior 
Service Corps; and 
‘‘(23) ensure that outreach, awareness, and re-
cruitment efforts are consistent with the Americans 
with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 
seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973 (29 U.S.C. 794).’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
paragraph (11); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following: 
‘‘(10) obtain the opinions of peer reviewers in 
evaluating applications to the Corporation for assist-
ance under this title; and’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘AND STUDIES’’ after 
‘‘EVALUATIONS’’ in the subsection heading; and
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(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION ON REACHING 50 PERCENT 
GOAL.—The Corporation shall submit a report to the 
appropriate committees of Congress, not later than 
18 months after the enactment of this section on ac-
tions taken to achieve the goal of 50 percent full- 
time approved national service positions as described 
in 193A(b)(1), including an assessment of the 
progress made toward achieving that goal and the 
actions to be taken in the coming year toward 
achieving that goal. 
‘‘(4) CONSOLIDATED
APPLICATION.—To pro-
mote efficiency and eliminate duplicative require-
ments, the Corporation shall consolidate or modify 
application procedures and reporting requirements 
for programs and activities funded under the na-
tional service laws. 
‘‘(5) EVALUATION
ON
APPLICATIONS.—The 
Corporation shall submit a report to the appropriate 
committees of Congress, not later than 18 months 
after the enactment of this section a report on the 
actions taken to modify the application procedures 
and reporting requirements for programs and activi-
ties funded under then national service laws, includ-
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ing a description of the consultation procedures with 
grantees. 
‘‘(6) STUDY OF INVOLVEMENT OF VETERANS.— 
The Corporation shall submit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress, not later than 3 years after 
the enactment of this section, on— 
‘‘(A) the number of veterans serving in na-
tional service programs historically by year; 
‘‘(B) strategies being undertaken to iden-
tify the specific areas of need of veterans, in-
cluding any goals set by the Corporation for 
veterans participating in the service programs; 
‘‘(C) the impact of the strategies described 
in paragraph (2) and the Veterans Corps on en-
abling greater participation by veterans in the 
national service programs carried out under the 
national service laws; 
‘‘(D) how existing programs and activities 
carried out under the national service laws 
could be improved to serve veterans, veterans 
service organizations, families of active-duty 
military, including gaps in services to veterans; 
‘‘(E) the extent to which existing programs 
and activities carried out under the national 
service laws are coordinated and recommenda-
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tions to improve such coordination including the 
methods for ensuring the efficient financial or-
ganization of services directed towards veterans; 
and 
‘‘(F) how to improve utilization of veterans 
as resources and volunteers. 
‘‘(7) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the stud-
ies and preparing the reports required under this 
subsection, the Corporation shall consult with vet-
erans’ service organizations, the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, State veterans agencies, the Depart-
ment of Defense, as appropriate, and other individ-
uals and entities the Corporation considers appro-
priate.’’; 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT WITH
A BUSI-
NESS.—The Chief Executive Officer may, through con-
tracts or cooperative agreements, carry out the marketing 
duties described in subsection (b)(13), with priority given 
to those entities who have established expertise in the re-
cruitment of disadvantaged youth, members of Indian 
tribes, and members of the Baby Boom generation. 
‘‘(i) CAMPAIGN TO SOLICIT FUNDS.—The Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer may conduct a campaign to solicit non- 
Federal funds to support outreach and recruitment of a
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diverse population of service sponsors of and participants 
in programs and projects receiving assistance under the 
national service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1705. DELEGATION TO STATES. 
Consistent with section 193A(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 
12651d(c)(1)), the Chief Executive Officer may delegate 
to States specific programmatic authority upon a deter-
mination that such a delegation will increase efficiency in 
the operation or oversight of a program under the national 
service laws. In carrying out this section and before exe-
cuting any delegation of authority, the Chief Executive Of-
ficer shall seek input from and consult with Corporation 
employees, State commissions on national and community 
service, State educational agencies, and other interested 
stakeholders. 
SEC. 1706. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 
Section 194(c) (42 U.S.C. 12651e(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall have 
a chief financial officer appointed pursuant to sec-
tions 195(a) and 195(b) of this Act.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2).
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SEC. 1707. NONVOTING MEMBERS; PERSONAL SERVICES 
CONTRACTS. 
Section 195 (42 U.S.C. 12651f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘subdivision of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘MEM-
BER’’ and inserting ‘‘NON-VOTING
MEM-
BER’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘non-voting’’ before 
‘‘member’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS.—The Cor-
poration may enter into personal services contracts to 
carry out research, evaluation, and public awareness re-
lated to the national service laws.’’. 
SEC. 1708. DONATED SERVICES. 
Section 196(a) (42 U.S.C. 12651g(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS.— 
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31,
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United States Code, the Corporation may solicit 
and accept the services of organizations and in-
dividuals (other than participants) to assist the 
Corporation in carrying out the duties of the 
Corporation under the national service laws, 
and may provide to such individuals the travel 
expenses described in section 192A(d).’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘A person who is a member of an or-
ganization or is an individual covered by 
subparagraph (A)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘a volun-
teer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘volun-
teers’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; and 
(iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘such a 
volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘such a person’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
‘‘Such a volunteer’’ and inserting ‘‘Such a per-
son’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3).
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SEC. 1709. STUDY TO EXAMINE AND INCREASE SERVICE 
PROGRAMS FOR DISPLACED WORKERS. 
(a) PLANNING STUDY.—The Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service shall conduct a study to 
identify— 
(1) specific areas of need for displaced workers; 
(2) how existing programs and activities carried 
out under the national service laws could better 
serve displaced workers and communities that have 
been adversely affected by plant closings and job 
losses; 
(3) prospects for better utilization of skilled 
workers as resources and volunteers; and 
(4) methods for ensuring the efficient financial 
organization of services directed towards displaced 
workers. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out 
in consultation with the Department of Labor, State labor 
agencies, and other individuals and entities the Corpora-
tion considers appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
results of the planning study required by subsection (a), 
together with a plan for implementation of a pilot program
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using promising strategies and approaches for better tar-
geting and serving displaced workers. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 
to carry out this section, the Corporation shall develop and 
carry out a pilot program based on the findings in the 
report submitted under subsection (c). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2014. 
