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of the enactment of this subsection, the Corporation 
shall 
establish 
guidelines 
regarding 
the 
cir-
cumstances under which wraparound support serv-
ices shall be made available under paragraph (1) 
and the types of wraparound support services that 
shall be made so available. Wraparound support 
services may include career counseling, transpor-
tation assistance, training and certification pro-
grams, and mental health assistance. In developing 
such guidelines, the Corporation shall consider the 
availability of philanthropic investment and the cost- 
per-participant to recipients who support partici-
pants described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) EXEMPTION FROM LIVING ALLOWANCE.— 
Wraparound support services shall not be considered 
in determining the total living allowance under sub-
section (a)(2).’’. 
(2) LIMITATION ON PROGRAM COSTS.—Section 
189(c) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12645c(c)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(c) COSTS NOT SUBJECT
TO LIMITATION.—The 
limitation under subsection (a), and the increased limita-
tion under subsection (e)(1), shall not apply to— 
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‘‘(1) expenses under a grant authorized under 
the national service laws to operate a program that 
are not included in the grant award for operating 
the program; or 
‘‘(2) expenses for wraparound support services 
provided under section 140(g).’’. 
(b) WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VISTA 
PARTICIPANTS.—Section 105(b) of the Domestic Volun-
teer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4)(A) In addition to the stipend and other assist-
ance provided under this section, and subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations to carry out this paragraph, the 
Director shall provide support services under this para-
graph (in this paragraph referred to as ‘wraparound sup-
port services’) for volunteers who— 
‘‘(i) are disadvantaged youth of ages 17 
through 26; 
‘‘(ii) are located in Indian lands; or 
‘‘(iii) are located in rural communities. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall estab-
lish guidelines regarding the circumstances under which 
wraparound support services shall be made available to 
volunteers under subparagraph (A), and the types of 
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wraparound support services that shall be made so avail-
able. Wraparound support services may include career 
counseling, transportation assistance, training and certifi-
cation programs, and mental health assistance. In devel-
oping such guidelines, the Corporation shall consider the 
availability of funds and the cost-per-volunteer to support 
such volunteers. 
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the terms ‘disadvantaged 
youth’ and ‘Indian lands’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 101 of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12511).’’. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Executive Officer 
of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
shall submit a report to Congress on the use of funds 
made available to provide wraparound support services 
under the amendments made by this section. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Corporation for 
National and Community Service such sums as may be 
necessary to provide wraparound support services under 
section 140(g) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12594(g)) and section 105(b)(4) of 
the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4955(b)(4)). 
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SEC. 330. NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARD IN-
CREASES. 
(a) DETERMINATION
OF
EDUCATIONAL
AWARD 
AMOUNT.—Section 147(a) of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12603(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘having a value equal to’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘mandatory appropriations),’’ and inserting 
‘‘equal to the average cost of 1 year of in-State tuition 
at a public institution of higher education that awards 
bachelor’s degrees, as determined by the Chief Executive 
Officer,’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to provide increases in 
national service educational awards under section 147(a) 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12603(a)), such sums as may be necessary to in-
crease the awards above the level provided on the day be-
fore the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 331. EXPANDED USE OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDU-
CATIONAL AWARD. 
(a) DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
Section 148(a)(4) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604(a)(4)) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘Secretary of Veterans Affairs’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, regardless of whether the individual is a veteran 
as defined under section 101’’. 
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(b) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—Any individual who receives an educational award 
under section 146 of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12602) may use the award for 
expenses described in section 148(a)(4) of that Act (42 
U.S.C. 12604(a)(4)), as a result of the amendment made 
by subsection (a) of this section, notwithstanding the pro-
visions of any appropriations Act that does not specifically 
reference this section and that would not permit such use 
by the individual. 
SEC. 332. DISCOUNTED END-OF-SERVICE CASH STIPEND 
FOR NATIONAL SERVICE MEMBERS. 
(a) STIPEND; LIMITATION; PAYMENT UPON COMPLE-
TION OF TERM.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) CHIEF
EXECUTIVE
OFFICER.—The 
term ‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’ means the Chief 
Executive Officer of the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service. 
(B) FULL-TIME SERVICE.—The term ‘‘full- 
time service’’ means ‘‘full-time national service’’ 
within the meaning of section 139(b)(1) of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12593(b)(1)). 
