‘‘(D) A program that seeks to eliminate 
hunger in communities and rural areas through 
service in projects— 
‘‘(i) involving food banks, food pan-
tries, and nonprofit organizations that pro-
vide food during emergencies; 
‘‘(ii) involving the gleaning of pre-
pared and unprepared food that would oth-
erwise be discarded as unusable so that the 
usable portion of such food may be do-
nated to food banks, food pantries, and 
other nonprofit organizations; 
‘‘(iii) seeking to address the long-term 
causes of hunger through education and 
the delivery of appropriate services; or 
‘‘(iv) providing training in basic 
health, nutrition, and life skills necessary 
to alleviate hunger in communities and 
rural areas. 
‘‘(E) An E-Corps program that involves 
participants who provide services in a commu-
nity by developing and assisting in carrying out 
technology programs which seek to increase ac-
cess to technology and the benefits thereof in 
such community. 
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‘‘(F) A program that engages citizens in 
public safety, public health, and emergency and 
disaster preparedness, and may include the re-
cruitment and placing of qualified participants 
in positions to be trainees as law enforcement 
officers, firefighters, search and rescue per-
sonnel, and emergency medical service workers, 
and may engage Federal, State, and local stake-
holders in collaboration to organize more effec-
tive responses to issues of public safety and 
public health, emergencies, and disasters. 
‘‘(G) A program, initiative, or partnership 
that seeks to expand the number of mentors for 
youths (including by recruiting high-school and 
college-aged individuals to enter into mentoring 
relationships), including mentors for disadvan-
taged youths, either through provision of direct 
mentoring services, provision of supportive serv-
ices to direct mentoring service organizations 
(in the case of a partnership), or through the 
creative utilization of current and emerging 
technologies to connect youth with mentors. 
‘‘(H) A program that has the primary pur-
pose of re-engaging court-involved youth and 
adults with the goal of reducing recidivism. 
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‘‘(I) Programs to support the needs of vet-
erans or active duty service members and their 
families, including providing opportunities to 
participate in service projects. 
‘‘(J) Such other national service programs 
addressing unmet human, educational, environ-
mental, or public safety needs as the Corpora-
tion may designate. 
‘‘(2) OPPORTUNITY
CORPS
INDICATORS.—The 
corps indicators for programs under this subsection 
are— 
‘‘(A) financial literacy among economically 
disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(B) housing units built or improved for 
economically disadvantaged individuals or low- 
income families; 
‘‘(C) economically disadvantaged individ-
uals with access to job training and other skill 
enhancement; 
‘‘(D) economically disadvantaged individ-
uals with access to information about job place-
ment services; 
‘‘(E) a reduced crime rate in the commu-
nity where service is provided; 
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‘‘(F) established or improved access to 
technology in the community where service is 
provided; 
‘‘(G) mentor relationships among disadvan-
taged youth; 
‘‘(H) food security among economically dis-
advantaged individuals; 
‘‘(I) service opportunities through the pro-
grams described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(F) for economically disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(J) an additional indicator relating to im-
proving economic opportunity for economically 
disadvantaged individuals that the Corporation, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, 
and the Attorney General, establishes for a 
given year; 
‘‘(K) a local indicator (applicable to a par-
ticular eligible entity and on which an improve-
ment in performance is needed) relating to im-
proving economic opportunity for economically 
disadvantaged individuals, proposed by that eli-
gible entity in an application submitted to, and 
approved by, a State Commission or the Cor-
poration under this section; and 
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‘‘(L) any additional local indicator (appli-
cable to a particular eligible entity and on 
which an improvement in performance is need-
ed) that is approved by the Corporation. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITIES FOR CERTAIN REQUIRED CORPS.— 
In awarding financial assistance and approved national 
service positions to eligible entities proposed to carry out 
the required corps described in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a corps described in sub-
section (a)(2)— 
‘‘(A) the Corporation may give priority to 
such eligible entities that propose to develop 
policies to provide, and provide, support for 
participants who, after completing service under 
this section, will undertake careers to improve 
performance on health indicators; and 
‘‘(B) the Corporation shall give priority to 
such eligible entities that propose to carry out 
national service programs in medically under-
served areas (as designated by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services as an area with a 
shortage of personal health services); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a corps described in sub-
section (a)(3), the Corporation shall give priority to 
such eligible entities that propose to recruit individ-
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uals for the Clean Energy Corps so that significant 
percentages of participants in the Corps are eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals, and provide to 
such individuals support services and education and 
training to develop skills needed for clean energy 
jobs for which there is current demand or projected 
future demand. 