SEC. 1710. STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A 
CENTRALIZED 
ELECTRONIC 
CITIZENSHIP 
VERIFICATION SYSTEM. 
(a) STUDY.—The Corporation for National and Com-
munity Service shall conduct a study to determine the ef-
fectiveness 
of 
a 
centralized 
electronic 
citizenship 
verification system which would allow the Corporation to 
share employment eligibility information with the Depart-
ment of Education in order to reduce administrative bur-
den and lower costs for member programs. This study 
shall identify— 
(1) the costs associated with establishing this 
program both for the Corporation and for the De-
partment of Education;
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(2) the benefits or detriments of such a system 
both for the Corporation and for the Department of 
Education; 
(3) strategies for ensuring the privacy and secu-
rity of member information that is shared between 
agencies and member organizations; 
(4) the information that needs to be shared in 
order to fulfill employment eligibility requirements; 
and 
(5) recommendations for implementation of 
such a program. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The study shall be carried out 
in consultation with the Department of Education and 
other individuals and entities the Corporation considers 
appropriate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Corporation shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
on the results of the study required by subsection (a), to-
gether with a plan for implementation of a pilot program 
using promising strategies and approaches identified in 
such study, if the Corporation determines such program 
to be feasible. 
(d) PILOT PROGRAM.—From amounts made available 
to carry out this section, the Corporation may develop and
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carry out a pilot program based on the findings in the 
report submitted under subsection (c). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2014. 
Subtitle H—Amendments to 
Subtitle H 
SEC. 1801. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE H. 
(a) ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUP-
PORT NATIONAL SERVICE.—Subtitle H is amended by in-
serting after the subtitle heading and before section 198 
the following: 
‘‘PART I—ADDITIONAL CORPORATION 
ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL SERVICE’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 198 (42 
U.S.C. 12653) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(r)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘to improve 
the quality’’ and all that follows through ‘‘including’’ 
the first place such term appears and inserting ‘‘to 
address emergent needs through summer programs 
and other activities, and to support service-learning
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programs and national service programs, including’’; 
and 
(3) by striking subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), 
(i), (j), (l), (m), and (p) and redesignating sub-
sections (g), (k), (n), (o), (q), (r), and (s) as sub-
sections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), respec-
tively. 
(c) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN AND SEPTEMBER 
11TH DAY OF SERVICE.—Section 198 (as amended by 
subsection (b) (42 U.S.C. 12653) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) CALL TO SERVICE CAMPAIGN.—Not less than 
180 days after enactment of this Act, the Corporation 
shall conduct a nationwide ‘Call To Service’ campaign, to 
encourage all people of the United States, regardless of 
age, race, ethnicity, religion, or economic status, to engage 
in full- or part-time national service, long- or short-term 
public service in the nonprofit sector or government, or 
volunteering. In conducting the campaign, the Corporation 
may collaborate with other Federal agencies and entities, 
State Commissions, Governors, nonprofit and faith-based 
organizations, businesses, institutions of higher education, 
elementary schools, and secondary schools. 
‘‘(k) SEPTEMBER 11TH DAY OF SERVICE.—
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‘‘(1) FEDERAL
ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation 
may organize and carry out appropriate ceremonies 
and activities, which may include activities that are 
part of the broader Call to Service Campaign, in 
order to observe September 11th National Day of 
Service and Remembrance at the Federal level. 
‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may make 
grants and provide other support to community- 
based organizations to assist in planning and car-
rying out appropriate service, charity, and remem-
brance opportunities in conjunction with the Sep-
tember 11th National Day of Service and Remem-
brance. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation may 
consult with and make grants or provide other forms 
of support to nonprofit organizations with expertise 
in representing September 11th families and other 
impacted constituencies, in promoting the establish-
ment of September 11th as an annually recognized 
National Day of Service and Remembrance.’’. 
SEC. 1802. REPEALS. 
(a) REPEALS.—The following provisions are repealed: 
(1) 
CLEARINGHOUSES.—Section 
198A 
(42 
U.S.C. 12653a).
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(2) MILITARY INSTALLATION CONVERSION DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—Section 198C (42 U.S.C. 
12653c). 
(3) SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Sec-
tion 198D (42 U.S.C. 12653d). 
(b) REDESIGNATION.—Section 198B is redesignated 
as section 198A. 
SEC. 1803. NEW FELLOWSHIPS. 
Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 198B. SERVE AMERICA FELLOWSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AREA
OF
NATIONAL
NEED.—The term 
‘area of national need’ means an area involved in ef-
forts to— 
‘‘(A) improve education in schools for eco-
nomically disadvantaged students; 
‘‘(B) expand and improve access to health 
care; 
‘‘(C) improve energy efficiency and con-
serve natural resources; 
‘‘(D) improve economic opportunities for 
economically disadvantaged individuals; or 
‘‘(E) improve disaster preparedness and 
response.
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‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT.—The 
term ‘eligible fellowship recipient’ means an indi-
vidual who is selected by a State Commission under 
subsection (c), as a result of such selection, is eligi-
ble for a ServeAmerica Fellowship. 
‘‘(3) FELLOW.—The term ‘fellow’ means an eli-
gible fellowship recipient who is awarded a 
ServeAmerica Fellowship and is designated a fellow 
under subsection (e). 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under section 501(a)(2) and allotted under 
paragraph (2)(A), the Corporation shall make grants 
(including financial assistance and a corresponding 
allotment of approved national service positions), to 
the State Commission of each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico with an application approved under this 
section, to enable such State Commission to award 
ServeAmerica Fellowships under subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT; RULES.— 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT.—The amount allotted 
to a State Commission for a fiscal year shall be 
equal to an amount that bears the same ratio 
to the amount appropriated under section
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501(a)(2), as the population of the State bears 
to the total population of the several States, the 
District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(B) RULES.—Of the amount allotted to a 
State Commission under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) 
1⁄3
of such amount shall be 
awarded to Fellows serving in organiza-
tions that maintain not more than 10 full- 
time staff and not more than 10 part-time 
staff; and 
‘‘(ii) not more than 1.5 percent of 
such amount may be used for administra-
tive costs. 
