103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2010
AN ACT
To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990
to establish a Corporation for National Service, enhance
opportunities for national service, and provide national
service educational awards to persons participating in
such service, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘National Service Trust Act of 1993’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is
as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
TITLE I—PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Programs
Sec. 101. Federal investment in support of national service.
Sec. 102. National Service Trust and provision of national service educational
awards.
Sec. 103. School-based and community-based service-learning programs.
Sec. 104. Quality and innovation activities.
Sec. 105. Public Lands Corps.
Sec. 106. Urban Youth Corps.
Subtitle B—Related Provisions
Sec. 111. Definitions.
Sec. 112. Authority to make State grants.
Sec. 113. Family and medical leave.
Sec. 114. Reports.
Sec. 115. Nondiscrimination.
Sec. 116. Notice, hearing, and grievance procedures.
Sec. 117. Nondisplacement.
Sec. 118. Evaluation.
Sec. 119. Engagement of participants.
Sec. 120. Contingent extension.
Sec. 121. Repeals.
TITLE II—ORGANIZATION
Sec. 201. State Commissions on National Service.
Sec. 202. Interim authorities of the Corporation for National Service and
ACTION Agency.
Sec. 203. Final authorities of the Corporation for National Service.
Sec. 204. Actions under the national service laws to be subject to the availabil-
ity of appropriations.
TITLE III—REAUTHORIZATION
Subtitle A—National and Community Service Act of 1990
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
Sec. 311. Short title; references.
CHAPTER 1—VISTA AND OTHER ANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMS
Sec. 321. Purpose of the VISTA program.
Sec. 321A. Assistant Director for VISTA Program.
Sec. 322. Selection and assignment of VISTA volunteers.
Sec. 323. Terms and periods of service.
Sec. 324. Support for VISTA volunteers.
Sec. 325. Participation of younger and older persons.
Sec. 326. Literacy activities.
Sec. 327. Applications for assistance.
Sec. 328. Repeal of authority for student community service programs.
Sec. 329. University year for VISTA.
Sec. 330. Authority to establish and operate special volunteer and demonstra-
tion programs.
Sec. 331. Technical and financial assistance.
Sec. 332. Elimination of separate authority for drug abuse programs.
CHAPTER 2—NATIONAL SENIOR VOLUNTEER CORPS
Sec. 341. National Senior Volunteer Corps.
Sec. 342. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 343. Operation of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 344. Services under the Foster Grandparent Program.
Sec. 345. Stipends for low-income volunteers.
Sec. 346. Conditions of grants and contracts.
Sec. 347. Agreements with other Federal agencies.
Sec. 348. Minority group participation.
Sec. 349. Programs of national significance.
Sec. 350. Demonstration programs.
CHAPTER 3—ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 361. Purpose of agency.
Sec. 362. Authority of the Director.
Sec. 362A. Political activities.
Sec. 363. Compensation for volunteers.
Sec. 364. Repeal of report.
Sec. 365. Application of Federal law.
Sec. 366. Nondiscrimination provisions.
Sec. 367. Elimination of separate requirements for setting regulations.
Sec. 368. Clarification of role of Inspector General.
Sec. 369. Copyright protection.
Sec. 370. Deposit requirement credit for service as a volunteer.
CHAPTER 4—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER
AMENDMENTS
Sec. 381. Authorization of appropriations for title I.
Sec. 382. Authorization of appropriations for title II.
Sec. 383. Authorization of appropriations for title IV.
Sec. 384. Conforming amendments; compensation for VISTA FECA claimants.
Sec. 385. Repeal of authority.
CHAPTER 5—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 391. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 392. Effective date.
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 401. Definition of Director.
Sec. 402. References to ACTION and the ACTION Agency.
Sec. 403. Definitions.
Sec. 404. References to the Commission on National and Community Service.
Sec. 405. References to Directors of the Commission on National and Commu-
nity Service.
Sec. 406. Effective date.
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Compliance with Buy American Act.
Sec. 502. Sense of Congress; requirement regarding notice.
Sec. 503. Prohibition of contracts with persons falsely labeling products as
Made in America.
TITLE VI—LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF VOLUNTEERS
Sec. 601. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 602. No premption of State tort law.
Sec. 603. Limitation on liability for volunteers.
Sec. 604. Definitions.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
‘‘(1) Throughout the United States, there are
pressing unmet human, educational, environmental,
and public safety needs.
‘‘(2) Americans desire to affirm common re-
sponsibilities and shared values that transcend race,
religion, disability, or region.
‘‘(3) The rising costs of post-secondary edu-
cation are putting higher education out of reach for
an increasing number of citizens.
‘‘(4) Americans of all ages can improve their
communities and become better citizens through
service to the United States.
‘‘(5) Nonprofit organizations, local govern-
ments, States, and the Federal Government are al-
ready supporting a wide variety of national service
programs that deliver needed services in a cost-effec-
tive manner.
‘‘(6) Residents of low-income communities, es-
pecially youths and young adults in these commu-
nities, can be empowered through their service to
help provide future community leadership.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—It is the purpose of this Act to—
‘‘(1) meet the unmet human, educational, envi-
ronmental, and public safety needs of the United
States, without displacing existing workers;
‘‘(2) renew the ethic of civic responsibility and
the spirit of community throughout the United
States;
‘‘(3) expand educational opportunity by reward-
ing individuals who participate in national service
with an increased ability to pursue higher education
or job training;
‘‘(4) encourage citizens of the United States,
regardless of age, income, or disability, to engage in
full-time or part-time national service;
‘‘(5) reinvent government to eliminate duplica-
tion, support locally established initiatives, require
measurable goals for performance, and offer flexibil-
ity in meeting those goals;
‘‘(6) expand and strengthen existing service
programs with demonstrated experience in providing
structured service opportunities with visible benefits
to the participants and community;
‘‘(7) build on the existing organizational service
infrastructure of Federal, State, and local programs
and agencies to expand full-time and part-time serv-
ice opportunities for all citizens; and
‘‘(8) provide tangible benefits to the commu-
nities in which national service is performed.’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the item
relating to section 2 and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.’’.
TITLE I—PROGRAMS AND
RELATED PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Programs
SEC. 101. FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN SUPPORT OF NA-
TIONAL SERVICE.
(a) TRANSFER OF EXISTING SUBTITLE.—Title I of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subtitle C (42 U.S.C.
12653 et seq.) as subtitle I;
(2) by inserting subtitle I (as redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection) after subtitle H;
and
(3) by redesignating sections 120 through 136
as sections 199 through 199O, respectively.
(b) ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Title I of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sub-
title B the following new subtitle:
‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust
Program
‘‘PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE
‘‘SEC. 121. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND AP-
PROVED NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation
for National Service may make grants to States, subdivi-
sions of States, Indian tribes, public and private nonprofit
organizations, and institutions of higher education for the
purpose of assisting the recipients of the grants—
‘‘(1) to carry out full- or part-time national
service programs, including summer programs, de-
scribed in section 122(a); and
‘‘(2) to make grants in support of other na-
tional service programs described in section 122(a)
that are carried out by other entities.
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The
Corporation may enter into a contract or cooperative
agreement with another Federal agency to support a na-
tional service program carried out by the agency. The sup-
port provided by the Corporation pursuant to the contract
or cooperative agreement may include the transfer to the
Federal agency of funds available to the Corporation
under this subtitle. A Federal agency receiving assistance
under this subsection shall not be required to satisfy the
matching funds requirements specified in subsection (e).
However, the supplementation requirements specified in
section 173 shall apply with respect to the Federal na-
tional service programs supported with such assistance. A
Federal agency receiving assistance under this subsection
shall consult with the State Commissions for those States
in which projects will be conducted in order to ensure that
the projects do not duplicate existing State or local pro-
grams.
‘‘(c) PROVISION OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE
POSITIONS.—As part of the provision of assistance under
subsections (a) and (b), the Corporation shall—
‘‘(1) approve the provision of national service
educational awards described in subtitle D for the
participants who serve in national service programs
carried out using such assistance; and
‘‘(2) deposit in the National Service Trust es-
tablished in section 145(a) an amount equal to the
product of—
‘‘(A) the value of a national service edu-
cational award under section 147; and
‘‘(B) the total number of approved national
service positions to be provided.
‘‘(d) FIVE PERCENT LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COSTS.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of
the amount of assistance provided to the original re-
cipient of a grant or transfer of assistance under
subsection (a) or (b) for a fiscal year may be used
to pay for administrative costs incurred by—
‘‘(A) the recipient of the assistance; and
‘‘(B) national service programs carried out
or supported with the assistance.
‘‘(2) RULES ON USE.—The Corporation may by
rule prescribe the manner and extent to which—
‘‘(A) assistance provided under subsection
(a) or (b) may be used to cover administrative
costs; and
‘‘(B) that portion of the assistance avail-
able to cover administrative costs should be dis-
tributed between—
‘‘(i) the original recipient of the grant
or transfer of assistance under such sub-
section; and
‘‘(ii) national service programs carried
out or supported with the assistance.
‘‘(e) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in
section 140, the Federal share of the cost of carry-
ing out a national service program that receives the
assistance under subsection (a), whether the assist-
ance is provided directly or as a subgrant from the
original recipient of the assistance, may not exceed
75 percent of such cost.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—In providing for the re-
maining share of the cost of carrying out a national
service program, the program—
‘‘(A) shall provide for such share through
a payment in cash (including not more than 85
percent of the cost of providing a health care
policy described in section 140(d)(2)) or in
kind, fairly evaluated, including facilities, equip-
ment, or services; and
‘‘(B) may provide for such share through
State sources, local sources, or other Federal
sources (other than the use of funds made
available under the national service laws).
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Corporation may waive in
whole or in part the requirements of paragraph (1)
with respect to a national service program in any fis-
cal year if the Corporation determines that such a
waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available
financial resources at the local level.
‘‘SEC. 122. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS ELIGI-
BLE FOR PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—
The recipient of a grant under section 121(a) and each
Federal agency receiving assistance under section 121(b)
shall use the assistance, directly or through subgrants to
other entities, to carry out full- or part-time national serv-
ice programs, including summer programs, that address
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public safe-
ty needs. Subject to subsection (b)(1), these national serv-
ice programs may include the following types of national
service programs:
‘‘(1) A community corps program that meets
unmet human, educational, 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 lev-
els, physical and developmental capabilities, ages,
ethnic backgrounds, or genders.
‘‘(2) A full-time, year-round youth corps pro-
gram or full-time summer youth corps program,
such as a conservation corps or youth service corps
(including the Public Lands Corps established under
the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993, the Urban
Youth Corps established under section 106 of the
National Service Trust Act of 1993, and other con-
‘‘(5) An individualized placement program that
includes regular group activities, such as leadership
training and special service projects.
‘‘(6) A campus-based program that is designed
to provide substantial service in a community during
the school term and during summer or other vaca-
tion periods through the use of—
‘‘(A) students who are attending an insti-
tution of higher education, including students
supported by work-study funds under part C of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
‘‘(B) teams composed of such students; or
‘‘(C) teams composed of a combination of
such students and community residents.
‘‘(7) A preprofessional training program in
which students enrolled in an institution of higher
education—
‘‘(A) receive training in specified fields,
which may include classes containing service-
learning;
‘‘(B) perform service related to such train-
ing outside the classroom during the school
term and during summer or other vacation peri-
ods; and
‘‘(C) agree to provide service upon gradua-
tion to meet unmet human, educational, envi-
ronmental, or public safety needs related to
such training.
‘‘(8) A professional corps program that recruits,
trains, and places qualified participants in posi-
tions—
‘‘(A) as teachers, nurses, police officers,
early childhood development staff, or other pro-
fessionals providing service to meet educational,
human, environmental, or public safety needs in
communities with an inadequate number of
such professionals;
‘‘(B) that may include a salary in excess of
the maximum living allowance authorized in
subsection (a)(3) of section 140, as provided in
subsection (c) of such section; and
‘‘(C) that are sponsored by public or pri-
vate nonprofit employers who agree to pay 100
percent of the salaries and benefits (other than
any national service educational award under
subtitle D) of the participants.
‘‘(9) A program in which economically dis-
advantaged individuals (including individuals with
disabilities) who are between the ages of 16 and 25
years of age, inclusive, are provided with opportuni-
ties to perform service that, while enabling such in-
dividuals to obtain the education and employment
skills necessary to achieve economic self-sufficiency,
will help their communities meet—
‘‘(A) the housing needs of low-income fam-
ilies and the homeless; and
‘‘(B) the need for community facilities in
low-income areas.
‘‘(10) A national service entrepreneur program
that identifies, recruits, and trains gifted young
adults of all backgrounds and assists them in de-
signing solutions to community problems.
‘‘(11) An intergenerational program that com-
bines students, out-of-school youths, and older
adults as participants to provide needed community
services, including an intergenerational component
for other national service programs described in this
subsection.
‘‘(12) A program that is administered by a
combination of nonprofit organizations located in a
low-income area, provides a broad range of services
to residents of such area, is governed by a board
composed in significant part of low-income individ-
uals, and is intended to provide opportunities for in-
dividuals or teams of individuals to engage in com-
munity projects in such area that meet unaddressed
community and individual needs, including projects
that would—
‘‘(A) meet the needs of low-income children
and youth aged 18 and younger, such as pro-
viding after-school ‘safe-places’ with opportuni-
ties for learning and recreation; or
‘‘(B) be directed to other important
unaddressed needs in such area.
‘‘(13) A community service program designed to
meet the needs of rural communities, using teams or
individual placements to address the development
needs of rural communities and to combat rural pov-
erty, including health care, education, and job train-
ing.
‘‘(14) A program that seeks to eliminate hunger
in communities and rural areas through service in
projects—
‘‘(A) involving food banks, food pantries,
and nonprofit organizations that provide food
during emergencies;
‘‘(B) involving the gleaning of prepared
and unprepared food that would otherwise be
discarded as unusable so that the usable por-
tion of such food may be donated to food banks,
food pantries, and other nonprofit organiza-
tions;
‘‘(C) seeking to address the long-term
causes of hunger through education and the de-
livery of appropriate services; or
‘‘(D) providing training in basic health,
nutrition, and life skills necessary to alleviate
hunger in communities and rural areas.
‘‘(15) Such other national service programs ad-
dressing unmet human, educational, environmental,
or public safety needs as the Corporation may des-
ignate.
‘‘(b) 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
INTERGEN-
ERATIONAL COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—The Cor-
poration shall encourage national service programs
eligible to receive assistance or approved national
service positions under this subtitle to establish, if
consistent with the purposes of the program, an
intergenerational component of the program that
combines students, out-of-school youths, and older
adults as participants to provide services to address
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs.
‘‘(c) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
CORPORATION.—In
order to concentrate national efforts on meeting cer-
‘‘SEC. 123. TYPES OF NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS ELIGI-
BLE FOR APPROVAL FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
‘‘The Corporation may approve of any of the follow-
ing service positions as an approved national service posi-
tion that includes the national service educational award
described in subtitle D as one of the benefits to be pro-
vided for successful service in the position:
‘‘(1) A position for a participant in a national
service program described in section 122(a) that re-
ceives assistance under subsection (a) or (b) of sec-
tion 121.
‘‘(2) A position for a participant in a program
that—
‘‘(A) is carried out by a State, a subdivi-
sion of a State, an Indian tribe, a public or pri-
vate nonprofit organization, an institution of
higher education, or a Federal agency; and
‘‘(B) would be eligible to receive assistance
under section 121(a), based on criteria estab-
lished by the Corporation, but has not applied
for such assistance.
‘‘(3) A position involving service as a VISTA
volunteer under title I of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.).
‘‘(4) A position facilitating service-learning in a
program described in section 122(a)(3) that is eligi-
ble for assistance under part I of subtitle B.
‘‘(5) A position for a participant in the Civilian
Community Corps under subtitle E.
‘‘(6) A position involving service as a crew lead-
er in a youth corps program or a similar position
supporting a national service program that receives
an approved national service position.
‘‘(7) Such other national service positions as
the Corporation considers to be appropriate.
‘‘SEC. 124. TYPES OF PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) PLANNING ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation may
provide assistance under section 121 to a qualified appli-
cant that submits an application under section 130 for the
planning of a national service program. Assistance pro-
vided in accordance with this subsection may cover a pe-
riod of not more than 1 year.
‘‘(b) OPERATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation
may provide assistance under section 121 to a qualified
applicant that submits an application under section 130
for the establishment, operation, or expansion of a na-
tional service program. Assistance provided in accordance
with this subsection may cover a period of not more than
3 years, but may be renewed by the Corporation upon con-
sideration of a new application under section 130.
‘‘(c) REPLICATION ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation
may provide assistance under section 121 to a qualified
applicant that submits an application under section 130
for the expansion of a proven national service program to
another geographical location. Assistance provided in ac-
cordance with this subsection may cover a period of not
more than 3 years, but may be renewed by the Corpora-
tion upon consideration of a new application under section
130.
‘‘(d) APPLICATION
TO SUBGRANTS.—The require-
ments of this section shall apply to any State or other
applicant receiving assistance under section 121 that pro-
poses to conduct a grant program using the assistance to
support other national service programs.
‘‘SEC. 125. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The Corporation may
conduct, directly or by grant or contract, appropriate
training programs regarding national service in order to—
‘‘(1) improve the ability of national service pro-
grams assisted under section 121 to meet human,
educational, environmental, or public safety needs in
communities—
‘‘(A) where services are needed most; and
‘‘(B) where programs do not currently
exist or are currently too limited to meet com-
munity needs;
‘‘(2) promote leadership development in such
programs;
‘‘(3) 
improve 
the 
instructional 
and 
pro-
grammatic quality of such programs to build an
ethic of civic responsibility;
‘‘(4) develop the management and budgetary
skills of program operators;
‘‘(5) provide for or improve the training pro-
vided to the participants in such programs; and
‘‘(6) encourage national service programs to ad-
here to risk management procedures, including the
training of participants in appropriate risk manage-
ment practices.
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation
shall make appropriate technical assistance available to
States, subdivisions of States, Federal agencies, Indian
tribes, public and private nonprofit organizations, and in-
stitutions of higher education that desire—
‘‘(1) to develop national service programs; or
‘‘(2) to apply for assistance under such section
or under a grant program conducted using assist-
ance provided under such section.
‘‘SEC. 126. OTHER SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) SUPPORT FOR STATE COMMISSIONS.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—Of the funds
appropriated to carry out this subtitle in each fiscal
year, not to exceed $17,500,000 shall be available to
the Corporation to make assistance available to as-
sist a State to establish or operate the State Com-
mission on National Service required to be estab-
lished by the State under section 178.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), the amount of assistance
that may be provided to a State Commission under
this subsection, together with other Federal funds
available to establish or operate the State Commis-
sion, may not exceed—
‘‘(A) 85 percent of the total cost to estab-
lish or operate the State Commission for the
first year for which the State Commission re-
ceives assistance under this subsection; and
‘‘(B) such smaller percentage of such cost
as the Corporation may establish for the sec-
ond, third, and fourth years of such assistance
in order to ensure that the Federal share does
not exceed 50 percent of such costs for the fifth
year, and any subsequent year, for which the
State Commission receives assistance under this
subsection.
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—The
total amount of assistance that may be provided to
a State Commission under this subsection for a year
may not exceed $500,000.