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION
ON PERFORMANCE INDICA-
TORS.—The Corporation shall consult with the Secretaries 
of Education, Health and Human Services, Energy, Vet-
erans Affairs, Department of Interior, the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Attorney 
General, as appropriate, in developing additional perform-
ance indicators for the corps and programs described in 
subsections (a) and (b). 
‘‘(e) QUALIFICATION CRITERIA TO DETERMINE ELI-
GIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT BY CORPORATION.—The 
Corporation shall establish qualification criteria for 
different types of national service programs for the 
purpose of determining whether a particular national 
service program should be considered to be a na-
tional service program eligible to receive assistance 
or approved national service positions under this 
subtitle. 
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‘‘(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
INTERGENERA-
TIONAL COMPONENTS OF PROGRAMS.—The Corpora-
tion shall encourage national service programs eligi-
ble to receive assistance or approved national service 
positions under this subtitle to establish, if con-
sistent with the purposes of the program, an inter-
generational component of the program that com-
bines students, out-of-school youths, disadvantaged 
youth, and older adults as participants to provide 
services to address unmet human, educational, envi-
ronmental, or public safety needs. 
‘‘(f) NATIONAL SERVICE PRIORITIES.— 
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(A) BY CORPORATION.—In order to con-
centrate national efforts on meeting certain 
human, educational, environmental, or public 
safety needs and to achieve the other purposes 
of this Act, the Corporation, after reviewing the 
strategic 
plan 
approved 
under 
section 
192A(g)(1), shall establish (and may periodi-
cally alter) priorities regarding the types of na-
tional service programs and corps to be assisted 
under section 129 and the purposes for which 
such assistance may be used. In establishing 
such priorities, the Corporation— 
‘‘(i) shall select 2 or more of the corps 
described in subsection (a) to receive as-
sistance under section 129(c); and 
‘‘(ii) may select the corps described in 
subsection (b) to receive assistance under 
such section. 
‘‘(B) BY STATES.—Consistent with para-
graph (4), States shall establish, and through 
the national service plan process described in 
section 178(e)(1), periodically alter priorities as 
appropriate regarding the national service pro-
grams to be assisted under section 129(a)(1). 
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The State priorities shall be subject to Corpora-
tion review as part of the application process 
under section 130. 
‘‘(2) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.—The Corpora-
tion shall provide advance notice to potential appli-
cants of any national service priorities to be in effect 
under this subsection for a fiscal year. The notice 
shall specifically include— 
‘‘(A) a description of any alteration made 
in the priorities since the previous notice; and 
‘‘(B) a description of the national service 
programs that are designated by the Corpora-
tion under section 133(d)(2) as eligible for pri-
ority consideration in the next competitive dis-
tribution of assistance under section 121(a). 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—The Corporation shall by 
regulation establish procedures to ensure the equi-
table treatment of national service programs that— 
‘‘(A) receive funding under this subtitle for 
multiple years; and 
‘‘(B) would be adversely affected by annual 
revisions in such national service priorities. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION
TO
SUBGRANTS.—Any na-
tional service priorities established by the Corpora-
tion under this subsection shall also be used by each 
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recipient of funds under section 121(a) that uses 
any portion of the assistance to conduct a grant pro-
gram to support other national service programs. 
‘‘(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Corporation shall require that each 
recipient of assistance under the national service 
laws that operates a tutoring program involving ele-
mentary or secondary school students certifies that 
individuals serving in approved national service posi-
tions as tutors in such program have— 
‘‘(A) either— 
‘‘(i) obtained their high school di-
ploma; or 
‘‘(ii) passed a proficiency test dem-
onstrating that such individuals have the 
skills necessary to achieve program goals; 
and 
‘‘(B) have successfully completed pre- and 
in-service training for tutors. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The requirements in para-
graph (1) do not apply to an individual serving in 
an approved national service position who is enrolled 
in an elementary or secondary school and is pro-
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viding tutoring services through a structured, school- 
managed cross-grade tutoring program. 