‘‘(C) REALLOTMENT.—If a State Commis-
sion does not apply for an allotment under this 
subsection, or if a State Commission’s applica-
tion is not approved, the Corporation shall 
reallot the amount of the State Commission’s 
allotment to the remaining State Commissions 
in accordance with subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(A) establish or increase the number of 
approved national service positions under this
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subsection during each of fiscal years 2010 
through 2014; 
‘‘(B) establish the number of approved po-
sitions at 500 for fiscal year 2010; and 
‘‘(C) increase the number of the approved 
positions to— 
‘‘(i) 750 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(ii) 1,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
‘‘(iii) 1,250 for fiscal year 2013; and 
‘‘(iv) 1,500 for fiscal year 2014. 
‘‘(4) USES OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIRED USES.—A grant awarded 
under this subsection shall be used to enable 
fellows to carry out service projects in areas of 
national need. 
‘‘(B) PERMITTED USES.—A grant awarded 
under this subsection may be used for— 
‘‘(i) oversight activities and mecha-
nisms for the service sites as determined 
by the State Commission or the Corpora-
tion, which may include site visits; 
‘‘(ii) activities to augment the experi-
ence of participants in approved national 
service positions under this section, includ-
ing activities to engage such participants
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in networking opportunities with other na-
tional service participants; and 
‘‘(iii) recruitment or training activities 
for participants in approved national serv-
ice positions under this section. 
‘‘(5) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, a State Commission 
shall submit an application to the Corporation at 
such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Corporation may require, including 
information on the criteria and procedures that the 
State 
Commission 
will 
use 
for 
overseeing 
ServeAmerica Fellowship placements for service 
projects, under subsection (e). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An applicant desiring 
to become an eligible fellowship recipient shall 
submit an application to a State Commission, 
at such time and in such manner as the Com-
mission may require, and containing the infor-
mation described in subparagraph (B) and such 
additional information as the Commission may 
require. An applicant may submit such applica-
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tion to only one State Commission for a fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Corporation shall 
specify information to be provided in an appli-
cation submitted under this subsection, which 
shall include— 
‘‘(i) a description of the area of na-
tional need that the applicant intends to 
address in the service project; 
‘‘(ii) a description of the skills and ex-
perience the applicant has to address the 
area of national need; 
‘‘(iii) a description of the type of serv-
ice the applicant plans to provide as a fel-
low; and 
‘‘(iv) information identifying the local 
area in which the applicant plans to serve, 
for the service project. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION.—Each State Commission 
shall select the applicants received by the State 
Commission for a fiscal year, the number of eligible 
fellowship recipients that may be supported for that 
fiscal year based on the grant received by the State 
Commission under subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) SERVICE SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each service sponsor orga-
nization shall— 
‘‘(A) be a nonprofit organization; 
‘‘(B) satisfy qualification criteria estab-
lished by the Corporation or the State Commis-
sion, including standards relating to organiza-
tional capacity, financial management, and pro-
grammatic oversight; 
‘‘(C) not be a recipient of other national 
service awards; and 
‘‘(D) at the time of registration with a 
State Commission, enter into an agreement pro-
viding that the service sponsor organization 
shall— 
‘‘(i) abide by all program require-
ments; 
‘‘(ii) provide an amount described in 
subsection (e)(3)(b) for each fellow serving 
with 
the 
organization 
through 
the 
ServeAmerica Fellowship; 
‘‘(iii) be responsible for certifying 
whether each fellow serving with the orga-
nization 
successfully 
completed 
the 
ServeAmerica Fellowship, and record and 
certify in a manner specified by the Cor-
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poration the number of hours served by a 
fellow for purposes of determining the fel-
low’s eligibility for benefits; and 
‘‘(iv) provide timely access to records 
relating to the ServeAmerica Fellowship to 
the State Commission, the Corporation, 
and the Corporation’s Inspector General. 
‘‘(2) REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—No service sponsor 
organization may receive a fellow under this 
subsection until the organization registers with 
the State Commission; 
‘‘(B) CLEARINGHOUSE.—The State Com-
mission shall maintain a list of registered serv-
ice sponsor organizations on a public website; 
‘‘(C) REVOCATION.—If a State Commis-
sion determines that a service sponsor organiza-
tion is in violation of any of the applicable pro-
visions of this section— 
‘‘(i) the State Commission shall re-
voke the registration of the organization; 
‘‘(ii) the organization shall not be eli-
gible to receive a national service award 
under this title, for not less than 5 years; 
and
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‘‘(iii) the State Commission shall have 
the right to remove a fellow from the orga-
nization and relocate the fellow to another 
site. 
‘‘(e) FELLOWS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to participate 
in a service project as a fellow and receive a 
ServeAmerica Fellowship, an eligible fellowship re-
cipient shall— 
‘‘(A) within 3 months after being selected 
as an eligible fellowship recipient, select a reg-
istered service sponsor organization described in 
subsection (d) with which the recipient is inter-
ested in serving under this section; and 
‘‘(B) enter into an agreement with the or-
ganization— 
‘‘(i) that specifies the service the re-
cipient will provide if the placement is ap-
proved; 
‘‘(ii) in which the recipient agrees to 
serve for 1 year on a full-time or part-time 
basis (as determined by the Corporation); 
and 
‘‘(iii) submit such agreement to the 
State Commission.
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subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volun-
teers under section 105 of the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
‘‘(C) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The total amount 
that may be provided to a fellow under this 
subparagraph shall not exceed 100 percent 
of the average annual subsistence allow-
ance provided to VISTA volunteers under 
section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955). 