‘‘(b) DISASTER SERVICE.—The Corporation may un-
dertake activities to involve youth corps programs de-
scribed in section 122(a)(2) and other programs that re-
ceive assistance under the national service laws in relief
efforts in response to an emergency or major disaster de-
clared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.).
‘‘(c) CHALLENGE GRANTS FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora-
tion may make challenge grants under this sub-
section to a national service program that receives
assistance under section 121. The Corporation shall
develop criteria for the selection of challenge grant
recipients so as to make the grants widely available
to a variety of high-quality national service programs
with demonstrated experience in providing service
opportunities with visible benefits to the participants
and to the community served.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—A challenge
grant under this subsection may provide not more
than $1 of assistance under this subsection for each
$1 in cash raised by the national service program
from private sources in excess of amounts required
to be provided by the program to satisfy matching
funds requirements under section 121(e). The Cor-
poration shall establish a ceiling on the amount of
assistance that may be provided to a national service
program under this subsection.
‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL
PROCESS
‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA-
TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS BY COMPETI-
TIVE AND OTHER MEANS.
‘‘(a) ALLOTMENTS OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED
POSITIONS TO STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES.—
‘‘(1) 331⁄3
PERCENT
ALLOTMENT
OF
ASSIST-
ANCE TO CERTAIN STATES.—Of the funds allocated
by the Corporation for provision of assistance under
subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a fiscal
year, the Corporation shall make a grant under sec-
tion 121(a) (and a corresponding allotment of ap-
tional service programs in the State or on be-
half of the Indian tribe; and
‘‘(B) after making grants under subpara-
graph (A), to make a reallotment to other
States and Indian tribes with approved applica-
tions under section 130.
‘‘(5) EFFECT OF STATE FAILURE TO LIMIT LI-
ABILITY.—If, not later than 2 years after the effec-
tive date of this subtitle, a State fails to have in ef-
fect (and to certify in its application that the State
has in effect) a limitation on liability that satisfies
the requirements of title V of the National Service
Trust Act of 1993, the allotment for such State
shall be reduced by 5 percent, and the Corporation
shall allot the amount of the reduction among the
States that have in effect (and so certify) such limi-
tation.
‘‘(b) 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 (a) and (d) for that fiscal year.
‘‘(c) RESERVATION FOR SPECIAL ASSISTANCE.—Of
the funds appropriated under section 501(a)(2), and sub-
ject to the limitation in that section, the Corporation may
reserve such amount as the Corporation considers to be
appropriate for the purpose of making assistance available
under sections 125 and 126. However, the Corporation
may not reserve more than $10,000,000 for a fiscal year
for challenge grants under section 126(c).
‘‘(d) COMPETITIVE DISTRIBUTION
OF REMAINING
FUNDS AND APPROVED POSITIONS.—
‘‘(1) STATE COMPETITION.—Of the funds allo-
cated by the Corporation for provision of assistance
under subsections (a) and (b) of section 121 for a
fiscal year, the Corporation shall use not less than
331⁄3 percent of the allocated funds to make grants
to States on a competitive basis under section
121(a).
‘‘(2) FEDERAL AGENCIES AND OTHER APPLI-
CANTS.—The Corporation shall distribute on a com-
petitive basis to subdivisions of States, Indian tribes,
public and private nonprofit organizations (including
labor organizations), institutions of higher edu-
cation, and Federal agencies the remainder of the
funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of
assistance under section 121 for a fiscal year, after
operation of paragraph (1) and subsections (a) and
(c). However, the Corporation may not provide more
than 1⁄3 of the funds available for competitive dis-
tribution under this paragraph for a fiscal year to
Federal agencies under section 121(b).
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—The Corporation may limit
the categories of eligible applicants for assistance
under paragraph (2) consistent with the priorities
established by the Corporation under section
133(d)(2).
‘‘(e) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as-
sistance and approved national service positions to a State
or Indian tribe under subsection (a), and the competitive
distribution of assistance and approved national service
positions under subsection (d), shall be made by the Cor-
poration only pursuant to an application submitted by a
State or other applicant under section 130 and approved
by the Corporation under section 133.
‘‘(f) DISTRIBUTION OF APPROVED POSITIONS SUB-
JECT TO AVAILABLE FUNDS.—The Corporation may not
distribute approved national service positions under this
section for a fiscal year in excess of the number of such
positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available
funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year
to satisfy the maximum possible obligations to be incurred
by the United States to provide the national service edu-
cational award corresponding to service in these positions.
‘‘(g) 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
(1) and any other funds contributed to the Corpora-
tion to support the activities of the Corporation
under the national service laws shall be deposited in
the National Service Trust established in section
145 until such time as the funds are needed.
‘‘SEC. 130. APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.
‘‘(a) TIME, MANNER, AND CONTENT OF APPLICA-
TION.—To be eligible to receive assistance under section
121 and approved national service positions for partici-
pants who serve in the national service programs to be
carried out using the assistance, a State, subdivision of
a State, Indian tribe, public or private nonprofit organiza-
tion, institution of higher education, or Federal agency
shall prepare and submit to the Corporation an application
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Corporation may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) TYPES
OF APPLICATION INFORMATION.—In
order to have adequate information upon which to consider
an application under section 133, the Corporation may re-
quire the following information to be provided in an appli-
cation submitted under subsection (a):
‘‘(1) A description of the national service pro-
grams proposed to be carried out directly by the ap-
plicant using assistance provided under section 121.
‘‘(2) A description of the national service pro-
grams that are selected by the applicant to receive
a grant from assistance requested under section 121
and a description of the process and criteria by
which the programs were selected, unless such a
process conflicts with State or local law, regulation,
or policy.
‘‘(3) A description of other funding sources to
be used, or sought to be used, for the national serv-
ice programs referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2),
and, if the application is submitted for the purpose
of seeking a renewal of assistance, a description of
the success of the programs in not increasing their
reliance on funds provided under this Act.
‘‘(4) A description of the extent to which the
projects to be conducted using the assistance will ad-
dress unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs and produce a direct benefit for
the community in which the projects are performed.
‘‘(5) A description of the plan to be used to re-
cruit participants, including youth with disabilities
and economically disadvantaged youth, for the na-
tional service programs referred to in paragraphs (1)
and (2).
‘‘(6) A description of the manner in which the
national service programs referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) build on existing programs, including
Federal programs.
‘‘(7) A description of the manner in which the
national service programs referred to in paragraphs
(1) and (2) will involve participants—
‘‘(A) in projects that build an ethic of civic
responsibility and produce a positive change in
the lives of participants through training and
participation in meaningful service experiences
and opportunities for reflection on such experi-
ences; and
‘‘(B) in leadership positions in implement-
ing and evaluating the program.
‘‘(8) Measurable goals for the national service
programs referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2), and
a strategy to achieve such goals, in terms of—
‘‘(A) the impact to be made in meeting
unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs; and
‘‘(B) the service experience to be provided
to participants in the programs.
‘‘(9) A description of the manner and extent to
which the national service programs referred to in
paragraphs (1) and (2) conform to the national serv-
ice priorities established by the Corporation under
section 122(c).
‘‘(10) A description of the past experience of
the applicant in operating a comparable program or
in conducting a grant program in support of other
comparable service programs.
‘‘(11) A description of the type and number of
proposed service positions in which participants will
receive the national service educational award de-
scribed in subtitle D and a description of the man-
ner in which approved national service positions will
be apportioned by the applicant.
‘‘(12) A description of the manner and extent
to which participants, representatives of the commu-
nity served, community-based agencies with a dem-
onstrated record of experience in providing services,
and labor organizations contributed to the develop-
ment of the national service programs referred to in
paragraphs (1) and (2), including the identity of the
individual representing each appropriate labor orga-
nization (if any) who was consulted and the nature
of the consultation.
‘‘(13) Such other information as the Corpora-
tion may reasonably require.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO RECEIVE ONLY APPROVED
NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICABILITY
OF
SUBSECTION.—This
subsection shall apply in the case of an application
in which—
‘‘(A) the applicant is not seeking assist-
ance under subsection (a) or (b) of section 121,
but 
requests 
national 
service 
educational
awards for individuals serving in service posi-
tions described in section 123; or
‘‘(B) the applicant requests national serv-
ice educational awards for service positions de-
scribed in section 123, but the positions are not
positions in a national service program de-
scribed in section 122(a) for which assistance
may be provided under subsection (a) or (b) of
section 121.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—
For the applications described in paragraph (1), the
Corporation shall establish special application re-
quirements in order to determine—
‘‘(A) whether the service positions meet
unmet human, educational, environmental, or
public safety needs and meet the criteria for as-
sistance under this subtitle; and
‘‘(B) whether the Corporation should ap-
prove the positions as approved national service
positions that include the national service edu-
cational award described in subtitle D as one of
the benefits to be provided for successful service
in the position.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR STATE APPLICANTS.—
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION BY STATE COMMISSION.—The
application of a State for approved national service
positions or for a grant under section 121(a) shall
be submitted by the State Commission.
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE
SELECTION.—The applica-
tion of a State shall contain an assurance that all
assistance provided under section 121(a) to the
State will be used to support national service pro-
grams that were selected by the State on a competi-
tive basis. In making such competitive selections, the
State shall seek to ensure the equitable allocation
within the State of assistance and approved national
service positions provided under this subtitle to the
State taking into consideration such factors as the
location of the programs applying to the State, pop-
ulation density, and economic distress.
‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE
TO
NONSTATE
ENTITIES.—
The application of a State shall also contain an as-
surance that not less than 60 percent of the assist-
ance will be used to make grants in support of na-
tional service programs other than national service
programs carried out by a State agency. The Cor-
poration may permit a State to deviate from the per-
centage specified by this subsection if the State has
not received a sufficient number of acceptable appli-
cations to comply with the percentage.
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS.—
‘‘(1) WRITTEN CONCURRENCE.—In the case of
a program applicant that proposes to also serve as
the service sponsor, the application shall include the
written concurrence of any local labor organization
representing employees of the service sponsor who
are engaged in the same or substantially similar
work as that proposed to be carried out.
‘‘(2) PROGRAM APPLICANT DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, the term ‘program appli-
cant’ means—
‘‘(A) a State, subdivision of a State, Indian
tribe, public or private nonprofit organization,
institution of higher education, or Federal
agency submitting an application under this
section; or
‘‘(B) an entity applying for assistance or
approved national service positions through a
grant program conducted using assistance pro-
vided to a State, subdivision of a State, Indian
tribe, public or private nonprofit organization,
institution of higher education, or Federal
agency under section 121.
‘‘(f) LIMITATION ON SAME PROJECT IN MULTIPLE
APPLICATIONS.—The Corporation shall reject an applica-
tion submitted under this section if a project proposed to
be conducted using assistance requested by the applicant
is already described in another application pending before
the Corporation.
‘‘SEC.
131.
NATIONAL
SERVICE
PROGRAM
ASSISTANCE
REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES.—An application sub-
mitted under section 130 shall include an assurance by
the applicant that any national service program carried
out by the applicant using assistance provided under sec-
tion 121 and any national service program supported by
a grant made by the applicant using such assistance will—
‘‘(1) address unmet human, educational, envi-
ronmental, or public safety needs through services
that provide a direct benefit to the community in
which the service is performed; and
‘‘(2) comply with the nonduplication and
nondisplacement requirements of section 177.
‘‘(b) IMPACT
ON PARTICIPANTS.—An application
submitted under section 130 shall also include an assur-
ance by the applicant that any national service program
carried out by the applicant using assistance provided
under section 121 and any national service program sup-
ported by a grant made by the applicant using such assist-
ance will—
‘‘(1) provide participants in the national service
program with the training, skills, and knowledge
necessary for the projects that participants are
called upon to perform; and
‘‘(2) provide support services to participants,
such as the provision of appropriate information and
support—
‘‘(A) to those participants who are com-
pleting a term of service and making the transi-
tion to other educational and career opportuni-
ties; and
‘‘(B) to those participants who are school
dropouts in order to assist those participants in
earning the equivalent of a high school diploma.
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—An application submitted
under section 130 shall also include an assurance by the
‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND PERFORMANCE GOALS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An application submitted
under section 130 shall also include an assurance by
the applicant that the applicant will—
‘‘(A) arrange for an independent evalua-
tion of any national service program carried out
using assistance provided to the applicant under
section 121 or, with the approval of the Cor-
poration, conduct an internal evaluation of the
program;
‘‘(B) apply measurable performance goals
and evaluation methods (such as the use of sur-
veys of participants and persons served), which
are to be used as part of such evaluation to de-
termine the impact of the program—
‘‘(i) on communities and persons
served by the projects performed by the
program;
‘‘(ii) on participants who take part in
the projects; and
‘‘(iii) in such other areas as the Cor-
poration may require; and
‘‘(C) cooperate with any evaluation activi-
ties undertaken by the Corporation.
‘‘(2) EVALUATION.—Subject to paragraph (3),
the Corporation shall develop evaluation criteria and
performance goals applicable to all national service
programs carried out with assistance provided under
section 121.
‘‘(3) ALTERNATIVE
EVALUATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Corporation may establish alternative
evaluation requirements for national service pro-
grams based upon the amount of assistance received
under section 121 or received by a grant made by
a recipient of assistance under such section. The de-
termination of whether a national service program is
covered by this paragraph shall be made in such
manner as the Corporation may prescribe.
‘‘(e) LIVING ALLOWANCES AND OTHER INSERVICE
BENEFITS.—Except as provided in section 140(c), an ap-
plication submitted under section 130 shall also include
an assurance by the applicant that the applicant will—
‘‘(1) ensure the provision of a living allowance
and other benefits specified in section 140 to partici-
pants in any national service program carried out by
the applicant using assistance provided under section
121; and
‘‘(2) require that each national service program
that receives a grant from the applicant using such
assistance will also provide a living allowance and
other benefits specified in section 140 to participants
in the program.
‘‘(f) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS FROM INDIVID-
UALS RECRUITED BY CORPORATION OR STATE COMMIS-
SIONS.—The Corporation may also require an assurance
by the applicant that any national service program carried
out by the applicant using assistance provided under sec-
tion 121 and any national service program supported by
a grant made by the applicant using such assistance will
select a portion of the participants for the program from
among prospective participants recruited by the Corpora-
tion or State Commissions under section 138(d). The Cor-
poration may specify a minimum percentage of partici-
pants to be selected from the national leadership pool es-
tablished under section 138(e) and may vary the percent-
age for different types of national service programs. In
the case of programs conducted by a State or subdivision
of a State, the Corporation shall permit the State or sub-
division to select only residents of that State if such a re-
strictive selection procedure is necessary to comply with
State or local law, regulation, or policy.
‘‘SEC. 132. INELIGIBLE SERVICE CATEGORIES.
‘‘An application submitted to the Corporation under
section 130 shall include an assurance by the applicant
that any national service program carried out using assist-
ance provided under section 121 and any approved na-
tional service position provided to an applicant will not be
used to perform service that provides a direct benefit to
any—
‘‘(1) business organized for profit;
‘‘(2) labor union;
‘‘(3) partisan political organization; or
‘‘(4) organization engaged in religious activities,
unless such service does not involve the use of assist-
ance provided under section 121 or participants to
give religious instruction, conduct worship services,
or engage in any form of proselytization.
‘‘SEC. 133. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) CORPORATION CONSIDERATION
OF CERTAIN
CRITERIA.—The Corporation shall apply the criteria de-
scribed in subsections (c) and (d) in determining wheth-
er—
‘‘(1) to approve an application submitted under
section 130 and provide assistance under section
121 to the applicant; and
‘‘(2) to approve service positions described in
the application as national service positions that in-
clude the national service educational award de-
scribed in subtitle D and provide such approved na-
tional service positions to the applicant.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION
TO SUBGRANTS.—A State or
other entity that uses assistance provided under section
121(a) to support national service programs selected on
a competitive basis to receive a share of the assistance
shall use the criteria described in subsections (c) and (d)
when considering an application submitted by a national
service program to receive a portion of such assistance or
an approved national service position. The application of
the State or other entity under section 130 shall contain
a certification that the State or other entity complied with
these criteria in the selection of national service programs
to receive assistance.
‘‘(c) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—The criteria required
to be applied in evaluating applications submitted under
section 130 are as follows:
‘‘(1) The quality of the national service pro-
gram proposed to be carried out directly by the ap-
plicant or supported by a grant from the applicant.
‘‘(2) The innovative aspects of the national
service program, and the feasibility of replicating the
program.
‘‘(3) The sustainability of the national service
program, based on evidence such as the existence—
‘‘(A) of strong and broad-based community
support for the program; and
‘‘(B) of multiple funding sources or private
funding for the program.
‘‘(4) The quality of the leadership of the na-
tional service program, the past performance of the
program, and the extent to which the program
builds on existing programs.
‘‘(5) The extent to which participants of the na-
tional service program are recruited from among
residents of the communities in which projects are to
be conducted, and the extent to which participants
and community residents are involved in the design,
leadership, and operation of the program.
‘‘(6) The extent to which projects would be con-
ducted in the following areas where they are needed
most—
‘‘(A) communities designated as enterprise
zones or redevelopment areas, targeted for spe-
cial economic incentives, or otherwise identifi-
able as having high concentrations of low-
income people;
‘‘(B) 
areas 
that 
are 
environmentally
distressed;
‘‘(C) areas adversely affected by Federal
actions related to the management of Federal
lands that result in significant regional job
losses and economic dislocation;
‘‘(D) areas adversely affected by reductions
in defense spending or the closure or realign-
ment of military installations;
‘‘(E) rural areas adversely affected by un-
fair trading practices of international competi-
tors of the United States; or
‘‘(F) areas that have an unemployment
rate greater than the national average unem-
ployment for the most recent 12 months for
which satisfactory data are available.
‘‘(7) In the case of applicants other than
States, the extent to which the application is consist-
ent with the application under section 130 of the
State in which the projects would be conducted.
‘‘(8) Such other criteria as the Corporation con-
siders to be appropriate.
‘‘(d) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—
‘‘(1) GEOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY.—The Corpora-
tion shall ensure that recipients of assistance pro-
vided under section 121 are geographically diverse
and include projects to be conducted in those urban
and rural areas in a State with the highest rates of
poverty.
‘‘(2) PRIORITIES.—The Corporation may des-
ignate, under such criteria as may be established by
the Corporation, certain national service programs
or types of national service programs described in
section 122(a) for priority consideration in the com-
petitive 
distribution 
of 
funds 
under 
section
129(d)(2). In designating national service programs
to receive priority, the Corporation may include—
‘‘(A) national service programs carried out
by another Federal agency;
‘‘(B) national service programs that con-
form to the national service priorities in effect
under section 122(c);
‘‘(C) innovative national service programs;
‘‘(D) national service programs that are
well established in one or more States at the
time of the application and are proposed to be
expanded to additional States using assistance
provided under section 121;
‘‘(E) grant programs in support of other
national service programs if the grant programs
are to be conducted by nonprofit organizations
with a demonstrated and extensive expertise in
the provision of services to meet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs;
and
‘‘(F) professional corps programs described
in section 122(a)(8).