‘‘(h) REQUIREMENTS FOR TUTORING PROGRAMS.— 
Each tutoring program that receives assistance under the 
national service laws shall— 
‘‘(1) offer a curriculum that is high quality, re-
search-based, and consistent with the State aca-
demic content standards required by section 1111 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) and the instructional pro-
gram of the local educational agency; and 
‘‘(2) offer high quality, research-based pre- and 
in-service training for tutors. 
‘‘(i) CITIZENSHIP TRAINING.—The Corporation shall 
establish requirements for recipients of assistance under 
the national service laws relating to the promotion of citi-
zenship and civic engagement, that are consistent with the 
principles on which citizenship programs administered by 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are based and 
are appropriate to the age, education, and experience of 
the program, among individuals enrolled in approved na-
tional service positions and approved summer of service 
positions. 
‘‘(j) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each fiscal year for which the Corporation makes grants 
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under section 121(a), the Corporation shall prepare and 
submit to Congress a report containing— 
‘‘(1) information describing how the Corpora-
tion allocated financial assistance and approved na-
tional service positions among eligible entities pro-
posed to carry out national service corps described 
in that subsection (a) for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) information describing the amount of fi-
nancial assistance and the number of approved na-
tional service positions the Corporation provided to 
each national service corps described in subsection 
(a) for that fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) a measure of the extent to which the na-
tional service corps improved performance on the 
corresponding indicators; and 
‘‘(4) information describing how the Corpora-
tion is coordinating— 
‘‘(A) the national service corps funded 
under subsection (a); with 
‘‘(B) applicable programs, as determined 
by the Corporation, carried out under subtitles 
B of this title, and part A of title I and parts 
A and B of title II of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq., 
5001, 5011) that improve performance on those 
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indicators or otherwise address identified com-
munity needs.’’. 
SEC. 1303. TYPES OF POSITIONS. 
Section 123 (42 U.S.C. 12573) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘sub-
division of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘a Territory,’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘National’’ 
before ‘‘Civilian Community Corps’’. 
SEC. 1304. CONFORMING REPEAL RELATING TO TRAINING 
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is repealed. 
SEC. 1305. ASSISTANCE TO STATE COMMISSIONS; CHAL-
LENGE GRANTS. 
Section 126 (42 U.S.C. 12576) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$125,000 
and 
$750,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$200,000 and $825,000’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—In making 
grants to a State under this subsection, the Cor-
poration shall require the State to provide matching 
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funds of $1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 
provided by the Corporation. 
‘‘(3) 
ALTERNATIVE.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graph (2), the Chief Executive Officer may permit a 
State that demonstrates hardship or a new State 
Commission to use an alternative match as follows: 
‘‘(A) 
FIRST
$100,000.—For 
the 
first 
$100,000 of grant amounts provided by the 
Corporation, a State shall not be required to 
provide matching funds. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $100,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $100,000 and 
not exceeding $200,000 provided by the Cor-
poration, a State shall provide $1 from non- 
Federal sources for every $2 provided by the 
Corporation. 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $200,000.— 
For grant amounts of more than $200,000 pro-
vided by the Corporation, a State shall provide 
$1 from non-Federal sources for every $1 pro-
vided by the Corporation.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘and to support, including through mis-
sion-assignments under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
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U.S.C. 5147), nonprofit organizations and public 
agencies responding to the needs of communities in 
disasters.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to na-
tional service programs that receive assistance 
under section 121’’ and inserting ‘‘to programs 
supported under the national service laws’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—A challenge 
grant under this subsection may provide, for an ini-
tial 3-year grant period, not more than $1 of assist-
ance under this subsection for each $1 in cash raised 
from private sources by the program supported 
under the national service laws in excess of amounts 
required to be provided by the program to satisfy 
matching funds requirements. After an initial 3-year 
grant period, grants under this subsection may pro-
vide not more than $1 of assistance for each $2 in 
cash raised from private sources by the program in 
excess of amounts required to be provided by the 
program to satisfy matching funds requirements. 
