I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3465
To further facilitate service for the United States, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 12, 2001
Mr. FORD (for himself and Mr. OSBORNE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in
addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, and
Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To further facilitate service for the United States, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Call to Service Act of 2001’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND DOMESTIC
VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Subtitle A—National and Community Service Act of 1990
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress.
Sec. 102. National service projects.
Sec. 103. Challenge grants.
Sec. 104. National service positions.
Sec. 105. Limitation on national service positions with educational awards only.
Sec. 106. Applications.
Sec. 107. Geographic diversity.
Sec. 108. Educational awards.
Sec. 109. Consultation with State emergency management agencies.
Sec. 110. Accountability.
Sec. 111. Senior training programs and programs of national significance.
Sec. 112. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
Sec. 121. Statement of purposes.
Sec. 122. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.
Sec. 123. Foster Grandparent Program.
Sec. 124. Senior Companion Program.
Sec. 125. General provisions.
Sec. 126. Data collection and reporting.
Sec. 127. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 128. Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Sec. 131. Community service through grants for Federal work-study programs.
Sec. 132. Exclusion of national service educational awards.
TITLE II—MILITARY SERVICE
Sec. 201. Bonus for short-term enlistment in the Armed Forces.
Sec. 202. Employment of retired military personnel as instructors in basic
training programs of the Armed Forces.
Sec. 203. Enhancements of Montgomery GI Bill.
Sec. 204. Improved access to institutions of higher education for military re-
cruiting purposes.
Sec. 205. Commission on Military Recruitment and National Service.
TITLE I—NATIONAL AND COM-
MUNITY SERVICE AND DO-
MESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Subtitle A—National and
Community Service Act of 1990
SEC. 101. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that Congress should not
enact legislation establishing a limit on the amount that
may be used to administer, reimburse, or support any na-
tional service program authorized under section 129(d)(2)
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12581(d)(2)).
SEC. 102. NATIONAL SERVICE PROJECTS.
Section 122 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (15) as
paragraph (17); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (14) the
following:
‘‘(15) A program that involves the provision of
service at a facility, such as a hospital or a long-
term care facility, operated by the Department of
Veterans Affairs or a State agency with responsi-
bility for veterans.
‘‘(16) A program that promotes public health
through surveillance, prevention, or response, such
as a program that provides a laboratory, or commu-
nications or information center, operated by a State
or local entity with responsibility for public health.’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—The Corporation shall consult
with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security to
determine ways of promoting homeland security, including
providing disaster relief and preparedness activities, and
promoting public health and public safety, through na-
tional service programs carried out under this subtitle.’’.
SEC. 103. CHALLENGE GRANTS.
The second sentence of section 129(c) of the National
and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12581(c))
is amended by striking ‘‘under subsection (b)’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘under section 126(b).’’.
SEC. 104. NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS.
(a) APPROVAL.—Section 129(f) of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12581(f)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The Corporation’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the Corporation’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The Corporation
shall—
‘‘(A) increase the number of positions that
are approved as approved national service posi-
tions under this subtitle during each of fiscal
years 2003 through 2011;
‘‘(B) increase the number of the approved
positions to—
‘‘(i) 70,000 for fiscal year 2003;
‘‘(ii) 95,000 for fiscal year 2004;
‘‘(iii) 120,000 for fiscal year 2005;
‘‘(iv) 145,000 for fiscal year 2006;
‘‘(v) 170,000 for fiscal year 2007;
‘‘(vi) 195,000 for fiscal year 2008;
‘‘(vii) 220,000 for fiscal year 2009;
and
‘‘(viii) 250,000 for fiscal years 2010
and 2011; and
‘‘(C) for any fiscal year for which the num-
ber of the approved positions exceeds the num-
ber of the approved positions for fiscal year
2002, ensure that positions equal to 50 percent
of the excess are dedicated to national service
programs that address public safety needs, in-
cluding homeland defense and public health
needs.’’.
SEC. 105. LIMITATION ON NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS
WITH EDUCATIONAL AWARDS ONLY.
Section 129 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12581) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(h) NATIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS WITH EDU-
CATIONAL AWARDS ONLY.—
‘‘(1) 
PERCENTAGE.—The 
Corporation 
may
specify that a percentage (but not more than 30 per-
cent) of the participants in national service pro-
grams receiving assistance under section 121 shall
serve in national service positions for which the
participants—
‘‘(A) receive national service educational
awards under subtitle D; but
‘‘(B) do not receive the assistance de-
scribed in section 140.
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—At the time the Corpora-
tion provides national service positions for a national
service program under section 121, the Corporation
shall designate the positions, if any, that are na-
tional service positions described in paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 106. APPLICATIONS.
Section 130 of the National and Community Service
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12582) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(3) A description of the outcome measures de-
veloped for each program as described in section
185(a)(3), other measures developed for each pro-
gram as described in that section, and specific,
quantifiable goals addressing each outcome measure
and other measure.