‘‘(e) EMPHASIS ON AREAS MOST IN NEED.—In mak-
ing assistance available under section 121 and in providing
approved national service positions under section 123, the
Corporation shall ensure that not less than 50 percent of
the total amount of assistance to be distributed to States
under subsections (a) and (d)(1) of section 129 for a fiscal
year are provided to carry out or support national service
programs and projects that—
‘‘(1) are conducted in areas of economic dis-
tress described in subsection (c)(6) or on Federal or
other public lands to address unmet human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety needs in
such areas; and
‘‘(2) place a priority on the recruitment of par-
ticipants who are residents of areas of economic dis-
tress described in subsection (c)(6) or Federal or
other public lands.
‘‘(f) REJECTION OF STATE APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION OF STATE APPLICANTS.—If
the Corporation rejects an application submitted by
a State Commission under section 130 for funds de-
scribed in section 129(a)(1), the Corporation shall
promptly notify the State Commission of the reasons
for the rejection of the application.
‘‘(2) RESUBMISSION AND RECONSIDERATION.—
The Corporation shall provide a State Commission
notified under paragraph (1) with a reasonable op-
portunity to revise and resubmit the application. At
the request of the State Commission, the Corpora-
tion shall provide technical assistance to the State
Commission as part of the resubmission process.
The Corporation shall promptly reconsider an appli-
cation resubmitted under this paragraph.
‘‘(3) REALLOTMENT.—The amount of any
State’s allotment under section 129(a) for a fiscal
year that the Corporation determines will not be
provided for that fiscal year shall be available for
distribution by the Corporation as provided in para-
graph (4) of such subsection.
‘‘SEC. 134. EVALUATION OF SUCCESS OF INVESTMENT IN
NATIONAL SERVICE.
‘‘(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Not later than two
years after the date of the enactment of this section, the
Corporation shall arrange for the independent evaluation
of the operation of this subtitle to determine the levels
of participation of economically disadvantaged individuals
in national service programs carried out or supported
using assistance provided under section 121.
‘‘(b) PERIOD COVERED BY EVALUATION.—The eval-
uation required by this section shall cover the two-year
period beginning on the date the Corporation first makes
a grant under section 121.
‘‘(c) INCOME LEVELS OF PARTICIPANTS.—The evalu-
ating entity shall determine the total income of each par-
ticipant who serves, during the period covered by the eval-
uation, in a national service program carried out or sup-
ported using assistance provided under section 121 or in
an approved national service position. The total income
of a participant shall be determined as of the date the
participant was first selected to participate and shall in-
clude family total income unless the evaluating entity de-
termines that the participant was independent at the time
of selection.
‘‘(d) ASSISTANCE
FOR DISTRESSED AREAS.—The
evaluating entity shall also determine the amount of as-
sistance provided under section 121 during the period cov-
ered by the report that has been expended for projects
conducted in areas of economic distress described in sec-
tion 133(c)(6).
‘‘(e) REPORT.—The evaluating entity shall submit a
report containing the results of the evaluation to the
President, the Congress, the Corporation, and each State
Commission.
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘total income’ has the meaning
given that term in subsection (a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv).
‘‘(2) The term ‘independent’ has the meaning
given that term in subsection (d) of such section.
‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS
‘‘SEC. 137. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subtitle, an
individual shall be considered to be a participant in a na-
tional service program carried out using assistance pro-
vided under section 121 if the individual—
‘‘(1) meets such eligibility requirements as may
be established by the program;
‘‘(2) is selected by the program to serve in a po-
sition with the program;
‘‘(3) will serve in the program for a term of
service specified in section 139 to be performed be-
fore, during, or after attendance at an institution of
higher education;
‘‘(4) is 17 years of age or older at the time the
individual begins the term of service;
‘‘(5) has received a high school diploma or its
equivalent, agrees to obtain a high school diploma or
its equivalent (unless this requirement is waived
based on an individual education assessment con-
ducted by the program) and the individual did not
drop out of an elementary or secondary school to en-
roll in the program, or is enrolled in an institution
of higher education on an ability to benefit basis and
is considered eligible for funds under section 484 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1091); and
‘‘(6) is a citizen or national of the United
States or lawful permanent resident alien of the
United States.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN YOUTH PRO-
GRAMS.—An individual shall be considered to be a partici-
pant in a youth corps program described in section
122(a)(2) or a program described in section 122(a)(9)
that is carried out with assistance provided under section
121(a) if the individual—
‘‘(1) satisfies the requirements specified in sub-
section (a), except paragraph (4) of such subsection;
and
‘‘(2) is between the ages of 16 and 25, inclu-
sive, at the time the individual begins the term of
service.
‘‘SEC. 138. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI-
PANTS.
‘‘(a) SELECTION PROCESS.—Subject to subsections
(b) and (c) and section 131(f), the actual recruitment and
selection of an individual to serve in a national service pro-
gram receiving assistance under section 121 or to fill an
approved national service position shall be conducted by
the State, subdivision of a State, Indian tribe, public or
private nonprofit organization, institution of higher edu-
cation, Federal agency, or other entity to which the assist-
ance and approved national service positions are provided.
‘‘(b) NONDISCRIMINATION AND NONPOLITICAL SE-
LECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—The recruitment and selec-
tion of individuals to serve in national service programs
receiving assistance under section 121 or to fill approved
national service positions shall be consistent with the re-
quirements of section 175.
‘‘(c) SECOND TERM.—Acceptance into a national
service program to serve a second term of service under
section 139 shall only be available to individuals who per-
form satisfactorily in their first term of service.
‘‘(d) RECRUITMENT
AND PLACEMENT.—The Cor-
poration and each State Commission shall establish a sys-
tem to recruit individuals who desire to perform national
service and to assist the placement of these individuals in
approved national service positions, including positions
available under titles I and II of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.). The Cor-
poration and State Commissions shall disseminate infor-
mation regarding available approved national service posi-
tions through cooperation with secondary schools, institu-
tions of higher education, employment service offices, vo-
cational rehabilitation agencies and other State offices
that serve primarily people with disabilities, and other ap-
propriate entities, particularly those organizations that
provide outreach to disadvantaged youths and youths with
disabilities.
‘‘(e) NATIONAL LEADERSHIP POOL.—
‘‘(1) SELECTION AND TRAINING.—From among
individuals recruited under subsection (d), the Cor-
poration may select individuals with significant lead-
ership potential, as determined by the Corporation,
to receive special training to enhance their leader-
ship ability. The leadership training shall be pro-
vided by the Corporation directly or through a grant
or contract.
‘‘(2) EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.—In
selecting individuals to receive leadership training
under this subsection, the Corporation shall make
special efforts to select individuals who have served
in the Peace Corps, as VISTA volunteers, as partici-
pants in a program under title II of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000 et
seq.), or as participants in national service programs
receiving assistance under section 121, or who are
honorably discharged members of the Armed Forces
of the United States.
‘‘(3) ASSIGNMENT.—At the request of a pro-
gram that receives assistance under the national
service laws, the Corporation may assign an individ-
ual who receives leadership training under para-
graph (1) to work with the program in a leadership
position and carry out assignments not otherwise
performed by regular participants. An individual as-
signed to a program shall be considered to be a par-
ticipant of the program.
‘‘(f) EVALUATION
OF SERVICE.—The Chairperson
shall issue regulations regarding the manner and criteria
by which the service of a participant shall be evaluated
to determine whether the service is satisfactory and suc-
cessful for purposes of eligibility for a second term of serv-
ice or a national service educational award.
‘‘SEC. 139. TERMS OF SERVICE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving a na-
tional service education award under subtitle D, a partici-
pant in an approved national service position shall be re-
quired to perform full- or part-time national service for
at least one term of service specified in subsection (b).
‘‘(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—
‘‘(1) FULL-TIME SERVICE.—An individual per-
forming full-time national service in an approved na-
tional service position shall agree to participate in
the program sponsoring the position for not less
than 1,700 hours during a period of not less than
9 months and not more than 1 year.
‘‘(2) PART-TIME SERVICE.—Except as provided
in paragraph (3), an individual performing part-time
national service in an approved national service posi-
tion shall agree to participate in the program spon-
soring the position for not less than 1,700 hours
during a period of—
‘‘(A) not less than 1 year and not more
than 2 years; or
‘‘(B) not less than 1 year and not more
than 3 years if the individual is enrolled in an
institute of higher education while preforming
all or a portion of the service.
‘‘(3) REDUCTION
IN
HOURS
OF
PART-TIME
SERVICE.—The Corporation may reduce the number
of hours required to be served to successfully com-
plete part-time national service to a level determined
by the Corporation, except that any reduction in the
required term of service shall include a correspond-
ing reduction in the amount of any national service
educational award that may be available under sub-
title D with regard to that service.
‘‘(c) RELEASE FROM COMPLETING TERM OF SERV-
ICE.—
‘‘(1) RELEASE
AUTHORIZED.—A recipient of
assistance under section 121 or a program sponsor-
ing an approved national service position may re-
lease a participant from completing a term of service
in the position—
‘‘(A) for compelling personal circumstances
as demonstrated by the participant; or
‘‘(B) for cause.
‘‘(2) EFFECT OF RELEASE FOR COMPELLING
CIRCUMSTANCES.—If a participant eligible for re-
lease under paragraph (1)(A) is serving in an ap-
proved national service position, the recipient of as-
sistance under section 121 or a program sponsoring
an approved national service position may elect—
‘‘(A) to grant such release and provide to
the participant that portion of the national
service educational award corresponding to the
portion of the term of service actually com-
pleted, as provided in section 147(b); or
‘‘(B) to permit the participant to tempo-
rarily suspend performance of the term of serv-
ice for a period of up to 2 years (and such addi-
tional period as the Corporation may allow for
extenuating circumstances) and, upon comple-
tion of such period, to allow return to the pro-
gram with which the individual was serving in
order to complete the remainder of the term of
service and obtain the entire national service
educational award.
‘‘(3) EFFECT OF RELEASE FOR CAUSE.—A par-
ticipant released for cause may not receive any por-
tion of the national service educational award.
‘‘SEC. 140. LIVING ALLOWANCES FOR NATIONAL SERVICE
PARTICIPANTS.
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—
‘‘(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—Subject
to paragraph (3), a national service program carried
out using assistance provided under section 121
shall provide to each participant who participates on
a full-time basis in the program a living allowance
in an amount equal or greater than the average an-
nual subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volun-
teers under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
FEDERAL
SHARE.—The
amount of the annual living allowance provided
under paragraph (1) that may be paid using assist-
ance provided under section 121 and using any other
Federal funds shall not exceed 85 percent of the
total average annual provided to VISTA volunteers
under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM
LIVING
ALLOWANCE.—Except
as provided in subsection (c), the total amount of an
annual living allowance that may be provided to a
participant in a national service program shall not
exceed 200 percent of the average annual subsist-
ence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers under
section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).
‘‘(4) PRORATION OF LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The
amount provided as a living allowance under this
subsection shall be prorated in the case of a partici-
pant who is authorized to serve a reduced term of
service under section 139(b)(3).
‘‘(5) WAIVER
OR
REDUCTION
OF
LIVING
AL-
LOWANCE.—The Corporation may waive or reduce
the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to
such national service program if such program dem-
onstrates that—
‘‘(A) such requirement is inconsistent with
the objectives of the program; and
‘‘(B) the amount of the living allowance
that will be provided to each full-time partici-
pant is sufficient to meet the necessary costs of
living (including food, housing, and transpor-
tation) in the area in which the program is lo-
cated.
‘‘(6) EXEMPTION.—The requirement of para-
graph (1) shall not apply to any program which was
in existence on the date of enactment of the Na-
tional Service Trust Act of 1993.
‘‘(7) EVALUATION
OF
LIVING
ALLOWANCE.—
Not later than 2 years after the effective date of this
subsection, the Corporation shall arrange for an
independent evaluation to determine the levels of liv-
ing allowances paid in all programs under this sub-
title, individually, by State, and by region. Such
evaluation shall determine the effects that such liv-
ing allowances have had on the ability of individuals
to participate in such programs.
‘‘(b) COVERAGE OF CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT-RELAT-
ED TAXES.—To the extent a national service program that
receives assistance under section 121 is subject, with re-
spect to the participants in the program, to the taxes im-
posed on an employer under sections 3111 and 3301 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3111,
3301) and taxes imposed on an employer under a work-
men’s compensation act, the assistance provided to the
program under section 121 shall include an amount suffi-
cient to cover 85 percent of such taxes based upon the
lesser of—
‘‘(1) the total 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); and
‘‘(2) the annual living allowance established by
the program.
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FROM MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOW-
ANCE FOR CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.—A professional corps
program described in section 122(a)(8) that desires to
provide or arrange for a living allowance in excess of the
maximum allowance authorized in subsection (a)(3) may
still apply for such assistance, except that—
‘‘(1) any assistance provided to the applicant
under section 121 may not be used to pay for any
portion of the allowance;
‘‘(2) the applicant shall apply for such assist-
ance only by submitting an application to the Cor-
poration for assistance on a competitive basis; and
‘‘(3) the national service program must be oper-
ated directly by the applicant and must meet urgent,
unmet human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs, as determined by the Corporation.
‘‘(d) HEALTH INSURANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or other recipient
of assistance under section 121 shall provide a basic
health care policy for each full-time participant in a
national service program carried out or supported
using the assistance if the participant is not other-
wise covered by a health care policy. Not more than
85 percent of the cost of a premium shall be pro-
vided by the Corporation, with the remaining cost
paid by the entity receiving assistance under section
121. The Corporation shall establish minimum
standards that all plans must meet in order to qual-
ify for payment under this part, any circumstances
in which an alternative health care policy may be
substituted for the basic health care policy, and
mechanisms to prohibit participants from dropping
existing coverage.
‘‘(2) OPTION.—A State or other recipient of as-
sistance under section 121 may elect to provide from
its own funds a health care policy for participants
that does not meet all of the standards established
by the Corporation if the fair market value of such
policy is equal to or greater than the fair market
value of a plan that meets the minimum standards
established by the Corporation.
‘‘(e) CHILD CARE.—
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY.—A State or other recipient
of assistance under section 121 shall—
‘‘(A) make child care available for children
of each full-time participant who serves in a na-
tional service program carried out or supported
by the recipient using the assistance, including
individuals who need such child care in order to
participate in the program; or
‘‘(B) provide a child care allowance to each
full-time participant in a national service pro-
gram who needs such assistance in order to
participate in the program.
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—The Corporation shall es-
tablish guidelines regarding the circumstances under
which child care must be made available under this
subsection and the value of any allowance to be pro-
vided.
‘‘(f) INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT SERVICES.—A State
or other recipient of assistance under section 121 shall
provide auxiliary aids and services based on the individual-
ized need of a participant who is a qualified individual
with a disability.
‘‘(g) 
WAIVER
OF
LIMITATION
ON
FEDERAL
SHARE.—The Corporation may waive in whole or in part
the limitation on the Federal share specified in this section
with respect to a particular national service program in
any fiscal year if the Corporation determines that such
a waiver would be equitable due to a lack of available fi-
nancial resources at the local level.
‘‘SEC. 141. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY GENERALLY.—A participant in a
national service program carried out using assistance pro-
vided to an applicant under section 121 shall be eligible
for the national service educational award described in
subtitle D if the participant—
‘‘(1) serves in an approved national service po-
sition; and
‘‘(2) satisfies the eligibility requirements speci-
fied in section 146 with respect to service in that ap-
proved national service position.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULE FOR VISTA VOLUNTEERS.—A
VISTA volunteer who serves in an approved national serv-
ice position shall be ineligible for a national service edu-
cational award if the VISTA volunteer accepts the stipend
authorized under section 105(a)(1) of the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(a)(1).’’.
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended—
(1) by striking the items relating to subtitle C
of title I of such Act and inserting the following new
items:
‘‘Subtitle C—National Service Trust Program
‘‘PART I—INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL SERVICE
‘‘Sec. 121. Authority to provide assistance and approved national service posi-
tions.
‘‘Sec. 122. Types of national service programs eligible for program assistance.
‘‘Sec. 123. Types of national service positions eligible for approval for national
service educational awards.
‘‘Sec. 124. Types of program assistance.
‘‘Sec. 125. Training and technical assistance.
‘‘Sec. 126. Other special assistance.
‘‘PART II—APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS
‘‘Sec. 129. Provision of assistance and approved national service positions by
competitive and other means.
‘‘Sec. 130. Application for assistance and approved national service positions.
‘‘Sec. 131. National service program assistance requirements.
‘‘Sec. 132. Ineligible service categories.
‘‘Sec. 133. Consideration of applications.
‘‘Sec. 134. Evaluation of success of investment in national service.
‘‘PART III—NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICIPANTS
‘‘Sec. 137. Description of participants.
‘‘Sec. 138. Selection of national service participants.
‘‘Sec. 139. Terms of service.
‘‘Sec. 140. Living allowances for national service participants.
‘‘Sec. 141. National service educational awards.’’;
and
(2) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 195O the following new items:
‘‘Subtitle I—American Conservation and Youth Corps
‘‘Sec. 199. Short title.
‘‘Sec. 199A. General authority.
‘‘Sec. 199B. Allocation of funds.
‘‘Sec. 199C. State application.
‘‘Sec. 199D. Focus of programs.
‘‘Sec. 199E. Related programs.
‘‘Sec. 199F. Public lands or Indian lands.
‘‘Sec. 199G. Training and education services.
‘‘Sec. 199H. Amount of award; matching requirement.
‘‘Sec. 199I. Preference for certain projects.
‘‘Sec. 199J. Age and citizenship criteria for enrollment.
‘‘Sec. 199K. Use of volunteers.
‘‘Sec. 199L. Post-service benefits.
‘‘Sec. 199M. Living allowance.
‘‘Sec. 199N. Joint programs.
‘‘Sec. 199O. Federal and State employee status.’’.
(d) LIVING ALLOWANCE UNDER SUBTITLE I.—Sec-
tion 199M(a) of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (former section 133(a) of such Act as redesig-
nated in subsection (a)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C.
12553(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2)
and inserting the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(1) LIVING ALLOWANCE REQUIRED.—Subject
to paragraph (3), each participant in a full-time
youth corps program that receives assistance under
this subtitle shall receive a living allowance in an
amount equal or greater than the average annual
subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers
under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
FEDERAL
SHARE.—The
amount of the annual living allowance provided
under paragraph (1) that may be paid using assist-
ance provided under this subtitle, section 121, and
any other Federal funds shall not exceed 85 percent
of the total average annual subsistence allowance
provided to VISTA volunteers under section 105 of
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42
U.S.C. 4955).
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM LIVING ALLOWANCE.—The total
amount of an annual living allowance that may be
provided to a participant in a full-time youth corps
program that receives assistance under this subtitle
shall not exceed 200 percent of the average annual
subsistence allowance provided to VISTA volunteers
under section 105 of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955).
‘‘(4) WAIVER
OR
REDUCTION
OF
LIVING
AL-
LOWANCE.—The Corporation may waive or reduce
the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to
such national service program if such program dem-
onstrates that—
‘‘(A) such requirement is inconsistent with
the objectives of the program; and
‘‘(B) the amount of the living allowance
that will be provided to each full-time partici-
pant is sufficient to meet the necessary costs of
living (including food, housing, and transpor-
tation) in the area in which the program is lo-
cated.
‘‘(5) EXEMPTION.—The requirement of para-
graph (1) shall not apply to any program which was
in existence on the date of enactment of the Na-
tional Service Trust Act of 1993.