The Corporation may permit the use of local or 
State funds as matching funds if the Corporation 
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determines that such use would be equitable due to 
a lack of available private funds at the local level. 
The Corporation shall establish a ceiling on the 
amount of assistance that may be provided to a na-
tional service program under this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1306. ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND 
OTHER ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 
Section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 129. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE AND APPROVED NA-
TIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS. 
‘‘(a) 1-PERCENT ALLOTMENT FOR CERTAIN TERRI-
TORIES.—Of the funds allocated by the Corporation for 
provision of assistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal 
year, the Corporation shall reserve 1 percent for grants 
to the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands upon approval by the Corporation of an applica-
tion submitted under section 130. The amount allotted as 
a grant to each such Territory under this subsection for 
a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears the 
same ratio to 1 percent of the allocated funds for that 
fiscal year as the population of the Territory bears to the 
total population of such Territories. 
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‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT
FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of the 
funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of assist-
ance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year, the Corpora-
tion shall reserve at least 1 percent for grants to Indian 
tribes, including nonprofit organizations applying on be-
half of a tribe or tribes, to be allotted by the Corporation 
on a competitive basis. In the case of a nonprofit organiza-
tion applying on behalf of a tribe or tribes such nonprofit 
organization shall include in its application— 
‘‘(1) written documentation from such tribe or 
tribes that such tribe or tribes has approved the ap-
plication and authorized such nonprofit organization 
to submit an application on the behalf of the tribe 
or tribes; and 
‘‘(2) certification that the nonprofit organiza-
tion will use the grant exclusively to serve members 
of such tribe or tribes and will, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, do so on tribal lands. 
‘‘(c) RESERVATION OF APPROVED POSITIONS.—The 
Corporation shall ensure that each individual selected dur-
ing a fiscal year for assignment as a VISTA volunteer 
under title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4951 et seq.) or as a participant in the 
Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program under 
subtitle E shall receive the national service educational 
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award described in subtitle D if the individual satisfies the 
eligibility requirements for the award. Funds for approved 
national service positions required by this paragraph for 
a fiscal year shall be deducted from the total funding for 
approved national service positions to be available for dis-
tribution under subsections (d) and (e) for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) ALLOTMENT FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—Of 
the funds allocated by the Corporation for provision of as-
sistance under section 121(a) for a fiscal year and subject 
to section 133(d)(3), the Corporation shall reserve up to 
62.7 percent for grants awarded on a competitive basis 
to States for national service programs and to nonprofit 
organizations seeking to operate a national service pro-
gram in 2 or more States. 
‘‘(e) ALLOTMENT TO CERTAIN STATES ON FORMULA 
BASIS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—Of the funds allocated by the 
Corporation for provision of assistance under sub-
section (a) of section 121 for a fiscal year, the Cor-
poration shall make a grant to each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico that submits an application 
under section 130 that is approved by the Corpora-
tion. 
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‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The amount allotted as a 
grant to each such State under this subsection for 
a fiscal year shall be equal to the amount that bears 
the same ratio to 35.3 percent of the allocated funds 
for that fiscal year as the population of the State 
bears to the total population of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, in compliance with paragraph (3). 
‘‘(3) 
MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (2), the minimum grant made available to 
each State approved by the Corporation under para-
graph (1) for each fiscal year must be at least 
$600,000, or 0.5 percent of the amount allocated for 
the State formula under this section, whichever is 
greater. 
‘‘(f) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO APPLY.—If a State or 
Territory fails to apply for, or fails to give notice to the 
Corporation of its intent to apply for an allotment under 
this section, or the Corporation does not approve the appli-
cation consistent with section 133, the Corporation may 
use the amount that would have been allotted under this 
section to the State or Territory to— 
‘‘(1) make grants (and provide approved na-
tional service positions in connection with such 
grants) to other community-based organizations 
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under section 121 that propose to carry out national 
service programs in such State or Territory; and 
‘‘(2) make a reallotment to other States or Ter-
ritories with approved applications submitted under 
section 130, to the extent community-based organi-
zations do not apply as described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(g) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—The allotment of as-
sistance and approved national service positions to a re-
cipient under this section shall be made by the Corpora-
tion only pursuant to an application submitted by a State 
or other applicant under section 130. 