‘‘(ii) 
SMALL
ORGANIZATIONS.—A 
service sponsor organization meeting the 
requirements of subsection (b)(2)(B)(i) 
shall award to the fellow serving such or-
ganization an amount that will ensure that 
the total award received by the fellow for 
service in the service project (consisting of 
that amount and the ServeAmerica Fellow-
ship amount that fellows receive under 
clause (i) is equal to or greater than 60 
percent of the average annual subsistence 
allowance provided to VISTA volunteers 
under section 105 of the Domestic Volun-
teers Service Act of 1973.
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‘‘(D) PRORATION
OF
AMOUNT.—In the 
case of a fellow who is authorized to serve a 
part-time term of service under the agreement 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(1)(B)(ii), 
the 
amount provided to a fellow under this subpara-
graph shall be prorated accordingly. 
‘‘(E) 
WAIVER.—The 
Corporation 
may 
allow a State Commission to waive the amount 
required under subparagraph (B) from the serv-
ice sponsor organization for a fellow serving the 
organization if— 
‘‘(i) such requirement is inconsistent 
with the objectives of the ServeAmerica 
Fellowship program; and 
‘‘(ii) the amount provided to the fel-
low under subparagraph (A) is sufficient to 
meet the necessary costs of living (includ-
ing food, housing, and transportation) in 
the area in which the ServeAmerica Fel-
lowship program is located. 
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH INELIGIBLE SERVICE CAT-
EGORIES.—Service under a ServeAmerica Fellowship shall 
comply with section 132(a). For purposes of applying that 
section to this subsection, a reference to assistance shall
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be considered to be a reference to assistance provided 
under this section. 
‘‘(g) REPORTS.—Each service sponsor organization 
that receives a fellow under this subsection shall, on a bi-
weekly basis, report to the State Commission on the num-
ber of hours served and the services provided by that fel-
low. The Corporation shall establish a web portal for the 
organizations to use in reporting the information. 
‘‘(h) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—A fellow who serves 
in a service project under this section shall be considered 
to have served in an approved national service position 
and, upon meeting the requirements of section 147 for 
full-time or part-time national service, shall be eligible for 
a national service educational award described in such sec-
tion. The Corporation shall transfer an appropriate 
amount of funds to the National Service Trust to provide 
for the national service educational awards for such fellow. 
‘‘SEC. 198C. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENCORE FELLOW-
SHIPS. 
‘‘(a) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 
award grants, including fixed-amount grants (in ac-
cordance with section 129(l)) to community-based 
entityto carry out a Silver Scholarship Grant Pro-
gram for individuals age 55 and older to complete
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not less than 500 hours of service in a year carrying 
out projects of national need and to receive a Silver 
Scholarship in the form of a $1,000 education 
award. Under such a program— 
‘‘(A) the Corporation shall establish cri-
teria for the types of the service required to be 
performed to receive such award; and 
‘‘(B) the individual receiving the award 
shall use such award in accordance with sec-
tions 146(c), 146(d), and 148(c). 
‘‘(2) TERM.—Each program funded under this 
subsection shall be carried out over a period of 3 
years, which may include 1 planning year and 2 ad-
ditional grant years, with a 1-year extension pos-
sible, if the program meets performance measures 
developed in accordance with section 179(a) and any 
other criteria determined by the Corporation. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry 
out a program under this subsection, a community- 
based entity shall submit to the Corporation an ap-
plication at such time and in such manner as the 
Chief Executive Officer may reasonably require. A 
community-based entity approved by the Corporation 
shall be a listed organization as described in sub-
section (b)(2)(D).
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‘‘(4) COLLABORATION ENCOURAGED.—A com-
munity-based entity awarded a grant under this sub-
section is encouraged to collaborate with programs 
funded under title II of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act in carrying out this program. 
‘‘(5) ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP.—An indi-
vidual is eligible to receive a Silver Scholarship if the 
community-based entity certifies to the Corporation 
that the individual has completed not less than 500 
hours of service under this section. 
‘‘(6) SUPPORT SERVICES.—A community-based 
entity receiving a grant under this subsection may 
use a portion of the grant to provide transportation 
services to an eligible individual to allow such indi-
vidual to participate in a service project. 
‘‘(b) ENCORE FELLOWSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation may 
award 1-year Encore Fellowships to enable individ-
uals age 55 or older to— 
‘‘(A) carry out service projects in areas of 
national need; and 
‘‘(B) to receive training and development 
in order to transition to full- or part-time public 
service in the nonprofit sector or government.
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‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—In carrying out the program, 
the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) maintain a list of eligible organiza-
tions for which Encore Fellows may be placed 
to carry out service projects through the pro-
gram and shall provide the list to all Fellowship 
recipients; and 
‘‘(B) at the request of a Fellowship recipi-
ent— 
‘‘(i) determine whether the requesting 
recipient is able to meet the service needs 
of a listed organization, or another organi-
zation that the recipient requests in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (E), for a 
service project; and 
‘‘(ii) upon making a favorable deter-
mination under clause (i), award the re-
cipient with an Encore Fellowship, and 
place the recipient with the organization as 
an Encore Fellow under subparagraph (E). 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An individual de-
siring to be selected as a Fellowship recipi-
ent shall— 
‘‘(I) be an individual who—
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‘‘(aa) is at least 55 years of 
age as of the time the individual 
applies for the program; and 
‘‘(bb) is not engaged in, but 
who wishes to engage in, full- or 
part-time public service in the 
nonprofit sector or government; 
and 
‘‘(II) submit an application to 
the Corporation, at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Corporation may require, 
including— 
‘‘(aa) a description of the 
area of national need that the ap-
plicant hopes to address through 
the service project; 
‘‘(bb) a description of the 
skills and experience the appli-
cant has to address an area of 
national need; and 
‘‘(cc) information identifying 
the region of the United States 
in which the applicant wishes to 
serve.
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‘‘(ii) SELECTION
BASIS.—In deter-
mining which individuals to select as Fel-
lowship recipients, the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(I) select not more than 10 indi-
viduals from each State; and 
‘‘(II) give priority to individuals 
with skills and experience for which 
there is an ongoing high demand in 
the nonprofit sector and government. 