‘‘(6) EVALUATION
OF
LIVING
ALLOWANCE.—
Not later than 2 years after the effective date of this
subsection, the Corporation shall arrange for an
independent evaluation to determine the levels of liv-
ing allowances paid in all programs under this sub-
title, individually, by State, and by region. Such
evaluation shall determine the effects that such liv-
ing allowances have had on the ability of individuals
to participate in such programs.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) REFERENCES.—Subtitle I of title I of the
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (as so
redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section) is
amended by striking ‘‘Commission’’ each place it ap-
pears in sections 199A, 199B, 199C, 199D, 199F,
199H, 199I, 199M, and 199N (as redesignated in
subsection (a)(3) of this section) and inserting ‘‘Cor-
poration’’.
(2) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—Section 199A of
such Act (as redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of
this section) (42 U.S.C. 12541) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘under section 102’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, to the Secretary of the
Interior, or to the Director of ACTION’’ and
inserting ‘‘or to the Secretary of the Interior’’.
(3) ALLOCATION.—Section 199B of such Act
(as redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of this section)
(42 U.S.C. 12542) is amended by striking ‘‘section
123’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section
199C’’.
(4) STATE APPLICATION.—Section 199C(a) of
such Act (as redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of
this section) (42 U.S.C. 12543(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘section 122(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
199B(b)’’.
(5) PUBLIC LANDS.—Section 199F(b) of such
Act (as redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of this sec-
tion) (42 U.S.C. 12546(b)) is amended by striking
‘‘section 123’’ and inserting ‘‘section 199C’’.
(6) PREFERENCE.—Section 199I(a) of such Act
(as redesignated in subsection (a)(3) of this section)
(42 U.S.C. 12549) is amended by striking ‘‘section
123’’ and inserting ‘‘section 199C’’.
SEC. 102. NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST AND PROVISION OF
NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF TRUST; PROVISION
OF
AWARDS.—Subtitle D of title I of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘Subtitle 
D—National 
Service
Trust and Provision of National
Service Educational Awards
‘‘SEC. 145. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE
TRUST.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
Treasury of the United States an account to be known
as the National Service Trust. The Trust shall consist
of—
‘‘(1) from the amounts appropriated to the Cor-
poration and made available to carry out this sub-
title pursuant to section 501(a)(2), such amounts as
the Corporation may designate to be available for
the payment of—
‘‘(A) national service educational awards;
and
‘‘(B) interest expenses pursuant to section
148(e);
‘‘(2) any amounts received by the Corporation
as gifts, bequests, devise, or otherwise pursuant to
section 196(a)(2); and
‘‘(3) the interest on, and proceeds from the sale
or redemption of, any obligations held by the Trust.
‘‘(b) INVESTMENT OF TRUST.—It shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury to invest in full the
amounts appropriated to the Trust. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in instruments concerning a gift, be-
quest, devise, or other donation and agreed to by the Cor-
poration, such investments may be made only in interest-
bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations
guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United
States. For such purpose, such obligations may be ac-
quired (1) on original issue at the issue price, or (2) by
purchase of outstanding obligations at the marketplace.
Any obligation acquired by the Trust may be sold by the
Secretary at the market price.
‘‘(4) estimate the number of additional ap-
proved national service positions which the Corpora-
tion will be able to make available under subtitle C
on the basis of any accumulated surplus in the
Trust above the amount required to provide national
service educational awards to individuals identified
under paragraph (2), including any amounts avail-
able as a result of the circumstances referred to in
paragraph (3).
‘‘SEC. 146. INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A NATIONAL
SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD FROM THE
TRUST.
‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An individual shall
receive a national service educational award from the Na-
tional Service Trust if the individual—
‘‘(1) successfully completes the required term of
service described in subsection (b) in an approved
national service position;
‘‘(2) was 17 years of age or older at the time
the individual began serving in the approved na-
tional service position or was an out-of-school youth
serving in an approved national service position with
a youth corps program described in section
122(a)(2) or a program described in section
122(a)(9);
‘‘(3) has received a high school diploma, or the
equivalent of such diploma, at the time the individ-
ual uses the national service educational award, un-
less this requirement has been waived based on an
individual education assessment conducted by the
program; and
‘‘(4) is a citizen or national of the United
States or lawful permanent resident alien of the
United States.
‘‘(b) TERM OF SERVICE.—The term of service for an
approved national service position shall not be less than
the full- or part-time term of service specified in section
139(b).
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF TERMS OF SERV-
ICE FOR AWARDS.—Although an individual may serve
more than 2 terms of service described in subsection (b)
in an approved national service position, the individual
shall receive a national service educational award from the
National Service Trust only on the basis of the first and
second of such terms of service.
‘‘(d) TIME FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD.—
‘‘(1) SEVEN-YEAR REQUIREMENT.—An individ-
ual eligible to receive a national service educational
award under this section may not use such award
after the end of the 7-year period beginning on the
date the individual completes the term of service in
an approved national service position that is the
basis of the award.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Corporation may ex-
tend the period within which an individual may use
a national service educational award if the Corpora-
tion determines that the individual—
‘‘(A) was unavoidably prevented from
using the national service educational award
during the original 7-year period; or
‘‘(B) performed another term of service in
an approved national service position during
that period.
‘‘(e) SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR DRUG-RE-
LATED OFFENSES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An individual who, after
qualifying under this section as an eligible individ-
ual, has been convicted under any Federal or State
law of the possession or sale of a controlled sub-
stance shall not be eligible to receive a national serv-
ice educational award during the period beginning
on the date of such conviction and ending after the
interval specified in the following table:
‘‘If convicted of:
The possession of a controlled substance:
Ineligibility period is:
1st conviction ................................................
1 year
2nd conviction ...............................................
2 years
3rd conviction ...............................................
indefinite
The sale of a controlled substance:
1st conviction ................................................
2 years
2nd conviction ...............................................
indefinite
‘‘(2) REHABILITATION.—An individual whose
eligibility has been suspended under paragraph (1)
shall resume eligibility before the end of the period
determined under such paragraph if the individual
satisfactorily completes a drug rehabilitation pro-
gram that complies with such criteria as the Cor-
poration shall prescribe for purposes of this para-
graph.
‘‘(3) FIRST CONVICTIONS.—An individual whose
eligibility has been suspended under paragraph (1)
and is convicted of his or her first offense may re-
sume eligibility before the end of the period deter-
mined under such paragraph if the student dem-
onstrates that he or she has enrolled or been accept-
ed for enrollment in a drug rehabilitation program
that complies with such criteria as the Corporation
shall prescribe for purposes of this subsection.
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this subsection,
the term ‘controlled substance’ has the meaning
given in section 102(6) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 802(6)).
‘‘(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall
be effective upon publication by the Corporation in
the Federal Register of criteria prescribed under
paragraph (2) of this subsection.
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAMS.—The Corporation may establish by regulation
demonstration programs for the creation and evaluation
of innovative volunteer and community service programs.
‘‘SEC. 147. DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE NA-
TIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD.
‘‘(a) AMOUNTS GENERALLY.—Except as provided in
subsection (b), an individual described in section 146(a)
who successfully completes a required term of service in
an approved national service position shall receive a na-
tional service educational award having a value, for each
of not more than 2 of such terms of service, equal to 90
percent of—
‘‘(1) one-half of the aggregate minimum basic
educational assistance allowance calculated under
sections 3013(d)(1) and 3015(b)(1) of title 38, Unit-
ed States Code (as in effect on July 28, 1993), for
a member of the Armed Forces who is entitled to
such an allowance under section 3011 of such title
and whose initial obligated period of active duty is
two years; less
‘‘(2) one-half of the aggregate basic contribu-
tion required to be made by the member under sec-
tion 3011(b) of such title (as in effect on July 28,
1993).
‘‘(b) AWARD FOR PARTIAL COMPLETION OF SERV-
ICE.—If an individual serving in an approved national
service position is released in accordance with section
139(c)(1)(A) from completing the term of service agreed
to by the individual, the Corporation may provide the indi-
vidual with that portion of the national service educational
award approved for the individual that corresponds to the
quantity of the term of service actually completed by the
individual.
‘‘SEC. 148. DISBURSEMENT OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDU-
CATIONAL AWARDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Trust shall be
available—
‘‘(1) to repay student loans in accordance with
subsection (b);
‘‘(2) to pay all or part of the cost of attendance
at an institution of higher education in accordance
with subsection (c);
‘‘(3) to pay expenses incurred in participating
in an approved school-to-work program in accord-
ance with subsection (d); and
‘‘(4) to pay interest expenses in accordance with
regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (e).
‘‘(b) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO REPAY OUT-
STANDING STUDENT LOANS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION
BY
ELIGIBLE
INDIVID-
UALS.—An eligible individual under section 146 who
desires to apply his or her national service edu-
cational award to the repayment of qualified student
loans shall submit, in a manner prescribed by the
Corporation, an application to the Corporation
that—
‘‘(A) identifies, or permits the Corporation
to identify readily, the holder or holders of such
loans;
‘‘(B) indicates, or permits the Corporation
to determine readily, the amounts of principal
and interest outstanding on the loans;
‘‘(C) specifies, if the outstanding balance is
greater than the amount disbursed under para-
graph (2), which of the loans the individual pre-
fers to be paid by the Corporation; and
‘‘(D) contains or is accompanied by such
other information as the Corporation may re-
quire.
‘‘(2) DISBURSEMENT OF REPAYMENTS.—Upon
receipt of an application from an eligible individual
of an application that complies with paragraph (1),
the Corporation shall, as promptly as practicable
consistent with paragraph (5), disburse the amount
of the national service educational award to which
the eligible individual is entitled. Such disbursement
shall be made by check or other means that is pay-
able to the holder of the loan and requires the en-
dorsement or other certification by the eligible indi-
vidual.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF DISBURSED AMOUNTS.—
If the amount disbursed under paragraph (2) is less
than the principal and accrued interest on any quali-
fied student loan, such amount shall be applied ac-
cording to the specified priorities of the individual.
‘‘(4) REPORTS BY HOLDERS.—Any holder re-
ceiving a loan payment pursuant to this subsection
shall submit to the Corporation such information as
the Corporation may require to verify that such pay-
ment was applied in accordance with this subsection
and any regulations prescribed to carry out this sub-
section.
‘‘(5) NOTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL.—The Cor-
poration upon disbursing the national service edu-
cational award, shall notify the individual of the
amount paid for each outstanding loan and the date
of payment.
‘‘(6) AUTHORITY TO AGGREGATE PAYMENTS.—
The Corporation may, by regulation, provide for the
aggregation of payments to holders under this sub-
section.
‘‘(7) DEFINITION
OF
QUALIFIED
STUDENT
LOANS.—As used in this subsection, the term ‘quali-
fied student loans’ means—
‘‘(A) any loan made, insured, or guaran-
teed pursuant to title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.),
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
‘‘(B) any loan made pursuant to title VII
or VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 292a et seq.).
‘‘(8) DEFINITION OF HOLDER.—As used in this
subsection, the term ‘holder’ with respect to any eli-
gible loan means the original lender or, if the loan
is subsequently sold, transferred, or assigned to
some other person, and such other person acquires
a legally enforceable right to receive payments from
the borrower, such other person.
‘‘(c) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS TO PAY CUR-
RENT EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION BY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—
An eligible individual under section 146 who desires
to apply his or her national service educational
award to the payment of current full-time or part-
time educational expenses shall, on a form pre-
scribed by the Corporation, submit an application to
the institution of higher education in which the stu-
dent will be enrolled that contains such information
as the Corporation may require to verify the individ-
ual’s eligibility.
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT
BY
INSTITUTIONS.—An institution of higher edu-
cation that receives one or more applications that
comply with paragraph (1) shall submit to the Cor-
poration a statement, in a manner prescribed by the
Corporation, that—
‘‘(A) identifies each eligible individual fil-
ing an application under paragraph (1) for a
disbursement of the individual’s national service
educational award under this subsection;
‘‘(B) specifies the amounts for which such
eligible individuals are, consistent with para-
graph (6), qualified for disbursement under this
subsection;
‘‘(C) certifies that (i) the institution of
higher education has in effect a program par-
ticipation agreement under section 487 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1094), and (ii) the institution’s eligibility to
participate in any of the programs under title
IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) has not
been limited, suspended, or terminated; and
‘‘(D) contains such provisions concerning
financial compliance as the Corporation may re-
quire.
‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENT OF PAYMENTS.—Upon re-
ceipt of a statement from an institution of higher
education that complies with paragraph (2), the Cor-
poration shall, subject to paragraph (4), disburse the
total amount of the national service educational
awards for which eligible individuals who have sub-
mitted applications to that institution under para-
graph (1) are qualified. Such disbursement shall be
made by check or other means that is payable to the
institution and requires the endorsement or other
certification by the eligible individual.
‘‘(4) MULTIPLE DISBURSEMENTS REQUIRED.—
The total amount required to be disbursed to an in-
stitution of higher education under paragraph (3)
for any period of enrollment shall be disbursed by
the Corporation in 2 or more installments, none of
which exceeds 1⁄2 of such total amount. The interval
between the first and second such installment shall
not be less than 1⁄2 of such period of enrollment, ex-
cept as necessary to permit the second installment to
be paid at the beginning of the second semester,
quarter, or similar division of such period of enroll-
ment.
‘‘(5) REFUND RULES.—The Corporation shall,
by regulation, provide for the refund to the Corpora-
tion (and the crediting to the national service edu-
cational award of an eligible individual) of amounts
disbursed to institutions for the benefit of eligible in-
dividuals who withdraw or otherwise fail to complete
the period of enrollment for which the assistance
was provided. Such regulations shall be consistent
with the fair and equitable refund policies required
of institutions pursuant to section 484B of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091b).
Amounts refunded to the Trust pursuant to this
paragraph may be used by the Corporation to fund
additional approved national service positions under
subtitle C.
‘‘(6) MAXIMUM AWARD.—The portion of an eli-
gible individual’s total available national service edu-
cational award that may be disbursed under this
subsection for any period of enrollment shall not ex-
ceed the difference between—
‘‘(A) the eligible individual’s cost of attend-
ance for such period of enrollment, determined
in accordance with section 472 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll); and
‘‘(B) the sum of (i) the student’s estimated
financial assistance for such period under part
A of title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et
seq.), and (ii) the student’s veterans’ education
benefits, determined in accordance with section
480(c) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(c)).
‘‘(d) USE OF EDUCATIONAL AWARD TO PARTICIPATE
IN APPROVED SCHOOL-TO-WORK PROGRAMS.—The Cor-
poration shall by regulation provide for the payment of
national service educational awards to permit eligible indi-
viduals to participate in school-to-work programs approved
by the Secretaries of Labor and Education.
‘‘(e) INTEREST PAYMENTS DURING FORBEARANCE
ON LOAN REPAYMENT.—The Corporation shall provide by
regulation for the payment on behalf of an eligible individ-
ual of interest that accrues during a period for which such
individual has obtained forbearance in the repayment of
a qualified student loan (as defined in subsection (b)(6)),
if the eligible individual successfully completes his or her
required term of service (as determined under section
146(b)). Such regulations shall be prescribed after con-
sultation with the Secretary of Education.
‘‘(f) EXCEPTION.—With the approval of the Director,
an approved national service program funded under sec-
tion 121, may offer participants the option of waiving
their right to receive a National Service Education Award
in order to receive an alternative post-service benefit fund-
ed by the program entirely with non-Federal funds.
‘‘(g) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—Notwithstanding section 101 of this Act, for
purposes of this section the term ‘institution of higher
education’ has the meaning provided by section 481(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(a)).’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the
items relating to subtitle D of title I of such Act and in-
serting the following new items:
‘‘Subtitle D—National Service Trust and Provision of National Service
Educational Awards
‘‘Sec. 145. Establishment of the National Service Trust.
‘‘Sec. 146. Individuals eligible to receive a national service educational award
from the Trust.
‘‘Sec. 147. Determination of the amount of the national service educational
award.
‘‘Sec. 148. Disbursement of national service educational awards.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
SUBSIDIZED
STAFFORD
LOANS.—Section 428(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(a)(2)(C)(i)) is
amended by inserting after ‘‘parts C and E of this
title,’’ the following: ‘‘any national service edu-
cational award such student will receive under sub-
title D of title I of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12751 et seq.),’’.
(2) FORBEARANCE
IN
THE
COLLECTION
OF
STAFFORD LOANS.—Section 428 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(1)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs
(W), (X), and (Y) as subparagraphs (X),
(Y), and (Z), respectively; and
(ii) by inserting immediately after
subparagraph (V) the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(W)(i) provides that, upon written re-
quest, a lender shall grant a borrower forbear-
ance on such terms as are otherwise consistent
with the regulations of the Secretary, during
periods in which the borrower is serving in a
national service position, for which he or she re-
ceives a national service educational award
under the National Service Trust Act of 1993;
‘‘(ii) provides that clauses (iii) and (iv) of
subparagraph (V) shall also apply to a forbear-
ance granted under this subparagraph; and
‘‘(iii) provides that interest shall continue
to accrue on a loan for which a borrower re-
ceives forbearance under this subparagraph and
shall be capitalized or paid by the borrower;’’;
and
(B) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking
‘‘subsection (b)(1)(V)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(1) (V) and (W)’’.
(3) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
STAFFORD
LOAN
FOR-
GIVENESS.—Section 428J of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(1), is amended by
striking ‘‘October 1, 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘Oc-
tober 1, 1989’’; and
(B) in subsection (c), by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
‘‘(5) INELIGIBILITY
OF
NATIONAL
SERVICE
EDUCATIONAL
AWARD
RECIPIENTS.—No student
borrower may, for the same volunteer service, receive
a benefit under both this section and subtitle D of
title I of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12751 et seq.).’’.
(4) ELIGIBILITY FOR PERKINS LOAN FORGIVE-
NESS.—Section 465(a) of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) No borrower may, for the same volunteer
service, receive a benefit under both this section and
subtitle D of title I of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12751 et seq.).’’.
(5) IMPACT ON GENERAL NEEDS ANALYSIS.—
Section 480(j) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(j)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any na-
tional service educational award such student will re-
ceive under subtitle D of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12751
et seq.) shall not be taken into account in determin-
ing estimated financial assistance not received under
this title.’’.
SEC. 103. SCHOOL-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERV-
ICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS.—
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection
is to improve the Serve-America programs estab-
lished under part I of subtitle B of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990, and to enable the
Corporation for National Service, and the entities
receiving financial assistance under such part, to—
(A) work with teachers in elementary
schools and secondary schools within a commu-
nity, and with community-based agencies, to
create and offer service-learning opportunities
for all school-age youth;
(B) educate teachers, and faculty providing
teacher training and retraining, about service-
learning, and incorporate service-learning op-
portunities into classroom teaching to strength-
en academic learning;
(C) coordinate the work of adult volunteers
who work with elementary and secondary
schools as part of their community service ac-
tivities; and
(D) work with employers in the commu-
nities to ensure that projects introduce the stu-
dents to various careers and expose the stu-
dents to needed further education and training.
(2) PROGRAMS.—Subtitle B of title I of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is amended by striking the
subtitle heading and all that follows through the end
of part I and inserting the following:
‘‘Subtitle 
B—School-Based 
and
Community-Based 
Service-
Learning Programs
‘‘PART I—SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS
‘‘Subpart A—School-Based Programs for Students
‘‘SEC. 111. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST STATES AND INDIAN
TRIBES.