‘‘(h) APPROVAL OF POSITIONS SUBJECT TO AVAIL-
ABLE FUNDS.—The Corporation may not approve posi-
tions as approved national service positions under this 
subtitle for a fiscal year in excess of the number of such 
positions for which the Corporation has sufficient available 
funds in the National Service Trust for that fiscal year, 
taking into consideration funding needs for national serv-
ice educational awards under subtitle D based on com-
pleted service. If appropriations are insufficient to provide 
the maximum allowable national service educational 
awards under subtitle D for all eligible participants, the 
Corporation is authorized to make necessary and reason-
able adjustments to program rules. 
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‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERV-
ICE POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP
AUTHORIZED.—The Cor-
poration may enter into agreements with persons or 
entities who offer to sponsor national service posi-
tions for which the person or entity will be respon-
sible for supplying the funds necessary to provide a 
national service educational award. The distribution 
of these approved national service positions shall be 
made pursuant to the agreement, and the creation 
of these positions shall not be taken into consider-
ation in determining the number of approved na-
tional service positions to be available for distribu-
tion under this section. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds pro-
vided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph 
(1) shall be deposited in the National Service Trust 
established in section 145 until such time as the 
funds are needed. 
‘‘(j) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SPECIAL ASSIST-
ANCE.—From amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
501(a)(2) and subject to the limitation in such section, 
the Corporation may reserve such amount as the Corpora-
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tion considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making 
assistance available under section 126. 
‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE 
PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) RESERVATION.—To make grants to public 
or private nonprofit organizations to increase the 
participation of individuals with disabilities in na-
tional service and for demonstration activities in fur-
therance of this purpose, and subject to the limita-
tion in paragraph (2), the Chief Executive Officer 
shall reserve not less than 1 percent from the 
amount allocated to carry out program grants under 
the national service laws. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount reserved in 
paragraph (1) may not exceed $10,000,000. 
‘‘(3) REMAINDER.—After making grants under 
subsection (j), excess funds may be used by the 
Chief Executive Officer for other activities under 
section 501(a)(2). 
‘‘(l) AUTHORITY FOR FIXED-AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—From amounts appro-
priated for a fiscal year to provide financial as-
sistance under the national service laws, the 
Corporation, subject to the limitation in sub-
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paragraph (B) may provide assistance in the 
form of fixed-amount grants in an amount de-
termined by the Corporation under paragraph 
(2) rather than on the basis of actual costs in-
curred by a program. 
‘‘(B) 
LIMITATION.—Other 
than 
fixed- 
amount grants to support programs described 
in section 129A, for the 1-year period beginning 
on the date of enactment of the GIVE Act, the 
Corporation may provide assistance in the form 
of fixed-amount grants only to support full-time 
positions. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF FIXED- 
AMOUNT GRANTS.—A fixed-amount grant authorized 
by this subsection shall be in an amount determined 
by the Corporation that is— 
‘‘(A) significantly less than the reasonable 
and necessary costs of administering the pro-
gram receiving the grant; and 
‘‘(B) based on the amount per individual 
enrolled in the program receiving the grant, 
taking into account— 
‘‘(i) the program’s capacity to manage 
funds and achieve programmatic results; 
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‘‘(ii) the number of national service 
positions approved for the program; 
‘‘(iii) the proposed design of the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(iv) whether the program provides 
service to or involves the participation of 
disadvantaged youth or otherwise would 
reasonably incur a relatively higher level of 
costs; and 
‘‘(v) such other factors as the Cor-
poration may consider under section 133 in 
considering applications for assistance. 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
GRANT
RECIPI-
ENTS.—In awarding a fixed-amount grant under 
this subsection, the Corporation— 
‘‘(A) shall require the grant recipient— 
‘‘(i) to return a pro rata amount of 
the grant funds based upon the difference 
between the number of hours served by a 
participant and the minimum number of 
hours for completion of a term of service 
(as established by the Corporation); 
‘‘(ii) to report on standardized and 
other performance measures established by 
the Corporation; 
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‘‘(iii) to cooperate with any evaluation 
activities undertaken by the Corporation; 
and 
‘‘(iv) to provide assurances that addi-
tional funds shall be raised in support of 
the proposed program, in addition to those 
received under the national service laws; 
and 
‘‘(B) may adopt other terms and condi-
tions as it considers necessary or appropriate 
based on the relative risks (as determined by 
the Corporation) associated with any applica-
tion for a fixed-amount grant. 