‘‘(D) LISTED ORGANIZATIONS.—To be list-
ed under subparagraph (A), an organization 
shall— 
‘‘(i) be a nonprofit organization; and 
‘‘(ii) submit an application to the Cor-
poration at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Cor-
poration may require, including— 
‘‘(I) a description of— 
‘‘(aa) the services and activi-
ties the organization carries out 
generally; 
‘‘(bb) the area of national 
need that the organization seeks 
to address through a service 
project; and
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‘‘(cc) the services and activi-
ties the organization seeks to 
carry out through the proposed 
service project; 
‘‘(II) a description of the skills 
and experience that an eligible Encore 
Fellowship recipient needs to be 
placed with the organization as an 
Encore Fellow for the service project; 
‘‘(III) a description of the train-
ing and leadership development the 
organization shall provide an Encore 
Fellow placed with the organization to 
assist the Encore Fellow in obtaining 
a public service job in the nonprofit 
sector or government after the period 
of the Encore Fellowship; and 
‘‘(IV) evidence of the organiza-
tion’s financial stability. 
‘‘(E) PLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(i) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH 
LISTED
ORGANIZATIONS.—To be placed 
with a listed organization in accordance 
with subparagraph (B)(ii) for a service 
project, an eligible Encore Fellowship re-
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cipient shall submit an application for such 
placement to the Corporation at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Corporation may require. 
‘‘(ii) REQUEST FOR PLACEMENT WITH 
OTHER
ORGANIZATION.—An eligible En-
core Fellowship recipient may apply to the 
Corporation to serve the recipient’s Encore 
Fellowship year with a nonprofit organiza-
tion that is not a listed organization. Such 
application shall be submitted to the Cor-
poration at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Cor-
poration shall require, and shall include— 
‘‘(I) an identification and de-
scription of— 
‘‘(aa) the organization; 
‘‘(bb) the area of national 
need the organization seeks to 
address; and 
‘‘(cc) the services or activi-
ties the organization carries out 
to address such area of national 
need;
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‘‘(II) a description of the services 
the eligible Encore Fellowship recipi-
ent shall provide for the organization 
as an Encore Fellow; and 
‘‘(III) a letter of support from 
the leader of the organization, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(aa) a description of the 
organization’s need for the eligi-
ble Encore Fellowship recipient’s 
services; 
‘‘(bb) evidence that the or-
ganization is financially sound; 
‘‘(cc) an assurance that the 
organization will provide training 
and leadership development to 
the eligible Encore Fellowship re-
cipient if placed with the organi-
zation as an Encore Fellow, to 
assist the Encore Fellow in ob-
taining a public service job in the 
nonprofit sector or government 
after the period of the Encore 
Fellowship; and
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‘‘(dd) a description of the 
training and leadership develop-
ment to be provided to the En-
core Fellowship recipient if so 
placed. 
‘‘(iii) PLACEMENT
AND
AWARD
OF 
FELLOWSHIP.—If the Corporation deter-
mines that the eligible Encore Fellowship 
recipient is able to meet the service needs 
(including skills and experience to address 
an area of national need) of the organiza-
tion that the eligible fellowship recipient 
requests under clause (ii) or (iii), the Cor-
poration shall— 
‘‘(I) approve the placement of the 
eligible Encore Fellowship recipient 
with the organization; 
‘‘(II) award the eligible Encore 
Fellowship recipient an Encore Fel-
lowship for a period of 1 year and 
designate the eligible Encore Fellow-
ship recipient as an Encore Fellow; 
and 
‘‘(III) in awarding the Encore 
Fellowship, make a payment, in the
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amount of $11,000, to the organiza-
tion to enable the organization to pro-
vide living expenses to the Encore 
Fellow for the year in which the En-
core Fellow agrees to serve. 
‘‘(F) MATCHING FUNDS.—An organization 
that receives an Encore Fellow under this sub-
section shall agree to provide, for the living ex-
penses of the Encore Fellow during the year of 
service, non-Federal contributions in an amount 
equal to not less than $1 for every $1 of Fed-
eral funds provided to the organization for the 
Encore Fellow through the fellowship. 
‘‘(G) TRAINING
AND
ASSISTANCE.—Each 
organization that receives an Encore Fellow 
under this subsection shall provide training, 
leadership development, and assistance to the 
Encore Fellow, and conduct oversight of the 
service provided by the Encore Fellow. 
‘‘(H) LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.—Each 
year, the Corporation shall convene current and 
former Encore Fellows to discuss the Encore 
Fellows’ experiences related to service under 
this subsection and discuss strategies for in-
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creasing leadership and careers in public service 
in the nonprofit sector or government. 
‘‘(c) EVALUATIONS.—The Corporation shall conduct 
an independent evaluation of the programs authorized 
under subsections (a) and (b) and widely disseminate the 
results, including recommendations for improvement, to 
the service community through multiple channels, includ-
ing the Corporation’s Resource Center or a clearinghouse 
of effective strategies.’’. 
SEC. 1804. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT 
AND NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 
Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘PART II—INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM 
SUPPORT AND NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE 
CORPS 
‘‘SEC. 198D. INNOVATIVE AND MODEL PROGRAM SUPPORT. 
‘‘(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The 
Corporation may, through grants and fixed-amount grants 
(in accordance with section 129(l)), carry out the following 
programs: 
‘‘(1) 
PROGRAMS
FOR
DISADVANTAGED 
YOUTH.—A program selected from among those list-
ed in 122(a) where no less than 75 percent of the 
participants are disadvantaged youth.
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‘‘(A) COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—Such 
programs may include life skills training, em-
ployment training, educational counseling, pro-
gram to complete a high-school diploma or 
GED, counseling, or a mentoring relationship 
with an adult volunteer. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Priority shall be given to 
programs that engage retirees to serve as men-
tors. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE YOUTH UNDER 
THE
AGE
OF
17.—Programs that engage youth 
under the age of 17 in service to the community to 
meet unmet human, educational, environmental, 
emergency and disaster preparedness, or public safe-
ty needs and may be a summer program or a year- 
round program. Priority shall be given to programs 
that collaborate with the RSVP Program and the 
AmeriCorps programs. 