‘‘(4) A description of how the applicant will
conduct evaluations to determine the performance of
the program on the outcome measures and other
measures.’’; and
(2) in subsection (e)(2), by striking the second
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘In making
such competitive selections, the State shall seek to
ensure the equitable allocation within the State of
national service programs, assistance, and approved
national service positions provided under this sub-
title to the State (including seeking to ensure an eq-
uitable geographic distribution of the programs, as-
sistance, and positions between urban and rural
areas). In ensuring the equitable allocation, the
State shall take into consideration such factors as
the location of the programs for which entities are
applying to the State, population density, and eco-
nomic distress.’’.
SEC. 107. GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.
Section 133(d)(1) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12585(d)(1)) is amended
by striking ‘‘to be conducted in those urban and rural
areas in a State with the highest rates of poverty.’’ and
inserting ‘‘in urban and rural areas with the highest rates
of poverty.’’.
SEC. 108. EDUCATIONAL AWARDS.
(a) RELEASE FROM COMPLETING TERM OF SERV-
ICE.—Section 139(c) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12593(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) RELEASE AUTHORIZED.—
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF RECIPIENT.—A
recipient of assistance under section 121 or a
program sponsoring an approved national serv-
ice position may release a participant from com-
pleting a term of service in the position—
‘‘(i) for compelling personal cir-
cumstances as demonstrated by the partici-
pant; or
‘‘(ii) for cause.
‘‘(B) AUTHORIZATION OF CORPORATION.—
The Corporation shall release a participant
from completing a term of service in the posi-
tion if—
‘‘(i) the participant served in a na-
tional service program for which funds
were withdrawn under section 185(b); and
‘‘(ii) the Corporation fails to enter
into an agreement with another entity to
accept the participant into a second na-
tional 
service 
program 
under 
section
185(c).’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(1)(A)’’ and
inserting ‘‘(1)(A)(i)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) EFFECT OF RELEASE FOR PROGRAM TER-
MINATION.—A participant released under paragraph
(1)(B) from completing a term of service in a posi-
tion shall receive a portion of a national service edu-
cational award in accordance with section 147(c).’’.
(b) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—Section 146(a)(1) of
the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12602(a)(1)) is amended by inserting before the
semicolon ‘‘(or obtains a release under section 139(c))’’.
(c) AWARD FOR PARTIAL COMPLETION OF SERV-
ICE.—Section 147(c) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12603(c)) is amended by
striking ‘‘section 139(c)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subpara-
graph (A)(i) or (B) of section 139(c)(1)’’.
SEC. 109. CONSULTATION WITH STATE EMERGENCY MAN-
AGEMENT AGENCIES.
Section 178(i) of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572(i)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The State Commission
shall consult with the State emergency management
agencies to determine ways of promoting emergency
management, including providing disaster relief and
preparedness activities, and promoting public health
and public safety, through national service programs
that receive assistance under section 121.’’.
SEC. 110. ACCOUNTABILITY.
Subtitle F of title I of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12631 et seq.) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 185. AMERICORPS ACCOUNTABILITY.
‘‘(a) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Corporation shall
make a grant or enter into a contract with an eligi-
ble entity to conduct an annual evaluation of the ef-
fectiveness of each national service program that re-
ceives assistance under section 121.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant or contract under paragraph (1), an
entity shall not be—
‘‘(A) the Corporation;
‘‘(B) a State Commission;
‘‘(C) an entity that receives assistance
under section 121; or
‘‘(D) a division of an entity described in
subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—In conducting the evaluation
with respect to a national service program, the eligi-
ble entity shall—
‘‘(A) conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the
program;
‘‘(B) determine the number of volunteers
generated by the program, and the estimated
value of their services;
‘‘(C) measure the resources (in cash and in
kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equip-
ment, and services) that are contributed by the
community in which the program is located to
support the program;
‘‘(D) determine the performance of the
program on outcome measures developed by the
entity carrying out the program, which may
include—
‘‘(i) for a program that involves tutor-
ing for children—
‘‘(I) the number of children tu-
tored;
‘‘(II) scores on educational tests
of the children; and
‘‘(III) the level of school readi-
ness of the children;
‘‘(ii) for a program that involves the
construction or renovation of housing, the
number of housing units constructed or
renovated;
‘‘(iii) for a program that involves the
construction or renovation of trails, the
number of trails constructed or renovated;
‘‘(iv) for a program that involves the
administration of vaccines, the number of
vaccines administered;
‘‘(v) for a program that involves men-
toring for children (including youth)—
‘‘(I) the crime rate among such
children;
‘‘(II) the rate of substance abuse
among such children; and
‘‘(III) the grades achieved by
such children;
‘‘(vi) for a program involving disaster
relief, the number of individuals assisted;
‘‘(vii) for a program involving job
placement of individuals receiving income-
based public assistance, the number of in-
dividuals placed in jobs; and
‘‘(viii) for a program involving home-
land defense activities, the number of indi-
viduals participating in carrying out the
activities; and
‘‘(E) determine the performance of the
program on other measures developed by the
entity carrying out the program.