‘‘(a) USE OF FUNDS.—The Corporation, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, may make grants
under section 112(b)(1), and allotments under subsections
(a) and (b)(2) of section 112, to States (acting through
their State educational agency) and Indian tribes to pay
for the Federal share of—
‘‘(1) planning and building the capacity of the
States or Indian tribes (which may be accomplished
through grants or contracts with qualified organiza-
tions) to implement school-based service-learning
programs, including—
‘‘(A) providing training for teachers, su-
pervisors, personnel from community-based
agencies (particularly with regard to the utiliza-
tion of participants), and trainers, to be con-
ducted by qualified individuals or organizations
that have experience with service-learning;
‘‘(B) developing service-learning curricula
to be integrated into academic programs, in-
cluding the age-appropriate learning component
described in section 114(d)(5)(B);
‘‘(C) forming local partnerships described
in paragraph (2) or (4) to develop school-based
service-learning programs in accordance with
this subpart;
‘‘(D) devising appropriate methods for re-
search and evaluation of the educational value
of service-learning and the effect of service-
learning activities on communities; and
‘‘(E) establishing effective outreach and
dissemination of information to ensure the
broadest possible involvement of community-
based agencies with demonstrated effectiveness
in working with school-age youth in their com-
munities;
‘‘(2) implementing, operating, or expanding
school-based service-learning programs, which may
include paying for the cost of the recruitment, train-
ing, supervision, placement, salaries, and benefits of
service-learning coordinators, through State distribu-
tion of Federal funds made available under this sub-
part to projects operated by local partnerships
among—
‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and
‘‘(B) one or more community partners
that—
‘‘(i) shall include a public or private
nonprofit organization that—
‘‘(I) has a demonstrated and ex-
tensive expertise in the provision of
services to meet unmet human, edu-
cational, 
environmental, 
or 
public
safety needs;
‘‘(II) was in existence at least 1
year before the date on which the or-
ganization applies to participate in the
partnership; and
‘‘(III) will make projects avail-
able for participants, who shall be stu-
dents; and
‘‘(ii) may include a private for-profit
business or private elementary or second-
ary school;
‘‘(3) planning of school-based service-learning
programs through State distribution of Federal
funds made available under this subpart to local
educational agencies, which planning may include
paying for the cost of—
‘‘(A) the salaries and benefits of service-
learning coordinators; or
‘‘(B) the recruitment, training, supervision,
and placement of service-learning coordinators
who are participants in a program under sub-
title C or receive a national service educational
award under subtitle D,
who will identify the community partners described
in paragraph (2)(B) and assist in the design and im-
plementation of a program described in paragraph
(2); and
‘‘(4) implementing, operating, or expanding
school-based service-learning programs involving
adult volunteers to utilize service-learning to improve
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the education of students through State distribution
of Federal funds made available under this part to
local partnerships among—
‘‘(A) local educational agencies; and
‘‘(B) one or more—
‘‘(i) public or private nonprofit organi-
zations;
‘‘(ii) other educational agencies; or
‘‘(iii) private for-profit businesses,
that coordinate and operate projects for participants,
who shall be students.
‘‘(b) DUTIES
OF SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINA-
TOR.—A service-learning coordinator referred to in para-
graph (2) or (3) of subsection (a) shall provide services
to a local educational agency by—
‘‘(1) expanding the awareness of teachers of the
potential of service-learning in strengthening the
educational achievement, leadership development,
and substantive learning, of students;
‘‘(2) providing technical assistance and informa-
tion to, and facilitating the training of, teachers who
want to use service-learning in their classrooms;
‘‘(3) assisting local partnerships described in
subsection (a) in the planning, development, and
execution of service-learning projects;
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‘‘(4) recruiting and supervising adult volun-
teers, or individuals who are participants in a pro-
gram under subtitle C or receive a national service
educational award under subtitle D, to expand serv-
ice-learning opportunities; and
‘‘(5) coordinating the activities of the service-
learning coordinator with the activities of the com-
mittee described in section 114(d)(1), and, where
appropriate, assisting the committee.
‘‘(c) RELATED EXPENSES.—A partnership, local edu-
cational agency, or other qualified organization that re-
ceives financial assistance under this subpart may, in car-
rying out the activities described in subsection (a), use
such assistance to pay for the Federal share of reasonable
costs related to the supervision of participants, program
administration, transportation, insurance, evaluations,
and for other reasonable expenses related to the activities.
‘‘SEC. 111A. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL APPLICANTS IN
NONPARTICIPATING STATES.
‘‘In any fiscal year in which a State does not submit
an application under section 113, for an allotment under
subsection (a) or (b)(2) of section 112, that meets the re-
quirements of section 113 and such other requirements
as the Chairperson may determine to be appropriate, the
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Corporation may use the allotment of that State to make
direct grants to pay for the Federal share of the cost of—
‘‘(1) carrying out the activities described in
paragraph (2) or (4) of section 111(a), to a local
partnership described in such paragraph; or
‘‘(2) carrying out the activities described in
paragraph (3) of such section, to an agency de-
scribed in such paragraph,
that is located in the State.
‘‘SEC. 111B. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST PUBLIC OR PRIVATE
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may make
grants under section 112(b)(1) to public and private non-
profit organizations that—
‘‘(1) have experience with service-learning;
‘‘(2) were in existence 1 year before the date on
which the organization submitted an application
under section 114(a); and
‘‘(3) meet such other criteria as the Chair-
person may establish.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Such organizations may use
grants made under subsection (a) to make grants to part-
nerships described in paragraph (2) or (4) of section
111(a) to implement, operate, or expand school-based
service-learning programs as described in such section and
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provide technical assistance and training to appropriate
persons.
‘‘SEC. 112. GRANTS AND ALLOTMENTS.
‘‘(a) INDIAN TRIBES
AND TERRITORIES.—Of the
amounts appropriated to carry out this subpart for any
fiscal year, the Corporation shall reserve an amount of not
more than 1 percent for payments to Indian tribes, the
Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, to be allotted in accordance with their respective
needs. The Corporation may also make payments from
such amount to Palau, in accordance with its needs, until
such time as the Compact of Free Association with Palau
is ratified.
‘‘(b) 
GRANTS
AND
ALLOTMENTS
THROUGH
STATES.—The Corporation shall use the remainder of the
funds appropriated to carry out this subpart for any fiscal
year as follows:
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), from 25 percent of such funds, the Cor-
poration may make grants, on a competitive basis,
to—
‘‘(A) State educational agencies and Indian
tribes; or
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‘‘(B) as described in section 111B, to
grantmaking entities.
‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—
‘‘(A) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), from 37.5 percent of
such funds, the Corporation shall allot to each
State an amount that bears the same ratio to
37.5 percent of such funds as the number of
school-age youth in the State bears to the total
number of school-age youth of all States.
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION
UNDER
ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—
Except as provided in paragraph (3), from 37.5
percent of such funds, the Corporation shall
allot to each State an amount that bears the
same ratio to 37.5 percent of such funds as the
allocation to the State for the previous fiscal
year under chapter 1 of title I of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2711 et seq.) bears to such allocations
to all States.
‘‘(3) MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—No State shall re-
ceive, under paragraph (2), an allotment that is less
than the allotment such State received for fiscal year
1993 under section 112(b) of this Act, as in effect
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on the day before the date of enactment of this part.
If the amount of funds made available in a fiscal
year to carry out paragraph (2) is insufficient to
make such allotments, the Corporation shall make
available sums from the 25 percent described in
paragraph (1) for such fiscal year to make such al-
lotments.
‘‘(4) 
DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding 
section
101(25), for purposes of this subsection, the term
‘State’ means each of the several States, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and
an Indian tribe.
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—If the Corporation determines
that the allotment of a State or Indian tribe under this
section will not be required for a fiscal year because the
State or Indian tribe does not submit an application for
the allotment under section 113 that meets the require-
ments of such section and such other requirements as the
Chairperson may determine to be appropriate, the Cor-
poration shall, after making any grants under section
111A to a partnership or agency described in such section,
make any remainder of such allotment available for real-
lotment to such other States, and Indian tribes, with ap-
proved applications submitted under section 113, as the
Corporation may determine to be appropriate.
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‘‘(d) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (a)
and (b), if less than $20,000,000 is appropriated for any
fiscal year to carry out this subpart, the Corporation shall
award grants to States and Indian tribes, from the
amount so appropriated, on a competitive basis to pay for
the Federal share of the activities described in section 111.
‘‘SEC. 113. STATE OR TRIBAL APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under section 112(b)(1), an allotment under subsection
(a) or (b)(2) of section 112, a reallotment under section
112(c), or a grant under section 112(d), a State, acting
through the State educational agency, or an Indian tribe,
shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain ap-
proval of, an application at such time and in such manner
as the Chairperson may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application that is submitted
under subsection (a) with respect to service-learning pro-
grams described in section 111 shall include—
‘‘(1) a 3-year strategic plan, or a revision of a
previously approved 3-year strategic plan, for pro-
moting service-learning through the programs, which
plan shall contain such information as the Chair-
person may reasonably require, such as—
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‘‘(A) a description of the goals to be at-
tained in promoting service-learning through
such programs;
‘‘(B) a description of the resources and or-
ganization needed to achieve the goals of such
programs within elementary schools and second-
ary schools; and
‘‘(C) a description of the manner in
which—
‘‘(i) such programs and the activities
to be carried out under such programs re-
late to the goals described in subparagraph
(A);
‘‘(ii) the applicant will evaluate the
success of the programs and the extent of
community involvement in the programs,
and measure the extent to which the pro-
grams meet the goals described in subpara-
graph (A);
‘‘(iii) in reviewing applications submit-
ted under section 114(c), the applicant has
ranked the applications according to the
criteria described in section 115(b), has
considered the factors described in section
115(a), and has reviewed the applications
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in a manner that ensured the equitable
treatment of all such applications;
‘‘(iv) the programs will be coordinated
with—
‘‘(I) the education reform efforts
of the applicant;
‘‘(II) other efforts to meet the
National Education Goals;
‘‘(III) other service activities in
the State or serving the Indian tribe;
and
‘‘(IV) other education programs,
training programs, social service pro-
grams, and appropriate programs that
serve school-age youth, that are au-
thorized under Federal law;
‘‘(v) the applicant will disseminate in-
formation, conduct outreach, and take
other measures, to encourage cooperative
efforts among the local educational agen-
cies, local government agencies, commu-
nity-based agencies, State agencies, and
private for-profit businesses that will carry
out the service-learning programs proposed
by the applicant, to develop and provide
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projects, including those that involve the
participation of urban, suburban, and rural
students working together;
‘‘(vi) the applicant will promote ap-
propriate projects in such programs for
economically disadvantaged students, stu-
dents with limited basic skills, students in
foster care who are becoming too old for
foster care, students of limited English
proficiency, homeless students, and stu-
dents with disabilities;
‘‘(vii) service-learning training and
technical 
assistance 
will 
be 
provided
through the programs—
‘‘(I) to State and local edu-
cational agency personnel, federally
assisted education specialists in the
State or serving the Indian tribe, and
local recipients of grants under this
subpart, to raise the awareness of
service-learning among such person-
nel, specialists, and recipients; and
‘‘(II) by qualified and experi-
enced individuals employed by the
State or Indian tribe or through
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grants or contracts with such individ-
uals;
‘‘(viii) a service-learning network will
be established for the State or Indian
tribe, comprised of expert teachers and ad-
ministrators who have carried out success-
ful service-learning activities within the
State or serving the Indian tribe; and
‘‘(ix) the applicant will use payments
from 
sources 
described 
in 
section
116(a)(2)(B) to expand projects for stu-
dents through the programs proposed by
the applicant;
‘‘(2) assurances that—
‘‘(A) the applicant will keep such records
and provide such information to the Corpora-
tion with respect to the programs as may be re-
quired for fiscal audits and program evaluation;
and
‘‘(B) the applicant will comply with the
nonduplication and nondisplacement require-
ments of section 177; and
‘‘(3) such additional information as the Chair-
person may reasonably require.
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shall contain such information, as the Chairperson may
reasonably require.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO STATE OR INDIAN TRIBE TO
RECEIVE ASSISTANCE TO CARRY OUT SCHOOL-BASED
SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any—
‘‘(A) qualified organization that desires to
receive financial assistance under this subpart
from a State or Indian tribe for an activity de-
scribed in section 111(a)(1);
‘‘(B) partnership described in section
111(a)(2) that desires to receive such assistance
from a State, Indian tribe, or grantmaking en-
tity for an activity described in section
111(a)(2);
‘‘(C) agency described in section 111(a)(3)
that desires to receive such assistance from a
State or Indian tribe for an activity described
in such section; or
‘‘(D) partnership described in section
111(a)(4) that desires to receive such assistance
from a State or Indian tribe for an activity de-
scribed in such section,
to be carried out through a service-learning program
described in section 111, shall prepare, submit to
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the State educational agency, Indian tribe, or
grantmaking entity, and obtain approval of, an ap-
plication for the program.
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be
submitted at such time and in such manner, and
shall contain such information, as the agency, tribe,
or entity may reasonably require.
‘‘(d) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—An application
that is submitted under subsection (a), (b), or (c) with
respect to a service-learning program described in section
111 shall, at a minimum, contain a proposal that in-
cludes—
‘‘(1) information specifying the membership and
role of an established advisory committee, consisting
of representatives of community-based agencies in-
cluding service recipients, students, parents, teach-
ers, administrators, representatives of agencies that
serve school-age youth or older adults, school board
members, representatives of local labor organiza-
tions, and representatives of business, that will pro-
vide advice with respect to the program;
‘‘(2) a description of—
‘‘(A) the goals of the program which shall
include goals that are quantifiable and dem-
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onstrate any benefits from the program to par-
ticipants and the community;
‘‘(B) service-learning projects to be pro-
vided under the program, and evidence that
participants will make a sustained commitment
to service in the projects;
‘‘(C) the manner in which participants in
the program were or will be involved in the de-
sign and operation of the program;
‘‘(D) training for supervisors, teachers,
service sponsors, and participants in the pro-
gram;
‘‘(E) the manner in which exemplary serv-
ice will be recognized under the program; and
‘‘(F) any resources that will permit con-
tinuation of the program, if needed, after the
assistance received under this subpart for the
program has ended;
‘‘(3) information that shall include—
‘‘(A) a disclosure of whether or not the
participants will receive academic credit for par-
ticipation in the program;
‘‘(B) the expected number of participants
in the program and the hours of service that
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such participants will provide individually and
as a group;
‘‘(C) the proportion of expected partici-
pants in the program who are economically dis-
advantaged, including participants with disabil-
ities; and
‘‘(D) any role of adult volunteers in imple-
menting the program, and the manner in which
such volunteers will be recruited;
‘‘(4) in the case of an application submitted by
a local partnership, a written agreement, between
the members of the local partnership, stating that
the program was jointly developed by the members
and that the program will be jointly executed by the
members; and
‘‘(5) assurances that—
‘‘(A) prior to the placement of a partici-
pant, the entity carrying out the program will
consult with any local labor organization rep-
resenting employees in the area who are en-
gaged in the same or similar work as that pro-
posed to be carried out by such program, to
prevent the displacement and protect the rights
of such employees;
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‘‘(B) the entity carrying out the program
will develop an age-appropriate learning compo-
nent for participants in the program that shall
include a chance for participants to analyze and
apply their service experiences; and
‘‘(C) the entity carrying out the program
will comply with the nonduplication and
nondisplacement requirements of section 177
and grievance procedure requirements of section
176(f).
‘‘SEC. 115. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) CRITERIA FOR APPLICATIONS.—In approving
applications for financial assistance under subsection (a),
(b), (c), or (d) of section 112, the Corporation shall con-
sider such criteria with respect to sustainability,
replicability, innovation, and quality of programs under
this subpart as the Chairperson may by regulation specify.
In providing assistance under this subpart, a State edu-
cational agency, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity shall
consider such criteria.
‘‘(b) PRIORITY FOR LOCAL APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In providing assistance
under this subpart, a State educational agency or
Indian tribe, or the Corporation if section 111A or
111B applies, shall give priority to entities that sub-
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of the resubmission process. The Corporation shall
promptly reconsider such resubmitted application.
‘‘SEC. 115A. PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent consistent with the
number of students in the State or Indian tribe or in the
school district of the local educational agency involved who
are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary
schools, such State, Indian tribe, or agency shall (after
consultation with appropriate private school representa-
tives) make provision—
‘‘(1) for the inclusion of services and arrange-
ments for the benefit of such students so as to allow
for the equitable participation of such students in
the programs implemented to carry out the objec-
tives and provide the benefits described in this sub-
part; and
‘‘(2) for the training of the teachers of such
students so as to allow for the equitable participa-
tion of such teachers in the programs implemented
to carry out the objectives and provide the benefits
described in this subpart.
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If a State, Indian tribe, or local edu-
cational agency is prohibited by law from providing for
the participation of students or teachers from private non-
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profit schools as required by subsection (a), or if the Cor-
poration determines that a State, Indian tribe, or local
educational agency substantially fails or is unwilling to
provide for such participation on an equitable basis, the
Chairperson shall waive such requirements and shall ar-
range for the provision of services to such students and
teachers. Such waivers shall be subject to consultation,
withholding, notice, and judicial review requirements in
accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 1017(b)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 2727(b)).
‘‘SEC. 116. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
‘‘(a) SHARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share attrib-
utable to this subpart of the cost of carrying out a
program for which a grant or allotment is made
under this subpart may not exceed—
‘‘(A) 90 percent of the total cost of the
program for the first year for which the pro-
gram receives assistance under this subpart;
‘‘(B) 80 percent of the total cost of the
program for the second year for which the pro-
gram receives assistance under this subpart;
‘‘(C) 70 percent of the total cost of the
program for the third year for which the pro-
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gram receives assistance under this subpart;
and
‘‘(D) 50 percent of the total cost of the
program for the fourth year, and for any subse-
quent year, for which the program receives as-
sistance under this subpart.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—In providing for the re-
maining share of the cost of carrying out such a pro-
gram, each recipient of assistance under this sub-
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, local sources, or Federal sources
(other than funds made available under the na-
tional service laws).
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chairperson may waive the re-
quirements of subsection (a) in whole or in part with re-
spect to any such program in any fiscal year if the Cor-
poration determines that such a waiver would be equitable
due to a lack of available financial resources at the local
level.
‘‘SEC. 116A. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—
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‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Not more than 5 percent of
the amount of assistance provided to a State edu-
cational agency, Indian tribe, or grantmaking entity
that is the original recipient of a grant or allotment
under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) of section 112
for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administra-
tive costs incurred by—
‘‘(A) the original recipient; or
‘‘(B) the entity carrying out the service-
learning programs supported with the assist-
ance.
‘‘(2) RULES ON USE.—The Chairperson may by
rule prescribe the manner and extent to which—
‘‘(A) such assistance may be used to cover
administrative costs; and
‘‘(B) that portion of the assistance avail-
able to cover administrative costs should be dis-
tributed between—
‘‘(i) the original recipient; and
‘‘(ii) the entity carrying out the serv-
ice-learning programs supported with the
assistance.
‘‘(b) CAPACITY-BUILDING
ACTIVITIES.—Not less
than 10 percent and not more than 15 percent of the
amount of assistance provided to a State educational
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agency or Indian tribe that is the original recipient of a
grant or allotment under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d)
of section 112 for a fiscal year may be used to build capac-
ity through training, technical assistance, curriculum de-
velopment, and coordination activities, described in section
111(a)(1).