‘‘(3) PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE RECIDIVISM.— 
Programs that re-engage court-involved youth and 
adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. Priority 
shall be given to such programs that create support 
systems beginning in corrections facilities, and pro-
grams that have life skills training, employment 
training, an education program, including a program
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to complete a high-school diploma or GED, edu-
cational and career counseling, post program place-
ment, and support services, which could begin in 
corrections facilities. The program may include 
health and wellness programs, including but not lim-
ited to drug and alcohol treatment, mental health 
counseling, and smoking cessation. 
‘‘(4) PROGRAMS THAT RECRUIT CERTAIN INDI-
VIDUALS.—Demonstration projects for programs 
that have as one of their primary purposes the re-
cruitment and acceptance of court-involved youth 
and adults as participants, volunteers, or members. 
Such a program may serve any purpose otherwise 
permitted under this Act. 
‘‘(5) PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT MENTORING.— 
Programs to support mentoring partnerships, includ-
ing statewide and local partnerships that strengthen 
direct-service youth mentoring programs by increas-
ing State resources dedicated to mentoring, assisting 
direct-service mentoring programs through sub-
grants, promoting quality standards for mentoring 
programs, expanding mentoring opportunities tai-
lored to the needs and circumstances of youth, and 
increasing the number of at-risk youth in the State 
receiving mentoring from screened and trained adult
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mentors, as well as programs to support the creation 
of statewide mentoring partnerships and programs 
of national scope through collaborative efforts be-
tween entities such as local mentoring partnerships, 
units of State or local government, or direct service 
mentoring programs. 
‘‘(6) OTHER
INNOVATIVE
AND
MODEL
PRO-
GRAMS.—Any other innovative and model programs 
that the Corporation considers appropriate. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) THREE-YEAR TERM.—Each program fund-
ed under this part shall be carried out over a period 
of three years, which may include one planning year 
and two additional grant years, with a 1-year exten-
sion possible, if the program meets performance 
measures developed in accordance with section 
179(a) and any other criteria determined by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the cost of carrying out a program for which a 
grant is made under this part may not exceed 
76 percent of the total cost of the program in 
the first year and may not exceed 50 percent of 
the total cost of the program for the remaining
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years of the grant, including if the grant is ex-
tended for 1 year. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL
CONTRIBUTION.—In 
providing for the remaining share of the cost of 
carrying out such a program, each recipient of 
a grant under this part— 
‘‘(i) shall provide for such share 
through a payment in cash or in kind, fair-
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. 
‘‘(3) 
COLLABORATION
ENCOURAGED.—Each 
program funded under this part is encouraged to 
collaborate with Learn and Serve, AmeriCorps, 
VISTA, and the National Senior Service Corps. 
‘‘(4) EVALUATION.—Upon completion of the 
program, the Corporation shall conduct an inde-
pendent evaluation of the program and widely dis-
seminate the results, including recommendations for 
improvement, to the service community through mul-
tiple channels, including the Corporation’s Resource 
Center or a clearinghouse of effective strategies.
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‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to carry out a 
program under this part, an entity shall prepare, submit 
to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application 
at such time and in such manner as the Chief Executive 
Officer may reasonably require. 
‘‘SEC. 198E. NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE CORPS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.— In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘term of national service’ means 
a term or period of service— 
‘‘(A) under subtitle C, E, or G or sections 
198B or 198F of this Act, or under part A of 
title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.); or 
‘‘(B) under an annual service requirement, 
which may include an annual training session 
under subsection (b), as determined by the Cor-
poration of not less than 10 hours. 
‘‘(2) the term ‘National Service Reserve Corps 
member’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(A) has completed a term of national 
service; 
‘‘(B) has successfully completed training 
described in subsection (b) within the previous 
2 years; and
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‘‘(C) has indicated interest to the Corpora-
tion in responding to national disasters and 
other emergencies in a timely manner through 
the National Service Reserve Corps. 
‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE 
RESERVE CORPS.—The Corporation shall establish a 
National Service Reserve Corps to prepare and de-
ploy National Service Reserve Corps. In carrying out 
this section, the Corporation may work with organi-
zations representing individuals who have completed 
a term of national service, as well as directly with 
such individuals. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL TRAINING.—The Corporation shall, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, conduct or coordinate annual 
training sessions for individuals who have completed a 
term of national service, and who wish to join the National 
Service Reserve Corps. 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) On a biannual basis, the Corporation shall 
certify organizations with demonstrated experience 
in responding to disasters, including through using 
volunteers, for participation in the program under 
this section.
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‘‘(2) The Corporation shall ensure that every 
certified organization is— 
‘‘(A) prepared to respond to major disas-
ters or emergencies; 
‘‘(B) prepared and able to utilize National 
Service Reserve Members in responding; and 
‘‘(C) willing to respond in a timely manner 
when notified by the Corporation of a disaster 
or emergency. 
‘‘(d) DATABASES.—The Corporation shall develop or 
contract with an outside organization to develop— 
‘‘(1) a database of all National Service Reserve 
Corps members; and 
‘‘(2) a database of all nonprofit organizations 
that have been certified by the Corporation under 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE RESERVE 
CORPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a major disaster or 
emergency designated by the President under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurs and 
the Corporation, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, determines is an incident for which National
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ance, determined by the Corporation, for out-of- 
pocket expenses. 
‘‘(3) INFORMATION.—The Corporation, the 
State Commissions, and entities receiving financial 
assistance for programs under subtitle C, E, or G or 
section 198F of this Act, or under part A of title I 
of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
U.S.C. 4951 et seq.), shall inform participants of 
those programs of the National Service Reserve 
Corps upon the participants’ completion of their 
term of national service. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION.— In deploying National 
Service Reserve Corps members under this sub-
section, the Corporation may consult and, as appro-
priate, partner with Citizen Corps programs in the 
affected area.’’. 
