‘‘(i) SPONSORSHIP OF APPROVED NATIONAL SERVICE 
POSITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SPONSORSHIP AUTHORIZED.—The Corpora-
tion may enter into agreements with persons or enti-
ties who offer to sponsor national service positions for 
which the person or entity will be responsible for sup-
plying the funds necessary to provide a national serv-
ice educational award. The distribution of these ap-
proved national service positions shall be made pur-
suant to the agreement, and the creation of these posi-
tions shall not be taken into consideration in deter-
mining the number of approved national service posi-
tions to be available for distribution under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTION.—Funds pro-
vided pursuant to an agreement under paragraph (1) 
shall be deposited in the National Service Trust estab-
lished 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 Corporation 
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considers to be appropriate for the purpose of making as-
sistance available under section 126. 
‘‘(k) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO INCREASE THE PAR-
TICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.—From 
amounts appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to the au-
thorization of appropriations in section 501(a)(2) and sub-
ject to the limitation in such section, the Chief Executive 
Officer shall reserve an amount that is not less than 1 per-
cent of such amount (except that the amount reserved may 
not exceed $10,000,000), in order to make grants to public 
or private nonprofit organizations to increase the partici-
pation of individuals with disabilities in national service 
and for demonstration activities in furtherance of this pur-
pose.’’. 
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 under 
subsection (d), provide operational assistance to programs 
that receive approved national service positions but do not 
receive funds under section 121(a). 
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‘‘(b) LIMIT ON CORPORATION GRANT FUNDS.—Oper-
ational support under this section may not exceed $600 per 
individual enrolled in an approved national service posi-
tion and may reach $800 per individual if the program 
supports at least 50 percent disadvantaged youth. 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following pro-
visions shall not apply to programs funded under this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(1) The limitation on administrative costs 
under section 121(d). 
‘‘(2) The matching funds requirements under sec-
tion 121(e). 
‘‘(3) The living allowance and other benefits 
under sections 131(e) and section 140 (other than in-
dividualized support services for disabled members 
under section 140(f)). 
‘‘(d) FIXED AMOUNT GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a), 
and subject to the limitations in this subsection, the 
Corporation may, upon making a determination de-
scribed in paragraph (2), approve a fixed amount 
grant that is not subject to the Office of Management 
and Budget cost principles and related financial rec-
ordkeeping requirements. 
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‘‘(2) DETERMINATION.—Before approving a fixed 
amount grant, the Corporation must determine 
that— 
‘‘(A) the reasonable and necessary costs of 
carrying out the terms of the grant significantly 
exceed the amount of assistance provided by the 
Corporation; or 
‘‘(B) based on the nature or design of the 
grant, any assistance provided by the Corpora-
tion can be reasonably presumed to be expended 
on reasonable and necessary costs.’’. 
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 
(B) by striking ‘‘institution of higher edu-
cation, or Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘or in-
stitution of higher education’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(9) by striking ‘‘section 
122(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 122(d)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘jobs or positions’’ and 
inserting ‘‘proposed positions’’; and 
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(ii) by striking ‘‘, including’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting a period; and 
(B) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘pro-
posed’’ before ‘‘minimum’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ‘‘were se-
lected’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will be selected’’; 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
(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 applicant’’ 
and inserting ‘‘applicant’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by inserting after ‘‘subdivision 
of a State,’’ the following: ‘‘Territory,’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘institution of 
higher education, or Federal agency’’ 
and inserting ‘‘or institution of higher 
education’’; and 
(6) in subsection (g), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘or is already receiving financial assistance 
from the Corporation.’’. 
SEC. 1309. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
Section 133 (42 U.S.C. 12585) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘jobs or’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by redesignating paragraph 
(8) as paragraph (9) and inserting after paragraph 
(7) the following: 
‘‘(8) The extent to which the program generates 
the involvement of volunteers.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (G), 
and redesignating subparagraphs (B) through 
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(F) as subparagraphs (A) through (E), respec-
tively; 
(B) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘section 122(c)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 122(d)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig-
nated), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(D) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod. 
SEC. 1310. DESCRIPTION OF PARTICIPANTS. 
Section 137 (42 U.S.C. 12591) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), 
and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respec-
tively; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘between 
the ages of 16 and 25’’ and inserting ‘‘a 16-year- 
old out of school youth or an individual between 
the ages of 17 and 25’’; and 
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(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(a)(5)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(a)(4)’’. 
SEC. 1311. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SERVICE PARTICI-
PANTS. 
Section 138 (42 U.S.C. 12592) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘conducted by 
the State’’ and all that follows through ‘‘or other enti-
ty’’ and inserting ‘‘conducted by the entity’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)(C) by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, particularly 
those who were considered at the time of their service 
disadvantaged youth’’. 
SEC. 1312. TERMS OF SERVICE. 
Section 139 (42 U.S.C. 12593) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘not less 
than 9 months and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘during a 
period of—’’ and all that follows through the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘during a period of not more 
than 2 years.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘as 
demonstrated by the participant’’ and inserting 
‘‘as determined by the organization responsible 
for granting a release, if the participant has oth-
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erwise performed satisfactorily and has com-
pleted at least 15 percent of the original term of 
service’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘pro-
vide to the participant that portion of the na-
tional service educational award’’ and inserting 
‘‘certify the participant’s eligibility for that por-
tion of the national service educational award’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘to 
allow return to the program with which the indi-
vidual was serving in order’’. 
SEC. 1313. ADJUSTMENTS TO LIVING ALLOWANCE. 
Section 140 (42 U.S.C. 12594) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and 
(3)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (2); 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
WORK-STUDY
STUDENTS.—The 
living allowance that may be provided to an indi-
vidual whose term of service includes hours for which 
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the individual receives Federal work study wages 
shall be reduced by the amount of the individual’s 
Federal work study award.’’; 
(E) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a re-
duced term of service under section 139(b)(3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a term of service that is less than 
12 months’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘shall include 
an amount sufficient to cover 85 percent of such 
taxes’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘may be used to pay such taxes.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as (2); 
(4) in subsection (d)(1), by striking the second 
sentence; and 
(5) by striking subsections (g) and (h). 
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Subtitle D—Amendments to Subtitle 
D (National Service Trust and 
Provision of National Service 
Educational Awards) 
SEC. 1401. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL 
SERVICE TRUST. 
Section 145 (42 U.S.C. 12601) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 148(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 148(f)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 196(a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursu-
ant to section 196(a)(2), if the terms of such do-
nations direct that they be deposited in the Na-
tional Service Trust’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘for payments 
of national service educational awards in accordance 
with section 148.’’ and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(1) payments of summer of service educational 
awards and national service educational awards in 
accordance with section 148; and 
‘‘(2) payments of interest in accordance with sec-
tion 148(f).’’. 
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