‘‘(4) REPORT.—For each annual evaluation
conducted under this subsection, the eligible entity
shall submit an annual report to Congress con-
taining the results of the evaluation.
‘‘(b) FAILURE TO MEET QUANTIFIABLE GOALS.—
‘‘(1) PROGRAMS IN EXISTENCE FOR 3 YEARS OR
LONGER.—A program carried out under subtitle C
that—
‘‘(A) had been in existence for not less
than 3 years on the date of enactment of the
Call to Service Act of 2001; and
‘‘(B) fails to meet the goals described in
section 130(c)(3) during fiscal year 2003 or a
subsequent fiscal year,
shall be placed on probation for the following fiscal
year.
‘‘(2) PROGRAMS IN EXISTENCE FOR LESS THAN
3 YEARS.—A program carried out under subtitle C
that—
‘‘(A) had been in existence for less than 3
years on the date of enactment of such Act; and
‘‘(B) fails to meet the goals described in
section 130(c)(3) during fiscal year 2006 or a
subsequent fiscal year,
shall be placed on probation for the following fiscal
year.
‘‘(3) FAILURE TO MEET GOALS AFTER PROBA-
TION.—The Chief Executive Officer will withdraw
funding from a grant recipient for a program carried
out under subtitle C that fails to meet the goals de-
scribed in section 130(c)(3) during a year in which
the program is on probation under paragraph (1) or
(2).
‘‘(4) REPORT.—The Chief Executive Officer
shall submit a report to Congress within 2 years
after the date of enactment of the Call to Service
Act of 2001, and annually thereafter, containing in-
formation on the number of programs on probation,
the number of programs for which funding is with-
drawn, and the number of programs meeting or ex-
ceeding their goals, under this subsection, for the
year covered by the report.
‘‘(c) IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS.—
‘‘(1) SECOND NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM.—
If, under subsection (b), the Corporation terminates
the payments for a national service program, the
Corporation shall endeavor to enter into an agree-
ment with another entity carrying out a second na-
tional service program that has similar objectives
and that receives assistance under section 121. The
Corporation shall endeavor to enter into an agree-
ment under which the entity will accept into the sec-
ond national service program the individuals who
were participants in the first national service pro-
gram, in return for additional payments.
‘‘(2) IMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL AWARD.—
‘‘(A) AGREEMENT.—If the Corporation
and the entity enter into the agreement, the
Corporation shall calculate the total hours of
service performed by a participant in the first
and second national service programs for pur-
poses of determining whether the participant
has met the requirements of sections 139(b)
and 146(b).
‘‘(B) NO AGREEMENT.—If the Corporation
and the entity fail to enter into an agreement,
the 
Corporation 
shall, 
under 
section
139(c)(1)(B), release each participant in the
first national service program from completing
the term of service involved.’’.
SEC. 111. SENIOR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND PROGRAMS
OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title I of the Na-
tional and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12653 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 198E. SENIOR TRAINING PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation, acting through
the Director of the National Senior Volunteer Corps, may
make grants to local organizations to provide training and
outreach to individuals who are age 55 or older and wish
to participate in activities under title II of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000 et seq.).
‘‘(b) PLANS.—To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a local organization shall submit a plan to
the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Corporation may require.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A local organization that re-
ceives a grant under subsection (a) may use the funds
made available through the grant to provide training and
outreach to individuals described in subsection (a) with re-
spect to physical and mental health, nutrition, caregiving,
child development and psychology, child abuse, and edu-
cation.
‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Corporation may re-
serve not more than $1,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under subsection (f) to evaluate the activities
carried out under this section.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Corporation shall submit a
report to Congress containing the results of the eval-
uation.
‘‘(e) STUDY AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct a study of the types of
training programs carried out under this section.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit a report to Congress con-
taining the results of the study and recommenda-
tions concerning areas in which additional training
programs are needed for individuals described in
subsection (a).
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
‘‘SEC. 198F. PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may make
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to carry
out programs of national significance through demonstra-
tion projects.
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under this section, an entity shall submit an applica-
tion to the Corporation at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information as the Corporation may re-
quire.
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant
under this section shall use the funds made available
through the grant to carry out a program that provides
opportunities for individuals to perform service to meet
unmet national, State, or local needs, including needs con-
cerning education (including tutoring and mentoring),
public safety, health and human services, the environment,
at-risk youth, and child development.
‘‘(d) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Corporation may re-
serve not more than $1,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated under subsection (e) to evaluate the activi-
ties carried out under this section.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Corporation shall submit a
report to Congress containing the results of the eval-
uation.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
‘‘SEC. 198G. SILVER SCHOLARSHIPS.