‘‘(4) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS
NOT
APPLICA-
BLE.—Limitations on administrative costs and 
matching fund documentation requirements shall not 
apply to fixed-amount grants provided in accordance 
with this subsection. 
‘‘(5) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall relieve a grant recipient of the 
responsibility to comply with the requirements of the 
Single Audit Act (31 U.S.C. 7501 et seq.) or other 
requirements of Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–133.’’. 
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SEC. 1307. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY. 
Part II of subtitle C of title I is amended by inserting 
after section 129 (42 U.S.C. 12581) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 129A. EDUCATION AWARDS ONLY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated for 
a fiscal year to provide financial assistance under this sub-
title and consistent with the restriction in subsection (b), 
the Corporation may, through fixed-amount grants (in ac-
cordance with section 129(k)), provide operational assist-
ance to programs that receive approved national service 
positions but do not receive funds under section 121(a). 
‘‘(b) LIMIT
ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.— 
Operational support under this section may not exceed 
$600 per individual enrolled in an approved national serv-
ice position and may reach $800 per individual if the pro-
gram supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The provisions 
under section 129(k)(4) regarding and the living allow-
ances and other benefits under sections 131(e) and section 
140 (other than individualized support services for dis-
abled members under section 140(f))’’. 
SEC. 1308. STATE SELECTION OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 130 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘State,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Territory,’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in-
stitution of higher education’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘section 
122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(d)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12), by inserting ‘‘mu-
nicipalities and county governments in the areas 
being served,’’ after ‘‘services,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and 
inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting a period; 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘pro-
posed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of a nonprofit organization op-
erating programs in 2 or more States, a description 
of the manner and extent to which the State Com-
missions of each State in which the nonprofit organi-
zation intends to operate were consulted and the na-
ture of the consultation.’’; 
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(4) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 
as subsections (e) through (h), respectively and in-
serting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED APPLICATION INFOR-
MATION.—An application submitted under subsection (a) 
for programs described in 122(a) shall also contain— 
‘‘(1) measurable goals, to be used for annual 
measurements of the program on 1 or more of the 
corresponding performance indicators; 
‘‘(2) information describing how the applicant 
proposes to utilize funds to improve performance on 
the corresponding performance indicators utilizing 
participants, including the activities in which such 
participants will engage to improve performance on 
those indicators; 
‘‘(3) information identifying the geographical 
area in which the eligible entity proposed to carry 
out the program proposes to use funds to improve 
performance on the corresponding performance indi-
cators including demographic information on the 
students or individuals, as appropriate, in such area, 
and statistics demonstrating the need to improve 
such indicators in such area; and 
‘‘(4) if applicable, information on how the eligi-
ble entity will work with other community-based 
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agencies to carry out activities to improve perform-
ance on the corresponding performance indicators 
using such funds.’’; 
(5) in subsection (f)(2) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘were selected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will 
be selected’’; 
(6) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a pro-
gram applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘an applicant’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PRO-
GRAM APPLICANT’’ and inserting ‘‘APPLI-
CANT’’; 
(ii) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘program appli-
cant’’ and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
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(iv) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Terri-
tory,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
(7) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by 
striking the period and inserting ‘‘or is already re-
ceiving financial assistance from the Corporation.’’. 
SEC. 1309. NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM ASSISTANCE RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
Section 131(c) (42 U.S.C. 12583(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after ‘‘program;’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) municipalities and county govern-
ments in the areas being served;’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
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