SEC. 1805. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND. 
Subtitle H is further amended by adding after Part 
II (as added by section 1804) the following new part: 
‘‘PART III—SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND 
‘‘SEC. 198F. SOCIAL INNOVATION FUND. 
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
‘‘(1) Social entrepreneurs and other nonprofit 
community organizations are developing innovative
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and effective solutions to national and local chal-
lenges. 
‘‘(2) Increased public and private investment in 
replicating and expanding proven effective solutions 
developed by social entrepreneurs and other non-
profit community organizations, could allow those 
entrepreneurs and organizations to replicate and ex-
pand proven initiatives in communities. 
‘‘(3) Increased public and private investment to 
seed new solutions to our nation’s most serious chal-
lenges will create a pipeline of new social innova-
tions. 
‘‘(4) A Social Innovation Fund could leverage 
Federal investments to increase State, local, busi-
ness, and philanthropic resources to replicate and 
expand proven solutions, and invest in seeding new 
innovations, to tackle specific identified community 
challenges. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 
‘‘(1) to recognize and increase the impact of so-
cial entrepreneurs and other nonprofit community 
organizations in tackling national and local chal-
lenges; 
‘‘(2) to stimulate the development of a Social 
Innovation Fund that will increase private and pub-
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lic investment in nonprofit community organizations 
that are effectively addressing national and local 
challenges to allow such organizations to replicate 
and expand successful initiatives; 
‘‘(3) to assess the effectiveness of— 
‘‘(A) leveraging Federal investments to in-
crease State, local, business, and philanthropic 
resources to address national and local chal-
lenges; 
‘‘(B) providing resources to replicate and 
expand effective initiatives; and 
‘‘(C) seeding experimental initiatives; and 
‘‘(4) to strengthen the infrastructure to iden-
tify, invest in, and replicate and expand, initiatives 
with effective solutions to national and local chal-
lenges. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM.—The Corporation shall establish a 
Social Innovation Fund grant program to make grants on 
a competitive basis to eligible entities. 
‘‘(d) PERIODS; AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) For covered entities described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A) and (B), the Corporation shall 
make such grants for periods of 5 years, and may 
renew the grants for additional periods of 5 years,
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in amounts of not less than $1,000,000 and not 
more than $10,000,000 per year. 
‘‘(2) For covered entities described in sub-
section (c)(2)(C), the Corporation shall make grants 
for up to 3 years, and may renew the grants for ad-
ditional periods of 3 years, in amounts up to 
$500,000 per year. 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an entity shall— 
‘‘(1) be a covered entity; 
‘‘(2) be focused on— 
‘‘(A) serving a specific local geographical 
area; or 
‘‘(B) addressing a specific issue area, in 
geographical areas that have the highest need 
in that issue area, as demonstrated by statistics 
concerning that need. 
‘‘(3) be focused on improving measurable out-
comes relating to— 
‘‘(A) education for economically disadvan-
taged students; 
‘‘(B) child and youth development; 
‘‘(C) reductions in poverty or increases in 
economic opportunity for economically dis-
advantaged individuals;
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‘‘(D) health, including access to health 
care and health education; 
‘‘(E) resource conservation and local envi-
ronmental quality; 
‘‘(F) individual or community energy effi-
ciency; 
‘‘(G) civic engagement; or 
‘‘(H) reductions in crime; 
‘‘(4) For covered entities described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A) and (B), have an evidence-based 
decision-making strategy including, but not limited 
to— 
‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig-
orous evaluations of program effectiveness in-
cluding, where available, well-implemented ran-
domized controlled trials; and 
‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 
‘‘(i) replicate and expand research- 
proven initiatives that have been shown to 
produce sizeable, sustained benefits to par-
ticipants or society; or 
‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza-
tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to 
assess the effectiveness of approaches.
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‘‘(5) For covered entities described in sub-
section (c)(2)(C), have an evidence-based decision- 
making strategy including, but not limited to— 
‘‘(A) use of evidence produced by prior rig-
orous evaluations of program effectiveness in-
cluding, where available, well-implemented ran-
domized controlled trials; or 
‘‘(B) a well-articulated plan to— 
‘‘(i) conduct rigorous evaluations to 
assess the effectiveness of approaches; or 
‘‘(ii) partner with a research organiza-
tion to carry out rigorous evaluations to 
assess the effectiveness of approaches to 
addressing national or local challenges. 