‘‘(a) GRANTS TO NATIONAL AND STATE ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may make
grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible national
and State organizations to enable the organizations
to assist eligible local groups in carrying out service
programs with senior volunteers.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—To be eligible
to receive a grant under this subsection, an organi-
zation shall be a public agency, or a nonprofit pri-
vate organization, that is—
‘‘(A) a consortium of groups (which may
be a consortium of small and faith-based
groups) within a State;
‘‘(B) a national organization (which may
be a faith-based group) that operates in mul-
tiple States;
‘‘(C) an organization receiving funds under
section 121, or under title II of the Domestic
Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000
et seq.);
‘‘(D) an Indian tribe; or
‘‘(E) a territory.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under this subsection, an organization shall
submit an application to the Corporation at such
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Corporation may require.
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
‘territory’ means the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Repub-
lic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
‘‘(b) GRANTS TO LOCAL GROUPS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An organization that re-
ceives a grant under subsection (a) shall use the
funds made available through the grant to make
grants to eligible local groups to assist the groups in
carrying out service programs with senior volunteers.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE GROUPS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under paragraph (1), a group shall be
a public agency, or a nonprofit private organization.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a
grant under this subsection, a group shall submit an
application to the organization described in para-
graph (1) at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the organization may re-
quire.
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A group that receives
a grant under paragraph (1) shall use the funds
made available through the grant to carry out
tutoring and mentoring service programs with
senior volunteers, including providing awards
(to be known as ‘Silver Scholarships’) to the
volunteers.
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—To be eligi-
ble to participate in such a program and receive
a Silver Scholarship, an individual shall—
‘‘(i) be age 55 or older; and
‘‘(ii) agree to tutor or mentor elemen-
tary school or secondary school students
for not less than 500 hours per year.
‘‘(C) SCHOLARSHIPS.—The group shall
award the Silver Scholarships in amounts of
$1000.
‘‘(D) USE
OF
SCHOLARSHIPS.—A senior
volunteer who receives a Silver Scholarship shall
deposit the funds made available through the
scholarship in an education individual retire-
ment account under section 530 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and designate a child
(which may be the child or grandchild of the
volunteer) to be the designated beneficiary of
the account.
‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND
PAYMENTS.—Section 418 of the Domestic Vol-
unteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5058)
shall apply to scholarships and payments made
under this section to senior volunteers.
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
‘‘SEC. 198H. VOUCHER PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation may establish
a demonstration program under which the Corporation
may provide vouchers to eligible individuals to enable the
individuals to participate in national service projects with
eligible organizations.
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
a total of $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. prec. 12501) is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 198D the fol-
lowing:
‘‘Sec. 198E. Senior training programs.
‘‘Sec. 198F. Programs of national significance.
‘‘Sec. 198G. Silver scholarships.
‘‘Sec. 198H. Voucher program.’’.
SEC. 112. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 501(a)(2) of the National and Community
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12681(a)(2)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(2) SUBTITLES C, D, AND H.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized
to be appropriated—
‘‘(i) such sums as may be necessary
for each of fiscal years 2003 through
2011—
‘‘(I) to provide financial assist-
ance under subtitles C and H of title
I (other than sections 126(c), and sec-
tions 198E through 198H) and to
provide national service educational
awards under subtitle D of title I (in-
cluding providing financial assistance
and 
national 
service 
educational
awards to participants in national
service positions, increased as pro-
vided in section 129(f)); and
‘‘(II) to carry out such audits
and evaluations as the Chief Execu-
tive Officer or the Inspector General
of the Corporation may determine to
be necessary; and
‘‘(ii) to provide financial assistance
under section 126(c) $100,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011.
‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal
year, up to 15 percent shall be made available
to provide financial assistance under section
125, under section 126(b), and under subtitle
H of title I.’’.
Subtitle B—Domestic Volunteer
Service Act of 1973
SEC. 121. STATEMENT OF PURPOSES.
Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 200 of the Domes-
tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000) are
amended by striking ‘‘low-income’’.
SEC. 122. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
Section 201(a)(2) of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5001(a)(2)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, and individuals 60 years of age or older will be given
priority for enrollment,’’.
SEC. 123. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.
(a) INCOME REQUIREMENTS.—Section 211(a) of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
5011(a)) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘low-income’’.
(b) AGE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 211(a) of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5011(a))
is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘aged sixty
or over’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55 or older’’.
(c) STIPENDS.—Section 211(d) of the Domestic Vol-
unteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5011(d)) is
amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) The’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘for not less than 15
hours per week’’ before ‘‘under this part’’;
(2) in the second sentence—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(B) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘five cents’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) Effective October 1, 2002, any allowance or sti-
pend provided under this subsection shall not be less than
$2.55 per hour. The allowance or stipend shall be adjusted
not less than twice after October 1, 2002, and before Sep-
tember 30, 2007, to account for inflation, as determined
by the Director, and rounded to the nearest 5 cents’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘clause (i) of this excep-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’;
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘In’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(4) In’’;
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(5) Allowances, stipends, and other support received
under this subsection shall not be included in gross income
for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’; and
(5) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d)(1) The purpose of this subsection is, consistent
with section 200(3), to enable individuals who are age 55
or older and are low-income persons to engage in providing
supportive, individualized services to children with excep-
tional or special needs by defraying the costs associated
with the services, including the costs of related transpor-
tation, meals, clothing, and medication.’’.
