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by section 122 and part E of title II of the 1973 Act shall 
be used to provide stipends or other monetary incentives 
to program participants or volunteer leaders whose in-
comes exceed the income guidelines in subsections 211(e) 
and 213(b) of the 1973 Act: Provided further, That not-
withstanding subtitle H of title I of the 1990 Act, none 
of the funds provided for quality and innovation activities 
shall be used to support salaries and related expenses (in-
cluding travel) attributable to Corporation for National 
and Community Service employees: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading: (1) not more 
than $55,000,000 of grants made under subtitle C of the 
1990 Act may be used to administer, reimburse, or sup-
port any national service program authorized under sec-
tion 129(d)(2) of the 1990 Act; and (2) $11,790,000 shall 
be to provide assistance to State commissions on national 
and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 
Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(4) of the 1990 
Act. 
NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for the National Service 
Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 Act’’), 
$131,075,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
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vided, That the Corporation for National and Community 
Service may transfer additional funds from the amount 
provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ for grants made 
under subtitle C of the 1990 Act to this appropriation 
upon determination that such transfer is necessary to sup-
port the activities of national service participants and 
after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested 
under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to 
the requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 
1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(4) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 and under section 504(a) of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, including payment 
of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehi-
cles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia, the employment of experts and consultants au-
thorized under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 
for official reception and representation expenses, 
$71,715,000. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$6,512,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the term ‘‘qualified student loan’’ with respect to na-
tional service education awards shall mean any loan deter-
mined by an institution of higher education to be nec-
essary to cover a student’s cost of attendance at such in-
stitution and made, insured, or guaranteed directly to a 
student by a State agency, in addition to other meanings 
under section 148(b)(7) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990. 
SEC. 402. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available under section 129(d)(5)(B) of 
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 
Act’’) to assist entities in placing applicants who are indi-
viduals with disabilities may be provided to any entity that 
receives a grant under section 121 of the 1990 Act. 
SEC. 403. The Corporation for National and Commu-
nity Service (‘‘the Corporation’’) shall make any signifi-
cant changes to program requirements, service delivery or 
policy only through public notice and comment rule-
making. For fiscal year 2009, during any grant selection 
process, an officer or employee of the Corporation shall 
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not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection infor-
mation regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to 
any person other than an officer or employee of the Cor-
poration that is authorized by the Corporation to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 404. Professional Corps programs described in 
section 122(a)(8) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 may apply to the Corporation for National 
and Community Service for a waiver of application of sec-
tion 140(c)(2). 
SEC. 405. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1342, the Cor-
poration for National and Community Service (‘‘the Cor-
poration’’) may solicit and accept the services of organiza-
tions and individuals (other than participants) to assist 
the Corporation in carrying out the duties of the Corpora-
tion under the national service laws: Provided, That an 
individual who provides services under this section shall 
be subject to the same protections and limitations as vol-
unteers under section 196(a) of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990. 
SEC. 406. Organizations operating projects under the 
AmeriCorps Education Awards Program shall do so with-
out regard to the requirements of sections 121(d) and (e), 
131(e), 132, and 140(a), (d), and (e) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990. 
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