‘‘(c) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Funds made available
under this subpart may not be used to pay any stipend,
allowance, or other financial support to any student who
is a participant under this subtitle, except reimbursement
for transportation, meals, and other reasonable out-of-
pocket expenses directly related to participation in a pro-
gram assisted under this subpart.
‘‘SEC. 116B. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this subpart:
‘‘(1) 
GRANTMAKING
ENTITY.—The 
term
‘grantmaking entity’ means an organization de-
scribed in section 111B(a).
‘‘(2) SCHOOL-BASED.—The term ‘school-based’
means based in an elementary school or a secondary
school.
‘‘(3) 
STUDENT.—Notwithstanding 
section
101(28), the term ‘student’ means an individual who
is enrolled in an elementary or secondary school on
a full- or part-time basis.
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‘‘Subpart B—Community-Based Service Programs for
School-Age Youth
‘‘SEC. 117. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘As used in this subpart:
‘‘(1) COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAM.—
The term ‘community-based service program’ means
a program described in section 117A(b)(1)(A).
‘‘(2) 
GRANTMAKING
ENTITY.—The 
term
‘grantmaking entity’ means a qualified organization
that—
‘‘(A) submits an application under section
117C(a) to make grants to qualified organiza-
tions; and
‘‘(B) was in existence 1 year before the
date on which the organization submitted the
application.
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATION.—The term
‘qualified organization’ means a public or private
nonprofit organization with experience working with
school-age youth that meets such criteria as the
Chairperson may establish.
‘‘SEC. 117A. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—From the funds appropriated to
carry out this subpart for a fiscal year, the Corporation
may make grants to State Commissions, grantmaking en-
tities, and qualified organizations to pay for the Federal
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share of the implementation, operation, expansion, or rep-
lication of community-based service programs.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) STATE COMMISSIONS AND GRANTMAKING
ENTITIES.—A State Commission or grantmaking en-
tity may use a grant made under subsection (a)—
‘‘(A) to make a grant to a qualified organi-
zation to implement, operate, expand, or rep-
licate a community-based service-learning pro-
gram that provides for meaningful human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety service
by participants, who shall be school-age youth;
or
‘‘(B) to provide training and technical as-
sistance to such an organization.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS.—A qualified
organization, other than a grantmaking entity, may
use a grant made under subsection (a) to implement,
operate, expand, or replicate a program described in
paragraph (1)(A).
‘‘SEC. 117B. STATE APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under section 117A(a), a State Commission shall prepare,
submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an ap-
plication.
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‘‘(b) SUBMISSION.—Such application shall be submit-
ted to the Corporation at such time and in such manner,
and shall contain such information, as the Chairperson
may reasonably require.
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—Such an application shall include,
at a minimum, a State plan that contains the descriptions,
proposals, and assurance described in section 117C(d)
with respect to each community-based service program
proposed to be carried out through funding distributed by
the State Commission under this subpart.
‘‘SEC. 117C. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION
TO
CORPORATION
TO
MAKE
GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS.—
To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation
under section 117A(a) to make grants under section
117A(b)(1), a grantmaking entity shall prepare, submit
to the Corporation, and obtain approval of, an application
that proposes a community-based service program to be
carried out through grants made to qualified organiza-
tions. Such application shall be submitted at such time
and in such manner, and shall contain such information,
as the Chairperson may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) DIRECT APPLICATION
TO CORPORATION TO
CARRY OUT COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS.—
To be eligible to receive a grant from the Corporation
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under section 117A(a) to implement, operate, expand, or
replicate a community service program, a qualified organi-
zation shall prepare, submit to the Corporation, and ob-
tain approval of, an application that proposes a commu-
nity-based service program to be carried out at multiple
sites, or that proposes an innovative community-based
service program. Such application shall be submitted at
such time and in such manner, and shall contain such in-
formation, as the Chairperson may reasonably require.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION
TO
STATE
COMMISSION
OR
GRANTMAKING ENTITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS TO CARRY
OUT COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS.—To be el-
igible to receive a grant from a State Commission or
grantmaking entity under section 117A(b)(1), a qualified
organization shall prepare, submit to the Commission or
entity, and obtain approval of, an application. Such appli-
cation shall be submitted at such time and in such man-
ner, and shall contain such information, as the Commis-
sion or entity may reasonably require.
‘‘(d) REQUIREMENTS OF APPLICATION.—An applica-
tion submitted under subsection (a), (b), or (c) shall, at
a minimum, contain—
‘‘(1) a description of any community-based
service program proposed to be implemented, oper-
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ated, expanded, or replicated directly by the appli-
cant using assistance provided under this subpart;
‘‘(2) a description of any grant program pro-
posed to be conducted by the applicant with assist-
ance provided under this subpart to support a com-
munity-based service program;
‘‘(3) a proposal for carrying out the commu-
nity-based service program that describes the man-
ner in which the entity carrying out the program
will—
‘‘(A) provide preservice and inservice train-
ing, for supervisors and participants, that will
be conducted by qualified individuals, or quali-
fied organizations, that have experience in com-
munity-based service programs;
‘‘(B) include economically disadvantaged
individuals as participants in the program pro-
posed by the applicant;
‘‘(C) provide an age-appropriate service-
learning 
component 
described 
in 
section
114(d)(5)(B);
‘‘(D) conduct an appropriate evaluation of
the program;
‘‘(E) provide for appropriate community
involvement in the program;
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‘‘(F) provide service experiences that pro-
mote leadership abilities among participants in
the program, including experiences that involve
such participants in program design;
‘‘(G) involve participants in projects ap-
proved by community-based agencies;
‘‘(H) establish and measure progress to-
ward the goals of the program; and
‘‘(I) organize participants in the program
into teams, if appropriate, with team leaders
who may be participants in a program under
subtitle C or individuals who receive a national
service educational award under subtitle D; and
‘‘(4) an assurance that the entity carrying out
the program proposed by the applicant will comply
with the nonduplication and nondisplacement provi-
sions of section 177 and grievance procedure re-
quirements of section 176(f).
‘‘SEC. 117D. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION OF CRITERIA.—The Corporation
shall apply the criteria described in subsection (b) in de-
termining whether to approve an application submitted
under section 117B or under subsection (a) or (b) of sec-
tion 117C and to provide assistance under section 117A
to the applicant on the basis of the application.
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‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE CRITERIA.—In evaluating such an
application with respect to a program under this subpart,
the Corporation shall consider the criteria established for
national service programs under section 133(c).
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO SUBGRANTS.—A State Com-
mission or grantmaking entity shall apply the criteria de-
scribed in subsection (b) in determining whether to ap-
prove an application under section 117C(c) and to make
a grant under section 117A(b)(1) to the applicant on the
basis of the application.
‘‘SEC. 117E. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share attrib-
utable to this subpart of the cost of carrying out a
program for which a grant is made under this sub-
part may not exceed the percentage specified in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of section 116(a)(1),
as appropriate.
‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—Each recipient of assist-
ance under this subpart shall comply with section
116(a)(2).
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Chairperson may waive the re-
quirements of subsection (a), in whole or in part, as pro-
vided in section 116(b).
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‘‘SEC. 117F. LIMITATIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5 per-
cent of the amount of assistance provided to a State Com-
mission, grantmaking entity, or qualified organization that
is the original recipient of a grant under section 117A(a)
for a fiscal year may be used to pay for administrative
costs incurred by—
‘‘(1) the original recipient; or
‘‘(2) the entity carrying out the community-
based service programs supported with the assist-
ance.
‘‘(b) RULES ON USE.—The Chairperson may by rule
prescribe the manner and extent to which—
‘‘(1) such assistance may be used to cover ad-
ministrative costs; and
‘‘(2) that portion of the assistance available to
cover administrative costs should be distributed be-
tween—
‘‘(A) the original recipient; and
‘‘(B) the entity carrying out the commu-
nity-based service programs supported with the
assistance.
‘‘Subpart C—Clearinghouse
‘‘SEC. 118. SERVICE-LEARNING CLEARINGHOUSE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall provide fi-
nancial assistance, from funds appropriated to carry out
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subtitle H, to agencies described in subsection (b) to es-
tablish a clearinghouse, which shall carry out activities,
either directly or by arrangement with another such entity,
with respect to information about service-learning.
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AND PRIVATE NONPROFIT AGENCIES.—
Public and private nonprofit agencies that have extensive
experience with service-learning, including use of adult vol-
unteers to foster service-learning, shall be eligible to re-
ceive assistance under subsection (a).
‘‘(c) FUNCTION
OF CLEARINGHOUSE.—An entity
that receives assistance under subsection (a) may—
‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local
service-learning programs with needs assessments
and planning;
‘‘(2) conduct research and evaluations concern-
ing service-learning;
‘‘(3)(A) provide leadership development and
training to State and local service-learning program
administrators, supervisors, service sponsors, and
participants; and
‘‘(B) provide training to persons who can pro-
vide the leadership development and training de-
scribed in subparagraph (A);
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‘‘(4) facilitate communication among entities
carrying out service-learning programs and partici-
pants in such programs;
‘‘(5) provide information, curriculum materials,
and technical assistance relating to planning and op-
eration of service-learning programs, to States and
local entities eligible to receive financial assistance
under this title;
‘‘(6) provide information regarding methods to
make service-learning programs accessible to individ-
uals with disabilities;
‘‘(7)(A) gather and disseminate information on
successful service-learning programs, components of
such successful programs, innovative youth skills
curricula related to service-learning, and service-
learning projects; and
‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the Clearing-
house with appropriate entities to avoid duplication
of effort;
‘‘(8) make recommendations to State and local
entities on quality controls to improve the quality of
service-learning programs;
‘‘(9) assist organizations in recruiting, screen-
ing, and placing service-learning coordinators; and
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‘‘(10) carry out such other activities as the
Chairperson determines to be appropriate.’’.
(b) HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROJECTS.—
Subtitle B of title I of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12531 et seq.) is amended
by striking part II and inserting the following:
‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE
PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
‘‘SEC. 119. HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this part to ex-
pand participation in community service by supporting in-
novative community service programs carried out through
institutions of higher education, acting as civic institutions
to meet the human, educational, environmental, or public
safety needs of neighboring communities.
‘‘(b) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Corporation, in
consultation with the Secretary of Education, is author-
ized to make grants to, and enter into contracts with, in-
stitutions of higher education (including a combination of
such institutions), and partnerships comprised of such in-
stitutions and of other public agencies or nonprofit private
organizations, to pay for the Federal share of the cost of—
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‘‘(1) enabling such an institution or partnership
to create or expand an organized community service
program that—
‘‘(A) engenders a sense of social respon-
sibility and commitment to the community in
which the institution is located; and
‘‘(B) provides projects for participants,
who shall be students, faculty, administration,
or staff of the institution, or residents of the
community;
‘‘(2) supporting student-initiated and student-
designed community service projects through the
program;
‘‘(3) facilitating the integration of community
service carried out under the program into academic
curricula, including integration of clinical programs
into the curriculum for students in professional
schools, so that students can obtain credit for their
community service projects;
‘‘(4) supplementing the funds available to carry
out work-study programs under part C of title IV of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751
et seq.) to support service-learning and community
service through the community service program;
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‘‘(5) strengthening the service infrastructure
within institutions of higher education in the United
States through the program; and
‘‘(6) providing for the training of teachers, pro-
spective teachers, related education personnel, and
community leaders in the skills necessary to develop,
supervise, and organize service-learning.
‘‘(c) FEDERAL SHARE.—
‘‘(1) SHARE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of
the cost of carrying out a community service
project for which a grant or contract is awarded
under this part may not exceed 50 percent.
‘‘(B) CALCULATION.—Each recipient of as-
sistance under this part shall comply with sec-
tion 116(a)(2).
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Chairperson may waive the
requirements of paragraph (1), in whole or in part,
as provided in section 116(b).
‘‘(d) APPLICATION FOR GRANT.—
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—To receive a grant or enter
into a contract under this part, an institution or
partnership described in subsection (b) shall pre-
pare, submit to the Corporation, and obtain approval
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of, an application at such time and in such manner
as the Chairperson may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted
under paragraph (1) shall contain—
‘‘(A) such information as the Chairperson
may reasonably require, such as a description
of—
‘‘(i) the proposed program to be es-
tablished with assistance provided under
the grant or contract;
‘‘(ii) the human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety service that par-
ticipants will perform and the community
need that will be addressed under such
program;
‘‘(iii) whether or not students will re-
ceive academic credit for community serv-
ice projects under the program;
‘‘(iv) the procedure for training super-
visors and participants and for supervising
and organizing participants in such pro-
gram;
‘‘(v) the procedures to ensure that the
program 
includes 
the 
age-appropriate
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learning component described in section
114(d)(5)(B);
‘‘(vi) the roles played by students and
community members, including service re-
cipients, in the design and implementation
of the program; and
‘‘(vii) the budget for the program;
‘‘(B) assurances that—
‘‘(i) prior to the placement of a partic-
ipant, the applicant will consult with any
local labor organization representing em-
ployees in the area who are engaged in the
same or similar work as that proposed to
be carried out by such program, to prevent
the displacement and protect the rights of
such employees; and
‘‘(ii) the applicant will comply with
the nonduplication and nondisplacement
provisions of section 177 and grievance
procedure requirements of section 176(f);
and
‘‘(C) such other assurances as the Chair-
person may reasonably require.
‘‘(e) PRIORITY.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In making grants and en-
tering into contracts under subsection (b), the Cor-
poration shall give priority to applicants that submit
applications containing proposals that—
‘‘(A) demonstrate the commitment of the
institution of higher education, other than by
demonstrating the commitment of the students,
to supporting the community service projects
carried out under the program;
‘‘(B) specify the manner in which the insti-
tution will promote faculty, administration, and
staff participation in the community service
projects;
‘‘(C) specify the manner in which the insti-
tution will provide service to the community
through organized programs, including, where
appropriate, clinical programs for students in
professional schools;
‘‘(D) describe any partnership that will
participate in the community service projects,
such as a partnership comprised of—
‘‘(i) the institution;
‘‘(ii)(I) a community-based agency;
‘‘(II) a local government agency; or
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‘‘(III) a nonprofit entity that serves or
involves school-age youth or older adults;
and
‘‘(iii) a student organization;
‘‘(E) demonstrate community involvement
in the development of the proposal;
‘‘(F) specify that the institution will use
such assistance to strengthen the service infra-
structure in institutions of higher education; or
‘‘(G) with respect to projects involving de-
livery of service, specify projects that involve
leadership development of school-age youth.
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—In giving priority to
applicants under paragraph (1), the Corporation
shall give increased priority to such an applicant for
each characteristic described in subparagraphs (A)
through (G) of paragraph (1) that is reflected in the
application submitted by the applicant.
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD.—A
participant in a program funded under this part shall be
eligible for the national service educational award de-
scribed in subtitle D, if the participant served in an ap-
proved national service position.
‘‘(g) 
DEFINITION.—Notwithstanding 
section
101(28), as used in this part, the term ‘student’ means
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an individual who is enrolled in an institution of higher
education on a full- or part-time basis.
‘‘PART III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
‘‘SEC. 120. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘Of the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out
this subtitle for each fiscal year—
‘‘(1) a sum equal to 75 percent of such aggre-
gate amount shall be available to carry out part I,
of which—
‘‘(A) 85 percent of such sum shall be avail-
able to carry out subpart A; and
‘‘(B) 15 percent of such sum shall be avail-
able to carry out subpart B; and
‘‘(2) a sum equal to 25 percent of such aggre-
gate amount shall be available to carry out part II.’’.
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—Section 1(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (Public Law
101–610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended by striking the
items relating to subtitle B of title I of such Act and in-
serting the following:
‘‘Subtitle B—School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs
‘‘PART I—SERVE-AMERICA PROGRAMS
‘‘SUBPART A—SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS
‘‘Sec. 111. Authority to assist States and Indian tribes.
‘‘Sec. 111A. Authority to assist local applicants in nonparticipating States.
‘‘Sec. 111B. Authority to assist public or private nonprofit organizations.
‘‘Sec. 112. Grants and allotments.
‘‘Sec. 113. State or tribal applications.
‘‘Sec. 114. Local applications.
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‘‘Sec. 115. Consideration of applications.
‘‘Sec. 115A. Participation of students and teachers from private schools.
‘‘Sec. 116. Federal, State, and local contributions.
‘‘Sec. 116A. Limitations on uses of funds.
‘‘Sec. 116B. Definitions.
‘‘SUBPART B—COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGE
YOUTH
‘‘Sec. 117. Definitions.
‘‘Sec. 117A. General authority.
‘‘Sec. 117B. State applications.
‘‘Sec. 117C. Local applications.
‘‘Sec. 117D. Consideration of applications.
‘‘Sec. 117E. Federal, State, and local contributions.
‘‘Sec. 117F. Limitations on uses of funds.
‘‘SUBPART C—CLEARINGHOUSE
‘‘Sec. 118. Service-learning clearinghouse.
‘‘PART II—HIGHER EDUCATION INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY
SERVICE
‘‘Sec. 119. Higher education innovative programs for community service.
‘‘PART III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
‘‘Sec. 120. Availability of appropriations.’’.
SEC. 104. QUALITY AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES.
(a) REPEAL.—Subtitle E of title I of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12591
et seq.) is repealed.
(b) TRANSFER.—Title I of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subtitle H (42 U.S.C.
12653 et seq.) as subtitle E;
(2) by inserting subtitle E (as redesignated by
paragraph (1) of this subsection) after subtitle D;
and
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(3) by redesignating sections 195 through 195O
as sections 151 through 166, respectively.
(c) INVESTMENT FOR QUALITY AND INNOVATION.—
Title I of the National and Community Service Act of
1990 is further amended by adding before subtitle I (as
transferred by section 101(a) of this Act) the following
new subtitle:
‘‘Subtitle H—Investment for
Quality and Innovation
‘‘SEC. 198. ADDITIONAL CORPORATION ACTIVITIES TO SUP-
PORT NATIONAL SERVICE.
‘‘(a) METHODS OF CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES.—The
Corporation may carry out this section directly or through
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with other
entities.
‘‘(b) INNOVATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.—
‘‘(1) ACTIVITIES.—The Corporation may under-
take activities to improve the quality of national
service programs and to support innovative and
model programs, including—
‘‘(A) programs under subtitle B or C for
rural youth;
‘‘(B) employer-based retiree programs;
‘‘(C) intergenerational programs;
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‘‘(D) programs involving and integrating
individuals with disabilities as participants pro-
viding service; and
‘‘(E) programs sponsored by Governors.
‘‘(2) 
INTERGENERATIONAL
PROGRAM.—An
intergenerational program referred to in paragraph
(1)(C) may include a program in which older adults
provide services to children who participate in Head
Start programs.
‘‘(c) SUMMER PROGRAMS.—The Corporation may
support service programs intended to be carried out be-
tween May 1 and October 1, except that such a program
may also include a year-round component.
‘‘(d) COMMUNITY-BASED AGENCIES.—The Corpora-
tion may provide training and technical assistance and
other assistance to service sponsors and other community-
based agencies that provide volunteer placements in order
to improve the ability of such agencies to use participants
and other volunteers in a manner that results in high-qual-
ity service and a positive service experience for the partici-
pants and volunteers.