(d) LOW-INCOME PERSON.—Section 211(e) of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
5011(e)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(e)(1) In this part, the term ‘low-income person’
means a person who is from a family with an income that
is not more than 200 percent of the poverty line.
‘‘(2) The term ‘poverty line’ means the income official
poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and
Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section
673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42
U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size in-
volved.’’.
(e) STIPENDS.—Section 211(f) of the Domestic Vol-
unteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5011(f)) is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)’’; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (C);
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), each’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) Each’’; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘such grant
or’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘such grant or
contract to solicit locally generated contributions, in
cash or in kind, to support such individuals. The Di-
rector may not coerce any applicant for, or recipient
of, such grant or contract to engage in conduct de-
scribed in the preceding sentence.’’.
SEC. 124. SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.
(a) INCOME REQUIREMENTS.—Section 213(a) of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
5013(a)) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking
‘‘low-income’’.
(b) AGE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 213(a) of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5013(a))
is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘aged sixty
or over’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55 or older’’.
SEC. 125. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 223 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5023) is amended by striking ‘‘sixty
years’’ and inserting ‘‘age 55’’.
SEC. 126. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.
Part D of title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service
Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5021 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 228. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.
‘‘(a) DATA COLLECTION.—The Director shall collect
data with respect to the outcomes achieved by each of the
programs carried out under parts A, B, and C.
‘‘(b) REPORT.—The Director shall submit to Con-
gress periodic reports containing analyses of the data col-
lected under subsection (a).
‘‘(c) RESERVATIONS.—The Director may reserve, for
each fiscal year, not less than $500,000—
‘‘(1) of the funds appropriated under section
502(a) to carry out the data collection and reporting
requirements described in this section with respect
to the program carried out under part A;
‘‘(2) of the funds appropriated under section
502(b) to carry out such requirements with respect
to the program carried out under part B; and
‘‘(3) of the funds appropriated under section
502(c) to carry out such requirements with respect
to the program carried out under part C.’’.
SEC. 127. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents in
section 1(b) of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of
1973 (42 U.S.C. prec. 4950) is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 227 the following:
‘‘Sec. 228. Data collection and reporting.’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Section 404(e) of the Domes-
tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5044(e)) is
amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘low-in-
come’’.
SEC. 128. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 502 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5082) is amended by striking sub-
sections (a) through (d) and inserting the following:
‘‘(a) RETIRED
AND
SENIOR
VOLUNTEER
PRO-
GRAM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out part A of title II such sums as may be necessary for
each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
‘‘(b) FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out part B of title
II such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2003 through 2007.
‘‘(c) SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out part C of title
II such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2003 through 2007.
‘‘(d) DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to carry out part E of title
II such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2003 through 2007.’’.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
SEC. 131. COMMUNITY SERVICE THROUGH GRANTS FOR
FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 443(b)(2)(B) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(B)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B)(i) except as provided in clause (iii), of
the total amount of funds granted to an institu-
tion under this section for a fiscal year, an in-
stitution shall use, to compensate students em-
ployed in community service—
‘‘(I) for fiscal year 2003, not less than
9 percent;
‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2004, not less
than 11 percent;
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2005, not less
than 13 percent;
‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2006, not less
than 15 percent;
‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2007, not less
than 17 percent;
‘‘(VI) for fiscal year 2008, not less
than 19 percent;
‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2009, not less
than 21 percent;
‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2010, not less
than 23 percent; and
‘‘(IX) for fiscal year 2011, not less
than 25 percent;
‘‘(ii) the institution shall ensure that not
less than 1 tutoring or family literacy project
(as described in subsection (d)) is included in
meeting the requirements of clause (i); and
‘‘(iii) the Secretary may waive clauses (i)
and (ii) for an institution if the Secretary deter-
mines that enforcing clauses (i) and (ii) would
cause hardship for students at the institution;
and’’.
(b) REPORT.—Section 443 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2753) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end
of a fiscal year specified in subsection (b)(2)(B), the Sec-
retary shall prepare and submit to Congress a report, with
respect to the institutions of higher education that re-
ceived assistance under this section for that fiscal year,
containing—
‘‘(1) a list of the institutions that failed to com-
ply with the requirements of subsection (b)(2)(B) for
that fiscal year;
‘‘(2) a list of the institutions that complied with
the requirements of that subsection for that fiscal
year; and
‘‘(3) a list of the institutions that exceeded the
requirements of that subsection for that fiscal
year.’’.
(c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days after the
date of enactment of the Call to Service Act of 2001, the
Secretary of Education shall issue regulations specifying
the means by which the Secretary shall enforce section
443(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 2753(b)(2)(B)).
SEC. 
132. 
