DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.—Upon approval by the 
Corporation, the Corporation share of the cost, in-
cluding member living allowances, employment-re-
lated taxes, health care coverage, and worker’s com-
pensation, of carrying out a national service pro-
gram that receives assistance under subsection (a) 
and that is located in a rural or severely economi-
cally distressed community may not exceed— 
‘‘(A) for the first six years in which the re-
cipient receives such assistance, 76 percent of 
such cost; 
‘‘(B) for the seventh through ninth years 
in which the recipient receives such assistance, 
a decreasing share of such cost between 76 and 
65 percent as established by the Corporation in 
regulation; and 
‘‘(C) for the tenth year (and each year 
thereafter) in which the recipient receives such 
assistance, 65 percent of such cost.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), 
in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ‘‘other 
Federal sources’’ the following: ‘‘including 
funds authorized under Youthbuild (section 
173A of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2918a))’’; and 
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(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) RECIPIENT REPORT.—A recipient of 
assistance under section 121 shall report to the 
Corporation the amount and source of any Fed-
eral funds used to carry out the program other 
than those provided by the Corporation. 
‘‘(B) CORPORATION
REPORT.—The Cor-
poration shall report to the Congress on an an-
nual basis information regarding each recipient 
that uses Federal funds other than those pro-
vided by the Corporation to carry out the pro-
gram, including amounts and sources of other 
Federal funds.’’. 
SEC. 1302. E–CORPS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO 
TYPES OF PROGRAMS. 
Section 122 (42 U.S.C. 12572) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘including’’ and all that follows through 
the semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘in-
cluding projects involving urban renewal, 
sustaining natural resources, or improving 
human services;’’; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘including’’ and inserting ‘‘and at least 50 
percent of whom are’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by insert-
ing ‘‘, including mentoring’’ before the 
semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) students participating in service- 
learning programs at an institution of higher 
education.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding elementary and secondary education, 
and other professions such as those in health 
care, criminal justice, environmental steward-
ship and conservation, or public safety’’ before 
the semicolon; 
(D) in paragraph (8)(C), by striking ‘‘non-
profit’’; 
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(E) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘between 
the ages of 16 and 24’’ and inserting ‘‘between 
the ages of 16 and 25’’; 
(F) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘gifted 
young adults’’ and all that follows through the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘school-age 
youth and young adults of all backgrounds, in-
cluding gifted youth, along with established suc-
cessful entrepreneurs of all backgrounds and 
professions from the community in which the 
program exists to— 
‘‘(A) train the participants in utilizing 
problem-solving, entrepreneurship, and commu-
nication skills to design solutions to community 
problems; and 
‘‘(B) collaborate with stakeholders in the 
communities to implement the solutions devised 
by the participants in subparagraph (A).’’; 
(G) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking 
‘‘learning and recreation’’ and inserting ‘‘learn-
ing, recreation, and mentoring’’; 
(H) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and to 
combat rural poverty, including’’ and inserting 
‘‘, including the issues of rural poverty,’’; 
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(I) by redesignating paragraph (15) as 
paragraph (18); and 
(J) by inserting after paragraph (14) the 
following: 
‘‘(15) An E–Corps program that involves par-
ticipants who provide services in a community by de-
veloping and assisting in carrying out technology 
programs which seek to increase access to tech-
nology and the benefits thereof in such community. 
‘‘(16) A program that engages citizens in public 
safety, public health, and emergency and disaster 
preparedness, and may include the recruitment and 
placing of qualified participants in positions to be 
trainees as law enforcement officers, firefighters, 
search and rescue personnel, and emergency medical 
service workers, and may engage Federal, State, and 
local stakeholders in collaboration to organize more 
effective responses to issues of public safety and 
public health, emergencies, and disasters. 
‘‘(17) A program, initiative, or partnership that 
seeks to expand the number of mentors for youths, 
including mentors for disadvantaged youths, either 
through provision of direct mentoring services 
through the creative utilization of current and 
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emerging technologies to connect youth with men-
tors.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting after ‘‘out- 
of-school youths,’’ the following: ‘‘disadvantaged 
youths,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (d) of’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) 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. 
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