‘‘(B) engage a variety of entities and indi-
viduals, such as youth organizations, elemen-
tary schools or secondary schools, elected offi-
cials, organizations offering summer camps, 
civic groups, nonprofit organizations, and other 
entities within the designated community to 
offer a variety of summer service opportunities 
as part of the project; 
‘‘(C) ensure that the youth participating in 
the project engage in service-learning; 
‘‘(D) engage as volunteers in the project 
business, civic, or community organizations or 
individuals, which may include older individuals, 
volunteers in the National Senior Volunteer 
Corps established under title II of the Domestic 
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000 
et seq.), participants in the school-based and 
community-based service-learning programs car-
ried out under parts I and II of subtitle B, par-
ticipants in the AmeriCorps program carried 
out under subtitle C, or students enrolled in 
secondary schools or institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
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‘‘(E) ensure that youth participating in the 
project provide at least 100 hours of community 
service for the project; 
‘‘(F) recruit eligible youth to participate in 
the project; 
‘‘(G) recruit service sponsors for commu-
nity service activities carried out through the 
project, if the eligible entity intends to enter 
into an arrangement with such sponsors to pro-
vide project placements for the youth; 
‘‘(H) promote leadership development and 
build an ethic of civic responsibility among the 
youth; 
‘‘(I) provide team-oriented, adult-super-
vised experiences through the project; 
‘‘(J) conduct opening and closing cere-
monies honoring participants in the project; 
‘‘(K) involve youth who are participating in 
the project in the design and planning of the 
project; and 
‘‘(L) provide training, which may include 
life skills, financial education, and employment 
training, in addition to training concerning the 
specific community service to be provided 
through the project, for the youth; and 
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‘‘(3)(A) specifies project outcome objectives re-
lating to youth development or education achieve-
ment, community strengthening, and community im-
provement; 
‘‘(B) describes how the eligible entity will estab-
lish annual benchmarks for the objectives, and annu-
ally conduct an evaluation to measure progress to-
ward the benchmarks; and 
‘‘(C) provides an assurance that the eligible en-
tity will annually make the results of such evaluation 
available to the State. 
‘‘(c) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re-
ceive funds under this section for a second or subsequent 
year of a subgrant period, an entity shall demonstrate that 
the entity has met the annual benchmarks for the objec-
tives described in subsection (b)(3). 
‘‘(d) SELECTION
OF SUBGRANT RECIPIENTS.—In 
awarding subgrants under this section, the State shall en-
sure that projects are funded in a variety of geographic 
areas, including urban and rural areas. 
‘‘SEC. 162B. SUMMER OF SERVICE PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a subgrant under section 162A shall use the 
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subgrant funds to carry out a community service 
project. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIC USES.—The eligible entity may 
use the subgrant funds to pay for— 
‘‘(A) hiring staff to administer the project; 
‘‘(B) developing or acquiring service-learn-
ing curricula for the project, to be integrated 
into academic programs, including making 
modifications for students who are individuals 
with disabilities and students with limited 
English proficiency; 
‘‘(C) forming local partnerships to develop 
and offer a variety of service-learning programs 
for local youth participating in the project; 
‘‘(D) establishing benchmarks, conducting 
evaluations, and making evaluation results 
available, as described in subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) of section 162A(b)(3); 
‘‘(E) conducting outreach and dissemina-
tion of program-related information to ensure 
the broadest possible involvement of local eligi-
ble youth and community partners in the 
project; 
‘‘(F) conducting ceremonies as described in 
section 162A(b)(2)(J); 
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‘‘(G) carrying out basic implementation of 
the community service project; and 
‘‘(H) carrying out planning activities, dur-
ing an initial 6 to 9 months of the subgrant pe-
riod. 
‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—An eligible entity 
that receives a subgrant under section 162A shall 
provide the non-Federal share of the costs described 
in section 162A(a)(1) from private or public sources 
other than the subgrant funds. The sources may in-
clude fees charged to the parents of the youth par-
ticipating in the community service project involved 
and determined on a sliding scale based on income. 
‘‘(b) SERVICE PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.—The eli-
gible entity may use the subgrant funds to carry out 
a community service project to meet unmet human, 
educational, environmental, or public safety needs. 
‘‘(2) INELIGIBLE
SERVICE
CATEGORIES.—The 
eligible entity may not use the subgrant funds to 
carry out a service project in which participants per-
form service described in section 132(a). 
‘‘(c) PERIOD OF SERVICE PROJECTS.—The eligible 
entity— 
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‘‘(1) shall carry out the community service 
project funded under section 162A during a period, 
the majority of which occurs in the months of June, 
July, and August; and 
‘‘(2) may carry out the project in conjunction 
with a related after school or in-school service-learn-
ing project operated during the remaining months of 
the year. 