EXCLUSION 
OF 
NATIONAL 
SERVICE 
EDU-
CATIONAL AWARDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 117 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to qualified scholarships) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(e) QUALIFIED NATIONAL SERVICE EDUCATIONAL
AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Gross income for any tax-
able year shall not include any qualified national
service educational award.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED
NATIONAL
SERVICE
EDU-
CATIONAL
AWARD.—For 
purposes 
of 
this
subsection—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
national service educational award’ means any
amount received by an individual in a taxable
year as a national service educational award
under section 148 of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12604) to
the extent (except as provided in subparagraph
(C)) such amount does not exceed the qualified
tuition and related expenses (as defined in sub-
section (b)(2)) of the individual for such taxable
year.
‘‘(B) DETERMINATION
OF
EXPENSES.—
The total amount of the qualified tuition and
related expenses (as so defined) which may be
taken into account under subparagraph (A)
with respect to an individual for the taxable
year shall be reduced (after the application of
the reduction provided in section 25A(g)(2)) by
the amount of such expenses which were taken
into account in determining the credit allowed
to the taxpayer or any other person under sec-
tion 25A with respect to such expenses.
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION
TO
LIMITATION.—The
limitation under subparagraph (A) shall not
apply to any portion of a national service edu-
cational award used by such individual to repay
any student loan described in section 148(a)(1)
of such Act or to pay any interest expense de-
scribed in section 148(a)(4) of such Act.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to amounts received in taxable
years beginning after December 31, 2002.
TITLE II—MILITARY SERVICE
SEC. 201. BONUS FOR SHORT-TERM ENLISTMENT IN THE
ARMED FORCES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 324. Short-term enlistment bonus
‘‘(a) BONUS AUTHORIZED; BONUS AMOUNT.—The
Secretary of the military department concerned shall pay
a bonus under this section to a person who completes en-
listed service in an armed force in accordance with an
agreement entered into under subsection (b). The amount
of the bonus shall be $18,000. The bonus shall be paid
in one lump sum upon the completion of the service for
the period covered by the agreement.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY; AGREEMENT.—To be eligible for
a bonus under this section, a person—
‘‘(1) may not have previously been a member of
the armed forces;
‘‘(2) shall enter into a written agreement with
the Secretary of a military department—
‘‘(A) to perform enlisted service in an
armed force under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary for a period of three years, the first 18
months of which shall be service on active duty
and the last 18 months of which shall be service
as a member of the Selected Reserve of the
Ready Reserve of a reserve component of that
armed force other than the Army National
Guard of the United States and the Air Na-
tional Guard of the United States; and
‘‘(B) to commence that service in the
grade of E–1 without regard to any eligibility
for a higher grade determined on the basis of
testing or educational qualifications; and
‘‘(3) shall complete the service for the period
required under the agreement with service character-
ized as satisfactory under regulations prescribed by
the Secretary concerned.
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—This section shall be adminis-
tered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of De-
fense which shall apply uniformly to the armed forces.
‘‘(d) SECRETARY OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘Secretary of a military
department’ includes the Secretary of Transportation,
with respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard when
it is not operating as a service in the Navy.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new item:
‘‘324. Short-term enlistment bonus.’’.
SEC. 202. EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED MILITARY PER-
SONNEL AS INSTRUCTORS IN BASIC TRAIN-
ING PROGRAMS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1589
the following new section 1590:
‘‘§ 1590. Employment of retired military personnel as
instructors in basic training programs
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment may employ a member or former member of the
armed forces in a retired status as an instructor in a basic
training program of an armed force under the jurisdiction
of the Secretary.
‘‘(b) SERVICE NOT IN MILITARY DUTY STATUS.—A
person employed under subsection (a) is not on active duty
or performing inactive-duty training by reason of that em-
ployment.
‘‘(c) RETIRED STATUS DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘retired status’, with respect to a member or
former member of the armed forces, means that the mem-
ber or former member—
‘‘(1) is on a retired list of an armed force;
‘‘(2) is entitled to receive retired or retainer
pay; or
‘‘(3) except for not having attained 60 years of
age, would be entitled to receive retired pay upon
application under chapter 1223 of this title.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 1589 the following new
item:
‘‘1590. Employment of retired military personnel as instructors in basic training
programs.’’.
SEC. 203. ENHANCEMENTS OF MONTGOMERY GI BILL.
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF BASIC EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE.—(1) Subsection (a)(1) of section 3015 of
title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘$650’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,300’’.
(2) Subsection (b)(1) of that section is amended by
striking ‘‘$528’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,056’’.
(3) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall
apply with respect to months beginning on or after that
date.
(b) PERIOD OF REDUCTION IN BASIC PAY.—(1) Sec-
tion 3011(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
in the first sentence by striking ‘‘$100 for each of the first
twelve months’’ and inserting ‘‘$50 for each of the first
twenty-four months’’.
(2) Section 3012(c) of that title is amended in the
first sentence by striking ‘‘$100 for each of the first twelve
months’’ and inserting ‘‘$50 for each of the first twenty-
four months’’.