‘‘(e) IMPROVE ABILITY TO APPLY
FOR ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Corporation shall provide training and tech-
nical assistance to individuals, programs, local labor orga-
nizations, State educational agencies, State commissions,
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local educational agencies, local governments, community-
based agencies, and other entities to enable them to apply
for funding under one of the national service laws, to con-
duct high-quality programs, to evaluate such programs,
and for other purposes.
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIPS.—The Cor-
poration may award national service fellowships.
‘‘(g) CONFERENCES AND MATERIALS.—The Corpora-
tion may organize and hold conferences, and prepare and
publish materials, to disseminate information and promote
the sharing of information among programs for the pur-
pose of improving the quality of programs and projects.
‘‘(h) PEACE CORPS
AND VISTA TRAINING.—The
Corporation may provide training assistance to selected in-
dividuals who volunteer to serve in the Peace Corps or a
program authorized under title I of the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.). The
training shall be provided as part of the course of study
of the individual at an institution of higher education,
shall involve service-learning, and shall cover appropriate
skills that the individual will use in the Peace Corps or
VISTA.
‘‘(i) PROMOTION AND RECRUITMENT.—The Corpora-
tion may conduct a campaign to solicit funds for the Na-
tional Service Trust and other programs and activities au-
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thorized under the national service laws and to promote
and recruit participants for programs that receive assist-
ance under the national service laws.
‘‘(j) TRAINING.—The Corporation may support na-
tional and regional participant and supervisor training, in-
cluding leadership training and training in specific types
of service and in building the ethic of civic responsibility.
‘‘(k) RESEARCH.—The Corporation may support re-
search on national service, including service-learning.
‘‘(l) INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT.—The Corpora-
tion may assist programs in developing a service compo-
nent that combines students, out-of-school youths, and
older adults as participants to provide needed community
services.
‘‘(m) PLANNING COORDINATION.—The Corporation
may coordinate community-wide planning among pro-
grams and projects.
‘‘(n) YOUTH LEADERSHIP.—The Corporation may
support activities to enhance the ability of youth and
young adults to play leadership roles in national service.
‘‘(o) NATIONAL PROGRAM IDENTITY.—The Corpora-
tion may support the development and dissemination of
materials, including training materials, and arrange for
uniforms and insignia, designed to promote unity and
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shared features among programs that receive assistance
under the national service laws.
‘‘(p) SERVICE-LEARNING.—The Corporation shall
support innovative programs and activities that promote
service-learning.
‘‘SEC. 198A. CLEARINGHOUSES.
‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE.—The Corporation shall provide as-
sistance to appropriate entities to establish one or more
clearinghouses, including the clearinghouse described in
section 118.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive assist-
ance under subsection (a), an entity shall submit an appli-
cation to the Corporation at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Corporation may
require.
‘‘(c) FUNCTION
OF CLEARINGHOUSES.—An entity
that receives assistance under subsection (a) may—
‘‘(1) assist entities carrying out State or local
community service programs with needs assessments
and planning;
‘‘(2) conduct research and evaluations concern-
ing community service;
‘‘(3)(A) provide leadership development and
training to State and local community service pro-
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gram administrators, supervisors, and participants;
and
‘‘(B) provide training to persons who can pro-
vide the leadership development and training de-
scribed in subparagraph (A);
‘‘(4) facilitate communication among entities
carrying out community service programs and par-
ticipants;
‘‘(5) provide information, curriculum materials,
technical assistance relating to planning and oper-
ation of community service programs, to States and
local entities eligible to receive funds under this title;
‘‘(6)(A) gather and disseminate information on
successful community service programs, components
of such successful programs, innovative youth skills
curriculum, and community service projects; and
‘‘(B) coordinate the activities of the clearing-
house with appropriate entities to avoid duplication
of effort;
‘‘(7) make recommendations to State and local
entities on quality controls to improve the delivery of
community service programs and on changes in the
programs under this title; and
‘‘(8) carry out such other activities as the
Chairperson determines to be appropriate.
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‘‘SEC. 198B. PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR SERVICE.
‘‘(a) PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President, acting
through the Corporation, may make Presidential
awards for service to individuals providing signifi-
cant service, and to outstanding service programs.
‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALS AND PROGRAMS.—Notwith-
standing section 101(17)—
‘‘(A) an individual receiving an award
under this subsection need not be a participant
in a program authorized under this Act; and
‘‘(B) a program receiving an award under
this subsection need not be a program author-
ized under this Act.
‘‘(3) NATURE OF AWARD.—In making an award
under this section to an individual or program, the
President, acting through the Corporation—
‘‘(A) is authorized to incur necessary ex-
penses for the honorary recognition of the indi-
vidual or program; and
‘‘(B) is not authorized to make a cash
award to such individual or program.
‘‘(b) INFORMATION.—The President, acting through
the Corporation, shall ensure that information concerning
individuals and programs receiving awards under this sec-
tion is widely disseminated.
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‘‘SEC. 198C. ASSISTANCE FOR HEAD START.
‘‘Under section 198, the Corporation may make
grants to, and contracts and cooperative agreements with,
public and nonprofit private agencies and organizations
that receive grants and contracts under the Foster Grand-
parent Program (part B of title II of the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973), for projects of the type de-
scribed in section 211(a) of such Act operating under
memoranda of agreement with the ACTION Agency, for
the purpose of increasing the number of low-income indi-
viduals who provide services under such program to chil-
dren who participate in Head Start programs.’’.
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
(1) CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS.—Section 1(b)
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended
by striking the items relating to subtitle E of title
I of such Act and inserting the following:
‘‘Subtitle E—Civilian Community Corps
‘‘Sec. 151. Purpose.
‘‘Sec. 152. Establishment of Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Pro-
gram.
‘‘Sec. 153. National service program.
‘‘Sec. 154. Summer national service program.
‘‘Sec. 155. Civilian Community Corps.
‘‘Sec. 156. Training.
‘‘Sec. 157. Service projects.
‘‘Sec. 158. Authorized benefits for Corps members.
‘‘Sec. 159. Administrative provisions.
‘‘Sec. 160. Status of Corps members and Corps personnel under Federal law.
‘‘Sec. 161. Contract and grant authority.
‘‘Sec. 162. Responsibilities of other departments.
‘‘Sec. 163. Advisory board.
‘‘Sec. 164. Annual evaluation.
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‘‘Sec. 165. Funding limitation.
‘‘Sec. 166. Definitions.’’.
(2) QUALITY AND INNOVATION.—Section 1(b)
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–610; 104 Stat. 3127) is amended
by striking the items relating to subtitle H of title
I of such Act and inserting the following:
‘‘Subtitle H—Investment for Quality and Innovation
‘‘Sec. 198. Additional corporation activities to support national service.
‘‘Sec. 198A. Clearinghouses.
‘‘Sec. 198B. Presidential awards for service.
‘‘Sec. 198C. Assistance for Head Start.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1993.—
(A) Section 1091(f)(2) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993
(Public Law 102–484) is amended by striking
‘‘195G’’ and inserting ‘‘158’’.
(B) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
1092(b), and sections 1092(c), 1093(a), and
1094(a) of such Act are amended by striking
‘‘195A’’ and inserting ‘‘152’’.
(C) Sections 1091(f)(2), 1092(b)(1), and
1094(a), and subsections (a) and (c) of section
1095 of such Act are amended by striking
‘‘subtitle H’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle E’’.
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(D) Section 1094(b)(1) and subsections (b)
and (c)(1) of section 1095 of such Act are
amended by striking ‘‘subtitles B, C, D, E, F,
and G’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitles B, C, D, F, G,
and H’’.
(2) NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT
OF 1990.—
(A) Section 153(a) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (as redesig-
nated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42
U.S.C. 12653b(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘195A(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘152(a)’’.
(B) Section 154(a) of such Act (as redesig-
nated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42
U.S.C. 12653c(a)) is amended by striking
‘‘195A(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘152(a)’’.
(C) Section 155 of such Act (as redesig-
nated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42
U.S.C. 12653d) is amended—
(i) in subsection (a), by striking
‘‘195H(c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘159(c)(1)’’;
(ii) in subsection (c)(2), by striking
‘‘195H(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘159(c)(2)’’;
and
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(iii) in subsection (d)(3), by striking
‘‘195K(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘162(a)(3)’’.
(D) Section 156 of such Act (as redesig-
nated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42
U.S.C. 12653e) is amended—
(i) in subsection (c)(1), by striking
‘‘195H(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘159(c)(2)’’;
and
(ii) in subsection (d), by striking
‘‘195K(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘162(a)(3)’’.
(E) Section 159 of such Act (as redesig-
nated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42
U.S.C. 12653h) is amended—
(i) in subsection (a)—
(I) by striking ‘‘195A’’ and in-
serting ‘‘152’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘195’’ and in-
serting ‘‘151’’; and
(ii) in subsection (c)(2)(C)(i), by
striking 
‘‘195K(a)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘162(a)(2)’’.
(F) Section 161(b)(1)(B) of such Act (as
redesignated in subsection (b)(3) of this sec-
tion) (42 U.S.C. 12653j(b)(1)(B)) is amended
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by 
striking 
‘‘195K(a)(3)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘162(a)(3)’’.
(G) Section 162(a)(2)(A) of such Act (as
redesignated in subsection (b)(3) of this sec-
tion) (42 U.S.C. 12653k(a)(2)(A)) is amended
by striking ‘‘195(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘151(3)’’.
(H) Section 166 of such Act (as redesig-
nated in subsection (b)(3) of this section) (42
U.S.C. 12653o) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘195D’’ and inserting ‘‘155’’;
(ii) in paragraph (8), by striking
‘‘195A’’ and inserting ‘‘152’’;
(iii) in paragraph (10), by striking
‘‘195D(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘155(d)’’; and
(iv) in paragraph (11), by striking
‘‘195D(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘155(c)’’.
(f) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CIVIL-
IAN COMMUNITY CORPS.—Section 1092(c) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public
Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2534), as amended by subsection
(e)(1) of this section, is further amended by adding at the
end the following new sentence: ‘‘The amount made avail-
able for the Civilian Community Corps Demonstration
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Program pursuant to this subsection shall remain avail-
able for expenditure during fiscal years 1993 and 1994.’’.
(g) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT REGARDING CIVILIAN
COMMUNITY CORPS.—Section 158 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (as redesignated in sub-
section (b)(3) of this section) (42 U.S.C. 12653g) is
amended by striking subsections (f), (g), and (h) and in-
serting the following new subsections:
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—
A Corps member who successfully completes a period of
agreed service in the Corps may receive the national serv-
ice educational award described in subtitle D if the Corps
member—
‘‘(1) serves in an approved national service po-
sition; and
‘‘(2) satisfies the eligibility requirements speci-
fied in section 146 with respect to service in that ap-
proved national service position.
‘‘(g) ALTERNATIVE BENEFIT.—If a Corps member
who successfully completes a period of agreed service in
the Corps is ineligible for the national service educational
award described in subtitle D, the Director may provide
for the provision of a suitable alternative benefit for the
Corps member.’’.
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SEC. 105. PUBLIC LANDS CORPS.
Public Law 91–378 (16 U.S.C. 1701–1706; com-
monly known as the Youth Conservation Corps Act of
1970) is amended—
(1) by inserting before section 1 the following:
‘‘TITLE I—YOUTH
CONSERVATION CORPS’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Act’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘title’’;
(3) by redesignating sections 1 through 6 as
sections 101 through 106, respectively;
(4) in section 102 (as so redesignated), by in-
serting ‘‘in this title’’ after ‘‘hereinafter’’ in sub-
section (a);
(5) in section 104 (as so redesignated), by
striking ‘‘section 6’’ in subsection (d) and inserting
‘‘section 106’’; and
(6) by adding at the end the following new title:
‘‘TITLE II—PUBLIC LANDS
CORPS
‘‘SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Public Lands Corps
Act of 1993’.
‘‘SEC. 202. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
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‘‘(1) Conserving or developing natural and cul-
tural resources and enhancing and maintaining envi-
ronmentally important lands and waters through the
use of the Nation’s young men and women in a Pub-
lic Lands Corps can benefit those men and women
by providing them with education and work opportu-
nities, furthering their understanding and apprecia-
tion of the natural and cultural resources, and pro-
viding a means to pay for higher education or to
repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain
higher education while at the same time benefiting
the Nation’s economy and its environment.
‘‘(2) Many facilities and natural resources lo-
cated on eligible service lands are in disrepair or de-
graded and in need of labor intensive rehabilitation,
restoration, and enhancement work which cannot be
carried out by Federal agencies at existing personnel
levels.
‘‘(3) Youth conservation corps have established
a good record of restoring and maintaining these
kinds of facilities and resources in a cost effective
and efficient manner, especially when they have
worked in partnership arrangements with govern-
ment land management agencies.
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title to—
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‘‘(1) perform, in a cost-effective manner, appro-
priate conservation projects on eligible service lands
where such projects will not be performed by exist-
ing employees;
‘‘(2) assist governments and Indian tribes in
performing research and public education tasks asso-
ciated with natural and cultural resources on eligible
service lands;
‘‘(3) expose young men and women to public
service while furthering their understanding and ap-
preciation of the nation’s natural and cultural re-
sources;
‘‘(4) expand educational opportunities by re-
warding individuals who participate in national serv-
ice with an increased ability to pursue higher edu-
cation or job training; and
‘‘(5) stimulate interest among the nation’s
young men and women in conservation careers by
exposing them to conservation professionals in land
managing agencies.
‘‘SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title:
‘‘(1) 
The 
term 
‘appropriate 
conservation
project’ means any project for the conservation, res-
toration, construction or rehabilitation of natural,
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cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, or sce-
nic resources.
‘‘(2) The terms ‘Corps’ and ‘Public Lands
Corps’ mean the Public Lands Corps established
under section 204.
‘‘(3) The term ‘eligible service lands’ means
public lands, Indian lands, and Hawaiian home
lands.
‘‘(4) The term ‘Hawaiian home lands’ means all
lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands
under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commis-
sion Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 110), or under the cor-
responding provision of the Constitution of the State
of Hawaii adopted under section 4 of the Act enti-
tled ‘An Act to provide for the admission of the
State of Hawaii into the Union’, approved March
18, 1959 (Public Law 86–3; 73 Stat. 5).
‘‘(5) The term ‘Indian tribe’ means an Indian
tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or com-
munity, including any Native village, Regional Cor-
poration, or Village Corporation, as defined in sub-
section (c), (g), or (j), respectively, of section 3 of
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C.
1602 (c), (g), or (j)), that is recognized as eligible
for the special programs and services provided by
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the United States under Federal law to Indians be-
cause of their status as Indians.
‘‘(6) The term ‘Indian’ means a person who is
a member of an Indian tribe.
‘‘(7) The term ‘Indian lands’ means—
‘‘(A) any Indian reservation;
‘‘(B) any public domain Indian allotments;
‘‘(C) any former Indian reservation in the
State of Oklahoma;
‘‘(D) any land held by incorporated Native
groups, regional corporations, and village cor-
porations under the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
‘‘(E) any land held by dependent Indian
communities within the borders of the United
States whether within the original or subse-
quently acquired territory thereof, and whether
within or without the limits of a State.
‘‘(8) The term ‘public lands’ means any lands
or waters (or interest therein) owned or adminis-
tered by the United States, except that such term
does not include any Indian lands.
‘‘(9) The term ‘qualified youth or conservation
corps’ means any program established by a State or
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local government, by the governing body of any In-
dian tribe, or by a nonprofit organization that—
‘‘(A) is capable of offering meaningful,
full-time, productive work for individuals be-
tween the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, in a
natural or cultural resource setting;
‘‘(B) gives participants a mix of work ex-
perience, basic and life skills, education, train-
ing, and support services; and
‘‘(C) provides participants with the oppor-
tunity to develop citizenship values and skills
through service to their community and the
United States.
‘‘(10) The term ‘resource assistant’ means a re-
source assistant selected under section 206.
‘‘(11) The term ‘State’ means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands
of the United States, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
‘‘SEC. 204. PUBLIC LANDS CORPS PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC LANDS CORPS.—
There is hereby established in the Department of the Inte-
rior and the Department of Agriculture a Public Lands
Corps.
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‘‘(b) PARTICIPANTS.—The Corps shall consist of indi-
viduals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, who are
enrolled as participants in the Corps by the Secretary of
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture. To be eligible
for enrollment in the Corps, an individual shall satisfy the
criteria specified in section 137(b) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990. The Secretaries may en-
roll such individuals in the Corps without regard to the
civil service and classification laws, rules, or regulations
of the United States. The Secretaries may establish a pref-
erence for the enrollment in the Corps of individuals who
are economically, physically, or educationally disadvan-
taged.
‘‘(c) 
QUALIFIED
YOUTH
OR
CONSERVATION
CORPS.—The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture are authorized to enter into contracts and
cooperative agreements with any qualified youth or con-
servation corps to perform appropriate conservation
projects referred to in subsection (d).
‘‘(d) PROJECTS TO BE CARRIED OUT.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
may each utilize the Corps or any qualified youth or con-
servation corps to carry out appropriate conservation
projects which such Secretary is authorized to carry out
under other authority of law on public lands. Appropriate
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conservation projects may also be carried out under this
title on Indian lands with the approval of the Indian tribe
involved and on Hawaiian home lands with the approval
of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands of the State
of Hawaii. The Secretaries may also authorize appropriate
conservation projects and other appropriate projects to be
carried out on Federal, State, local, or private lands as
part of disaster prevention or relief efforts in response to
an emergency or major disaster declared by the President
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
‘‘(e) PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—In se-
lecting appropriate conservation projects to be carried out
under this title, the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall give preference to those
projects which—
‘‘(1) will provide long-term benefits to the pub-
lic;
‘‘(2) will instill in the enrollee involved a work
ethic and a sense of public service;
‘‘(3) will be labor intensive;
‘‘(4) can be planned and initiated promptly; and
‘‘(5) will provide academic, experiential, or envi-
ronmental education opportunities.
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‘‘(f) CONSISTENCY.—Each appropriate conservation
project carried out under this title on eligible service lands
shall be consistent with the provisions of law and policies
relating to the management and administration of such
lands, with all other applicable provisions of law, and with
all management, operational, and other plans and docu-
ments which govern the administration of the area.
‘‘SEC. 205. CONSERVATION CENTERS.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND USE.—The Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are each au-
thorized to provide such quarters, board, medical care,
transportation, and other services, facilities, supplies, and
equipment as such Secretary deems necessary in connec-
tion with the Public Lands Corps and appropriate con-
servation projects carried out under this title and to estab-
lish and use conservation centers owned and operated by
such Secretary for purposes of the Corps and such
projects. The Secretaries shall establish basic standards
of health, nutrition, sanitation, and safety for all conserva-
tion centers established under this section and shall assure
that such standards are enforced. Where necessary or ap-
propriate, the Secretaries may enter into contracts and
other appropriate arrangements with State and local gov-
ernment agencies and private organizations for the man-
agement of such conservation centers.
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‘‘(b) LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.—The Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may make ar-
rangements with the Secretary of Defense to have
logistical support provided by the Armed Forces to the
Corps and any conservation center established under this
section, where feasible. Logistical support may include the
provision of temporary tent shelters where needed, trans-
portation, and residential supervision.
‘‘(c) USE OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
may make arrangements with the Secretary of Defense to
identify military installations and other facilities of the
Department of Defense and, in consultation with the adju-
tant generals of the State National Guards, National
Guard facilities that may be used, in whole or in part,
by the Corps for training or housing Corps participants.