‘‘(6) For covered entities described in sub-
section (c)(2)(A) and (B), have a well-articulated 
process for assessing community organizations for 
subgrants; and 
‘‘(7) have appropriate policies, as determined by 
the Corporation, that protect against conflict of in-
terest, self-dealing, and other improper practices. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under subsection (d) for national leveraging capital, an eli-
gible entity shall submit an application to the Corporation 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
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mation as the Corporation may specify, including, at a 
minimum— 
‘‘(1) an assurance that the eligible entity will— 
‘‘(A) use the funds received through that 
capital in order to make subgrants to commu-
nity organizations that will use the funds to 
test new initiatives, or replicate or expand prov-
en initiatives in low-income communities; 
‘‘(B) use the funds for growth capital or to 
test new initiatives; 
‘‘(C) in making decisions about subgrants 
for communities, consult with a diverse cross 
section of community representatives in the de-
cisions, including individuals from the public, 
nonprofit, and for-profit private sectors; and 
‘‘(D) make subgrants of a sufficient size 
and scope to enable the community organiza-
tions to build their capacity to test or manage 
initiatives, and sustain replication or expansion 
of the initiatives; 
‘‘(2) an assurance that the eligible entity will 
not make any subgrants to the parent organizations 
of the eligible entity, a subsidiary organization of the 
parent organization, or, if the eligible entity applied
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for funds under this section as a partnership, any 
member of the partnership; 
‘‘(3) an identification of, as appropriate— 
‘‘(A) the specific local geographical area 
referred to in subsection (f)(2)(A) that the eli-
gible entity is proposing to serve; or 
‘‘(B) geographical areas referred to in sub-
section (f)(2)(B) that the eligible entity is likely 
to serve; 
‘‘(4)(A) information identifying the issue areas 
in which the eligible entity will work to improve 
measurable outcomes; 
‘‘(B) statistics on the needs related to those 
issue areas in, as appropriate— 
‘‘(i) the specific local geographical area de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(A); or 
‘‘(ii) the geographical areas described in 
paragraph (3)(B), including statistics dem-
onstrating that those geographical areas have 
the highest need in the specific issue area that 
the eligible entity is proposing to address; and 
‘‘(C) information on the specific measurable 
outcomes related to the issue areas involved that the 
eligible entity will seek to improve;
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‘‘(5) information describing the process by 
which the eligible entity selected, or will select, com-
munity organizations to receive the subgrants, to en-
sure that the community organizations— 
‘‘(A) are institutions with proven initia-
tives, with track records of achieving specific 
outcomes related to the measurable outcomes 
for the eligible entity, or are institutions that 
articulate a new solution with potential for sub-
stantial impact; 
‘‘(B) articulate measurable outcomes for 
the use of the subgrant funds that are con-
nected to the measurable outcomes for the eligi-
ble entity; 
‘‘(C) will use the funds to test, replicate or 
expand their initiatives; 
‘‘(D) provide a well-defined plan for test-
ing, replicating or expanding the initiatives 
funded; 
‘‘(E) can sustain the initiatives after the 
subgrant period concludes through reliable pub-
lic revenues, earned income, or private sector 
funding; 
‘‘(F) have strong leadership and financial 
and management systems;
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‘‘(G) are committed to the use of data col-
lection and evaluation for improvement of the 
initiatives; 
‘‘(H) will implement and evaluate innova-
tive initiatives, to be important contributors to 
knowledge in their fields; and 
‘‘(I) will meet the requirements for pro-
viding matching funds specified in subsection 
(k); 
‘‘(6) information about the eligible entity, in-
cluding its experience managing collaborative initia-
tives, or assessing applicants for grants and evalu-
ating the performance of grant recipients for out-
come-focused initiatives, and any other relevant in-
formation; 
‘‘(7) a commitment to meet the requirements of 
subsection (i) and a plan for meeting the require-
ments, including information on any funding that 
the eligible entity has secured to provide the match-
ing funds required under that subsection; 
‘‘(8) a description of the eligible entity’s plan 
for providing technical assistance and support, other 
than financial support, to the community organiza-
tions that will increase the ability of the community 
organizations to achieve their measurable outcomes;
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‘‘(9) information on the commitment, institu-
tional capacity, and expertise of the eligible entity 
concerning— 
‘‘(A) collecting and analyzing data required 
for evaluations, compliance efforts, and other 
purposes; 
‘‘(B) supporting relevant research; and 
‘‘(C) submitting regular reports to the Cor-
poration, including information on the initia-
tives of the community organizations, and the 
replication or expansion of such initiatives; and 
‘‘(10) a commitment to use data and evalua-
tions to improve their model and be more trans-
parent about its challenges; and 
‘‘(11) a commitment to cooperate with any eval-
uation activities undertaken by the Corporation. 
‘‘(g) SELECTION CRITERIA.—In selecting eligible en-
tities to receive grants under this section, the Corporation 
shall— 
‘‘(1) select eligible entities on a competitive 
basis; 
‘‘(2) select eligible entities on the basis of the 
quality of their selection process, as described in 
subsection (g)(5), the capacity of the eligible entities 
to manage Social Innovation Funds, and the poten-
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tial of the eligible entities to sustain the Funds after 
the conclusion of the grant period; 
‘‘(3) solicit broad community perspectives that 
inform grant-making decisions; 
‘‘(4) include among the grant recipients eligible 
entities that propose to provide subgrants to serve 
communities (such as rural low-income communities) 
that the eligible entities can demonstrate are signifi-
cantly philanthropically underserved; and 
‘‘(5) select a geographically diverse set of eligi-
ble entities. 
‘‘(h) MATCHING FUNDS FOR GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may not 
make a grant to an eligible entity under this section 
for a Community Solutions Fund unless the entity 
agrees that, with respect to the cost described in 
subsection (d) for that Fund, the entity will make 
available matching funds in an amount not less than 
$1 for every $1 of funds provided under the grant. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The eligible entity 
shall provide the matching funds in cash. 
‘‘(i) RESERVED PROGRAM FUNDS FOR RESEARCH 
AND EVALUATION.—The Corporation may reserve up to 
5 percent of total program funds appropriated to carry
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out this section for a fiscal year to support research and 
evaluation related to this section. 
‘‘(j) ADVISORY PANEL.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under authority of section 
195 (f) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990, the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation 
with the Board, shall establish an Advisory Panel to 
provide advice and input about carrying out this sec-
tion. The Advisory Panel may collectively have expe-
rience in— 
‘‘(A) social entrepreneurship and social en-
terprise; 
‘‘(B) the management and operation of 
small nonprofit organizations and large non-
profit organizations; 
‘‘(C) business, including a business with 
experience working with a startup enterprises, 
experience growing businesses, experience with 
corporate social responsibility or a business 
with experience working with the nonprofit sec-
tor; 
‘‘(D) philanthropy, including an under-
standing of philanthropic challenges in urban 
and rural areas and in areas that are philan-
thropically underserved;
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‘‘(E) qualitative and quantitative social 
science research, including scientifically-rig-
orous evaluations of program effectiveness; data 
driven decision making and evidence-based pol-
icymaking; 
‘‘(F) volunteering, including effective vol-
unteer management; and 
‘‘(G) government, including the manage-
ment of government agencies and the role of 
government programs in providing services. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
QUALIFICATIONS.—The Advisory 
Panel shall include a diverse range of individuals, in-
cluding young people, and individuals from diverse 
economic, racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, 
and individuals from diverse geographic areas. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 1806. CLEARINGHOUSES. 
Subtitle H is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: