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use funds made available through the grant or contract for
activities such as—
‘‘(1) linking youth groups, and organizations
whose members are older individuals, in volunteer ac-
tivities;
‘‘(2) involving older volunteers in programs and
activities different from those currently supported in
the community; and
‘‘(3) testing whether programs for older volun-
teers may contribute to achieving new objectives or to
carrying out certain national priorities.’’.
CHAPTER 3—ADMINISTRATION
SEC. 361. PURPOSE OF AGENCY.
Section 401 (42 U.S.C. 5041) is amended—
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘This Agency shall also promote the coordina-
tion of volunteer efforts among Federal, State, and
local agencies and organizations, exchange technical
assistance information among them, and provide tech-
nical assistance to other nations concerning domestic
volunteer programs within their countries.’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Older American Volunteer Pro-
grams’’ each place the term appears and inserting
‘‘National Senior Volunteer Corps’’.
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SEC. 362. AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR.
Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 5042) is amended in para-
graphs (5) and (6) by inserting ‘‘solicit and’’ before ‘‘ac-
cept’’ in each such paragraph.
SEC. 362A. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
Section 403 (42 U.S.C. 5043) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b)(2) and (c) as
subsections (c) and (d), respectively;
(2) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by re-
designating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as para-
graphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
(3) by striking subsection (b)(1) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(b)(1) Programs assisted under this Act shall not be
carried on in a manner involving the use of funds, the pro-
vision of services, or the employment or assignment of per-
sonnel in a manner supporting or resulting in the identi-
fication of such programs with—
‘‘(A) any partisan or nonpartisan political ac-
tivity associated with a candidate, or a contending
faction or group, in an election for public or party
office;
‘‘(B) any activity to provide voters or prospec-
tive voters with transportation to the polls or similar
assistance in connection with any such election; or
‘‘(C) any voter registration activity;
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except that programs assisted under this Act may make
voter registration applications and nonpartisan voter reg-
istration information available to the public on the prem-
ises of such programs.
‘‘(2) In carrying out any voter registration activity
permitted under paragraph (1), an individual who is affili-
ated with, or employed to carry out, a program assisted
under this Act shall not—
‘‘(A) indicate a preference with respect to any
candidate, political party, or election issue; or
‘‘(B) seek to influence the political or party af-
filiation, or voting decision, of any individual.’’.
SEC. 363. COMPENSATION FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Section 404 (42 U.S.C. 5044) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘from such
volunteers or from beneficiaries’’ after ‘‘compensa-
tion’’;
(2) by striking subsection (f); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection
(f).
SEC. 364. REPEAL OF REPORT.
Section 407 (42 U.S.C. 5047) is repealed.
SEC. 365. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
Section 415(b)(4)(A) (42 U.S.C. 5055(b)(4)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘a grade GS–7 employee’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘an employee at grade GS–5 of the General Schedule
under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code’’.
SEC. 366. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS.
Section 417 (42 U.S.C. 5057) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘SEC. 417. NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) BASIS.—An individual with responsibility
for the operation of a program that receives assistance
under this Act shall not discriminate against a par-
ticipant in, or member of the staff of, such program
on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age,
or political affiliation of such participant or member,
or on the basis of disability, if the participant or
member is a qualified individual with a disability.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—As used in paragraph (1),
the term ‘qualified individual with a disability’ has
the meaning given the term in section 101(8) of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12111(8)).
‘‘(b) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Any assist-
ance provided under this Act shall constitute Federal finan-
cial assistance for purposes of title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), title IX of the Edu-
cation Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), section
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504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and
the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et
seq.).
‘‘(c) RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), an individual with responsibility for the
operation of a program that receives assistance under
this Act shall not discriminate on the basis of religion
against a participant in such program or a member
of the staff of such program who is paid with funds
received under this Act.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not
apply to the employment, with assistance provided
under this Act, of any member of the staff, of a pro-
gram that receives assistance under this Act, who was
employed with the organization operating the pro-
gram on the date the grant under this Act was
awarded.
‘‘(d) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Director shall
promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the enforce-
ment of this section that shall include provisions for sum-
mary suspension of assistance for not more than 30 days,
on an emergency basis, until notice and an opportunity to
be heard can be provided.’’.
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SEC. 367. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE REQUIREMENTS FOR
SETTING REGULATIONS.
Section 420 (42 U.S.C. 5060) is repealed.
SEC. 368. CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL.
Section 422 (42 U.S.C. 5062) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or the Inspec-
tor General’’ after ‘‘Director’’; and
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, the Inspec-
tor General,’’ after ‘‘Director’’ each place that such
term appears.
SEC. 369. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION.
Title IV is amended by adding at the end, the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 425. PROTECTION AGAINST IMPROPER USE.
‘‘Whoever falsely—
‘‘(1) advertises or represents; or
‘‘(2) publishes or displays any sign, symbol, or
advertisement, reasonably calculated to convey the
impression,
that an entity is affiliated with, funded by, or operating
under the authority of ACTION, VISTA, or any of the pro-
grams of the National Senior Volunteer Corps may be en-
joined under an action filed by the Attorney General, on
a complaint by the Director.’’.