‘‘(d) EDUCATIONAL AWARD.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Each eligible youth who 
provides at least 100 hours of community service for 
a project carried out under this part shall be eligible 
to receive an educational award of not more than 
$500. An eligible youth may participate in more 
than 1 such project but shall not receive in excess 
of $1,000 in total for such participation. 
‘‘(2) DISBURSEMENTS BY ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 
If the Chief Executive Officer decides under section 
162(a)(2)(A) to include educational award funds in 
subgrants under this part, the eligible entity car-
rying out the project shall— 
‘‘(A) disburse an educational award de-
scribed in paragraph (1) in accordance with 
regulations issued by the Chief Executive Offi-
cer, which— 
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‘‘(i) may permit disbursal of the 
award to the parents of the youth that 
have established a qualified tuition pro-
gram account under section 529 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986, for deposit 
into the account; but 
‘‘(ii) shall not otherwise permit dis-
bursal of the award to the parents; or 
‘‘(B) enter into a contract with a private 
sector organization to hold the educational 
award funds and disburse the educational 
award as described in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENTS
BY
CHIEF
EXECUTIVE 
OFFICER.—If the Chief Executive Officer decides 
under section 162(a)(2)(B) to reserve educational 
award funds, the Chief Executive Officer shall dis-
burse the educational award as described in para-
graph (2)(A). 
‘‘SEC. 162C. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Officer may 
award a supplemental grant to an eligible entity that 
demonstates the matters described in subsection (b), to 
assist the entity in carrying out a community service 
project in accordance with the requirements of this part, 
as determined appropriate by the Chief Executive Officer. 
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‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a sup-
plemental grant under subsection (a), an entity shall sub-
mit an application to the Chief Executive Officer, at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Chief Executive Officer may require, including infor-
mation demonstrating— 
‘‘(1) that the entity received a subgrant under 
section 162A for a community service project; and 
‘‘(2) that the entity would be unable to carry 
out the project without substantial hardship unless 
the entity received a supplemental grant under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The Chief Executive Offi-
cer shall award such a grant to an eligible entity for the 
project in the amount obtained by multiplying $250 and 
the number of youth who will participate in the project 
(to be used for project expenses). 
‘‘SEC. 162D. INDIAN TRIBES AND TERRITORIES. 
‘‘From the funds made available to carry out this 
part under section 165(b)(2)(A) for any fiscal year, the 
Chief Executive Officer shall reserve an amount of not 
more than 3 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
to be used in accordance with the requirements of this 
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part, as determined appropriate by the Chief Executive 
Officer. 
‘‘PART II—SUMMER OF SERVICE NATIONAL 
DIRECT GRANT PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 163. NATIONAL DIRECT GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Executive Offi-
cer shall award grants on a competitive basis to pub-
lic or private organizations (referred to individually 
in this part as an ‘organization’)— 
‘‘(A) to carry out quality assurance activi-
ties under subsection (d); and 
‘‘(B) to pay for the Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out a community service pro-
gram— 
‘‘(i) in a State where the State Com-
mission does not apply for funding under 
part I; or 
‘‘(ii) in multiple States. 
‘‘(2) FUNDS FOR EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—The 
Chief Executive Officer shall decide whether funds 
appropriated to carry out this part and available for 
educational awards (referred to in this part as ‘edu-
cational award funds’) shall be— 
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‘‘(A) included in the funds for such grants 
to organizations and any subgrants to local pro-
viders; or 
‘‘(B) reserved by the Chief Executive Offi-
cer, deposited in the National Service Trust for 
educational awards, and disbursed according to 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 163B(d). 
‘‘(3) PERIODS OF GRANTS.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall award the grants for periods of 3 
years. 
‘‘(4) AMOUNTS OF GRANTS.—The Chief Execu-
tive Officer shall award such a grant to an organiza-
tion for a program in a sum equal to— 
‘‘(A) the amount obtained by multiplying 
$500 and the number of youth who will partici-
pate in the program (to be used for program 
expenses); 
‘‘(B) unless the Chief Executive Officer de-
cides to deposit funds for educational awards in 
the National Service Trust, as described in 
paragraph (2)(B), an additional amount equal 
to the amount described in subparagraph (A) 
(to be used for educational awards); and 
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‘‘(C) an amount sufficient to provide for 
the reservation for quality assurance activities 
described in subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL DIRECT APPLICATIONS.—To be eligi-
ble to receive a grant under this section for a community 
service program, an organization shall submit an applica-
tion to the Chief Executive Officer at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer may require, including information that— 
‘‘(1) describes how the organization will use 
funds received under this part, including funds re-
served for quality assurance activities under sub-
section (d); 
‘‘(2)(A) describes the procedures and criteria 
the organization will use for reviewing applications 
and awarding subgrants on a competitive basis 
under section 163A to local providers for projects, 
including how the organization will give priority to 
a provider that, with respect to each project de-
scribed in the application— 
‘‘(i) offers a quality plan for or has an es-
tablished track record of carrying out the activi-
ties described in the provider’s application; 
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