(3) The amendments made by this section shall apply
with respect to individuals who first become members of
the Armed Forces, or first enter on active duty as mem-
bers of the Armed Forces, on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act.
(c) USE OF ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC EDUCATIONAL
ASSISTANCE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO COVERDELL EDU-
CATION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—(1) Subchapter II of chap-
ter 30 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 3020. Use of entitlement to basic educational as-
sistance for contributions to Coverdell
education savings accounts
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual described in sub-
section (b) who is entitled to basic educational assistance
under this subchapter may elect to use such entitlement
to make contributions to a Coverdell education savings ac-
count under section 530 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 for any child of such individual who has not attained
the age of 18 years.
‘‘(b) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—An individual de-
scribed in this subsection is any individual entitled to basic
educational assistance under this subchapter who has
completed six years of service in the Armed Forces.
‘‘(c) ELECTION.—(1) An individual electing to make
contributions under this section shall notify the Secretary
of the election in such form and manner as the Secretary
shall require.
‘‘(2) The election of an individual under this sub-
section shall apply with respect to the taxable year of the
individual in which the election is made.
‘‘(3) The notice of election of an individual under this
subsection shall set forth the following:
‘‘(A) The period of the taxable year of the indi-
vidual.
‘‘(B) Each designated beneficiary for whom
contributions to a Coverdell education savings ac-
count will be made under this section in that taxable
year.
‘‘(C) The amount to be contributed to the ac-
count of each designated beneficiary under subpara-
graph (B) in that taxable year.
‘‘(D) An account identifier, and the trustee of
account, of the account of each designated bene-
ficiary under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(4) The election of an individual under this sub-
section for a taxable year is irrevocable in that taxable
year.
‘‘(d) LIMITATION
ON YEARLY AMOUNT
OF CON-
TRIBUTION.—The amount specified by an individual under
subsection (c)(3)(C) to be contributed to the Coverdell
education savings account of a designated beneficiary
under this section in a taxable year may not, when aggre-
gated with any other contributions previously made to the
account in the taxable year, exceed the maximum amount
of contributions permitted for the account for the taxable
year under section 530 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
‘‘(e) PAYMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—Upon receiving
notice of an election under subsection (c) with respect to
contributions to the Coverdell education savings account
of a designated beneficiary, the Secretary shall pay the
trustee of the account, for deposit in the account to the
credit of the designated beneficiary, an amount equal to
the amount specified for the designated beneficiary in the
notice.
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS AGAINST ENTITLE-
MENT.—The entitlement to basic educational assistance
under this subchapter of an individual who makes a con-
tribution to a Coverdell education savings account under
this section shall be reduced by a number of months equal
to the amount of such contribution divided by the monthly
rate of educational assistance allowance payable to the in-
dividual under section 3015 of this title at the time of
payment of such contribution under this section.
‘‘(g) REGULATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—Contribu-
tions to a Coverdell education savings account under this
subsection shall be treated as contributions to the account
under section 530 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(d) REPEAL OF TIME LIMITATION FOR USE OF ELI-
GIBILITY AND ENTITLEMENT.—(1) Section 3031 of title
38, United States Code, is repealed.
(2) 
Section 
3018C(e)(3)(B) 
of 
that 
title 
is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(i)’’; and
(B) by striking clause (ii).
(3) Section 16133(b) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended in paragraphs (2) and (3) by inserting ‘‘, as
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of
the Call to Service Act of 2001,’’ after ‘‘of title 38’’.
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections
at the beginning of chapter 30 of title 38, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 3019 the following new item:
‘‘3020. Use of entitlement to basic educational assistance for contributions to
Coverdell education savings accounts.’’;
and
(2) by striking the item relating to section
3031.
SEC. 204. IMPROVED ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION 
FOR 
MILITARY 
RECRUITING
PURPOSES.
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR ACCESS.—Section 503 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d):
‘‘(d) ACCESS TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.—(1)
The head of each institution of higher education shall pro-
vide to the Department of Defense, upon a request made
for military recruiting purposes, the same access to stu-
dents of that institution, and to directory information con-
cerning such students, as is provided generally to prospec-
tive employers of those students.
‘‘(2) If access requested by paragraph (1) is denied
by an institution of higher education, the Secretary of De-
fense, in cooperation with the Secretary of the military
department concerned, shall designate an officer in a
grade not below the grade of colonel or, in the case of
the Navy, captain, or a senior executive of that military
department to meet with representatives of that institu-
tion for the purpose of arranging for recruiting access.
The designated officer or senior executive shall seek to
have that meeting within 120 days after the date of the
denial of the request for recruiting access.
‘‘(3) If, after a meeting under paragraph (2) with
representatives of an institution of higher education that
has denied a request for recruiting access or (if the institu-
tion declines a request for the meeting) after the end of
such 120-day period, the Secretary of Defense determines
that the institution continues to deny recruiting access,
the Secretary shall transmit to the chief executive of the
State in which the institution is located a notification of
the denial of recruiting access and a request for assistance
in obtaining that access. The notification shall be trans-
mitted within 60 days after the date of the determination.