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(B) AMOUNT OF STIPEND.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 
(ii) and (iii), the amount of the stipend 
under subparagraph (A) shall be set at a 
rate that is not less than $200 per month 
and not more than $280 per month. 
(ii) LEADER
STIPENDS.—The Chief 
Executive Officer may set the amount of 
the stipend under subparagraph (A) at a 
rate that does not exceed $380 per month 
in the case of an individual who— 
(I) 
has 
completed 
a 
cor-
responding term of service as required 
under subtitle D of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), subject to 
paragraph (4); and 
(II) has, in accordance with 
standards that the Chief Executive 
Officer shall establish in regulations, 
been designated a leader on the basis 
of experience among other national 
service participants. 
(iii) LIMITATION.—The amount of the 
stipend under this subparagraph is subject 
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to the availability of funds for such sti-
pend. 
(C) RESTRICTION
ON
CERTAIN
INDIVID-
UALS.—The Chief Executive Officer may not 
provide a stipend under this subsection to an 
individual who elects to receive a national serv-
ice educational award under subtitle D of title 
I of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.). 
(3) STIPEND FOR NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMU-
NITY CORPS MEMBERS.— 
(A) AUTHORITY.—The Chief Executive Of-
ficer may provide, to each member of the Na-
tional Civilian Community Corps who is en-
rolled in a national service program under sec-
tion 153 of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12613), a stipend 
for any period in which such member is in 
training or performing the member’s service as-
signment. 
(B) AMOUNT OF STIPEND.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 
(ii) and (iii), the amount of the stipend 
under subparagraph (A) shall be set at a 
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rate that is not less than $200 per month 
and not more than $280 per month. 
(ii) LEADER
STIPENDS.—The Chief 
Executive Officer may set the amount of 
the stipend under subparagraph (A) at a 
rate that does not exceed $380 per month 
in the case of an individual who— 
(I) 
has 
completed 
a 
cor-
responding term of service as required 
under subtitle D of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 12601 et seq.), subject to 
paragraph (4); and 
(II) has, in accordance with 
standards that the Chief Executive 
Officer shall establish in regulations, 
been designated a leader on the basis 
of experience among other national 
service members. 
(iii) LIMITATION.—The amount of the 
stipend under this subparagraph is subject 
to the availability of funds for such sti-
pend. 
(C) RESTRICTION
ON
CERTAIN
INDIVID-
UALS.—The Chief Executive Officer may not 
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provide a stipend under this subsection to an 
individual who elects to receive a national serv-
ice educational award under section 158 of the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12618). 
(4) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
STIPEND.—A stipend 
under paragraph (2) or (3) shall be payable to an 
individual only upon completion of a corresponding 
term of service, except under such circumstances as 
the Chief Executive Officer shall determine. In ac-
cordance with regulations which the Chief Executive 
Officer shall prescribe for payment under such cir-
cumstances, the accrued stipend, or any part of the 
accrued stipend, may be paid to the individual, or on 
behalf of the individual, to members of the individ-
ual’s family or others during the term of the individ-
ual’s service. In the event of the death of an indi-
vidual during service, the amount of any unpaid sti-
pend shall be paid in accordance with the provisions 
of section 5582 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
Section 141(a) of the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12595(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) has not accepted the stipend authorized 
under section 332 of the Inspire to Serve Act of 
2020.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZED
BENEFITS
FOR
CORPS
MEM-
BERS.—Section 158(f) of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12618(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) has not accepted the stipend authorized 
under section 332 of the Inspire to Serve Act of 
2020.’’. 
SEC. 
333. 
EXCLUSION 
OF 
NATIONAL 
SERVICE 
EDU-
CATIONAL AWARD FROM GROSS INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 117(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) a national service educational award 
under subtitle D of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12601 et seq.).’’. 
(b) EXCLUSION OF DISCHARGE OF STUDENT LOAN 
DEBT.—Subsection (f) of section 108 of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) PAYMENTS
UNDER
NATIONAL
SERVICE 
EDUCATIONAL AWARD PROGRAMS.—In the case of 
an individual, gross income shall not include any 
amount received under a national service educational 
award under subtitle D of title I of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 
et seq.).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 334. TRANSFERABILITY OF NATIONAL SERVICE EDU-
CATIONAL AWARD. 
(a) DISBURSEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.— 
Section 148(f) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604) is amended— 
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