‘‘SEC. 206. RESOURCE ASSISTANTS.
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized to
provide individual placements of resource assistants with
any Federal land managing agency under the jurisdiction
of such Secretary to carry out research or resource protec-
tion activities on behalf of the agency. To be eligible for
selection as a resource assistant, an individual must be
at least 17 years of age. The Secretaries may select re-
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source assistants without regard to the civil service and
classification laws, rules, or regulations of the United
States. The Secretaries shall give a preference to the selec-
tion of individuals who are enrolled in an institution of
higher education or are recent graduates from an institu-
tion of higher education, with particular attention given
to ensure full representation of women and participants
from historically black, Hispanic, and Native American
schools.
‘‘(b) USE
OF EXISTING NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Whenever one or more existing nonprofit organi-
zations can provide, in the judgment of the Secretary of
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, appropriate
recruitment and placement services to fulfill the require-
ments of this section, the Secretary may implement this
section through such existing organizations. Participating
nonprofit organizations shall contribute to the expenses of
providing and supporting the resource assistants, through
private sources of funding, at a level equal to 25 percent
of the total costs of each participant in the Resource As-
sistant program who has been recruited and placed
through that organization. Any such participating non-
profit conservation service organization shall be required,
by the respective land managing agency, to submit an an-
nual report evaluating the scope, size, and quality of the
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program, including the value of work contributed by the
Resource Assistants, to the mission of the agency.
‘‘SEC. 207. LIVING ALLOWANCES AND TERMS OF SERVICE.
‘‘(a) LIVING ALLOWANCES.—The Secretary of the In-
terior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide each
participant in the Public Lands Corps and each resource
assistant with a living allowance in an amount not to ex-
ceed the maximum living allowance authorized by section
140(a)(3) of the National and Community Service Act of
1990 for participants in a national service program as-
sisted under subtitle C of title I of such Act.
‘‘(b) TERMS OF SERVICE.—Each participant in the
Corps and each resource assistant shall agree to partici-
pate in the Corps or serve as a resource assistant, as the
case may be, for such term of service as may be estab-
lished by the Secretary enrolling or selecting the individ-
ual.
‘‘SEC. 208. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
‘‘(a) EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS AND AWARDS.—If a
participant in the Public Lands Corps or a resource assist-
ant also serves in an approved national service position
designated under subtitle C of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990, the participant or re-
source assistant shall be eligible for a national service edu-
cational award in the manner prescribed in subtitle D of
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such title upon successfully complying with the require-
ments for the award. The period during which the national
service educational award may be used, the purposes for
which the award may be used, and the amount of the
award shall be determined as provided under such subtitle.
‘‘(b) FORBEARANCE IN THE COLLECTION OF STAF-
FORD LOANS.—For purposes of section 428 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, in the case of borrowers who are
either participants in the Corps or resource assistants,
upon written request, a lender shall grant a borrower for-
bearance on such terms as are otherwise consistent with
the regulations of the Secretary of Education, during peri-
ods in which the borrower is serving as such a participant
or a resource assistant.
‘‘SEC. 209. NONDISPLACEMENT.
‘‘The nondisplacement requirements of section 177 of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 shall
be applicable to all activities carried out by the Public
Lands Corps, to all activities carried out under this title
by a qualified youth or conservation corps, and to the se-
lection and service of resource assistants.
‘‘SEC. 210. FUNDING.
‘‘(a) COST SHARING.—
‘‘(1) PROJECTS BY QUALIFIED YOUTH OR CON-
SERVATION CORPS.—The Secretary of the Interior
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and the Secretary of Agriculture are each authorized
to pay not more than 75 percent of the costs of any
appropriate conservation project carried out pursu-
ant to this title on public lands by a qualified youth
or conservation corps. The remaining 25 percent of
the costs of such a project may be provided from
nonfederal sources in the form of funds, services, fa-
cilities, materials, equipment, or any combination of
the foregoing. No cost sharing shall be required in
the case of any appropriate conservation project car-
ried out on Indian lands or Hawaiian home lands
under this title.
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
LANDS
CORPS
PROJECTS.—The
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agri-
culture are each authorized to accept donations of
funds, services, facilities, materials, or equipment for
the purposes of operating the Public Lands Corps
and carrying out appropriate conservation projects
by the Corps. However, nothing in this title shall be
construed to require any cost sharing for any project
carried out directly by the Corps.
‘‘(b) FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER NATIONAL
AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT.—In order to carry out the
Public Lands Corps or to support resource assistants and
qualified youth or conservation corps under this title, the
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Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall be eligible to apply for and receive assistance under
section 121(b) of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990.’’.
SEC. 106. URBAN YOUTH CORPS.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The rehabilitation, reclamation, and beau-
tification of urban public housing, recreational sites,
youth and senior centers, and public roads and pub-
lic works facilities through the efforts of young peo-
ple in the United States in an Urban Youth Corps
can benefit these youths, while also benefiting their
communities, by—
(A) providing them with education and
work opportunities;
(B) furthering their understanding and ap-
preciation of the challenges faced by individuals
residing in urban communities; and
(C) providing them with a means to pay
for higher education or to repay indebtedness
they have incurred to obtain higher education.
(2) A significant number of housing units for
low-income individuals in urban areas has become
substandard and unsafe and the deterioration of
urban roadways, mass transit systems, and trans-
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portation facilities in the United States have contrib-
uted to the blight encountered in many cities in the
United States.
(3) As a result, urban housing, public works,
and transportation resources are in need of labor in-
tensive rehabilitation, reclamation, and beautifi-
cation work that has been neglected in the past and
cannot be adequately carried out by Federal, State,
and local government at existing personnel levels.
(4) Urban youth corps have established a good
record of rehabilitating, reclaiming, and beautifying
these kinds of resources in a cost efficient manner,
especially when they have worked in partnership
with government housing, public works, and trans-
portation authorities and agencies.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section—
(1) to perform, in a cost-effective manner, ap-
propriate service projects to rehabilitate, reclaim,
beautify, and improve public housing and public
works and transportation facilities and resources in
urban areas suffering from high rates of poverty
where work will not be performed by existing em-
ployees;
(2) to assist government housing, public works,
and transportation authorities and agencies;
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(3) to expose young people in the United States
to public service while furthering their understand-
ing and appreciation of their community;
(4) to expand educational opportunity for indi-
viduals who participate in the Urban Youth Corps
established by this section by providing them with
an increased ability to pursue postsecondary edu-
cation or job training; and
(5) to stimulate interest among young people in
the United States in lifelong service to their commu-
nities and the United States.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate service project’’
means any project for the rehabilitation, reclama-
tion, or beautification of urban public housing and
public works and transportation resources or facili-
ties.
(2) The term ‘‘Corps’’ and ‘‘Urban Youth
Corps’’ mean the Urban Youth Corps established
under subsection (d)(1).
(3) The term ‘‘qualified urban youth corps’’
means any program established by a State or local
government or by a nonprofit organization that—
(A) is capable of offering meaningful, full-
time, productive work for individuals between
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the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive, in an urban
or public works or transportation setting;
(B) gives participants a mix of work expe-
rience, basic and life skills, education, training,
and support services; and
(C) provides participants with the oppor-
tunity to develop citizenship values and skills
through service to their communities and the
United States.
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands
of the United States, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(5) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary
of Transportation.
(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN YOUTH CORPS.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby estab-
lished in the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment and the Department of Transportation an
Urban Youth Corps. The Corps shall consist of indi-
viduals between the ages of 16 and 25, inclusive,
who are enrolled as participants in the Corps by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and
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the Secretary of Transportation. To be eligible for
enrollment in the Corps, an individual shall satisfy
the criteria specified in section 139(b) of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990. The Sec-
retaries may enroll such individuals in the Corps
without regard to the civil service and classification
laws, rules, or regulations of the United States. The
Secretaries may establish a preference for the enroll-
ment in the Corps of individuals who are economi-
cally, physically, or educationally disadvantaged.
(2) 
USE
OF
QUALIFIED
URBAN
YOUTH
CORPS.—The Secretaries are authorized to enter
into contracts and cooperative agreements with any
qualified urban youth corps to perform appropriate
service projects described in paragraph (3). As part
of the Urban Youth Corps established in the Depart-
ment of Transportation, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may make grants to States (and through
States to local governments) for the purpose of es-
tablishing, operating, or supporting qualified urban
youth corps that will perform appropriate service
projects relating to transportation resources or fa-
cilities.
(3) SERVICE PROJECTS.—The Secretaries may
each utilize the Corps or any qualified urban youth
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corps to carry out appropriate service projects that
the Secretary involved is authorized to carry out
under other authority of law involving public housing
projects or public works resources or facilities.
(4) PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.—In
selecting an appropriate service project to be carried
out under this section, the Secretaries shall give a
preference to those projects which—
(A) will provide long-term benefits to the
public;
(B) will instill in the participant a work
ethic and a sense of public service;
(C) will be labor intensive;
(D) can be planned and initiated promptly;
and
(E) will provide academic, experiential, or
community education opportunities.
(5) CONSISTENCY.—Each appropriate service
project carried out under this section in any public
housing project or public works resource or facility
shall be consistent with the provisions of law and
policies relating to the management and administra-
tion of such projects, facilities, or resources, with all
other applicable provisions of law, and with all man-
agement, operational, and other plans and docu-
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ments which govern the administration of such
projects, facilities, or resources.
(e) LIVING ALLOWANCES.—The Secretaries shall
provide each participant in the Urban Youth Corps with
a living allowance in an amount not to exceed the maxi-
mum living allowance authorized by section 140(a)(3) of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 for par-
ticipants in a national service program assisted under sub-
title C of title I of such Act.
(f) TERMS OF SERVICE.—Each participant in the
Urban Youth Corps shall agree to participate in the Corps
for a term of service established by the Secretary involved,
consistent with the terms of service required under section
139(b) of the National and Community Service Act of
1990 for participants in a national service program as-
sisted under subtitle C of title I of such Act.
(g) EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.—
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Each participant in the
Urban Youth Corps shall be eligible for a national
service educational award in the manner prescribed
in subtitle D of title I of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 if such participant complies
with such requirements as may be established under
this subtitle by the Secretary involved respecting eli-
gibility for the award. The period during which the
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award may be used, the purposes for which the
award may be used, and the amount of the award
shall be determined as provided under such subtitle.
(2) FORBEARANCE
IN
THE
COLLECTION
OF
STAFFORD LOANS.—For purposes of section 428 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, in the case of
borrowers who are participants in the Urban Youth
Corps, upon written request, a lender shall grant a
borrower forbearance on such terms as are otherwise
consistent with the regulations of the Secretary of
Education, during periods in which the borrower is
serving as such a participant and eligible for a na-
tional service educational award under paragraph
(1).
(h) NONDISPLACEMENT.—The nondisplacement re-
quirements of section 177 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 shall be applicable to all activities car-
ried out by the Urban Youth Corps and to all activities
carried out under this section by a qualified urban youth
corps.
(i) COST SHARING.—
(1) PROJECTS
BY
QUALIFIED
URBAN
YOUTH
CORPS.—The Secretaries are each authorized to pay
not more than 75 percent of the costs of any appro-
priate service project carried out pursuant to this
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section by a qualified urban youth corps. The re-
maining 25 percent of the costs of such a project
may be provided from nonfederal sources in the form
of funds, services, facilities, materials, equipment, or
any combination of the foregoing.
(2) DONATIONS.—The Secretaries are each au-
thorized to accept donations of funds, services, facili-
ties, materials, or equipment for the purposes of op-
erating the Urban Youth Corps and carrying out ap-
propriate service projects by the Corps. However,
nothing in this section shall be construed to require
any cost sharing for any project carried out directly
by the Corps.
(3) FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER NATIONAL AND
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACT.—In order to carry out
the Urban Youth Corps or to support qualified
urban youth corps under this section, the Secretaries
shall be eligible to apply for and receive assistance
under section 121(b) of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990.
Subtitle B—Related Provisions
SEC. 111. DEFINITIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511) is
amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title:
‘‘(1) ADULT VOLUNTEER.—The term ‘adult vol-
unteer’ means an individual, such as an older adult,
an individual with a disability, a parent, or an em-
ployee of a business or public or private nonprofit
agency, who—
‘‘(A) works without financial remuneration
in an educational institution to assist students
or out-of-school youth; and
‘‘(B) is beyond the age of compulsory
school attendance in the State in which the edu-
cational institution is located.
‘‘(2) APPROVED
NATIONAL
SERVICE
POSI-
TION.—The term ‘approved national service position’
means a national service position designated by the
Corporation as a position that includes a national
service educational award described in section 147
as one of the benefits to be provided for successful
service in the position.
‘‘(3) CARRY OUT.—The term ‘carry out’, when
used in connection with a national service program
described in section 122, means the planning, estab-
lishment, operation, expansion, or replication of the
program.
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‘‘(4) CHAIRPERSON.—The term ‘Chairperson’
means the Chairperson and Director of the Corpora-
tion appointed under section 193.
‘‘(5) COMMUNITY-BASED
AGENCY.—The term
‘community-based agency’ means a private nonprofit
organization (including a church or other religious
entity) that—
‘‘(A) is representative of a community or a
significant segment of a community; and
‘‘(B) is engaged in meeting human, edu-
cational, environmental, or public safety com-
munity needs.
‘‘(6) CORPORATION.—The term ‘Corporation’
means the Corporation for National Service estab-
lished under section 191.
‘‘(7) ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED.—The
term ‘economically disadvantaged’ means, with re-
spect to an individual, an individual who is deter-
mined by the Chairperson to be low-income accord-
ing to the latest available data from the Department
of Commerce.
‘‘(8) ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.—The term ‘ele-
mentary school’ has the same meaning given such
term in section 1471(8) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(8)).
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‘‘(9) INDIAN.—The term ‘Indian’ means a per-
son who is a member of an Indian tribe.
‘‘(10) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘Indian lands’
means—
‘‘(A) any Indian reservation;
‘‘(B) any public domain Indian allotments;
‘‘(C) any former Indian reservation in the
State of Oklahoma;
‘‘(D) any land held by incorporated Native
groups, regional corporations, and village cor-
porations under the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
‘‘(E) any land held by dependent Indian
communities within the borders of the United
States whether within the original or subse-
quently acquired territory thereof, and whether
within or without the limits of a State.
‘‘(11) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’
means an Indian tribe, band, nation, or other orga-
nized group or community, including any Native vil-
lage, Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation,
as defined in subsection (c), (g), or (j), respectively,
of section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act (43 U.S.C. 1602 (c), (g), or (j)), that is recog-
nized as eligible for the special programs and serv-
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ices provided by the United States under Federal
law to Indians because of their status as Indians.
‘‘(12) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the
same meaning given such term in section 1201(a) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1141(a)).
‘‘(13) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The
term ‘local educational agency’ has the same mean-
ing given such term in section 1471(12) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2891(12)).
‘‘(14) NATIONAL
SERVICE
LAWS.—The term
‘national service laws’ means this Act and the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
4950 et seq.).
‘‘(15) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘out-
of-school youth’ means an individual who—
‘‘(A) has not attained the age of 27;
‘‘(B) has not completed college or the
equivalent thereof; and
‘‘(C) is not enrolled in an elementary or
secondary school or institution of higher edu-
cation.
‘‘(16) PARTICIPANT.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘participant’
means—
‘‘(i) for purposes of subtitle C, an in-
dividual in an approved national service
position; and
‘‘(ii) for purposes of any other provi-
sion of this Act, an individual enrolled in
a program that receives assistance under
this title.
‘‘(B) RULE.—A participant shall not be
considered to be an employee of the program in
which the participant is enrolled.
‘‘(17) PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM.—The term
‘partnership program’ means a program through
which an adult volunteer, a public or private non-
profit agency, an institution of higher education, or
a business assists a local educational agency.
‘‘(18) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’, except
when used as part of the term ‘academic program’,
means a program described in section 111(a) (other
than a program referred to in paragraph (3)(B) of
such section), 117A(a), 119(b)(1), or 122(a), in
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 152(b), or in section
198.
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‘‘(19) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means an
activity, carried out through a program that receives
assistance under this title, that results in a specific
identifiable service or improvement that otherwise
would not be done with existing funds, and that does
not duplicate the routine services or functions of the
employer to whom participants are assigned.
‘‘(20) SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH.—The term ‘school-
age youth’ means an individual who is—
‘‘(A) between the ages of 5 and 17, inclu-
sive; or
‘‘(B) a child with a disability covered by
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.).
‘‘(21) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘second-
ary school’ has the same meaning given such term
in section 1471(21) of the Elementary and Second-
ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2891(21)).
‘‘(22) SERVICE-LEARNING.—The term ‘service-
learning’ means a method—
‘‘(A) under which students or participants
learn and develop through active participation
in thoughtfully organized service that—
‘‘(i) is conducted in and meets the
needs of a community;
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‘‘(ii) is coordinated with an elemen-
tary school, secondary school, institution of
higher education, or community service
program, and with the community; and
‘‘(iii) helps foster civic responsibility;
and
‘‘(B) that—
‘‘(i) is integrated into and enhances
the academic curriculum of the students,
or the educational components of the com-
munity service program in which the par-
ticipants are enrolled; and
‘‘(ii) provides structured time for the
students or participants to reflect on the
service experience.
‘‘(23) SERVICE-LEARNING COORDINATOR.—The
term ‘service-learning coordinator’ means an individ-
ual who provides services as described in subsection
(a)(3) or (b) of section 111.
‘‘(24) SERVICE
SPONSOR.—The term ‘service
sponsor’ means an organization, or other entity, that
has been selected to provide a placement for a par-
ticipant.
‘‘(25) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the
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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of
the United States, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The term also includes Palau, until such time as the
Compact of Free Association is ratified.
‘‘(26) STATE
COMMISSION.—The term ‘State
Commission’ means a State Commission on National
Service maintained by a State pursuant to section
178. Except when used in section 178, the term in-
cludes an alternative administrative entity for a
State approved by the Corporation under such sec-
tion to act in lieu of a State Commission.
‘‘(27) STATE
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The
term ‘State educational agency’ has the same mean-
ing given such term in section 1471(23) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2891(23)).
‘‘(28) STUDENT.—The term ‘student’ means an
individual who is enrolled in an elementary or sec-
ondary school or institution of higher education on
a full- or part-time basis.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 182(a)(2) of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘adult volunteer and partner-
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ship’’ each place the term appears and inserting
‘‘partnership’’.
(2) Section 182(a)(3) of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C 12642(a)(3))
is amended by striking ‘‘adult volunteer and partner-
ship’’ and inserting ‘‘partnership’’.
(3) Section 441(c)(2) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 2751(c)(2)) is amended by
striking ‘‘service opportunities or youth corps as de-
fined in section 101 of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990, and service in the agencies, in-
stitutions and activities designated in section 124(a)
of the National and Community Service Act of
1990’’ and inserting ‘‘a project, as defined in section
101(19) of the National and Community Service Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511(18))’’.
(4) Section 1122(a)(2)(C) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1137a(a)(2)(C)) is
amended by striking ‘‘youth corps as defined in sec-
tion 101(30) of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990’’ and inserting ‘‘youth corps programs,
as described in section 122(a)(1) of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990’’.
(5) Section 1201(p) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(p)) is amended by