The Secretary shall provide to the Secretary of Education
a copy of such notification and any other communication
between the Secretary and that chief executive with re-
spect to such access.
‘‘(4) If an institution of higher education continues
to deny recruiting access one year after the date of the
transmittal of a notification regarding that institution
under paragraph (3), the Secretary—
‘‘(A) shall determine whether the institution de-
nies recruiting access to at least two of the armed
forces (other than the Coast Guard when it is not
operating as a service in the Navy); and
‘‘(B) upon making an affirmative determination
under subparagraph (A), shall transmit a notifica-
tion of the denial of recruiting access to—
‘‘(i) the specified congressional committees;
‘‘(ii) the Senators of the State in which the
institution is located; and
‘‘(iii) the member of the House of Rep-
resentatives who represents the district in which
the institution is located.
‘‘(5) The requirements of this subsection do not apply
to an institution of higher education that maintains a reli-
gious objection to service in the armed forces if the objec-
tion is verifiable through the corporate or other organiza-
tional documents or materials of that school.
‘‘(6) In this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘institution of higher education’
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1065 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
‘‘(B) The term ‘recruiting access’ means access
requested as described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(C) The term ‘senior executive’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 3132(a)(3) of title 5.
‘‘(D) The term ‘State’ includes the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the
Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
‘‘(E) The term ‘specified congressional commit-
tees’ means the following:
‘‘(i) The Committee on Armed Services
and the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
‘‘(ii) The Committee on Armed Services
and the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(F) The term ‘member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’ includes a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to Congress.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Subsection (a) and the
amendments made by that subsection shall take effect on
July 1, 2002.
SEC. 205. COMMISSION ON MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND
NATIONAL SERVICE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of State shall jointly establish a Commission
on Military Recruitment and National Service (hereafter
in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
(b) DUTIES.—The Commission shall develop and
evaluate various alternative means for increasing and
broadening the participation of the people of the United
States—
(1) in all forms of service of the United States;
and
(2) in service in the Armed Forces in par-
ticular, including participation in such service by
graduates of colleges and universities.
(c) COMPOSITION.—(1) The Commission shall be
composed of 9 members of whom—
(A) five shall be appointed by the Secretary of
Defense; and
(B) four shall be appointed by the Secretary of
State.
(2) The Secretary of Defense shall designate one of
the members to serve as the Chairman of the Commission.
(3) The appointments of the members of the Commis-
sion and the designation of the Chairman shall be made
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—Mem-
bers shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Any
vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment.
(e) MEETINGS.—(1) The Commission shall meet at
the call of the Chairman.
(2) The Commission shall hold its first meeting not
later than 30 days after the date on which all members
of the Commission have been appointed.
(f) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser num-
ber of members may hold hearings.
(g) REPORT.—(1) Not later than two years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall
submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
State a report which shall contain a detailed statement
of the findings and conclusions of the Commission, to-
gether with its recommendations for such legislation and
administrative actions as it considers appropriate.
(2) Not later than 90 days after receiving the Com-
mission’s report, the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of State shall jointly submit the report, together
with any comments that either Secretary considers appro-
priate, to the President and Congress.
(h) POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.—(1) The Com-
mission may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times
and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence
as the Commission considers advisable to carry out this
Act.
(2) The Commission may secure directly from any de-
partment or agency of the United States any information
that the Commission considers necessary to carry out its
duties. Upon the request of the Chairman of the Commis-
sion, the head of a department or agency of the United
States shall furnish the requested information to the Com-
mission.
(3) The Commission may use the United States mails
in the same manner and under the same conditions as
other departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment.
(i) MEMBERS’ PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—(1) Each
member of the Commission who is not an officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government shall be compensated
at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate
of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for
each day (including travel time) during which such mem-
ber is engaged in the performance of the duties of the
Commission. All members of the Commission who are offi-
cers or employees of the United States shall serve without
compensation in addition to that received for their services
as officers or employees of the United States.
(2) The members of the Commission shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
at rates authorized for employees of agencies under sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code,
while away from their homes or regular places of business
in the performance of services for the Commission.
(j) STAFF.—(1) The Chairman of the Commission
may, without regard to the civil service laws and regula-
tions, appoint and terminate an executive director and
such other additional personnel as may be necessary to
enable the Commission to perform its duties. The employ-
ment of an executive director shall be subject to confirma-
tion by the Commission.
(2) The Chairman of the Commission may fix the
compensation of the executive director and other personnel
without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to classifica-
tion of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except
that the rate of pay for the executive director and other
personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
(3) Any Federal Government employee may be de-
tailed to the Commission without reimbursement, and
such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil
service status or privilege.
(4) The Chairman of the Commission may procure
temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b)
of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals
which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate
of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5316 of such title.
(k) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION.—The Commis-
sion shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the
Commission’s is submitted to the President and Congress
under subsection (g).
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